Nioh 3

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• Recommended Posted February 17, 2026 on Steam This was my first time playing Nioh, meaning I haven't played the previous parts. I really didn't know what to expect but I'm really happy I decided to buy this game. Definitely one of the best games I've ever played. They really put some effort in making this story, the surroundings, the character designs and even the outfits to get a real traditional Japanese feeling. The missions, the exploring and the collecting of every item available is so much fun...and it's really nice to see yourself grow in strength and skill througout the gameplay. Clearing out areas or camps with enemies or defeating waves of bosses is very thrilling and well designed. A really nice feature, for when you're struggling...is to summon a visitor (or 2), real people who like to help others...so if you want some help defeating that hard boss...that might be an option. However...if you like the challenge and want to become really powerful and skilled, you could try to take down the bosses on your own. I really like that the game let's you decide the difficulty for yourself this way. When I finished the game in Heir's journey I learned that a new game mode was available to turn things up a notch, The Shogun's Journey. At first I was sceptical but they made it very attractive to play the harder gamemode as well. So I went for Shogun mode too. New challenges, some other enemies and a lot more difficulty with levels up to 200+. Really a game that keeps you entertained for many many hours, even after completing everything. For example by helping others... Enjoy! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⣶⣿⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⢠⡀⣸⣤⣾⣿⣿⣦⣠⣿⠀⡀⠀⠠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡷⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡇⠀⢰⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣀⣾⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣧⡆⢀⠀⢰⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⣴⣯⣘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢁⣦⢰⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣇⣹⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣿⠀⢀⣀⡄⢀⠤⢄⡴⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡿⣽⡯⡏⢹⣿⠾⣝⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡰⢁⢞⡟⠁⠀ ⠀⢀⡔⠂⠓⢬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⡓⠒⠁⠀⠐⢛⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⠀⢀⡞⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠸⡀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠃⢠⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⢀⡾⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⢹⣇⠀⠀⢶⣹⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠸⣿⠏⠈⠹⢿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠉⠉⠉⢿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⡏⠀⢰⢸⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠈⠿⡆⠠⡀⢣⠻⣿⣷⠀⠀⢠⣿⡄⠀⠀⠘⣿⡋⠀⠀⢀⣤⣤⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠰⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠏⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢠⢸⠀⢿⣄⠑⠘⢿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⣠⣿⣷⠀⣀⣼⣿⡏⠀⣾⣿⡇⠀⠀⠉⣉⡀⠀⠘⢸⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠸⠀⠀⢸⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⠘⠒⣿⣿⣿⠀⢿⣿⠟⠁⠀⢀⣿⠇⠀⢠⣼⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣠⠃⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⣀⣿⣿⡀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⢀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠘⢧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠤⠾⣅⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠷⠦⠄ ⠀⠀⠈⠝⠛⠛⡟⠉⣿⡿⠃⣠⣟⠛⠋⢉⣿⣿⣿⣀⡉⢀⣤⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣯⣟⣿⣿⣻⠙⢲⠶⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣇⡸⡁⣁⠀⣷⠉⠉⡏⢹⣿⡿⣿⡁⠁⢀⣀⣾⣹⣿⣿⣿⠿⡉⠈⢿⣏⣿⡷⠿⣀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢉⡀⡇⣄⣉⣁⣄⣹⢊⣉⣛⣁⣈⣉⣀⣻⣙⣿⣇⣀⣉⣤⣾⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠬⡉⠀⠁⠈⡉⠉⢧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠉⠛⠛⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
• Recommended Posted February 6, 2026 on Steam [h1]25 hours on the demo[/h1] I played the demo quite a bit, and i tried some things during the wait for the main game. I now have a few hours past that content, so i can comment and give my recommend. [h3]This is not a souls game[/h3] Easy mistake to make. It has paced combat and resource management with periodic check points. Nioh 3 is based on loot progression not character stats. It has character stats and scaling, but they mostly determine what equipment you can use and NG(new game) power. Many players will tell you the real game starts in NG+ when gearing becomes a madhouse of perks, skills, and theory craft. Gear drops, you mod it and tweak it and level it up to be perfect for the type of game you are playing. [h3]Immediately after the demo[/h3] You can play the demo so i dont have to tell you too much, but i saw some comments in the forums, so ill speak on what i saw. Some players opined that the open world is no good, and missions are boring. After the demo each area of the open field is sort of like a stage of Nioh 1 or 2. They are less open and more traditional feeling, except that they are connected to each other. Maisaka is probably the first place you will go and at the far end of it is a cave. Its part of the open field but it is an enormous dungeon with multiple levels and paths and lots of hidden goodies. After finishing it, it becomes a battle scroll mission. Battle scroll missions are traditional Nioh style sessions. They have a clear start and finish with a boss. These old fashioned missions are still here, but they are also here in the open field as a part of your seamless play. The demo should be enough to tell you if you enjoy the moment to moment. After the demo it just gets more complex. [h3]I recommend it[/h3] Know what you are buying. I have hundreds of hours in all the souls games and elden ring. I have nioh 1 and 2, so i knew this was not the same thing. Its similar enough, but so different that all i can really say is try the demo. I absolutely recommend the game for people who like exploring, action games, looters, and even anime fans. A stray thought id like to share. . . At one moment i was playing as ninja sneaking behind bandits and assassinating them and i thought to myself, "this feels like when i played Tenchu almost 30 years ago." It was a good feeling.
• Recommended Posted February 10, 2026 on Steam I could say that I prefer the level design, story, and general vibes of Nioh 2 more but...man I don't even think that matters at this point. Every time I play a new Nioh game its like coming home again, or putting on the most form fitting glove of your life, or eating your favorite food from your childhood that mom used to make. Its one of the best combat systems ever put to a video game and Team Ninja knows it. The thrill of the fight is like crack, and I can never have enough. I love this series so much and I never want it to stop.
• Recommended Posted March 24, 2026 on Steam Nioh 3 is a game I like but struggle to love. Where Nioh 2 was one of those perfect sequels that does everything right and perfectly expands on everything you loved before, Nioh 3 goes in bold new directions that don't always hit the mark. I think this is a good and fun game, but it's a step back overall from what came before in many ways. Firstly, the gameplay. It's Nioh, so you know it's the cream of the crop when it comes to action combat in a soulslike. In terms of new additions, your large arsenal of potential weapons have been split in two; ninja style and samurai style, with samurai being the classic Nioh styled gameplay with ki pulses and stances and ninja being a fast, agile style with rechargeable ninja skills that can vary from projectiles to traps and are pretty fun to use. This new two style combat system compliments itself perfectly with samurai bringing the power and ninja bringing the utility; is what I would say if that was true but in reality ninja is just infinitely better than samurai. Not only is it much more ki efficient, despite having no ki pulse to restore ki it uses significantly less ki for its moves; it has a much better dodge that can restore ninja skills making it the better defensive option. It has no lack of offense either, as it's more than entirely replaced low stance by still having the power of mid stance, making your offense much faster than almost anything offered in samurai style. You're faster, stronger, have the better dodge and to top it all off still have the ninjitsu which offers even more offensive utility, unless you really love one of the samurai weapons it doesn't really feel worth using it. For me, I loved the tonfa in the first two games, which are now a ninja exclusive weapon which railroaded me into mostly playing ninja which really highlighted the imbalance here. Originally I was playing both stances off and on but eventually playing as the samurai just stopped feeling worth it. Other than this change the combat is mostly the same as Nioh 2, jumping is a positive new addition for both traversal and combat options; still the pinnacle of soulslike combat, just a little more confused this time around. The story is really unremarkable, I quite liked the story and characters of the first two games but seeing the same characters return for a third time is just starting to feel lazy, and the narrative centering around time hopping to different periods of ancient Japan mostly just makes it all feel disjointed, disconnected, and like most of what's happening isn't really that important. The player character is left in a confusing middle state between the typical silent custom character and actually being a guy, which doesn't help the disconnected feeling. Sometimes they'll talk or form their own thought, but most of the time they're just blankly standing there not saying, doing, or thinking anything and having it both ways makes it stand out more when they're just idling their brain. A contentious point has been every game in this genre pivoting towards open world formulas since Elden Ring, and as someone who also really doesn't like open worlds, I too was fearful of this aspect but was glad to find it mostly unobtrusive here. When Elden Ring came out I did one hundred percent completion, several playthroughs back to back, and was able to enjoy it because I had the important locations memorized at the time. Trying to go back to play the game again a few years later, I just couldn't stand all the riding around looking for things off the main path; open worlds just don't sit well with me and I prefer a more structured design. Fortunately in Nioh 3, the design is less 'one giant open world' and more three giant, really really big levels with several missions and areas to explore inside. There's a fairly straightforward main path to follow that will often lead you across the many sub-paths and side quests and other areas and bosses, while never feeling like you need to blunder around or waste time running across a bunch of nothingness waiting to find the fun stuff to do. You do have to do some exploring to unlock some skills for your weapons which feels like just taking content away from you that was available in the previous games to pad out the world with, but it's really not that bad as they're pretty easy to get and mean you're meaningfully rewarded when you do poke around. The real benefit to this structure, of course, is it gives you lots of time to enjoy the great soundtrack. Performance was a little shaky for me, I don't have the best computer in the world as you can see from my specs, but should have been able to maintain 60fps and for the most part I did, with occasional dips though the main issue for me was pop-in; sometimes areas and objects just in front of me would pop in and out of existence which was pretty distracting. Overall, it's a good game. I mean, it's just more Nioh, and Nioh rocks. This is still the best combat in the genre, it's fun to move around and jump and traverse areas; if Nioh 2 didn't exist, this would be an ideal sequel. Unfortunately, Nioh 2 does exist, and with so much reuse from it in this game the most important recommendation I can make is to play Nioh 2. If Nioh 3 is your first Nioh game, play Nioh 2. If you've never played a Nioh game and are on the fence with this one, play Nioh 2. If you played Nioh and Nioh 2 and just want more Nioh, Nioh 3 delivers. It lacks real innovation in moving the series forward, but gives you a good serving of Nioh for the Nioh starved.
• Recommended Posted February 14, 2026 on Steam [h1] Nioh 3: Monumental, Magnificent, and Marginally Overstuffed [/h1] After years of refinement, Team Ninja has finally delivered their magnum opus, a game where the legendary combat system has been honed to absolute perfection. This is the series at its most confident, most polished, and most exhilarating. The combat is simply flawless. Building on everything that worked before, Nioh 3 introduces the brilliant duality of Samurai and Ninja styles, letting you switch between traditional stance-based warfare and lightning-fast aerial acrobatics on the fly. The depth is staggering, the flow is intoxicating, and the feeling of mastering its rhythm is unmatched. This is the absolute peak of the series' mechanical design. https://youtu.be/llA3DynUO7Y The move to interconnected open zones transforms exploration into a genuine joy. Exploration is genuinely rewarding, with every hidden path, enemy base, and optional boss feeding into a satisfying progression loop that constantly makes you stronger. The world is vast - almost too vast. I wouldn't have minded if they trimmed it slightly, because the progression system starts to lose its magic halfway through. When you've already unlocked most of your toolkit, the later hours can feel like going through the motions rather than genuine growth. Enemy variety is solid, with a good roster of foes to test your skills. However, the number of truly new enemies is surprisingly limited. The main story bosses, however, are spectacular- epic, challenging, and beautifully designed encounters that rank among the series' finest.The story? Sadly, it's the weakest link. Despite the ambitious time-travel premise, the narrative feels rushed and forgettable compared to previous entries. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3665504063 One persistent annoyance: the back hitbox for critical strikes in Ninja stance is infuriatingly small. Time and again, you'll position yourself perfectly behind an enemy, ready for those juicy critical hits, only to land regular, non-critical strikes instead because the game doesn't register your position as "behind." The hitbox for what counts as an enemy's back is absurdly narrow. After much frustration, I discovered a small life hack: always aim slightly left of the enemy's spine. For some reason, that's where the game actually recognizes you as being behind them. In a game this precise, such a finicky mechanic is genuinely frustrating. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3664366478 [h1] Despite its flaws, Nioh 3 stands as the series' crowning achievement. It takes everything that worked in its predecessors, polishes it to a brilliant sheen, and delivers the definitive Nioh experience. If you're new to the series, you can absolutely start here without missing a beat—it's that complete, that refined, that monumental. A flawed masterpiece that still soars higher than any game in the franchise before it. [/h1]
• Not recommended Posted May 18, 2026 on Steam Why is there still a VRAM leak 3 months after launch? What are the devs even doing? I literally had a 3080 Ti burn up on me playing this game on launch so I waited a while before coming back to see if they'd yknow, actually fix it. But nope, as you play the VRAM usage steadily climbs even on low settings. Lovely.