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Nioh 3

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2026-02-05

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionRPG

Franchise: Nioh · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Feb 06, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Feb 06, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In the third game in the dark samurai action RPG series Nioh, you will need to use both Samurai and Ninja combat styles in your battles against formidable yokai as you explore a thrilling open field.

78%
positive of 19k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,532
twitch viewers (latest)
1532.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
39h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 76h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)
Nioh 3 is an action role-playing video game developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo. The third installment in the Nioh series, the game was released for PlayStation 5 and Windows on February 6, 2026. Although its predecessor Nioh 2 (2020) acted as a prequel to the original game, the third installment takes place after all of the events of the previous games.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 532 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~67/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,252 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 12,092 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 385k–866k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,239 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $37.00 at GameBillet (2026-08-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.3k4.3k20262026Week of 2026-02-06: 4,306 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 946 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 1,598 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 453 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 1,024 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 281 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 479 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 148 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 314 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 213 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 184 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-09-04: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

5141782026-06-06 — 313 pageviews2026-06-09 — 353 pageviews2026-06-12 — 254 pageviews2026-06-15 — 321 pageviews2026-06-18 — 240 pageviews2026-06-21 — 268 pageviews2026-06-24 — 235 pageviews2026-06-27 — 259 pageviews2026-06-30 — 251 pageviews2026-07-03 — 206 pageviews2026-07-06 — 282 pageviews2026-07-09 — 220 pageviews2026-07-12 — 219 pageviews2026-07-15 — 211 pageviews2026-07-18 — 222 pageviews2026-07-21 — 261 pageviews2026-07-24 — 200 pageviews2026-07-27 — 253 pageviews2026-07-30 — 228 pageviews2026-08-02 — 236 pageviews2026-08-05 — 242 pageviews2026-08-08 — 258 pageviews2026-08-11 — 268 pageviews2026-08-14 — 211 pageviews2026-08-17 — 258 pageviews2026-08-20 — 356 pageviews2026-08-23 — 356 pageviews2026-08-26 — 283 pageviews2026-08-29 — 243 pageviews2026-09-01 — 256 pageviews2026-09-03 — 273 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95%
earned "Wanderer in Time"
43.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-02-06, latest 2026-08-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)9,6492%64
Steam (Steam)5,3461%64

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.

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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