⚔️ The Best Soulslike Games

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.

1. 1

   Elden Ring2022

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

   Bloodborne2015

   91 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
3. 3

   Clair Obscur: Expedition 332025

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

   Dark Souls2011

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

   Grime2021

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

   Nine Sols2024

   87 / 100PlatformHack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
7. 7

   Tunic2022

   87 / 100PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
8. 8

   Dark Souls III2016

   87 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
9. 9

   Lies of P2023

   85 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
10. 10

    Dark Souls II2014

    85 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
11. 11

    Death's Door2021

    84 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
12. 12

    Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight2016

    84 / 100PlatformRole-playing (RPG)Adventure