DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires
Skip · Action · 2021
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.96/hr
- Reviews▼
- 49% of 1,958
- Genre rank
- Top 100% Action
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 15.3h
- To 100%
- 51.6h 3.4x the story
- Achievements
- 39
Price and sales
- Sales
- 25 on record
- Typical cut
- 40% off
- Steam low
- $29.99 July 2025
- Sale every
- 53d last November 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 52 now
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 1% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
80% start to 5% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 25 times in the 5 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 40 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today's $29.99 at 50 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. Sons of Valhalla ($19.99, scores 16) outscores it, and so does Gladio and Glory (free, scores 70). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 13 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2022 to October 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,368 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 609 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 28 percent of the 215 reviews written there were positive, against 49 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 15.3 hours; clearing it takes 52, which is 3.4 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
DW8E is better. It has more diverse customization, and kingdoms aren't nearly as tedious to manage. There are some nice mechanics changes here, like actual weapon customization and upgrades carrying over to other playthroughs, but the base gameplay loop itself is very frustrating because you're constantly being invaded with low manpower.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
i would've preferred the open world mechanic with a game like this, i think it would've been a lot more interesting. i have very mixed feelings about this game - it's very hit or miss and i couldn't play it past earning all the achievements as gameplay can get quite stale after doing all of the scenarios. i also think the edit mode is egregiously lacking in options for armour pieces to the point where i just started...
Highly recommended if you love roleplaying and creating your own adventure/story. One of my most wonderful experiences is creating a Malay mercenary (via character creator), and then joining up with Dong Zhuo, participating in near endless conflicts. Sometimes attacking, sometimes defending, all round chaos. Heck, I even became best buds with the big tyrant himself (Dong Zhuo) and battle bros with Lu Bu and Hua...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
A new release in the Empires series, featuring a mix of thrilling action and country capturing simulation. Experience the human drama of the Three Kingdoms in a way only Empires can provide. Fight exciting Castle Sieges and manipulate the country's Politics. Welcome to the Empires experience!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760（2GB） / AMD Radeon R7 370（4GB）or over, 50 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1341200/dynasty-warriors-9-empiresReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.