Soulsborne is an action role-playing and action-adventure franchise developed by FromSoftware. It consists of several FromSoftware games and series that follow a similar formula, including Demon's Souls, the Dark Souls series, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring. Each has a different overseas publisher: Demon's Souls and Bloodborne published by Sony, Dark Souls and Elden Ring by Bandai Namco, and Sekiro by Activision.
Soulsborne began as a niche franchise that went on to earn mainstream popularity, largely due to critical acclaim for skillful combat and high difficulty. The franchise has sold over 90 million units worldwide.
Games[]
| Title | Year | System(s) | Sales | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demon's Souls | 5,400,000 | |||
| Demon's Souls | 2009 | PlayStation 3 | 2,500,000 | [1][2] |
| 2020 | PlayStation 5 | 2,900,000 | [3][4] | |
| Dark Souls trilogy | 39,310,000 | |||
| Dark Souls | 2011 | Multi-platform | 10,835,546+ | |
| Dark Souls II | 2014 | Multi-platform | 10,556,029+ | |
| Dark Souls III | 2016 | Multi-platform | 12,112,546+ | |
| Bloodborne | 7,648,000 | |||
| Bloodborne | 2015 | PlayStation 4 | 7,648,000 | [5] |
| Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | 10,000,000+ | [6] | ||
| Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | 2019 | PlayStation 4 | 3,000,000+ | [7][8] |
| Steam | 5,000,000+ | [9] | ||
| Xbox One | 1,700,000 | [10] | ||
| Elden Ring | 30,000,000+ | |||
| Elden Ring | 2022 | Multi-platform | 25,000,000 | [11] |
| Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree | 2024 | Multi-platform | 5,000,000+ | [12] |
| Total | 92,358,000 |
Dark Souls[]
Dark Souls is an action role-playing game series developed by From Software and published by Bandai Namco outside Japan.
| Title | Year | System(s) | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Overseas | Worldwide | |||
| Dark Souls | 763,714+ | 10,835,546+ | |||
| Dark Souls | 2011 | PlayStation 3 | 492,523[13][14] | — | 2,700,000[1][15] |
| Xbox 360 | N/A | — | 553,000[16][1] | ||
| Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition | 2012 | Steam | 27,477[17][14] | — | 3,540,000+[18] |
| Dark Souls: Remastered | 2018 | PlayStation 4 | 220,000[19] | — | 1,890,000[20] |
| Xbox One | Unknown | — | 1,000,000[21] | ||
| Nintendo Switch | 21,168[14] | — | 1,150,000[20] | ||
| Dark Souls Trilogy Box | 2018 | PlayStation 4 | 2,546[14] | — | 2,546+ |
| Dark Souls II | 452,383+ | 10,556,029+ | |||
| Dark Souls II | 2014 | PlayStation 3 | 371,927[14] | — | 2,100,000[1][22] |
| Xbox 360 | 8,674[23] | — | 413,483[24][1][25] | ||
| Steam | 31,320[26] | — | 5,000,000[26] | ||
| Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin | 2015 | PlayStation 4 | 37,916[14] | — | 1,790,000[20] |
| Xbox One | Unknown | — | 1,250,000[20] | ||
| Dark Souls Trilogy Box | 2018 | PlayStation 4 | 2,546[14] | — | 2,546+ |
| Dark Souls III | 641,546+ | 12,112,546+[27] | |||
| Dark Souls III | 2016 | PlayStation 4 | 574,000[28] | — | 3,910,000[20] |
| Xbox One | Unknown | — | 1,900,000[20] | ||
| Steam | 65,000[29] | — | 6,300,000+[30] | ||
| Dark Souls Trilogy Box | 2018 | PlayStation 4 | 2,546[14] | — | 2,546+ |
| Dark Souls trilogy | 1,980,000[31] | 37,330,000[32] | 39,310,000 | ||
References[]
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- ↑ "Sony Interactive Entertainment to Acquire Bluepoint Games". Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sony. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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- ↑ Sales Leak (FY 2022)
- ↑ https://www.sekiro.jp/news_detail_230926_01.html
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/33764
- ↑ https://blog.activision.com/sekiro/2020-07/Sekiro-Shadows-Die-Twice-Free-Update
- ↑ https://steamspy.com/app/814380
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- ↑ https://x.com/ELDENRING/status/1800890964925366476
- ↑ https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/E38390E383B3E38380E382A4E3838AE383A0E382B3E382A8E3_6.pdf
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- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150415065149/steamspy.com/app/236430
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 https://playtracker.net/insight/game/798
- ↑ "DARK SOULS III Surpasses 10 Million Units in Sales Worldwide!" (PDF). Bandai Namco. May 19, 2020.
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/8436
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/814
- ↑ https://steamdb.info/app/374320/charts/
- ↑ "Past International Million Shipment Series (2022)". 2023 CESA Games White Paper. July 2023.
- ↑ Fact Book 2023 (PDF). Bandai Namco. 2023. p. 3.