Popular hand-drawn soulslike games
Painted worlds meet strict timing in these popular hand-drawn soulslike games. Hollow Knight, Tails of Iron and Salt and Sanctuary ask you to watch foes closely, spend energy with care and answer with a measured strike after each evasion or guard. You explore connected areas, open shortcuts and shape your fighter with gear and skills while death sends you back to try the route and boss again.
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GRIME 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$20.99Hollow 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 391,557 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5,609$19.99Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
Rose Belmont hunts beasts through burning Paris with the Vampire Killer whip, facing Death, Medusa, Carmilla and Joan of Arc. Seal bosses into tarot cards for new spells, mix seven weapon types with relics, and swing through a fast, gothic action-exploration hunt that rewards learning patterns.
77% of 9,158 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,796$29.99Solateria
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 769 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 26$13.99MIO: Memories in Orbit
A nimble robot wakes on a drifting ark overgrown with rogue machines, and soulslike fans get a metroidvania of hard bosses, sharp platforming, and lost memories to wake. Learn attack patterns, dodge through them, and retry after death costs you.
82% of 4,847 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 120$19.99Fallen Tear: The Ascension
Hira is a kid with a dark element and a god-sized problem, wandering the hand-drawn world of Raoah with 22 allies to recruit. You slash, parry, dodge, learn boss patterns, die, and try again across 26 biomes. It is a colorful metroidvania with soulslike teeth and JRPG party-building at its core.
75% of 440 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 27$24.99DEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY is a hand-drawn dungeon crawler that drops one unarmed human into a demonic fortress full of devils. You sneak through shadows, scavenge weapons and medicine from the dead, and fight turn by turn with whatever you stole. It is brutal, tense, and worth playing for the slow shift from prey to problem.
81% of 145 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
A dark fantasy side-scrolling soulslike set in crumbling Faelduum, where you build an Inquisitor from six classes and learn to dodge, parry, and strike through wolves, vampires, and brutal bosses. Painterly ruins, 60 quests, and deep build crafting reward patient soulslike fans.
75% of 3,126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 119$39.99ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
Decades after ENDER LILIES, you wake as Lilac, an Attuner who purifies feral Homunculi and then borrows their weapons. A sorrowful 2D action RPG across factories, academies and ruined cities, with 30 companion skills to mix, adjustable difficulty, and music by Mili. A gentler door into soulslikes.
95% of 17,428 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 101$13.74Blasphemous 2
The Penitent One wakes in a strange new land to end the Miracle's cycle, cutting through grotesque monsters and twisted bosses across a gothic labyrinth. With three swappable weapons, brutal executions and hard-learned patterns, it is penance with better footwork.
91% of 17,533 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 269$29.99Nine Sols
Nine Sols is a hand-drawn 2D action-platformer with Sekiro-style deflection combat, made for soulslike fans who want hard bosses and a strange world to unravel. As the vengeful Yi, you slash, deflect, and stick Taoist talismans to enemies to blow them up, while hunting the 9 Sols across New Kunlun.
94% of 41,303 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 565$29.99Gurei
An unforgiving game with precise combat. Fight challenging bosses in any order, acquire their unique powers, and succeed on your own terms.
82% of 311 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$15.99
