Popular scary soulslike games
These popular soulslike games pair careful stamina and pattern reading with scary places that punish mistakes, from lightless dungeons to plague-ridden lands. In Tombwater you pick through a doomed frontier town full of unnatural horrors while timing each strike, Verho - Curse of Faces keeps you masked and cautious in narrow corridors, and False Hero lets you borrow moves from fallen enemies to face demanding bosses.
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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. 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$15.99Mortal 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 20,969 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 991$37.49Stonemachia
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$19.99Castlevania: 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 9,108 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,796$29.99Tombwater
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$24.99Mina 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$19.99Kristala
Kristala is a dark fantasy action RPG where you play a feline warrior fighting a curse over the world of Ailur. Blocking, dodging and deflecting through undead enemies and large bosses, plus feline parkour and spellcasting, give soulslike fans a punishing loop worth learning.
71% of 500 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$39.99Onimusha: Way of the Sword
As Miyamoto Musashi in Malice-twisted Edo-period Kyoto, you cut down Genma, absorb their souls through the Oni Gauntlet, and duel rival swordsmen to the death. For soulslike fans, the draw is reactive swordplay built on parries, deflections, and perfectly timed Issen counters against tough bosses.
90% of 17,492 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,583$69.99Verho - 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 1,286 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99Hell 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 chimeras modern weapons cannot kill. You explore on instinct with sword and drone, learn how each creature fights, and piece together your past. Worth playing for soulslike fans who want grim atmosphere and patient investigation more than boss marathons.
83% of 4,787 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 105$49.99Valor Mortis
Valor Mortis is a first-person soulslike set in a plague-ruined alternate 19th century, where you rise as William, a dead soldier of Napoleon's army. You parry, dash, and finish plague-twisted enemies, mix swords with guns and growing supernatural powers, and pick apart bosses and shortcuts across a dark, war-scarred world.
80% of 2,944 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 258$39.99ELDEN 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 130,570 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18,278$39.99
