Dynasty Warriors: Origins
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Dynasty Warriors: Origins is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Omega Force, released 17 January 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Dynasty Warriors: Origins is
Dynasty Warriors: Origins is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2025. It was published by Koei Tecmo. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Katana Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set during the turbulent final years of the Han dynasty, the story follows Ziluan, an amnesiac wanderer who knows only that he must find the hero destined to unite a China torn apart by rebellion and warlords. As he travels the land amid the Yellow Turban uprising and the schemes of tyrants like Dong Zhuo, a young healer named Yuanhua uses incense to help him recover fragments of his lost memories, while three mysterious figures from his past variously aid, guide, and stand against him. Along the way Ziluan crosses paths with the era's great leaders, and the ally he chooses to follow shapes the course of the wars that will decide the fate of the realm.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 56 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Dynasty Warriors series
Dynasty Warriors: Origins is the 56th of 58 entries we hold in the Dynasty Warriors series. It arrived a year after Dynasty Warriors M. The next entry was Warriors: Abyss in 2025. Its critic score of 78 is 12 points above the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition at 85.
How it was received
Dynasty Warriors: Origins holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 66% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-8400 or higher, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or higher, 12 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (VRAM 6GB) or better, AMD Radeon RX 590 (VRAM 8GB) or better. A 12GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Dynasty Warriors: Origins launched on 17 January 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist, Eternal Strands and Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist, Eternal Strands, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dynasty Warriors: Origins yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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