Souls-like PC Games | High-Difficulty Action Ranked by Rating

Souls-like names a structure, not a difficulty. You drop what you carry when you die and go back for it; resting at a checkpoint brings enemies back. With those two, a game is souls-like whether 2D or 3D, sword or gun. Some aim for a feel close to the originals; others borrow the structure for something else entirely. Heavy influence from famous titles makes comparison harsh and reviews divided. The list prefers titles whose ratings are not split, even with few reviews. THE CANON OF BALLS and A Song of Sunlight, for example, hold a steady rating with fewer than 500 reviews.

1,205 titles match. 261 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 420 support Japanese, and 170 are free.

601 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)

TitleDatePriceRatingTags

MycoRelic: Sentient Fungus Reanimates Robotic Shell in Souls-like RPG9/24$19.9991% positive 191online-co-opmultiplayersouls-likeaction-rpgexplorationS

ParryRobot: Master the Parry System in a Crumbling Future12/5Free97% positive 38actionpve3dsouls-like3d-fighterS

Blue Wyrm: First-Person Psychedelic Action in a Surreal Dungeon7/16$3.9994% positive 69psychedelicsouls-likeexplorationactionfpsS

Taoist Priest Yan: Supernatural Souls-like Horror Adventure10/22$4.99100% positive 23horrorsupernaturaladventuresouls-likesurvival-horrorS

Timo's Adventures: Fast-Paced 2D Rhythm Runner5/27Free100% positive 23souls-likerhythmside-scrollerscore-attack2dS

Cervus Blade: Souls-like Combat in a Desert World8/4Free89% positive 415souls-likeactiondark-fantasy3dsingleplayerS

Goblin Gnome Horn — A Quirky 2D Action Adventure5/22$3.9991% positive 163hand-drawnsouls-like2danimeactionS

Cubes and Knights: Hack and Slash Through Dark Dungeons5/4$7.9993% positive 82hack-and-slash2.5dretroold-schoolpixel-graphicsS

Aura of Worlds: A Roguelite Platformer Where Wits Conquer Chaos9/24$14.9991% positive 150roguelikeplatformermetroidvaniasouls-likeside-scrollerS

Bonelords: Build Your Character, Defend the Waves9/10$6.9992% positive 107action-rogueliketower-defensestrategyco-opside-scrollerS

Raindancer: One-Hit-Death Boss Rush Adventure10/30$0.9989% positive 333actionindieadventurerpgsouls-likeS

Crimson Capes: Embrace the Dark Fantasy of Witch Hunting2/12$8.99-40%90% positive 194adventuresouls-likeactionaction-rpgdark-fantasyS

Rogue Worlds: Roguelite Platformer with Environmental Puzzles5/14Free93% positive 76roguelikeplatformermetroidvaniasouls-likeside-scrollerS

Nightmare: The Lunatic - Hack and Slash Through a Dream World3/31$16.9989% positive 274action-roguelikehack-and-slashdifficultreplay-valuepixel-graphicsS

Banished Knight: Top-Down Action Roguelike of Undead Knights1/31$3.9997% positive 33adventureaction-roguelikerpgactionsouls-likeS

Hobo Cat Adventures: Souls-like Platformer with Dark Humor9/30$10.9992% positive 93souls-likedark-humor3d-platformerstylizedcollectathonS

Fart King: Master Precision Platforming with Fart Propulsion4/16$2.99100% positive 21precision-platformerside-scroller2d-platformerpuzzle-platformersouls-likeS

Aim Climb: Precision Platforming Meets Psychological Horror3/19$6.8089% positive 246psychological-horrorshootersingleplayercutepoint-&-clickS

Maid of Salvation: Fast-Paced Souls-like Metroidvania10/23$14.9989% positive 245female-protagonistexplorationmetroidvaniasouls-likehack-and-slashS

Towertale: Ascend the Ancient Tower and Change Your Fate7/30$9.9993% positive 69co-opmultiplayerboss-rushaction-rpgcharacter-action-gameS

The Bar Souls: Retro Pixelated Action-Adventure with a Twist11/5$4.9997% positive 32souls-likehack-and-slashactionadventurepveS

Real Turmoil: Become a Warrior in 17th Century Russia6/17$0.9991% positive 117actionadventurerpgaction-adventureaction-rpgS

Volkolak: The Will of Gods - Unleash Your Inner Beast in a Slavic Dark Fantasy8/22$15.9988% positive 377side-scrollermetroidvania2d-platformersouls-likehack-and-slashS

Robots at Midnight: Retro-Futuristic Action RPG on a Ruined World6/19$19.9990% positive 151action-adventuresouls-likeexplorationrpgadventureS

Truth of Beauty Witch -Marine's Treasure Ship-: A Tsugunohi Horror Collaboration8/11$4.9991% positive 108adventureside-scrolleraction-adventurerealisticsouls-likeS

Grass Cutter - Mutated Lawns: A Voxel Action-Puzzle Challenge3/24Free88% positive 337difficultgoreactionsimulationsouls-likeS

Monkey King Simulator: Huaguo Mountain - Souls-like Action RPG10/12$1.9990% positive 147hack-and-slashsouls-likelootaction-rpgmythologyS

King Of Water: Grow Big or Go Home11/5$0.9994% positive 52choose-your-own-adventure2d-platformerimmersive-simsouls-likebullet-hellS

Memoirium: Dream, Defy, Decorate in a Shifting Dark Fantasy RPG8/13$14.9991% positive 103souls-likepixel-graphicssingleplayeractionthird-personS

Don't Byte Your Tongue: Precision Platforming Challenge4/7$2.99100% positive 20precision-platformer2d-platformerpuzzle-platformersouls-likepuzzleS

Slappingrot: Embrace the Absurdity in a Souls-like Roguelike12/29$2.99100% positive 20roguelikesouls-likefunnymemesdark-comedyS

Wéko the Mask Gatherer: 3D Platformer Adventure with RPG Elements7/26$19.9991% positive 100puzzleaction-adventureexplorationatmosphericmetroidvaniaS

Kingdom Shell: A Metroidvania Adventure of Shattered Kingdoms and Nightmares10/5$17.9988% positive 286metroidvaniapixel-graphicsadventure2d-platformersouls-likeS

Miska's Cave: Pixel Art Action-Adventure with Gravity-Defying Fun1/28Free89% positive 187casualrunnerside-scrollersouls-likepveS

Foreign Sun: A Metroidvania Soulslike Pilgrimage4/21$19.9997% positive 29actionrpgaction-rpgmetroidvaniasouls-likeS

Color Souls: A Challenging 2D Platformer Where Every Step Counts6/18$4.9997% positive 29side-scroller2d-platformersouls-likedifficultplatformerS

Reavers of New Rome: Barbarian's Revenge in a Crumbling Empire12/11$14.9997% positive 29actionaction-adventureadventureexplorationsci-fiS

Retrace the Light: Explore Mind Mazes as an Amnesiac Enforcer11/21$17.9988% positive 258explorationtop-downmetroidvaniaindie3d-platformerS

Breadborn: A Cursed Dough's Chaotic Retro Adventure11/11Free91% positive 93retroadventureactionarcadesouls-likeS

Crown Of Silence: A Metroidvania RPG of Strategic Combat8/5$7.99100% positive 19metroidvaniaside-scrollerexploration2d-platformerpixel-graphicsS

Trials of Argolis: First-Person Souls-like Combat in Mythological Greece12/2$7.99100% positive 19souls-likedifficultmythologyswordplayfirst-personS

Koloboke: Sickness Simulator - Roll, Jump, and Conquer Hilarious Chaos5/1$4.9991% positive 82difficultactionadventuresouls-likeplatformerS

DAMON and BABY — A New Style of Action Adventure Fusing Shooting and Exploration3/25$19.9990% positive 97metroidvaniaaction-rpgsouls-likerpgshooterS

Cacildes Adventure: Master Skillful Combat in a Warring Fantasy World4/27$4.99100% positive 18souls-likeaction-rpgexplorationaction-adventuremetroidvaniaS

Roll the Ball: Precision 3D Platformer with Physics Challenges3/26$6.99100% positive 18precision-platformer3d-platformerrunnerthird-personactionS

Last Night of Winter: A Souls-like Dungeon Crawler's Endless Siege8/9$9.9991% positive 67souls-likeindieaction-adventureexplorationmetroidvaniaS

ODDRooM: Shoot Wildly in Your Dreams for a Wish5/21$14.9996% positive 28bullet-timeboomer-shooterdifficultcolorfulshoot-'em-upS

The Heart of Darkness: A Cursed Saintess's Descent into Shadow4/15$12.99-35%86% positive 306rpgsingleplayeranimeindiejrpgS

Tropicalia: A Brazilian RPG of Myth and Exploration2/28$14.9990% positive 82capybarasexplorationmetroidvaniasouls-likelanguage-learningS

99 Fails Lite: Precision Platforming with David Wise Music6/15$8.9991% positive 65precision-platformerside-scrollerroguelike2d-platformersouls-likeS

Sorted by Wilson score, a rating estimate that accounts for review count. Titles with few reviews are discounted, so '100% on 1 review' never tops the list, while a genuine 90% on 40 reviews rises properly.