STEAMDB NEXUS

Steam app 211420 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:10 UTC

DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition

Dark Souls will be the most deeply challenging game you play this year. Can you live through a million deaths and earn your legacy?

DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition Steam header artwork
FromSoftware, Inc.Bandai Namco Entertainment
178playing now
17824-hour peak
11,248all-time peak
121average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

+4Gain+3.41%% gain228Peak

719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

06212318524613 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 2026153 peakFriday 14 August 2026155 peakSaturday 15 August 2026176 peakSunday 16 August 2026193 peakMonday 17 August 2026163 peakTuesday 18 August 2026149 peakWednesday 19 August 2026157 peakThursday 20 August 2026172 peakFriday 21 August 2026190 peakSaturday 22 August 2026193 peakSunday 23 August 2026217 peakMonday 24 August 2026159 peakTuesday 25 August 2026149 peakWednesday 26 August 2026166 peakThursday 27 August 2026165 peakFriday 28 August 2026166 peakSaturday 29 August 2026215 peakSunday 30 August 2026228 peakMonday 31 August 2026192 peakTuesday 01 September 2026177 peakWednesday 02 September 2026165 peakThursday 03 September 2026182 peakFriday 04 September 2026176 peakSaturday 05 September 2026198 peakSunday 06 September 2026219 peakMonday 07 September 2026217 peakTuesday 08 September 2026165 peakWednesday 09 September 2026152 peakThursday 10 September 2026160 peakFriday 11 September 2026167 peakSaturday 12 September 2026178 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

170 months, August 2012 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

03k6k9k12k2012201420172019202120242026August 201210,456 monthly peakSeptember 20128,248 monthly peakOctober 20123,252 monthly peakNovember 20124,032 monthly peakDecember 20125,760 monthly peakJanuary 20137,561 monthly peakFebruary 20133,683 monthly peakMarch 20134,585 monthly peakApril 20134,946 monthly peakMay 20134,101 monthly peakJune 20133,691 monthly peakJuly 20138,815 monthly peakAugust 20136,082 monthly peakSeptember 20137,494 monthly peakOctober 20135,447 monthly peakNovember 20139,062 monthly peakDecember 20139,772 monthly peakJanuary 201410,362 monthly peakFebruary 20147,870 monthly peakMarch 201410,134 monthly peakApril 20146,945 monthly peakMay 20147,647 monthly peakJune 20145,830 monthly peakJuly 20145,000 monthly peakAugust 20143,481 monthly peakSeptember 20142,834 monthly peakOctober 20142,397 monthly peakNovember 20143,818 monthly peakDecember 20146,334 monthly peakJanuary 20155,516 monthly peakFebruary 20154,538 monthly peakMarch 20155,449 monthly peakApril 20155,445 monthly peakMay 20154,185 monthly peakJune 20154,440 monthly peakJuly 20153,892 monthly peakAugust 20154,858 monthly peakSeptember 20155,626 monthly peakOctober 20154,392 monthly peakNovember 20153,817 monthly peakDecember 20155,063 monthly peakJanuary 20165,799 monthly peakFebruary 20166,801 monthly peakMarch 20168,847 monthly peakApril 201611,248 monthly peakMay 20169,917 monthly peakJune 20166,532 monthly peakJuly 20166,042 monthly peakAugust 20163,354 monthly peakSeptember 20163,251 monthly peakOctober 20165,098 monthly peakNovember 20163,705 monthly peakDecember 20163,500 monthly peakJanuary 20174,280 monthly peakFebruary 20174,105 monthly peakMarch 20173,794 monthly peakApril 20175,311 monthly peakMay 20174,760 monthly peakJune 20173,388 monthly peakJuly 20173,114 monthly peakAugust 20172,917 monthly peakSeptember 20172,636 monthly peakOctober 20172,963 monthly peakNovember 20172,491 monthly peakDecember 20172,888 monthly peakJanuary 20184,073 monthly peakFebruary 20183,251 monthly peakMarch 20182,711 monthly peakApril 20182,700 monthly peakMay 20182,742 monthly peakJune 20182,891 monthly peakJuly 20181,653 monthly peakAugust 20181,118 monthly peakSeptember 2018919 monthly peakOctober 2018969 monthly peakNovember 2018913 monthly peakDecember 20181,023 monthly peakJanuary 20191,982 monthly peakFebruary 20191,231 monthly peakMarch 20191,036 monthly peakApril 20191,053 monthly peakMay 2019848 monthly peakJune 2019705 monthly peakJuly 2019583 monthly peakAugust 2019575 monthly peakSeptember 2019527 monthly peakOctober 2019527 monthly peakNovember 2019520 monthly peakDecember 2019594 monthly peakJanuary 2020651 monthly peakFebruary 2020795 monthly peakMarch 2020807 monthly peakApril 2020908 monthly peakMay 2020850 monthly peakJune 2020673 monthly peakJuly 2020650 monthly peakAugust 2020606 monthly peakSeptember 2020549 monthly peakOctober 2020439 monthly peakNovember 2020830 monthly peakDecember 2020726 monthly peakJanuary 2021819 monthly peakFebruary 2021697 monthly peakMarch 2021640 monthly peakApril 2021551 monthly peakMay 2021561 monthly peakJune 2021547 monthly peakJuly 2021499 monthly peakAugust 2021508 monthly peakSeptember 2021468 monthly peakOctober 2021407 monthly peakNovember 2021658 monthly peakDecember 2021533 monthly peakJanuary 2022600 monthly peakFebruary 2022708 monthly peakMarch 20221,029 monthly peakApril 2022835 monthly peakMay 2022556 monthly peakJune 2022304 monthly peakJuly 2022275 monthly peakAugust 2022265 monthly peakSeptember 2022261 monthly peakOctober 2022241 monthly peakNovember 2022261 monthly peakDecember 2022258 monthly peakJanuary 2023340 monthly peakFebruary 2023354 monthly peakMarch 2023352 monthly peakApril 2023283 monthly peakMay 2023249 monthly peakJune 2023237 monthly peakJuly 2023299 monthly peakAugust 2023269 monthly peakSeptember 2023262 monthly peakOctober 2023290 monthly peakNovember 2023274 monthly peakDecember 2023229 monthly peakJanuary 2024264 monthly peakFebruary 2024312 monthly peakMarch 2024326 monthly peakApril 2024293 monthly peakMay 2024265 monthly peakJune 2024395 monthly peakJuly 2024417 monthly peakAugust 2024358 monthly peakSeptember 2024244 monthly peakOctober 2024226 monthly peakNovember 2024210 monthly peakDecember 2024231 monthly peakJanuary 2025271 monthly peakFebruary 2025283 monthly peakMarch 2025287 monthly peakApril 2025291 monthly peakMay 2025240 monthly peakJune 2025259 monthly peakJuly 2025236 monthly peakAugust 2025215 monthly peakSeptember 2025179 monthly peakOctober 2025186 monthly peakNovember 2025211 monthly peakDecember 2025221 monthly peakJanuary 2026259 monthly peakFebruary 2026251 monthly peakMarch 2026205 monthly peakApril 2026203 monthly peakMay 2026211 monthly peakJune 2026206 monthly peakJuly 2026205 monthly peakAugust 2026228 monthly peakSeptember 2026219 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

062123185246July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 2026205 peak — daily detail belowAugust 2026228 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 2026219 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

05511116622101 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 2026155 peakThursday 02 July 2026139 peakFriday 03 July 2026168 peakSaturday 04 July 2026195 peakSunday 05 July 2026187 peakMonday 06 July 2026152 peakTuesday 07 July 2026139 peakWednesday 08 July 2026147 peakThursday 09 July 2026146 peakFriday 10 July 2026151 peakSaturday 11 July 2026168 peakSunday 12 July 2026176 peakMonday 13 July 2026162 peakTuesday 14 July 2026147 peakWednesday 15 July 2026144 peakThursday 16 July 2026144 peakFriday 17 July 2026149 peakSaturday 18 July 2026192 peakSunday 19 July 2026180 peakMonday 20 July 2026162 peakTuesday 21 July 2026166 peakWednesday 22 July 2026159 peakThursday 23 July 2026145 peakFriday 24 July 2026177 peakSaturday 25 July 2026173 peakSunday 26 July 2026205 peakMonday 27 July 2026174 peakTuesday 28 July 2026162 peakWednesday 29 July 2026145 peakThursday 30 July 2026144 peakFriday 31 July 2026158 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 437 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

06212318524601 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 2026174 peakSunday 02 August 2026193 peakMonday 03 August 2026177 peakTuesday 04 August 2026158 peakWednesday 05 August 2026144 peakThursday 06 August 2026146 peakFriday 07 August 2026154 peakSaturday 08 August 2026179 peakSunday 09 August 2026190 peakMonday 10 August 2026145 peakTuesday 11 August 2026161 peakWednesday 12 August 2026153 peakThursday 13 August 2026153 peakFriday 14 August 2026155 peakSaturday 15 August 2026176 peakSunday 16 August 2026193 peakMonday 17 August 2026163 peakTuesday 18 August 2026149 peakWednesday 19 August 2026157 peakThursday 20 August 2026172 peakFriday 21 August 2026190 peakSaturday 22 August 2026193 peakSunday 23 August 2026217 peakMonday 24 August 2026159 peakTuesday 25 August 2026149 peakWednesday 26 August 2026166 peakThursday 27 August 2026165 peakFriday 28 August 2026166 peakSaturday 29 August 2026215 peakSunday 30 August 2026228 peakMonday 31 August 2026192 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 282 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

05911817723701 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 2026177 peakWednesday 02 September 2026165 peakThursday 03 September 2026182 peakFriday 04 September 2026176 peakSaturday 05 September 2026198 peakSunday 06 September 2026219 peakMonday 07 September 2026217 peakTuesday 08 September 2026165 peakWednesday 09 September 2026152 peakThursday 10 September 2026160 peakFriday 11 September 2026167 peakSaturday 12 September 2026178 peak

October 2026

DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition was released on 24 Aug, 2012.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:10 UTC
App ID
211420
Last updated
21 Dec 2016 build 1480646
Developer
FromSoftware, Inc.
Publisher
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release date
24 Aug, 2012
Platforms
Windows
Download size
3.64 GB
Install size
3.74 GB
Genres
Action, RPG
Game modes
Single-player, Multi-player
Controller support
Partial
Achievements
41
Metacritic
85

Features & support

Steam features

Steam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Partial Controller Support

Accessibility

Popular tags

Souls-likeRPGDifficultDark FantasyActionExplorationLore-RichFantasyAdventureAtmosphericImmersiveThird PersonAction RPGAddictiveOpen WorldReplay ValueDarkMultiplayerGreat SoundtrackStory Rich
About this gameFull description from Steam
New Content for PC Dark Souls™: Prepare to Die™ Edition will include an untold chapter in the world of Lordran. Sent back to the past, player will discover the story when Knight Artorias still lives. New Bosses – Including Black Dragon, Sanctuary Guardian, Artorias of the Abyss. PVP Arena & Online Matchmaking System – Quick matching for players to play 1vs1, 2vs2 and 4 player battle royal. New Areas – Including Oolacile Township, Oolacile Sanctuary, Royal Wood, Battle of Stoicism which is the training ground for online PVP battles. New Enemies – Including Wooden scarecrows, Chained Prisoner, Stone Knight. New NPCs – Including Hawkeye Gough, Elizabeth (keeper of the sanctuary). New Weapons and Armor – Equip some from the new bosses, enemies, and NPCs The Story Dark Souls is the new action role-playing game from the developers who brought you Demon’s Souls, FromSoftware. Dark Souls will have many familiar features: A dark fantasy universe, tense dungeon crawling, fearsome enemy encounters and unique online interactions. Dark Souls is a spiritual successor to Demon’s, not a sequel. Prepare for a new, despair-inducing world, with a vast, fully-explorable horizon and vertically-oriented landforms. Prepare for a new, mysterious story, centered around the the world of Lodran, but most of all, prepare to die. You will face countless murderous traps, countless darkly grotesque mobs and several gargantuan, supremely powerful demons and dragons bosses. You must learn from death to persist through this unforgiving world. And you aren’t alone. Dark Souls allows the spirits of other players to show up in your world, so you can learn from their deaths and they can learn from yours. You can also summon players into your world to co-op adventure, or invade other's worlds to PVP battle. New to Dark Souls are Bonfires, which serve as check points as you fight your way through this epic adventure. While rested at Bonfires, your health and magic replenish but at a cost, all mobs respawn. Beware: There is no place in Dark Souls that is truly safe. With days of game play and an even more punishing difficulty level, Dark Souls will be the most deeply challenging game you play this year. Can you live through a million deaths and earn your legacy? Key Features: Extremely Deep, Dark & Difficult – Unforgiving in its punishment, yet rewarding for the determined – learn to strategize freely and conquer seemingly impossible challenges. Fully Seamless World – Explore a completely integrated world of dark fantasy where dungeons and areas are seamlessly intertwined, with great height. Mastery Earns Progression – Contains 60 hours of gameplay, with nearly 100 uniquely despair-inducing monsters & an incredibly nuanced RPG systems including: weaponry, armor, miracles, faith, and more. Player success depends on their eventual mastery of how and when to use the magic spells, choice of armor, the number of weapons, the types of weapons, and the moves attached to the weapons. Network Play – Players may cross paths with one another, invading each other for PVP battles, or to play co-op and take on giant boss encounters as a team. Flexible Character Development & Role Play – As the player progresses, they must carefully choose which of their character’s abilities to enhance as this will determine their progression style. Community – See other real players and empathize with their journey, learn from seeing how others died, find and leave messages for your fellow players; helping them or leading them into death. Symbolic of Life & Hope – The Bonfire is an important feature in Dark Souls for many reasons. Though in gameplay it serves as a health and magic recovery and a progression check point, it also happens to be the one place in the dark world where players can find a fleeting moment of warmth and calm.
Content & age ratings6 regional ratings

Regional ratings

CEROd
ESRBmBlood and Gore · Partial Nudity · Violence
KGRB18Violence
NZOFLCma15Strong Horror Themes · Violence
OFLCma15Strong Horror Themes · Violence
PEGI16Violence · Online
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

OS *: Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows 7, or newer Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 GHz+ or AMD Phenom II X2 545 3.0 GHz+ Memory: 2 GB Hard Disk Space: 4GB Video Card: GeForce 9800 GTX+ or ATI Radeon HD 4870+ DirectX®: 9.0c Sound: Direct Sound Compatible Additional: Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) is strongly recommended.

Recommended

Supported languages10 languages
LanguageFull audio
English●
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish - Spain
Korean
Traditional Chinese
Japanese

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

41 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)
The Dark SoulAchievement
To Link the FireHidden achievement
Dark LordHidden achievement
Knight's HonorAchievement
Wisdom of a SageAchievement
Bond of a PyromancerAchievement
Prayer of a MaidenAchievement
Covenant: Way of WhiteAchievement
Covenant: Princess's GuardHidden achievement
Covenant: Blade of the DarkmoonHidden achievement

View all Steam achievements

15 developer announcements, Mar 2014 to Oct 2022 · times in UTC

October

  1. Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition update

    We have been working to restore the online service for the Prepare to Die Edition that was released in 2012. However, we are no longer able to provide this service, due to the aging of the system. We apologize for the long wait and ask for…

    YungShoyo

July

  1. Discount program termination

    For the past two years, we have offered a 50% discount on Dark Souls: Remastered for everyone who owned a copy of the original Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition on Steam. This message is to inform you that we are shuttering this discount…

    [BNE] Beru

May

  1. Dark Souls: Remastered has arrived

    We meet again, Chosen among the Undead. Today marks the start of a new age for Dark Souls. As with every age, there are those who greet it with reservation, and those who greet it with joy. Whichever you may be, you are well-met at our…

    [Izmar] Community Manager

January

  1. Dark Souls: Remastered is Coming May 25

    We meet again, Chosen Undead. A time of great renewal is at hand. A time of change. Lordran will be reborn. Prepare yourselves...…

    [Izmar] Community Manager
  2. Dark Souls: Remastered is Coming May 25

    We meet again, Chosen Undead. A time of great renewal is at hand. A time of change. Lordran will be reborn. Prepare yourselves...…

    [Izmar] Community Manager

January

  1. Dark Souls™: Prepare to Die™ Edition now available in Japanese!

    Chosen Undeads, On January 5th, Dark Souls™: Prepare to Die™ Edition will be updated to include Japanese localization and the game will become accessible in Japan. As a result, you will be able to select “Japanese” in your game properties…

    Patch notes
  2. Dark Souls™: Prepare to Die™ Edition now available in Japanese!

    Chosen Undeads, On January 5th, Dark Souls™: Prepare to Die™ Edition will be updated to include Japanese localization and the game will become accessible in Japan. As a result, you will be able to select “Japanese” in your game properties…

    Kimundi

January

  1. Region Lock DIED!...In Dark Souls™ Prepare To die Edition

    A nice fix is available for all players since January 19th 2015 to completely remove the infamous multiplayer region lock in Dark souls: Prepare to die edition. This patch also fixes the crash that could occur when opening the Book of…

    shoupinou
  2. Region Lock DIED!...In Dark Souls™ Prepare To die Edition

    A nice fix is available for all players since January 19th 2015 to completely remove the infamous multiplayer region lock in Dark souls: Prepare to die edition. This patch also fixes the crash that could occur when opening the Book of…

    shoupinou

December

  1. Dark Souls™ Prepare To Die Edition udpate to replace the Games for Windows Live functionality with Steamworks is now live.

    Dear Dark Souls fans, You can now update your Dark Souls™ Prepare To Die Edition for PC game to replace the Games for Windows Live functionality with Steamworks functionality. The update is available from today – December 15th and will let…

    shoupinou
  2. Dark Souls™ Prepare To Die Edition udpate to replace the Games for Windows Live functionality with Steamworks is now live.

    Dear Dark Souls fans, You can now update your Dark Souls™ Prepare To Die Edition for PC game to replace the Games for Windows Live functionality with Steamworks functionality. The update is available from today – December 15th and will let…

    shoupinou

October

  1. Dark Souls: Prepare to die Edition migration from Games for windows Live to Steam

    We're pleased to announce that next month it will be possible for players to migrate their Dark Souls: Prepare to Die games, saves and achievements from the Games for Windows Live platform to Steam. -Games for Windows Live users will be…

    shoupinou
  2. Dark Souls: Prepare to die Edition migration from Games for windows Live to Steam

    We're pleased to announce that next month it will be possible for players to migrate their Dark Souls: Prepare to Die games, saves and achievements from the Games for Windows Live platform to Steam. -Games for Windows Live users will be…

    shoupinou

March

  1. Dark Souls II is out April 25th 2014! Check out part 1 of the prologue!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ohmm8KdUUoY DARK SOULS II for PC and Steam is coming on 25th April 2014! PC & STEAM version will benefit from PC capabilities with increased texture resolution and an enhanced frame…

    Isshak Gravi
  2. Dark Souls II is out April 25th 2014! Check out part 1 of the prologue!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ohmm8KdUUoY DARK SOULS II for PC and Steam is coming on 25th April 2014! PC & STEAM version will benefit from PC capabilities with increased texture resolution and an enhanced frame…

    Isshak Gravi

All games on this site