Best RPGs Like Lies of P

The best rpg games like Lies of P are Bloodborne, Elden Ring and Dark Souls. Below are 7, each with the reason it is here — and, at the end, what filtering to rpg costs you.

Why RPG Is a Good Answer for Lies of P

Filtering to RPG means you want progression — a character to build or a party to grow — layered on top of whatever else you liked.

What you get: A reason to keep going after the novelty wears off. RPGs are the genre that reliably converts hours into feeling more capable.

What made Lies of P worth playing in the first place is covered on the full list. This page is the rpg part of that answer, and only the rpg part.

7 RPGs Like Lies of P

  1. 1. Bloodborne

    The obvious ancestor, and the aggression and setting are the closest match.

  2. 2. Elden Ring

    If you want the same combat language with an open world.

  3. 3. Dark Souls

    The genre's foundation, and the best-connected map in it.

  4. 4. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

    Deflect timing as the whole combat system, at higher speed.

  5. 5. Black Myth: Wukong

    Modern action with the same handcrafted-area structure.

  6. 6. Steelrising

    The other clockwork-automaton soulslike, if you want more of the setting.

  7. 7. Nioh 2

    Deeper combat systems, mission-based rather than connected.

What This Filter Leaves Out

Immediacy. Almost every RPG asks for a slow first few hours, and the systems that make hour forty good are the same ones that make hour one a menu.

Specifically, these are strong answers for Lies of P that are not rpg games, so they are not on this page:

The full list is on games like Lies of P — 9 picks, no genre filter.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best rpg game like Lies of P?

Bloodborne. The obvious ancestor, and the aggression and setting are the closest match.

Are all of these on the PlayStation 5?

No. Lies of P released on the PlayStation 5, but a recommendation is only useful if you can play it, so the picks above span platforms and eras. What they share is the genre and the reason.

What is the difference between an RPG and an action game with stats?

Whether the stats are the point. In an RPG the build decides what you can do; in an action game with stats the build only decides how fast you do it.

Do I need to like turn-based combat?

No. The picks below span turn-based, real-time and action RPGs, and each one says which it is.

How are these chosen?

By hand. Each pick was written for the full Lies of P list first, on what the game actually does, and this page is the part of that list that is rpg — never a genre tag lookup, which is how "best racing games like Super Mario 64" used to be a page on this site.

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