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
273 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
La-Mulana 2
2D action platformer built around cryptic clues in ancient ruins
86% positive
1,086 reviews
Skoof Simulator
First-person life sim turns ordinary routines into absurd minigames
84% positive
1,078 reviews
There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition
Underground pixel-art action RPG with fast weapon-switching combat
71% positive
1,041 reviews
Heretical
Isometric action roguelite with tough bosses and changing builds
85% positive
1,035 reviews
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
Side-scrolling action adventure about a shaman seeking his father's spirit
83% positive
986 reviews
Xanadu Next
Isometric action RPG with interconnected dungeons and hidden routes
92% positive
961 reviews
Help Will Come Tomorrow
Survival strategy in Siberia with scarce supplies and class tensions
80% positive
944 reviews
The Devil Within: Satgat
2D action platformer with demanding combat and demon powers
79% positive
929 reviews
Metal Wolf Chaos XD
Third-person mech shooter about a president fighting a coup
84% positive
916 reviews
Trinity Fusion
2.5D action roguelite with parallel selves and changing levels
85% positive
913 reviews
SiNiSistar Lite Version
Dark 2D action platformer about exorcising monsters with sword and bow
86% positive
889 reviews
Sands of Aura
Isometric action RPG with tough combat and sailing across sand
75% positive
850 reviews
DK Online
Free-to-play fantasy MMORPG with transformations and open-world PvP
49% positive
Free
Beat Around The Bush
Casual arcade game about hitting circles around a bush
89% positive
Free
Trench Tales
Third-person shooter with deliberate combat in surreal war zones
70% positive
706 reviews
Dragon Is Dead
Dark fantasy action roguelite with gear that survives death
76% positive
703 reviews
4D Minesweeper
Minesweeper puzzle game with four-dimensional boards and complex deductions
94% positive
Free
Lumberjacked
First-person incremental game about chopping through a mysterious forest
83% positive
698 reviews
The Last Oricru - Final Cut
Third-person action RPG with branching choices and co-op combat
67% positive
670 reviews
Hellsweeper VR
First-person VR action roguelike with rapid movement through demonic realms
86% positive
620 reviews
Pocket Rogues
2D action roguelite with randomized dungeons and fortress upgrades
89% positive
614 reviews
Echoes of Yi : Samsara
Martial arts action RPG with timed counters and spirit-realm exploration
64% positive
566 reviews
Pushing it! Together - Sisyphus Co-op
Third-person co-op platformer about pushing a boulder uphill together
50% positive
565 reviews
Ball-it Hell
Top-down arcade bullet hell where you bat bullets back
95% positive
554 reviews