14. Mortal Shell. The best souls-likes, rated easiest to hardest

• 20. Remnant: From the Ashes
• 17. The Surge 2
• 14. Mortal Shell
• 12. Lords of the Fallen (2023)
• 10. Lies of P
• 8. Demon's Souls
• 6. Nioh
• 4. Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin
• 2. Dark Souls

14. Mortal Shell

The general evaluation of Mortal Shell's difficulty level on the Internet indicates that we're dealing with a game much easier than the original Dark Souls, it's main inspiration. I can agree. The game is more accessible, and probably only the idiosyncratic combat system increases the difficulty of the game. Once we have mastered the fight, we won't find much of a challenge here.

Mortal Shell is advertised with slogans about testing the player's perseverance and common sense. There's something to that, as long as we bear in mind that the game indeed tests our patience – with it's general lack of polish. It's more that than it being a well-designed, properly difficult game.

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13. Code Vein

We are approaching the middle of the list, so the difficulty level represented by the following games will increase. At first glance, Code Vein seems to be quite challenging. However, the further we progress in the game, the easier it becomes, not to mention the co-op mode which facilitates the game even more. Nevertheless, I wouldn't count this title among the easiest in the soulslike genre.

It stands out from the competition with a stronger character class division and styling. You can also feel the strong God Eater vibes – it was a series previously created by Shift studio. This game may hence be more difficult to some, as it doesn't take the typical road, and Code Vein tries to bridge the two worlds.

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