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Way of the Samurai 4 cover art

Way of the Samurai 4

ACQUIRE Corp. · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2015-07-23

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 21, 2012 (PlayStation 3)

Way of the Samurai 4 takes place in the humble port town of Amihama during the mid 19th Century, several years after the arrival of the “black ships” from the West ended Japan’s long history of cultural isolation.

Way of the Samurai 4 is an Action and Adventure game released in 2015, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 2,083 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-04

20
playing now
77%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (2.0k downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$24.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Way of the Samurai 4 is a video game developed by Acquire and published by Spike for the PlayStation 3. It was released in Japan on March 3, 2011.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 104 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 52k–125k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,083 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.49-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at GOG (2021-01-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 24 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4672026-09-14 22:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 23 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 33 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 34 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 46 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 23 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 14 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 20 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 28 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2900Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2015 — avg 290 · peak 921Dec 2015 — avg 120 · peak 310Apr 2016 — avg 38 · peak 73Aug 2016 — avg 31 · peak 58Dec 2016 — avg 56 · peak 126Apr 2017 — avg 22 · peak 44Aug 2017 — avg 23 · peak 47Dec 2017 — avg 32 · peak 76Apr 2018 — avg 14 · peak 31Aug 2018 — avg 18 · peak 48Dec 2018 — avg 18 · peak 40Apr 2019 — avg 15 · peak 30Aug 2019 — avg 15 · peak 31Dec 2019 — avg 34 · peak 68Apr 2020 — avg 21 · peak 47Aug 2020 — avg 19 · peak 39Dec 2020 — avg 20 · peak 42Apr 2021 — avg 17 · peak 41Aug 2021 — avg 19 · peak 42Dec 2021 — avg 15 · peak 35Apr 2022 — avg 15 · peak 35Aug 2022 — avg 13 · peak 28Dec 2022 — avg 18 · peak 40Apr 2023 — avg 15 · peak 36Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 28Dec 2023 — avg 19 · peak 41Apr 2024 — avg 17 · peak 46Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 23Dec 2024 — avg 17 · peak 39Apr 2025 — avg 13 · peak 33Aug 2025 — avg 24 · peak 60Dec 2025 — avg 14 · peak 30Apr 2026 — avg 25 · peak 57Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$2.492015-07-162026-10-082015-07-16 — best price $14.992015-12-01 — best price $24.992016-01-15 — best price $12.492016-05-10 — best price $12.492016-09-08 — best price $12.492017-01-12 — best price $12.492017-05-11 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $9.992018-07-25 — best price $6.242018-09-25 — best price $24.992018-12-20 — best price $7.492019-03-12 — best price $24.992019-07-09 — best price $24.992019-09-12 — best price $24.992019-12-11 — best price $7.492020-03-30 — best price $12.492020-08-05 — best price $7.492020-12-16 — best price $6.242021-03-22 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $7.492023-02-16 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $7.492024-06-27 — best price $7.492025-01-16 — best price $2.492025-06-27 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-09-11 — best price $2.492026-10-05 — best price $2.492026-10-08 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

74212026-05-30 — 33 pageviews2026-06-03 — 45 pageviews2026-06-07 — 33 pageviews2026-06-11 — 33 pageviews2026-06-15 — 38 pageviews2026-06-19 — 28 pageviews2026-06-23 — 40 pageviews2026-06-27 — 56 pageviews2026-07-01 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 43 pageviews2026-07-09 — 33 pageviews2026-07-13 — 51 pageviews2026-07-17 — 46 pageviews2026-07-21 — 45 pageviews2026-07-25 — 44 pageviews2026-07-29 — 41 pageviews2026-08-02 — 53 pageviews2026-08-06 — 21 pageviews2026-08-10 — 34 pageviews2026-08-14 — 41 pageviews2026-08-18 — 37 pageviews2026-08-22 — 41 pageviews2026-08-26 — 36 pageviews2026-08-30 — 60 pageviews2026-09-03 — 37 pageviews2026-09-07 — 74 pageviews2026-09-11 — 42 pageviews2026-09-15 — 50 pageviews2026-09-19 — 34 pageviews2026-09-23 — 22 pageviews2026-09-27 — 30 pageviews2026-10-01 — 39 pageviews2026-10-05 — 47 pageviews2026-10-08 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
82.5%
earned "First Kill"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing8 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2015-07-23, latest 2015-07-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,9501%50

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

3DRPGJRPGActionSandboxAction RPGHistoricalOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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