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Nioh 3 is killing it on Steam with over double the series' highest concurrent player count

·Feb 9, 2026

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People seemingly haven't been able to stop playing Nioh 3 since the moment it came out, and everyone helped push the numbers to unprecedented heights for the series.

Nioh 3 has had a massive weekend on Steam, the type of launch you just don’t often see for Koei Tecmo games. Indeed, this has very clearly been a monumentous release for both the publisher, and developer Team Ninja.

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