PS4 | Bloodborne | 2015 | Action | Victorian Gothic-flavored Dark Souls; similarly punishing ARPG gameplay with similar soul/blood collection to level stat mechanics |
Xbox 360 | Dark Souls | 2011 | Action | Spiritual successor to Demon's Souls, where multitudes learned to die and die again |
PS3 | Dark Souls | 2011 | Action | Prepare to die! A lot! Super-challenging ARPG combat and dungeon delving, successor to Demon's Souls |
PS4 | Dark Souls: Remastered | 2018 | Action | See XBO |
Xbox One | Dark Souls: Remastered | 2018 | Action | Includes all DLC and some QoL improvements, but otherwise largely unchanged (besides visually) |
Switch | Dark Souls: Remastered | 2018 | Action | See XBO |
PS3 | Dark Souls II | 2014 | Action | More Dark Souls = more death |
Xbox 360 | Dark Souls II | 2014 | Action | Set in the same universe as the first game, with similarly punishing 3rd-person ARPG gameplay |
Xbox One | Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin | 2015 | Action | See PS3 |
Xbox 360 | Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin | 2015 | Action | The definitive edition of Dark Souls II |
PS3 | Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin | 2015 | Action | Enhanced/remastered version of Dark Souls II with better AI |
PS4 | Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin | 2015 | Action | See PS3 |
PS4 | Dark Souls III | 2016 | Action | See XBO |
Xbox One | Dark Souls III | 2016 | Action | More ways to die and keep dying; combat is overall more fluid than previous games, an MP-like system is introduced |
PS5 | Demon's Souls | 2020 | Action | Revitalizes the original Souls game, adding some handy item management QoL features; just as difficult as the original |
PS3 | Demon's Souls | 2009 | Action | Punishing ARPG gameplay, loads of dying, learning, and dying again - collective actions online shift the difficulty of the game as a whole |
Xbox Series | Elden Ring | 2022 | Action | See PS5 |
Xbox One | Elden Ring | 2022 | Action | See PS5 |
PS5 | Elden Ring | 2022 | Action | O you don't have the right to ignore the impact of this open-world Soulslike (with creative input from George R. R. Martin) |
PS4 | Elden Ring | 2022 | Action | See PS5 |
PS3 | Enchanted Arms | 2007 | Turn-Based | Mediocre, sci-fi-themed, turn-based, adds Sixaxis controls to enhance attacks in this version |
Xbox 360 | Enchanted Arms | 2006 | Turn-Based | Fairly mediocre turn-based JRPG with some grid-based tactical elements to combat |
PS2 | Eternal Ring | 2000 | Dungeon Crawler | Another first-person FromSoft dungeon crawl, but this one has customizable magic rings |
PS4 | Eternal Ring (DL only) | 2000 | Action | See PS2 |
PS2 | Evergrace | 2000 | Action | ARPG with 2 separate protagonists, character parameters are increased via equipment rather than leveling |
PS2 | Forever Kingdom | 2002 | Action | Sequel to Evergrace, similar equipment-focused character growth, ARPG where all characters share damage taken |
PSX | King's Field | 1996 | Dungeon Crawler | 1st-person dungeon crawler, FromSoftware's second game (this is actually King's Field II) |
JP PSX | King's Field | 1994 | Action | The actual King's Field I - still in first-person |
PS2 | King's Field: The Ancient City | 2002 | Dungeon Crawler | FromSoft coming through again with first-person dungeon action |
PSX | King's Field II | 1996 | Dungeon Crawler | Actually King's Field III, a good look into where Dark Souls eventually came from |
GameCube | Lost Kingdoms | 2002 | Card-Based | Card-based ARPG, another FromSoft jam |
GameCube | Lost Kingdoms II | 2003 | Card-Based | Pretty much similar to the first, some tweaks to the cards were made |
PSX | Shadow Tower | 1999 | Action | Plays similarly to King's Field, but killing particular enemies determines stat growth |
PS3 | Shadow Tower (PSone Classics) | 2015 | Action | See PSX |
Vita | Shadow Tower (PSone Classics) | 2015 | Action | See PSX |
PSP | Shadow Tower (PSone Classics) | 2015 | Action | See PSX |
JP PS2 | Shadow Tower: Abyss | 2003 | Action | Another first-person FromSoft jam and sequel to Shadow Tower, this one features soul harvesting and independent NPC schedules |