Khazan Sequel is Already Clear

It’s safe to say that The First Berserker: Khazan is a success for Neople, with the game garnering plenty of critical acclaim and what seems to be some promising sales figures. While official data on exactly how many units The First Berserker: Khazan has sold isn’t currently available, using Steam metrics and looking at the game’s launch on PSN paints a clear picture. On PSN, Khazan has had the 7th-largest launch for 2025, while the game’s peak Steam player count of 136,000 concurrent users and positive review scores (91% “Very Positive” at time of writing) seem to indicate that it’s resonating well with PC players. It begs the question whether players can expect a sequel.

The universe in which The First Berserker: Khazan takes place, that of Dungeon & Fighter, is rich with opportunities for future projects, as evidenced by the fact that Neople is currently hard at work on its next game. Further, the different endings to The First Berserker: Khazan leaves the window open for more stories focusing on the general. Given The First Berserker: Khazan‘s success, there’s a possibility that the studio might return to the property for a follow-up Soulslike. If it does, there are a handful of inclusions and improvements to The First Berserker: Khazan that would feel right at home in a sequel.

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What Should Be Included in a Potential The First Berserker: Khazan Sequel

Expanded Weapon Types and More Armor Sets

While there’s something to be said for The First Berserker: Khazan‘s limited weapon variety, it’s the main thing that could stand to be expanded upon in a potential sequel. But instead of opting for something along the lines of Elden Ring, a Khazan sequel should still keep things relatively limited while also expanding the weapon selection to include some fairly standard armaments like curved swords or katanas, or perhaps even a bo staff or magic. In doing so, the potential Khazan sequel would only build upon The First Berserker: Khazan‘s already impressive build variety, allowing newer and more varied armor sets to do a lot of the heavy lifting, given the smaller amount of weapon types.

Cooperative PvE and Competitive PvP Modes

One of the more surprising omissions from The First Berserker: Khazan is any sort of multiplayer, which has long been a staple of both FromSoftware’s Soulsborne games and the Soulslike titles that take inspiration from them. A Khazan sequel would ideally overhaul the current summon system in favor of human players brought in via co-op PvE, as well as include an optional PvP competitive multiplayer mode where other players could invade during online sessions.

A Switch to an Interconnected World Instead of Separate Levels

Another of the major improvements that a Khazan sequel could make over The First Berserker: Khazan is the switch to an interconnected world. While the level-based approach that The First Berseker: Khazan takes isn’t uncommon (especially among Team Ninja’s Soulslikes such as the Nioh games and Wo Long), a shift to a massive, semi-open interconnected world that loops in on itself in surprising ways would be a clear sign of a sequel that steps it up over its predecessor. Plus, the team at Neople has already proven itself adept at designing levels, so seeing what it is capable of with an interconnected world is an enticing prospect.

More Boss Variety and Unique Optional Bosses

While the boss fights in The First Berserker: Khazan rank among some of the best in the Soulslike subgenre, it’s hard not to feel like there’s a bit of a missed opportunity when it comes to the optional bosses. Most of these enemies are reskins of previously fought encounters, and a sequel would ideally move beyond that model to include optional and secret boss encounters that offered up both the game’s most substantial challenges and some of its more spectacle-rich encounters.

Released

March 27, 2025

Developer(s)

Neople