Nioh: Complete Edition
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ActionRPGSouls-likeDifficultHack and SlashDark FantasyNinja

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Game description

Ready to die? Experience the newest brutal action game from Team NINJA and Koei Tecmo Games. In the age of samurai, a lone traveler lands on the shores of Japan. He must fight his way through the vicious warriors and supernatural Yokai that infest the land in order to find that which he seeks.

Basic info

DeveloperKOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
PublisherKOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateNov 7, 2017
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows® 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5 3550 or over
Memory6 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 VRAM 3GB or over AMD Radeon™ R9 280 VRAM 3GB or over
Storage80 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 455 reviews from the past 1 year

68.7/ 100
Bottom 20%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (79%)

Metacritic: 84 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)

Stance switching samurai combat wins fans for Nioh: Complete Edition, which scores 68.7 as its punishing difficulty divides reviewers.

👍 Strengths

106 reviews find it fun and exhilarating, and some are glad they stuck with it. 82 praise the combat depth, with three stances, stamina management and a wide range of weapons and builds. 51 enjoy the challenge, calling it hard but fair, with several ways to overcome tough bosses. Gameplay appears in 84% of analyzed reviews and ranks 893rd of 1396, and Story & World ranks 939th of 1096.

👎 Where it falls short

102 reviews find the difficulty artificial and unfair, with relentless enemies and punishing bosses. 52 criticize the repetition, with recycled maps for side missions and the same enemies throughout. 37 dislike the controls on keyboard and mouse, citing missing key hints, controller prompts and an awkward camera. Visuals & Sound ranks 1181st of 1249, Content Volume ranks 769th of 1351, and Pricing & Fairness ranks 1148th of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“strangely fun and exhilarating, fondly look back, really glad I played it” · 106 reviews
“three stances, stamina management, weapon variety, deep build-crafting” · 82 reviews
“balance is horrible, one-shot attacks without proper telegraph” · 29 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 84% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +3.07 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “three stances, stamina management, weapon variety, deep build-crafting” · 82 reviews

Progression 22% · Difficulty 60% · Onboarding 22% · Freedom 9% · Controls & feel 26%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 31% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

World +1.78 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “immensely cozy once you learn the ruleset” · 13 reviews
Negative “maps lack visual identity and atmosphere” · 2 reviews

Story 23% · Characters 7%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 38% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +3.00 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “enormous volume of weapons, missions, items, and content” · 14 reviews
Negative “endgame becomes extremely poor after main story completion” · 3 reviews

Variety 24% · Replayability 7%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 21% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +2.25 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “very good audio quality” · 1 review

Visuals 19%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +2.11 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 2% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 25% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.71 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “balance is horrible, one-shot attacks without proper telegraph” · 29 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 5% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 12% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.10 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players

Stability 3% · Performance 7%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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