Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Every Friday Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you're going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them. Every Thursday GTA 6 O'clock Our special GTA 6 newsletter, with breaking news, insider info, and rumor analysis from the award-winning GTA 6 O'clock experts. Every Friday Knowledge From the creators of Edge: A weekly videogame industry newsletter with analysis from expert writers, guidance from professionals, and insight into what's on the horizon. Every Thursday The Setup Every Wednesday Switch 2 Spotlight Every Saturday The Watchlist Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Nioh 3 already has the highest player count of the series on PC, which goes to show that a simultaneous release is a great idea. Looking over on SteamDB (first spotted by VG247) the concurrent player count for Nioh 3 is something I've had to constantly re-write because it literally won't stop going up so far. When I first looked at it, the game was boasting a player count of 53,237, however at the time of writing it's at 70,186 players which was as of one-minute ago. Regardless, the 53,000 high already beat out its predecessors, as Nioh peaked at 10,649 when it first released on PC back in 2018, and Nioh 2 fared a lot better at 41,325 with its 2021 launch. Nioh 3 is notably the first time a game in the series launched simultaneously on PC, as the prior entries were both PS4 exclusives for the majority of their first years. And this has clearly worked out well for the PC release, both in terms of players who would typically pick the game up on a PC no longer having to spring on a console version, and allowing PC players to get in on that irresistible day one FOMO / hype. Nioh 3 Metacritic score sees it beat Nioh 2, but it's still losing to the original samurai Soulslike Nioh 3 might come to Xbox for the first time in the nearly 10-year-old franchise's history Nioh 3 release times and dates for PC and PS5 Reception to Nioh 3 has been solid as its 86 Metacritic score is ahead of 2020's Nioh 2 (which got 85), although it wasn't quite as well received as the original game which sits at a score of 88. But as one of the first big AAA releases of the year, and the highest-rated game of 2026 as of right now, Nioh 3 is off to a great start, and that may be the thing that sends the series to even greater heights. Nioh 3 might come to Xbox for the first time in the nearly 10-year-old franchise's history