DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Worth it · Multiplayer · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $39.99.
- Cost per hour
- $1.37/hr
- ReviewsS
- 92% of 158,299
- Critics
- 84 players 8 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Multiplayer
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 29.2h
- To 100%
- 68.3h 2.3x the story
- Finish
- 31% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 41
Price and sales
- Sales
- 24 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $19.99 December 2019
- Sale every
- 70d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 2,248 now
- Recent reviews
- 92% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 98% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
97% start to 8% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
24 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 10 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games closest to it, DARK SOULS™ II ($39.99, scores 72) and DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin ($39.99, scores 63) both come in lower.
More about DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
84 from critics against 92 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
12 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 62 percent of the 3,422 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 29.2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 68, 2.3 times as much.
158,299 people have reviewed it, which is a big enough crowd to settle the number.
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
The way the world is interconnected is really impressive, and the lore is great although it is not very clear to understand.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I definitely wouldn't say this game is for everyone. Dark Souls isn't very intuitive, especially when you're playing it for the first time. You need patience with basically everything, especially the bosses, because you're going to die. A lot. And then die some more. For a first playthrough, I'd honestly recommend using a guide from time to time. It makes the game much easier to understand and saves you from...
game genuinely blows, dont waste ur money on ts. buy an actually good game, old is NOT gold in this scenario bro, get nightreign instead and actually have fun
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 460, 1 GB / Radeon HD 6870, 1 GB, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED scores 83/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/570940/dark-souls-remasteredReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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.