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Way of the Samurai 3 cover art

Way of the Samurai 3

ACQUIRE Corp. · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2016-03-23

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 13, 2008 (PlayStation 3), Nov 13, 2008 (Xbox 360), Mar 23, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Honour, sacrifice, betrayal… Your choices make you who you are. How will history remember you? Choose your friends and enemies carefully in a game where every decision has far-reaching consequences, and where finishing the game is just the beginning of your journey…

Way of the Samurai 3 is an Action and Adventure released in 2016, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 908 reviews).

9
playing now
74%
positive of 908 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (243 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Way of the Samurai 3 is a video game made by Acquire, released by Spike on November 13, 2008, in Japan. It was released for PlayStation 3, and later ported to the Xbox 360. It is the sequel of the PlayStation 2 games Way of the Samurai and Way of the Samurai 2. A sequel, Way of the Samurai 4, was released for the PlayStation 3 in 2011.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 111 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 908 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at GOG (2021-01-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2842026-09-15 00:00 — 15 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 21 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 24 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
603Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 60 · peak 227Jul 2016 — avg 17 · peak 49Nov 2016 — avg 8 · peak 32Mar 2017 — avg 6 · peak 15Jul 2017 — avg 13 · peak 38Nov 2017 — avg 8 · peak 25Mar 2018 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2018 — avg 12 · peak 33Nov 2018 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2019 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2019 — avg 9 · peak 23Nov 2019 — avg 6 · peak 21Mar 2020 — avg 6 · peak 14Jul 2020 — avg 12 · peak 33Nov 2020 — avg 8 · peak 22Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2022 — avg 7 · peak 22Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38Jul 2024 — avg 12 · peak 33Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 23Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Jul 2025 — avg 33 · peak 114Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 27Mar 2026 — avg 29 · peak 76Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992016-03-232026-09-092016-03-23 — best price $15.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-06-23 — best price $7.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-06-04 — best price $7.992018-08-02 — best price $19.992018-10-01 — best price $19.992018-12-13 — best price $5.992019-03-04 — best price $5.992019-05-06 — best price $19.992019-07-19 — best price $5.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $5.992020-01-31 — best price $19.992020-05-27 — best price $5.992020-08-08 — best price $19.992020-11-27 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $7.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-04-28 — best price $5.992022-09-20 — best price $19.992023-02-16 — best price $5.992023-05-08 — best price $19.992023-12-18 — best price $5.992024-05-06 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-01-30 — best price $19.992025-06-08 — best price $3.992025-09-08 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-05-05 — best price $19.992026-09-05 — best price $1.992026-09-09 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

82302026-05-30 — 63 pageviews2026-06-03 — 54 pageviews2026-06-07 — 51 pageviews2026-06-11 — 42 pageviews2026-06-15 — 30 pageviews2026-06-19 — 31 pageviews2026-06-23 — 35 pageviews2026-06-27 — 51 pageviews2026-07-01 — 34 pageviews2026-07-05 — 51 pageviews2026-07-09 — 44 pageviews2026-07-13 — 59 pageviews2026-07-17 — 50 pageviews2026-07-21 — 56 pageviews2026-07-25 — 78 pageviews2026-07-29 — 45 pageviews2026-08-02 — 53 pageviews2026-08-06 — 36 pageviews2026-08-10 — 37 pageviews2026-08-14 — 37 pageviews2026-08-18 — 44 pageviews2026-08-22 — 40 pageviews2026-08-26 — 48 pageviews2026-08-30 — 72 pageviews2026-09-03 — 42 pageviews2026-09-07 — 82 pageviews2026-09-11 — 52 pageviews2026-09-15 — 55 pageviews2026-09-19 — 41 pageviews2026-09-23 — 35 pageviews2026-09-27 — 32 pageviews2026-10-01 — 37 pageviews2026-10-05 — 44 pageviews2026-10-08 — 38 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
77.1%
earned "Killer"
8.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, French

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2016-03-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)4,8246%51
PS3 (PlayStation)3,11911%51
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,0556%50
Xbox 360 (Xbox)2,4622%50
Steam (Steam)2,1241%50

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGFunnyActionSandboxAction RPGHistoricalOpen WorldStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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