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SAMURAI WARRIORS 5 cover art

SAMURAI WARRIORS 5

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2021-07-26

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Action

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

Releases: Jun 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 27, 2021 (Xbox One), Jun 24, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jun 24, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

A new SAMURAI WARRIORS begins. After a 7-year wait, a new instalment in the tactical action series "SAMURAI WARRIORS" is finally here!

11
playing now
82%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Samurai Warriors 5 is a hack and slash game by Koei Tecmo, and a reboot of the Samurai Warriors series, part of the long-running Warriors series of hack and slash games published by Koei Tecmo. As a "fresh re-imagining" of the franchise, the game features an all-new storyline, revamped character designs, and a new visual presentation. It was released in Japan in June 2021 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, with a worldwide release in July for those platforms and PC via Steam. A version for Amazon Luna was made available on June 30, 2022.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 29% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,567 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$81.64

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $18.67 at IndieGala Store (2026-06-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $82.53 · on sale 63 of 87 observed days · $41.32 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

3862026-08-11 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 38 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 28 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 19 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 20 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 11 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$81.80$24.252021-06-242026-08-282021-06-24 — best price $59.992022-04-27 — best price $38.992022-07-07 — best price $59.992022-09-26 — best price $59.992023-01-05 — best price $59.992023-05-03 — best price $31.192023-07-14 — best price $50.702023-12-21 — best price $25.802024-02-19 — best price $49.492024-06-27 — best price $24.362024-09-24 — best price $24.492024-10-27 — best price $53.882024-11-20 — best price $53.882024-12-19 — best price $24.362025-01-16 — best price $53.882025-02-01 — best price $53.882025-02-24 — best price $53.992025-03-08 — best price $50.702025-03-29 — best price $50.702025-04-22 — best price $50.702025-05-16 — best price $50.702025-06-04 — best price $50.702025-07-11 — best price $50.702025-08-09 — best price $53.882025-09-12 — best price $53.882025-11-14 — best price $50.702026-02-09 — best price $24.362026-03-27 — best price $53.882026-05-24 — best price $53.992026-06-20 — best price $53.882026-07-15 — best price $79.952026-07-26 — best price $79.622026-08-04 — best price $34.622026-08-13 — best price $80.722026-08-22 — best price $81.802026-08-28 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

113422026-05-30 — 57 pageviews2026-06-02 — 60 pageviews2026-06-05 — 89 pageviews2026-06-08 — 113 pageviews2026-06-11 — 64 pageviews2026-06-14 — 82 pageviews2026-06-17 — 54 pageviews2026-06-20 — 66 pageviews2026-06-23 — 61 pageviews2026-06-26 — 52 pageviews2026-06-29 — 59 pageviews2026-07-02 — 51 pageviews2026-07-05 — 51 pageviews2026-07-08 — 63 pageviews2026-07-11 — 58 pageviews2026-07-14 — 66 pageviews2026-07-17 — 45 pageviews2026-07-20 — 47 pageviews2026-07-23 — 58 pageviews2026-07-26 — 59 pageviews2026-07-29 — 76 pageviews2026-08-01 — 70 pageviews2026-08-04 — 70 pageviews2026-08-07 — 67 pageviews2026-08-10 — 64 pageviews2026-08-13 — 55 pageviews2026-08-16 — 49 pageviews2026-08-19 — 45 pageviews2026-08-22 — 61 pageviews2026-08-25 — 50 pageviews2026-08-27 — 47 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
96.4%
earned "First Blood"
25.6%
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 CardsCustom Volume Controls18 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)8,2205%56
Steam (Steam)1,5215%56
Xbox One (Xbox)1,2475%56
Switch (Nintendo)360%0

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

Player tags

AnimeCo-opMusouNinjaActionHistoricalBeat 'em upLocal Co-OpMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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