Bloodborne next to its neighbors

Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Sekiro, and Elden Ring share a studio and not much else in the store. This index points at three comparisons: open world, posture, and shields.

Explore Bloodborne next to its neighbors

Dark Souls
Elden Ring
Sekiro

Illustration of a cloaked traveler facing a moonlit gothic cathedral — AI-generated site illustration; not an in-game screenshot or official artwork.

Illustration of a brass lantern, field notes and an iron sword on a stone ledge — AI-generated field-notes illustration; not an in-game item or official artwork.

I am not going to rank them. Every “hardest” paragraph I drafted collapsed into the weapon the writer liked. The pages state platforms, year, and what the combat asks of your hands. You can still prefer one.

The three splits

Elden Ring is the open-world game on many platforms. Sekiro is a single shinobi with a posture bar. Dark Souls is the shield-and-stamina line. Bloodborne is the 2015 PlayStation game with guns, rally, and trick weapons.

Questions

Which is hardest?

No measurement we trust answers that. Read the combat differences and pick the friction you want.

Sources checked 2026-10-24

Wikipedia — Bloodborne