For one, we’re doing away with the standard Fantasy fare, and instead approach the world of science fiction. The Surge is a little bit different from many of the games on this list. Here, you’ll find nothing aside from a pretty generic dark fantasy romp with mechanics that resemble Dark Souls. If you’re a fan of Dark Souls, you’ll learn its intricate lore over multiple playthroughs. The art direction doesn’t exactly inspire either, and the way the world’s mysteries unfold is unimaginative. Unfortunately, the game also handles like an angry budget Space Marine, with the shaky camera seriously hampering the deliberate, and close-but-not-quite-right melee combat. In Lords of the Fallen, you take control of the uncustomisable main character Harkyn, who looks like a budget Space Marine with a face like a slapped arse. Here is every Souls and Souls-Like game, ranked from worst to best. Sekiro looks to be a departure from the traditional “Souls-Like” structure, and with that in mind, it seems like high time to take a look at all the big 3D games that adopt the same structure as FromSoftware’s Gothic action hits. It may please Souls fans for this reason, but it's not quite a Soulslike.Ī gorgeous, top-down pixel art boss rush, Titan Souls is all about pattern recognition, but it lacks the exploration and RPG elements.Ī fascinating and surreal hack-and-slash adventure RPG, with a combat flow reminiscent of the Souls games.Hidetaka Miyazaki, the Director of Dark Souls and the upcoming Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice once said in the Dark Souls Design Works interview that he “didn’t want to make a game that fits into the games industry’s mould”.īut what happens when you make a game that becomes a genre? Do other developers surpass that original creation and beat you at your own game? Well, sometimes.

The mood is cryptic, the combat is tight, and the moments of intense frustration frequent.

It's definitely a roguelite homage to Castlevania, but Dark Souls fans will more than likely dig. The slash-and-evade rhythm of Dead Cells kinda resembles Dark Souls. When I say “happily indebted”, I mean that Ska Studios has seemingly created a homage to the Dark Souls series, meaning anyone familiar with the gameplay beats of its 3D sibling will feel at home immediately.

Only Salt and Sanctuary is a side-scrolling platformer, borrowing as much from the Metroidvania genre as From (some would argue Dark Souls itself is a Metroidvania). Here’s another game happily indebted to the Souls series, ranging everything from the combat through to the majestically bleak atmosphere. Studio: Ska Studios | Our rating: n/a | Available on: Steam

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