Five Games like Demon's Souls to Satisfy That Soulslike Craving

I've created a list of five Soulslike games that should scratch that very particular itch. The Dark Souls game and Bloodborne are obvious choices, but I'm going to step a bit off the beaten path and dig up some games that weren't made by From Software.

[Considerspace]

Legend of Grimrock

[BiggCMan]

The 5 best games like Demon's Souls to satisfy that Soulslike craving are Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2, Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne, and Sekiro.

[DVAcme]

Dude, I just cited this to my best friend VERBATIM 😆

[S2Killinit]

How about Nio, Nio2?

[UltraNova]

Mortal Shell is the closest thing to a From software game and I love it. Nioh a close second.

[Weapon_of_choice]

Well said, the Armored Cores series were also great and had, for me, a Soul game feel to it AND the Moonlight saber.

[Chriswheeler22]

Salt and Sanctuary is awesome, very much 2d Dark Souls.

Hollow Knight absolutely isn't, definitely an unpopular opinion.

[32froshes]

If what you're looking for is specifically "like Dark Souls but 2D," then Salt & Sanctuary is the better option for sure. I love Hollow Knight, but it has a completely different feel to it.

[Chriswheeler22]

Yeah, I'm not saying its a bad game. It just shouldn't be lumped into that souls like genre.

[Vanfernal]

I'm with you on this one... Love Souls games... Couldn't get into Hollow Knight...

[fitofficial]

Agreed. S&S is the best souls like platformer out there.

[SyntheticForm]

Demon's Souls will be the first game I boot up on my PS5. I cannot wait to jump into this one. I've never played the original DS so this is totally fresh for me.

[NEXUS-6]

You're in for a real treat, it was fantastic back when it released - now it looks genre defining.

It'll be my 2nd game - gotta give astro 10 or 15 minutes before DS.

I know once I start nothing else will get a look in until I've completed it.

Edit: The Vanguard in the thumbnail, during the trailer the smoke emanating from its eyes looked phenomenal.

[SyntheticForm]

I've played all the Souls games with the exception of Demon's Souls and platted Bloodborne. I'm really looking forward to this one and I hear it's the most brutal in terms of difficulty.

I'll probably play around a bit with the UX myself before I get started, but I've made up my mind. Spider-Man will be next, as I preordered the bundle.

[Storm23]

I've never played a Souls game, this will be my first. So amped to give it a go. I'm not one to give up easily which I hear is very important for these games, haha. So excited for PS5!

[Doomeduk]

"I'm not one to give up easily"
Remember that chap when your playing :)
I've played bloodborne on and off but last night was the first time I've thrown a pad down
Have to kill a hunter for eileen the crow, he had no health left so I threw all I knew out of the window and launched an attack, he parried me then K. O me
On another level of frustration these games are
Atb

[TitaniumExposed_VIP]

Good knowledge to have on a fresh start is to pay attention to the enemies animation and dodge/parry in the last second so the i-frames can save you, (play with light armor because "fat roll" has less i-frames and will fail you more often than not, the extra defense of heavy armor is not worth it) and lastly never get too greedy with your attacks when attacking the powerful ones. (no button mash)
These games are really not that hard once you mastered them. Good luck.

[fitofficial]

I'm OG Demon's Souls and have been waiting for this for a decade. You won't be disappointed!

[MajorLazer]

Demon's Souls was my first love too and it'll always be my favourite. Literally buying a PS5 and a new 4K TV just for Demon's Souls.

[Magatsuhi]

Ghost of tsushima legends is a good way to pass up the time.

[G1L]

Ive platted all souls games with exception of Sekiro. I've platted lords of thr fallen recently and having a go at the surge lately. Pretty good ;)

[edeprez]

The Surge 2 was a good improvement on the first one, check that out too.

[DarkZane]

Hollow Knight isn't even a soul game, it's a metroidvania.

[Babadook7]

No thanks. I'll take the real thing Next month.

[Weapon_of_choice]

The souls games are about other players invading your game, THAT gives it that random unpredictable feel to an already gloomy world, these games are nothing like it, although they're cool games by themselves.

[TheHan]

Lol you mean lose your soul of Boredom because you die over and over again. Sounds so fun 💁🏻‍♂️🤦 🏻‍♂️👎🏻

[potatoseal]

OMG you're embarrassing yourself. Just stop.

[TheHan]

Someone has no life and loves to troll. Must be a ugly lonely life you live under that bridge.