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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

QLOC · FromSoftware, Inc. · 2018-05-23

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

Releases: May 25, 2018 (Xbox One), Oct 19, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 23, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 25, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.

DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED is an Action game released in 2018, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 155,293 reviews).

2,498
playing now
92%
positive of 157k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,168
twitch viewers (latest)
80.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (559 ratings)
1,148
Nexus mods (4.9M downloads)
4.70★
PlayStation Store rating (37,779 ratings)
46h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 54h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

2,498 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Dark Souls is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Namco Bandai Games. It is the first game in the Dark Souls series and a spiritual successor to FromSoftware's Demon's Souls. Set in the kingdom of Lordran, the game follows the Chosen Undead, who escapes from the Northern Undead Asylum and travels through Lordran to discover the fate of the undead. Gameplay centres on exploration, deliberate combat, character customisation, and online interactions including messages, cooperative play, and invasions.

Trailer

DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED trailer thumbnail

Dark Souls: Remastered - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈90,084 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,498 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,443 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,180/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9M–9.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 157,158 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.98 at GameBillet (2020-04-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 27 of 47 observed days · $27.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.0k3.0k20182026Week of 2018-05-01: 3,022 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,534 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,187 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 723 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,133 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,044 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,180 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,285 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,063 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 743 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 684 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 785 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 737 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 720 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 795 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 773 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 763 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 637 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,669 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,531 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,304 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,168 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,195 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 958 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 835 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 851 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,140 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 780 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,517 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,168 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,478 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 994 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,271 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,260 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,103 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,927 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,544 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,023 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,843 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,297 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,430 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,094 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 933 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,985 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,067 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,492 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,289 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,534 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,122 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 848 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,188 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,366 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,106 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 960 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,311 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,183 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,645 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,148 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,387 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,330 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,163 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,313 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 848 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 795 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 885 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 55 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6.6k1.3k2026-09-15 11:00 — 1,594 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 2,353 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,780 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 2,048 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 3,142 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,931 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,338 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 2,252 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 3,296 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 3,885 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 4,543 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 3,566 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3,238 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 5,195 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 5,554 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 3,424 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4,499 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 4,070 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 3,179 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 4,604 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 5,503 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3,235 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,498 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
16k687May 2018Aug 2026May 2018 — avg 16,058 · peak 24,505Aug 2018 — avg 1,020 · peak 2,001Nov 2018 — avg 687 · peak 1,172Feb 2019 — avg 1,285 · peak 2,283May 2019 — avg 967 · peak 1,876Aug 2019 — avg 1,046 · peak 1,693Nov 2019 — avg 1,088 · peak 2,266Feb 2020 — avg 1,627 · peak 2,583May 2020 — avg 2,086 · peak 3,189Aug 2020 — avg 1,716 · peak 2,749Nov 2020 — avg 1,927 · peak 3,705Feb 2021 — avg 1,898 · peak 2,933May 2021 — avg 2,187 · peak 3,709Aug 2021 — avg 2,249 · peak 3,567Nov 2021 — avg 3,077 · peak 9,136Feb 2022 — avg 2,497 · peak 3,840May 2022 — avg 1,337 · peak 2,429Aug 2022 — avg 1,086 · peak 1,630Nov 2022 — avg 1,447 · peak 2,650Feb 2023 — avg 1,840 · peak 2,972May 2023 — avg 1,353 · peak 2,385Aug 2023 — avg 2,348 · peak 3,992Nov 2023 — avg 2,136 · peak 5,031Feb 2024 — avg 3,585 · peak 6,786May 2024 — avg 3,184 · peak 5,947Aug 2024 — avg 2,437 · peak 4,555Nov 2024 — avg 2,163 · peak 4,322Feb 2025 — avg 3,444 · peak 6,551May 2025 — avg 4,318 · peak 7,880Aug 2025 — avg 2,312 · peak 3,733Nov 2025 — avg 2,874 · peak 6,578Feb 2026 — avg 3,564 · peak 7,287May 2026 — avg 3,243 · peak 5,737Aug 2026 — avg 2,233 · peak 3,554
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1591592026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 111 new positive2026-09-21: 17 new negative2026-09-22: 19 new positive2026-09-23: 16 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 30 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 34 new positive2026-09-25: 7 new negative2026-09-26: 61 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 74 new positive2026-09-27: 12 new negative2026-09-28: 81 new positive2026-09-28: 13 new negative2026-09-29: 76 new positive2026-09-29: 13 new negative2026-09-30: 72 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 85 new positive2026-10-01: 11 new negative2026-10-02: 90 new positive2026-10-02: 8 new negative2026-10-03: 80 new positive2026-10-03: 12 new negative2026-10-04: 159 new positive2026-10-04: 17 new negative2026-10-05: 84 new positive2026-10-05: 12 new negative2026-10-06: 62 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 71 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 82 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 54 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 85 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new negative2026-10-11: 87 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 69 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 67 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new negative2026-10-14: 55 new positive2026-10-14: 6 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$44.76$12.992018-05-232026-10-142018-05-23 — best price $35.192019-01-24 — best price $38.112019-04-18 — best price $39.992019-05-27 — best price $39.992019-07-09 — best price $39.992019-08-12 — best price $23.992019-09-30 — best price $39.992019-11-22 — best price $15.992019-12-27 — best price $15.982020-02-04 — best price $39.992020-03-16 — best price $35.992020-04-21 — best price $25.992020-05-26 — best price $34.932020-06-19 — best price $17.602020-07-11 — best price $35.092020-08-04 — best price $19.192020-09-15 — best price $17.602020-11-16 — best price $18.992021-01-22 — best price $39.992021-02-26 — best price $35.992021-04-24 — best price $16.992021-06-18 — best price $19.992021-08-21 — best price $20.002021-10-13 — best price $39.992021-12-04 — best price $39.992022-03-25 — best price $37.922023-01-13 — best price $37.762023-06-09 — best price $37.762023-08-09 — best price $39.992024-02-09 — best price $16.792024-05-10 — best price $19.492024-08-19 — best price $32.992024-10-08 — best price $16.822025-01-24 — best price $34.792025-05-14 — best price $39.992025-11-20 — best price $15.852026-02-27 — best price $19.952026-06-20 — best price $33.952026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7434282026-05-28 — 624 pageviews2026-06-01 — 565 pageviews2026-06-05 — 517 pageviews2026-06-09 — 652 pageviews2026-06-13 — 501 pageviews2026-06-17 — 546 pageviews2026-06-21 — 503 pageviews2026-06-25 — 490 pageviews2026-06-29 — 509 pageviews2026-07-03 — 505 pageviews2026-07-07 — 594 pageviews2026-07-11 — 558 pageviews2026-07-15 — 506 pageviews2026-07-19 — 552 pageviews2026-07-23 — 504 pageviews2026-07-27 — 551 pageviews2026-07-31 — 515 pageviews2026-08-04 — 461 pageviews2026-08-08 — 527 pageviews2026-08-12 — 554 pageviews2026-08-16 — 611 pageviews2026-08-20 — 709 pageviews2026-08-24 — 743 pageviews2026-08-28 — 666 pageviews2026-09-01 — 617 pageviews2026-09-05 — 615 pageviews2026-09-09 — 556 pageviews2026-09-13 — 610 pageviews2026-09-17 — 542 pageviews2026-09-21 — 666 pageviews2026-09-25 — 651 pageviews2026-09-29 — 609 pageviews2026-10-03 — 535 pageviews2026-10-07 — 577 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7.1k952026-09-30 22:34 — 3,367 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 517 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 766 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 754 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 981 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 4,054 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 260 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 839 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 471 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 437 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 1,014 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 796 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 690 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 162 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 1,163 viewers2026-10-08 01:12 — 3,470 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 486 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 303 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 932 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 466 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 347 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 5,480 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 458 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 615 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 2,457 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 3,249 viewers2026-10-13 20:12 — 7,112 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 241 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 3,269 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 2,168 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
96.6%
earned "Enkindle"
29.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGDarkActionFantasyAdventureDifficultLore-RichAction RPGSouls-likeStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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