Best-in-genre deep combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Its one of the best combat systems ever put to a video game and Team Ninja knows it.”
Steam review · 28.2 h played ↗
Nioh 3
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.2026Action RPG · Souls-like · Action
$69.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
Fast, deep Nioh combat with loot-driven builds and a semi-open world, but PC performance is rough and many series veterans call it a step down from Nioh 2. Skip it if your PC is mid-range.
Great for
Nioh fans and loot-and-combat lovers with a strong PC, solo or in co-op
Main risk
Stutters, slowdowns and crashes on PC, with no performance patches yet
What changed in the last 30 days
99 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews repeatedly cite unfixed performance after months and DLC releases, plus some crashes after updates. Fairly confident, though the cause isn't clearly tied to one patch.
99 recent reviews
What players love
Rewarding semi-open world exploration
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“you can actually make an open world style game where the exploration is rewarding and the collectibles actually do meaningful stuff”
Steam review · 13.1 h played ↗
Samurai/Ninja style switching
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Ninja mode is an absolute joy to use alongside the traditional Samurai style.”
Steam review · 22.5 h played ↗
Deep loot and build customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“tons of build options and challenging bosses”
Steam review · 28.2 h played ↗
Fun seamless co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“The co-op implementation itself is one of the best I've experienced in any game, let alone a soulslike.”
Steam review · 55.3 h played ↗
Great content volume and value
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“The game is at least 48 hours for one playthrough and then there is at least one more.”
Steam review · 50.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor PC optimization and stutter
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“the most unoptimized game i've ever play so far, i can play MHWilds on medium settings with stable 60fps on their launch but this game i couldnt even get a stable 30fps”
Steam review · 89.3 h played ↗
Worse than Nioh 2 overall
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The game isn't bad but such a huge step down from Nioh 2 (which is one of the best action games of all time) in every single category”
Steam review · 75.9 h played ↗
Open world is a boring checklist
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It's quite literally just a big list of chores and collectables I have to get.”
Steam review · 22.9 h played ↗
Unfair bosses, poor visual clarity, lost inputs
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“the visual clarity, already poor in previous titles, is worse than anything I've ever seen in a real video game.”
Steam review · 102.3 h played ↗
Samurai/Ninja split and locked weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Splitting off half the weapons and locking them behind one style is a baby-brained response to "there's too many weapons/skills"”
Steam review · 51.5 h played ↗
Recycled enemies, bosses and assets
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“except for the bosses in Nioh 3, almost everything—and I mean everything—is recycled from the previous two games.”
Steam review · 82.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported125 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10400, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6 cores / 12 threads or higher
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 VRAM 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Rev. 2.0) VRAM 6GB
Storage125 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10600K, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6 cores / 12 threads or higher
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VRAM 8GB, AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT VRAM 12GB
Storage125 GB available space
OSWindows® 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10400, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6 cores / 12 threads or higher
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 VRAM 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Rev. 2.0) VRAM 6GB
Storage125 GB available space
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