Dark Souls

Dark Souls (2011) is a dark-fantasy action role-playing game directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki and developed by FromSoftware as the spiritual successor to Demon's Souls. By combining an interconnected vertical world (Lordran), punishing deliberate combat, Bonfire checkpoints, and asynchronous multiplayer, it codified the "Soulslike" genre and was voted the Ultimate Game of All Time at the 2021 Golden Joystick Awards. Originally launched in Japan on September 22, 2011 and in the United States on October 4, 2011 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, followed by Prepare to Die Edition on PC and Dark Souls: Remastered on May 23, 2018 (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC). Dark Souls: Remastered added 60fps high-definition rendering, dedicated multiplayer servers for up to 6 players, and bundled the Artorias of the Abyss DLC. Reached 1.5 million units shipped by November 2, 2011, and helped propel the Dark Souls franchise past 27 million lifetime sales by May 2020. Holds an 89/100 Metacritic score and a 91% "Very Positive" Steam rating across 49,923+ English reviews for Dark Souls: Remastered.

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