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.
68% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Soulslikes like Descensus
Still thinking about Descensus and its dark and tense tone? These soulslikes are a good place to start.
The Surge
Wake up in a wrecked CREO complex bolted to a heavy exoskeleton, with haywire robots and augmented co-workers hunting you. The Surge is a sci-fi soulslike built around tight melee and cutting off exactly what you want to wear next. See a weapon you like, take the limb it is attached to.
Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
75% of 9,263 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$14.99Dark 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.
Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
78% of 629 Steam reviews are positive$16.99Dead 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.
Dark, Tense, Surreal
70% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Sands 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.
Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
77% of 594 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$24.99Mortal Shell
Their flesh is your armor. You wake in a rotting world, slip into the bodies of fallen warriors, and learn to fight the slow, punishing way: wait for the opening, trade blows carefully, turn to stone at the last second. Short, grim, and sharp for soulslike fans.
Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
67% of 10,807 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 56$29.99Dolmen
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?
Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
55% of 280 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Biomass
Uncover the secrets of the sinking metropolis in this action RPG. Clash beam sabers, or be a gunslinger. Make alliances or go it alone. Your actions have consequences - those whom learn the nature of this world will be able to shape it as they see fit.
Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
84% of 96 Steam reviews are positive$14.99AI LIMIT
As Arrisa, an immortal Blader, you cross the ruined city of Havenswell, repair the Branches that bring you back to life, and learn bosses the hard way. No stamina bar here: a Sync Rate rewards hitting back hard and punishes getting hit. A friendlier, anime-styled soulslike with tight level design and plenty of weapons to find.
Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
92% of 23,192 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 146$34.99FOUNTAINS
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.
Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
85% of 443 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99Back 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.
Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
74% of 130 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Void 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.
Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
95% of 354 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Serpent's Gaze
Serpent's Gaze is a punishing third-person action game for soulslike fans: heavy, tactical melee combat, tough enemies and relentless bosses in an ancient desert. Pick a weapon, learn the patterns, and fight alone or in up to 4-player co-op while blessings and curses reshape every run.
Dark, Tense, Atmospheric
87% of 810 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 67$15.99
Cheaper than Descensus
Dark Devotion
A side-scrolling soulslike pilgrimage through a fallen temple, as a Templar proving her faith.
74% of 1,940 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$1.99
Trapped Souls
Break the curse, set them free... even angels couldn't escape King Tarrius' dungeon.
86% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$2.49
DarkMaus
DarkMaus is an indie action RPG with challenging, skill-based combat that punishes careless play.
80% of 406 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Young Souls
Young Souls is a gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG.
84% of 502 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$4.99
Ruine
A sidescrolling fantasy RPG with roguelike elements and a souls-like setting. The world of Ruine is amorphous, its past long forgotten by most.
92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Stone 4 Souls
Stone 4 Souls is a side-scrolling game with Metroidvania, Soulslike, medieval fantasy, and RPG elements.
77% of 35 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$0.99
Slash or Die
In this game you will face violence and extraordinary complexity.
84% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Gravethorn
Gravethorn is a 2D platformer that combines soulslike and metroidvania elements with deep storytelling.
86% of 74 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
Steelrising
Paris, 1789, overrun by Louis XVI's mechanical army. You are Aegis, the queen's automaton bodyguard, fighting through burning streets to save the…
72% of 4,736 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 78$3.99
Anomaly Agent
Anomaly Agent puts you in the shoes of Agent 70, stopping time-bending anomalies with punches, guns, and anomaly weapons.
94% of 9,525 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$3.59
Estencel
Atmospheric souls-like. Fight enemies and bosses and explore the gloomy city.
66% of 157 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Hidden gems like Descensus
False Hero
False Hero is a fast-paced soulslike where your mask lets you steal attacks from the enemies you kill and chain them into your own combos.
89% of 400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$19.99
Serpent's Gaze
Serpent's Gaze is a punishing third-person action game for soulslike fans: heavy, tactical melee combat, tough enemies and relentless bosses in an…
87% of 810 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 67$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!
95% of 354 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Morbid Metal
Morbid Metal is a fast hack-and-slash roguelite set in a ruined sci-fi future, where you shapeshift between fighters mid-combo and carve through…
81% of 1,685 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$17.99
MycoRelic
MycoRelic is a third-person action RPG where you are a sentient fungus piloting a scrapped robot body across islands of tribal mushroom machines.
86% of 206 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$16.99
DEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY is a hand-drawn dungeon crawler that drops one unarmed human into a demonic fortress full of devils.
81% of 147 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99
FOUNTAINS
Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of this war-torn empire and escape your captors.
85% of 443 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
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.
79% of 117 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Hell is Us
Hell is Us is a third-person action-adventure set in the isolated country of Hadea, torn by civil war and a calamity that raised supernatural…
83% of 4,787 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 105$49.99
Dragon Is Dead
Dragon is Dead is a 2D dark fantasy roguelite with hack-and-slash combat and unlockable classes.
75% of 665 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Duel Corp.
Duel Corp. is a Souls-inspired action RPG in a sandbox open world where everyone woke up with darkened eyes and the dead came back soulless.
71% of 1,266 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
Return
Return to your home planet after 200 years of space travel in this atmospheric, art-driven adventure.
86% of 196 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Newest soulslikes like Descensus
MycoRelic
MycoRelic is a third-person action RPG where you are a sentient fungus piloting a scrapped robot body across islands of tribal mushroom machines.
86% of 206 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$16.99
False Hero
False Hero is a fast-paced soulslike where your mask lets you steal attacks from the enemies you kill and chain them into your own combos.
89% of 400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$19.99
DEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY is a hand-drawn dungeon crawler that drops one unarmed human into a demonic fortress full of devils.
81% of 147 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99
Mortal Shell II
Their flesh is your weapon. Mortal Shell II is a dark, brutal action RPG where you possess eight lost warrior Shells, upgrade melee and ranged…
80% of 21,056 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,431$37.49
Grim Axiom
Enter a dark underground world in this soulslike adventure-horror game where undead monsters lurk around every corner, and uncover the mystery…
66% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Serpent's Gaze
Serpent's Gaze is a punishing third-person action game for soulslike fans: heavy, tactical melee combat, tough enemies and relentless bosses in an…
87% of 810 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 67$15.99
MÖRK BORG Heresy Supreme
Face new perils, discover 35 Cursed Items in the Big Halloween Update.
77% of 94 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
Morbid Metal
Morbid Metal is a fast hack-and-slash roguelite set in a ruined sci-fi future, where you shapeshift between fighters mid-combo and carve through…
81% of 1,685 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$17.99
Spark in the Dark
A grim dungeon crawler that drops you into an endless, pitch-black Dungeon where every fight can be your last.
87% of 1,266 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$16.99
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.
79% of 117 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Duel Corp.
Duel Corp. is a Souls-inspired action RPG in a sandbox open world where everyone woke up with darkened eyes and the dead came back soulless.
71% of 1,266 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
Dead Wells: The Devil Fragment
Hack, Slash, Parry and Dodge your foes in this Souls-like Action RPG.
70% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$14.99