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If DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin, DARK SOULS™ III and Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its emotional soundtrack elevates immersion, interconnected map design and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition is a 2012 action RPG developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game is built around interconnected level design where players navigate a dark fantasy world through environmental storytelling, with a poise system governing combat and optional co-op and invasion mechanics. Boss-runbacks and New Game features provide extended replayability. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, dark, epic, and immersive, with combat that rewards precise dodging and exploration that encourages creative approaches. Reviewers highlight the interconnected map design and emotional soundtrack as standout elements, alongside boss fights that feel both epic and fair. The game holds an 85 Metacritic score and 89% positive from over 32,000 Steam reviews, though it is not supported on Steam Deck.
About DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition: Dark Souls will be the most deeply challenging game you play this year. Can you live through a million deaths and earn your legacy?
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DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
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Top pick for DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
DARK SOULS™ III
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Shares an epic mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Second-strongest match for DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
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Shares a dark mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Third-strongest match for DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Plunge into a dark fantasy Action-RPG, harnessing powerful magic alongside a satisfying combat system. When the tyrannical god, Adyr, invades the human realm seeking vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender… a convicted sinner named Harkyn.
Curse of Eternity
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Ranked #4 for DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
A hardcore Action RPG with diverse combat and feats-based multiclassing. Start as one of three hero builds and either continue to specialize, or branch out and make your build your own. Slice, shoot, and zap your way through a dystopian world and fulfill your own deific journey.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
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Ranked #5 for DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
The Depths of Despair
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Ranked #6 for DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Slower-paced souls-like RPG with classic MMO progression, skills and ability bar. The world is grim and unforgiving, steeped in despair. Heavy punishment and consequences are naturally present.
ELDEN RING
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Ranked #7 for DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
Nioh 3
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Shares weapon variety and an epic mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Ranked #8 for DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
In the third game in the dark samurai action RPG series Nioh, you will need to use both Samurai and Ninja combat styles in your battles against formidable yokai as you explore a thrilling open field.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
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Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
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A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.
CODE VEIN
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In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.
Dragon's Dogma 2
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Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more - in a truly immersive fantasy world.
ELDEN RING
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THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™
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The story of Cal Kestis continues in STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™, a galaxy-spanning, third-person, action-adventure game.
MONSTER HUNTER RISE
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Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.
Another Crab's Treasure
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In a vibrant undersea kingdom on the verge of collapse, a hermit crab embarks on a treasure hunt to buy back his repossessed shell. The second game from AGGRO CRAB.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Grimm's Hollow
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A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Star Fetchers
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ELDEN RING
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THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
DARK SOULS™ III
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Shares an epic mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Another title from FromSoftware, Inc., the studio behind DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
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Shares an immersive mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Another title from FromSoftware, Inc., the studio behind DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
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Shares a dark mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Another title from FromSoftware, Inc., the studio behind DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition. Shares Action and RPG with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is a standalone adventure within the ELDEN RING universe, crafted to offer players a new gaming experience by reimagining the game’s core design.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Another title from FromSoftware, Inc., the studio behind DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
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Shares a dark mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Another title from FromSoftware, Inc., the studio behind DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition. Shares Action and RPG with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
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Another title from FromSoftware, Inc., the studio behind DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development.
DARK SOULS™ II
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Another title from FromSoftware, Inc., the studio behind DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition. Shares Action and RPG with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Developed by FROM SOFTWARE, DARK SOULS™ II is the highly anticipated sequel to the gruelling 2011 breakout hit Dark Souls. The unique old-school action RPG experience captivated imaginations of gamers worldwide with incredible challenge and intense emotional reward.
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DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
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Shares a dark mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
DARK SOULS™ III
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Shares an epic mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!
ELDEN RING
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
Frequently asked about DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition
- Does DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition work on Steam Deck?
- DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- Does DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition are DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin, DARK SOULS™ III, Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014.
- Who developed DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition?
- DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition was developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
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