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2023USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox69 % positive19.99 €

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.

  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Boss fights as highlights
  • Fantasy setting
  • Interconnected level design

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In short: Games like Stray Blade

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

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Dark Souls: Remastered

96 %Match

2018USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable92 % positive39.99 €

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

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.

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Mortal Shell

Melee combat with weapons or fists

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.

Lords of the Fallen

Boss fights as highlights

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.

Thymesia

Melee combat with weapons or fists

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.

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.

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.

Darksiders III

Boss fights as highlights

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

Boss fights as highlights

A merciless action RPG whose interconnected world of Lordran rewards careful exploration with clever shortcuts, deliberate combat and cryptic, melancholic lore. Every death teaches something, and every victory feels truly earned.

Grime

Boss fights as highlights

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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