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13 souls-likes worth playing on PS4, with live prices by format. Bloodborne and Jedi: Fallen Order cost €9.99 each (no fees) on the PlayStation Store.
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Thirteen souls-likes you can still buy for PS4 this morning, from the FromSoftware games to the ones built on their formula. One of them, Bloodborne, has never come out anywhere but PlayStation. Everything here also runs on a PS5, since the console plays PS4 games.
We started from the 64 PS4 games in our catalogue that carry Steam's «Souls-like» tag and had at least two offers in stock. 2D metroidvanias went to their own list, and we dropped games the tag picks up for no good reason, like Ghost of Tsushima and Scarlet Nexus. Review scores are from Steam users on the PC version, and only where we have them.
The cheapest two to own: Bloodborne and Jedi: Fallen Order
Bloodborne is the one you can't get anywhere else. You hunt beasts through the gothic streets of Yharnam, your weapons fold into a second form mid-combo, and the game rewards you for hitting back: land a blow right after taking damage and you win some of that health back. It isn't on Steam, so there's no user score to quote. The PlayStation Store sells it for €9.99 (no fees), and in the 74 days we've tracked that price it has never gone lower.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is souls-lite rather than the real thing, but Respawn kept the parts that matter: meditation points work as bonfires, enemies come back when you rest, and parrying well decides most fights. You can also pick a difficulty, which makes it a sensible first step. 88% of 154,676 Steam reviews are positive. It's €9.99 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store.
Dark Souls, Sekiro and Elden Ring
Dark Souls: Remastered is the original, set in a Lordran where every shortcut eventually loops back to the start, and 92% of 102,581 Steam reviews are positive. Dark Souls III is faster and more aggressive; we don't have Steam data for it. Sony still charges €39.99 (no fees) and €49.99 (no fees) for them.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice drops classes and armour altogether. You're a shinobi with a katana and a prosthetic arm, and fights are won by deflecting attacks on time until the enemy's posture breaks. It's the best-rated game here on Steam, with 95% of 262,179 reviews positive. The PlayStation Store now only lists the GOTY Edition, at €69.99 (no fees).
Elden Ring puts the formula in an open world you cross on horseback, so when a boss stops you cold you can ride off, explore and come back stronger. 93% of 835,865 Steam reviews are positive. It's €59.99 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store today, but it dropped to €39.99 (no fees) in May, so an Elden Ring price alert makes more sense than paying full price now.
PlayStation Store or somebody else's account
On PlayStation, key shops sell very few codes. What they do sell cheaply are accounts: login details for another person's PSN account that already owns the game. You download it to your console, but it never belongs to you, and if the owner takes the account back or Sony closes it, the game is gone. A PlayStation Store purchase stays on your own account, which is why we point you there even when it costs more. Here's what each game costs both ways:
| Game | PlayStation Store | Cheapest account |
|---|---|---|
| Bloodborne | €9.99 (no fees) | Difmark, €8.39 with code Gocdkeys (€8.77 with fees) |
| Elden Ring | €59.99 (no fees) | GamesPSN, €14.11 (no fees) |
| Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | GOTY Edition €69.99 (no fees) | GamesPSN, €5.60 (no fees) |
| Dark Souls III | €49.99 (no fees) | Difmark, €8.39 with code Gocdkeys (€8.77 with fees) |
| Dark Souls: Remastered | €39.99 (no fees) | Difmark, €13.69 with code Gocdkeys (€14.31 with fees) |
| Nioh | €19.99 (no fees) | Difmark, €8.39 with code Gocdkeys (€8.77 with fees) |
| Nioh 2 | €39.99 (no fees) | Difmark, €11.25 with code Gocdkeys (€11.76 with fees) |
| Lies of P | €59.99 (no fees) | Difmark, €14.89 with code Gocdkeys (€15.56 with fees) |
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | €9.99 (no fees) | Difmark, €5.15 with code Gocdkeys (€5.38 with fees) |
| Remnant: From the Ashes | €39.99 (no fees) | Difmark, €10.07 with code Gocdkeys (€10.52 with fees) |
| Code Vein | €69.99 (no fees) | Difmark, €6.54 with code Gocdkeys (€6.83 with fees) |
| The Surge 2 | €29.99 (no fees) | Difmark, €6.71 with code Gocdkeys (€7.01 with fees) |
| Mortal Shell | €29.99 (no fees) | Difmark, €12.59 with code Gocdkeys (€13.16 with fees) |
Difmark prices include the Gocdkeys coupon. Bloodborne is the clearest case: the cheapest account saves you just over a euro, which is no reason to give up owning the game.
Team Ninja's Nioh games and Lies of P
Nioh takes the Dark Souls structure to Sengoku-era Japan. You play William, an Irish sailor fighting samurai and yokai, switching between three stances and timing a Ki pulse to recover stamina mid-combo. It's faster than anything FromSoftware has made and much heavier on loot. On Steam, the Complete Edition has 78% of 29,781 reviews positive. At €19.99 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store, it's 12% under its usual price (median €22.72, no fees), and that's the Nioh PS4 key price we'd take.
Nioh 2 is a prequel where you create your own half-yokai hero. We don't have Steam data for it, and Sony sells it for €39.99 (no fees).
Lies of P retells Pinocchio in a Belle Époque city overrun by puppets, with weapons you assemble from separate blades and handles. Outside FromSoftware, it's the closest thing to Bloodborne. On Steam, 91% of 59,681 reviews are positive. It costs €59.99 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store this morning; we saw it at €16.99 (no fees) in May.
Guns, vampires and exosuits: Remnant, Code Vein and The Surge 2
Remnant: From the Ashes is a third-person shooter with souls-like checkpoints and boss fights, playable online with up to three people, and its maps are generated differently each run. 84% of 47,652 Steam reviews are positive; €39.99 (no fees) from Sony.
Code Vein brings anime-style vampires and an AI partner who follows you through most areas, which takes some of the edge off. 83% of 46,595 Steam reviews are positive. Sony still lists it at €69.99 (no fees), while the cheapest account is €6.54 with code Gocdkeys (€6.83 with fees) on Difmark.
The Surge 2 swaps knights for exoskeletons: you target a specific limb, cut it off and keep that piece of gear. 75% of 7,560 Steam reviews are positive, and it's €29.99 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store.
Mortal Shell, and where to go next
Mortal Shell is the short one. Instead of levelling up you take over the bodies of fallen warriors, each with its own way of fighting. We have no Steam data for it, and it's €29.99 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store.
If you'd rather play souls-likes in 2D, Hollow Knight and Blasphemous are in our best metroidvania games on PS4. Already on the newer console? Try our souls-like picks for PS5.
Prices checked on the morning of 12 November.
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