Archive EntryPreservation Record
Dark Souls III
Shelf markLIB-0131
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2016Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- Dark Souls III
- Release
- April 11, 2016
- Developer
- FromSoftware, Inc.
- Publisher
- FromSoftware, Inc. · Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Medium
- Digital edition · Steam
- Subjects
- Action · Digital Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Steam digital edition · Bandai Namco Entertainment build
- Condition Report
- Account-bound license on the archive Steam account. No physical media is part of this accession.
- Acquisition
- Digital acquisition · July 2026
- Filed
- August 8, 2026
Acquisition Record
How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.
- Source
- Steam
- Acquired through
- Digital library holding
- Entered
- August 8, 2026
- Steam App ID
- 374320
Technical record
- Holding reference
steam-374320- Provenance reconciled
- August 8, 2026
- Recorded playtime
- 30 hours 7 minutes
- Store listing
- Steam store listing
Curator Notes
Collection Documentation
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Windows PC through Steam under archive custody
- Original Hardware
- PC · Steam digital edition
- Playback Compatibility
- Continued access requires the archive account and Steam’s ongoing support for the title. Online features may depend on Bandai Namco / FromSoftware services.
- Preservation Concerns
- Account-bound digital holdings face platform dependency. Online co-op and matchmaking face elevated service risk. No offline installer is held.
- Edition History
- Steam release dated April 11, 2016. This accession records the licensed digital edition in custody.
- Access Status
- Playable from the archive Steam library for as long as that license and the required services remain intact.
Connections
- Series
- Dark Souls
- Related Archive Entries
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.
Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0131.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Official artwork entered
Steam library artwork filed under the Library accession path.
Editorial revision
Catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for publication.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the Bloodsoaked Library
Digital accession curated from Steam custody and set to Catalogued · Permanent Record.