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82 Great Games Like Elden Ring

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Elden Ring is a role-play game set in a fictional world created by fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin, with a focus on combat similar to Demon's Souls and an open world with real time and weather like Zelda Breath of the Wild.

If you enjoyed Elden Ring, there are other games in the Soulsborne franchise you should try. Unfortunately, Elden Ring is not available on Android, Mac, Switch or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme, and at a lower age rating:

Elden Ring

Game Details

Release Date: 25/02/2022

Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Content Rating: PEGI 16

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Players: 1 (4 online)

Genres: Fighting, Role-Play (Action, Adventure, Collecting and Simulation)

Accessibility: 23 features

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

Developer: Elden Ring (@EldenRing)

Costs: Purchase cost

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Demon's Souls

Release Date: 05/02/2009

Out Now: PS3 and PS5

Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Demon's Souls is a fighting and exploration game where you take on monstrous enemies in tough-as-nails combat. You navigate interconnected locations while fighting enemies with weapons and magic, timing your attacks, dodges, and parries exactly. It...

Dark Souls

Release Date: 22/09/2011, updated in 2018

Out Now: PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Dark Souls is a fighting game with an emphasis on precise timing and extreme difficulty. You navigate through labyrinthine ruins and ancient kingdoms, defeating monsters with your weapons and magic. A spiritual successor to [link to game/Demons+Souls...

Dark and Darker

Release Date: 28/07/2023

Out Now: PC

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person

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The Lords of the Fallen

Release Date: 13/10/2023

Coming Soon: PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

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The Milk Lake

Release Date: Coming soon

Coming Soon: PC

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

The Milk Lake is a survival adventure where you traverse a dark forest, guided only by your light. To survive you must flee from arrows and unseen enemies and then face off against huge monsters in combat. It stands out for its horror depiction of being...

Dark Souls II

Release Date: 11/03/2014

Out Now: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Dark Souls II is a fighting game with an emphasis on precise timing and extreme difficulty. You navigate through labyrinthine ruins and ancient kingdoms, defeating monsters with your weapons and magic. It pairs immense difficulty with a grand story and...

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Release Date: 24/08/2023

Out Now: PC, PS Vita, PS4, PS5, PSP, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is a fighting game where you create your own robot suits and then take them into battle. It's from the makers of Elden Ring but has more of a combat focus and without an open world. Fights are fast-paced and exuberant,...

Lies of P

Release Date: 19/09/2023

Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Lies of P is a fighting game where you try to survive in a dark twist on the Pinnochio story. You explore a gothic steam-powered world, fighting off enemies with well-timed moves and choosing whether to tell the truth or lie in ways that alter the...

Bleak Sword DX

Release Date: 13/09/2019, updated in 2023

Out Now: Apple TV, PC, Switch, iOS and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Bleak Sword DX is a stripped-down retro fighting game where you take on vicious monsters in precise combat. Each small stage challenges you to use your sword to kill and loot monsters in a mission to end the king's 200-year reign of terror. It looks...

Bloodborne

Release Date: 24/03/2015

Out Now: PS4

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Bloodborne is a fighting game where you defeat monsters in demanding combat. As you navigate the labyrinthine levels, you use weapons, which can transform between fast-paced and weak and slower but more powerful forms, to attack, dodge, and parry...

Dark Souls III

Release Date: 12/04/2016

Out Now: PC, PS4 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Dark Souls III is a fighting game with an emphasis on precise timing and extreme difficulty. You explore labyrinthine ruins and ancient kingdoms and defeat monsters with your weapons and magic. The final entry in the Dark Souls trilogy features the same...

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Release Date: 03/03/2017

Out Now: Switch and Wii U

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild departs from the previous Zelda formula with the scale and depth of its world. You walk, fly, ride and climb your way through a landscape that varies in climate, terrain, inhabitants and vegetation. Weather and...

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Release Date: 21/08/2021

Out Now: PC, PS4 and PS5

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is an adventure about a young girl who travels to an abandoned village in the hope of finding a sacred mountain shrine. To get there she must find and grow a team of charming spirit companions called the Rot, enhancing their...

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Release Date: 19/05/2015

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an action-adventure game where you play monster-hunter Geralt in a vast open world as he searches for his missing adopted daughter. The game responds to your actions and has dynamic environments, weather and day–night...

Horizon Zero Dawn

Release Date: 01/03/2017

Out Now: PC and PS4

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

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Release Date: 04/12/2020, updated in 2022

Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Day and Night and Open World

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Horizon Forbidden West

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Out Now: PS4 and PS5

Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

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Dragon Quest Treasures

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Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

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Bayonetta 3

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Release Date: 20/09/2014, updated in 2018

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Out Now: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night and Open World

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Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4 and Xbox One

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Components: 3D First-Person, Day and Night and Open World

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Out Now: PC, PS4 and Xbox One

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God of War Ragnarök

PEGI 18 Video Game Age Rating for God of War Ragnark in UK and Europe

God of War Ragnarök

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Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

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Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

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Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made

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Release Date: 29/09/2015, updated in 2018

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Wii U and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead and Hand-Made

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Components: 3D Third-Person

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Release Date: 18/06/2002, updated in 2019

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Pixels

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Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

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Bayonetta

Release Date: 29/10/2009, updated in 2018

Out Now: PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

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Darkwood

Release Date: 17/08/2017, updated in 2022

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Day and Night, Open World and Pixels

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Release Date: Coming soon

Coming Soon: PC and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

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Release Date: Coming soon

Coming Soon: PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

Components: 3D Third-Person

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Release Date: Coming soon

Coming Soon: PC

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person, Cartoon, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

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27 Younger Content Rating than Elden Ring

If Elden Ring is not age appropriate for your child, here are similar games ordered by age rating so you can find an age-appropriate alternative that’s also a game they will love.

Lucen

Submerged Hidden Depths

Dragon Quest Treasures

Ancient Dangers: A Bat's Tale

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Jotun

Dungeons of Hinterberg

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

The Milk Lake

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Another Crab's Treasure

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Outward

Xenoblade Chronicles

Shadow Of The Colossus

The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

20 Easier Skill Rating than Elden Ring

If you like the sound of Elden Ring but find it too complex or challenging, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with a lower Skill Rating.

Submerged Hidden Depths

Ancient Dangers: A Bat's Tale

Dragon Quest Treasures

Jotun

Eastshade

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

Dungeons of Hinterberg

The Milk Lake

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Thousand Threads

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Xenoblade Chronicles

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Shadow Of The Colossus

Biomutant

The Bloodline

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3 Video Games With a Similar Theme to Elden Ring

Here are a selection of games with a similar theme to Elden Ring:

Submerged Hidden Depths

Rime

Infernium

3 Board Game Alternatives to Elden Ring

These are our hand-picked alternatives to Elden Ring. This doesn't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Labyrinth. These selections also include games that offer a different experience but address a similar theme or topic.

Talisman

Legacy of Dragonholt

Dungeons & Dragons

16 Video Games Like Elden Ring Based on Genre

These are games of a similar genre mix to Elden Ring. This includes games from the Role-Play, Simulation, Fighting, Adventure, Action and Collecting genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.

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Neo: The World Ends with You

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16 Video Games With More Documented Accessibility Features than Elden Ring

If you like the sound of Elden Ring but it doesn’t offer the accessibility you require, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with more Accessibility Features. You can view a full breakdown in our Elden Ring Accessibility Report.

Submerged Hidden Depths

1428: Shadows over Silesia

God of War Ragnarök

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Biomutant

Thousand Threads

Horizon Forbidden West

Tenderfoot Tactics

Horizon Zero Dawn

Gotham Knights

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Bleak Sword DX

Fallout 4

Nier: Automata

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon

World of Warcraft

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