Almost all of them will be punishing (at least more than a traditional game), have exploration elements, cause you to lose something upon death, and have intense boss fights, RPG elements, and more. There are a few elements that most will have, but it is something easier to know when you see it rather than define with words. What makes a game a Souls-like isn’t set in stone. If you’ve played the series to death and are looking for a new challenge, check out these picks for the best games like Dark Souls.

Ashen (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC)Įach game on this list will have something familiar to fans of Dark Souls, but also puts its own unique spin on the genre to make it stand out as more than just a simple clone.

Remnant: From the Ashes (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC).

Blasphemous (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC).

Hollow Knight (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC).

Salt and Sanctuary (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC).

Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC).

The Surge 2 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC).

Video Card: DirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3. Release Date: 2016 Minimum System RequirementsĬPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent

Discover, craft, and upgrade over 600 weapons, armor pieces, spells, and items as you explore a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, desecrated monuments, and the fallen lords they once celebrated.įrom Ska Studios, the award-winning indie studio behind a long list of stylistic, visceral, and brutally executed action titles that includes The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, and Charlie Murder, comes Salt and Sanctuary, the studio’s most ambitious title to date. Salt and Sanctuary seamlessly combines fast, brutal, and complex 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics. Beneath crumbling, salt-worn structures, labyrinthine passageways lead to unspeakable evil, long forgotten by man.

In fog-shrouded valleys, where grinning, mossy corpses cling to rusted arms, shambling figures begin to stir. A doomed sailor is shipwrecked on an uncharted island.

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