- #1 Thymesia
97% matchVery Positive82% of 10,174 reviews2022
Dev: OverBorder StudioPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 33.5%, Hack and Slash 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Action RPG 11.9%, Third Person 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers fast-paced, demanding souls-like combat emphasizing precise strikes and punishing boss battles.
- #2 The First Berserker: Khazan
96% matchVery Positive85% of 32,741 reviews2025
Dev: NeoplePub: NEXON
Windows
Median: 26.7 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 28.5%, Hack and Slash 14.9%, Action RPG 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 9%, Third Person 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides brutal, high-stakes action RPG combat with a heavy emphasis on mastery and survival.
- #3 Another Crab's Treasure
96% matchVery Positive92% of 21,993 reviews2024
Dev: Aggro Crab
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 60.4%, Action RPG 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%, Third Person 6.9%, Action-Adventure 5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique animal protagonist navigating a challenging souls-like action RPG adventure.
- #4 Mortal Shell
95% matchMixed67% of 12,062 reviews2021
Dev: Cold SymmetryPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 48.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Action RPG 9.5%, Hack and Slash 8.7%, RPG 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A grim souls-like action RPG that rewards deliberate, heavy melee combat and tactical positioning.
- #5 WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
94% matchMixed57% of 106,454 reviews2025
Dev: LeenzeePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 24.1 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 35.9%, Action RPG 14.6%, Hack and Slash 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Third Person 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy souls-like featuring aggressive melee combat and terrifying monster encounters.
- #6 Black Myth: Wukong
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,212,777 reviews2024
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 41.9 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.
Why similar: Souls-like 30.9%, Action RPG 19.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%, Combat 8.3%, Hack and Slash 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers intense, high-fidelity action RPG combat against mythological bosses and beastly creatures.
- #7 Monster Hunter: World
94% matchVery Positive89% of 518,074 reviews2018
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.5 hrsMean: 163.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.
Why similar: Action RPG 20.5%, Third Person 18.2%, RPG 14.2%, Hack and Slash 12.1%, Fantasy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on taking down massive prehistoric-style beasts using colossal melee weaponry.
- #8 Lies of P
92% matchVery Positive92% of 83,210 reviews2023
Dev: NEOWIZ
Windows · Mac
Median: 24.2 hrsMean: 39.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 52.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Action RPG 13.1%, Third Person 8.6%, RPG 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging souls-like action RPG with intricate weapon crafting and formidable boss fights.
- #9 ELDEN RING
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,156,862 reviews2022
Dev: FromSoftware, Inc.
Windows
Median: 100.6 hrsMean: 155.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
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 45.3%, Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Action RPG 12.5%, Third Person 8%, RPG 7%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential open-world souls-like action RPG packed with massive bosses and deep weapon combat.
- #10 Lords of the Fallen
91% matchMixed68% of 56,517 reviews2023
Dev: CI Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 28.5%, Action RPG 14%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Magic 10.8%, Combat 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy souls-like that delivers heavy tactical melee action across sprawling, ruined worlds.
- #11 DARK SOULS™ III
89% matchVery Positive94% of 440,524 reviews2016
Dev: FromSoftware, Inc.
Windows
Median: 45.5 hrsMean: 109.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 50.6%, Dark Fantasy 20.5%, Action RPG 10.2%, Third Person 8.3%, RPG 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: The classic benchmark for demanding melee combat and grim, atmospheric fantasy settings.
- #12 Eldest Souls
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,436 reviews2021
Dev: Fallen Flag StudioPub: United Label
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Fast-paced and brutally challenging, Eldest Souls is a unique Soulslike experience. In a final act of vengeance, the Old Gods have unleashed a great Desolation upon the world. Mankind's only hope lies with a lone warrior… and his greatsword of pure Obsydian.
Why similar: Boss Rush 26.2% ★, Souls-like 25.2%, Action RPG 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Hack and Slash 12%
Why You'll Like It: A punishing boss-rush action RPG capturing the intense, solitary challenge of souls-like combat.
- #13 Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 356,410 reviews2019
Dev: FromSoftware, Inc.Pub: Activision (Excluding Japan and Asia)
Windows
Median: 26.1 hrsMean: 61.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 59.1%, Third Person 10.1%, Hack and Slash 10%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%, Action 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on intense singleplayer action with rigorous swordplay and staggering boss duels.
- #14 Ashen
88% matchMixed67% of 3,866 reviews2019
Dev: A44Pub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ashen is an action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home.
Why similar: Souls-like 37.1%, Action RPG 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Hack and Slash 9%, Third Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric souls-like action RPG emphasizing cooperative exploration and heavy melee strikes.
- #15 Hellpoint
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,523 reviews2020
Dev: Cradle GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 43%, Hack and Slash 15.5%, Action RPG 14.8%, Third Person 9.2%, RPG 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi souls-like action RPG that centers around heavy melee weapon mastery and cosmic horror.
- #16 Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,954 reviews2024
Dev: A44 GamesPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
From games studio A44, makers of Ashen, comes an explosive Souls-lite, where Gods and guns collide in a battle for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Souls-like 20%, Magic 13.6%, Hack and Slash 11.5%, Action RPG 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: An action RPG blending heavy melee weapon combos with explosive fantasy combat encounters.
- #17 The Surge 2
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 9,621 reviews2019
Dev: Deck13Pub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 67.9%, RPG 9.5%, Third Person 6.5%, Hack and Slash 5.3%, Action 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A visceral sci-fi souls-like featuring targeted melee limb-cutting and fast-paced combat.
- #18 Stray Blade
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 531 reviews2023
Dev: Point Blank GamesPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Stray Blade is an action-adventure where you play a rogue Adventurer exploring the ancient Valley of Acrea with your companion, the Xhinnon wolf Boji. Unveil the history of the forgotten valley and master the powers of the three Acrean Metals to restore balance to this war-torn land.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.2%, Hack and Slash 18.1%, Combat 11.2%, Action RPG 9.5%, Third Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An action RPG focused on responsive, fast-paced melee combat and exploring ancient ruins.
- #19 TUNIC
84% matchVery Positive91% of 18,686 reviews2022
Dev: TUNIC TeamPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Souls-like 46%, Action RPG 16.9%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, RPG 7.8%, Fantasy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric action adventure featuring surprisingly deep, challenging combat against dangerous beasts.
- #20 BIOMUTANT
84% matchMixed66% of 20,215 reviews2021
Dev: Experiment 101Pub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 25.5%, Third Person 17.3%, Action RPG 16.4%, RPG 15.6%, Action 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world action RPG starring a mutated animal protagonist wielding customizable melee gear.
- #21 Steelrising
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 7,444 reviews2022
Dev: SpidersPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 34.9%, Action RPG 14.7%, Third Person 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, RPG 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A souls-like action RPG featuring deliberate combat mechanics and mechanical monstrous adversaries.
- #22 Morbid: The Lords of Ire
82% matchMixed68% of 336 reviews2024
Dev: Still RunningPub: Max Ent Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Risk insanity in the gruesome slash-em-up Morbid: The Lords of Ire, with brutal combat and souls-like elements. Defeat the five Lords of Ire as you fight for your life across tortured landscapes, rending the evil Gahars of their flesh-bound forms.
Why similar: Souls-like 30.7%, Hack and Slash 18.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Third Person 9.2%, Combat 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark souls-like isometric action game filled with visceral combat and horrific monsters.
- #23 Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,522 reviews2022
Dev: Acme GamestudioPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Embark on a journey full of danger in this action RPG, inspired by Greek and Roman mythologies. Explore the breathtaking city of Aphes and forge your way through legions of unique foes and mythical bosses to discover the truth behind the city’s curse.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.6%, Action RPG 15.4%, Hack and Slash 14.1%, Magic 10.2%, Third Person 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: An action RPG with third-person melee combat and mythological beasts inspired by classic tales.
- #24 Bleak Faith: Forsaken
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,004 reviews2023
Dev: Archangel Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 42.1%, Action RPG 19.6%, Third Person 9.4%, RPG 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric souls-like action RPG featuring towering monsters and heavy, grounded weaponry.
- #25 GRIME
81% matchVery Positive85% of 6,798 reviews2021
Dev: Clover BitePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 39.7%, Dark Fantasy 18%, Action RPG 16.6%, Combat 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy action-platformer souls-like built around absorbing unique biomechanical foes.
- #26 Praey for the Gods
80% matchVery Positive81% of 3,154 reviews2021
Dev: No Matter Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Praey for the Gods is a boss climbing open world adventure game where you play a lone hero sent to the edge of a dying frozen land to explore and solve the secrets of a never ending winter. Grapple, glide and grab hold of massive beasts as you fight to survive and return the world to proper order.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 29.5%, Third Person 23.1%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, Fantasy 13.4%, Action 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An action adventure centered entirely on scaling and defeating massive, towering boss creatures.
- #27 DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
79% matchVery Positive84% of 132,572 reviews2015
Dev: FromSoftware, Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows
Median: 40.6 hrsMean: 82.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 49.1%, Dark Fantasy 17.4%, Action RPG 9.9%, Third Person 8.1%, RPG 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cornerstone souls-like action RPG emphasizing deliberate weapon handling and hostile exploration.
- #28 The Surge
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,297 reviews2017
Dev: Deck13Pub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 67.8%, Third Person 8.1%, Hack and Slash 7.6%, RPG 6.9%, Action 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A punishing sci-fi souls-like focused on industrial melee combat and upgrading gear from foes.
- #29 Blades of Fire
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 707 reviews2026
Dev: MercurySteamPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A dark fantasy adventure where forging steel shapes combat, progression, and fate.
Why similar: Souls-like 27.2%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Hack and Slash 12.1%, Action-Adventure 9%, Combat 8.8%
- #30 Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted
78% matchMixed65% of 203 reviews2023
Dev: Blackburne Games Yazılım A.Ş.
Windows
Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted is a souls-like game with Enrage mechanic which sets in a Nature themed dark fantasy world. Fight your way from the deepest dungeons to the top of the clouds and save the corrupted nature in this mysterious "pre-human" era-themed epic story.
Why similar: Souls-like 22.3%, Action RPG 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Nature 9.3%, Combat 8.3%
- #31 ABYSSAL BLADE
75% matchVery Positive97% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Vifer Games
Windows · Mac
ABYSSAL BLADE is a pixel-art boss rush inspired by MMO raid mechanics. With only 1 HP, take up your blade and challenge the five stages of grief.
Why similar: Boss Rush 33.3% ★, Souls-like 18.3%, Hack and Slash 10.3%, Action RPG 9.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%
- #32 Crimson Moon
75% matchMixed59% of 3,147 reviews2026
Dev: ProbablyMonsters
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are Nephilim: a human-angel hybrid forged to defend humanity with supernatural powers. Fight solo or with a friend to annihilate demons and challenge brutal bosses in relentless melée combat. Rise, violent one. The prophecy is yours to fulfill.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.7%, Action RPG 14.3%, Hack and Slash 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 11%, PvE 7.9%
- #33 Cervus Blade
76% matchVery Positive89% of 414 reviews2023
Dev: Team BladePub: USC Games
Windows
Cervus Blade is an enchanting third-person action adventure game that takes players on an epic journey through a deer-worship desert world. Engage in high-octane combat, testing your skills in challenging encounters, unleash the power of the Blade and become a legend in this captivating adventure.
Why similar: Souls-like 44.2%, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, Action RPG 11%, Combat 9.5%, 3D 5.5%
- #34 Primal Carnage: Extinction
76% matchVery Positive83% of 9,916 reviews2015
Dev: Circle Five StudiosPub: Circle Five Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 51.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Hunt humans, slay dinosaurs. It's chaotic prehistoric PvP, pick a side. Think fast, or you're extinct!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 77.7% ★, Third Person 8.3%, Combat 7.8%, Action 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #35 Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors
77% matchMixed54% of 97 reviews2021
Dev: Arcupion Art
Windows
Will you survive? Be the dinosaur and thrive in a prehistoric world designed to give a true dinosaur survival experience. Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors lets players live the life of a dinosaur in a prehistoric environment where players must learn to hunt and adapt in order to survive.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 47.2% ★, Souls-like 20%, Nature 9.9%, Third Person 5.9%, PvE 4.8%
- #36 Dinosaurs A Prehistoric Adventure
78% matchMixed46% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: Arcupion Art
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Be the dinosaur! Experience the world of dinosaurs like never before! Dinosaurs A Prehistoric Adventure is an ARPG where you could play as 15 dinosaurs in a semi-open world environment.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 39.9% ★, Nature 11.3%, Action RPG 10.1%, Hack and Slash 10%, PvE 5.4%
- #37 The Isle
74% matchVery Positive80% of 121,520 reviews2015
Dev: Afterthought LLC
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 121.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 88.9% ★, Third Person 5.9%, RPG 2.3%, Action 2.1%, Indie 0.8%
- #38 King of Bones
72% matchVery Positive85% of 331 reviews2025
Dev: Gluten Free Games
Windows
King of Bones is a fast-paced dinosaur fighting game with physics-driven skill-based combat. Dash, dodge, stomp, headbutt, and smash your way through multiple unique game modes and over two dozen unique species as you fight to dominate the arena.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 45% ★, Souls-like 22.7%, Nature 9.5%, Third Person 7.8%, Combat 6.8%
- #39 Mortal Shell II
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 21,291 reviews2026
Dev: Cold SymmetryPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 23.3 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 37.5%, Action RPG 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Hack and Slash 11.6%, Third Person 7%
- #40 The Unfallens: Awakening
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 188 reviews2023
Dev: Floatonic Studio
Windows
Returning from exile underground, a shattered world awaits you. The civilization of Unfallens lies in ruins. The ruthless guardian waits to attack. Journey through remains. Awaken your true power. Reclaim what was lost. Experience challenging action boss battles in this compact, high-quality game.
Why similar: Souls-like 24%, Hack and Slash 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Action RPG 10.6%, Combat 8.1%
- #41 Anima Gate of Memories: I&II Remaster
72% matchVery Positive92% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Anima ProjectPub: Anima Publishing
Windows
A third-person action RPG that brings to life the world of Gaia from the Anima: Beyond Fantasy RPG table-top books. Explore a deep and multifaceted story where your choices and actions directly impact the journey and decide the fate of the characters.
Why similar: Souls-like 16.1%, Hack and Slash 15.5%, Action RPG 14%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Magic 8.3%
- #42 The Relic: First Guardian
73% matchMixed47% of 233 reviews2026
Dev: Project Cloud GamesPub: Perp Games
Windows
A dark action RPG rooted in Korean mythology, with brutal, fast combat.
Why similar: Souls-like 26%, Action RPG 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Hack and Slash 9.5%, Third Person 9%
- #43 Beast of Reincarnation
71% matchMixed59% of 6,278 reviews2026
Dev: GAME FREAK inc.Pub: Fictions
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Game Freak's brand-new title: Beast of Reincarnation is an action RPG with a fusion of real-time and turn-based combat. Experience the innovative "one-person, one-dog action RPG" in the beautiful yet harsh world of Beast of Reincarnation. What awaits at the end of Emma and Koo's journey?
Why similar: Souls-like 25.5%, Action RPG 14.2%, Nature 9.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Third Person 8.1%
- #44 Nine Treasures of Liuyin
71% matchVery Positive80% of 296 reviews2024
Dev: kingnagame
Windows
This is a dark, soul like role-playing game, trying to create a different experience in this genre. The protagonist fights against a powerful enemy in this city in search of a divine artifact.
Why similar: Souls-like 26%, Action RPG 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Hack and Slash 6.5%
- #45 Primal Carnage
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,816 reviews2012
Dev: Lukewarm MediaPub: Circle 5 Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A savage online shooter, where players do battle as man or beast in class-based deathmatches and a frantic escape mode. Unleash your inner dinosaur!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 90.1% ★, Third Person 4.4%, Action 3.9%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #46 Dragon Extinction
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 96 reviews2020
Dev: Xefier Games Inc.
Windows
Enter a fantasy world where humanity has brought dragons to the brink of extinction. This ARPG features hundreds of unique items, crafting and procedural dungeons.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.9%, Hack and Slash 15.8%, Action RPG 14.8%, Indie 11.6%, Third Person 7.5%
- #47 Fatekeeper
67% matchVery Positive80% of 11,030 reviews2026
Dev: ParaglacialPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Venture into a handcrafted world where ruins whisper of past cataclysms. Master the art of sword and sorcery and forge your path with relics, spells and choices that shape who you become in this first-person RPG.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 19%, Action RPG 18%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Magic 12.2%, Combat 8.2%
- #48 Crimson Oath
68% matchVery Positive82% of 828 reviews2026
Dev: Parry Frames Studio
Windows
Long may the sun shine! Prepare to suffer! Souls-like combat adventure in a unique world. Learn to fight... then fight to realize your belief.A warrior gradually grows and uncovers the ultimate truth of world change.
Why similar: Souls-like 30.4%, Hack and Slash 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Combat 9%, Third Person 8%
- #49 Darkblade Ascent
69% matchVery Positive81% of 562 reviews2025
Dev: PST Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Fast paced First-Person Melee Roguelike RPG with randomly generated weapons and upgrades, unlockable new classes and persistent leveling. Hack and slash your way through atmospheric dark fantasy locations, unique monsters and bosses.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.7%, Hack and Slash 17.3%, Action RPG 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Combat 9.3%
- #50 Exoprimal
69% matchMixed69% of 4,420 reviews2023
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Exoprimal is an online, team-based action game that pits humanity's cutting-edge exosuit technology against history's most ferocious beasts – dinosaurs.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 72.1% ★, PvE 10.6%, 3D 6.9%, Action 6.7%, Third Person 3.7%
- #51 Weird RPG
68% matchVery Positive92% of 4,239 reviews2022
Dev: yuzhen
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"Weird RPG" is a highly difficult and fast-paced action RPG game focusing on boss battle,
Why similar: Souls-like 32.6%, Action RPG 24.3%, RPG 12.4%, Hack and Slash 6.9%, Combat 6.7%
- #52 VOIN
67% matchVery Positive94% of 3,801 reviews2024
Dev: Nikita SozidarPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Crafted by a solo developer, VOIN is a first-person hack-and-slash. Cleave through hordes of enemies in fast-paced combat. Explore dark fantasy realms filled with secrets and dangers. Discover powerful gear and weapons, and face menacing bosses in your quest to cleanse a broken world.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.9%, Hack and Slash 18.4%, Action RPG 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
- #53 Dark Fantasy Warriors
71% matchMixed56% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: WarriorsStudio
Windows
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 30%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Action RPG 14.4%, Magic 7.8%, Third Person 7.2%
- #54 Dino Survivors
69% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Luminescent
Windows
Face hordes of Dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures in this survival game with minimalist gameplay! Dino Survivors is a casual game with Roguelite elements, where you need to be faster and survive several species of extinct animals. Your choices will determine this.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 63.5% ★, Action-Adventure 10.7%, RPG 7.5%, Combat 6.3%, Casual 5.1%
- #55 Reptiles: In Hunt
70% matchMixed60% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: Corpix Games
Windows
Reptiles: In Hunt gives you the opportunity to face dangerous dinosaurs in world that has fallen. It is a mix of survival and action. Hunt, explore, acquire resources, build new weapons and fight with huge reptiles and dangerous Reptilians that destroyed human civilization.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 47.3% ★, Hack and Slash 17.3%, Nature 13.5%, Third Person 9.6%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #56 Dinosaur Forest
70% matchMixed57% of 794 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dinosasur Forest is a fast paced chaotic first person wave-based shooter that pits players equipped with some basic weapons against species currently inhabiting the Unknown Planet.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 86.7% ★, Action 8.1%, Indie 5.2%
- #57 Fossilfuel 2
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: DangerousBob Studio LLC
Windows
Turn up the volume, turn off the lights, and get ready for the definitive Jurassic survival horror experience. Pump your shotgun and put those dinos back where they belong... in the ground!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 66.6% ★, Action RPG 17.1%, Combat 8.3%, Action 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #58 Clawed
66% matchMixed51% of 842 reviews2026
Dev: Flatrock Games
Windows
Embark on a covert mission to the dinosaur theme park Prehistoria, where you must explore the park's grounds to scavenge resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way through diverse biomes, underground tunnels and deadly enclosures. But beware, you are not the apex predator here.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 64.9% ★, Action-Adventure 9.2%, PvE 8.5%, Combat 7.9%, Action 3.9%
- #59 FEROCIOUS
66% matchMixed63% of 892 reviews2025
Dev: OMYOGPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Immerse yourself in a survival FPS adventure. Stranded on a dangerous island, face mercenaries, dinosaurs, and a vibrant yet hostile ecosystem. Explore breathtaking environments and survive the onslaught of intense, fast-paced encounters.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 62.5% ★, Nature 16.3%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, 3D 5.5%, Action 4.5%
- #60 Morbid Metal
63% matchVery Positive83% of 1,761 reviews2026
Dev: SCREEN JUICEPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Morbid Metal is a hack-and-slash action rogue-lite where you shapeshift into powerful characters. Switch in real time to unleash unique combos and slaughter hordes of deadly machines and intense bosses.
Why similar: Souls-like 30%, Hack and Slash 23%, Action RPG 17.7%, Third Person 14%, Action-Adventure 8%