Nioh 3
Same formula as Nioh 2 with more content, but players report bad PC stutter and crashes.
82My pick scoreWorth a look
Price
One-time purchase. Price fetched 11 Oct 2026.
CrackWatcher and DRM
Cracked after 1 day. Scene group: Ksenia & Mr.Goldberg. No Denuvo found. Checked on CrackWatcher 11 Oct 2026.
Monetization
From player reviews.
Rank
9 of 55
Tier: Worth a look (65-84)
- Camera3rd person
- Released2026
- ModelBuy once
- Genreaction rpg
- CollectionsLoot Pool, CrackWatcher AAA
The numbers
Fetched
- Steam, all time
- 80%Very Positive · 4,874 reviewsSource: Steam store page, fetched 11 Oct 2026
- Steam, last 30 days
- 63%Mixed · 252 reviewsSource: Steam store page, fetched 11 Oct 2026
- Metacritic critics
- 85Steam page: 85. Critic notes: 86 (approx.).
- OpenCritic
- 85approx.
- CrackWatcher
- CrackedCracked after 1 day.Checked on CrackWatcher 11 Oct 2026. CrackWatcher page
Steam percentages are the share of positive English reviews on the store page. The Steam word, such as Mostly Positive, is Steam's own. Numbers marked approx. come from web search, not from the Steam page.
From an aggregator snippet (gamegeeker).
Critic sources: gamegeeker.com.
What players say
Great combat but widespread, worsening PC optimization problems dominate the negatives.
Players like
- Fluid, deep, flashy combat with samurai/ninja styles
- Open-ended areas welcomed by some
- Loot and difficulty handled better than Nioh 2 (some)
- Long, content-rich
Players dislike
- Severe performance: stutters, CPU spikes, slow-motion bug, crashes
- Seen as step down from Nioh 2; parry/dodge changes
- Messy UI and loot/system overload
- Sudden boss difficulty spikes
