Scary soulslike hidden gems
These scary soulslike hidden gems throw you into cursed towns, ruined chapels and overgrown ruins where every dodge and parry counts. In Tombwater you pick through a frontier settlement stalked by strange horrors, while Perennial Order tests you against towering plant-like bosses that punish a single mistake, and Stonemachia lets you shift between chess-inspired forms to answer angelic foes. Expect tight stamina, hard bosses and dim paths that keep you listening for what moves behind you.
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Stonemachia
Zefiro is a living pawn who can change into other chess pieces mid-fight, fighting through Medhelan, a gloomy land hit by the Plague of Angels, to return to Heaven. Parry-heavy combat, fast form-swapping, and statue-like angels drawn from Italian art make this dark action-adventure worth a look for soulslike fans.
95% of 1,382 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99False 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. You explore the corrupted Land of the Gods, learn dozens of combat arts, and test them against bosses with strict, fair movesets. Worth playing for the build-crafting and the fights.
89% of 398 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$15.99Tombwater
A top-down Soulslike set in a cursed Wild West mining town. Slash and shoot Eldritch beasts with guns, blades and spells, explore a dense interconnected world full of secrets, and uncover what drove Tombwater mad. Grim pixel art, lonely guitar, and over twenty gruesome bosses.
91% of 316 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$24.99Tearscape
As a hunter, you explore a dark, interconnected world filled with dungeons, relying on precise combat to survive. Battle grotesque monsters, expand your arsenal, and uncover hidden paths in a non-linear, pixel art journey.
89% of 353 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Void 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.
95% of 354 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Verho - Curse of Faces
A first-person dark RPG in the King's Field tradition, set in the land of Yariv after 264 years of isolation. You wear a mask to survive the Curse of Faces, where a revealed face means death, and hunt for the source of the scourge — or decide to use its power yourself.
91% of 1,287 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99Perennial Order
Perennial Order is a 2D plant horror boss rush with challenging one-hit-death combat. Set in an atmospheric Dark Age world plagued by nature-infested horrors, explore a lore-filled and eldritch land alone or in two player co-op, all in a realistic painterly style.
93% of 706 Steam reviews are positive$19.99A Song Of Sunlight
An RPG set in a distant, lonely future. Follow Arem, a young man lured from his small island community to explore the desolate megastructure beneath it: “The Well.” With the simple goal of finding the exit, Arem will burden himself with something more terrible than he ever thought possible.
98% of 185 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2FreeWithering Realms
Withering Realms is a horror action RPG where 9-year-old ghost Clover and her doll guardian explore the town of Penwyll and its tombs, caves and rotting estates. You build the doll's missing arm into guns, blades and strange magic tools, open new ground by beating huge guardians, and return at night for new creatures and secrets.
96% of 426 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99Volkolak: The Will of Gods
Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a warrior, a werewolf, or join the darkness.
86% of 356 Steam reviews are positive$15.99Death of a Wish
THE NEO-SANCTUM SHALL FALL. Claim retribution against the theocratic Faiths as you master vicious hack-and-slash combat in this action-RPG where style is salvation.
96% of 117 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Mina the Hollower
Mina the Hollower is a top-down action-adventure with soulslike teeth: a cursed island, beastly bosses, and death that costs your bones and spark. You whip with Nightstar, burrow under hazards, and build Mina with sidearms, trinkets, and levels. Harsh early, fair once its dodge-burrow rhythm clicks.
87% of 7,981 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 401$19.99
