⚔️ The Best Soulslike Games

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Deliberate combat, punishing bosses, a world that explains itself only if you look. The soulslike asks for patience and pays it back in the specific relief of finally winning. This list holds the highest-rated of them, from the originals to the ones that took the formula somewhere new.

How selective is this list?

12 of 38 games meet the criteria

Release span
2011–2026
Median year
2022
from 2015 or later
92%
Median rating
80/100

Counted live in the IGDB games database on this page’s last build.

  1. 1Cover of Elden Ring

    Elden Ring2022

    95 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
  2. 2Cover of Bloodborne

    Bloodborne2015

    91 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
  3. 3Cover of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 332025

    89 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Adventure
  4. 4Cover of Dark Souls

    Dark Souls2011

    89 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
  5. 5Cover of Grime

    Grime2021

    87 / 100PlatformRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
  6. 6Cover of Tunic

    Tunic2022

    87 / 100PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
  7. 7Cover of Nine Sols

    Nine Sols2024

    87 / 100PlatformHack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
  8. 8Cover of Dark Souls III

    Dark Souls III2016

    87 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
  9. 9Cover of Lies of P

    Lies of P2023

    85 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
  10. 10Cover of Dark Souls II

    Dark Souls II2014

    85 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
  11. 11Cover of Death's Door

    Death's Door2021

    84 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
  12. 12Cover of Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

    Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight2016

    84 / 100PlatformRole-playing (RPG)Adventure

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