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Dark Souls

2011 video game
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Summary

Dark Souls is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,883 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Golden Joystick Awards − Ultimate Game of All Time[3]
  • Director: Hidetaka Miyazaki[4]
  • Composer: Motoi Sakuraba[5]
  • Publisher: Namco Bandai Games America Inc.[6], FromSoftware[7]
  • Genre: action role-playing game[8], adventure video game[9], soulslike[10], dark fantasy video game[11]
  • Followed by: Dark Souls II[12]
  • Developer: FromSoftware[13]
  • Part of the series: Dark Souls[14]
  • Commons category: Dark Souls[15]
  • Platform: Xbox 360[16], PlayStation 3[17], Microsoft Windows[18], PlayStation 4[19], Nintendo Switch[20], Xbox One[21]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[22], multiplayer video game[23]
  • Language of work or name: English[24], French[25], German[26], Italian[27], Polish[28], Russian[29], Spanish[30], Korean[31], Traditional Chinese[32], Japanese[33], Catalan[34]
  • Distribution format: optical disc[35], digital distribution[36], Blu-ray Disc[37]
  • Review score: 89/100[38], 85/100[39], 37/40[40], 88%[41], 85%[42], 84/100[43], 87/100[44]
  • Input device: USB device controller[45], gamepad[46], computer mouse[47], computer keyboard[48]
  • Country of origin: Japan[49]
  • Publication date: September 22, 2011[50], October 4, 2011[51]
  • Characters: Chosen Undead[52], Solaire of Astora[53]
  • Distributed by: Steam[54], Microsoft Store[55]
  • ESRB rating: Mature 17+[56]
  • CERO rating: D (Ages 17 and up)[57]
  • Official website: https://www.bandainamcoent.com/games/ds-remastered[58]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 16[59]
  • USK rating: USK 16[60]
  • Nominated for: British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer[61], British Academy Games Award for Strategy[62], Golden Geek Award for Most Innovative Game[63]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[64]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a6678586-a027-47fa-814a-500e9d17007b[65]

Why It Matters

Dark Souls has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]

FAQs

What awards did Dark Souls receive?

Honors received include Golden Joystick Awards − Ultimate Game of All Time[3].

Related Entities

Blu-ray Disc computer keyboard computer mouse FromSoftware gamepad Japan Microsoft Windows optical disc PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 USB device controller

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [64] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [66] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [67] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Dark Souls: Remastered
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: Dark Souls: Remastered, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790846661412"
  2. 18d ago · Matthias M. · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', '
    Usk id → 31655, 31223
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Usk id: 33392"
  3. 10w ago · Ricard Soler Roger · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → English, French, German +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Language of work or name: Catalan"
  4. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    International computer game collection work id → 1857, 1856
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ International computer game collection work id: 1857, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296307372|Dark Souls (#296307372)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8"
  5. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goha.ru id → dark-souls
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Goha.ru id: dark-souls, adding [[P:P10437|GoHa.ru]] IDs ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/786bbc5c059|details]])"
  6. 17w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → —
    Instance of → video game
    Units sold → {'amount': '+1500000'}
    Part of the series → Dark Souls
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Games/Dark_Souls, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293315652|Dark Souls (#293315652)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8000|‎Giant Bomb"
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