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DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 cover art

DYNASTY WARRIORS 9

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

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

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!

24
playing now
36%
positive of 10k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
51/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$44.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 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 11% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 255k–613k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,215 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

55112026-08-06 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 49 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 41 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 35 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 54 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 36 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 55 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 53 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 43 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 24 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 45 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 20 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 25 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

266632026-05-29 — 122 pageviews2026-06-01 — 113 pageviews2026-06-04 — 197 pageviews2026-06-07 — 256 pageviews2026-06-10 — 148 pageviews2026-06-13 — 102 pageviews2026-06-16 — 94 pageviews2026-06-19 — 103 pageviews2026-06-22 — 110 pageviews2026-06-25 — 63 pageviews2026-06-28 — 115 pageviews2026-07-01 — 106 pageviews2026-07-04 — 96 pageviews2026-07-07 — 115 pageviews2026-07-10 — 99 pageviews2026-07-13 — 91 pageviews2026-07-16 — 83 pageviews2026-07-19 — 116 pageviews2026-07-22 — 93 pageviews2026-07-25 — 123 pageviews2026-07-28 — 123 pageviews2026-07-31 — 108 pageviews2026-08-03 — 128 pageviews2026-08-06 — 93 pageviews2026-08-09 — 122 pageviews2026-08-12 — 109 pageviews2026-08-15 — 99 pageviews2026-08-18 — 95 pageviews2026-08-21 — 113 pageviews2026-08-24 — 109 pageviews2026-08-25 — 117 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

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.

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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