Way of the Samurai 3 (2008) - Player Count, Cast and Crew

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Way of the Samurai 3 came out on November 13, 2008 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, then for PC on March 23, 2016. On Steam, 74% of 887 player reviews are positive (Mostly Positive). 3 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 16 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck.

Honour, sacrifice, betrayal… Your choices make you who you are. How will history remember you? You must wield the sword of a mysterious lone samurai during Japan's turbulent Sengoku era, in one of the most atmospheric action RPGs ever created. Explore the villages, body-strewn battlefields, bandit fortresses, immense castles and local town of Amana, in an open world bustling with a rich cast of colourful characters that you can help, ignore or victimise.

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Cast and crew

1 credits

Crew

Noriyuki Asakura

Composer

Media

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Releases

Platform

Date

PlayStation 3

November 13, 2008 (Japan first)

Xbox 360

November 13, 2008 (Japan first)

PC (Microsoft Windows)

March 23, 2016

Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.

PC and Steam Deck

Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable runs, but may need some tweaks

Minimum

Recommended

OS *

Windows 7

Windows 7 or later

Processor

2.13GHz Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent

3GHz Intel i3 or equivalent

Memory

1 GB RAM

4 GB RAM

Graphics

DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card with 512Mb RAM and support for v3 shaders

DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card with 1GB RAM and support for v3 shaders

DirectX

Version 9.0c

Storage

2 GB available space

Sound Card

DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 29, 2026.

Way of the Samurai 3 player count

concurrent players on Steam

3playing now30m ago

9peak today

1630-day peak

16highest we have seenNov 3, 2026

Oct 23daily peak, last 13 daystoday

Players counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.

Way of the Samurai 3 achievements

50 achievements on Steam

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Upper Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Upper Stance.

0.9%

Middle Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Middle Stance.

0.9%

Lower Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Lower Stance.

0.9%

Side Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Side Stance.

0.9%

Spear Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Spear Stance.

0.9%

Ninja Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Ninja Stance.

0.9%

All 50 achievements by how many players unlocked them

Single Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Single Stance.

Draw Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Draw Stance.

1.1%

Way of The Samurai Completed and discovered all Endings.

1.2%

Power of 100 Achieved 100 Chain Kills.

1.2%

Title Master Obtained 20 titles.

1.2%

Weapon Specialist Mastered all skills for thirty weapons.

1.6%

Zero Blunt Attack Defeated an enemy with Blunt Attack using a weapon with zero durability.

Master of Skills Learned a total of 100 skills.

3.4%

Samurai Slayer

3.6%

Samurai 4EvR!

3.8%

Ninja Dual Sword Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Ninja Dual Sword Stance.

3.8%

Bare Hands Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Bare Hands Stance.

4.4%

Dual Sword Stance Mastery Mastered all skills of Dual Sword Stance.

4.6%

Zero Kill Killed an enemy using a weapon with zero durability.

4.9%

Weapon Arsenal Obtained 50 different weapons.

5.5%

Samurai Master Cleared the game in Hard difficulty.

5.8%

Victory

Five Stories Completed and discovered 5 Endings.

7.6%

Power of 10 Achieved 10 Chain Kills.

8.8%

Job Seeker Completed 50 jobs successfully.

10.1%

Legendary Samurai Total Samurai Points exceeded 10000 points.

10.8%

Weapon Master Mastered all skills for a weapon.

11.9%

Outfit Collector Obtained all Outfits.

13%

Skilled Samurai Cleared the game in Normal difficulty.

14.6%

Title Collector Obtained 5 titles.

15.8%

Bushido Defeated Sensei at the Dojo.

16.4%

Assassin Defeated Shuzen Fujimori.

16.9%

Amana Native Played more than 10 hours.

17.5%

Head Collector Obtained all Heads.

19.6%

Samurai Hero Total Samurai Points exceeded 2000 points.

19.6%

Weak Samurai Cleared the game in Easy difficulty.

20.7%

Weapon Forger Created a weapon.

22.1%

Skill Collector Learned a total of 10 skills.

23.5%

Relationship Obtained a partner.

24.8%

Ending Completed the game.

27.2%

Weapon Destroyer Broke an opponent's weapon.

30.5%

Weapon Collector Obtained 10 different weapons.

31.9%

Extra Sword Safe Obtained an extra Sword Safe.

33.9%

Forged Weapon Forged a weapon for the first time.

34.5%

Samurai Leader Total Samurai Points exceeded 200 points.

40.4%

Blunt Attack Defeated an opponent with a Blunt Attack.

54.3%

Payday Completed a job successfully.

58.3%

First Time Learned a skill for the first time.

67.8%

Killer First time killing an enemy.

76.9%

Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.

Way of the Samurai 3 2008

About

More in the Way of the Samurai series

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Cast and crew

Crew

Media

Releases

PC and Steam Deck

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Way of the Samurai 3 player count

Way of the Samurai 3 achievements

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