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DARK SOULS™ III

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2016

Should you play it?

Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!

What works

  • Challenging and rewarding combat
  • Deep and immersive lore
  • Extensive exploration and secrets
  • Strong community and co-op features
  • High replayability and progression

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve for newcomers
  • Some technical bugs and online issues
  • Punishing difficulty may frustrate casual players
  • Complex npc questlines can be confusing
  • Camera and control quirks

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • DARK SOULS™ II

  • Hunt: Showdown 1896

  • DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

  • DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

  • Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition

  • Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™

Less competitive

Games that feels like DARK SOULS™ III but with less competition against others

  • Dragon Age™ Inquisition

  • Dead Space™ 3

  • REMNANT II®

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

  • Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • DARK SOULS™ II

  • DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

  • DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

  • ELDEN RING

  • ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with DARK SOULS™ III. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with DARK SOULS™ III. These titles are not in What to play next.

DARK SOULS™ III: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026