Every Dark Souls Game Ranked
Dark Souls spans 5 critic-rated games on CriticDB, released between 2011 and 2018. The highest-rated is Dark Souls II (87) and the lowest is Dark Souls: Remastered (83). Across 96 critic reviews, the series averages 86, and Dark Souls: Remastered has drawn the most reviews.
Highest ratedDark Souls II 87
Lowest ratedDark Souls: Remastered 83
Series average86
Made byFromSoftware, Virtuos
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Dark Souls II
8724 critic reviews·Mar 10, 2014·Bandai Namco EntertainmentPCPS3Xbox 360“Dark Souls 2 exemplifies everything that is great and everything that is lacking in this series.It seems fitting that as the new generation of consoles gets underway one of the swan songs of [...]”
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Dark Souls
8713 critic reviews·Sep 21, 2011·Bandai Namco EntertainmentPCPS3Xbox 360“Dark Souls: The Willow King is a must-read for Dark Souls fans and can provide entertainment to an avid comic reader.”
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
8712 critic reviews·Apr 1, 2015·Bandai Namco EntertainmentPCPS3Xbox 360PS4 +1“Scholar of the First Sin is a noble attempt to right the perceived wrongs of Dark Souls II, but while some tweaks are welcome, others -such as certain enemy placements- are less so.”
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Dark Souls III
8621 critic reviews·Mar 23, 2016·Bandai Namco EntertainmentPCPS4Xbox One“As one of the most anticipated video games of 2016, Dark Souls III is finally available. After exploring its massive world filled with sinister demons, does it do enough to distinguish itself from previous installments?”
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Dark Souls: Remastered
8326 critic reviews·May 22, 2018·Bandai Namco EntertainmentPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch“Dark Souls: Remastered allows players to explore the twisted ancient land of Lordran in the first title of the action role-playing series like never before.”
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Dark Souls games in release order
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