Ranking Every Souls Game from Worst to Best (Including Elden Ring) 

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Sekiro is amazing. The game shocked me. The quality, the story, everything. It is my favorite Fromsoftware game as well and might be my favorite game of all time. Really glad to see the love that is deserves.

9:32 Anyone noticed that perfect transition from Isshin to Sword saint

Sekrio's combat system is a thing of beauty, so satisfying to play, totally respect that being number 1. Although, dark souls 2 ahead of dark souls 1?!

Man. I don’t think I’ve disagreed with a list of these games more than this one…. 10 outta 10 would watch again

i dont agree with a single thing on this list but hey, that's one of the things where the beauty of fromsoft games comes from: everyone appreciates different aspects about these games, what some may hate, others love. great vid as always.

Sekiro and Elden Ring is my 2 favorite games. They cant be compared to eachother imo because they are so different in gameplay. I really do agree that we need more Sekiro, maybe hard to add to the story on a "choose ending" game.

the first fromsoftware game I ever played was Sekiro, I bought it at Walmart on a whim thinking the box art looked cool and damn what an incredible experience it was. It made me seek out the rest of their catalog and that's why I have such a fondness for Sekiro specifically.

My guy actually ranked Sekiro at #1. I think this is the first ever souls ranking I've seen do that. Respect, fellow mutual ♥️♥️♥️ Honestly thought, I totally agree with what you said about replayability. In traditional souls games, even with build variety, theres two fundamental playstyles-caster and melee. When you've done that you're just experimenting within the game. In Sekiro, when you mastered the systems, you can replay it endlessly because it never gets easy in a boring way. The tempo is so visceral its always exciting. As a personal note, the game is very small in GB size, I always keep it installed because you never know when you're gonna want to boss rush some amazing boss like father or isshin. Its a truly amazing game, and I love to see it getting the respect it deserves!

Giving Sekiro the love it's due! It feels the most lively out of all From's games.

Bloodborne is my personal favorite, but I do agree with every con you listed about it. The cosmic horror atmosphere is what does it for me. However, Sekiro is an insanely close second. I love that you actually had to "git gud". You get your sword and equipment. Nothing else. No level farming to help you one-shot bosses. I loved that about this game. I'm also a sucker for the Japanese folklore thematics. It's just a beautiful game that I find myself thinking about a lot.

DS3 with DS1’s interconnected world is my ideal Souls-like experience

For me, sekiro is a masterpiece and the best game that Fromsoftware has made. The story is more direct and accesible without losing the lore, the combat is perfect due to the demandings of learning the basics and how it easy it gets when you are getting better in the final bosses, it shows your progression perfectly. The art direction and music show a completely different style that fits incredebly to the game's setting, and just having the oportunity of fight again every boss makes me play more to this game. I have played for more than 200 hours and I still having fun. For me Sekiro is an unforgettable game

Elden Ring is my favorite of FromSoft’s games. It has the most expansive, beautiful, and densely packed open world ever. If you want to play the game by focusing on its linear story path, it has the best in the series as well imo.

My heart skipped a beat and blood pressure shot up instantly when you said Bloodborne as No.5

9:33 that transition is too epic

My personal favourite is Bloodborne but sekiro is wonderful, the bosses are near perfect and the aesthetic is beautiful

I bought Sekiro second hand from a guy who said he played for like 1-2 hours and just gave up.. He wished me luck and since it was my first FromSoft game, I had no idea how to play. It took me 4 hours to beat the first mini boss and the only thing that kept me going was the thought “I can’t just give up like that other guy”. Once you understand the mechanics - it’s the most rewarding game ever.

Sekiro is the game that got me into fromsoftware games. It gave me enough confidence to actually play Dark Souls. I don't know how i was going to miss out on such an amazing game series like Dark Souls and Elden Ring

Sekiro is definitely my all time favourite. I sat down before Elden Ring and played them all from start to finish and Sekiro blew me away. I had never given it a chance because of how hard it was but overcoming that difficulty made me feel something I'd never felt before in gaming.

I think you nailed it when it comes to describing how Sekiro feels like you can play it forever. Replaying other games have certain turnoffs like DS3's weak and tedious early game or Elden Ring's sheer length but with Sekiro, I literally replay it back to back and not get bored.

Elden ring was my first game I fell in love with it it was brilliant but even though the others were made a few years ago they still hold up the series is amazing I’m so glad I got into it

Sekiro kicks ass. I think the lack of a build system worked for me because it forced me to improve how I play.

Thanks so much for your work!

Finally, someone who praises Sekiro the same way I do

Personally Demon's Souls just has a special quality that puts it above the rest of the From games despite its objective shortcomings. Love your channel, the direct and well thought out content. Would be curious your opinions on some of the other Soulslike games (Nioh, the Surge, etc) compare to the From games.

Sekiro is by far my favorite FromSoft game. The only real negative I have with it is that they didn't provide it with any DLC.

Honestly a very respectable list. I would've only swapped the top 2 but still it's too close for me to even care at this point. Love your videos bro

I really agree with the DS2 ranking. The unforgiveness of this game gives it its charm. It is very addicting.

I loved the outro of this video. It really wrapped it up and overall made the video better. It has an intriguing depth to it, that even if you were blind, you'd be intrigued by the amount of depth it has. Definitely top 3 outros. Very evident that you put a lot of thought into it. Thanks 👍

Sekiro first? Demon souls last? Dark souls behind Dark souls 2? Give me that shit that you're smoking

One reason I like Dark Souls 2 is because of soul gems: it gives you a big reason to stay a pure melee build instead of putting points in faith for healing spells just so you can keep your flasks from running dry. Kind of disappointed it didn't come back in Elden Ring, though it would have been very limited by having you split a flask into multiple crimson stones or be extremely rare and expensive until you manage to get the appropriate bell bearing that would probably be in an end game area.

Great list man!!! I love them all, but Sekiro is also my favourite, went from hating it, wanting to snap disc in half, to absolutely loving the shit out of it, played through 3 times so far.

Always happy to see people enjoy DS2. Even though I personally hate so many aspects of the game from the HUD look to how gameplay changed especially with enemy designs and layouts. But I can't denie that for people who vibe with it it must be truly special

Great video. I haven't played all of the games in the list. Elden Ring was my first souls game. I almost quit playing because it was so frustrating. I picked it back up and destroyed. After beating Elden Beast I immediately started NG+. I kept going to NG+4 before I lost interest. I was completely blown away with Elden ring. I was in love. I needed more so I started Bloodborne since everyone said it was awesome. It was awesome! I like the guns, weapons and rally. I still think Elden Ring is far better. Bloodborne was so easy. Next went to Sekiro. Sekiro was beautiful. I did not like Sekiro because of the constant parry. It was kinda of boring after a while. I started DS3 a couple weeks ago. In the beginning I thought it sucked but I was wrong. I just beat nameless king and I love this game. My list so far Elden Ring DS3 Bloodborne Sekiro

That's quite funny that you said you were addicted to Dark Souls 2 when you first played it. My first playthrough took over a year, not because the game was challenging, but because I found it so tedious. I changed my build 3 times over my playthrough starting with Str/Dex then Dark, Strength and then Dex. Idk if that was because I was tired of playing Souls games or I didn't use spells enough but either way I'm not gonna be replaying it anytime soon.

That Bloodborne joke was a literal jumpscare Literally saw the thread of light for a moment

Up until Genichiro I really stuggled with the combat. Fresh off of elden ring I had been hard conditioned into rolling. The flurry of attacks Genichiro throws felt a lot like Melenia so I tried the same evasion/camping but got my ass kicked. Once I realized the strategy was to have as little chill as he did everything clicked. If only I could fight Melenia in Sekiro cause she feels like she was ripped straight out of it.

Whats the axe you use in all the dark souls 2 clips?

Sekiro was my first FromSoft game and is still my favorite. The prosthetics provide more options in moment-to-moment gameplay than I think most people realize, and it's just an incredibly polished and satisfying experience from start to finish.

Sekiro Ressurection and LMTSR mods are must plays if you want more Sekiro. Play them in that order as well. It's probably my fav game of all time.

Dude that Bloodborne scare almost gave me a heart attack. Solid list though, I have the same exact top 4 here.

1. Sekiro 2. Bloodborne 3. Dark Souls 3 4. Elden Ring 5. Dark Souls 6. Demon’s Souls 7. Dark Souls 2

This list comes the closest to mine of all lists i have ever seen. And I totally agree with all your points you brought up, even if i would rank Sekiro no 3., and I can‘t really describe why. It‘s just the feeling DS3/BB are giving me, especially BB created a majestic atmosphere while Sekiro, even if it has a few of the prettiest areas of all gaming, could never give me this feeling. As I said, I can‘t really explain it. And I totally agree with DS3 that high, I personally think, that the linearity is a good thing, so the balancing could come out as great as it is now. In matter of Bloodborne, I do agree with the feeling, that the healing system sucks, but I never had trouble with running out of healing even in blood level 4 runs so I don’t consider it in this list.

Tied at 1. Elden Ring, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Bloodborne. They all do something so good and better than the other games and had tons of fun playing and exploring these games environment. 2. Dark Souls 3 3. Dark Souls 4. Demon's Souls 5. Dark Souls 2

I could hear the sword clangs vividly when you were fighting Isshin, man I love Sekiro.

If anyone is looking for the outro, here it is 10:26

My first "souls game" was sekiro and at first I found the combat frustrating and i died like 700 times to Gyobu but after struggling even longer with Genichiro the combat also clicked for me. You can tell the game focuses on the combat and the final boss is the ultimate test to ensure that you have full mastery over it and it is my second favorite souls game because of it. After Sekiro, DS3 was my second second souls game. It was definitly a switch up from Sekiro due to less focus on deflecting/parrying but i picked up the combat pretty quickly after Gundyr. I loved the rest of the game because it just felt like i was going through a journey with incredible bosses. I don't really know how to describe it but it just felt so cool to explore dark souls 3 and therefore it will always be my fav souls game. Maybe if bloodborne ever comes to pc it could become my favorite but like that will ever happen...

To be fair since sekiro plays so differently than the souls games most soulsborne fans are either going to hate it or love it with very few in between, personally I can’t parry to save my life and I know it’s a skill issue but I’d continue to just admire sekiro from a distance and acknowledge that it is a good game in its own sense with fun and unique challenges. And Thanks for liking DS3 better than elden ring because I do agree that it’s better 👍

Sometimes i really like the blood vials because you don't get the urge to rest every time you get to a bonfire and if you run out you just kill the enemies and they drop the vial so you don't feel like you ruined your boss run, i also hate it when i run out of them all while fighting a very tough boss

1-DS 1 (best game overall, Map design, Iconic bosses, replay ability ) 2-DS 3 (Creative combat mechanics and it has by far the best DLC i’ve seen in any other game) + Bosses are epic 3-Elden Ring (Expanded on the previous DS games without hindering too much which is rare in games these days) 4-Sekiro (Fast game play) 5-DS 2 (Majula) 6-Demon Souls (playing it after DS1 and DS3 ruined it for me) 7- Bloodborne (personally didn’t enjoy the repetitive combat mechanics)

Dark souls one is my love I can’t stop playing no matter what I try I have so many games on my backlog because I can’t stop playing this beautiful game

Gotta love seeing Sekiro a number 1, it is indeed a perfect game imo, and From Soft's best (though not my personal favorite). However seeing Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1 so low makes me sad. Those games are masterpieces. My ranking would be : 1. Demon's Souls, 2. Sekiro, 3. Bloodborne, 4. Dark Souls 1, 5. Elden Ring, 6. Dark Souls 3, 7. Dark Souls 2

I just wanna make this comment to say that seeing your channel grow really gave me a spark to make videos again. I honestly see it as something I could be doing for the rest of my life and I wanna thank you for that

I never heard such a good outro before. You have my subscription.

You are on point on everything and I recently started playing dark souls 2 and I am addicted not sure why compared to the others

This ranking is very very bold... respect to you sir.

the outro is gold

My ranking… DS2

Finally someone who puts respect on sekiro’s name

"I do like the story" 2:48 First thing you see is Feet, best story imo

Skipped to 1 to check if it was Sekiro. Had to rewind after I saw he made the right choice

I love the music of Majula. I haven't gotten very far in DS2 at all (I went down those stairs instead into the forest of giants and had an extremely bad time of it, lol), but that music took me by surprise. I was cautiously exploring and looking out for enemies but then the music started and I just stopped walking to listen. I then realized I was in a safe area and it was okay to stop and listen. I also haven't finished Demon's Souls or Dark Souls 1, but I do sort of place them in the same order as you just based on what little I've played of them. I think I place the Demon's Souls remake higher than DS1 for now. I agree where you put Elden Ring. I burned out on it and I haven't touched it in months now. Certain aspects were great and certain ones left me extremely frustrated. FromSoftware's hands-off approach works in their other games, but less so in Elden Ring even with the map and being able to place markers on it. I'm for sure far less interested in the story than I have been for any other of their games. I also agree about the way bosses were done for the most part. All the main bosses I've fought except for Margit have been way too easy for me. Radahn took me 4 or 5 attempts. Rennala was too easy once I learned to save my 3 lone wolves for phase 2; then they just stunlocked her and the fight was over in a matter of seconds. I beat Godrick on my first attempt because I used both the jellyfish summon and summoned that woman NPC. It made me wish I hadn't summoned her for it. Bloodborne has been the only game where summoning has felt fairly balanced for me. The NPCs I summoned for Darkbeast Paarl, Rom, and the Living Failures all were pretty great at drawing aggro and lasting long enough to keep me alive the rest of the fight. So far for DS3 I've summoned only for Friede and the Demon Prince fights. Lapp was balanced for the Demon Prince. Gael made Friede almost trivial with how he handles her in phase 2, but I hate that fight so I'm not complaining about how much easier he makes it. I like DS3 a lot, but yeah, I agree with it also. I love the main game so much, but the DLCs have me a bit pissed. I'm in the Ringed City and I'm to the point of running past most enemies. It doesn't feel balanced to me. Then sticking so many Ringed Knights and Herald Knights around feels like they made it difficult just for the sake of it and feels more like bullshit than almost anything the main game does. I'm pushing through so I can fight the final bosses and properly finish the game, but the DLCs actually dropped it below Bloodborne and Sekiro for me. Bloodborne is number one. I finished it a bit over a month ago and it was an amazing experience. The DLC felt fair and balanced and the rush of beating the Orphan of Kos is up there with what I felt beating the Nameless King. Both are so difficult, but they don't do too much that I call bs on, unlike Laurence and Sister Friede. Bloodborne's speed clicked with me so well that I still get tripped up in DS3 because I'm not moving as fast as I want to. I'm finishing Sekiro once I finish DS3, but I already know I'm going to rank it just under Bloodborne (or equal to it) just from what I've experienced so far. I'm holding off, because I want to focus on it without bringing in muscle memory from DS3. I hate parrying in DS3, but I finally got a handle on parries in Bloodborne and the parries are also clicking for me in Sekiro.

Dark Souls 2 is amazing! Glad to see it not ranked last.

man you basically have the same list that I have ahah. sekiro is an amazing game and even if i finished it multiple times, i keep finding myself back in ashina from time to time. I'm actually gonna start a new run without kuro's charm and bell demon on just because i miss it so damn much and i want this game to keep kiking my ass. great video btw.

Loved the outro man keep up the good job 🤣🔥

Amazing ranking!! I was going "yes yes yes" the whole video. I would only swap 1 and 2, just personal preference :) but they're very close

Wow, first list from a RU-vidr that comes pretty close to mine. Finally someone who has Sekiro on #1 .

Putting dark souls 2 over ds1 is insane

Just started with Sekiro and am loving it. Also the aligity of Wolf makes for really fun gameplay. Thinking of getting Elden Ring next.

My list is pretty much like yours and I am so happy that someone is finally speaking with my perspective - the bosses and combat being main aspect for rating then level design and balance. I played DS1 and 3 then elden ring and Bloodborne and I'm still struggling with myself to play DS2 and sekiro. My favorite and most finished souls is DS3 and then Bloodborne. And boss fights are the exact reason I would rather DS3 than most games in the series. Currently halfway through DeS original (ps3) and I have just been frustrated grinding all the time for upgrades. Also Elden Ring is surely one of my best open world RPG experiences but it really lacks balance especially in late stages while.

Dark Souls 1 for me is #1, it's my first Dark Souls and it was incredible.

Putting elden ring on n4 is crazy

Top tier editing and intro subbed mate 🫡

I might be very atypical here, but I love how slow and methodical Dark Souls is. It feels like I can wait and think my way past enemies, watching and waiting and overcoming them through knowledge and skill as opposed to instinct and reaction like I wind up doing with the later games.

With elden ring I agree with you 100% I just want a little bit more direction

Sekiro is probably my favorite also. I love the fast pace combat.

5:35 lol your describing Sekiro right there. Bosses often can literally one- or two-shot you even when you're at the max possible HP at that point of the game and some still have so much HP because of two health bars. So this point of criticism can be directly applied to Sekiro imo.

I bought bloodbourne like two years ago. I have yet to put the disk in. I’m in med school and I find it impossible to find time for it. This year I’ll finally have a decent summer break.

Dark Souls is an absolutely amazing experience if you're 1st-timing it. I still have fond memories of figuring out the interconnectedness and getting to overcome Havel as a teen in 2012. Now, I've got absolutely 0 desire to replay it because I don't think it holds up well gameplay wise compared to the others. Same with DS2, I like it but the gameplay really got a massive upgraded with Bloodborne/DS3.

Due to lack of Outros, I selected Don't recommend channel & RU-vid still suggested this video. Maybe it's just the Sekiro lover inside of me. It's the best combat game I've ever played. Every loot serves a purpose in this game unlike other From Software games where 90% of the loot is just garbage unless you change your Build. & the level design is just... (I don't have words).

Let me tell you a story. I saw a small image of a game in the PlayStation magazine way way back when the ps3 first came out and we were dying for new games. The magazine said the game was a JP exclusive but they were in talks to bring it to America. There was something about that one little screenshot that made me want it bad. So I waited and waited. Eventually , it was announced and on release day I went to Best Buy. They didn’t have a copy. So I went to another Best Buy. No copy. But this guy was cool and he searched their database and found out that one Best Buy in South Carolina got 3 copies that day. I drove an hour away to this store and strangely enough , I found one copy of the game tucked behind a copy of some call of duty game. It was so odd that it had just come out that day yet it was tucked back like a long forgotten game. Nobody was talking about Demons Souls. Nobody knew anything about it. Yet I took this game home and began to play. I can’t describe the experience of entering this world that seemed so strange and scary and exciting, knowing I was probably the only person in the entire state playing it that day. There were no guides, no one on Reddit talking about it. It was just me. It seemed insurmountable. But in the end I learned the game and came out on top. That is my best gaming memory. The internet has really watered down the mystery of gaming. I lucked out with souls being ahead of the hype and not having it spoiled for me.

If you're getting bored with sekiro, I recommend doing charmless demon bell. Try the inner bosses with it on too. Inner father w charmless demon bell is the best

I disagree with everything but it's good to see sekiro getting the love it deserves

L after L, but I respect your opinion uwu

100% agree with Sekiro. It was my first FromSoft game and I was instantly hooked. I love the way you can you see yourself improving after fights. Amazing game must play and dont give up!

Timestamp for Outro: 10:24

Ive been loving sekiro. I've started speedruning sekiro, and man is it so much fun. My current best is 1:43:30

Demon's Souls walked so everything afterwards could run. That deserves some respect

Dude, love the Humor. Subscribed strictly because of that

Did I just hear someone praise the Fragrant Branch of Yore mechanic? Now I've seen everything.

Dark souls 2 is my favorite and will always have a special place in my heart

I'd put Elden Ring higher due to updates and potentially outstanding dlc. It has some more potential.

I have never played a Souls Game but really wanna try. SHould I start with the first one/is it important in which order you play the games?

I also binged Sekiro and did like six play throughs back to back when I have only played a couple of the titles twice max. It is no doubt their best game, but it wouldn’t be Sekiro if it were longer and let you distort the role with more weapons or whatever. Your list is pretty accurate. They made Elden Ring too wide or it’d be third or second…

Can we just agree, they’re all fantastic

I appreciate this list, I literally had a similar discussion with my roommate about the DS1 vs DS2 debate. I agree with the list completely except I'd flip Sekiro and Bloodborne

Idea for bloodborne: Make a bloodborne 2 but doesn’t take place in the dream it takes place in the real world. Maybe a hunt happened in the real world and there where the game continues when you return back to the real world.

Good video! Tough one for me, it would probably be. 1. Elden Ring 2. Dark Souls 3. Dark Souls 3 4. Sekiro 5. Dark Souls 2 6. Demon's Souls