Dark Souls III: The Ringed City

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City is the second DLC expansion for Dark Souls III, released in March 2017. It introduces the Ringed City, a new area at the world's edge where the Age of Fire is ending. The…

83 27 March 2017

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City is an adventure developed by FromSoftware, released 27 March 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 6.7 hrs to finish.

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What Dark Souls III: The Ringed City is

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City is an adventure game developed by FromSoftware and released in 2017. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

As the world draws toward its final days, the undead warrior known as the Ashen One journeys to the Dreg Heap, a vast and collapsing landscape where the ruins of once-great kingdoms from countless different eras have crumbled together at the very end of time. Amid this decaying convergence, the Ashen One follows the trail of a mysterious figure named Gael, whose path leads ever deeper toward a fabled destination. That destination is the Ringed City, an ancient and long-hidden place bound up with the legend of the Pygmies, the shadowy ancestors of humanity itself. Descending through the wreckage of fallen ages toward this forgotten city at the world's end, the Ashen One presses on in search…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Dark Souls series

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City is the 20th of 25 entries we hold in the Dark Souls series. The next entry was Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition in 2017. Its critic score of 83 is almost exactly the series average of 85. The highest-rated entry is Dark Souls at 91.

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How it was received

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 105 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 6.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 12 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD® FX-6300 and NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 750 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 7950. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City launched on 27 March 2017, within three weeks of Mass Effect: Andromeda, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition and Zero Escape: The Nonary Games. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dark Souls III: The Ringed City yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Parents

Dark Souls III

24 March 2016

Quick answers

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City — frequently asked questions

When did Dark Souls III: The Ringed City come out?

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City was released on 27 March 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Dark Souls III: The Ringed City?

At minimum, Dark Souls III: The Ringed City needs Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD® FX-6300, NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 750 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 7950 graphics, 25 GB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Dark Souls III: The Ringed City?

The main story of Dark Souls III: The Ringed City takes around 6.7 hrs, or 12 hrs for 100% completion.

How many GB is Dark Souls III: The Ringed City?

The PC version needs about 25 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("25 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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