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Only 5 Action RPGs Are Better Than Dark Souls
Few action RPGs can compete with Dark Souls, but games like Elden Ring have managed to surpass it.
5 Masterpiece Games Harder Than Dark Souls
Games like Ninja Gaiden and Hollow Knight manage to be even harder than Dark Souls.
Dark Souls fans got this one right: new Soulslike where you play as a Sif-coded dog with a sword is now and forever "Bark Souls"
Stray Dog: Nobody Cares is perfect for FromSoftware fans
Among Shadows is a Nightreign-style dark fantasy RPG with a touch of Among Us that makes me think wistfully of Dark Souls at its most treacherous
Among Shadows is the kind of videogame genre arithmetic that often proves less than the sum of its parts, but I'm cautiously enthused by its talk of disease, betrayal and Elden Ring: Nightreign -flavoured swordwizarding. The gist: this is a fantasy action-RPG with an Among Us -st…
New Indie Soulslike Reimagines Dark Souls With A Stray Dog
Finally, a game all about (legally distinct) Sif.
Hidetaka Miyazaki says The Duskbloods is full of ideas FromSoftware couldn't fit into Dark Souls or Demon's Souls: "That was always at the forefront of my mind"
Even Elden Ring and Nightreign couldn't accommodate The Duskblood's ideas
New $359 Dark Souls Release Confirmed for 2027
A brand-new Dark Souls release is officially confirmed for 2027, coming with a hefty $359.99 price tag.
Beast of Reincarnation is a Pokémon-inspired soulslike without the cruelty of Dark Souls – and it's better for it
Game Freak has stood up to FromSoftware's classic design
New Steam Soulslike Blends Dark Souls With Diablo
Gamers have a brand-new Soulslike to enjoy, which blends the Dark Souls formula with elements of Diablo.
There's a timeline where Dark Souls was a PlayStation exclusive, but Sony lost out on the chance because it wouldn't publish Demon's Souls in North America
Things could always be worse.
Shuhei Yoshida Thinks It Was "Actually A Good Thing" Sony Didn't Publish Dark Souls
"I remember thinking, 'Man, this game is hard'". Former Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida has been speaking about his time with the company at CEDEC 2026 (thanks, Genki ), and has opened up about his failure to spot what a huge hit Demon's Souls would become. Demon's Souls is the ori…
New PS1-Inspired Soulslike on Steam is (Literally) a Dream Come True for Dark Souls Fans
A unique soulslike coming soon to Steam melds challenging gameplay with PS1 graphics, and it even tosses in some room decoration for good measure.
Soulslike Games: the finest FromSoftware RPGs and games like Dark Souls
From Bloodborne to Elden Ring and Lies of P, here are our favourite soulslike games.
New Official Dark Souls Release Confirmed for September 22
A brand-new Dark Souls release is officially locked in for September 22.
Dark Souls controls have ruined action games beyond Soulslikes
Dark Souls popularized a control scheme where the light attack button is on R1/RB. Action games have copied it for years, and I'm sick of it.
Dark Souls Isn't “Especially Difficult” According To Tekken’s Director
"I personally think Dark Souls has fairly simple action mechanics, and I don’t actually consider it to be an especially difficult game."