Dark Souls III is a 2016  developed by  and published by  for , , and . It is the fourth overall entry of the  and the final installment of the Dark Souls trilogy.

It is an  played in a . Players have access to various weapons, armour, magic, and  that they can use to fight their enemies.  serve as checkpoints. The Estus Flask is the consumable used for healing in Dark Souls III. Ashen Estus Flasks restore focus points (FP), which can be used for magic or weapon arts. , the creator of the series, returned to direct the game after handing the development duties of Dark Souls II to others in FromSoftware.Dark Souls III is an action role-playing game played in a third-person perspective, similar to previous games in the series. According to lead director and series creator , the game's gameplay design followed "closely from ". Players are equipped with various weapons to fight against enemies, such as bows, throwable projectiles, and swords. Shields can act as secondary weapons, but they are mainly used to deflect enemies' attacks and protect the player from suffering damage. Each weapon has two basic types of attack, one being a standard attack and the other being slightly more powerful that can be charged up, similar to FromSoftware's previous game, . In addition, attacks can be evaded through dodge-rolling. , which serve as checkpoints, return from previous instalments. Ashes, according to Miyazaki, play an important role in the game