Since its first release over eight years ago, its PvP community has continued to be active and long-lasting after all these years. RELATED: Dark Souls 3: Weapons That Make The Game Too Easy (& How To Obtain Them) The iconic and defining challenges in the Dark Soulsseries have made a cultural impact over the years and have inspired a new genre of 'Souls-like' games like Code Vein, The Surge, and Remnant: From The Ashes. Renowned for its difficulty, the series is now often used as a base comparison for more modern challenging games.