Dark Souls
is a series of action role-playing games developed by FromSoftware. The series began with the release of "Demon's Souls" for the PlayStation 3 in 2009, and was followed by "Dark Souls" and its sequels, "Dark Souls II" and "Dark Souls III", in the 2010s. The series' creator, Hidetaka Miyazaki, served as director for each of them with the exceptions of "Dark Souls II" and the externally developed "Demon's Souls" remake.