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DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2025-01-16

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ActionRPGStrategy

Franchise: Dynasty Warriors · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 17, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 14, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 17, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jan 22, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

Become immersed in exhilarating battles as a nameless hero in the Three Kingdoms

DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS is an Action, RPG, Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $69.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (93% of 30158 reviews).

797
playing now
93%
positive of 30k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
31
Nexus mods (50k downloads)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (15,020 ratings)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 85% recommend · from 176 critics
40h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 98h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)

797 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Dynasty Warriors: Origins is a 2025 hack and slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo. The tenth installment in the Dynasty Warriors series, it was released for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S on January 17, 2025. Upon release, it received generally positive reviews from critics and sold 1 million units by February. It was released on Nintendo Switch 2 on January 22, 2026.

Trailer

DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS trailer thumbnail

Dynasty Warriors: Origins - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

≈424,020 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 797 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 348 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,450 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 610k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 30,478 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $40.80 at GameBillet (2026-08-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $93.48 · on sale 62 of 77 observed days (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of February 2025 (#1)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.1k5.1k20252026Week of 2025-01-14: 5,108 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 342 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 2,145 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 219 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 1,433 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 962 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 569 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 495 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 316 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 219 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 270 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 366 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 700 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.8k3342026-09-15 12:00 — 1,378 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 334 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 765 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,850 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 640 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 792 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 1,267 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 869 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 843 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 2,223 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,392 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 423 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1,489 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 2,288 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 596 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1,837 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 2,849 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 470 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 1,316 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2,617 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 636 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 885 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1,709 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 797 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
29k1.2kJan 2025Aug 2026Jan 2025 — avg 29,186 · peak 69,318Feb 2025 — avg 12,702 · peak 41,503Mar 2025 — avg 4,705 · peak 12,271Apr 2025 — avg 2,465 · peak 7,019May 2025 — avg 2,104 · peak 5,630Jun 2025 — avg 1,907 · peak 4,847Jul 2025 — avg 1,799 · peak 4,813Aug 2025 — avg 2,474 · peak 7,122Sep 2025 — avg 1,705 · peak 4,853Oct 2025 — avg 1,875 · peak 4,967Nov 2025 — avg 1,654 · peak 5,099Dec 2025 — avg 1,907 · peak 4,945Jan 2026 — avg 3,733 · peak 21,281Feb 2026 — avg 3,262 · peak 8,746Mar 2026 — avg 1,780 · peak 5,621Apr 2026 — avg 1,177 · peak 2,969May 2026 — avg 1,218 · peak 3,267Jun 2026 — avg 1,399 · peak 3,652Jul 2026 — avg 1,241 · peak 3,278Aug 2026 — avg 1,208 · peak 3,127
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
22222026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 4 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 11 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 22 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 11 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 15 new positive2026-10-04: 20 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 15 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 12 new positive2026-10-08: 11 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 9 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 5 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 7 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-12: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 19 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 3 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$93.48$0.002024-12-022026-10-092024-12-02 — best price $58.492025-01-20 — best price $69.992025-02-01 — best price $69.992025-03-20 — best price $62.992025-04-28 — best price $48.492025-06-10 — best price $43.992025-06-24 — best price $57.392025-07-11 — best price $57.392025-08-09 — best price $44.092025-09-15 — best price $43.692025-10-06 — best price $62.992025-11-18 — best price $43.452025-12-02 — best price $57.392025-12-19 — best price $43.482026-02-10 — best price $41.452026-02-23 — best price $62.992026-03-26 — best price $62.992026-04-24 — best price $41.452026-06-04 — best price $41.992026-06-18 — best price $62.992026-06-26 — best price $42.622026-07-28 — best price $54.522026-08-01 — best price $41.952026-08-06 — best price $55.272026-08-10 — best price $40.802026-08-14 — best price $92.312026-08-19 — best price $92.702026-08-24 — best price $93.432026-08-28 — best price $0.002026-09-25 — best price $0.002026-10-09 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5891712026-05-30 — 231 pageviews2026-06-03 — 589 pageviews2026-06-07 — 342 pageviews2026-06-11 — 279 pageviews2026-06-15 — 274 pageviews2026-06-19 — 272 pageviews2026-06-23 — 179 pageviews2026-06-27 — 236 pageviews2026-07-01 — 205 pageviews2026-07-05 — 233 pageviews2026-07-09 — 206 pageviews2026-07-13 — 188 pageviews2026-07-17 — 199 pageviews2026-07-21 — 207 pageviews2026-07-25 — 214 pageviews2026-07-29 — 239 pageviews2026-08-02 — 271 pageviews2026-08-06 — 207 pageviews2026-08-10 — 243 pageviews2026-08-14 — 234 pageviews2026-08-18 — 171 pageviews2026-08-22 — 199 pageviews2026-08-26 — 193 pageviews2026-08-30 — 236 pageviews2026-09-03 — 232 pageviews2026-09-07 — 237 pageviews2026-09-11 — 235 pageviews2026-09-15 — 260 pageviews2026-09-19 — 261 pageviews2026-09-23 — 293 pageviews2026-09-27 — 328 pageviews2026-10-01 — 477 pageviews2026-10-05 — 362 pageviews2026-10-08 — 287 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8102026-10-01 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-15 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 10:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
97.2%
earned "The First Battle"
22.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyStereo SoundSurround SoundSteam Cloud3 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2025-01-17, latest 2026-01-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)7,1147%56
Steam (Steam)5,6874%56
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,9542%56
Switch 2 (Nintendo)1180%0

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

3DRPGMusouActionWargameStrategySwordplayAction RPGControllerDating Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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