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Honkai Impact 3rd
Honkai Impact 3rd - Ultimate anime action made real! HD cel-shading, infinite combos, explosive feedback... Experience next-gen real-time action! An original tale told across media, immersive stage events, star-studded voice cast... Become part of the legend!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “memorable long-running narrative” (10 of 59 reviews); the most common complaint is “Steam account restrictions” (6). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
What the most-helpful reviewers agree on
10 of the 59 reviews raise this.
“Honkai Impact 3rd is a game that is beautiful with a cast of attractive Valkyries in anime form. It has a interesting story that actually shows some neat lil anime scenes here and there. But if you are a player that can…”
“The ONLY reason i'm not playing on Steam is becasue the account isn't linked to my pre-existing Hoyo account. I've been playing this game for several years now through the official launcher and there's lots I CAN say,…”
“Very good and interesting story! The gameplay isn't for everyone, but I personally like it! The rewards given in early game are good, but after they're really limited and buns :(”
4 of the 59 reviews raise this.
“Im a new player only 5 days in. On boarding, especially all the downloading is a nightmare, had to do the full assets twice, the update came out of nowhere and was a pain to download and install despite being only 3.2…”
“Very good and interesting story! The gameplay isn't for everyone, but I personally like it! The rewards given in early game are good, but after they're really limited and buns :(”
“It's a gacha, so that sucks, but the game play is a lot of fun if you get a character that you like.”
3 of the 59 reviews raise this.
“Honkai Impact 3rd is a game that is beautiful with a cast of attractive Valkyries in anime form. It has a interesting story that actually shows some neat lil anime scenes here and there. But if you are a player that can…”
“I love the visuals of gameplay, art throughout the story and different characters. I joined when pardofelis released and I've F2P throughout my whole time playing. Apart from missing the occasional new battlesuit…”
“Very nice story. Nice waifus Playing the game on max graphics preset at 60fps. Although at HD resolution still looks amazing.”
3 of the 59 reviews raise this.
“First day and I already got every character I have to lvl 24....without spending a dime, as a wise man once said "On macro, I wanted to be the filthiest rat possible by stacking every coupon, every crate, every credit,…”
“The ONLY reason i'm not playing on Steam is becasue the account isn't linked to my pre-existing Hoyo account. I've been playing this game for several years now through the official launcher and there's lots I CAN say,…”
“I love the visuals of gameplay, art throughout the story and different characters. I joined when pardofelis released and I've F2P throughout my whole time playing. Apart from missing the occasional new battlesuit…”
3 of the 59 reviews raise this.
“First day and I already got every character I have to lvl 24....without spending a dime, as a wise man once said "On macro, I wanted to be the filthiest rat possible by stacking every coupon, every crate, every credit,…”
“Very good and interesting story! The gameplay isn't for everyone, but I personally like it! The rewards given in early game are good, but after they're really limited and buns :(”
“I love the visuals of gameplay, art throughout the story and different characters. I joined when pardofelis released and I've F2P throughout my whole time playing. Apart from missing the occasional new battlesuit…”
6 of the 59 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ from a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ butt ass game 6 hours of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ download and logging into the game because it has ♥♥♥♥ optimization and u noy only have to spåend 3 hours downloading it from steam u have to SPENT ANOTHER…”
“Recently redownloaded and now they want age verification? No thanks”
“The ONLY reason i'm not playing on Steam is becasue the account isn't linked to my pre-existing Hoyo account. I've been playing this game for several years now through the official launcher and there's lots I CAN say,…”
4 of the 59 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Honkai Impact 3rd is a game that is beautiful with a cast of attractive Valkyries in anime form. It has a interesting story that actually shows some neat lil anime scenes here and there. But if you are a player that can…”
“While I have heard amazing things about this game especially considering that it is a gacha game unfortunately I found it clunky and confusing to navigate. I felt very overwhelmed in my time playing with everything…”
“Im a new player only 5 days in. On boarding, especially all the downloading is a nightmare, had to do the full assets twice, the update came out of nowhere and was a pain to download and install despite being only 3.2…”
Counted across 59 English reviews (the 59 most helpful) · as of 2026-09-26
“Been playing this game since 2019 something: I got hooked up on it, lost many of my lovely accounts, especially one with Asuka on it, took a break, started playing after a while and got hooked up on it again, recommend it <3”
— a player, Steam review · 391 hrs played“Peak game, Peak story, Peak OST. One of the games that made me cry.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“I recommend downloading the game or playing the game on the HoyoPlay app instead, because it restricts you to a steam account so even though I have an account already, I'd have to restart everything (Unless anybody has a fix)”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Anime · Action · Adventure · RPG · Action RPG · Story Rich · JRPG · Shooter · 3D Fighter · Lore-Rich · Singleplayer (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · In-App Purchases · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Simplified Chinese |
| Official site | https://honkaiimpact3.hoyoverse.com/global |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 x64 Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-6100 or AMD FX-6300 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space