One-off purchase
Dark Souls III cost to play
Dark Souls III prices on Steam UK, including the Deluxe Edition, plus its PEGI 16 rating and Steam player figures.
Dark Souls III gameplay, images and trailer
© FromSoftware, Inc., Dark Souls III trailer “DS3_Kingdom Fall (EN-PEGI)” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £39.99: Cheapest standard price: DARK SOULS™ III (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 31 h to beat: Main story: 31 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- £1.29 an hour: £39.99 ÷ 31 hours (main story)
- 10k Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 16: Age rating
- Released
- 11 April 2016
- Developer
- FromSoftware, Inc.
- Platforms
- PS4, PC, Xbox One
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- Genre
- Action RPG
- Modes
- Single-player, Multiplayer, Co-op
On this page
Dark Souls III player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 10,192
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 9,033
- 3,922 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +52%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 129,831
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Is Dark Souls III dead?
No. Dark Souls III peaked at 9,033 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 3,922 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are down 21% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS4, Xbox One or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 3,922 | 9,033 | +51.5% |
| August 2026 | 3,799 | 5,961 | −2.6% |
| July 2026 | 3,802 | 6,123 | −18.1% |
| June 2026 | 4,363 | 7,472 | −16.6% |
| May 2026 | 5,265 | 8,959 | −11.9% |
| April 2026 | 4,710 | 10,169 | +12.2% |
| March 2026 | 4,605 | 9,067 | −13.2% |
| February 2026 | 5,464 | 10,450 | +44.2% |
| January 2026 | 4,746 | 7,245 | −16.2% |
| December 2025 | 5,153 | 8,647 | −7.9% |
| November 2025 | 4,467 | 9,386 | +16.5% |
| October 2025 | 4,182 | 8,059 | – |
What Dark Souls III costs to play
| Item | Price | Per |
|---|---|---|
| DARK SOULS™ III (Steam UK, standard price) | £39.99 | game |
| DARK SOULS III Deluxe Edition (Steam UK) | £59.98 | game |
Source for every row: store.steampowered.com · checked 21 Oct 2026
How long is Dark Souls III?
Dark Souls III takes about 31 hours to finish the main story, and about 100 hours to complete everything.
- Main story31 h
- Main + extras48.5 h
- Completionist100 h
Cost per hour (main story)
£1.29
£39.99 on Steam UK ÷ 31 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 28 Oct 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Dark Souls III is rated
GamesChart Score
87.2, #49 of 3,236 rated games
#5 of 2016 · #27 of the 2010s · #21 in Role-playing (RPG) · #28 on Xbox
Critics
Players
Built from 304,213 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #48
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Dark Souls III questions
How much does Dark Souls III cost in the UK?
DARK SOULS™ III (Steam UK, standard price): £39.99. DARK SOULS III Deluxe Edition (Steam UK): £59.98. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Dark Souls III free to play?
No. Dark Souls III is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is Dark Souls III?
Main story: about 31 hours. Main + extras: about 48.5 hours. Completionist: about 100 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £39.99, that's £1.29 per hour (main story).
What age rating is Dark Souls III?
Dark Souls III is rated PEGI 16.
How many people play Dark Souls III?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 10,192, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 129,831.
What is Dark Souls III's all-time Steam peak?
129,831 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Dark Souls III (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 10,192. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Dark Souls III dead?
No. Dark Souls III peaked at 9,033 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 3,922 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are down 21% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS4, Xbox One or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Dark Souls III player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on PS4, Xbox One, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Dark Souls III?
Dark Souls III is developed by FromSoftware, Inc..
Dark Souls III is a dark fantasy action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware, with Steam listing FromSoftware and Bandai Namco Entertainment as publishers. It first came out in 2016, and the PC version has been on Steam since 11 April 2016. It is sold at a one-off price. It ranks #49 in our best games of all time ranking.
How it plays
Dark Souls III is a dark fantasy action role-playing game set in a world falling into ruin as its fires fade. The publisher describes faster gameplay and more intense combat than before, with colossal enemies and environments.
The world is built to be explored, with vast landscapes, and the combat lets players build their own style of play. Dynamic lighting and particle effects add to the dark atmosphere.
It is played as a single-player story, but online multiplayer is woven into it, so meetings with other players happen within your own game. Steam lists co-op and multiplayer alongside single-player, with full controller support.
Online play is offline as of 6 November 2026. FromSoftware took the Dark Souls III and Dark Souls II servers down on all platforms on 30 October 2026, and on 2 November said they had been suspended "due to identified security vulnerabilities", according to GamesRadar and MP1st. There is no return date. Until they come back you can still play the game offline, but invasions and other online features don't work. We couldn't read FromSoftware's own post, which is on X, so this comes from those two reports.
Two expansions are sold for it, Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City, which also come together in the Season Pass. They add new areas, bosses, enemies, weapons, armour and magic, and The Ringed City is the final expansion.
What it costs
On Steam UK, Dark Souls III costs £39.99 and the Deluxe Edition £59.98, at standard price. Steam lists 3 pieces of extra content for the game.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 10,192 concurrent players on 21 October 2026. The all-time peak on Steam is 129,831. Steam doesn't count PlayStation or Xbox players.
Age rating
Steam UK lists Dark Souls III as PEGI 16 for violence and online gameplay. We couldn't read a pegi.info entry for it, so the rating here is from Steam's store data.
How we checked
Prices are the Steam UK listing, read on 21 October 2026, at standard price. The player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day, and the rating is from Steam's store data. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page and Bandai Namco's Dark Souls III page. The server outage note comes from GamesRadar's and MP1st's reports of FromSoftware's statements, read on 6 November 2026.
Card art and page images: screenshots from FromSoftware, Inc.'s Dark Souls III Steam store page. © FromSoftware, Inc.. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with FromSoftware, Inc..
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Dark Souls III Steam store screenshots (FromSoftware, Inc.), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – Dark Souls III, published by store.steampowered.com
- PEGI rating – Dark Souls III, published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam Charts – Dark Souls III, published by steamcharts.com
- GamesRadar: Dark Souls 2 and 3 servers offline over security vulnerabilities (2 November 2026), published by gamesradar.com
- MP1st: Dark Souls 2 and DS3 servers offline with no timetable (2 November 2026), published by mp1st.com
- Bandai Namco Entertainment – Dark Souls III, published by en.bandainamcoent.eu
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