Brilliant interconnected world design
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The world design of Dark Souls Remastered is brilliant. I love how the Firelink Shrine is connected with almost all the areas of the game.”
Steam review · 34.7 h played ↗
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%QLOC, FromSoftware, Inc.2018Souls-like · RPG · Action
The verdict
A landmark action RPG with brilliant interconnected world design and rewarding challenge, but clunky and dated with a weak second half. Skip it if you want modern, fluid combat.
Great for
Patient players who enjoy exploration, learning from failure and lore discovery
Main risk
Clunky, slow, dated gameplay with long runbacks, especially after Elden Ring or DS3
What players love
Rewarding, fair challenge
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“It's brutal yeah but like, in a fair way? You never feel cheated, you feel stupid, which is different lol.”
Steam review · 98.7 h played ↗
Deep, subtly told lore
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The story is amazing, leaves a lot to think about, without being flooded with tons of cinematics and dialogue.”
Steam review · 121.5 h played ↗
Great replayability and co-op/multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“add one mod, Seemless co-op or don't, it's free. fun playing the whole game with a friend,”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Atmosphere, art and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The OST is absolutely phenomenal.”
Steam review · 34.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, slow, dated controls and combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Terrible hitboxes that weren't fixed in the remaster, clunky and slow fighting mechanics, enemies that hit you through walls”
Steam review · 20 h played ↗
Remaster is weak: worse visuals, overpriced
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The remaster is a visual downgrade in pretty much every aspect compared to the original.”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗
Long runbacks and late fast travel
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“This game has so much pointless walking.”
Steam review · 25.6 h played ↗
Weak, rushed second half and bad areas
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Dark Souls Remastered is a solid game... if you only play the first half.”
Steam review · 24.7 h played ↗
Hackers, save corruption and server problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Hackers will break your game when you're 50 hours in by killing all the NPCs.”
Steam review · 46.2 h played ↗
Boss design: Bed of Chaos and easy bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“all the bosses except like taurus demon, bell gargoyles, and ornstein smaug are unfinished and bad {they put bed of chaos in this game}”
Steam review · 43.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64-bit, Service Pack 1
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz / AMD FX-6300, 3.5 GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 460, 1 GB / Radeon HD 6870, 1 GB
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4570 3.2 GHz / AMD FX-8350 4.2 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 660, 2 GB / Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64-bit, Service Pack 1
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz / AMD FX-6300, 3.5 GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 460, 1 GB / Radeon HD 6870, 1 GB
Storage8 GB available space
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