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2020PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified87 % positive12.49 €

A brutal first-person fantasy slasher with heavy melee combat and light souls-like progression. You play a merciless warrior delving into a grim city full of ancient secrets.

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The closest matches for Elderborn are Blade of Darkness, Severance: Blade of Darkness and Thymesia. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Elderborn special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Blade of Darkness 96% match – Melee combat with weapons or fists
Newest alternative: Rubinite 90% match – released 2026

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Blade of Darkness

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2021PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified91 % positive14.99 €

A punishing fantasy action game with weighty, combo-based melee combat and four playable heroes, often seen as an early forerunner of Soulslike games. You carve a gory path through grim levels to stop the forces of Chaos.

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Severance: Blade of Darkness

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A brutal third-person swordfighting game where you play a Knight, Barbarian, Dwarf or Amazon and carve through enemies with heavy combos and gory, weighty combat on the hunt for a Necromancer. Its demanding, physical combat and grim dark-fantasy mood made it a cult classic.

Thymesia

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A fast, punishing soulslike where you play plague doctor Corvus, relying on precise parries and dodges and on the disease powers of plundered weapons. Combat rewards aggression over turtling, set in a grim, decaying kingdom.

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

Melee combat with weapons or fists

As Hector, a former servant of Dracula, you hack your way through gothic castles and lands in a 3D action adventure. Its standout feature is Devil Forgery, which lets you raise and evolve Innocent Devil companions that fight alongside you.

Voin

Melee combat with weapons or fists

Voin is an indie first-person hack-and-slash set in a dark fantasy world. You cut through hordes of enemies while wielding primordial elemental powers.

Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A gritty fantasy action RPG from a team of industry veterans, mixing fast, skill-based combat inspired by Dark Souls with a narrative-driven story set across four kingdoms.

Revenant

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A 1999 action RPG in which you play Locke, a resurrected warrior who fights monsters, collects magic and explores dark catacombs to rescue a warlord's kidnapped daughter. Combat is real-time from an isometric view with manually executed attack combos.

Rubinite

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A dark fantasy boss rush action game in which princess Ruby seeks revenge to reclaim her kingdom. Its Focus mechanic lets her spot enemy weak points and land precise thrust attacks.

Dark Souls: Remastered

Melee combat with weapons or fists

The genre-defining Soulslike: a bleak, intricately interconnected world of punishing combat, hidden paths and bosses that demand patience and precise timing. The remaster adds sharper visuals and includes the Artorias of the Abyss expansion.

Enclave

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A linear fantasy action game from Starbreeze where you play two campaigns, one for the Light and one for the Darkness, and choose from warriors, archers and mages before each mission. It looked impressive for its time and is known for tough melee combat.

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