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Wayward Souls

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E10
August 28, 2019
Wokeometer Rating
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Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke

TL;DR Verdict

Wayward Souls scores 0/10 for wokeness by locking players into seven traditional fantasy heroes with classic combat styles and personal story interludes, free of identity politics or activist framing. It delivers pure roguelike tower-crawling focused on mystery and progression.

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Detailed Analysis

Wayward Souls features seven fixed heroes—Blythe the Warrior, Abbie the Mage, Renee the Rogue, Cyril the Adventurer, Hassan the Spellsword, Svala the Cultist, and the Paladin—each locked into traditional fantasy archetypes with distinct combat styles and personal story interludes inside a cursed tower.

The narrative centers on roguelike progression through randomized dungeons, equipment upgrades, and monster encounters drawn from 90s action-RPG influences, with no character creation, romance systems, or identity-focused arcs. This structure keeps the premise centered on mystery and individual backstories rather than contemporary social themes. The indie developer Rocketcat Games has issued no statements on DEI initiatives, activist causes, or representation mandates, and searches for related controversies or content yield no results. The absence of gender or sexuality swaps, pronoun options, or normalization of modern identity elements leaves the game free of ideological overlays, allowing the core tower-crawling loop and character-driven interludes to stand on their own without external framing.

Key Factors

  • Fixed traditional fantasy character archetypes with no gender or sexuality swaps
  • Story focused solely on cursed tower mystery and personal backstories without identity politics
  • No character creation mechanics, romance, or normalization of contemporary social themes
  • Indie developer with zero documented DEI or activist statements

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Is Wayward Souls Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on Wayward Souls and scored it 0/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

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What kind of woke content is in Wayward Souls?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Wayward Souls's overall score.

Is Wayward Souls appropriate for kids?

Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Wayward Souls is rated E10. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age rating to decide if it's right for your family.

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We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →

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