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.
An alt girl for skoof
First-person visual novel about ordering an alt girl online
83% positive
11K reviews
The Headliners
First-person co-op horror about photographing monsters and surviving expeditions
86% positive
11K reviews
Afterimage
Side-scrolling metroidvania with a vast world and weapon-based combat
77% positive
10K reviews
Windblown
Fast action roguelite built around dashes, weapon combos, and co-op
89% positive
10K reviews
Thymesia
Dark fantasy Souls-like built around stealing enemies' plague weapons
82% positive
10K reviews
Bean Battles
Short-round battle royale shooter where kills count alongside survival
94% positive
10K reviews
Little Witch Nobeta
Third-person action game with elemental spells and challenging castle battles
84% positive
10K reviews
Anomaly Agent
Side-scrolling action platformer with melee combos and anomaly weapons
95% positive
10K reviews
GOD EATER 3
Anime-style action RPG with cooperative hunts against dangerous monsters
79% positive
9,971 reviews
Nothing
Minimalist timer game where doing anything makes you lose
94% positive
9,952 reviews
Drova - Forsaken Kin
Open-world pixel-art action RPG with faction choices and tough combat
94% positive
9,773 reviews
The Surge 2
Sci-fi action RPG with punishing melee and limb-targeted loot
75% positive
9,606 reviews
Xuan-Yuan Sword VII
Third-person action RPG blending Chinese mythology and combo-based sword combat
63% positive
9,578 reviews
Curse of the Dead Gods
Isometric action roguelike with traps, darkness, and changing curses
83% positive
9,233 reviews
NEKOPARA Vol. 4
Anime visual novel about a pastry chef, catgirls, and family tensions
97% positive
8,831 reviews
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Hand-drawn Norse action adventure with exploration and giant boss fights
77% positive
8,560 reviews
To Be or Not to Be
Text adventure about cultivating immortality through dialogue and stat-building minigames
89% positive
8,277 reviews
STAR WARS™: The Force Unleashed™ II
Third-person Star Wars action with dual lightsabers and Force powers
63% positive
8,015 reviews
Steelrising
Souls-like action RPG fighting royal automatons in revolutionary Paris
72% positive
7,407 reviews
BLEACH Rebirth of Souls
3D anime fighter with sword duels and comeback transformations
67% positive
7,121 reviews
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
School romance visual novel with branching paths and psychological horror
95% positive
7,074 reviews
Bloody Hell
Top-down bullet-hell shooter about an angel hunting Satan in Hell
98% positive
Free
Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
Choice-driven dating sim about romancing killers on a strange island
90% positive
6,815 reviews
Eastern Exorcist
Hand-drawn side-scrolling action RPG about an exorcist fighting demons
84% positive
6,784 reviews