Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires

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Cautionary notes The following options are available for language display within the game: - English - Chinese (traditional) - Japanese When starting the game for the first time, the language setting will be set automatically according to that of your Steam client, as below. Steam client: English → In-game language: English Steam client: Japanese → In-game language: Japanese Steam client: Chinese-traditional → In-game language: Chinese-traditional Steam client: Other than the above → In-game language: English When you set the display language in the game library, you can change the language you want to use and load the save data.

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Developer:
Omega Force
Publisher:
Koei Tecmo
Engine:
Katana Engine
Release date:
26 February 2015
Genre:
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (10)
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (1431)

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Description

Cautionary notes

The following options are available for language display within the game: - English - Chinese (traditional) - Japanese When starting the game for the first time, the language setting will be set automatically according to that of your Steam client, as below.

  • Steam client: English → In-game language: English
  • Steam client: Japanese → In-game language: Japanese
  • Steam client: Chinese-traditional → In-game language: Chinese-traditional
  • Steam client: Other than the above → In-game language: English

When you set the display language in the game library, you can change the language you want to use and load the save data.

  1. In the Game Library, right click the game title and choose "PROPERTY"

  2. Choose the "LANGUAGE" tab and select the language you want to use from the pull-down menu.

    If the language still cannot be set to the language of your choice, please follow the procedures below.

  3. In the Game Library, right click the game title and choose "PROPERTY"

  4. After selecting the "LOCAL FILES" tab, click on "VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES"

Note that save data is prepared for each language, so you can load data using the same language setting as the one you used when performing the save.


About the Game

DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires is part of the "Empires" series, in which you aim to conquer ancient China using both strategy and the one warrior versus one thousand tactical action the WARRIORS series is known for.

The player becomes a hero from Three Kingdoms era, with the goal of unifying all of ancient China under their rule via strategy and battles!

  • The images are from an in-development build and may differ from the final version.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS:
Windows®
Processor:
Core2 DUO 2.4 GHz or better
Memory:
512 MB RAM
Graphics:
640*480 pixel over
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Storage:
10 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX 9.0c over

recommended*

OS:
Windows®
Processor:
Core i7 860 or better
Memory:
1 GB RAM
Graphics:
1280*720 pixel over ※No 4K compatible
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Storage:
10 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX 9.0c over

User reviews

SnowyMana
Recommended | 06 Oct 2025
37.0h played

It's hard to give this a thumbs up recommendation, but between DW8Empires and DW9Empires, you're better off sticking with 8 Empires. It's actually wild just how much was getting taken out when it came to the Empires

Helpful: 21
birdfoot
Not recommended | 26 Feb 2026
63.3h played

Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires (DW8E) isn't a bad game by any means, but it is a fine example of Koei Tecmo's monetization that's been annoying me over the years. Like Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Complete Edition

Helpful: 11
Banquo
Recommended | 12 Oct 2025
112h played

Honestly, I've always loved the Empires games far more than I like the mainline series, and this title demonstrates exactly why. If you like making up your own characters, or you run D&D games, or you have any original

Helpful: 6
Renzoru
Recommended | 26 Nov 2025
36.0h played

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is great if you enjoy being a demigod who massacres thousands of soldiers while your horse judges you for doing literally everything wrong. I’ve conquered three kingdoms before breakfast,

Helpful: 5
pluk
Not recommended | 11 Mar 2026
47.6h played

I can only recommend it if you've been playing dynasty warriors for a long time. Way too many issues with controls and crashes for someone who hasn't played before. It crashes if you just tab out of it and not even

Helpful: 0
blue
Not recommended | 22 Dec 2025
9.1h played

despite being tagged as "unknown" for steam deck, it works out of the box. controller support isn't great because you just get keyboard glyphs and are kind of left to guess which button does what. which is crazy because

Helpful: 4