You're not crazy, trying to heal in Nioh 3 sometimes doesn't work - and Team Ninja is fixing it

Nioh 3 makes good on years of experimenting and refinement in the extended Nioh family of games, delivering an indelible evolution, and the series’ most accessible entry, yet. The moment Nioh 3 was revealed as Team Ninja’s next project, it immediately jumped to the top of my most anticipated games of 2026. That excitement was dampened somewhat when the studio revealed the game’s “open field” level design. I am very much over open-world games, but I was particularly worried that we were about to get the Nioh version of Rise of the Ronin - which, really, was itself Nioh-lite in an open world.

There's a new Nioh 3 patch out in the wild, and it's one that any player who regularly summons in boss fights will really appreciate. Team Ninja continues to work on Nioh 3. The developer has been releasing regular updates for the action RPG since its launch in early February. Earlier patches have addressed major bugs like healing item use inconsistencies, and more have arrived since to tackle various balance and loot-related issues.

Nioh 3 has taken the Nioh franchise to new heights, delivering its biggest-ever launch. Even before the game came out, it was pretty easy to guess that Nioh 3 would be a hit. From the word of mouth leading up to launch, to the well-received free demo, there was little chance the action RPG wasn’t going to be a major deal.

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.

Just a few hours after launch, Nioh 3 is already the biggest release in series history on Steam. It sounds like Koei Tecmo’s decision to finally release a Nioh game on PC day-and-date with PlayStation has paid off. The highly-anticipated Nioh 3 has gone live across both platforms, a first for a series that typically spends its initial release months as a console exclusive.

If you’re looking for a way to check out one of the biggest releases of early 2026, Team Ninja has made it easy for you. Nioh 3 is one of the most anticipated games of 2026, and it’s easily among the biggest releases of February. We’re a few days away from the start of that month, however, but we don’t have to wait until then to actually play Team Ninja’s next major release.