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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

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

850
playing now
93%
positive of 30k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
40h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 98h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$69.99
steam price (US)

850 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 850 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 6% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 601k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 30,050 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$93.20

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 · at its all-time low (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

3.0k4192026-08-06 22:00 — 462 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1,254 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 2,420 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 555 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1,957 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 2,798 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 641 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2,370 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 2,984 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 565 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1,431 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2,616 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 507 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1,441 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2,633 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 455 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1,203 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 2,569 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 487 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 926 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1,938 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 420 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1,194 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 1,886 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 513 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 681 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 1,236 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 850 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 850 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$93.48$0.002024-12-022026-08-282024-12-02 — best price $58.492025-01-17 — best price $57.392025-01-22 — best price $64.992025-02-03 — best price $62.992025-03-20 — best price $62.992025-04-24 — best price $48.992025-05-09 — best price $57.392025-06-18 — best price $46.892025-06-24 — best price $57.392025-07-10 — best price $62.992025-07-29 — best price $43.992025-08-10 — best price $46.892025-09-15 — best price $43.692025-09-23 — best price $45.492025-10-27 — best price $63.542025-11-29 — best price $43.392025-12-02 — best price $57.392025-12-18 — best price $45.472026-01-06 — best price $57.392026-02-18 — best price $43.112026-02-23 — best price $62.992026-03-20 — best price $41.452026-03-30 — best price $75.992026-05-05 — best price $41.492026-06-04 — best price $41.992026-06-17 — best price $41.852026-06-23 — best price $91.702026-07-09 — best price $62.992026-07-28 — best price $54.522026-07-31 — best price $41.992026-08-04 — best price $55.142026-08-07 — best price $55.172026-08-10 — best price $40.802026-08-13 — best price $92.192026-08-17 — best price $92.722026-08-20 — best price $93.402026-08-24 — best price $93.432026-08-27 — best price $93.202026-08-28 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5891712026-05-30 — 231 pageviews2026-06-02 — 369 pageviews2026-06-05 — 409 pageviews2026-06-08 — 407 pageviews2026-06-11 — 279 pageviews2026-06-14 — 279 pageviews2026-06-17 — 230 pageviews2026-06-20 — 205 pageviews2026-06-23 — 179 pageviews2026-06-26 — 208 pageviews2026-06-29 — 229 pageviews2026-07-02 — 218 pageviews2026-07-05 — 233 pageviews2026-07-08 — 205 pageviews2026-07-11 — 205 pageviews2026-07-14 — 201 pageviews2026-07-17 — 199 pageviews2026-07-20 — 201 pageviews2026-07-23 — 252 pageviews2026-07-26 — 214 pageviews2026-07-29 — 239 pageviews2026-08-01 — 210 pageviews2026-08-04 — 254 pageviews2026-08-07 — 278 pageviews2026-08-10 — 243 pageviews2026-08-13 — 185 pageviews2026-08-16 — 205 pageviews2026-08-19 — 183 pageviews2026-08-22 — 199 pageviews2026-08-25 — 201 pageviews2026-08-27 — 171 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

11702026-08-28 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 73 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 117 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 8 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

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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