Games like Descensus

Still thinking about Descensus and its dark and tense tone? These games are a good place to start.

The Surge
You show up for your first day at CREO, the corporation saving the world, and wake up in a wrecked complex wearing a heavy exoskeleton while everything around you tries to kill you. A souls-like where you target and slice off specific limbs, then loot exactly what you cut off. Industrial sci-fi, tight melee combat, big bosses.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
75% of 9,252 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 55$14.99
Dark Light
Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
78% of 628 Steam reviews are positive$9.34
Fallback
Lead the rebellion in an epic rogue-like adventure. Guide your jet-pack equipped post-apocalyptic volunteers through a labyrinthine underground complex by jumping, dodging, and battling against robot minions (and masters) to get to the surface — and bring life back to the scorched Earth.
Dark, Tense
87% of 300 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Dead Wells: The Devil Fragment
Hack, Slash, Parry and Dodge your foes in this Souls-like Action RPG. Explore the countryside in search of The Devil Fragment while fighting enemies with a multi game inspired combat system where you can launch foes into the air and then juggle them to build your combo meter for multiple buffs.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Surreal
71% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Sands of Aura
Sands of Aura is an open-world action adventure with a fantasy setting of a realm in its twilight--a world buried beneath a sea of sand. Sail across the sandseas to return life to a dying world in an unforgettable experience that is equal parts engaging story and unrelenting, souls-like combat.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
77% of 594 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
Dolmen
Dolmen is a terrifying new action RPG that combines futuristic Sci-Fi and Cosmic Horror elements. Will your timeline be erased or will you defeat your enemies to survive and fulfil your mission?
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
55% of 280 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Mortal Shell
A dark action RPG where you wear the bodies of dead warriors and turn to stone mid-fight. Mortal Shell trades variety for focus: one harden mechanic, deliberate combat, and a foggy, ruined world that does not care whether you survive it.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
67% of 10,796 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 34$29.99
Back To Ashes
Explore alternative realities while trying to save Your own from approaching annihilation. Dark fantasy rpg action game which will take You on a journey deep into the realms of Errent.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
74% of 130 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
AI LIMIT
A post-apocalyptic action RPG in the last city of Havenswell, where you play Arrisa, an immortal Blader searching ruined streets for the truth behind civilization's collapse. Fast, aggressive combat with no stamina bar, dense interconnected levels and a gloomy sci-fi world make this a souls-like worth your evenings.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
92% of 23,167 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 181$34.99
Void Sols
Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
95% of 354 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
FOUNTAINS
Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of this war-torn empire and escape your captors. Carve your way through a gritty souls-like RPG set in a sprawling, interconnected world.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
85% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
Serpent's Gaze
A punishing co-op soulslike set in an ancient desert. Fight heavy, tactical battles through handcrafted levels, stack blessings and relics into wild builds, and take on relentless bosses alone or with up to three friends, all while uncovering why a dying tree god brought you to life.
Also in Soulslike · Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
87% of 801 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 57$15.99

Cheaper than Descensus

Mana Spark

A challenging action RPG with deep souls-like combat and rogue-like elements.

$2.39

Reignbreaker

Reignbreaker is a high-octane action rogue-like set in a dystopian medievalpunk world.

$3.99

THE DARK DWELLERS

In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group THE DARK DWELLERS.

$2.99

Return

Return to your home planet after 200 years of space travel in this atmospheric, art-driven adventure.

$5.59

Dark Devotion

Fight your way down through a cursed temple, lose everything on death, and keep just enough to try again.

$1.99

Trapped Souls

Break the curse, set them free... even angels couldn't escape King Tarrius' dungeon.

$2.49

DarkMaus

DarkMaus is an indie action RPG with challenging, skill-based combat that punishes careless play.

$4.99

The Last Man Survivor

The Last Man Survivor is a gloomy roguelike in which you have to fight tons of enemies, slay giant bosses, discover new abilities and characters…

$4.99

Featherfall

Featherfall is a soulslike RPG adventure about a bird leaving its nest.

$2.99

Disillusion

A mysterious muse calls upon you to investigate a Large tower in an oneiric land.

$2.99

Voidwrought

A fast 2D Metroidvania where you hunt the blood of gods beneath a star-scorched sky.

$4.99

Curse of the Dead Gods

Carve through a cursed temple with blade and torch, dodge what the gods throw at you, and turn every death into progress.

$3.99

Hidden gems like Descensus

False Hero

False Hero is a fast-paced soulslike where every enemy you kill teaches you its attack.

$15.99

Serpent's Gaze

A punishing co-op soulslike set in an ancient desert. Fight heavy, tactical battles through handcrafted levels, stack blessings and relics into wild…

$15.99

Void Sols

Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow!

$14.99

Morbid Metal

Swap between fighters in the middle of a combo and carve through machine hordes in a ruined future, one run at a time.

$17.99

Conquest Dark

Carve through undead hordes in fast dark fantasy runs, stacking runes and relics into builds that grow absurdly powerful.

$9.99

FOUNTAINS

Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of this war-torn empire and escape your captors.

$14.99

Netherworld Covenant

In the abyss where the mortal realm and netherworld intertwine, become a warrior wielding the power of the Nether Lantern to fight along with the…

$19.99

Dark Light: Survivor

Dark Light: Survivor is a dark sci-fi action roguelike with ARPG loot and third-person shooter combat.

$13.08

Breath of Life

Breath of Life - a dark third-person action RPG. You are an Incarnation, born from the Void to tread where the dead cannot rest.

$14.99

Duel Corp.

A Souls-inspired action RPG in a sandbox open world where an event gave everyone cursed immortality and raised the dead.

$24.99

Reignbreaker

Reignbreaker is a high-octane action rogue-like set in a dystopian medievalpunk world.

$3.99

Undead World

Action rpg that containst fast-Paced combat and survival elements. Use your skills to defeat the Undead.

Free

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