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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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Action

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

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.

DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires is a 2015 Action game priced at $49.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 1674 reviews).

15
playing now
66%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (381 downloads)
3.94★
PlayStation Store rating (43,639 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$49.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 42k–100k copies

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

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99-70%

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 11 of 25 observed days · $2.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3572026-09-15 16:00 — 13 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 21 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 21 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 25 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 24 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 32 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 17 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 21 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 23 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 21 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 27 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 23 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
34118Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 341 · peak 1,031Jul 2015 — avg 82 · peak 142Nov 2015 — avg 58 · peak 153Mar 2016 — avg 67 · peak 227Jul 2016 — avg 58 · peak 123Nov 2016 — avg 45 · peak 116Mar 2017 — avg 56 · peak 108Jul 2017 — avg 65 · peak 149Nov 2017 — avg 46 · peak 124Mar 2018 — avg 40 · peak 106Jul 2018 — avg 44 · peak 85Nov 2018 — avg 30 · peak 71Mar 2019 — avg 47 · peak 150Jul 2019 — avg 28 · peak 50Nov 2019 — avg 34 · peak 79Mar 2020 — avg 71 · peak 265Jul 2020 — avg 25 · peak 47Nov 2020 — avg 27 · peak 47Mar 2021 — avg 26 · peak 46Jul 2021 — avg 32 · peak 63Nov 2021 — avg 24 · peak 49Mar 2022 — avg 19 · peak 36Jul 2022 — avg 20 · peak 47Nov 2022 — avg 49 · peak 138Mar 2023 — avg 21 · peak 47Jul 2023 — avg 39 · peak 97Nov 2023 — avg 19 · peak 43Mar 2024 — avg 24 · peak 47Jul 2024 — avg 28 · peak 89Nov 2024 — avg 34 · peak 92Mar 2025 — avg 25 · peak 50Jul 2025 — avg 19 · peak 39Nov 2025 — avg 27 · peak 59Mar 2026 — avg 25 · peak 54Jul 2026 — avg 20 · peak 43Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 56
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$12.492015-02-272026-10-152015-02-27 — 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 $14.992026-09-03 — best price $49.992026-10-01 — best price $49.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
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

Post-launch support: 21 DLC released, first 2015-02-27, latest 2015-05-19 (Steam store data)

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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