Faithful nostalgic remaster
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“It feels like the PS2 version I remember, just with graphics that belong in 2026.”
Steam review · 15.9 h played ↗
DYNASTY WARRIORS 3: Complete Edition Remastered
Worth buying? What 202 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 202 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.2026Hack and Slash · Wargame · RPG
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A faithful DW3 remaster with modern visuals and toggleable QoL features, keeping the old difficulty and cheesy voice acting. Skip it if you came from Origins or dislike dated, punishing archers.
Great for
Longtime PS2-era Dynasty Warriors fans who want classic DW3 with optional modern comforts
Main risk
Dated, punishing combat (archers, blocking officers, stun-lock) that disappoints Origins-era newcomers
What players love
Cheesy voice acting and great music
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Thank goodness they did not Update the music and Voice Acting its peak!”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Toggleable classic and modern options
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“all of it can be turned off individually to choose what parts of the original you prefer”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
Aggressive troops and real challenge
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Finally a DW game where troops aren't just a decoration and they can hit you and actually able to kill you.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Good performance and optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Runs smooth as butter on my specs too! Definitely one of the better optimized UE5 games this year for sure”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Quality-of-life improvements
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“when you fail a battle (either if you die or the leader of the battle dies), you don't have to restart at the very beginning. This is a gamechanger.”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Overtuned enemies, blocking and stun-lock
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Officers incessantly blocking my TRUE MUSOU MID MUSOU makes me not want to play anymore.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Dated, shallow gameplay vs. modern Musou
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Fundamentally, DW3 is really outdated.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Poor performance and unit pop-in
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Performance isn't great, but holy God the pop-in for units is atrocious.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Weak voice acting and sound design
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The voice acting, and sound design is beyond horrible.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
No online co-op or Remote Play
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“REMOTE PLAY IS NOT POSSIBLE.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Brutal archers
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“archers having machine gun ROF and doing a tenth of your HP in one hit? No way.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support60 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 11, 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-8700 or better, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or better
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (VRAM 6GB) or better, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (VRAM 6GB) or better, Intel Arc A380 (VRAM 6GB) or better
Storage60 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 11, 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-10700K or better, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or better
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (VRAM 8GB) or better, AMD Radeon RX 6700XT (VRAM 12GB) or better
Storage60 GB available space
OSWindows® 11, 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-8700 or better, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or better
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (VRAM 6GB) or better, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (VRAM 6GB) or better, Intel Arc A380 (VRAM 6GB) or better
Storage60 GB available space
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