DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%2025

$69.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A reinvented Musou with deep parry/dodge combat and huge battles, but it's a solo story game with one mute hero. Skip it if you want a big roster, co-op or free mode.

Great for

Musou fans and newcomers who want deeper parry/dodge combat and massive battles in a single-player story

Main risk

Expecting a classic Dynasty Warriors with a big roster, co-op and free mode, then getting one hero and endless cutscenes

What changed in the last 30 days

33 recent reviews

Recent negative reviews cite the high regional price, cutscene-heavy pacing, a save-loss complaint and the very hard Lu Bu fight. Evidence is limited and no single new bug stands out.

33 recent reviews

What players love

Best Dynasty Warriors in years / great series revival

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“I genuinely believe this is the single best game in the franchise so far.”
Steam review · 25.3 h played ↗

“After the release of Dynasty Warriors 9 I was afraid for the future of this franchise, but with this installment I am sure that Koei Tecmo can keep this franchise alive for much longer.”
Steam review · 94.2 h played ↗

Engaging story and likable characters

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“It made you understand the characters deeper than the previous games.”
Steam review · 43.8 h played ↗

“Story's dope you're hooked the whole time and good replayability as you're able to go back mid game”
Steam review · 48.5 h played ↗

Deep parry and dodge combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“The combat is fun, engaging, and satisfying, especially if you enjoy parry and dodge mechanics.”
Steam review · 287.9 h played ↗

“The combat system itself appears to be another button-mashing experience. But it isn't. This is the best part of the game by far.”
Steam review · 239.3 h played ↗

“The combat stayed true to the classics but got deeper: blocks, parries and dodges let you fight however you like.”
Steam review · translated · 52.1 h played ↗

Massive, spectacular battles

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“I have never seen a hack-and-slash game (or "Musou" game, for the experts) that can generate so many enemies on one screen with such stable performance.”
Steam review · 42.1 h played ↗

“Hundreds of enemies on screen, a feeling of real large-scale battle and that 'one against a thousand' atmosphere — that's why I love the series.”
Steam review · translated · 42 h played ↗

Distinct weapons and battle arts

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Each weapons feels distinct, and it's actually great to spend the time to specialize in each of them.”
Steam review · 130.3 h played ↗

“Each weapon can equip up to 4 battle arts, some weapon specific, to spend a resource called bravery on.”
Steam review · 32.6 h played ↗

Lots of content and good newcomer entry

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“Lots of content and incredibly well paced. It is my first DW game and it was a great experience.”
Steam review · 58.5 h played ↗

“This is a great entry in the series, the best place to start for someone new”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗

What players complain about

Repetitive, bloated gameplay and useless allies

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“This is just a large scale battle simulator with very little variance from one battle to the next.”
Steam review · 15.7 h played ↗

“Your allies are always and forever useless.”
Steam review · 42.1 h played ↗

Only one protagonist, no roster

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Can only play as the nameless protagonist”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

“10 weapons TOTAL vs previous games having 50-170 unique characters/move-sets to play with.”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗

“characters differ only in looks, everyone has the same weapons and the same animations.”
Steam review · translated · 16.4 h played ↗

Overpriced for what you get

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“While it's a good game it is not $70 good.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗

“Definitely not worth $70 and it's actually a little outrageous that its sold at that.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗

Weak, pointless story and dialogue choices

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Dialogue options are pointless. "Yes" vs "Affirmative" kind of answers.”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗

“Every cutscene someone is just waiting on their turn to jack the protagonist off with words.”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗

Too many cutscenes and dialogue

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“you will sit through about 30 minutes of cut scenes before you can enter the next battle, which takes maybe 5-10 minutes on average.”
Steam review · 41.2 h played ↗

“Unfortunately, I cannot stand how many freaking cutscenes are baked into the experience.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗

Crashes and freezes on PC

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“It has crashed 8 times in 86 minutes and I just can't make any progress.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

“There's a freezing issue that can happen at any point in the game. If it happens in the middle of a battle, you'll lose all your progress.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows® 10/11 64-bit

ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 or higher, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or higher

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (VRAM 6GB) or better, AMD Radeon RX 590 (VRAM 8GB) or better

Storage50 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows® 10/11 64-bit

ProcessorIntel Core i7-7700K or higher, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X or higher

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (VRAM 8GB) or better, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (VRAM 8GB) or better

Storage50 GB available space

OSWindows® 10/11 64-bit

ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 or higher, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or higher

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (VRAM 6GB) or better, AMD Radeon RX 590 (VRAM 8GB) or better

Storage50 GB available space

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