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Steam app 335300 · updated 11 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC

DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.

DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin Steam header artwork
FromSoftware, Inc.Bandai Namco Entertainment, FromSoftware, Inc.
3,942playing now
3,94224-hour peak
12,051all-time peak
3,444average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

+1,268.8Gain+58.32%% gain7,146Peak

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

02k4k6k8k16 Sep21 Sep26 Sep01 Oct06 Oct11 Oct16 OctWednesday 16 September 20261,643 peakThursday 17 September 20261,640 peakFriday 18 September 20261,670 peakSaturday 19 September 20262,021 peakSunday 20 September 20262,226 peakMonday 21 September 20261,767 peakTuesday 22 September 20263,977 peakWednesday 23 September 20263,970 peakThursday 24 September 20264,009 peakFriday 25 September 20264,690 peakSaturday 26 September 20266,326 peakSunday 27 September 20267,146 peakMonday 28 September 20265,537 peakTuesday 29 September 20265,154 peakWednesday 30 September 20264,998 peakThursday 01 October 20265,095 peakFriday 02 October 20265,055 peakSaturday 03 October 20266,507 peakSunday 04 October 20266,662 peakMonday 05 October 20265,059 peakTuesday 06 October 20264,651 peakWednesday 07 October 20264,429 peakThursday 08 October 20264,567 peakFriday 09 October 20264,735 peakSaturday 10 October 20265,767 peakSunday 11 October 20266,054 peakMonday 12 October 20264,970 peakTuesday 13 October 20264,197 peakWednesday 14 October 20263,922 peakThursday 15 October 20263,696 peakFriday 16 October 20263,942 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

139 months, April 2015 to October 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.

03k7k10k13k2015201720192021202220242026April 201512,051 monthly peakMay 20156,592 monthly peakJune 20156,672 monthly peakJuly 20155,169 monthly peakAugust 20154,426 monthly peakSeptember 20156,656 monthly peakOctober 20154,820 monthly peakNovember 20154,042 monthly peakDecember 20158,141 monthly peakJanuary 20169,747 monthly peakFebruary 20168,325 monthly peakMarch 20168,619 monthly peakApril 20169,814 monthly peakMay 20164,443 monthly peakJune 20164,459 monthly peakJuly 20164,481 monthly peakAugust 20162,473 monthly peakSeptember 20162,404 monthly peakOctober 20164,929 monthly peakNovember 20164,189 monthly peakDecember 20163,846 monthly peakJanuary 20174,168 monthly peakFebruary 20174,597 monthly peakMarch 20173,411 monthly peakApril 20173,622 monthly peakMay 20173,412 monthly peakJune 20173,924 monthly peakJuly 20174,491 monthly peakAugust 20172,864 monthly peakSeptember 20174,587 monthly peakOctober 20173,229 monthly peakNovember 20173,425 monthly peakDecember 20173,701 monthly peakJanuary 20184,154 monthly peakFebruary 20183,558 monthly peakMarch 20182,836 monthly peakApril 20182,634 monthly peakMay 20182,554 monthly peakJune 20184,391 monthly peakJuly 20184,451 monthly peakAugust 20182,403 monthly peakSeptember 20181,947 monthly peakOctober 20181,988 monthly peakNovember 20183,000 monthly peakDecember 20183,121 monthly peakJanuary 20193,366 monthly peakFebruary 20193,436 monthly peakMarch 20192,871 monthly peakApril 20192,484 monthly peakMay 20193,148 monthly peakJune 20193,260 monthly peakJuly 20192,802 monthly peakAugust 20192,146 monthly peakSeptember 20192,315 monthly peakOctober 20191,935 monthly peakNovember 20192,148 monthly peakDecember 20192,940 monthly peakJanuary 20203,171 monthly peakFebruary 20203,209 monthly peakMarch 20203,061 monthly peakApril 20205,202 monthly peakMay 20205,109 monthly peakJune 20204,325 monthly peakJuly 20204,467 monthly peakAugust 20203,301 monthly peakSeptember 20202,736 monthly peakOctober 20202,328 monthly peakNovember 20204,898 monthly peakDecember 20204,549 monthly peakJanuary 20214,324 monthly peakFebruary 20213,564 monthly peakMarch 20213,327 monthly peakApril 20214,721 monthly peakMay 20213,424 monthly peakJune 20215,449 monthly peakJuly 20215,312 monthly peakAugust 20213,947 monthly peakSeptember 20213,179 monthly peakOctober 20212,713 monthly peakNovember 20214,014 monthly peakDecember 20214,842 monthly peakJanuary 20225,819 monthly peakFebruary 20222,978 monthly peakMarch 20223,001 monthly peakApril 20223,110 monthly peakMay 20222,177 monthly peakJune 20221,416 monthly peakJuly 20221,357 monthly peakAugust 20221,356 monthly peakSeptember 20221,415 monthly peakOctober 20223,149 monthly peakNovember 20222,842 monthly peakDecember 20222,139 monthly peakJanuary 20232,446 monthly peakFebruary 20232,436 monthly peakMarch 20232,326 monthly peakApril 20232,046 monthly peakMay 20231,934 monthly peakJune 20231,849 monthly peakJuly 20233,228 monthly peakAugust 20232,502 monthly peakSeptember 20232,964 monthly peakOctober 20232,402 monthly peakNovember 20232,766 monthly peakDecember 20232,765 monthly peakJanuary 20242,338 monthly peakFebruary 20243,541 monthly peakMarch 20243,479 monthly peakApril 20242,908 monthly peakMay 20243,652 monthly peakJune 20243,063 monthly peakJuly 20243,235 monthly peakAugust 20243,173 monthly peakSeptember 20242,846 monthly peakOctober 20243,340 monthly peakNovember 20242,399 monthly peakDecember 20242,621 monthly peakJanuary 20252,909 monthly peakFebruary 20253,671 monthly peakMarch 20253,135 monthly peakApril 20252,897 monthly peakMay 20254,076 monthly peakJune 20252,796 monthly peakJuly 20252,535 monthly peakAugust 20252,456 monthly peakSeptember 20251,992 monthly peakOctober 20252,529 monthly peakNovember 20253,231 monthly peakDecember 20252,932 monthly peakJanuary 20263,027 monthly peakFebruary 20263,732 monthly peakMarch 20263,393 monthly peakApril 20264,002 monthly peakMay 20263,875 monthly peakJune 20263,047 monthly peakJuly 20262,486 monthly peakAugust 20262,466 monthly peakSeptember 20267,146 monthly peakOctober 20266,662 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.

02k4k6k8kJuly 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 20262,486 peak — daily detail belowAugust 20262,466 peak — daily detail belowSeptember 20267,146 peak — hourly detail belowOctober 20266,662 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

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

06711k2k3k01 Jul20 Jul22 Jul24 Jul26 Jul28 Jul30 JulWednesday 01 July 20262,486 peakSunday 19 July 20262,324 peakMonday 20 July 20261,994 peakTuesday 21 July 20261,992 peakWednesday 22 July 20261,928 peakThursday 23 July 20261,886 peakFriday 24 July 20261,878 peakSaturday 25 July 20262,292 peakSunday 26 July 20262,486 peakMonday 27 July 20262,040 peakTuesday 28 July 20261,989 peakWednesday 29 July 20261,861 peakThursday 30 July 20261,791 peakFriday 31 July 20261,851 peak

August 2026

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

06661k2k3k01 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 20262,264 peakSunday 02 August 20262,421 peakMonday 03 August 20261,932 peakTuesday 04 August 20261,835 peakWednesday 05 August 20261,829 peakThursday 06 August 20261,783 peakFriday 07 August 20261,818 peakSaturday 08 August 20262,178 peakSunday 09 August 20262,447 peakMonday 10 August 20261,841 peakTuesday 11 August 20261,837 peakWednesday 12 August 20261,749 peakThursday 13 August 20261,832 peakFriday 14 August 20261,902 peakSaturday 15 August 20262,262 peakSunday 16 August 20262,466 peakMonday 17 August 20262,059 peakTuesday 18 August 20261,932 peakWednesday 19 August 20261,811 peakThursday 20 August 20261,810 peakFriday 21 August 20261,874 peakSaturday 22 August 20262,168 peakSunday 23 August 20262,440 peakMonday 24 August 20261,888 peakTuesday 25 August 20261,763 peakWednesday 26 August 20261,835 peakThursday 27 August 20261,795 peakFriday 28 August 20261,809 peakSaturday 29 August 20262,173 peakSunday 30 August 20262,359 peakMonday 31 August 20261,808 peak

September 2026

30 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 344 hourly samples from 16 Sep, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

02k4k6k8k01 Sep06 Sep11 Sep16 Sep21 Sep26 SepTuesday 01 September 20261,768 peakWednesday 02 September 20261,704 peakThursday 03 September 20261,725 peakFriday 04 September 20261,779 peakSaturday 05 September 20262,073 peakSunday 06 September 20262,260 peakMonday 07 September 20262,260 peakTuesday 08 September 20261,670 peakWednesday 09 September 20261,633 peakThursday 10 September 20261,614 peakFriday 11 September 20261,683 peakSaturday 12 September 20262,114 peakSunday 13 September 20262,188 peakMonday 14 September 20261,722 peakTuesday 15 September 20261,684 peakWednesday 16 September 20261,643 peakThursday 17 September 20261,640 peakFriday 18 September 20261,670 peakSaturday 19 September 20262,021 peakSunday 20 September 20262,226 peakMonday 21 September 20261,767 peakTuesday 22 September 20263,977 peakWednesday 23 September 20263,970 peakThursday 24 September 20264,009 peakFriday 25 September 20264,690 peakSaturday 26 September 20266,326 peakSunday 27 September 20267,146 peakMonday 28 September 20265,537 peakTuesday 29 September 20265,154 peakWednesday 30 September 20264,998 peak

October 2026

16 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 374 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

02k4k5k7k01 Oct03 Oct05 Oct07 Oct09 Oct11 Oct13 Oct15 OctThursday 01 October 20265,095 peakFriday 02 October 20265,055 peakSaturday 03 October 20266,507 peakSunday 04 October 20266,662 peakMonday 05 October 20265,059 peakTuesday 06 October 20264,651 peakWednesday 07 October 20264,429 peakThursday 08 October 20264,567 peakFriday 09 October 20264,735 peakSaturday 10 October 20265,767 peakSunday 11 October 20266,054 peakMonday 12 October 20264,970 peakTuesday 13 October 20264,197 peakWednesday 14 October 20263,922 peakThursday 15 October 20263,696 peakFriday 16 October 20263,942 peak
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 11 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC
App ID
335300
Last updated
25 Oct 2022 build 9527516
Update pace
Quiet no update while we have been watching · 0 in 34 days watched
Developer
FromSoftware, Inc.
Publisher
Bandai Namco Entertainment, FromSoftware, Inc.
Release date
Apr 1, 2015
Platforms
Windows
Download size
23.45 GB
Install size
35.96 GB
Genres
Action, RPG
Game modes
Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op
Controller support
Full
Achievements
38
Metacritic
79

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-likeDark FantasyRPGDifficultActionThird PersonAtmosphericAction RPGCharacter CustomizationCo-opMultiplayerFantasyAdventureMedievalDarkSingleplayerLore-RichStory RichPvPRemake
About this gameFull description from Steam
Gamers are in for a big surprise in DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin. An unforgettable journey awaits you in a breathtaking world where each dark corner and unexpected encounter will test your resolve. Go beyond what you thought was possible and discover incredible challenge and intense emotional reward. Whether you’ve previously played DARK SOULS™ II, or are new to the award-winning franchise, you are in for an entirely different experience with this exclusive, “Director’s Cut” version of the game. - The definitive edition of DARK SOULS™ II. DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin includes all the DARK SOULS™ II content released to-date in one package and much more! - A brand new experience and challenge. Enemy placement has been overhauled, resulting in a completely different play dynamic than experienced before. The safe zones that some players remembered are no longer safe! A new NPC invader called Forlorn will also play a key role in changing the gameplay experience. Hardened players will have to forget everything they thought they knew about DARK SOULS™ II. - Online play has been enhanced with the addition of a special item to regulate souls acquired in battle - it’s now possible to match up more consistently online. The number of players who can participate in an online session has also been increased, from 4 to 6 people, completely changing the online play dynamic. DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
Content & age ratings8 regional ratings

Regional ratings

CEROd
CRL16
DEJUS16Violence
ESRBtBlood and Gore, Mild Language, Partial Nudity, Violence
FPB16STRONG LANGUAGE (SWEAR-WORDS, THREATS, ABUSE OR PREJUDICE) · SCENES SHOWING PICTURES OF VIOLENCE
KGRB18
OFLCpg
PEGI16Violence · Online Gameplay
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Processor: AMD® A8 3870 3,6 Ghz or Intel® Core ™ i3 2100 3.1Ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 465 / ATI Radeon TM HD 6870 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 23 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device

Recommended

Recommended: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Processor: AMD® FX 8150 3.6 GHz or Intel® Core™ i7 2600 3.4 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750, ATI Radeon™ HD 7850 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 23 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device
Supported languages10 languages
LanguageFull audio
English●
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Polish
Portuguese - Brazil
Russian
Korean
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

6 developer announcements, Feb 2017 to Oct 2022 · times in UTC

October

  1. Online features for the PC version have been reactivated.

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8353200/69776c60b5111cd173751e32a206f2725e654f7b.png Online features for the PC version of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11) have been reactivated. Thank you once more for your patience and support.…

    YungShoyo

April

  1. Announcement

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    [BNE] Beru

November

  1. Explore ELDEN RING with new narrated preview video and pre-order now.

    Experience a first-look at narrated ELDEN RING gameplay giving players a deep-dive into the following areas of the game: Vast world design – the meticulously designed ”Lands Between” brings unprecedented immersion to FromSoftware’s largest…

    BNEAdmin

August

  1. ELDEN RING Coming Soon

    The next adventure from FromSoftware awaits. Wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245620/ELDEN_RING/

    BNEAdmin

February

  1. Dark Souls II SOTFS - Server maintenance

    Bearers of the Curse, Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin servers will undergo maintenance at the following times: PST: Tuesday, February 28th - 6pm to 10pm CET: Wednesday, March 1st - 3pm to 5pm JST: Wednesday, March 1st - 11am to 3pm…

    Kimundi
  2. Dark Souls II SOTFS - Server maintenance

    Bearers of the Curse, Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin servers will undergo maintenance at the following times: PST: Tuesday, February 28th - 6pm to 10pm CET: Wednesday, March 1st - 3pm to 5pm JST: Wednesday, March 1st - 11am to 3pm…

    Kimundi

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