Nioh: Complete Edition cover art

Nioh

2017 · Team Ninja · ~60h to finish

Ki pulse turns stamina from something you spend into something you play in rhythm, and the game asks for it in the first hour without ever insisting you learn it.

soulslikeactionrpgPCPlayStation 5Steam DeckMetacritic 84
GlobalUNRATED
Baseline difficulty7.7NIGHTMARE

The game is the antagonist. Good luck.

Price on Steam

$7.49$49.9985%

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Part of

Nioh2 of 3 to play

The original: a Western sailor in a civil war, and the game where stance switching first has to become muscle memory rather than a menu.

Before it: Nioh 2After it: Nioh 3Start with Nioh 2

The fingerprint

12.55.07.510
Learning Curve
8.8
Execution
8.5
Reaction
8.2
Punishment
7.0
Obscurity
7.0
Grind
6.2
Strategy
5.5
Puzzle
1.0
PUBLISHEDHARDEST DEMAND FIRST

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Screenshots

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Where it bites

SPOILER-SAFE BY DEFAULT
START25%HALFWAY75%CREDITS
  1. 20% · ~8hExecution

    the flying yokai in the third main mission, who ends most first playthroughs of the game

    5

Assists & accessibility

0/0 SOURCED

No assist or accessibility options recorded. That is a gap in our data, not a statement about the game — check the store page before buying on this basis.

What it is

In Nioh, players will traverse war-torn Japan as William, a blonde-haired swordsman whose background as a fierce warrior and seasoned knowledge of the blade allows him to survive in the demon-plagued land of the samurai.

Where to go from here

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