These are also some of the hardest video games ever.
Elden Ring may have taken the series into the light, but it was Dark Souls that enveloped players in FromSoft’s addictive shroud.ĭon’t forget, there are lots of other Soulslike games to try that weren’t developed by FromSoftware. The title took the Demon’s Souls formula and made it even harder, bleaker, and filled its dark world with so many masochistic delights it would make a Cenebite blush. That being said, it’s the first Dark Souls game that deserves accolades when it comes to difficulty. However, it has some late game bosses that will make even a seasoned veteran weep in agony. Most of the Souls games follow a similar but punishing, formula, and Elden Ring is actually one of the easier Souls games. We’re grouping the Souls family into one entry to stop the whole list from becoming dominated by FromSoftware’s titles. Here we are, Elden Ring falls into third place, but it’s sharing the space with its older siblings the Dark Souls trilogy, its cousin Bloodborne, and its grandsire Demon’s Souls. FromSoftware Elden Ring took the Souls formula in an open world.