Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Dark Souls (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Dark Souls on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: DARK SOULS: REMASTERED, which both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult.
- Dark Souls is tagged Souls-like, Dark Fantasy, RPG, Difficult, Action, Dark, Fantasy, Atmospheric by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 3 are from the same studio: Dark Souls III, Dark Souls II, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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DARK SOULS: REMASTERED
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 15 player tags including Souls-like, Dark Fantasy and RPG.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
DARK SOULS: REMASTERED at a glance Released 2018 Studio QLOC Player sentiment 92% positive of 154,698 Price $39.99 Souls-likeDark FantasyRPGDifficultDarkFantasyGreat SoundtrackAction RPG
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Dark Souls III
Why it matched: made by the same studio, FromSoftware; both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 12 player tags including Souls-like, Dark Fantasy and Difficult.
Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!
Dark Souls III at a glance Released 2016 Studio FromSoftware Player sentiment 94% positive of 439,389 Price $59.99 Souls-likeDark FantasyDifficultRPGLore-RichThird PersonExplorationStory Rich
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Dark Souls II
Why it matched: made by the same studio, FromSoftware; both fantasy, atmospheric and difficult; shares 10 player tags including Souls-like, RPG and Dark Fantasy; released around the same time (2014).
Developed by FROM SOFTWARE, DARK SOULS™ II is the highly anticipated sequel to the gruelling 2011 breakout hit Dark Souls. The unique old-school action RPG experience captivated imaginations of gamers worldwide with incredible challenge and intense emotional reward.
Dark Souls II at a glance Released 2014 Studio FromSoftware Player sentiment 88% positive of 46,773 Price $39.99 Souls-likeRPGDark FantasyDifficultAction RPGExplorationFantasyThird Person
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DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 11 player tags including Souls-like, Dark Fantasy and RPG; released around the same time (2015).
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin at a glance Released 2015 Studio FromSoftware, Inc. Player sentiment 84% positive of 131,673 Price $39.99 Souls-likeDark FantasyRPGDifficultThird PersonAction RPGCharacter CustomizationFantasy
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DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and difficult; shares 12 player tags including Souls-like, RPG and Dark Fantasy; released around the same time (2012).
Dark Souls will be the most deeply challenging game you play this year. Can you live through a million deaths and earn your legacy?
DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition at a glance Released 2012 Studio FromSoftware, Inc. Player sentiment 92% positive of 78,539 Price Not listed Souls-likeRPGDark FantasyDifficultExplorationLore-RichFantasyThird Person
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Risen
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 10 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Third Person; released around the same time (2009).
Delve into a gritty, raw and atmospheric fantasy world in which every action has a consequence. In the epic world of Risen, filled with mysterious earthquakes, fearsome monsters and unimaginable treasures, forge your path with the sword, learn the art of staff fighting or become a powerful mage.
Risen at a glance Released 2009 Studio Piranha Bytes Player sentiment 89% positive of 10,815 Price $14.99 RPGFantasyThird PersonExplorationDark FantasyAction RPGStory RichGreat Soundtrack
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Why it matched: made by the same studio, FromSoftware; both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Souls-like, Difficult and Third Person.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice at a glance Released 2019 Studio FromSoftware Player sentiment 95% positive of 354,843 Price $59.99 Souls-likeDifficultThird PersonStory RichDark FantasyRPGGreat SoundtrackDark
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Lies of P
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 10 player tags including Souls-like, Dark Fantasy and Action RPG.
Lies of P is a thrilling soulslike that takes the story of Pinocchio, turns it on its head, and sets it against the darkly elegant backdrop of the Belle Epoque era.
Lies of P at a glance Released 2023 Studio NEOWIZ Player sentiment 92% positive of 81,935 Price $59.99 Souls-likeDark FantasyAction RPGThird PersonExplorationStory RichDarkRPG
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 10 player tags including RPG, Character Customization and Fantasy.
Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen at a glance Released 2016 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 88% positive of 49,002 Price $29.99 RPGCharacter CustomizationFantasyAction RPGDark FantasyThird PersonExplorationGreat Soundtrack
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Fable - The Lost Chapters
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Third Person; released around the same time (2011).
Each person you aid, each flower you crush, and each creature you slay will change this world forever. Fable: Who will you be?
Fable - The Lost Chapters at a glance Released 2011 Studio Lionhead Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 8,277 Price $9.99 RPGFantasyThird PersonStory RichGreat SoundtrackAction RPGCharacter CustomizationExploration
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and difficult; shares 10 player tags including Story Rich, Fantasy and RPG.
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at a glance Released 2025 Studio Sandfall Interactive Player sentiment 95% positive of 277,064 Price $47.99 Story RichFantasyRPGExplorationLore-RichAction RPGSouls-likeDark Fantasy
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Monster Hunter: World
Why it matched: both fantasy, atmospheric and difficult; shares 10 player tags including RPG, Character Customization and Third Person.
Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.
Monster Hunter: World at a glance Released 2018 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 89% positive of 516,159 Price $29.99 RPGCharacter CustomizationThird PersonFantasyAction RPGDifficultExplorationGreat Soundtrack
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Biomutant
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Character Customization and Third Person.
BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.
Biomutant at a glance Released 2021 Studio Experiment 101 Player sentiment 66% positive of 20,181 Price $39.99 RPGCharacter CustomizationThird PersonFantasyExplorationAction RPGStory RichSouls-like
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Exploration; released around the same time (2009).
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009) at a glance Released 2009 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 95% positive of 52,982 Price $14.99 RPGFantasyExplorationGreat SoundtrackCharacter CustomizationStory RichAction RPGThird Person
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Exploration; released around the same time (2009).
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Deluxe Edition, released in 2009.---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) at a glance Released 2009 Studio Bethesda Game Studios® Player sentiment 95% positive of 52,989 Price $19.99 RPGFantasyExplorationGreat SoundtrackCharacter CustomizationStory RichAction RPGThird Person
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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Story Rich; released around the same time (2011).
A time of untold chaos has come. Mighty forces clash behind the scenes in a struggle for power and influence. The Northern Kingdoms mobilize for war. But armies on the march are not enough to stop a bloody conspiracy...
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings at a glance Released 2011 Studio CD Projekt RED Player sentiment 90% positive of 90,312 Price $19.99 RPGFantasyStory RichThird PersonDark FantasyDifficultDark
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Black Myth: Wukong
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Action RPG, Souls-like and RPG.
Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.
Black Myth: Wukong at a glance Released 2024 Studio Game Science Player sentiment 96% positive of 1,209,348 Price $59.99 Action RPGSouls-likeRPGStory RichDark FantasyFantasyDifficultThird Person
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Souls-like, Difficult and Third Person.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition at a glance Released 2019 Studio FromSoftware, Inc. Player sentiment 95% positive of 354,898 Price $59.99 Souls-likeDifficultThird PersonStory RichDark FantasyRPGGreat SoundtrackDark
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DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Story Rich and Great Soundtrack.
The Dragon Ball RPG of your dreams! For the first time, you can play the rest of the story. Step into the universe of Dragon Ball Z in all its iconic glory and become the hero you were always meant to be!
DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT at a glance Released 2020 Studio CyberConnect2 Co. Ltd. Player sentiment 93% positive of 58,245 Price $19.99 RPGStory RichGreat SoundtrackAction RPGFantasyThird PersonCharacter CustomizationDifficult
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Gothic 1
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Third Person.
War has been waged across the kingdom of Myrtana. Orcish hordes invaded human territory and the king of the land needed a lot of ore to forge enough weapons, should his army stand against this threat. Whoever breaks the law in these darkest of times is sentenced to serve in the giant penal colony of Khorinis, mining the so much needed...
Gothic 1 at a glance Released 2001 Studio Piranha Bytes Player sentiment 93% positive of 18,311 Price $19.99 RPGFantasyThird PersonDark FantasyStory RichGreat SoundtrackAction RPGDifficult
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Gothic 3
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Fantasy and Third Person; released around the same time (2009).
A nameless hero becomes a legend! Myrtana, a world in upheaval: overrun by orcs from the dark lands in the north, King Rhobar is defending Vengard, the former stronghold of the humans, with his last troop of followers.
Gothic 3 at a glance Released 2009 Studio Piranha Bytes Player sentiment 82% positive of 12,375 Price $19.99 RPGFantasyThird PersonGreat SoundtrackStory RichAction RPGDark FantasyReplay Value
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Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Souls-like and Character Customization.
Battle hordes of yokai in this masocore Action RPG. Create your protagonist and embark on an adventure through a myriad of locales across Japan during the Sengoku period. Utilize the new Yokai Shift ability to defeat even the most ferocious yokai and be prepared to brave through Dark Realms created by your enemies.
Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition at a glance Released 2021 Studio KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. Player sentiment 87% positive of 50,508 Price $49.99 RPGSouls-likeCharacter CustomizationDifficultDark FantasyFantasyStory RichDark
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Darksiders III
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Souls-like, RPG and Third Person.
Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth.
Darksiders III at a glance Released 2018 Studio Gunfire Games Player sentiment 76% positive of 17,431 Price $39.99 Souls-likeRPGThird PersonStory RichDark FantasyFantasyDifficultDark
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Why it matched: both fantasy, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Story Rich and Fantasy; released around the same time (2015).
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at a glance Released 2015 Studio CD Projekt RED Player sentiment 97% positive of 885,535 Price $49.99 RPGStory RichFantasyGreat SoundtrackThird PersonAction RPGDark FantasyDark
Common questions
What game is most like Dark Souls?
DARK SOULS: REMASTERED, on the evidence we have. It both fantasy, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Dark Souls" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Dark Souls. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Dark Souls do?
Dark Souls III, Dark Souls II, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice are also from FromSoftware, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.