players like ELDEN RING more than DARK SOULS™ III
by where each lands in players' personal rankings
72% put ELDEN RING higher
110 of 152 players who ranked both games have ELDEN RING above DARK SOULS™ III in their own library (84 more own both but never told them apart)
ELDEN RING wins when they meet, too
27 of 37 direct duels went to ELDEN RING, the other 10 to DARK SOULS™ III
37 duels between exactly these two. the verdict above rests on everyone's full rankings; this is only what happened when both were on screen together.
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both tagged Souls-like · Dark Fantasy · RPG · Action RPG
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Players like ELDEN RING more than DARK SOULS™ III, by a few points. ELDEN RING beats 83% of the games in a typical Steam library, which ranks it #11 of 19,275 scored games; DARK SOULS™ III beats 77% and ranks #61 of 19,275. Both are well liked, so this is a question of which one players love more, not whether DARK SOULS™ III is any good. DARK SOULS™ III's score rests on 357 players, ELDEN RING's on 548 players.
Of the 152 players who ranked both games, 72% put ELDEN RING higher in their own library and 28% DARK SOULS™ III. When they meet on screen together, ELDEN RING wins: 27 of 37 direct duels went its way.
70% of DARK SOULS™ III's raters keep it in the top 30% of their own library, against 76% for ELDEN RING. ELDEN RING is the safer pick: 10% of its raters file it in their bottom 40%, against 16% for DARK SOULS™ III.
Both are tagged Souls-like, Dark Fantasy and RPG on Steam; DARK SOULS™ III came out in 2016, ELDEN RING in 2022.
Every score here comes from players duelling games out of their own Steam library, not from reviews or playtime, and this matchup last moved 3 days ago. A new duel on either game can change who wins.
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