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Lies of P sells for €59.99 (no fees) on Steam today. At Gamivo, a Steam Key for the same game costs €15.08 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€16.60 with fees), and that's the biggest gap among the sixteen souls-like games we've gathered here. It isn't the only surprise: five of them cost less than €5 with fees.
The picking was simple. Every game carries the Souls-like tag that Steam players give it, has a PC page on Gocdkeys with live offers, and is well reviewed. We have 346 PC pages that meet the first two conditions, and we kept sixteen, from FromSoftware's own games to 2D platformers, a third-person shooter and a crab that wears a tin can as a shell.
Before the prices, a word on formats. A Steam Key is a code you redeem on your own Steam account; a Steam Gift is a gift that gets added to your account. Either way the game stays in your library. A Steam Account is something else: you get the login to someone else's account that already owns the game, and nothing lands in yours. Several games here have an account as their cheapest offer, and we point that out where it matters, but the price we quote first is always the cheapest copy you actually own. Steam's own prices never carry fees.
FromSoftware, where it all started
Elden Ring
Elden Ring is FromSoftware's formula stretched over an open world: the Lands Between, a spectral horse called Torrent, and bosses you can leave for later if they're too much. George R. R. Martin contributed to its mythology. Only Black Myth: Wukong has more Steam reviews in this guide: Very Positive, 93% of 832,194 reviews.
The cheapest Steam Key is at Gamivo, €39.35 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€41.72 with fees), while Steam asks €59.99 (no fees). That's €18.27 less. Difmark and G2A also sell shared accounts from €13.40 with coupon Gocdkeys (€14.00 with fees), which we'd leave alone.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice drops the character building and hands you a katana. You are Wolf, a shinobi in Sengoku-era Japan, and fights are won by deflecting blows until the enemy's posture breaks. A grappling hook on your prosthetic arm gets you onto the rooftops. The page on Gocdkeys is for the GOTY Edition. Overwhelmingly Positive, 95% of 259,701 reviews.
This is the awkward one. No reseller has a Steam Key for it today, so the cheapest copy of your own is a Steam Gift, a gift that gets added to your account, at Gamivo for €43.35 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€45.86 with fees). Steam sells it for €59.99 (no fees). Difmark has an account at €5.29 with coupon Gocdkeys (€5.53 with fees), but it's someone else's account and we wouldn't buy it. If €14.13 off doesn't tempt you, set a price alert for Sekiro and wait.
Dark Souls: Remastered
Dark Souls: Remastered is the game that gave the genre its name, remastered by QLOC and sold with the Artorias of the Abyss expansion included. Lordran's interlocking map, with its shortcuts that loop back to places you left hours ago, is still the reference. Very Positive, 92% of 100,338 reviews.
Driffle has the cheapest Steam Key at €25.29 with coupon GOCDKEYS10 (€26.60 with fees). Steam: €39.99 (no fees).
3D souls-likes from other studios
Lies of P
NEOWIZ turned Pinocchio into a dark tale set in Krat, a city modelled on the Belle Époque where the puppets have turned on the people. In Lies of P you can take weapons apart and fit one blade onto another handle, and whether you lie or tell the truth changes things along the way. Very Positive, 91% of 58,621 reviews.
Steam charges €59.99 (no fees), and the Steam Key at Gamivo costs €15.08 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€16.60 with fees). The €43.39 difference is the largest in this guide.
Nioh: Complete Edition
Nioh: Complete Edition is Team Ninja's take, set in Sengoku Japan and full of yokai. You play William, a Western sailor caught up in the wars, and switch between high, mid and low stances mid-fight. The Complete Edition includes the three expansions. It's the lowest-rated game here: Mostly Positive, 78% of 29,619 reviews.
It's also where buying from a reseller saves the least. GamesPlanet sells the Steam Key at €5.95 (no fees), and Steam has it at €7.49 (no fees), so the gap is €1.54.
The First Berserker: Khazan
Neople developed The First Berserker: Khazan and Nexon publishes it. It's set in the Dungeon Fighter Online universe: Khazan is a great general, betrayed and left for dead, who comes back for revenge. Cel-shaded visuals, close-quarters fights and bosses that don't let up. Very Positive, 85% of 21,116 reviews.
The cheapest Steam Key is at Gamivo, €21.19 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€22.92 with fees). On Steam it's €59.99 (no fees), €37.07 more. Shared accounts start at €12.00 with coupon Gocdkeys (€12.54 with fees), Difmark.
AI LIMIT
AI LIMIT comes from Sense Games, with CE-Asia publishing. Anime style, a ruined world, and a heroine called Arrisa. There's no stamina bar: a sync rate rises as you land hits and drops when you take them, and it decides how much damage you deal. Very Positive, 92% of 22,886 reviews.
Cdkeys Com has the Steam Key at €16.49 (no fees), against €34.99 (no fees) on Steam.
Black Myth: Wukong
Game Science built Black Myth: Wukong on Journey to the West, the classic Chinese novel. You are the Destined One, a monkey with a staff, spells and transformations. It plays more like an action RPG than a strict souls-like, but Steam players tag it as one, and it's the most reviewed game of the sixteen: Overwhelmingly Positive, 96% of 881,532 reviews.
Driffle sells the Steam Key at €28.85 with coupon GOCDKEYS10 (€30.29 with fees). Steam: €59.99 (no fees).
In 2D: from Hallownest to pixel-art Seville
Hollow Knight
Team Cherry's Hollow Knight is a hand-drawn metroidvania set in Hallownest, a ruined kingdom of insects. Tough bosses, a map you have to buy and fill in yourself, and a percentage of positive reviews that only Wukong matches here: Overwhelmingly Positive, 96% of 503,620 reviews.
The Steam Key at Gamivo costs €5.39 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€6.57 with fees), less than half the €14.79 (no fees) Steam asks today. If that's the one, you can buy Hollow Knight key from its page, where every store is compared.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
In the sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong, you play Hornet, who is taken to a new kingdom called Pharloom. Combat is quicker and more acrobatic than in the first game. Very Positive, 89% of 387,544 reviews.
Watch out on this page: the cheapest keys are Xbox Keys, which don't work on Steam. The first Steam Key is at Gamivo, €11.00 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€12.38 with fees). Steam sells it for €19.50 (no fees).
Nine Sols
Nine Sols is by Red Candle Games, the Taiwanese studio behind Detention and Devotion. It's a 2D action game set in what they call a Taopunk world, and it's built around parrying, which is why so many players compare it to Sekiro. You play Yi. Very Positive, 94% of 40,245 reviews.
The cheapest Steam Key is at Itemku, €7.22 (€7.97 with fees). Steam asks €28.99 (no fees), €21.02 more.
Blasphemous 2
The Game Kitchen, a studio from Seville, brings back the Penitent One in Blasphemous 2: pixel art steeped in Spanish religious imagery, and a choice of three weapons at the start. Very Positive, 91% of 16,886 reviews.
Cdkeys Com sells the Steam Key at €4.09 (no fees). On Steam it costs €11.24 (no fees).
Salt and Sanctuary
Salt and Sanctuary, by Ska Studios, was one of the first games to squeeze the Dark Souls formula into 2D. You wash up on an island after a shipwreck and grow your character through an enormous skill tree. Very Positive, 89% of 20,089 reviews.
It's the cheapest game in this guide. Gameboost has the Steam Key at €2.06 with coupon GCDK13 (€2.16 with fees); Steam asks €17.99 (no fees).
Souls-likes crossed with something else
Remnant 2
Gunfire Games' Remnant 2 swaps swords for guns. It's a third-person shooter with souls-like bosses and difficulty, worlds that are generated differently each time, and co-op for up to three players. Very Positive, 82% of 46,316 reviews.
Steam sells it for €9.99 (no fees), and the Steam Key at Gameseal costs €3.20 with coupon SEAL17CKD (€3.84 with fees).
Another Crab's Treasure
In Aggro Crab's Another Crab's Treasure you are Kril, a hermit crab, in an ocean full of rubbish. Your shell is whatever you find on the seabed, a tin can for instance, and it works as armour. The tone is light, the fights are not. Very Positive, 93% of 16,896 reviews.
The cheapest Steam Key is at Itemku, €3.04 (€3.65 with fees). Steam charges €29.99 (no fees).
TUNIC
TUNIC, published by Finji, stars a small fox in an isometric world. It borrows as much from the early Zelda games as from Dark Souls: you explore, collect pages of an in-game manual written in a language you can't read, and fight with a stamina bar and a dodge roll. Very Positive, 91% of 16,708 reviews.
Gameboost has the Steam Key at €3.36 with coupon GCDK13 (€3.52 with fees); on Steam it's €28.99 (no fees).
All sixteen side by side
Cheapest copy of your own with fees, next to what Steam charges.
| Game | Steam reviews | Cheapest copy of your own | Steam price (no fees) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elden Ring | Very Positive, 93% of 832,194 reviews | €39.35 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€41.72 with fees), Steam Key, Gamivo | €59.99 |
| Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | Overwhelmingly Positive, 95% of 259,701 reviews | €43.35 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€45.86 with fees), Steam Gift (gift added to your account), Gamivo | €59.99 |
| Dark Souls: Remastered | Very Positive, 92% of 100,338 reviews | €25.29 with coupon GOCDKEYS10 (€26.60 with fees), Steam Key, Driffle | €39.99 |
| Lies of P | Very Positive, 91% of 58,621 reviews | €15.08 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€16.60 with fees), Steam Key, Gamivo | €59.99 |
| Nioh: Complete Edition | Mostly Positive, 78% of 29,619 reviews | €5.95 (no fees), Steam Key, GamesPlanet | €7.49 |
| The First Berserker: Khazan | Very Positive, 85% of 21,116 reviews | €21.19 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€22.92 with fees), Steam Key, Gamivo | €59.99 |
| AI LIMIT | Very Positive, 92% of 22,886 reviews | €16.49 (no fees), Steam Key, Cdkeys Com | €34.99 |
| Black Myth: Wukong | Overwhelmingly Positive, 96% of 881,532 reviews | €28.85 with coupon GOCDKEYS10 (€30.29 with fees), Steam Key, Driffle | €59.99 |
| Hollow Knight | Overwhelmingly Positive, 96% of 503,620 reviews | €5.39 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€6.57 with fees), Steam Key, Gamivo | €14.79 |
| Hollow Knight: Silksong | Very Positive, 89% of 387,544 reviews | €11.00 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€12.38 with fees), Steam Key, Gamivo | €19.50 |
| Nine Sols | Very Positive, 94% of 40,245 reviews | €7.22 (€7.97 with fees), Steam Key, Itemku | €28.99 |
| Blasphemous 2 | Very Positive, 91% of 16,886 reviews | €4.09 (no fees), Steam Key, Cdkeys Com | €11.24 |
| Salt and Sanctuary | Very Positive, 89% of 20,089 reviews | €2.06 with coupon GCDK13 (€2.16 with fees), Steam Key, Gameboost | €17.99 |
| Remnant 2 | Very Positive, 82% of 46,316 reviews | €3.20 with coupon SEAL17CKD (€3.84 with fees), Steam Key, Gameseal | €9.99 |
| Another Crab's Treasure | Very Positive, 93% of 16,896 reviews | €3.04 (€3.65 with fees), Steam Key, Itemku | €29.99 |
| TUNIC | Very Positive, 91% of 16,708 reviews | €3.36 with coupon GCDK13 (€3.52 with fees), Steam Key, Gameboost | €28.99 |
Where we'd start, depending on your budget
With €20 you can pick up five games. Salt and Sanctuary, TUNIC, Another Crab's Treasure, Remnant 2 and Blasphemous 2 add up to €17.26 with fees at the offers above, and each one is rated Very Positive on Steam.
If you've never played a souls-like, we'd start with Hollow Knight (€5.39 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€6.57 with fees)) in 2D or Lies of P (€15.08 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€16.60 with fees)) in 3D. Both are rated very highly and both cost a fraction of their Steam price. Adding Silksong to Hollow Knight brings the pair to €18.95 with fees.
At the top end, Elden Ring at €39.35 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€41.72 with fees) is the one we'd buy now. Sekiro is the exception: without Steam Keys on sale, the cheapest copy of your own is still a Steam Gift at €43.35 with coupon GCDKGamivo (€45.86 with fees), so the alert makes more sense than the shared account.
Prices were taken on the morning of 24 September.
I have been a gamer for as long as I can remember, and for the last 14 years I have been making life easier for other gamers. CEO and co-founder of Gocdkeys.
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