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Way of the Samurai 3

Way of the Samurai 3

Honour, sacrifice, betrayal… Your choices make you who you are. How will history remember you? Choose your friends and enemies carefully in a game where every decision has far-reaching consequences, and where finishing the game is just the beginning of your journey…

Released Mar 23, 2016 Developer ACQUIRE Corp. Publisher Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. Platforms Windows ActionOpen WorldJRPGAction RPGChoose Your Own Adventure
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

80.3%positive692 reviews
Recommended · 22 found this helpful

“WHY DOESNT THIS GAME HAVE A BIGGER CULT FOLLOWING? This game isn't the best game ever. It's not even the best of its generation. But there's a sincerity here that you don't see anywhere else. I haven't played anything in a while that was so unabashedly itself. It's opaque at…”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“This game has an ending for killing every npc in the entire game.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Not recommended · 10 found this helpful

“Good game 7/10. but " dump crash '' dump crash '' dump crash '' dump crash ''”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:12 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

5playing at last check
1024-hour peak
227all-time peak
0 50 100 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 60 avg · Mar 2016

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

50achievements
8.9%median completion
0.9%rarest: Ninja Stance Mastery
77.1% of players 68.0% of players 58.5% of players 54.6% of players 40.6% of players 34.7% of players 34.1% of players 32.0% of players 30.6% of players 27.4% of players 25.0% of players 23.6% of players 22.4% of players 20.8% of players 19.7% of players 19.7% of players 17.6% of players 17.0% of players 16.5% of players 15.9% of players 14.7% of players 13.1% of players 11.9% of players 10.9% of players 10.1% of players 8.9% of players 7.7% of players 6.0% of players 5.8% of players 5.5% of players 4.9% of players 4.6% of players 4.4% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.0% of players 1.6% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 77.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
77.1%Killer — First time killing an enemy.
68.0%First Time — Learned a skill for the first time.
58.5%Payday — Completed a job successfully.
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%Ninja Stance Mastery — Mastered all skills of Ninja Stance.
0.9%Spear Stance Mastery — Mastered all skills of Spear Stance.
0.9%Side Stance Mastery — Mastered all skills of Side Stance.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK14.99 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada21.99 CAD
Japan1,980 JPY
Brazil36.99 BRL
China68.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.3 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 26, 2025
Supported Language Update

- The latest update adds support for Japanese language.

Mar 29, 2016
Way of the Samurai 3 V1.03

Hi, We've just released version 1.03 of Way of the Samurai 3 on Steam. This version contains the following two issues. 1) There was an issue with saving/loading if windows was set to non-western latin

Mar 29, 2016
Way of the Samurai 3 V1.03

Hi, We've just released version 1.03 of Way of the Samurai 3 on Steam. This version contains the following two issues. 1) There was an issue with saving/loading if windows was set to non-western latin

Mar 29, 2016
Way of the Samurai 3: 1.03

Hi, We've just released version 1.03 of Way of the Samurai 3 on Steam. This version contains the following two issues. 1) There was an issue with saving/loading if windows was set to non-western latin

Mar 29, 2016
Way of the Samurai 3: 1.03

Hi, We've just released version 1.03 of Way of the Samurai 3 on Steam. This version contains the following two issues. 1) There was an issue with saving/loading if windows was set to non-western latin

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure
Player tagsAction · Open World · JRPG · Action RPG · Choose Your Own Adventure · RPG · Hack and Slash · Sandbox · Exploration · Character Customization · Third Person · Historical (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Japanese * , French, German *
Achievements50
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.13GHz Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card with 512Mb RAM and support for v3 shaders DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card