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Steam app 236430 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 18:41 UTC

DARK SOULS™ II

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 Steam header artwork
FromSoftware, Inc.BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, FromSoftware, Inc.
258playing now
25824-hour peak
79,528all-time peak
179average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−11.4Gain−5.94%% gain314Peak

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

08517025433913 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 2026245 peakFriday 14 August 2026259 peakSaturday 15 August 2026288 peakSunday 16 August 2026314 peakMonday 17 August 2026254 peakTuesday 18 August 2026249 peakWednesday 19 August 2026269 peakThursday 20 August 2026223 peakFriday 21 August 2026263 peakSaturday 22 August 2026300 peakSunday 23 August 2026303 peakMonday 24 August 2026250 peakTuesday 25 August 2026215 peakWednesday 26 August 2026224 peakThursday 27 August 2026241 peakFriday 28 August 2026238 peakSaturday 29 August 2026269 peakSunday 30 August 2026313 peakMonday 31 August 2026243 peakTuesday 01 September 2026228 peakWednesday 02 September 2026226 peakThursday 03 September 2026214 peakFriday 04 September 2026227 peakSaturday 05 September 2026301 peakSunday 06 September 2026305 peakMonday 07 September 2026273 peakTuesday 08 September 2026224 peakWednesday 09 September 2026222 peakThursday 10 September 2026203 peakFriday 11 September 2026223 peakSaturday 12 September 2026258 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

151 months, March 2014 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.

021k43k64k86k2014201620182020202220242026March 201418 monthly peakApril 201479,528 monthly peakMay 201462,791 monthly peakJune 201420,171 monthly peakJuly 201419,797 monthly peakAugust 201418,980 monthly peakSeptember 201414,299 monthly peakOctober 201412,085 monthly peakNovember 20146,984 monthly peakDecember 201410,976 monthly peakJanuary 201513,159 monthly peakFebruary 20159,439 monthly peakMarch 20157,312 monthly peakApril 20156,352 monthly peakMay 20153,486 monthly peakJune 20152,119 monthly peakJuly 20151,720 monthly peakAugust 20151,952 monthly peakSeptember 20151,808 monthly peakOctober 20151,825 monthly peakNovember 20151,617 monthly peakDecember 20151,832 monthly peakJanuary 20162,068 monthly peakFebruary 20162,373 monthly peakMarch 20163,165 monthly peakApril 20163,987 monthly peakMay 20162,280 monthly peakJune 20161,006 monthly peakJuly 2016531 monthly peakAugust 2016518 monthly peakSeptember 2016564 monthly peakOctober 2016567 monthly peakNovember 20161,035 monthly peakDecember 20161,028 monthly peakJanuary 20171,176 monthly peakFebruary 2017816 monthly peakMarch 2017743 monthly peakApril 2017831 monthly peakMay 2017736 monthly peakJune 2017784 monthly peakJuly 2017962 monthly peakAugust 2017616 monthly peakSeptember 2017892 monthly peakOctober 2017646 monthly peakNovember 2017903 monthly peakDecember 20171,156 monthly peakJanuary 20181,226 monthly peakFebruary 2018857 monthly peakMarch 2018630 monthly peakApril 2018565 monthly peakMay 2018549 monthly peakJune 2018987 monthly peakJuly 20181,025 monthly peakAugust 2018485 monthly peakSeptember 2018378 monthly peakOctober 2018408 monthly peakNovember 2018826 monthly peakDecember 2018791 monthly peakJanuary 2019864 monthly peakFebruary 2019766 monthly peakMarch 2019547 monthly peakApril 2019483 monthly peakMay 2019418 monthly peakJune 2019593 monthly peakJuly 2019557 monthly peakAugust 2019409 monthly peakSeptember 2019442 monthly peakOctober 2019345 monthly peakNovember 2019440 monthly peakDecember 2019535 monthly peakJanuary 2020578 monthly peakFebruary 2020537 monthly peakMarch 2020502 monthly peakApril 2020859 monthly peakMay 2020597 monthly peakJune 2020386 monthly peakJuly 2020363 monthly peakAugust 2020348 monthly peakSeptember 2020297 monthly peakOctober 2020284 monthly peakNovember 2020715 monthly peakDecember 2020678 monthly peakJanuary 2021695 monthly peakFebruary 2021447 monthly peakMarch 2021362 monthly peakApril 2021349 monthly peakMay 2021327 monthly peakJune 2021611 monthly peakJuly 2021615 monthly peakAugust 2021447 monthly peakSeptember 2021309 monthly peakOctober 2021295 monthly peakNovember 2021413 monthly peakDecember 2021599 monthly peakJanuary 2022668 monthly peakFebruary 2022357 monthly peakMarch 2022473 monthly peakApril 2022374 monthly peakMay 2022298 monthly peakJune 2022208 monthly peakJuly 2022189 monthly peakAugust 2022197 monthly peakSeptember 2022222 monthly peakOctober 2022196 monthly peakNovember 2022196 monthly peakDecember 2022322 monthly peakJanuary 2023370 monthly peakFebruary 2023349 monthly peakMarch 2023344 monthly peakApril 2023297 monthly peakMay 2023284 monthly peakJune 2023439 monthly peakJuly 2023680 monthly peakAugust 2023410 monthly peakSeptember 2023455 monthly peakOctober 2023336 monthly peakNovember 2023388 monthly peakDecember 2023351 monthly peakJanuary 2024337 monthly peakFebruary 2024479 monthly peakMarch 2024422 monthly peakApril 2024393 monthly peakMay 2024436 monthly peakJune 2024377 monthly peakJuly 2024465 monthly peakAugust 2024422 monthly peakSeptember 2024389 monthly peakOctober 2024466 monthly peakNovember 2024307 monthly peakDecember 2024347 monthly peakJanuary 2025342 monthly peakFebruary 2025362 monthly peakMarch 2025326 monthly peakApril 2025313 monthly peakMay 2025474 monthly peakJune 2025329 monthly peakJuly 2025283 monthly peakAugust 2025270 monthly peakSeptember 2025229 monthly peakOctober 2025296 monthly peakNovember 2025353 monthly peakDecember 2025343 monthly peakJanuary 2026306 monthly peakFebruary 2026398 monthly peakMarch 2026332 monthly peakApril 20261,740 monthly peakMay 20261,208 monthly peakJune 2026435 monthly peakJuly 2026351 monthly peakAugust 2026359 monthly peakSeptember 2026305 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

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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.

097194291388July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 2026351 peak — daily detail belowAugust 2026359 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 2026305 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.

09519028437901 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 2026277 peakThursday 02 July 2026253 peakFriday 03 July 2026274 peakSaturday 04 July 2026324 peakSunday 05 July 2026332 peakMonday 06 July 2026292 peakTuesday 07 July 2026289 peakWednesday 08 July 2026258 peakThursday 09 July 2026284 peakFriday 10 July 2026275 peakSaturday 11 July 2026320 peakSunday 12 July 2026310 peakMonday 13 July 2026262 peakTuesday 14 July 2026279 peakWednesday 15 July 2026307 peakThursday 16 July 2026280 peakFriday 17 July 2026289 peakSaturday 18 July 2026329 peakSunday 19 July 2026351 peakMonday 20 July 2026294 peakTuesday 21 July 2026261 peakWednesday 22 July 2026291 peakThursday 23 July 2026285 peakFriday 24 July 2026286 peakSaturday 25 July 2026324 peakSunday 26 July 2026344 peakMonday 27 July 2026290 peakTuesday 28 July 2026284 peakWednesday 29 July 2026276 peakThursday 30 July 2026275 peakFriday 31 July 2026261 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 438 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

09719429138801 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 2026317 peakSunday 02 August 2026359 peakMonday 03 August 2026267 peakTuesday 04 August 2026273 peakWednesday 05 August 2026259 peakThursday 06 August 2026264 peakFriday 07 August 2026265 peakSaturday 08 August 2026288 peakSunday 09 August 2026295 peakMonday 10 August 2026252 peakTuesday 11 August 2026231 peakWednesday 12 August 2026244 peakThursday 13 August 2026245 peakFriday 14 August 2026259 peakSaturday 15 August 2026288 peakSunday 16 August 2026314 peakMonday 17 August 2026254 peakTuesday 18 August 2026249 peakWednesday 19 August 2026269 peakThursday 20 August 2026223 peakFriday 21 August 2026263 peakSaturday 22 August 2026300 peakSunday 23 August 2026303 peakMonday 24 August 2026250 peakTuesday 25 August 2026215 peakWednesday 26 August 2026224 peakThursday 27 August 2026241 peakFriday 28 August 2026238 peakSaturday 29 August 2026269 peakSunday 30 August 2026313 peakMonday 31 August 2026243 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

08216524732901 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 2026228 peakWednesday 02 September 2026226 peakThursday 03 September 2026214 peakFriday 04 September 2026227 peakSaturday 05 September 2026301 peakSunday 06 September 2026305 peakMonday 07 September 2026273 peakTuesday 08 September 2026224 peakWednesday 09 September 2026222 peakThursday 10 September 2026203 peakFriday 11 September 2026223 peakSaturday 12 September 2026258 peak

October 2026

DARK SOULS™ II was released on 25 Apr, 2014.

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, 18:41 UTC
App ID
236430
Last updated
30 Nov 2022 build 9849657
Developer
FromSoftware, Inc.
Publisher
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, FromSoftware, Inc.
Release date
25 Apr, 2014
Platforms
Windows
Download size
19.76 GB
Install size
27.62 GB
Genres
Action, RPG
Game modes
Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op
Controller support
Full
Achievements
38
Metacritic
91

Features & support

Steam features

Steam AchievementsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Full controller support

Accessibility

Popular tags

Souls-likeRPGDifficultDark FantasyAction RPGActionAdventureExplorationAtmosphericCo-opMultiplayerFantasyEpicPvPImmersiveThird PersonReplay ValueOpen WorldDarkMedieval
About this gameFull description from Steam
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 brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay innovations to both single and multiplayer experiences. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and the unrelenting challenge that only FROM SOFTWARE can deliver. Key Features Go Beyond Death: dare yourself to engage against intense gameplay in a vast world powered by an all new engine that leaps graphics, sound & FX forward like never before A labyrinth of monsters & bosses: immerse yourself into mind-bending environments filled with new twisted monsters and deadly bosses that could only come from the imagination of FROM SOFTWARE Sensory assault: a wide range of threats will prey on human senses & phobias - auditory hallucinations, vertigo, acrophobia, etc Deeper and darker: more intricate customization options provide weapons and armor tailoring to player style Evolved multiplayer: updated multiplayer system enables improved online interaction to bring forward cooperative & competitive play Refined gameplay: DARK SOULS™ II features fluid motion-capture animations, an upgraded combat system, a vastly expanded suite of characters, deeper customization options, new weapons, armor abilities, and a balanced player progression system
Content & age ratings5 regional ratings

Regional ratings

CEROd
ESRBtBlood and Gore, Mild Language, Partial Nudity, Violence
FPB16STRONG LANGUAGE (SWEAR-WORDS, THREATS, ABUSE OR PREJUDICE) · SCENES SHOWING PICTURES OF VIOLENCE
OFLCmHorror themes and violence, Gaming experience may change online
PEGI16Violence · Online Gameplay
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 Processor: AMD® Phenom II™ X2 555 3.2Ghz or Intel® Pentium Core ™ 2 Duo E8500 3.17Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600GT, ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 12 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9 sound device Additional Notes: Controller support: Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) recommended

Recommended

Recommended: OS *: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 Processor: Intel® CoreTM i3 2100 3.10GHz or AMD® A8 3870K 3.0GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 or ATI Radeon™ HD 6870 or higher DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9 sound device Additional Notes: Controller support: Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) recommended
Supported languages10 languages
LanguageFull audio
English●
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Polish
Russian
Korean
Portuguese - Brazil
Traditional Chinese

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

38 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)
The Dark SoulAchievement
Self RecollectionAchievement
King's RingHidden achievement
Ancient DragonHidden achievement
The HeirHidden achievement
Last GiantHidden achievement
Sinner's BonfireHidden achievement
Iron Keep BonfireHidden achievement
Gulch BonfireHidden achievement
Brightstone BonfireHidden achievement

View all Steam achievements

10 developer announcements, Mar 2014 to Nov 2022 · times in UTC

November

  1. Online features for the PC version of Dark Souls II have been reactivated.

    Online features for the PC version of Dark Souls II (DX9) have been reactivated. We thank you once again for your patience and support regarding the restoration of the Dark Souls servers.…

    YungShoyo

April

  1. Announcement

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    [BNE] Beru

September

  1. CROWN OF THE IVORY KING, THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE LOST CROWNS DLC TRILOGY FOR DARK SOULS II IS OUT TODAY

    DARK SOULS II’s Crown of the Ivory King DLC is now available on STEAM. FromSoftware has saved its most challenging obstacles, enemies, and bosses for the final chapter of the truly arduous journey symbolized by DARK SOULS™ II The Lost…

    shoupinou
  2. CROWN OF THE IVORY KING, THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE LOST CROWNS DLC TRILOGY FOR DARK SOULS II IS OUT TODAY

    DARK SOULS II’s Crown of the Ivory King DLC is now available on STEAM. FromSoftware has saved its most challenging obstacles, enemies, and bosses for the final chapter of the truly arduous journey symbolized by DARK SOULS™ II The Lost…

    shoupinou

July

  1. FROMSOFTWARE TAKES YOU TO THE DANKEST, DARKEST DEPTHS IN THE DARK SOULS II WORLD WITH CROWN OF THE SUNKEN KING DLC

    As if the regular obstacles, enemies, and bosses presented in Dark Souls™ II were not enough to cause gamers to cry for their mommies; FromSoftware today unleashes Crown of the Sunken King the first chapter in it’s The Lost Crowns DLC…

    shoupinou
  2. FROMSOFTWARE TAKES YOU TO THE DANKEST, DARKEST DEPTHS IN THE DARK SOULS II WORLD WITH CROWN OF THE SUNKEN KING DLC

    As if the regular obstacles, enemies, and bosses presented in Dark Souls™ II were not enough to cause gamers to cry for their mommies; FromSoftware today unleashes Crown of the Sunken King the first chapter in it’s The Lost Crowns DLC…

    shoupinou

April

  1. Dark Souls II Patch Available

    A patch has been deployed for Dark Souls II to address some issues players were having with crashes upon launch. It is available now. Don't forget to change your computer settings back to default if you tried any of the work-arounds. Thank…

    Jsauce
  2. Dark Souls II Patch Available

    A patch has been deployed for Dark Souls II to address some issues players were having with crashes upon launch. It is available now. Don't forget to change your computer settings back to default if you tried any of the work-arounds. Thank…

    J.

March

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

    http://youtu.be/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 rate option. On top of that, FromSoftware…

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

    http://youtu.be/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 rate option. On top of that, FromSoftware…

    Isshak Gravi

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