Souls-like games on Steam: market size, sales and what works
18 games on Steam carry the Souls-like tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 182,828 reviews and 100% pass 1,000.
Games released per year
- 2 2016
- 2 2017
- 2 2018
- 1 2019
- 0 2020
- 0 2021
- 2 2022
- 1 2023
- 2 2024
- 5 2025
- 1 2026
2026 is the year so far.
What games make
| Percentile | Reviews | Estimated owners |
|---|---|---|
| Median game | 182,828 | about 5.5M |
| Top 25% | 377,844 | about 10.7M |
| Top 10% | 1,067,837 | about 17M |
100% of games get over 50 reviews and over 70% positive. Owners are modeled from review counts, see how the estimates work.
Pricing
Median paid price $24.99
- Free 11%
- Under $5 6%
- $5 to $15 11%
- $15 to $30 50%
- $30 to $60 17%
- $60 and up 6%
Most reviewed Souls-like releases of the last 24 months
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
90% positive of 427,770
6.2M to 14M owners
$19.99
Path of Exile 2
75% positive of 228,133
4.1M to 9.6M owners
$29.99
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
82% positive of 193,168
3.5M to 7.3M owners
$39.99
Crimson Desert Enhanced
84% positive of 180,645
2.9M to 5.8M owners
$69.99
Hades II
96% positive of 124,846
2.4M to 5.5M owners
$29.99
Where Winds Meet
86% positive of 116,640
Free
Wuthering Waves
87% positive of 58,008
Free
Dead Wells: The Devil Fragment
No reviews yet
$14.99
Upcoming Souls-like games 0 on Steam
- SUPER DEBT 2028
- Cyber Paradise Coming soon
- Dimension Rift Zero To be announced
- Ninja Simulator Coming soon
- Swords And Their Boy Coming soon
- Tails of Fate To be announced
- WanderVR Coming soon
Tags these games also carry
- Action 13
- Singleplayer 12
- Difficult 9
- RPG 9
- Action RPG 8
- Metroidvania 8
- Adventure 7
- Great Soundtrack 7
- Indie 7
- Story Rich 6
What good store pages do
Medians across the 18 most reviewed Souls-like games.
- Screenshots
- 10
- Trailers
- 2.5
- Description length
- 4,468 characters
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