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It meets ELDEN RING on strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world. Both also lean on PvP competition and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is horror setting.

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We filtered the 47 games similar to ELDEN RING down to the 21 that fit the “Multiplayer” category. Demon's Souls, Once Human and Dark Souls II top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to ELDEN RING.
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Within the “Multiplayer” category, the closest game to ELDEN RING is Demon's Souls — scoring 92/100 on our similarity scale. Once Human and Dark Souls II follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to ELDEN RING. Each one has been evaluated across 21 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

It meets ELDEN RING on strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world. Both also lean on PvP competition and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is horror setting.

It meets ELDEN RING on deep RPG systems, open world exploration and single-player focus. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. The distance is in world — its own ground is a sandbox world.

What brings it close to ELDEN RING is punishing difficulty, melee combat and fantasy world, and the two track each other on genre, combat and tone. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. Its own ground is loot and gear systems, and Metroidvania exploration.
Same studio: FromSoftware.

The resemblance to ELDEN RING is about as close as this list gets: they line up on genre, tone and setting. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and co-op play.

What brings it close to ELDEN RING is punishing difficulty, open world exploration and melee combat, and the two track each other on genre, tone and setting. The common ground extends to fantasy world and single-player focus. Where they diverge is combat.
Same studio: FromSoftware.

If ELDEN RING worked for you because of punishing difficulty, melee combat and fantasy world, the same is here. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and single-player focus.
Same studio: FromSoftware.

Same family as ELDEN RING: punishing difficulty, open world exploration and melee combat. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and co-op play. The distance is in combat and setting — its own ground is survival mechanics.

The genre is the same as ELDEN RING’s, and with it punishing difficulty, melee combat and fantasy world. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and co-op play. Where the two diverge is setting and progression: loot and gear systems, and post-apocalyptic world.

It comes from the same genre as ELDEN RING and shares punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on skill tree progression and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and combat — its own ground is tactical combat and a sci-fi setting.
Same studio: FromSoftware.

The thread back to ELDEN RING runs through deep RPG systems, open world exploration and melee combat. Both also lean on a medieval setting and single-player focus.
It predates ELDEN RING by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Its point of contact with ELDEN RING is deep RPG systems, magic-based combat and fantasy world. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is offline play.
It predates ELDEN RING by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

With ELDEN RING it shares deep RPG systems, melee combat and fantasy world. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and co-op play. Where the two diverge is progression and setting: crafting mechanics.

It meets ELDEN RING on deep RPG systems, melee combat and fantasy world. To that it adds online features and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings tower defense planning.
It predates ELDEN RING by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

With ELDEN RING it shares deep RPG systems, dark, oppressive atmosphere and magic-based combat. Both also lean on co-op play and 3D presentation. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is MOBA team gameplay and free-to-play access.

Genre puts it alongside ELDEN RING, and so does punishing difficulty, open world exploration and melee combat. To that it adds 3D presentation and fantasy world. They part company on setting and combat: this one brings historical setting.
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