DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Fair · RPG · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $39.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Cost per hourA
- $1.13/hr
- Reviews▼
- 84% of 134,342
- Critics
- 79 players 5 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 9% RPG
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $26.73 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 35.5h
- To 100%
- 102.1h 2.9x the story
- Achievements
- 38
Price and sales
- Sales
- 51 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $9.99 October 2016
- Sale every
- 67d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1,604 now
- Recent reviews
- 77% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 3% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 85% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
94% start to 7% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 51 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 10 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 9 percent. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, ELDEN RING ($59.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty ($39.99, scores 0).
More about DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 55 percent of the 2,871 reviews written there were positive, against 84 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 35.5 hours. Doing everything runs 102, 2.9 times as long.
134,342 people have reviewed it, which is a big enough crowd to settle the number.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 2 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
It is incredibly sad to realize that the content in this game is coming to an end. It represents my youth, my first love in the gaming industry. Truly, existence is nothing but suffering. All good things must come to an end.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Sometimes its a beautiful and well thought out gem but good god so many other times it makes me want to run into Fromsoft HQ with a bomb strapped to my chest. Truly an emotional rollercoaster.
The most agonizing thing I had the displeasure of experiencing. The absolute distain I have for this cesspool of abysmal game design choices is immense. Having to experience testicular torsion and having my bones be broken from a car crash, while I'm awake and reeling from agony, is still more entertaining than whatever this game could produce.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 / ATI Radeon TM HD 6870, 23 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/335300/dark-souls-ii-scholar-of-the-first-sinReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.