Nioh: Dragon of the North

Nioh: Dragon of the North is the first DLC expansion for the action role-playing game Nioh, developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo. Released in May 2017, this expansion introduces new story…

73 2 May 2017 ESRB M

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy Historical

Nioh: Dragon of the North is an adventure developed by Team NINJA, released 2 May 2017 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.

Verified 18 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Nioh: Dragon of the North is

Nioh: Dragon of the North is an adventure game developed by Team NINJA and released in 2017. It was published by Koei Tecmo Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Nioh is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Team Ninja and Kou Shibusawa and published by Koei Tecmo for the PlayStation 4. Sony Interactive Entertainment published the game outside Japan on PlayStation consoles. Nioh 2, a prequel to Nioh was released on PlayStation 4 in March 12, 2020. A port to Windows including all downloadable content was released the same year while a remastered version was released for PlayStation 5 on 5 February 2021.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Nioh series

Nioh: Dragon of the North is the third of 17 entries we hold in the Nioh series. The next entry was Nioh: Defiant Honor in 2017. Its critic score of 73 is 11 points below the series average of 84. The highest-rated entry is Nioh: Bloodshed's End at 90.

See all 17 Nioh games in release order →

How it was received

Nioh: Dragon of the North holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 6 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Nioh: Dragon of the North launched on 2 May 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and What Remains of Edith Finch. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch.

Cheats and codes

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