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DYNASTY WARRIORS 9

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2018-02-13

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Action

Franchise: Dynasty Warriors · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 13, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Feb 13, 2018 (Xbox One)

Experience the thrill of one versus thousands in an all new open world setting with DYNASTY WARRIORS 9! Travel through Ancient China depicted on a single, vast, open-world map, master the new State Combo System, and watch the Three Kingdoms story unfold through a cast of 90 playable characters!

DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 is an Action game released in 2018, priced at $44.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (36% of 10215 reviews).

31
playing now
36%
positive of 10k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
51/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
3.47★
PlayStation Store rating (12,908 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$44.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Dynasty Warriors 9 is a 2018 hack and slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo. It was released in February 2018 for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One.

Trailer

DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 trailer thumbnail

Dynasty Warriors 9 Official Launch Trailer

≈428,406 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 31 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 75 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,461 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 256k–614k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,227 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $31.49 at Steam (2020-05-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.9k2.9k20182026Week of 2018-02-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2,881 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

46122026-09-15 12:00 — 36 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 30 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 28 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 16 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 43 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 21 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 20 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 30 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 33 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 30 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 46 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k23Feb 2018Aug 2026Feb 2018 — avg 1,292 · peak 3,578May 2018 — avg 164 · peak 478Aug 2018 — avg 85 · peak 206Nov 2018 — avg 159 · peak 976Feb 2019 — avg 109 · peak 235May 2019 — avg 109 · peak 271Aug 2019 — avg 82 · peak 194Nov 2019 — avg 90 · peak 245Feb 2020 — avg 134 · peak 278May 2020 — avg 105 · peak 245Aug 2020 — avg 115 · peak 272Nov 2020 — avg 67 · peak 162Feb 2021 — avg 86 · peak 167May 2021 — avg 230 · peak 661Aug 2021 — avg 101 · peak 222Nov 2021 — avg 77 · peak 269Feb 2022 — avg 69 · peak 148May 2022 — avg 129 · peak 445Aug 2022 — avg 56 · peak 114Nov 2022 — avg 58 · peak 134Feb 2023 — avg 79 · peak 206May 2023 — avg 65 · peak 168Aug 2023 — avg 53 · peak 117Nov 2023 — avg 47 · peak 103Feb 2024 — avg 68 · peak 172May 2024 — avg 58 · peak 137Aug 2024 — avg 65 · peak 170Nov 2024 — avg 63 · peak 215Feb 2025 — avg 51 · peak 147May 2025 — avg 28 · peak 64Aug 2025 — avg 38 · peak 89Nov 2025 — avg 31 · peak 78Feb 2026 — avg 34 · peak 73May 2026 — avg 29 · peak 65Aug 2026 — avg 29 · peak 65
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$74.99$0.002018-02-132022-04-212018-02-13 — best price $53.992018-04-20 — best price $47.992018-07-20 — best price $68.172018-08-20 — best price $66.582018-09-24 — best price $59.992018-11-05 — best price $0.002019-02-04 — best price $59.992019-08-29 — best price $59.992019-11-18 — best price $67.532020-01-20 — best price $67.952020-02-08 — best price $67.322020-02-13 — best price $74.992020-03-27 — best price $53.992020-05-06 — best price $0.002020-06-20 — best price $44.992020-06-24 — best price $0.002020-08-05 — best price $0.002020-08-09 — best price $0.002020-08-19 — best price $44.992020-10-03 — best price $0.002020-10-14 — best price $0.002020-10-23 — best price $44.992020-11-07 — best price $0.002020-11-14 — best price $0.002020-11-30 — best price $0.002020-12-07 — best price $0.002020-12-16 — best price $0.002021-01-01 — best price $0.002021-01-13 — best price $0.002021-01-30 — best price $0.002021-02-05 — best price $44.992021-02-11 — best price $0.002021-03-03 — best price $0.002021-03-10 — best price $0.002021-05-02 — best price $74.252022-03-01 — best price $45.532022-03-12 — best price $39.102022-04-21 — best price $37.68
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

238732026-05-29 — 122 pageviews2026-06-02 — 158 pageviews2026-06-06 — 153 pageviews2026-06-10 — 148 pageviews2026-06-14 — 102 pageviews2026-06-18 — 103 pageviews2026-06-22 — 110 pageviews2026-06-26 — 77 pageviews2026-06-30 — 90 pageviews2026-07-04 — 96 pageviews2026-07-08 — 86 pageviews2026-07-12 — 95 pageviews2026-07-16 — 83 pageviews2026-07-20 — 92 pageviews2026-07-24 — 103 pageviews2026-07-28 — 123 pageviews2026-08-01 — 103 pageviews2026-08-05 — 96 pageviews2026-08-09 — 122 pageviews2026-08-13 — 99 pageviews2026-08-17 — 102 pageviews2026-08-21 — 113 pageviews2026-08-25 — 117 pageviews2026-08-29 — 93 pageviews2026-09-02 — 90 pageviews2026-09-06 — 123 pageviews2026-09-10 — 90 pageviews2026-09-14 — 100 pageviews2026-09-18 — 84 pageviews2026-09-22 — 112 pageviews2026-09-26 — 138 pageviews2026-09-30 — 172 pageviews2026-10-04 — 238 pageviews2026-10-07 — 153 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
29.7%
earned "New Allies"
10.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera Comfort159 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 100 DLC released, first 2018-02-13, latest 2019-04-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)14,89417%44
Xbox One (Xbox)2,5796%44
Steam (Steam)2,0489%44

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGAnimeCo-opMusouActionAdventureAction RPGHistoricalOpen WorldBeat 'em up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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