Collider presents a ranked list of essential "Soulslike" video games – titles inspired by FromSoftware's Dark Souls series but not made by FromSoftware itself – highlighting entries that offer distinctive takes on the genre's open-world design, tough combat and checkpoint-based structure.

– Another Crab's Treasure (2024) – places players as a hermit crab named Kril on the ocean floor, using discarded rubbish instead of armour for defence
– The Surge (2017) – a sci-fi Soulslike with an upgradable exosuit and a "bullet time" targeted-dismemberment mechanic, offering 30-40 hours of play
– Bleak Faith: Forsaken (2023) – a lesser-known indie entry set in a vast, unsettling megastructure called the Omnistructure, blending sci-fi surroundings with medieval sword combat
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