Nioh 3

Nioh 3

Skip · RPG · 2026

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 37, under the fair line, at $69.99.

Length
27.1h
Value
$2.58/hr
Reviews
78% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.

Recent reviews trending down: 57% over the last 30 days against 78% all-time.

Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
27.1h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
61.5h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$2.58
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$69.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
78%
19,503 reviews, as of Sep 26
Metacritic
85
critic score
Released
2026

Minimum on the Steam store: 16 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 VRAM 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Rev. 2.0) VRAM 6GB, 125 GB of storage. Windows only.

In the third game in the dark samurai action RPG series Nioh, you will need to use both Samurai and Ninja combat styles in your battles against formidable yokai as you explore a thrilling open field.
Description from the Steam store page.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Value$2.58/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews78% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Recent reviews57% (30 days)
Trending down vs lifetime, a small dip
For context
Length27 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds11 of 800 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

The value story

The lowest price on record is $39.89, set in September 2026. Its cuts run 29 percent off as a rule. There have been 5 in the 12 months tracked, about 6 weeks apart.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 36 percent on value. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 68 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Nioh: Complete Edition ($49.99, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Rise of the Ronin ($49.99, scores 9).

Players rate it 78 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 57 percent. Something recent has soured the room. This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 11 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2026 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 53 percent of the 603 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.

Finishing takes 27.1 hours; clearing it takes 62, which is 2.3 times the campaign.

The drop-off

95% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

Players

774 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 23:46 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Nioh 3 scores 37/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3681010/nioh-3
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Reviews 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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.

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Critics vs players-7
Critics
85
Players
78
Critics and players agree on this one.
Metacritic critics · 19,503 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperKOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
PublisherKOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
GenreRPG
Released2026
Achievements64