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DARK SOULS™ III cover art

DARK SOULS™ III

FromSoftware, Inc. · 2016-04-11

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Action

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

Releases: Apr 12, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Apr 11, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 24, 2016 (Xbox One)

Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!

DARK SOULS™ III is an Action game released in 2016, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Very Positive (94% of 439852 reviews).

4,257
playing now
94%
positive of 442k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
728
twitch viewers (latest)
26.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (26 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (1948 ratings)
4.78★
PlayStation Store rating (94,755 ratings)
51h
to beat · rushed 27h · completionist 106h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

4,257 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Dark Souls III is a 2016 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows, it is the third and final entry in the Dark Souls trilogy. The game follows the Ashen One, an unkindled warrior, on a quest involving the Lords of Cinder and the fading First Flame. It is played from a third-person perspective, and players use weapons, armour, magic, shields, and consumables to fight enemies. Series creator Hidetaka Miyazaki returned as a director after having a supervisory role on Dark Souls II.

Trailer

DARK SOULS™ III trailer thumbnail

Dark Souls III – Launch Trailer | PS4

≈323,838 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,257 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,659 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,207/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 11M–27M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 441,941 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at IndieGala Store (2017-04-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 25 of 46 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.5k6.5k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1,154 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 870 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 804 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,387 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,583 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4,945 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,298 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,207 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,577 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,015 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 956 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4,044 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4,970 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1,254 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5,394 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5,644 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4,927 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3,891 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,184 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6,545 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 452 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5,991 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 360 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4,908 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6,150 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3,446 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,330 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,017 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4,211 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6,114 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5,564 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,904 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,070 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4,291 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,887 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5,579 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6,335 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 402 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,617 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,511 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,231 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4,378 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4,572 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5,642 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 361 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,019 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,031 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 385 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,897 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 532 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,333 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,068 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,100 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,420 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,291 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,057 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,455 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,416 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,565 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,343 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,197 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 957 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 949 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 979 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,801 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,478 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,692 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,238 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,827 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,772 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,414 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,354 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,035 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,286 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,191 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,680 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,799 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,349 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,201 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,074 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 502 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,327 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,952 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,556 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,883 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,424 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,088 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,480 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,597 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,175 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,093 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,396 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,325 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,619 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,130 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,504 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,339 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,207 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,386 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 831 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 884 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 57 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

10k2.5k2026-09-15 11:00 — 3,199 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 3,715 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,859 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 3,865 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 4,853 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,030 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2,472 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 3,974 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 3,973 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 6,258 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 6,981 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 4,187 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 5,031 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 8,497 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 6,425 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 5,260 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 7,697 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 5,288 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 4,678 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 7,330 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 7,159 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 4,461 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 4,257 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
74k3.0kApr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 74,267 · peak 129,831Aug 2016 — avg 5,744 · peak 11,349Dec 2016 — avg 5,879 · peak 12,057Apr 2017 — avg 18,374 · peak 34,974Aug 2017 — avg 6,549 · peak 10,918Dec 2017 — avg 8,799 · peak 21,255Apr 2018 — avg 7,954 · peak 13,018Aug 2018 — avg 6,893 · peak 13,409Dec 2018 — avg 8,414 · peak 16,580Apr 2019 — avg 6,609 · peak 12,366Aug 2019 — avg 6,325 · peak 9,935Dec 2019 — avg 7,948 · peak 14,680Apr 2020 — avg 13,827 · peak 28,185Aug 2020 — avg 10,436 · peak 17,321Dec 2020 — avg 12,979 · peak 23,091Apr 2021 — avg 11,279 · peak 19,856Aug 2021 — avg 11,085 · peak 16,708Dec 2021 — avg 13,647 · peak 22,553Apr 2022 — avg 6,461 · peak 12,842Aug 2022 — avg 3,970 · peak 11,468Dec 2022 — avg 4,104 · peak 6,258Apr 2023 — avg 3,863 · peak 6,552Aug 2023 — avg 4,740 · peak 7,962Dec 2023 — avg 5,739 · peak 12,262Apr 2024 — avg 5,368 · peak 9,536Aug 2024 — avg 4,902 · peak 8,619Dec 2024 — avg 5,501 · peak 9,379Apr 2025 — avg 4,770 · peak 8,034Aug 2025 — avg 4,375 · peak 6,979Dec 2025 — avg 5,153 · peak 8,647Apr 2026 — avg 4,710 · peak 10,169Aug 2026 — avg 3,799 · peak 5,961
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1441442026-09-232026-10-142026-09-23: 24 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 25 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 19 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 58 new positive2026-09-26: 11 new negative2026-09-27: 77 new positive2026-09-27: 7 new negative2026-09-28: 128 new positive2026-09-28: 14 new negative2026-09-29: 79 new positive2026-09-29: 11 new negative2026-09-30: 68 new positive2026-09-30: 16 new negative2026-10-01: 63 new positive2026-10-01: 9 new negative2026-10-02: 108 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new negative2026-10-03: 87 new positive2026-10-03: 14 new negative2026-10-04: 105 new positive2026-10-04: 7 new negative2026-10-05: 103 new positive2026-10-05: 9 new negative2026-10-06: 83 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new negative2026-10-08: 74 new positive2026-10-08: 6 new negative2026-10-09: 68 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new negative2026-10-10: 75 new positive2026-10-11: 66 new positive2026-10-11: 11 new negative2026-10-12: 79 new positive2026-10-12: 10 new negative2026-10-13: 144 new positive2026-10-13: 16 new negative2026-10-14: 60 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$8.992015-06-252026-10-092015-06-25 — best price $59.992016-07-09 — best price $41.992016-10-06 — best price $38.992016-12-31 — best price $30.002017-04-07 — best price $40.432017-06-24 — best price $21.992017-09-07 — best price $21.842017-11-23 — best price $23.992018-02-03 — best price $56.992018-04-27 — best price $59.992018-07-07 — best price $14.992018-09-07 — best price $15.002018-11-21 — best price $14.992019-01-24 — best price $43.562019-03-27 — best price $55.192019-05-22 — best price $13.202019-07-26 — best price $59.992019-10-25 — best price $14.992019-12-20 — best price $59.992020-02-14 — best price $52.012020-04-21 — best price $34.992020-06-23 — best price $55.192020-09-01 — best price $59.992020-11-25 — best price $14.992021-01-28 — best price $12.742021-04-08 — best price $14.992021-06-13 — best price $47.902021-11-01 — best price $37.992022-01-14 — best price $14.992022-09-15 — best price $42.772023-06-30 — best price $25.202023-09-07 — best price $25.992024-02-14 — best price $27.032024-07-27 — best price $49.952024-11-29 — best price $27.602025-07-28 — best price $59.992026-02-13 — best price $26.032026-09-18 — best price $29.992026-10-09 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5723592026-05-30 — 398 pageviews2026-06-03 — 381 pageviews2026-06-07 — 468 pageviews2026-06-11 — 402 pageviews2026-06-15 — 414 pageviews2026-06-19 — 389 pageviews2026-06-23 — 399 pageviews2026-06-27 — 426 pageviews2026-07-01 — 422 pageviews2026-07-05 — 412 pageviews2026-07-09 — 420 pageviews2026-07-13 — 455 pageviews2026-07-17 — 424 pageviews2026-07-21 — 367 pageviews2026-07-25 — 394 pageviews2026-07-29 — 359 pageviews2026-08-02 — 370 pageviews2026-08-06 — 427 pageviews2026-08-10 — 424 pageviews2026-08-14 — 400 pageviews2026-08-18 — 410 pageviews2026-08-22 — 507 pageviews2026-08-26 — 500 pageviews2026-08-30 — 540 pageviews2026-09-03 — 439 pageviews2026-09-07 — 472 pageviews2026-09-11 — 418 pageviews2026-09-15 — 493 pageviews2026-09-19 — 402 pageviews2026-09-23 — 401 pageviews2026-09-27 — 460 pageviews2026-10-01 — 399 pageviews2026-10-05 — 449 pageviews2026-10-08 — 385 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7.7k742026-09-30 22:34 — 852 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 408 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 2,405 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 195 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 573 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 405 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 2,176 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 2,144 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 1,146 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 1,353 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 513 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 199 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 3,799 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 301 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 602 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 1,815 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 2,354 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 363 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 7,686 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 556 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 243 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 373 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 264 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 311 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 487 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 721 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 342 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 434 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 1,038 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 654 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 460 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 299 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 308 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 736 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 262 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 576 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 595 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 728 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
93.9%
earned "Enkindle"
43%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2016-04-11, latest 2017-03-27 (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

RPGCo-opActionAdventureDifficultLore-RichAction RPGSouls-likeStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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