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SAMURAI WARRIORS: Spirit of Sanada
Developer KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, known in Japan as Sengoku Musou ~Sanada Maru~ (戦国無双 ～真田丸～), is a hack and slash game by Koei Tecmo through their development subsidiary, Omega Force. It is a spin-off of Samurai Warriors 4, part of the Samurai Warriors series, which in turn is a spin-off of the long-running Dynasty Warriors series, both of which are also hack and slash games. It was released on November 23, 2016… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
301 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
LovedLoved
147 positive · 29 negative
95% range 77–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 147 | 29 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 31 | 3 | 73 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
190 of 228 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
84% recommend · 156 yes, 29 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 185 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (639 of 756 positive).
Some reviewers note the PC port has poor performance, especially on NVIDIA cards. [1][2][3] A few players find the game repetitive or too long. [4][5]
Liked
Representative posts
- [2]
If you have a NVIDIA v-card - don't buy. The FPS is unbearable, and the problem hasn't been addressed for 2 years. I am a fan of the franchise and I am sure the game is good, but this is my point.
- [12]
I have played all of the Samurai Warriors games to date and am a huge fan of the Warriors games. And I have to say this is the best Samurai Warriors and possibly the best Warriors game I have played. In Spirit of the Sanada they focus specifically on the Sanada Clan making their way through the Warring States Period. This game is much more story focused than previous installments, filled with tons of dialogue, …
- [14]
This is the best Warriors/Musou game I've ever played. Not only does it have the improved Warriors combat system of the Samurai Warriors games, but it also has the most in-depth and engrossing story out of any Warriors game I've ever played. You follow the life of Yukimura Sanada and his never ending battle to protect his family and loved ones in a time of chaos in Japan (the Sengoku "Warring States" Period). This …
- [15]
Pretty damn good. - The Good – - By far the best story out of any Warriors game. Because it’s focused on the Sanada clan, it is much more personal, and allows you to get attached to the 3 main Sanada officers. Characters have actual arcs to their story and every major figure that regularly shows up is developed with more care. The story is LONG. It starts with Masayuki’s first battle at Kawanakajima under Takeda …
- [1]
If you are a fan of Samurai Warriors or Dynasty Warriors, you will enjoy this game. I think the weapon's upgrading system is actually interesting. If you like to develop every warrior to maximum it will take about 500 hours. However This game is truely poor ported. As my pc this 16GB, i7 4770K and GTX780, the fps is always around 25~50. It is nothing about the graphic set up when your GPU is around the same level …
Summarised from 34 of the 280 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked SAMURAI WARRIORS: Spirit of Sanada talk about engaging combat and gameplay; those who didn't talk about poor PC port with low FPS. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada has received positive critical reception, with Famitsu giving a score of 35 out of 40 in all versions of the game. During the first week of release in Japan, the PS4 version of the game sold 26,682 physical retail copies, ranking fourth place amongst all Japanese software sales within that week, whilst the PS Vita version sold 13,049 physical retail copies, and the PS3 version sold 11,040 physical retail copies.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 301 · most liked firstI have played all of the Samurai Warriors games to date and am a huge fan of the Warriors games. And I have to say this is the best Samurai Warriors and possibly the best Warriors game I have played. In Spirit of the Sanada they focus specifically on the Sanada Clan making their way through the Warring States Period. This game is much more story focused than previous installments, filled with tons of dialogue, characters and events. The main story took me around 35hrs to complete so it's not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →musou game fans, back in the day i loved Dynasty Warriors 5 and Samurai Warriors, i haven't played any of either series since but am in the mood to revisit, which games past those are worth playing?
neutral · AI labelView post →Samurai Warriors 1 is a messy game with a rather bland cast, but the way they portray Nobunaga is so fun. Manages to be concise and memorable. For modern standards it might come across as too heavy-handed & edgy, but in 2004 it paired perfectly with stuff like the Hellsing anime & Evanescence lol
neutral · AI labelView post →It's not even the first time Yasuke has been depicted in sengoku-era video games. It's not even the -second- time. I could understand folks missing Samurai Warriors 5 since not everyone's a Musou game lifer, but dude was in Nioh! Both Niohs!
neutral · AI labelView post →Hidden Gem To start, let me preface by saying I was a huge fan of Dynasty Warriors 4 when I was a kid, and I've played a small bit of Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme This game has far exceeded my expectations, especially at the price I paid $20 + The combat is so action packed! Absolutely love it! Its pure hack & slash, but the battle system feels great. + Controls and combos are very easy to learn + There are hundreds of units on the screen at once, and you are able to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you have a NVIDIA v-card - don't buy. The FPS is unbearable, and the problem hasn't been addressed for 2 years. I am a fan of the franchise and I am sure the game is good, but this is my point.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →by far the best samurai warriors game in the series, my only gripe is that there is no dubbing and no battle log so you need to look down at the screen to see what they are saying and if you miss it, thats that BONUS: Link to the Hidden costume DLCs : https://store.steampowered.com/app/595750/SAMURAI_WARRIORS_Spirit_of_Sanada__Exclusive_Costumes/?snr=1_5_1100__1100&utm_source=steamwidget Much love, Bubby
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally 100% completed this game.... ugh... If you'd asked me in the first 10 hours of playing, back then I probably would have recommended it... ... But then it started to drag on... and on... and on... and I found I wasn't even halfway through the game yet before I'd got completely sick of it. I'll put it this way: It is like a Samurai Warriors game... except ONLY about the Sanada family... and with hours of text blocks and cutscenes sandwiched inbetween every battle... and like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FPS issues have never been addressed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Musou Games on Steam Deck – Samurai Warriors, Dynasty Warriors, Warriors Orochi, Empires, and Much More Tested on Steam Deck OLED – TouchArcade.
neutral · AI labelView post →Short version: This is the best Musou game on Steam, wishlist it and buy it the next time it goes on sale (which, unironically, is about every 18 months) or get a physical copy for the PS4 for much cheaper. Long version: I own and have played a LOT of the following games: Dynasty Warriors 2-7, including every Empires and Xtreme Legends variant Samurai Warriors 1, 2 and 5 Warriors Orochi 1, 2, 3U (PS4) and 4 Hyrule Warriors + Age of Calamity Fire Emblem Warriors (Three Hopes comes out in a few…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🄵🅁🄾🄼 🅃🄷🄴 🄵🄰🄻🄲🄾🄽 🅅🄰🅄🄻🅃🅂 #365xFalconGames25 A game a day keeps the doctor away! Game 8️⃣7️⃣ This is Samurai Warriors Chronicles. To be honest…never played it. *back log game! 🤣🤣🤣 What are you sharing today?! #gaming #GamersUnite
neutral · AI labelView post →I cant believe they managed to fit a Samurai Warriors 4-style game onto this rinky-dink fucking machine are you kidding me. It literally just plays like SW4.
positive · AI labelView post →Did they forget that Samurai Warriors is a thing and also a mainline game? Call me crazy, but Ancient Japan and Ancient China don't look all that similar.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yasuke’s a playable character in Samurai Warriors 5 As a fan of that game I’m confused to why people are suddenly upset that he exists
positive · AI labelView post →This is the best Warriors/Musou game I've ever played. Not only does it have the improved Warriors combat system of the Samurai Warriors games, but it also has the most in-depth and engrossing story out of any Warriors game I've ever played. You follow the life of Yukimura Sanada and his never ending battle to protect his family and loved ones in a time of chaos in Japan (the Sengoku "Warring States" Period). This Warriors game is also incredibly unique for having multiple social hubs, side…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What the fuck why does Samurai Warriors 3 on the Wii have a crossover game mode with the Famicom game Murasame Castle Did Koei even make Murasame Castle??
neutral · AI labelView post →The list, for those that don't want to click through: PlayStation Plus Extra Game Catalogue It Takes Two (PS5, PS4) Sniper Elite 5 (PS5, PS4) Snowrunner (PS5, PS4) World War Z (PS4) The Ascent (PS5, PS4) Undertale (PS4) SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (PS4) Melty Blood: Type Lumina (PS4) Dysmantle (PS5, PS4) Circus Electrique (PS4) Dynasty Warriors 9 (PS4) Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4) My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure (PS5, PS4) Fast & Furious: Spy…
neutral · AI labelView post →Same old Samurai warriors, but with a much more satisfying storytelling, focusing on two generations of Sanada. (Focusing so much that Sekigahara is a "secondary battle"...)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah, I baited myself into another bad koei title. I insisted because I wanted to enjoy another sw game but now I can't even get my money back pros - ?? downs - ridiculous anime stuff everywhere - bad storytelling, I don't like using this word but dialogues are just cringe. - no ultra widescreen support - some designs are beyond bad, hitting the ridiculous landmark (looking at the 3 meter tall summo) I gotta stop doing this to myself. I hope one day they'll go back to SW1 design or torwards…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sometime people can just lie in game interviews, there's nothing stopping you. "Samurai Warriors 3 can have 50 enemies on screen at once" No it can't. That's a Wii game that caps out at 20 enemies on screen
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't play them anymore these days, but for me it used to be the Dynasty/Samurai Warriors series. Dunno what it was with younger me but they just hit for some reason
positive · AI labelView post →Pretty damn good. - The Good – - By far the best story out of any Warriors game. Because it’s focused on the Sanada clan, it is much more personal, and allows you to get attached to the 3 main Sanada officers. Characters have actual arcs to their story and every major figure that regularly shows up is developed with more care. The story is LONG. It starts with Masayuki’s first battle at Kawanakajima under Takeda Shingen (1561) and ends with Yukimura’s final battle and death during the Osaka…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you've tried a crossover game and bounced off it, give the mainlines/Empires games a shot!!! Origins especially changed my mind a lot, but DW8 Empires/Samurai Warriors 4 Empires are both absolutely goated Also try emulating Sengoku Basara 4 if you're a Combat Sicko, utterly singular experience
positive · AI labelView post →Remember when I said someone should let me interview the Dynasty Warriors producer? Well, someone did. I talked to Tomohiko Sho about evolving the series, Xtreme Legends and Empires versions, Samurai Warriors, and the future of collaboration games www.inverse.com/gaming/dynas...
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes, i did buy Samurai Warriors 5 because it has a sexy ass black pugilist. and i will never hesitate to buy a game if it has a sexy black pugilist.
positive · AI labelView post →If you are a fan of Samurai Warriors or Dynasty Warriors, you will enjoy this game. I think the weapon's upgrading system is actually interesting. If you like to develop every warrior to maximum it will take about 500 hours. However This game is truely poor ported. As my pc this 16GB, i7 4770K and GTX780, the fps is always around 25~50. It is nothing about the graphic set up when your GPU is around the same level with mine. So for the pc gamers: If you just dont want to buy a play station…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada or known as Sengoku Musou Sanada Maru in japan. A hack and slash game by Koei Tecmo. It is a spin-off of Samurai Warriors 4 and their counterpart of famous Dynasty Warriors series. It was released on November 23 2016 to celebrate Sanada year anniversary and cooperate airing along with climax episode of the NHK TV taiga drama "Sanada Maru". Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada heavily focuses on history of Sanada Clan, and their roles in Sengoku War from since…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's #RandomGameSaturday time and this week my hand has sought out Samurai Warriors 3. Despite being a big musou fan and owning this since it was released, I only played it for the first time this year. There's a lot of that old school Koei charm here, but the game runs terribly for an exclusive...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm obsessed with Motochika since my first Samurai Warriors game and he's even better in conquest and of course his perfect link is Samurott.
positive · AI labelView post →pretty solid game overall. Story 9/10 Combat 9/10 New Gameplay Machanic like Day-Night Cycle , "Stratagems", Gather materials , Exploring , Fishing , etc. 5 New characters. Bad port 40-60 Fps Max setting @1080p on GTX 1070. @max setting the graphic is very good. If you like warrior game you will love this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“The only samurai game I know” Sekiro? Onimusha? Nioh? Rise of the Ronin? Muramasa? Samurai Warriors? Like A Dragon Ishin? Samurai Showdown? These people are so unserious 😭
neutral · AI labelView post →For musou friends, here's some rarer official stuff from that old online card game thingy from way back when in WO3 time. Christmas themed! Good for userpics or banners, hehe. First, Samurai Warriors and Mitsunari.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm really enjoying my Samurai Warriors 2 playthrough with a friend, so far we've played Hanzo Hattori and Kotaro Fuma's story but today we started Magoichi Saika (that was my favorite one in the previous game along with Yukimura)
positive · AI labelView post →SAMURAI WARRIORS 4 DX arrives on Steam and it's Steam Deck Verified.
neutral · AI labelView post →PlayStation Plus Free Extra And Premium Games For July 2023 Revealed. - It Takes Two -- PS4, PS5 - Sniper Elite 5 -- PS4, PS5 - Snowrunner -- PS4, PS5 - World War Z -- PS4, PS5 - The Ascent -- PS4, PS5 - Undertale -- PS4 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated -- PS4 - Melty Blod: Type Lumina -- PS4 - Dysmantle -- PS4, PS5 - Circus Electrique -- PS4 - Dynasty Warriors 9 -- PS4 - Samurai Warriors 5 -- PS4 - My Little Pony: A Maretime…
neutral · AI labelView post →PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | July 2023. Sony have announced the next batch of PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games coming to the service. ****PS Plus Extra**** It Takes Two - PS4 & PS5 Sniper Elite 5 - PS4 & PS5 Snowrunner - PS4 & PS5 World War Z - PS4 & PS5 The Ascent - PS4 & PS5 Undertale- PS4 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated - PS4 Melty Blood: Type Lumina - PS4 Dysmantle - PS4 & PS5 Circus Electrique - PS4 Dynasty Warriors 9 - PS4…
neutral · AI labelView post →If you've played other Musou titles and a big fan of story driven games that are related to history. This game's a buy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New campaign. Nicer to have a closer view of one clan.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →whats your favorite musou game? :3 i have a lot of nostalgia for Samurai Warriors 1 and Drakengard... curious about trying others/more modern ones
neutral · AI labelView post →The cooler, wilder Samurai Warriors that Koei Tecmo doesn't want you to know about. I've only played Sengoku Basara 3, but that game is a legitimately good time.
positive · AI labelView post →Finished Dynasty Warriors Origins. Phenomenal game! Hoping we get a sequel also Koei Tecmo do this style of game for Samurai Warriors too please
positive · AI labelView post →certainly a very unique take on the standard Musou formula. I'm more surprised that KT isn't particularly going in this direction with their newer games (notably SW5) because i find this rather enjoyable...and annoyed that it didn't come any sooner, or that no one informed me that this has been ported to Steam (i found out by screwing around on the KT publisher page) now if only they would bring in SW4 and SW4 Empires into steam...still not sure what's stopping them from doing so, considering…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Samurai Warriors Sprit of Sanada is everything you want out of a Warriors Game! Story! Combat! Japan!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate is a funny game because alongside the Dynasty/Samurai Warriors characters they add in some Ninja Gaiden characters like Ryu Hayabusa. So you get to sit there & watch real life historical warlord Oda Nobunaga get wrecked by an Izuna Drop.
neutral · AI labelView post →Execute all-new powerful moves with over 35 playable characters, and devastate entire armies with the strength of a samurai! Wii game number 123 "Samurai Warriors 3" will be waiting for you in our upcoming Wii rollout, coming March 19th! retroachievements.org/game/34694?u...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm playing Warriors Abyss, and I'm over here wondering when the next Samurai Warriors game is coming out. They've been on that Dynasty Warriors grind for a bit now. 🤔 I also wouldn't mind if we got an updated Warriors Orochi 1 & 2 at some point...the story was solid in those
neutral · AI labelView post →Every Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors and Orochi Warriors game that exists, but particularly DW 3 and SW 2
neutral · AI labelView post →Two things: 1. Samurai Warriors 4 DX, where have you been all my life? This game is fun as fuck! 2. I pre-ordered WWE 2K25.
positive · AI labelView post →When a friend ask you to explain the historical context of Shogun. (I’ve played every Samurai Warriors and Yabo game released in the past decade. I am prepared.)
neutral · AI labelView post →🔴Live Quest Notification A New Year has arrived, and so will new games. The first Wednesday Warriors of 2025 begins with Samurai Warriors 5. First playthrough begins as we look into this modern reimagining of the Sengoku Era Warriors game. www.twitch.tv/yamishirokami #Vtuber #ENVtuber #Vsky
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the best games I have ever played and I enjoyed the story of the game a lot and of course I was very sad about the final fate of some of the famous characters of the game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hands down the best Warriors game out there if you're into lore and story. It is unrivaled in its storytelling, dialogue, and character development, not to mention it still does combat/gameplay well too. I've played pretty much every Musou game and I wish more Musou games were like this gem. Only gripe I have is with the exploration battles, those are kind of lame. But you can speedrun them pretty easily.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all, I must say that as someone that played SW4 (in consoles), I couldn't avoid thinking at first that a "spin-off" like this one would probably not be worth to buy at full price again, but I was actually surprised to find that was not the case after finally playing the game two years after it was released. If you know your history about the Sengoku period, or/and you've already played the previous SW games (although only SW3 and SW4 are focused in the storytelling), you'll probably…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very solid game. Very eductional. This game gives a deep insight to the Sanada clan's history. Compared to previous titles, this game is considerably harder and more intense during battles as you always need to accomplish various tasks within limited time. This is very challenging but also very fun. If your are not sure about buying this or not. Here're some of my opinions: -This is not a short series spin-off. The content of this game is huge. After 40 hours, I still haven't finished the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty decent game, overall enjoyed playing it. It has a good story to it and the characters are great. Sadly the down fall is there's only a couple of things you can only do in game and it is really not worth the price range. Really great game, but I would recommand getting this on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game. A great addition to the Samurai Warriors series focusing on, personally, one of my favorite clans, the Sanada. I have not had any performance issues with the game. It runs flawlessly, and it's quite challenging if you put it on the Hard Difficulty. This is a game that challenges you strategically, forcing you to switch between two different characters at times to complete objectives in different areas in the map. I love how detailed they go into the story, and the little touches…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For #RandomGameSaturday this week, I have Samurai Warriors: Katana. On-rail shooters were big on the Wii, so naturally Koei wanted some of that. The problem with adapting a melee-focused series into a shooter is it involves a lot of swinging and thrusting, making for an exhausting game to play.
negative · AI labelView post →Was Samurai Warriors 3 the first game to have paid DLC on an Nintendo platform?
neutral · AI labelView post →D - Dynasty Warriors Origins Not just the graphics, I want it to play like Dynasty Warriors 5. Samurai Warriors 2 was a late PS2 game but it was ported to and shined on the Xbox 360, really hate that DW5 never got the same treatment. And since I hated DWO’s gameplay changes let’s bring it back!
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