Deep, fast stance-based combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Switching between high, mid, and low stances mid fight adds a layer of tactical depth that keeps encounters engaging.”
Steam review · 232.1 h played ↗
Nioh: Complete Edition
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.2017Souls-like · Action · RPG
$49.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
Deep, fast Souls-like with Diablo-style loot and great stance combat. Skip it if you dislike one-shot deaths, repetitive levels, grinding, or playing on keyboard.
Great for
Players who want deep technical combat, build crafting and loot grinding, and who have a controller
Main risk
Brutal one-shot difficulty, repetitive levels and bosses, and a console-style PC port with poor keyboard support
What changed in the last 30 days
62 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews cite unfair balance, hitboxes, a save-loss crash after the final boss, and poor PC performance and controls. Reasons are mixed, so we're only moderately sure.
62 recent reviews
What players love
Rich build variety and customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the combat is tight and responsive with lots of depth, and the build variety is huge.”
Steam review · 88 h played ↗
Addictive Diablo-style loot
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Good soulslike with diablo-like loot, very enjoyable.”
Steam review · 38.8 h played ↗
Atmospheric Sengoku Japan setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The enemy design draws heavily from Japanese folklore to create creatures that feel both authentic and unsettling.”
Steam review · 232.1 h played ↗
Satisfying challenge and mastery
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“I love the gameplay loop of dying, learning, and eventually improving.”
Steam review · 63.7 h played ↗
Huge amount of content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“has alot of replayability, its truly a game to be played multiple times.”
Steam review · 191 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unfair one-shot deaths and artificial difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Almost everything one shots you, stun-locks you, or ganks you. The game is artificially hard to make it more souls like.”
Steam review · 75.4 h played ↗
Repetitive enemies, bosses and reused levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“same maps for side quest, same enemies, same bosses, over and over”
Steam review · 77.8 h played ↗
Poor keyboard and mouse support, controller-only prompts
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The button layout is for controllers, so on PC it's hard to know what buttons you even need to press because it only teaches you the controller buttons.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Bad level design and unfair double-boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Absolute garbage map design.”
Steam review · 101.8 h played ↗
Poor performance, stutter and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Constant stuttering and frame freezing.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Brutal endgame and DLC difficulty spike
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“there is such a huge, masochistic gap in difficulty between base-game and post/dlc that it just ruins the experience.”
Steam review · 111.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported80 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5 3550 or over
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 VRAM 3GB or over AMD Radeon™ R9 280 VRAM 3GB or over
Storage80 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i7 4770K or over
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 VRAM 6GB or over AMD Radeon™ R9 380X VRAM 4GB or over
Storage80 GB available space
OSWindows® 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5 3550 or over
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 VRAM 3GB or over AMD Radeon™ R9 280 VRAM 3GB or over
Storage80 GB available space
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