With the recent release of Elden Ring, the gaming community's love for Soulslike games began anew. Despite it being a tough game to play, the brutality faced by players is part of its charm, and it has been since the first Soulslike game – 2009's action RPG Demon's Souls. Although the dark, broody medieval death simulator is considered a pinnacle of the genre, there have been plenty of games that preceded the popular FromSoftware game with the same idea.