Games Like DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.

Why similar: Souls-like 47%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Difficult 10.8%, RPG 5%, Action RPG 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: It preserves the methodical combat, bleak fantasy setting, build variety, and death-driven exploration loop while offering a large collection of dangerous interconnected regions.

Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!

Why similar: Souls-like 43.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Difficult 11%, Great Soundtrack 5.4%, Lore-Rich 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is the closest continuation of Dark Souls' combat rhythm, grim world design, enigmatic lore, and memorable boss-focused progression.

THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.

Why similar: Souls-like 46.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Difficult 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 5.4%, Action RPG 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It expands Dark Souls' stamina combat, character builds, cryptic storytelling, and perilous exploration into a vast open world.

A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.

Why similar: Souls-like 39.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Lore-Rich 8.5%, Action RPG 7.7%, RPG 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its heavy melee combat, branching builds, oppressive gothic fantasy, and dual-realm exploration are closely modeled on the Souls formula.

Lies of P is a thrilling soulslike that takes the story of Pinocchio, turns it on its head, and sets it against the darkly elegant backdrop of the Belle Epoque era.

Why similar: Souls-like 55.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Difficult 6.9%, Action RPG 5.5%, Dark 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its precise dodge-and-guard combat, demanding bosses, sinister ruined-city atmosphere, and build customization make it an especially polished Souls-like.

Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.

Why similar: Souls-like 57.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Difficult 9.8%, RPG 5%, Action RPG 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This compact dark-fantasy adventure captures Dark Souls' deliberate combat and foreboding exploration, with its Shell system adding tactical build flexibility.

Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.

Why similar: Souls-like 56.1%, Difficult 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 6.1%, Great Soundtrack 4.9%, Action 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although more action-focused, its brutal boss encounters, tightly tuned defensive timing, mysterious world, and learn-through-failure structure strongly suit Souls fans.

Battle hordes of yokai in this masocore Action RPG. Create your protagonist and embark on an adventure through a myriad of locales across Japan during the Sengoku period. Utilize the new Yokai Shift ability to defeat even the most ferocious yokai and be prepared to brave through Dark Realms created by your enemies.

Why similar: Souls-like 41.7%, Difficult 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, RPG 7.6%, Character Customization 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its fast but demanding combat, deep gear and build systems, punishing missions, and supernatural historical setting reward the same persistence as Dark Souls.

The First Berserker: Khazan is a hardcore action role-playing game. The player will become Khazan, the great general of the Pell Los Empire, who overcame death, and sets out to reveal the incidents that led to his downfall and seek vengeance on his enemies.

Why similar: Souls-like 45.6%, Difficult 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Action RPG 8.3%, Dark 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers punishing boss fights, stamina-conscious melee, extensive weapon builds, and a grim action-RPG campaign built around mastery.

Ready to die? Experience the newest brutal action game from Team NINJA and Koei Tecmo Games. In the age of samurai, a lone traveler lands on the shores of Japan. He must fight his way through the vicious warriors and supernatural Yokai that infest the land in order to find that which he seeks.

Why similar: Souls-like 60.5%, Difficult 10%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%, RPG 4.8%, Action RPG 4%

Why You'll Like It: Nioh combines difficult stamina-based melee combat, formidable bosses, loot-driven character building, and a dark supernatural world.

A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.

Why similar: Souls-like 41.9%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Difficult 13.3%, Action RPG 7.8%, RPG 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its aggressive deflection-centered combat and challenging encounters offer a faster interpretation of the high-stakes Souls progression loop.

Thymesia is a gruelling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system. In a kingdom where death spreads, play as a mysterious character known by the code name "Corvus". Prey upon your enemies, wield the power of disease and find the truth in your own memories.

Why similar: Souls-like 45.5%, Difficult 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Action RPG 6.4%, Dark 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its plague-ravaged world, punishing combat, dodge-and-parry focus, and cryptic storytelling evoke the darker, faster side of Souls-like design.

Ashen is an action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home.

Why similar: Souls-like 51%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Action RPG 7.8%, Dark 5.8%, RPG 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Ashen retains deliberate Souls-style combat, boss challenges, and environmental storytelling while presenting them through a distinctive minimalist fantasy world.

In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brutal, unforgiving combat, slashing and tearing the limbs off your opponents to steal their equipment.

Why similar: Souls-like 74.4%, Difficult 7.3%, RPG 6.9%, Action 3.1%, Third Person 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: It translates Souls-style stamina combat and hazardous exploration into a sci-fi setting, with targeted limb-cutting giving combat and loot a distinctive twist.

Enotria: The Last Song is a soulslike set in a beautiful sun-lit world inspired by Italian folklore where the brightest sun casts the darkest shadow. Wear unique role-altering masks, face formidable foes and alter reality with the power of Ardore to unravel the secrets of Enotria.

Why similar: Souls-like 40.4%, Difficult 12.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Soundtrack 8.7% ★, Action RPG 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its parry-oriented combat, boss-driven progression, build options, and atmospheric mythic setting provide a brighter but still demanding Souls-like experience.

Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.

Why similar: Souls-like 77.2%, Difficult 8.6%, RPG 5.2%, Third Person 3.1%, Action 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This bleak industrial Souls-like emphasizes careful stamina management, dangerous environmental exploration, and strategic dismemberment for equipment upgrades.

In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.

Why similar: Souls-like 51.8%, Difficult 10.2%, Action RPG 7.5%, Character Customization 6.9%, Dark Fantasy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its anime presentation masks a substantial Souls-like built around stamina combat, dangerous bosses, cooperative assistance, and highly flexible character builds.

Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story. Should the challenge be too great, play with a friend in local or online coop.

Why similar: Souls-like 51%, Dark 7.5%, Difficult 7.1%, Action RPG 6.9%, RPG 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its lonely cosmic-horror setting, interconnected station-world, stamina-driven fights, and obscure lore are a particularly direct sci-fi take on Dark Souls.

WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.

Why similar: Souls-like 46.3%, Difficult 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Action RPG 7.4%, Dark 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This dark historical fantasy action RPG centers on punishing melee encounters, build experimentation, and a corruption-ridden world full of threats.

Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

Why similar: Souls-like 65.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Difficult 9.5%, RPG 3.9%, Dark 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D game faithfully translates Dark Souls' stamina combat, punishing bosses, build variety, and gloomy interconnected world design.

Paris, 1789. The French Revolution has been suppressed with bloodshed by Louis XVI and his merciless mechanical army. Aegis, a mysterious automaton masterpiece, must confront the king's army alone to save history in this challenging action-RPG.

Why similar: Souls-like 36.9%, Difficult 9.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Soundtrack 8.1% ★, Action RPG 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This alternate-history action RPG features deliberate mechanical combat, difficult bosses, weapon builds, and a gloomy revolution-era Paris to explore.

In the distant future when civilization is on the verge of extinction, people follow the legend of the Elysium in the last city, Havenswell. In this post-apocalyptic wasteland sci-fi ARPG, you will play as Arrisa, a Blader with immortality, and explore the city ruin to find the hope of a new life.

Why similar: Souls-like 74.4%, Action RPG 11.9%, RPG 5.9%, Action 2.8%, Adventure 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers deliberate melee combat, checkpoint-based exploration, difficult bosses, and a ruined sci-fi world that follows classic Souls-like structure.

Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.

Why similar: Souls-like 57.8%, Action RPG 10.6%, RPG 8.4%, Dark 8.3%, Third Person 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal dark-fantasy adventure emphasizes lonely exploration, heavy combat, strange architecture, and a deliberately oppressive atmosphere.

The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.

Why similar: Souls-like 62.8%, Difficult 7.5%, RPG 6.9%, Dark Fantasy 6.3%, Co-op 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It adapts the Souls checkpoint, boss, and build-progression structure to third-person shooting, with bleak worlds and challenging cooperative play.

Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.

Why similar: Souls-like 38.3%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Difficult 13.8%, Dark 7.4%, RPG 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This grim fantasy precursor to many modern Souls-like ideas emphasizes weighty melee weapons, brutal enemies, and oppressive dungeon exploration.

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Why similar: Souls-like 57%, Dark Fantasy 18.1%, Difficult 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%, Lore-Rich 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its grotesque religious dark fantasy, difficult combat, mysterious lore, and hostile exploration make it a strong atmospheric alternative despite its 2D format.

In a vibrant undersea kingdom on the verge of collapse, a hermit crab embarks on a treasure hunt to buy back his repossessed shell. The second game from AGGRO CRAB.

Why similar: Souls-like 72.1%, Dark Fantasy 7.2%, Action RPG 5.4%, Lore-Rich 4.4%, RPG 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: Beneath its colorful comic tone is a very accessible but mechanically genuine Souls-like with stamina combat, boss challenges, equipment experimentation, and death-retrieval stakes.

Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

Why similar: Souls-like 46.8%, Difficult 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.3%, Atmospheric 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its interconnected fallen kingdom, melancholy atmosphere, demanding boss battles, and discovery-driven exploration appeal strongly to Dark Souls players.

Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

Why similar: Souls-like 62.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Difficult 6.4%, RPG 5.5%, Action RPG 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its 2D dark-fantasy world combines demanding boss fights, meaningful builds, cryptic lore, and exploration with a distinctly Souls-like sense of danger.

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is a standalone adventure within the ELDEN RING universe, crafted to offer players a new gaming experience by reimagining the game’s core design.

Why similar: Souls-like 60.2%, Action RPG 6%, Dark 5.9%, Lore-Rich 5.5%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

Why similar: Souls-like 44.7%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Difficult 14.3%, Dark 7.4%, Action RPG 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal action RPG mixes deliberate combat, parrying, challenging bosses, and oppressive environmental exploration in a strange biomechanical world.

Developed by FROM SOFTWARE, DARK SOULS™ II is the highly anticipated sequel to the gruelling 2011 breakout hit Dark Souls. The unique old-school action RPG experience captivated imaginations of gamers worldwide with incredible challenge and intense emotional reward.

Why similar: Souls-like 47.9%, Difficult 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, RPG 6.8%, Action RPG 5.6%

Rediscover the dark fantasy classic that defined the modern ARPG genre; fully remastered with a new class, fresh content, quality‑of‑life upgrades, and an overhauled endgame. Chain brutal skill and item synergies, rise in power, and carve through Hell’s armies with up to eight players.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 26.7%, Action RPG 21.6%, RPG 18.3%, Dark 12.8%, Action 7.7%

Their Flesh Is Your Weapon. Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel action-RPG with adrenaline-charged, high-stakes combat. Possess warrior Shells, dethrone false gods, redeem a ravaged world.

Why similar: Souls-like 42.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Difficult 11.3%, Action RPG 7.5%, Dark 7.2%

The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

Why similar: Difficult 26.2%, Atmospheric 19%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Third Person 15%, Action 8.5%

Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.

Why similar: RPG 18.3%, Action RPG 13.2%, Fantasy 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Character Customization 11.2%

Pascal's Wager: Definitive Edition is a challenging action role playing game set in a world of dark fantasy. Step into the shoes of Couriers, as they discover the tale behind the mysterious Dark Mist.

Why similar: Souls-like 45.8%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Difficult 11.6%, Action RPG 8.4%, RPG 6.4%

Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 16.5%, RPG 16%, Character Customization 11.3%, Action RPG 10.9%, Fantasy 8.7%

Plunge into a dark fantasy Action-RPG, harnessing powerful magic alongside a satisfying combat system. When the tyrannical god, Adyr, invades the human realm seeking vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender… a convicted sinner named Harkyn.

Why similar: Souls-like 42.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Difficult 9.6%, Action RPG 5.9%, Lore-Rich 5.8%

The Last Hero of Nostalgaia is a satirical action-adventure, brought to life by a twisted and wicked tale. Featuring hard but fair combat, *full character customization, unique battle armor and engaging narrative mechanics rich in lore, Nostalgaia plunges you into almost certain death at every turn.

Why similar: Souls-like 49.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Action RPG 6.9%, RPG 6.3%, Character Customization 5.1%

A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development.

Why similar: Souls-like 48.2%, Difficult 13.7%, Soundtrack 11.3% ★, Character Customization 8.6%, Third Person 6.6%

Deathbound is a unique Soulslike. Build a party of four characters and instantly morph between them in and out of combat. Combine their abilities to pull off devastating attacks and slay those who stand before you.

Why similar: Souls-like 43.4%, Difficult 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Action RPG 8.5%, RPG 6.3%

Between our world and the world beyond lie the Titan Souls, the spiritual source of all living things. Scattered amongst the ruins and guarded by the idle titans charged with their care, a solitary hero armed with a single arrow is assembling shards of the Titan Soul in a quest for truth and power.

Why similar: Souls-like 65%, Difficult 18.6%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Action 2.5%, Fantasy 1.9%

Explore alternative realities while trying to save Your own from approaching annihilation. Dark fantasy rpg action game which will take You on a journey deep into the realms of Errent.

Why similar: Souls-like 64.3%, RPG 9.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%, Difficult 9.1%, Action 5.1%

Same sick burns, same smoldering attitude, now all scaled up in stunning HD, Spyro is back in the Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy! Rekindle the fire with remastered versions of the original three games, Spyro™ the Dragon, Spyro™ 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro™: Year of the Dragon.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.7%, Fantasy 18.1%, Action 13.7%, Third Person 12.2%, Adventure 11.3%

The popular stylish action games Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, and Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition return in one collection!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.7%, Difficult 34.2%, Action 11.3%, Third Person 8.3%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.2%, Story Rich 18.9%, Action 12.5%, Third Person 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.2%

KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- is an HD remastered collection of 6 unforgettable KINGDOM HEARTS experiences. Take up your Keyblade to save the Disney worlds from darkness.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.5%, RPG 18.8%, Action RPG 12.7%, Fantasy 9.7%, Action 9.6%

BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.3%, Dark 20.5%, Atmospheric 18.8%, Story Rich 15.8%, Action 10%

The ultimate DARKSIDERS II experience! 1080p native resolution. Reworked and tuned game balancing and loot distribution. Improved Graphic Render Engine for even higher visual quality, lighting and shadows. Improved and reworked level, character and environment graphics.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 15.8%, RPG 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Souls-like 13.6%, Action 9.3%

Dark Fantasy Warrior is a third-person action role-playing game in Dark Souls style. Extremely dark, deep and DIFFICULT! All of that in this super action game and prepare to die. Are you ready to fight Darkness?

Why similar: Souls-like 48.4%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Action RPG 9.2%, RPG 7.1%, Third Person 4%

The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.

Why similar: Dark 36.3%, Third Person 24.2%, Atmospheric 20.4%, Action 13.3%, Adventure 5.7%

As the final creation of the Goddess, Juxtia, journey through the ruins of two divine kingdoms, overrun by the Tarnishing. Challenging combat, a hauntingly beautiful score, and a sinister narrative work in unison to make The Tarnishing of Juxtia an unforgettable 2D dark fantasy action RPG.

Why similar: Souls-like 45.2%, Dark Fantasy 17.3%, Lore-Rich 8.7%, Dark 7.6%, RPG 7%

Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.

Why similar: Souls-like 41.9%, Dark Fantasy 32.2%, RPG 9.5%, Action RPG 8.6%, Atmospheric 5.1%

The new open world, spellcasting action-RPG. The grimoires have been stolen, civilisation is in ruins. Rise, Curator! Craft ancient elemental magics and challenge the great lords who threaten to fracture reality itself.

Why similar: Souls-like 39.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Difficult 13.5%, Action RPG 8%, RPG 5.3%

ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.

Why similar: Souls-like 45.1%, Dark Fantasy 17.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Difficult 9.6%, Dark 5.7%

Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle

Why similar: Souls-like 39.2%, Difficult 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Lore-Rich 8.1%, Action RPG 7.3%

REMNANT II® pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself.

Why similar: Souls-like 60.8%, Dark 9.2%, RPG 7%, Co-op 6.6%, Multiplayer 4%

One of the most critically-acclaimed games in history, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is back, remastered in true high-definition, featuring improved textures, physically based rendering, high-dynamic range lighting and much more.

Why similar: Multiplayer 42.6%, Action 27.6%, Co-op 13%, Story Rich 12.9%, Atmospheric 3.8%