The Top 10 Best Soulslike Games

10. Titan Souls

Let's start with one of the more obvious followers of the Souls-formula. I mean... it's literally in the name. Titan Souls has plenty of its own identity though and carved out its own space in the pantheon of indie classics. It is a tough-as-nails boss rush game in the top-down perspective, with one-hit kills and nasty boss fights. | © Devolver Digital

9. Lords of the Fallen

Talking about obvious influence, let's look at Deck13 for a bit. Their first foray into the Soulslike genre was very strongly influenced by Dark Souls, from UI, to style and boss design. It's frankly a little lame but the game as one of the first of its kind and ended up being actually really good. | © Square Enix / CI / Bandai Namco

8. The Surge 1 & 2

However, their next games were significantly better and more interesting, in our opinion. The Surge takes Lords of the Fallen and puts it into a Sci-Fi scenario. Sci-Fi Soulslikes are still extremely rare and something, that FromSoft fans have been wanting for years. If you are in the market for that, you need to play The Surge. | © Focus Entertainment

7. Mortal Shell

Mortal Shell is a game that owned up to its influence since day one. It is one of the best ones though, especially for its unique style and focus on a shorter, streamlined action experience. If you mainly like the tough fights in Souls games and don't care too much about the RPG aspects, this is a great one to look into. | © Playstack

6. Blasphemous

What a crazy and unique game. At least in its style and scenario. Blasphemous is a positively crazy game that plants Soulslike features such as losing your currency on death and the tough difficulty into a 2D Metroidvania. Unfortunately, the gameplay is not quite as tight as in other games on this list. But still, very much worth trying out. | © Team17

3. Jedi: Fallen Order

Shout out to Respawn Entertainment for making the only really great and successful Star Wars game under EA. Fallen Order was a bit of a surprise, especially in its proximity to Dark Souls. It's quite tough, the combat system is similar, and you respawn at specific checkpoints upon death. A great game and a fantastic Soulslike at that. | © EA

2. Hollow Knight

Ugh, I could talk about this game all day. But I'll keep it short. Hollow Knight is one of the best Soulslikes and Metroidvanias ever made. A beautifully melancholic world, obscure and indirect storytelling, super tough bosses and losing your currency upon death. The DNA of Dark Souls runs all through this game. And it's amazing. | © Team Cherry

1. Nioh 1 & 2

Our number 1 game is Nioh! Well, both Nioh's. These games take obvious influences, but do what the other best Soulslikes do: take the DNA of Dark Souls and morph it into something new and unique. And also have a fantastic combat system. Always helpful. Absolutely fantastic games which are often even tougher than Dark Souls. | © Koei Tecmo/Sony

Dark Souls inspired tons and tons of games like few other games in recent memory, if any. It spawned the genre of Soulslike games, which take inspiration from the FromSoftware classic franchise in one way or another. And there are a lot of great games in that list. We have collected ten of our favorite Soulslike games here, from big budget releases to the smallest indie titles.

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