10 games similar to Bloodborne, a Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Bloodborne.
01Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Remnant shares Bloodborne's soulslike structure, demanding combat that rewards pattern recognition and positioning over button-mashing. Both games feature character creation, leveling systems, and new game plus modes that encourage replays. Remnant trades gothic horror for post-apocalyptic fantasy, but maintains the third-person action-RPG formula with cooperative multiplayer, challenging bosses, and gear progression that define the genre Bloodborne helped establish.
02Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Dark Souls III shares Bloodborne's challenging action-RPG combat built around careful positioning and camera control, where canonical death is a core mechanic tied to progression. Both games feature interconnected worlds to explore, customizable characters, and new game plus modes that reward replaying. The gothic fantasy settings and British voice acting reinforce the dark, atmospheric tone that defines each game.
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03Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games pair action-adventure combat with a dark fantasy setting where players fight against a spreading corruption threatening the world. Bloodborne emphasizes gothic horror and eldritch mysteries, while Children of Morta grounds its narrative in family bonds and sacrifice against encroaching darkness. Each game structures itself around repeated combat encounters, though Bloodborne pursues interconnected exploration while Children of Morta uses roguelike progression.
04Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Code Vein shares Bloodborne's challenging action-RPG structure, demanding precise combat timing and positioning in third-person encounters. Both games center on vampire-like protagonists driven by blood hunger in hostile worlds where transformation threatens to strip away humanity. Code Vein strips away the gothic horror and cosmic dread but maintains the punishing difficulty and cooperative multiplayer that define Bloodborne's appeal.
05Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games pit you against gothic horror settings filled with grotesque enemies and cursed protagonists seeking escape from supernatural afflictions. Bloodstained shares Bloodborne's action-adventure structure and bloody combat, though it trades the Hunter's Dream for a side-scrolling castle crawl. The male antagonist in Bloodstained parallels Bloodborne's cast of mysterious, tragic figures driving the nightmare forward.
06Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both Bloodborne and Borderlands 3 are action RPGs built around combat in expansive worlds where you face increasingly dangerous enemies and bosses. Each game emphasizes character progression through leveling and loot acquisition, rewarding players who explore thoroughly. Borderlands 3 trades gothic horror for sci-fi comedy, but shares the core loop of hunting powerful foes across interconnected environments while cooperating with other players online.
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07Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games root themselves in Lovecraftian horror, where cosmic forces and forbidden knowledge lurk behind a city's decay. The Sinking City places you as an investigator uncovering supernatural mysteries in a flooded 1920s town, while Bloodborne has you hunting beasts to trace a plague's eldritch source. Each unfolds in an open world where exploration and piecing together dark secrets drive the narrative forward.
08Shares AdventureBoth games center on a determined protagonist navigating hostile environments filled with mercenaries and antagonists while uncovering secrets tied to historical conspiracies. Uncharted 4 shares Bloodborne's third-person action-adventure structure and features both male and female antagonists driving the narrative forward. Though Uncharted trades gothic horror for globe-trotting adventure, each game emphasizes exploration, combat encounters, and a personal mystery that deepens as the story unfolds.
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09Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games pair action-heavy combat with character creation in third-person fantasy settings. Aura Kingdom shares Bloodborne's focus on skill-based encounters against varied enemies, requiring players to dodge and time attacks rather than tank damage. While Aura Kingdom trades gothic horror for anime aesthetics and adds multiplayer elements, it maintains the same core loop of exploring, fighting monsters, and leveling up your hunter.
10Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games are action RPGs built around character creation and real-time combat that demands tactical awareness. Pillars of Eternity shares Bloodborne's focus on exploring dangerous dungeons filled with monsters while uncovering ancient mysteries through side quests. Where Bloodborne emphasizes gothic horror and Lovecraftian dread, Pillars trades that atmosphere for classic fantasy, but both reward curiosity and careful exploration of their worlds.
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10 games similar to Bloodborne: Remnant: From the Ashes, Dark Souls III, Children of Morta, Code Vein, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Borderlands 3, The Sinking City, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
Most of these games share Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Role-playing (RPG) and Open world with Bloodborne, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Bloodborne.