Lost Soul Aside Has Unfortunate Restriction

Gamers are growing frustrated with Sony after learning that Lost Soul Aside‘s Steam release will be region-locked, preventing many countries from having a proper path of access to the title. Although plenty of gamers have figured out ways around region-locking issues on PlayStation games in the past, the company’s lack of urgency to resolve the issue may cost many their convenience when trying to play Lost Soul Aside.

Ultizero Games’ Lost Soul Aside is currently propped up to be an exciting PlayStation release, showing up with a spot in the company’s February State of Play with a May 30 release date. Although Players are excited to see the final product of a title that Yang Bing has been working on for the better part of a decade, there’s a growing dissatisfaction with how PlayStation is handling publishing games like this.

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Lost Soul Aside Has Good News for Fans

Developer Ultizero shares some good news with gamers looking forward to its upcoming and very long-awaited action RPG Lost Soul Aside.

A report from Tech4Gamers confirms that Lost Soul Aside is region-locked on Steam, even though the game lacks a PlayStation Network account requirement to be played on the platform. Based on metrics from SteamDB, there are 133 countries that Lost Soul Aside will be unavailable to play in. Reports note that gamers who are interested in playing Lost Soul Aside will be able to circumvent the issue by creating alternate Steam accounts set in regions where the game is available. However, this method could be tedious for people who just want to play this specific game and don’t plan on seeking out other PlayStation-published releases.

Lost Soul Aside Region Locked in 130+ Countries on Steam

This could put a big damper on a game that some are hyping up to be one of PlayStation’s biggest releases of the year. Lost Soul Aside evokes a bit of Devil May Cry in its stylish character action gameplay sequences, allowing players to build experience through battles and find new abilities to weave into their arsenal. If the game lives up to people’s expectations, it might see success comparable to breakout successes like Stellar Blade and Black Myth: Wukong. Players are looking to Sony for answers on this issue.

Although it’s clear that some controversies can elicit a response from Sony, with PlayStation Network account-linking creating a larger problem for its affiliated developers than they may have anticipated, it doesn’t seem like this is an issue Sony will budge on any time soon. Some have pointed to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 as an example of PlayStation failing to do its biggest releases justice on PC, identifying the issue as Sony’s overall reluctance to enter into business with over 130 countries, when it can suggest the use of alternate accounts as a catch-all solution. Gamers are hoping that, regardless of these issues, Lost Soul Aside will get the launch it deserves.

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May 30, 2025

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Ultizero Games

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PlayStation Studios