Top rated retro soulslike games
Pixel art and old dungeon shapes give these top rated retro soulslike games a familiar look while you still study foes, time guards and watch stamina. Tearscape sends you through linked dark tunnels with careful strikes, Lunacid lets you explore a moonlit pit with slow steps and arcane tools, and Tombwater drops you into a cursed frontier town with harsh close fighting.
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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 157,560 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4,357$24.99Hollow 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 508,872 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5,330$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 201,152 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,346$19.99FlyKnight 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 10,643 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 7,177 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: 17FreeRain World
You are a small slugcat in a ruined world where almost everything wants to eat you. Hunt food with a spear, learn how each predator thinks, and reach shelter before the rain drowns everything. Brutal, strange, and hard to put down once its ecosystem clicks.
94% of 47,975 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,445$24.99Anomaly Agent
Anomaly Agent puts you in the shoes of Agent 70, stopping time-bending anomalies with punches, guns, and anomaly weapons. Combat is fast and fluid, with dodges, parries, upgrades, and boss fights that reward timing. Short, funny, and replayable, with choices and multiple endings.
94% of 9,524 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$3.59Hyper Light Drifter
A sick Drifter with a light sword walks into a ruined land full of lost tech, vicious enemies, and bosses that will flatten a frail body fast. Hyper Light Drifter is worth playing for its fast dodge-and-slash combat, branching exploration, and hand-animated pixel world that tells its sad story without words.
93% of 15,672 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$19.99Rubinite
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 4,546 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 39$19.99Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
A short 2D soulslike where Kaho, a priestess from Lun, crosses a cursed land to reach the Queen. Melee combos, dodge rolls, arrows, and boss magic carry fast, punishing fights, with manual saves that make every run to the next bell matter.
93% of 10,578 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$9.99Drova - Forsaken Kin
Drova - Forsaken Kin is a pixel-art action RPG about a harsh world ruled by angry nature spirits and two rival factions. You start as a nobody, learn deliberate melee combat with dodges, parries and stamina, and earn teachers, gear and spirit powers that decide how you survive.
93% of 9,669 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 122$24.99
