Souls-like game recommendations

Methodical combat, merciless bosses and that unique feeling of winning after dozens of attempts: souls-likes inherited the fair-challenge formula from Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls. If you are looking for a souls-like game recommendation, this list rounds up the highest rated by critics — from Elden Ring to the indies that reinvented the style.

The 25 best souls-like games

1. 1

   Elden Ring (2022)

   PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

   95
2. 2

   God of War (2018)

   PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

   94
3. 3

   Fear & Hunger 2: Termina (2022)

   PC — Steam ↗

   92
4. 4

   Bloody Hell (2023)

   PC

   92
5. 5

   Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020)

   Nintendo · PC — Nintendo ↗ · Steam ↗

   91
6. 6

   Hades II (2025)

   Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

   91
7. 7

   Black Myth: Wu Kong (2024)

   PlayStation · PC — Steam ↗

   91
8. 8

   Pseudoregalia (2023)

   PC

   91
9. 9

   LIZARDS MUST DIE (2023)

   PC

   91
10. 10

    Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    90
11. 11

    Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist (2025)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

    90
12. 12

    Monster Hunter: World (2018)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    89
13. 13

    Nine Sols (2024)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

    89
14. 14

    Death's Door (2021)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

    89
15. 15

    Stellar Blade (2024)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    89
16. 16

    Nothing (2024)

    PC

    89
17. 17

    Bloodborne: The Old Hunters (2015)

    PlayStation — PS Store ↗

    88
18. 18

    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (2020)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗ · Steam ↗

    88
19. 19

    AI Limit (2025)

    PlayStation · PC

    88
20. 20

    Gunfire Reborn (2020)

    PC

    88
21. 21

    SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake (2023)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

    88
22. 22

    Another Crab's Treasure (2024)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

    88
23. 23

    StormEdge: Wind of Change (2023)

    PC

    88
24. 24

    Lies Of P (2023)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    87
25. 25

    Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (2023)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    87

How this list was built: we start from a catalog of 20,827 PlayStation, Nintendo and PC games, then filter and sort by score — the critic score (Metacritic or IGDB) where it exists, the player score in the exceptions (hover a score to see its source). It is updated along with the catalog.