The 10 Best 2D Soulslikes, Ranked

At this point, Soulslike games have become commonplace, and an announcement of a new one doesn’t tend to attract the same excitement as it used to. However, that doesn’t mean these releases aren’t worthy of attention, and plenty of indie developers have turned to FromSoftware for inspiration and aspiration. While 3D variants hog the limelight, 2D Soulslikes are arguably more consistently good, with each year producing a few releases that are among the genre’s strongest efforts.