10 games similar to Dark Souls, a Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Dark Souls.
01Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Dark Souls II continues the punishing action-RPG formula with stamina-based combat, precise timing demands, and challenging boss fights that require careful resource management. Both games feature interconnected medieval worlds filled with dangerous enemies, checkpoints that mark progress, and customizable undead protagonists seeking redemption. The sequel maintains the brutal difficulty and rewarding exploration that defined the original, with similar multiplayer mechanics for cooperative and competitive play.
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02Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Elden Ring inherits Dark Souls' punishing boss fights, stamina-based combat, and death-penalty progression, but expands into an open world where you chart your own path through interconnected regions. Both games reward exploration and careful resource management across a dark, medieval fantasy setting. Elden Ring builds directly on the formula that made Dark Souls influential, refining rather than reinventing the action-RPG template.
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03Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Demon's Souls is the spiritual predecessor that established the punishing boss-fight formula Dark Souls perfected. Both games demand careful combat management against formidable enemies in dark fantasy worlds, with checkpoints that let you recover from death. Cooperative multiplayer lets you summon allies or invade others, and blacksmiths upgrade your gear as you progress through branching paths toward a final confrontation.
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04Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Bloodborne shares Dark Souls' punishing action-RPG combat where stamina management and positioning matter as much as reflexes, along with its cryptic storytelling delivered through environmental details and item descriptions. Both games feature difficult boss encounters, cooperative multiplayer, and new game plus modes. Bloodborne trades medieval fantasy for gothic horror, but maintains the same methodical, rewarding approach to exploration and combat.
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05Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Dark Souls III continues the series' punishing action-RPG formula with challenging boss fights, stamina-based combat, and interconnected medieval level design that rewards exploration. Both games feature customizable undead protagonists navigating a decaying fantasy world, encountering cryptic NPCs and environmental storytelling. The core loop of death, resurrection, and progression through interconnected zones remains intact, along with online multiplayer for cooperative and invasive play.
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06Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games cast you as a character whose soul has been stolen, forcing repeated resurrection across a fantasy world threatened by dark forces. Elder Scrolls Online shares Dark Souls' real-time combat with bows and swords, stamina management, and multiplayer elements including player versus player confrontation. Where Dark Souls emphasizes brutal boss fights and checkpoints, Elder Scrolls Online expands the formula into a vast open world with side quests and guild cooperation.
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07Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Tunic shares Dark Souls' commitment to challenging, deliberate combat where positioning and timing matter, along with environmental exploration that rewards curiosity. Both games feature anthropomorphic protagonists navigating hostile fantasy worlds filled with secrets and tough encounters. Like Dark Souls, Tunic layers difficulty with discovery, encouraging players to piece together the world's mysteries through careful observation rather than exposition.
08Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games build their appeal around branching storylines shaped by player choice, where moral decisions ripple through the world. Dishonored shares Dark Souls' emphasis on deliberate combat and exploration, rewarding careful approach over reckless action. Each features bow and arrow as viable tools alongside melee combat, and both structure progression around overcoming powerful adversaries through strategy and resource management rather than pure reflexes.
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09Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games cast you as a customizable hero navigating a medieval fantasy world through real-time combat with bows, magic, and melee weapons. Skyrim shares Dark Souls' branching storyline structure and moral weight, though it trades punishing boss fights and checkpoints for open-world freedom. Each rewards exploration of environmental storytelling and NPC dialogue to uncover a world's deeper lore.
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10Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Elsword shares Dark Souls' real-time action combat and fantasy setting, but trades punishing difficulty for faster-paced, arcade-style gameplay. Both games feature customizable characters progressing through hostile environments, and Elsword's cooperative and PvP modes echo Dark Souls' multiplayer foundation. Where Dark Souls emphasizes methodical stamina management and boss mastery, Elsword prioritizes combo-driven combat across multiple playable characters.
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10 games similar to Dark Souls: Dark Souls II, Elden Ring, Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, Dark Souls III, The Elder Scrolls Online, Tunic, Dishonored.
Most of these games share Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) and Fantasy with Dark Souls, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Dark Souls.