Dynasty Warriors 8
Dynasty Warriors 8 is a 2013 hack and slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Tecmo Koei for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the eighth installment of the Dynasty Warriors series. Having more than 82 characters featured in the game, the game largely based its system on Dynasty Warriors 7 and focused on adding more content for replayability while also making several tweaks to the combat system.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2013
- Developer
- Koei Tecmo Holdings
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 28 February 2013 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Koei Tecmo Holdings |
| Publisher | Koei Tecmo America |
| Platforms | PlayStation Vita |
| Genres | crowd-combat video game, hack and slash |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q5319170, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Dynasty Warriors 8? How long to beat it
Total play time for Dynasty Warriors 8 is about 101 hours to do everything, and around 23 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 23h | 6 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 47.6h | 7 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 101h | 2 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Dynasty Warriors 8 sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Dynasty Warriors 8 lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 80ahead of 36% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 19ahead of 66% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Dynasty Warriors 8
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Dynasty Warriors 8
What platforms is Dynasty Warriors 8 on?
Dynasty Warriors 8 is available on PlayStation Vita. It first released in 2013.
Who made Dynasty Warriors 8?
Dynasty Warriors 8 was developed by Koei Tecmo Holdings and published by Koei Tecmo America.
How long does it take to beat Dynasty Warriors 8?
about 23 hours for the main story, 47.6 hours with the main extras, 101 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.