DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition
Dark Souls will be the most deeply challenging game you play this year. Can you live through a million deaths and earn your legacy?
- Released
- 2012
- Developer
- FromSoftware, Inc.
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- 85
- Steam Deck
- unsupported
- Download
- Not stated
What is DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition?
Dark Souls will be the most deeply challenging game you play this year. Can you live through a million deaths and earn your legacy?
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 23 August 2012 |
|---|---|
| Developer | FromSoftware, Inc. |
| Publisher | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| Platforms | PC |
| Genres | Role-Playing |
| Languages | 10 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata , seeded TBA. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
Accessibility
Seeing
None declared
Hearing
None declared
Input
- Partial Controller Support
Difficulty
None declared
Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | partial support |
| Cloud saves | No |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | No official workshop |
| Online play | Single-player only |
| In-game purchases | No |
| Steam Deck | unsupported |
| Download size | Not stated |
| Add-on content | None listed |
| Age gate | 17+ |
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
Games like DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition
24 games overlap with DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Dark Souls II, DARK SOULS: REMASTERED and Dark Souls III.
Common questions about DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition
What platforms is DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition on?
DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition is available on PC. It first released in 2012.
Do players recommend DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition?
92% of 78,539 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
What is the Metacritic score for DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition?
85 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.
Does DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition as unsupported on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.
Who made DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition?
DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition was developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.