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2020USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck verified67 % positive24.99 €

A compact soulslike where you possess fallen warriors as "shells", each with its own abilities. The Harden mechanic lets you briefly turn to stone to absorb hits, making combat tense and tactical in a bleak, decaying world.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Boss fights as highlights
  • Interconnected level design

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In short: Games like Mortal Shell

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Mortal Shell special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Lords of the Fallen

98 %Match

2014PEGI 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck verified69 % positive29.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Mortal Shell: gripping boss fights, melee combat with weapons or fists and interconnected level design.

A grim Soulslike where a magic lantern lets you shift between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead. Weighty combat, interconnected level design and the Umbral mechanic make exploration tense and demanding.

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Darksiders III

Post-apocalyptic setting

As Fury you hunt the Seven Deadly Sins across an interconnected, apocalyptic world. Combat with whip, dodging and magic feels Souls-inspired and rewards precise timing.

Dark Souls: Remastered

Boss fights as highlights

The genre-defining Soulslike: a bleak, intricately interconnected world of punishing combat, hidden paths and bosses that demand patience and precise timing. The remaster adds sharper visuals and includes the Artorias of the Abyss expansion.

Demon's Souls

Boss fights as highlights

This remake of the genre-founding classic sends you through fog-shrouded, bleak fantasy realms full of merciless enemies and punishing bosses. Modern visuals and fluid combat make the birth of the Soulslike feel fresh again.

Thymesia

Dark, serious atmosphere

A fast, punishing soulslike where you play plague doctor Corvus, relying on precise parries and dodges and on the disease powers of plundered weapons. Combat rewards aggression over turtling, set in a grim, decaying kingdom.

Dark Souls II

Boss fights as highlights

The second Souls entry sends you as a cursed undead through the decaying kingdom of Drangleic, offering punishing bosses, huge weapon and build variety, and a sprawling, branching world packed with secrets.

Bleak Faith: Forsaken

Dark, serious atmosphere

A bleak open-world soulslike action RPG blending sci-fi and dark fantasy. You play one of the Forsaken, fighting through oppressive, eerie ruins against the horrors of the Omnistructure.

Stray Blade

Melee combat with weapons or fists

An action RPG with fast, parry-focused combat in which you explore the ruins of a lost civilization alongside an animal companion. Death is woven into the journey and changes what awaits you.

Grime

Interconnected level design

A surreal 2.5D soulslike Metroidvania set in a strange, organic world obsessed with anatomy. Combat centers on parrying and absorbing enemies, backed by interconnected exploration full of shortcuts and secrets.

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