DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires is part of the "Empires" series, in which you aim to conquer ancient China using both strategy and the one warrior versus one thousand tactical action the WARRIORS series is known for.
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Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
13 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
Availability
We put this game to every storefront we collect. A market that answered not sold has told us something about the game; a market we never asked has not, and the two are never drawn the same.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.57/day in the week to Jul 30 → 0.43/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 25 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 10 places towards #1, and the 2,413 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Xbox publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $49.99 | 1.7Kreviews | 66% | — | $2.2M |
| $49.99 | 43.6Kratings | 79% | — | not modelled | |
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 59 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
This is my comfort game, and I play it on multiple consoles. My wife and I call it the "taking over China" game, and we play it together on rainy days. I have dumped so many hours creating custom characters/factions and pitting them against each other, and whether you play as a ruler or just fight battles under the computer's ruler, the game is just so damn satisfying. I feel like this was the peak of the franchise.
The game suffers from severe technical issues on my PC. The quick save feature does not work properly. Every time I press the quick save button, the game takes me back to the main menu, and all of my progress is lost. I then tried using manual saves instead, but after playing for about four hours, the game crashed. When I relaunched it, all of my progress from those four hours was gone. I checked my save files and found that my last save should have been at 10:54 PM, but the game had only recorded a save from 10:22 PM.
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13 on sale2 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask
The 2 “not sold” markets are read from the Steam price pass of Sep 12: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price in those. The 13 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, Japanese*, Traditional Chinese*languages with full audio support
| $49.99 |
| 1.4Kratings |
| 80% |
| — |
| not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 59 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
A hidden gem in gaming. If you like Warriors games already, this is a must. It is a very cool aspect, being able to be the ruler of an empire over the DW officers. Extremely well done in this version too. Probably the best Empires game as most everything seems well thought-out and smooth.
[h1][b] Reseña de DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires[/b][/h1] [h2]Resumen del Juego[/h2] DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires es el clásico Musou de “hola, soy un ejército de una sola persona” pero con traje de estratega: conquistas territorios, administras tu imperio y luego vas personalmente a repartir cariño con una lanza a 500 NPCs que claramente firmaron un contrato para perder. Es Acción en tercera persona, de hack and slash descarado, con ese sabor histórico-anime donde todo el mundo habla de honor… mientras tú haces malabares con cuerpos. La primera impresión es la de siempre: entras, eliges (o creas) personaje, te lanzan a una batalla enorme y te das cuenta de que tu mayor enemigo no es el general rival… es tu propia necesidad de ver números subir. Y sí, tiene cooperativo local/pantalla partida y Remote Play Together, así que puedes arruinar amistades discutiendo quién se quedó con “mi” base. [h2]Lo Heroico y lo No Tan Imperial[/h2] Lo Bueno: Personalización de personajes : si no puedes ganar la guerra, al menos puedes verte increíble perdiéndola (o ganándola, da igual). Acción Musou satisfactoria : combos, masas, caos… el “hack and slash” aquí es una religión. Cooperativo local / pantalla (com)partida : perfecto para gritarle a alguien en tu sala por “no capturar el punto”. Dificultad ajustable : para que tu ego sobreviva o para que por fin te castiguen como mereces. Logros y tablas de clasificación : porque nada dice “vida equilibrada” como optimizar una invasión por 0.3 segundos. Lo No Tan Bueno: Compatibilidad parcial con mando : esa frase suele significar “funciona… hasta que no”. Poca vida multijugador online : 20 jugadores actuales… básicamente una reunión familiar con espadas. La fórmula puede sentirse repetitiva : si vienes buscando sorpresa constante, te equivocaste de dinastía. Pantalla partida puede volverse un caos visual : más cuando el juego decide llenar todo de efectos y soldados. “Comodidad de la cámara” : suena bonito en la lista, pero en batallas grandes igual terminas peleando contra el encuadre. [h2]Tabla de Evaluación[/h2] [table] [tr][th]Aspecto[/th][th]Puntuación (0-10)[/th][th]Comentario[/th][/tr] [tr][td]Jugabilidad[/td][td]7[/td][td]Musou sólido: pegarle a multitudes sigue siendo terapéutico.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Dificultad / IA[/td][td]6[/td][td]Ajustable, sí; brillante, no. Mucho “muere por estadística”.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Contenido[/td][td]7[/td][td]Entre conquista y personajes, hay horas; variedad real, discutible.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Gráficos / Video[/td][td]6[/td][td]Cumple, pero no esperes que te caiga la mandíbula.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Historia[/td][td]6[/td][td]Más excusa para invadir que narrativa memorable.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Ambientación[/td][td]7[/td][td]Ese toque histórico-anime funciona, aunque sea exageradísimo.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Efectos (VFX)[/td][td]6[/td][td]Mucho brillo y golpes; a veces más ruido que impacto.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Música[/td][td]8[/td][td]Gran banda sonora: te vende épica aunque estés farmeando.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Voces[/td][td]6[/td][td]Funcionan, pero no cargan el juego en la espalda.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Diversidad[/td][td]7[/td][td]Opciones de personaje y protagonista femenina: bien ahí.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Rendimiento[/td][td]6[/td][td]Correcto en general, pero batallas grandes pueden ponerse pesadas.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Rejugabilidad[/td][td]7[/td][td]El loop de conquista engancha… si toleras la repetición.[/td][/tr] [tr][td][b]Total Puntuaciones (Bueno)[/b][/td][td][b]6.6[/b][/td][td]Un Musou competente con ambición “Empires”, pero no es el salvador del género.[/td][/tr] [/table] [h2]Conclusión (Bueno)[/h2] DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires es como una comida rápida que sabe exactamente a lo que esperas: te llena, te gusta, y luego te preguntas por qué sigues aquí… hasta que vuelves a pedir otra ronda. La mezcla de Acción hack and slash con capa estratégica de conquista funciona, especialmente si disfrutas la fantasía de ser un huracán humano con agenda política. Ahora, el elefante en la sala: 20 jugadores actuales. Eso no es “comunidad activa”, es “club de lectura” pero con espadas. Aun así, con 1408 recomendaciones totales, queda claro que el juego tiene su público fiel: gente que sabe a lo que viene y no necesita que le reinventen la rueda, solo que gire y aplaste soldados. [h3]Recomendación de Compra (Recomendado con reservas)[/h3] Puntuación Total: 6.6/10 Número de jugadores activos al momento de hacer esta review: 20 Descuento máximo registrado: N/A Veredicto: [i]Bueno: divertido, repetitivo, y sorprendentemente adictivo si te gusta conquistar mapas a golpes.[/i] Si quieres un Musou con personalización y sabor “conquista tu imperio”, aquí hay material de sobra para pasarla bien, sobre todo en cooperativo local. Si buscas online vibrante, innovación constante o una IA que te haga sudar por talento y no por números, mejor ven con expectativas bajas… como los soldados que te ven venir.
I can only recommend it if you've been playing dynasty warriors for a long time. Way too many issues with controls and crashes for someone who hasn't played before. It crashes if you just tab out of it and not even alt+f4 can close it. Poorly ported to pc, save very often.
It's a poorly made port. Do better KOEI.
Game riddled with bug technical glitches and bad optimization from weapon going invisible and flickering to them turning into other weapons rapidly and depending on the camera angle you can't tell where the blasted hit box is..
My nostalgia and immersion were destroyed by Japanese voice over with English subtitles. How lazy! At least make the voice overs in Chinese Mandarin. The lack of keybind customization is annoying, as is two sets of controls for two player on the keyboard. Lazy!
Visual upgrade from DW8XL is nice. I do enjoy this one overall. It does a terrible job explaining the gameplay. I was allowed to select objectives that i couldnt complete right from the start. It also indicates that it is Cloud Saving but it does not.
didn't like how the game doesn't work :/
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