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DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires cover art

DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2015-02-26

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Franchise: Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Feb 27, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Nov 24, 2015 (PlayStation Vita), Feb 24, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Nov 09, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 24, 2015 (Xbox One), Feb 26, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires is part of the "Empires" series, in which you aim to conquer ancient China using both strategy and the one warrior versus one thousand tactical action the WARRIORS series is known for.

23
playing now
66%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 42k–100k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,674 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2019-10-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days · $37.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

4482026-08-11 18:00 — 36 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 20 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 25 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 22 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 22 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 38 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 24 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 23 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 28 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 25 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 34 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 44 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 17 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$12.492015-02-272026-08-272015-02-27 — best price $49.992015-06-22 — best price $49.992015-12-01 — best price $49.992016-01-29 — best price $49.992016-05-20 — best price $49.992016-09-26 — best price $49.992016-12-22 — best price $19.992017-02-13 — best price $49.992017-04-21 — best price $49.992017-07-18 — best price $49.992017-11-23 — best price $20.002018-01-04 — best price $49.992018-06-22 — best price $17.492018-11-20 — best price $19.992019-02-04 — best price $14.992019-03-07 — best price $14.992019-10-21 — best price $49.992020-08-19 — best price $49.992021-04-27 — best price $49.992022-05-09 — best price $49.992023-01-16 — best price $16.992023-07-13 — best price $49.992024-02-19 — best price $49.992024-10-07 — best price $49.992024-12-19 — best price $16.992025-01-25 — best price $16.992025-04-24 — best price $14.992025-06-10 — best price $14.992025-09-15 — best price $13.492025-12-18 — best price $13.492026-02-10 — best price $12.992026-04-23 — best price $12.992026-07-27 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
77.7%
earned "Crushing Victory"
21.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only Option21 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS3 (PlayStation)6,7215%48
Xbox One (Xbox)2,8001%48
Steam (Steam)1,9064%48
Xbox One (Xbox)589%48

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGAnimeCo-opMusouActionStrategyHistoricalBeat 'em upLocal Co-OpSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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