Updated September 2026
This is the ranking of the best Soulslike Games, sorted by NextGameLike Score: a 0-100 metric blending Steam reviews, IGDB ratings (community and critic), Metacritic, OpenCritic and the NextGameLike community votes into a single number. Unlike opinion-based editorial lists, this order is computed from real data and applies a Bayesian shrinkage adjustment so games with few reviews can't inflate the top of the chart. ELDEN RING, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Bloodborne lead the chart — the highest-rated titles in the genre according to our data. The top-25 average NextGameLike Score is 87/100, out of 30 games catalogued. The ranking updates continuously as new reviews and votes come in.
Top 3
Top of “The 20 Best Soulslike Games (2026)”: ELDEN RING (92.7/100). Close behind: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Bloodborne.
Ranked by NextGameLike Score · 30 games catalogued
ELDEN RING is one of the few Soulslike Games where players and critics say the same thing. It holds the best critic score on the whole list, 95/100. Hence the first place.
Players and critics agree on Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which is rarer than it sounds in Soulslike Games. That puts it at number 2.
Critics rated Bloodborne higher than the public did. Enough for the podium: number 3.
Players and critics agree on Dark Souls III, which is rarer than it sounds in Soulslike Games. Number 4, inside the top 10.
Black Gunner Wukong: Prologue is carried by its players more than by its reviews. It is the most reviewed of the 20: 1,199,725 Steam reviews. Number 5, inside the top 10.
No argument here: Black Myth: Wukong wins over players and critics alike. No other entry of the 20 has a higher share of positive reviews: 97%. That gets it into the top 10, at number 6.
Dark Souls has little in the way of ratings and a great deal of standing. It is the oldest game in the ranking (2011) and still here. Number 7, inside the top 10.
Demon's Souls has little in the way of ratings and a great deal of standing. Number 8, inside the top 10.
Dark Souls II is one of the few Soulslike Games where players and critics say the same thing. That gets it into the top 10, at number 9.
Rabi-Ribi - Digital Artbook is here because of its players — they are who it won over. Number 10, inside the top 10.
Rabi-Ribi - Cicini's Halloween! is here because of its players — they are who it won over. It lands at 11 of 20.
Players and critics agree on Lies of P, which is rarer than it sounds in Soulslike Games. It sits at 12 of 20.
Touhou Luna Nights is carried by its players more than by its reviews. It lands at 13 of 20.
No argument here: Rabi-Ribi wins over players and critics alike. It lands at 14 of 20.
LIZARDS MUST DIE is here because of its players — they are who it won over. It sits at 15 of 20.
No argument here: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon wins over players and critics alike. It lands at 16 of 20.
Players and critics agree on Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight, which is rarer than it sounds in Soulslike Games. It sits at 17 of 20.
No argument here: Kena: Bridge of Spirits wins over players and critics alike. It sits at 18 of 20.
Players and critics agree on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, which is rarer than it sounds in Soulslike Games. It is the newest on the list (2024), and has already earned its place. It lands at 19 of 20.
Players and critics agree on DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin, which is rarer than it sounds in Soulslike Games. It lands at 20 of 20.