Best Souls-like games on PC
Action games centered on difficult combat, where players learn enemy attack patterns and improve through repeated attempts. Many also use RPG progression and dark fantasy settings.
- Demanding, timing-based combat
- Learning enemy attack patterns
- Repeated attempts after failure
Related: Difficult, Action RPG, Dark Fantasy, RPG
801 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Lunacid
First-person dark fantasy RPG built around dungeon exploration and secrets
90% positive
11K reviews
Trombone Champ
Rhythm game with mouse-controlled trombone pitch and baboons
98% positive
11K reviews
An alt girl for skoof
First-person visual novel about ordering an alt girl online
84% positive
11K reviews
FlyKnight
First-person dungeon crawler with limb-targeting combat and co-op
96% positive
11K reviews
Anomaly Agent
Side-scrolling action platformer with melee combos and anomaly weapons
95% positive
10K reviews
Demo Drova - Forsaken Kin
Open-world pixel-art action RPG with faction choices and tough combat
93% positive
9,807 reviews
Demo The Surge
Sci-fi Souls-like action RPG with limb-targeting melee combat
74% positive
9,674 reviews
Windblown
Fast action roguelite built around dashes, weapon combos, and co-op
88% positive
9,501 reviews
NEKOPARA Vol. 4
Anime visual novel about a pastry chef, catgirls, and family tensions
97% positive
9,372 reviews
The Headliners
First-person co-op horror about photographing monsters and surviving expeditions
85% positive
8,971 reviews
Demo To Be or Not to Be
Text adventure about cultivating immortality through dialogue and stat-building minigames
88% positive
8,864 reviews
Thymesia
Dark fantasy Souls-like built around stealing enemies' plague weapons
81% positive
8,855 reviews
Titan Souls
Top-down boss-rush action built around a single arrow
82% positive
8,817 reviews
Demo Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
2D action RPG with whip traversal and boss-powered spells
76% positive
8,806 reviews
Demo Xuan-Yuan Sword VII
Third-person action RPG blending Chinese mythology and combo-based sword combat
62% positive
8,638 reviews
BLACK SOULS
Dark fantasy RPG where dying does not mean game over
95% positive
8,227 reviews
Curse of the Dead Gods
Isometric action roguelike with traps, darkness, and changing curses
84% positive
8,170 reviews
GOD EATER 3
Anime-style action RPG with cooperative hunts against dangerous monsters
80% positive
8,167 reviews
Mina the Hollower
Top-down action-adventure where you burrow beneath monsters and hazards
87% positive
8,017 reviews
The Surge 2
Sci-fi action RPG with punishing melee and limb-targeted loot
74% positive
7,882 reviews
Demo Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge
Physics puzzles about arranging rats and objects to kill cats
77% positive
7,768 reviews
Nightmare Kart
Gothic kart racing with weapon combat and steam-powered vehicles
96% positive
Free
Bloody Hell
Top-down bullet-hell shooter about an angel hunting Satan in Hell
97% positive
Free
Bean Battles
Short-round battle royale shooter where kills count alongside survival
94% positive
7,426 reviews