Top rated fast-paced soulslike games
Speed and punishment go together here, with tough bosses that reward timing, movement and nerve. In Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition you deflect attacks and wear down stance before striking, while Nine Sols asks you for the same sharp parry rhythm across New Kunlun. Dead Cells keeps that pressure in short runs where you roll, slash and swap weapons between deaths and keep pushing forward.
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Dead 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$24.99Black 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 883,996 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20,295$59.99Hollow 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$14.99Cuphead
Cuphead is a run-and-gun built around boss fights, drawn like a 1930s cartoon with hand-drawn animation, watercolor backgrounds and original jazz. You learn each boss the hard way, then beat your debt to the devil one pattern at a time. For soulslike fans, it gives that same loop of study, die, adjust and win.
96% of 201,180 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,428$19.99Sekiro™: 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 262,181 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5,797$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$49.99FlyKnight Enhanced Edition
A short first-person soulslike where you are a fly squire out to lift a wing-stealing curse. Slow, deliberate fights reward chopping off arms, legs and heads, and checkpoints, loot and bosses keep the loop tight. Solo or in 2-4 player co-op, with fishing breaks in between.
96% of 10,645 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 42$5.99Nightmare Kart
A beast hunter conscripted into a strange tournament races steam-and-copper vehicles through blood-soaked gothic streets. You blast rivals with weapons, hunt beasts to raise top speed, drift for boost, and face bosses to unlock multiple endings. Short, strange, and played at full throttle.
96% of 7,178 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5FreeArisen Force: Life Devotee - Initial Ver.
Bring up to three fighters into battle and learn each boss the soulslike way.
97% of 2,776 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17FreePhantom 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 110,424 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 205,449$59.99Nine 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: 521$29.99Ghost 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$59.99
