Story-driven soulslike hidden gems
These story-driven soulslike hidden gems put plot and people at the center of hard fights where you study patterns and time each dodge and parry. In Stonemachia you shift between chess forms while crossing a plague-hit land, in False Hero you take attacks from fallen foes to shape combos, and in Tombwater you pick through a cursed frontier town full of strange horrors.
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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 400 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$24.99Rubinite
You study each Bloodstained monster, use Focus to expose its weak point, then land the lethal strike. Short, hard, and full of heart.
94% of 4,554 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 34$19.99GRIME II
You are a Formless, an art mimic that steals enemy shapes. Parry with hand-tendrils, absorb foes into molds, then turn their attacks back on bosses across a surreal world of painted nails and giant vases. Worth playing for inventive, deliberate combat and strange, lived-in lands.
86% of 1,982 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$20.99Verho - 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$19.99Crimson Oath
Long may the sun shine! Prepare to suffer! Souls-like combat adventure in a unique world. Learn to fight... then fight to realize your belief.A warrior gradually grows and uncovers the ultimate truth of world change.
82% of 771 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99Crimson Capes
Engage in fluid 2D pixel art swordplay, hunt down witches, fight monsters and experience the age of high adventure. Enter the guild of the Crimson Capes and explore a fantasy world of Sword and Sorcery.
87% of 184 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Perennial 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$19.99Infinitevania
Infinitevania is a retro-styled 2D metroidvania where you travel between worlds, kill powerful creatures, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core. Bosses demand pattern-reading and build-tweaking, but without a harsh death penalty, so soulslike fans get the learning curve with less suffering.
92% of 306 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Solateria
Solateria is a hand-drawn action metroidvania built around parries: learn an enemy's rhythm, deflect at the last instant, and answer with a hard counter. As a small fire warrior hunting the vanished King, you roam a fallen sunlit world, take down plague-infected bosses, and shape your build with Parts, Core Stones, and cooking.
82% of 771 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 26$13.99FOUNTAINS
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.
85% of 443 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
