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DARK SOULS™ II cover art

DARK SOULS™ II

FromSoftware, Inc. · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment · 2014-04-25

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ActionRPG

Franchise: Dark Souls · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 25, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 11, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Mar 14, 2014 (Xbox 360)

Developed by FROM SOFTWARE, DARK SOULS™ II is the highly anticipated sequel to the gruelling 2011 breakout hit Dark Souls. The unique old-school action RPG experience captivated imaginations of gamers worldwide with incredible challenge and intense emotional reward.

DARK SOULS™ II is an Action, RPG game released in 2014, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (88% of 46835 reviews).

133
playing now
88%
positive of 47k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,790
twitch viewers (latest)
1395.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
critic score (20 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (843 ratings)
60h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 88h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

133 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Dark Souls II is a 2014 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Games. The second game in the Dark Souls series, it is set in the fallen kingdom of Drangleic and follows an undead traveler seeking a cure for their curse. It retains the series' emphasis on challenging combat, character customization, exploration and online interaction, while introducing changes such as a hollowing system that reduces the player's maximum health after repeated deaths.

Trailer

DARK SOULS™ II trailer thumbnail

Dark Souls II - E3 2013 Trailer

≈322,421 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 133 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,898 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~237/week).
  • · Review velocity up 73% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 46,858 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38938920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

281812026-09-15 12:00 — 132 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 187 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 98 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 194 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 275 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 118 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 107 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 203 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 189 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 195 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 222 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 159 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 87 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 186 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 191 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 99 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 152 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 150 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 107 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 191 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 239 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 116 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 133 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
25k5Mar 2014Aug 2026Mar 2014 — avg 5 · peak 18Jul 2014 — avg 8,728 · peak 19,797Nov 2014 — avg 3,381 · peak 6,984Mar 2015 — avg 3,827 · peak 7,312Jul 2015 — avg 1,068 · peak 1,720Nov 2015 — avg 773 · peak 1,617Mar 2016 — avg 1,482 · peak 3,165Jul 2016 — avg 328 · peak 531Nov 2016 — avg 354 · peak 1,035Mar 2017 — avg 387 · peak 743Jul 2017 — avg 532 · peak 962Nov 2017 — avg 315 · peak 903Mar 2018 — avg 319 · peak 630Jul 2018 — avg 526 · peak 1,025Nov 2018 — avg 370 · peak 826Mar 2019 — avg 291 · peak 547Jul 2019 — avg 317 · peak 557Nov 2019 — avg 208 · peak 440Mar 2020 — avg 271 · peak 502Jul 2020 — avg 218 · peak 363Nov 2020 — avg 239 · peak 715Mar 2021 — avg 215 · peak 362Jul 2021 — avg 330 · peak 615Nov 2021 — avg 205 · peak 413Mar 2022 — avg 255 · peak 473Jul 2022 — avg 107 · peak 189Nov 2022 — avg 106 · peak 196Mar 2023 — avg 181 · peak 344Jul 2023 — avg 364 · peak 680Nov 2023 — avg 190 · peak 388Mar 2024 — avg 237 · peak 422Jul 2024 — avg 254 · peak 465Nov 2024 — avg 157 · peak 307Mar 2025 — avg 173 · peak 326Jul 2025 — avg 164 · peak 283Nov 2025 — avg 173 · peak 353Mar 2026 — avg 165 · peak 332Jul 2026 — avg 206 · peak 351Aug 2026 — avg 191 · peak 359
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$45.05$6.242015-01-012021-02-152015-01-01 — best price $14.792015-01-06 — best price $41.522015-01-16 — best price $22.702015-01-24 — best price $44.812015-02-26 — best price $39.162015-03-18 — best price $37.762015-04-02 — best price $43.062015-04-13 — best price $29.992015-09-10 — best price $19.992015-11-01 — best price $39.992015-12-08 — best price $39.992016-02-05 — best price $18.792016-07-07 — best price $24.992016-07-13 — best price $24.992016-07-19 — best price $24.992016-07-23 — best price $24.992016-07-27 — best price $24.992016-11-23 — best price $6.242016-12-22 — best price $11.242017-06-22 — best price $11.242017-11-22 — best price $12.492017-12-22 — best price $39.992018-02-12 — best price $10.002018-04-19 — best price $10.002018-06-16 — best price $39.992018-07-30 — best price $39.992018-10-01 — best price $39.992018-11-27 — best price $39.992019-02-11 — best price $39.992019-07-09 — best price $39.992019-11-01 — best price $39.992020-01-02 — best price $39.992020-04-20 — best price $39.992021-01-05 — best price $39.992021-02-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5103172026-05-31 — 391 pageviews2026-06-04 — 352 pageviews2026-06-08 — 398 pageviews2026-06-12 — 387 pageviews2026-06-16 — 389 pageviews2026-06-20 — 323 pageviews2026-06-24 — 419 pageviews2026-06-28 — 378 pageviews2026-07-02 — 328 pageviews2026-07-06 — 411 pageviews2026-07-10 — 404 pageviews2026-07-14 — 383 pageviews2026-07-18 — 360 pageviews2026-07-22 — 379 pageviews2026-07-26 — 455 pageviews2026-07-30 — 405 pageviews2026-08-03 — 370 pageviews2026-08-07 — 327 pageviews2026-08-11 — 370 pageviews2026-08-15 — 378 pageviews2026-08-19 — 431 pageviews2026-08-23 — 453 pageviews2026-08-27 — 455 pageviews2026-08-31 — 448 pageviews2026-09-04 — 436 pageviews2026-09-08 — 434 pageviews2026-09-12 — 407 pageviews2026-09-16 — 349 pageviews2026-09-20 — 379 pageviews2026-09-24 — 493 pageviews2026-09-28 — 459 pageviews2026-10-02 — 343 pageviews2026-10-06 — 368 pageviews2026-10-09 — 317 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
94.4%
earned "Self Recollection"
36.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing4 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2014-07-22, latest 2015-04-01 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPRPGEpicCo-opActionFantasyAdventureDifficultAction RPGSouls-like

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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