Nioh 3 has sold over 1 million copies in two weeks, breaking Team Ninja's record and carrying the series to 10 million sales

Nioh 3 has sold over 1 million copies in two weeks, breaking Team Ninja’s record and carrying the series to 10 million sales | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG The dev behind my top upcoming RPG is a Hungarian chef who thought ‘if not now, then when?’ and learned coding from scratch to make his dream ‘eurojank’ masterpiece FPS Devil Daggers 2 is in development, as its creator confirms fewer than 1,500 people survived longer than 8 minutes in the original Action Yakuza Kiwami 3’s blunders have made it the worst-reviewed game in the series on Steam: ‘Creatively bankrupt doesn’t even begin to describe the current state of RGG’ Action Underrated hack ‘n’ slash Blades of Fire heads to Steam with a 2.0 update, bringing new game plus and ‘expanded death and mutilation variations’ for you sickos out there Action Yakuza Kiwami 3 spoils an interesting remake with odd changes and an abysmally misjudged recast Roguelike Mewgenics sells 1 million copies in just 1 week, far more than its creators expected: ‘We both got a bit blindsided by this’ RPG ‘5,000,000 Henrys’ and they’re all quite hungry: KCD2 has sold gangbusters since its launch last year Action Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater has taken the Metal Gear series to over 65 million games sold Action Kojima makes Death Stranding 2 PC port official in new trailer, and it’s coming pretty darn soon RPG I’ve already put 10 hours into this upcoming RPG’s demo because it has the best combat I’ve seen outside a FromSoft game Action Nioh 3 review: This samurai soulslike epic is a serious contender to Elden Ring FPS PC sales of High On Life were just behind PlayStation, the ‘lead platform,’ but Xbox trailed behind despite its 7-month console exclusivity deal Action How to beat Jakotsu-baba in Nioh 3 Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders had nearly 1 million concurrent players in January, and around 6 million ‘weekly active users’, claims Nexon—putting the extraction shooter on par with some of the biggest MMOs RPG Nioh 3’s open world is incredibly formulaic compared to Elden Ring’s, so I’m slightly embarrassed by how much I’m loving it PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games Action Nioh 3 Nioh 3 has sold over 1 million copies in two weeks, breaking Team Ninja’s record and carrying the series to 10 million sales News By Rory Norris published 20 February 2026 We were all hungry for a new soulslike to kick off the year, I guess. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter I’d never touched a Nioh game before Nioh 3, but after how much I enjoyed Team Ninja’s latest stance-switching soulslike, I regret not giving the series my attention sooner. Evidently I’m not alone in having Nioh 3 as my entry point, as Koei Tecmo has announced in a short blog post that it’s already “surpassed one million units sold worldwide, becoming the fastest-selling entry in the series’ history”.For context, Nioh 2 launched in March 2020 and took over a year to sell two million copies across all platforms (not helped by its delayed PC launch almost a year later), so its successor is well on track to beat that milestone too. I’d also be remiss not to point out that Nioh 3 isn’t even available on Xbox yet—it’s a six-month PS5 console exclusive. Though with the state of Microsoft’s console, I’m not sure that quite evens it out. Nioh 3 – Accolades Trailer – YouTube Watch On Nevertheless, after an extraordinarily generous demo (it’s quite literally about the first 10 hours of the game, so go hog wild) and very positive reviews, I’m not surprised to see Nioh 3 doing so well right off the rip. Related articles Nioh 3 review: This samurai soulslike epic is a serious contender to Elden Ring I still can’t master one of Nioh’s simplest mechanics even after 10 years with the games, and 20 hours playing Nioh 3 Nioh 3 director says Lies of P was a major source of inspiration while crafting the samurai soulslike’s yokai bosses: ‘It was great stimulation’ Nioh 3 immediately toppled the series’s previous peak player record on Steam, a title held by Nioh 2’s Complete Edition when it finally launched on PC almost a year after its console counterparts. Nioh 3 continued to grow over the launch weekend until it reached a peak of over