Games like BLACK SOULS
If BLACK SOULS is your kind of game, the closest matches are BLACK SOULS II, Physician of Armiosion and Despair Beneath the Sunless Sky — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and brutal. 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 →BLACK SOULS is a dark fantasy dungeon-crawler that blends challenging souls-like combat with a branching narrative shaped by player dialogue choices. Set in a world where a kingdom shrouded in mist transforms humans into beasts, the game features boss fights, character progression, and checkpoint-based progression across a long adventure. Reviewers note the adjustable difficulty lets casual and hardcore players both enjoy the experience, while players describe the atmosphere as bleak, brutal, and grim, with lore wildly twisted and dark. A dark-fairy-tale crossover world reimagines familiar characters in twisted roles, and multiple endings reward full replays with different builds and routes. Verified on Steam Deck, it holds a 92% positive rating from 1427 Steam reviews and is available for 11.19 USD.
About BLACK SOULS: Long, long ago, there existed a kingdom shrouded in dense mist: the Lost Empire. This mist twisted humans into terrifying beasts, plunging the world into despair. War raged endlessly. Heroes rose, seeking fame and glory. It is in this place you awaken—a nameless undead.
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BLACK SOULS II
WHY THIS
Shares real time combat, skill tree progression, dark fantasy and an atmospheric mood with BLACK SOULS.
Top pick for BLACK SOULS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
Despair. Fear, Madness, once again. An original work based on "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass." Dark Fairy Tale Fantasy x Psychological Horror RPG focusing on the themes of "Exploration of a Mad World" and "Life or Death Combat against Demonbeasts".
Physician of Armiosion
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for BLACK SOULS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with BLACK SOULS.
The story follows Lexis, a cheeky young doctor, and his partner Patrizia as they battle, explore, and treat patients while investigating the disease that destroyed his homeland. Their path is blocked by those who persecute doctors, religious powers, and unresolved conflicts from the past.
Despair Beneath the Sunless Sky
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for BLACK SOULS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
A psychological horror RPG blending dark fantasy and mystery. Explore a relentless open world, alone or with companions, confront grotesque horrors in turnbased combat, and make irreversible choices. Uncover deep lore and mysteries visible only to those with discerning eyes.
Edge of Madness
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for BLACK SOULS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with BLACK SOULS.
Edge of Madness is a Lovecraftian RPG with tactical card-based combat. Explore the grounds around the Marsh Estate, find equipment, combat cards, and combine them with character skills. Find a way to defeat your enemies without losing your sanity.
Sin or Suffer
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for BLACK SOULS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
Sin or Suffer is a brutal mix of survival-horror and JRPG. Locked in a medieval prison, you awake amidst a cold silence. The guards are gone; inmates and madness own the place. Something terrible lurks underground. But the only way to the truth is down.
Darkest Dungeon®
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with BLACK SOULS.
Ranked #6 for BLACK SOULS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with BLACK SOULS.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
The Nameless: Slay Dragon
WHY THIS
Shares skill tree progression, boss fights, dark fantasy and an atmospheric mood with BLACK SOULS.
Ranked #7 for BLACK SOULS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
The Nameless: Slay Dragon is like a mix of CRPG and JRPG. In short - how to slay the immensely powerful and cunning evil dragon? You will play as a young man having a bloody feud with a dragon, and face powerful, sinister and tricky enemies with friends....
Magical Girl Konoha
WHY THIS
Shares skill tree progression, branching narrative, whimsical and an atmospheric mood with BLACK SOULS.
Ranked #8 for BLACK SOULS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
To aid the King, Priestess Konoha plunges into "Grimoire"! The world inside "Grimoire" is formed by another world called Grimoire Land in which Konoha becomes a magical girl, and has come to save the world!
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Fear & Hunger
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BLACK SOULS.
Reviewers of BLACK SOULS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
LISA: The Painful
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with BLACK SOULS.
Reviewers of BLACK SOULS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
The miserable journey of a broken man...
Pathologic 2
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with BLACK SOULS.
Reviewers of BLACK SOULS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Mary
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Reviewers of BLACK SOULS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with BLACK SOULS.
Mary is a mystery and investigation game, in which you are a private detective who has been called to solve a case of a massacre in a bar. Collect all the clues and find an answer to all the mysteries of this case!
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BLACK SOULS.
Reviewers of BLACK SOULS cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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.
Starfield
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BLACK SOULS.
Reviewers of BLACK SOULS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with BLACK SOULS.
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
Red Dead Redemption
WHY THIS
Shares stealth, dialogue choices, gritty and an atmospheric mood with BLACK SOULS.
Reviewers of BLACK SOULS cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with BLACK SOULS.
Reviewers of BLACK SOULS cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below BLACK SOULS at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under BLACK SOULS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLACK SOULS.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under BLACK SOULS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with BLACK SOULS.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under BLACK SOULS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLACK SOULS.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under BLACK SOULS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLACK SOULS.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under BLACK SOULS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLACK SOULS.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under BLACK SOULS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLACK SOULS.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with BLACK SOULS.
Priced ~91% under BLACK SOULS on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under BLACK SOULS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLACK SOULS.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BLACK SOULS.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BLACK SOULS.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BLACK SOULS.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK SOULS.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BLACK SOULS.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about BLACK SOULS
- Is BLACK SOULS verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — BLACK SOULS is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does BLACK SOULS cost?
- BLACK SOULS is listed on Steam at 11.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to BLACK SOULS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BLACK SOULS are BLACK SOULS II, Physician of Armiosion, Despair Beneath the Sunless Sky.
- Who developed BLACK SOULS?
- BLACK SOULS was developed by Eeny, meeny, miny, moe? and published by OTAKU Plan, NEWS.
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