

Not to mention, there’s a sequel too that’s better in every way, just in case you ended up loving the first game. The execution isn’t as tight and smooth as Dark Souls, but it works for the most part. You have to admit, the premise is a nice hook and the gameplay isn’t half-bad. The game puts players in the role of a paraplegic named Warren, who, thanks to a botched exoskeleton experiment, finds himself in control of an upgradable and customizable exoskeleton but with the inevitable task of having to fight for his life against evil machines and other bloodthirsty fellow exoskeleton users. The Surge is set in a fictional future where robots and drones have pretty much taken over the workforce. The result is a soulslike game that isn’t just difficult for the sake of it. Think of Dark Souls but in space and you’ve got The Surge.ĭeck13’s latest and arguably most popular games series, The Surge, took everything that the developers learned from 2014’s largely forgettable Lords of the Fallen and gave it a huge setting overhaul.

All games here take a hefty amount of inspiration from FromSoftware but weren’t made by the studio. So, even if Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Bloodborne are shoo-ins, you won’t find such games here.

Just a disclaimer, we removed all FromSoftware titles from our list. And since all of these games are available on Steam, make sure to get some Steam Wallet Codes! To celebrate the success of this recently-birthed sub-genre, we’ve rounded up our top 10 soulslike games ever released.
