Most played fast-paced soulslike games
Quick timing decides everything across these most played soulslike games with fast-paced combat. In Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition you meet katana duels that reward clean deflects, while Hollow Knight: Silksong and Dead Cells keep you moving through hostile halls with jumps, dashes and close-range strikes. You study enemy moves, watch stamina and jump back in quickly after death for another attempt.
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Phantom Blade Zero
Soul has sixty-six days to live and a murdered master on his record. Phantom Blade Zero gives you fast wuxia swordplay through a rain-soaked Wulin, with dodges, deflections and counters that decide fights in an instant. Flashy, cinematic and story-heavy, it suits soulslike fans more for bosses and atmosphere than for punishment.
94% of 114,014 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 46,097$59.99ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
A standalone Elden Ring adventure rebuilt as a co-op roguelike about surviving two nights in Limveld and killing a Nightlord. Pick one of eight Nightfarers, loot fast, plan routes, fight bosses that punish sloppy rolls, and do it again with friends. Brutal, fast and built for soulslike fans.
83% of 130,590 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19,229$39.99Black Myth: Wukong
Black Myth: Wukong is a difficult action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology and Journey to the West. As the Destined One you cross distinctive landscapes, face a long run of powerful foes and rivals, and mix staff techniques with spells, transformations, and magic vessels to find a style that survives the next boss.
96% of 883,954 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19,959$59.99Path of Exile 2
Path of Exile 2 is a dark action RPG with a six-act campaign, over a hundred bosses, and combat that punishes sloppy positioning and careless builds. Bosses each have mechanics to learn through repeated tries, which should feel familiar to soulslike fans.
76% of 169,362 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17,423Wuthering Waves
Wuthering Waves is a story-rich open-world action RPG where you wake as Rover and fight across Solaris-3 with dodge counters, parries, and Echo skills. For soulslike fans, the draw is sharp, fast boss work: hologram fights where you learn moves and punish openings, wrapped in a big anime world to explore.
85% of 59,011 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11,865FreeSekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is FromSoftware's fast, punishing take on soulslikes, set in brutal Sengoku Japan. As the one-armed wolf, you guard a young lord, lose him, and cut your way back through the Ashina clan with a katana, stealth, and deadly prosthetic tools. Deflect, break posture, and land the killing blow.
95% of 262,153 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5,797$59.99Hollow Knight: Silksong
As Hornet, princess knight armed with needle and silk, you climb the haunted kingdom of Pharloom toward its shining citadel. Expect swift acrobatic combat, more than 200 foes and over 40 bosses, crafted tools and traps, and a long, difficult pilgrimage soulslike fans will recognize.
89% of 391,559 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5,609$19.99Hollow Knight
A hand-drawn 2D action adventure through Hallownest, a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. You dodge, dash, and slash through twisting caverns and ruined cities, learn 30 bosses the hard way, and forge your own path with spells, skills, and charms. Worth playing for the fights and the fall.
96% of 509,119 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5,265$14.99Dead Cells
Dead Cells is a 2D action-platformer with souls-lite combat and no checkpoints: kill, die, learn, repeat. You possess a new corpse each run and fight through an ever-changing castle with tough but fair foes, a panic roll for close calls, and progress that carries over into the next attempt.
97% of 157,576 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3,879$24.99Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
Expect stance-switching duels, tense one-hit mistakes, and a beautiful open island built for samurai cinema fans.
93% of 66,069 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3,387$59.99God of War
Kratos trades Olympus for Norse forests, mountains and caves, with his son Atreus in tow. Fights are close, heavy and physical, built around timing, blocking and reading tough enemies. Soulslike fans get deliberate combat, hard optional bosses and gear-based growth, wrapped in a stern father-son story.
95% of 131,161 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,806$49.99Mortal 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 weapons, and roam a compact open world to dethrone false gods. Fast, stamina-free combat rewards posture breaks and well-timed parries.
80% of 21,097 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,431$37.49
