The Dark Souls trilogy is a series of action role-playing games developed by FromSoftware, a Japanese development studio.
Each title has numerous similarities in terms of the overall style of gameplay and design, but each one has a distinct difference to its game play that the other two lack.
The first, Dark Souls I, is much more rigid, with a lot more focus on shield play and defensive styles.
Dark Souls II is a lot more about planning out how one fights, both through increased build options and more importance placed on mechanics such as stamina management.
Dark Souls III, inspired heavily by Bloodborne, a similar game released by FromSoftware the previous year, has much more focus on speed, and an overall more aggressive play style.


Release Dates

Game	Release Date
Dark Souls	September 22nd, 2011
Dark Souls II	March 11th, 2014
Dark Souls III	March 24th, 2016