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DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 45% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 14,158
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 15h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 84% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 45% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 14,225 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 34h for positive, 8.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (45% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- Attack Ace Defeat an enemy officer using EX Attacks 1 and 2 in a single battle. 100%
- Golden Dream Earn a total of 100,000 gold. 98%
- First Skill Instruct a bodyguard to use a battle skill for the first time. 58%
- First Fortification Strengthen a bodyguard for the first time. 48%
- Expedient Leader Complete Ambition Mode with at least 14 minutes left. 48%
- Famous Commander Raise an officer to the highest leadership level. 40%
- Carnage Earn a total of 100,000 K.O.s. 38%
- Seasoned Veteran Raise an officer to the highest level. 37%
- War God Watch Lu Bu's story endings (historical and hypothetical). 36%
- First Fusion Perform a weapon fusion for the first time. 35%
- Crossed Pike Expert Open the Equip Skills screen after learning the Crossed Pike skill. 26%
- Highest Rating Earn an evaluation of A in a stage in Free Mode. 23%
- Lightning Speed Complete a stage within 2 minutes on Ultimate difficulty. 19%
- War Trident Expert Open the Equip Skills screen after learning the War Trident skill. 18%
- Art of War Scroll Expert Open the Equip Skills screen after learning the Art of War Scroll skill. 18%
- Woven Cloth Expert Open the Equip Skills screen after learning the Woven Cloth skill. 16%
- Flame Bow Expert Open the Equip Skills screen after learning the Flame Bow skill. 16%
- Matchless Warrior Complete a stage other than the Tutorial without taking damage on Ultimate difficulty. 16%
- Story Buff Watch all Xtreme Legends conversation events. 16%
- Total Subjugation Get a subjugation rate of 100% in a battlefield during a campaign in Ambition Mode. 16%
- Total Victory Win a campaign in Ambition Mode with a subjugation rate of 100%. 16%
- Rampage Master Rank number 1 in Rampage Challenge Mode. 15%
- Mighty Warrior Defeat 1,000 enemies in a single battle on Ultimate difficulty. 15%
- Crossroads Complete all hypotheticals in the Xtreme Legends stages. 15%
- Wallpaper Compiler Open “Wallpaper” in the gallery after unlocking all Xtreme Legends wallpapers. 14%
- Subjugator Get a subjugation rate of 100% in an area during a campaign in Ambition Mode. 14%
- New Friends Complete a stage with all five of the new Xtreme Legends characters. 14%
- Event Aficionado Open “Events” in the gallery after unlocking all Xtreme Legends events. 13%
- Battle Pro Do not allow a single unit to be defeated during a campaign in Ambition Mode. 13%
- Movie Maven Unlock all Xtreme Legends movies. 12%
- Xtreme Speed Earn a subjugation rate of 100% in under two battles in an Ambition Mode campaign. 12%
- Musou Collector Open “Weapons” in the gallery, after obtaining all secondary special weapons. 10%
- Total Unifier Unite all the lands in Ambition Mode. 10%
- Speed Run Master Rank number 1 in Speed Run Challenge Mode. 8.9%
- Skill Specialist Use every type of battle skill. 8.4%
- Inferno Master Rank number 1 in Inferno Challenge Mode. 8.4%
- Arena Master Rank number 1 in Arena Challenge Mode. 7.8%
- Bridge Melee Master Rank number 1 in Bridge Melee Challenge Mode. 6.4%
- Martial Arts Master Rank number 1 in all Challenge Mode courses. 5.3%
- Victory Call Complete all Xtreme Legends stages. 4.9%
- Ultimate Rating Earn an evaluation of A in all Xtreme Legends stages. 3.1%
- Ultimate Warrior Complete all Xtreme Legends stages on Ultimate difficulty. 2.9%
- Goal Getter Complete all goals in the Xtreme Legends stages. 2.9%
- True Warrior of the 3 Kingdoms Unlock all of the achievements in the game. 2.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.