Games Like Stellar Blade

What Made Stellar Blade Work

Stellar Blade is a parry game. The combat is built around reading a wind-up and answering it exactly, with combo unlocks layered on top, and the world is a series of handcrafted areas rather than an open map. People who ask this usually want the parry timing, not the setting.

Stellar Blade is Shift Up's 2024 action game, published by Sony for PS5 and released on PC in 2025. Eve fights monstrous Naytiba on a ruined Earth using a combat system built on parries, perfect dodges and combo skills unlocked through a skill tree. The world is split into linear levels and a couple of larger open zones. Fans usually want the parry-focused combat first, and the post-apocalyptic character-action style second.

9 Games Like Stellar Blade

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   1.Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice(2019)

   The best parry-based combat ever made, and the clear influence.

   Why it fits: FromSoftware's 2019 action game for PS4, Xbox One and PC is built around deflecting attacks to break an enemy's posture, the system Stellar Blade's parry combat most resembles.

   What is different: Much harder, with no difficulty options, and feudal Japan rather than a ruined sci-fi Earth.

   Where to play it: PS4, Xbox One and PC.

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   2.NieR: Automata(2017)

   The obvious aesthetic sibling, and it shares the same post-collapse setting.

   Why it fits: PlatinumGames' 2017 action RPG, published by Square Enix, follows combat androids on a post-apocalyptic Earth, mixing fast melee with shooting sections.

   What is different: Looser combat with shooting mixed in, and a story that asks you to finish it more than once.

   Where to play it: PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC.

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   3.Lies of P(2023)

   Parry-heavy soulslike with a strong sense of place.

   Why it fits: Round8 Studio's 2023 soulslike, published by Neowiz, retells Pinocchio in a Belle Époque city and rewards perfect guards, with weapons you can reassemble from parts.

   What is different: A full soulslike: checkpoints, lost currency on death and a darker, slower rhythm.

   Where to play it: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

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   4.Bayonetta(2009)

   If the combo system rather than the parry was the draw.

   Why it fits: PlatinumGames' 2009 character-action game has a perfect-dodge mechanic, Witch Time, that slows enemies down and a combo system built for style.

   What is different: Dodging, not parrying, is the core skill, and levels are strictly linear with graded scores.

   Where to play it: Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC (it began on PS3 and Xbox 360).

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   5.Devil May Cry 5(2019)

   Deeper combat, less defence, same spectacle.

   Why it fits: Capcom's 2019 character-action game, with three playable characters, features deep combo systems and a style ranking that rewards variety.

   What is different: Style ranks reward attacking constantly; there is almost no exploration between fights.

   Where to play it: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

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   6.Black Myth: Wukong(2024)

   Modern action with the same handcrafted-area structure.

   Why it fits: Game Science's 2024 action RPG, based on Journey to the West, uses boss-heavy combat with dodges, stances and transformations across handcrafted chapters.

   What is different: Staff-based dodging instead of parries, and a setting drawn from Journey to the West.

   Where to play it: PS5 and PC.

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   7.Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty(2023)

   Deflect timing as the whole combat system.

   Why it fits: Team Ninja's 2023 soulslike, set in a dark fantasy Three Kingdoms-era China, centres its combat on deflecting attacks.

   What is different: Three Kingdoms China, soulslike checkpoints, and deflection that is more forgiving than Stellar Blade's perfect parry.

   Where to play it: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

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   8.Scarlet Nexus(2021)

   Anime action with a lighter touch and a good story.

   Why it fits: Bandai Namco's 2021 action RPG mixes melee combos with psychokinesis, letting you throw objects in a futuristic Japanese city.

   What is different: Telekinesis and a party of allies instead of solo sword play, with far more story between fights.

   Where to play it: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

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   9.Astral Chain(2019)

   For the combat depth in a similar visual register.

   Why it fits: PlatinumGames' 2019 Switch action game has you control a detective and a chained creature called a Legion, combining two sets of attacks.

   What is different: You fight alongside a chained partner creature, and a lot of the game is detective work between missions.

   Where to play it: Switch.

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Where to Start

Sekiro is the pick if it was the parrying — it is harder, but no game does it better. Lies of P is the closest middle ground between a soulslike and Stellar Blade's pace. NieR: Automata is the one to choose if it was the ruined world and melancholy tone.

How We Picked These Games

We prioritised games where parrying or precise defence is central, then character-action games with deep combo systems. Every pick is a third-person melee game. We kept NieR: Automata because Stellar Blade is so often compared to it for its setting and tone, even though its combat plays differently.

Which One to Play, by What You Liked

If you liked Stellar Blade for landing perfect parries, try Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Lies of P and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. Three games where defence is the main skill.

If you liked Stellar Blade for Eve's world, try NieR: Automata. The game Stellar Blade owes most to, down to a collaboration DLC.

If you liked Stellar Blade for stylish combos, try Bayonetta and Devil May Cry 5. Character action with more depth in the combo systems.

If you liked Stellar Blade for the boss fights, try Black Myth: Wukong. A game built from one big boss after another.