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Demon's Souls (2020)

Bluepoint Games

Remake of Demon's Souls

PlayStation 5

4.17 from 814 ratings

1816 members have it in their collection · 128 playing now · 559 backlogged · 673 wish listed

How long? Main story 25h · with extras 32h · 100% 43h (from 51 logged playthroughs)

Entirely rebuilt from the ground up and masterfully enhanced, Demon's Souls is a remake of the 2009 release that introduces the horrors of a fog-laden, dark fantasy land to a whole new generation of gamers. Those who’ve faced its trials and tribulations before, can once again challenge the darkness in stunning visual quality with incredible performance. The remake features improved … Read more
Entirely rebuilt from the ground up and masterfully enhanced, Demon's Souls is a remake of the 2009 release that introduces the horrors of a fog-laden, dark fantasy land to a whole new generation of gamers. Those who’ve faced its trials and tribulations before, can once again challenge the darkness in stunning visual quality with incredible performance. The remake features improved graphics and animations, sound and lighting tweaks and a reimagining of many of the visual, musical and mechanical aspects of the original game. Read less
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Details

Developers
Bluepoint Games
Publishers
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Genres
Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Event
State of Play: 2024-09-24

Release dates

  • Nov 12, 2020 (Worldwide) PlayStation 5
  • Nov 19, 2020 (Europe) PlayStation 5

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DLC

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Rating distribution

5 stars
326
4 stars
345
3 stars
111
2 stars
19
1 star
13
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Community All Reviews Statuses

gedrickdelfuego

Status gedrickdelfuego Mar 20, 2026

Gave up on Demon's Souls after about 10 hours. The runbacks are brutal enough, but running out of heals and having to farm more is just ridiculous and tedious. I can deal with difficulty but this is such an obvious thing that strikes me as bad game design. I know people love the punishing nature but I can't do it …

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Gave up on Demon's Souls after about 10 hours. The runbacks are brutal enough, but running out of heals and having to farm more is just ridiculous and tedious. I can deal with difficulty but this is such an obvious thing that strikes me as bad game design. I know people love the punishing nature but I can't do it anymore.

I switched to Bloodborne and am having an awesome time, and although the lack of heal refills after death is still present, it's so much more manageable somehow.

It's a shame because I really loved the gameplay of Demon's Souls and the remake looked incredible, but this one single mechanic had me rage quit, list it on eBay, and I had it shipped out the very next morning.

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Nbot91

Status Nbot91 Nov 15, 2025

It was sooo bad, so unbalanced. I don't understand the hype. The souls games are 1000x better. This was really really bad

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Nbot91

Status Nbot91 Jun 11, 2025

One of the worst games I played in 25 years of gaming. I played almost every souls game out there. This one is just horrible, even Dark Souls 2 was at least 10x better. I think it is the easiest game in terms of combat but some concepts are just awful. You died? Not a problem, just run at least …

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One of the worst games I played in 25 years of gaming. I played almost every souls game out there. This one is just horrible, even Dark Souls 2 was at least 10x better. I think it is the easiest game in terms of combat but some concepts are just awful. You died? Not a problem, just run at least 15 minutes each time the same path to the boss again, fun and original xD and so much better than having bon 🔥

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BurningKirby

Status BurningKirby Apr 13, 2023

Just finished my platinum trophy a little ago! It feels great to finally cross this one off my list. Been a souls addict for the better part of a decade now and I never had a chance to play it. Now I can finally say I've finished my Soulsbournekiro Ring platinum trophy collection.

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Will write up a review of it …

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Just finished my platinum trophy a little ago! It feels great to finally cross this one off my list. Been a souls addict for the better part of a decade now and I never had a chance to play it. Now I can finally say I've finished my Soulsbournekiro Ring platinum trophy collection.

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Will write up a review of it in a day or two probably. Just wanted to celebrate a little in the meantime.

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BurningKirby

Status BurningKirby Mar 26, 2023

As a soulsborne addict, it's been a treat to finally get to play through Demons Souls. I made some really good progress today, finishing up a couple of archstones. But does anyone else find it a little disappointing that most of the archstones only have 2 major areas in them? I would have loved like maybe 1 more in each …

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As a soulsborne addict, it's been a treat to finally get to play through Demons Souls. I made some really good progress today, finishing up a couple of archstones. But does anyone else find it a little disappointing that most of the archstones only have 2 major areas in them? I would have loved like maybe 1 more in each to really round out their respective themes, rather than just going straight into another boss.

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americanegg

Status americanegg Dec 31, 2021

I've prepared myself for Elden Ring 20 days earlier than I thought! I beat Demons Souls Remake this month which was the final FromSoft game on my list. I preordered the Collectors Edition so as soon as the game comes out I'll be radio silent.

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Saiyajin

Status Saiyajin May 16, 2021

So annoyed with myself, hit a wall on one of the bosses last night but because I was so tired I resorted to summoning someone to help. Told myself before I started the game I would go for a solo completion but hey ho.

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donnyblot

Status donnyblot May 9, 2021

Ooo here we go... Next game on list right now, my first “official” ps5 exclusive game. I’ve been “trying” to do souls like run where I play different souls like games and try to beat them. Hopefully I can conquer this and enjoy the journey. Let’s see how this goes.

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SIGINT

Status SIGINT Mar 14, 2021

I love the flexibility of how much stuff is available from the start of this game in terms of loot and route decisions. It's nonlinear without being open-world, almost Mega Man-like in terms of potential upgrades and boss order.

Boletarian Palace, "1-1", I think is the best intro level they've done besides Yharnam. Tower of Latria, the jail part, was …

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I love the flexibility of how much stuff is available from the start of this game in terms of loot and route decisions. It's nonlinear without being open-world, almost Mega Man-like in terms of potential upgrades and boss order.

Boletarian Palace, "1-1", I think is the best intro level they've done besides Yharnam. Tower of Latria, the jail part, was extremely fun and had an unexpected Bloodborne-y aesthetic to it. 4th archstone bosses were all great. 5th archstone was kind of a nightmare though and all 3 bosses were underwhelming. Can't win 'em all, I guess.

I cleared a lot of the game this weekend, but I feel like I'm about to hit a wall in terms of my stats and equipment. My most needed upgrade material (Bladestone) is apparently only found through random enemy drops... So annoying... I need to figure out how to item dupe. Lol

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SIGINT

Status SIGINT Mar 13, 2021

Level 1-1: Oh wow, the boss is so close to the spawn point. Wonder if this game always does that. (beats boss first try)

Level 2-1: Oh... oh man... okay.

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And yeah I have a PS5 now thanks to PS Direct, and it’s pretty sick. This and Astro’s Playroom are great so far.

By the way, if anyone wants …

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Level 1-1: Oh wow, the boss is so close to the spawn point. Wonder if this game always does that. (beats boss first try)

Level 2-1: Oh... oh man... okay.

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And yeah I have a PS5 now thanks to PS Direct, and it’s pretty sick. This and Astro’s Playroom are great so far.

By the way, if anyone wants an extra challenge, I can confirm that playing Demon’s Souls via PS5 Remote Play is the Dark Souls of Demon’s Souls.

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kasparius

Status kasparius Nov 30, 2020

I haven’t played a Souls game in a while so I’m a bit rusty, but damn it’s good to play one of these again even when they frustrate. The game is absolutely stunning too.

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