Elden Ring vs Dark Souls: which FromSoftware game wins?
Updated October 27, 2026
LEADS66%Elden Ring21 votes34%Dark Souls11 votes
Total votes for each game on Gamerater. Ranks are live.
Dark Souls came out in 2011 and gave us a hard, strange, interconnected world and a whole new kind of game, the Soulslike. Elden Ring in 2022 took that formula into an open world, with worldbuilding help from George R.R. Martin, and brought a much bigger audience in.
The case for Dark Souls: it is the original, and its tightly connected world is still something to study. The case for Elden Ring: freedom to explore in your own order, and a gentler way in for newcomers.
Right now the community has Elden Ring ahead of Dark Souls. The ranks above are live, so they move with every vote.
Pick a side.