Best Rated Souls-like Games Under $40
The best rated Souls-like games on Steam for games under $40. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1Hollow Knight564,16396.76%96.91%
- 2Dead Cells184,09096.56%97.02%
- 3Cuphead222,43595.80%96.14%
- 4Ori and the Will of the Wisps146,36495.78%96.50%
- 5God of War185,53995.53%95.93%
- 6Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition357,02395.05%95.25%
- 7Hades II123,52594.92%95.71%
- 8Clair Obscur: Expedition 33279,16094.89%95.23%
- 9DARK SOULS III441,32894.20%94.33%
- 10Papa's Freezeria Deluxe13,34593.23%99.26%
- 11LIZARDS MUST DIE26,43893.18%96.21%
- 12Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT96,85093.14%93.96%
- 13Nine Sols45,72592.89%94.44%
- 14Pseudoregalia19,02792.88%96.75%
- 15Rain World57,48792.44%93.70%
- 16NEKOPARA Vol. 127,48092.40%95.03%
- 17ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights45,90592.23%93.76%
- 18Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+23,75792.12%94.79%
- 19Trombone Champ11,25392.08%97.91%
- 20ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist18,82592.03%95.36%
- 21Juice Galaxy10,59492.03%98.50%
- 22DARK SOULS: REMASTERED155,48392.01%92.45%
- 23Source Filmmaker44,06891.50%92.93%
- 24FlyKnight11,70591.22%96.38%
- 25NEKOPARA Vol. 48,83191.10%97.14%
- 26Lies of P82,96190.90%91.59%
- 27Death's Door22,21590.85%93.14%
- 28Another Crab's Treasure21,95090.38%92.47%
- 29AI LIMIT37,04890.37%91.78%
- 30Bright Memory: Infinite39,88690.35%91.64%
- 31Bloody Hell7,02890.34%97.68%
- 32Hyper Light Drifter19,19390.26%92.91%
- 33Sifu28,88790.14%91.86%
- 34Anomaly Agent10,02390.01%94.83%
- 35Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight11,94889.65%93.11%
- 36Kena: Bridge of Spirits17,61989.64%91.99%
- 37Nothing9,95989.62%94.08%
- 38Neva10,70089.51%93.56%
- 39PICO PARK29,96789.36%90.75%
- 40Blasphemous67,40389.24%89.85%
- 41Witchfire17,92489.13%91.33%
- 42Blasphemous 221,68089.13%90.67%
- 43TUNIC18,64588.99%91.04%
- 44SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER5,37088.96%96.00%
- 45I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator12,68188.83%91.70%
- 46Monster Hunter: World518,69388.80%88.81%
- 47Bright Memory33,11488.77%89.85%
- 48Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue3,40388.75%97.47%
- 49STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order175,80288.40%88.41%
- 50Lunacid11,57888.35%90.57%
- 51Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe3,72288.18%98.68%
- 52Salt and Sanctuary21,91788.15%89.36%
- 53Jump King13,42788.08%89.79%
- 54VTube Studio7,34087.87%92.79%
- 55Last Command2,45287.74%95.76%
- 56DARK SOULS II46,86087.63%88.16%
- 57Momodora: Moonlit Farewell3,28987.32%92.00%
- 58Dread Delusion5,28487.28%90.14%
- 59Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition50,65587.03%87.39%
- 60To Be or Not to Be8,27887.02%89.25%
- 61Windblown10,39387.00%88.75%
- 62VOIN3,76686.92%93.97%
- 63Tails of Iron15,15986.74%87.77%
- 64Going Under4,17286.64%90.12%
- 65Lonely Mountains: Downhill3,09586.46%90.60%
- 66Apotheon3,87486.44%89.70%
- 67Archvale2,40086.36%88.79%
- 68Death Trash3,72486.33%91.89%
- 69She Will Punish Them18,15185.84%86.20%
- 70Frogmonster61985.80%95.80%
- 71Gujian3(古剑奇谭三)49,00185.77%85.89%
- 72Vigil: The Longest Night3,65485.41%86.04%
- 73GRIME6,78285.37%84.78%
- 74The First Berserker: Khazan32,60585.37%85.24%
- 75The Last Faith5,68585.34%84.57%
- 76Prince of Persia The Lost Crown7,15885.19%84.38%
- 77Eastern Exorcist6,78485.02%83.90%
- 78Little Witch Nobeta10,05685.01%84.26%
- 79Clash: Artifacts of Chaos1,68284.97%89.18%
- 80Neckbreak46884.92%79.27%
- 81Minoria2,65584.75%80.90%
- 82An alt girl for skoof10,56884.51%83.31%
- 83Remnant: From the Ashes57,45984.38%84.25%
- 84Curse of the Dead Gods9,23584.33%83.40%
- 85Blue Fire3,11284.31%81.49%
- 86Grim Clicker2,88984.03%77.99%
- 87DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin132,26383.98%83.89%
- 88Thymesia10,14283.90%82.05%
- 89Asterigos: Curse of the Stars3,51383.73%77.91%
- 90Death's Gambit: Afterlife5,59783.72%81.10%
- 91Dungeon Souls2,22683.61%73.90%
- 92CODE VEIN62,58383.31%83.01%
- 93Returnal11,11882.92%80.88%
- 94REMNANT II68,74782.71%82.35%
- 95SCARLET NEXUS18,20182.23%80.28%
- 96Exanima13,98182.15%79.99%
- 97ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN191,44281.89%81.72%
- 98Souldiers3,15281.82%69.29%
- 99Jotun: Valhalla Edition8,56081.47%77.14%
- 100Afterimage10,46881.46%77.34%
