WARRIORS: Abyss

Game Information

Chinese

无双深渊
(Simplified Chinese)
無雙深淵
(Traditional Chinese)

Japanese

無双アビス
(Musou Abyss)

Korean

무쌍: 어비스

Developer(s)

Omega Force

Publisher(s)

Koei Tecmo

Genre(s)

Hack and Slash
Roguelike Action

Mode(s)

Single Player

Language(s)

English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Traditional Chinese

Platform(s)

PC (Steam)

China,

Europe,

Japan,

South Korea,

Taiwan,

United States
Date: 02/13/2025

PlayStation 4

China,

Europe,

Japan,

South Korea,

Taiwan,

United States
Date: 02/13/2025

PlayStation 5

China,

Europe,

Japan,

South Korea,

Taiwan,

United States
Date: 02/13/2025

Switch

China,

Europe,

Japan,

South Korea,

Taiwan,

United States
Date: 02/13/2025

Xbox Series S

China,

Europe,

Japan,

South Korea,

Taiwan,

United States
Date: 02/13/2025

Xbox Series X

China,

Europe,

Japan,

South Korea,

Taiwan,

United States
ID: 2384580
Date: 02/13/2025

Rating(s)

WARRIORS: Abyss is a crossover game featuring characters from the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. It combines the hack and slash genre the Warriors series is known for with roguelike elements. The game itself is only available via digital format.

Story

Heroes from the Three Kingdoms era and Warring States period are summoned to the underworld by a mysterious boy named Enma who asks them to help him subdue an ancient evil hellbent on conquering everything in sight. Agreeing to his request, they venture forth into the depths to face the evil entity's horde of undead creatures. Unlike in the Warriors Orochi series, story elements are limited to interacting with Enma through dialogue choices that hardly affect the narrative.

Gameplay

Preparations

When assembling a team of heroes, it is best to come up with a selection of characters that have great synergy potential with one another. Enma will recommend a variety of formations that fit them best, though players still have the freedom to experiment with each one to see which suits their fighting style more. Every formation has something different to offer with some emphasizing stat boosts while others provide more effective techniques. The game touts a staggering amount of 16 billion combination styles. Coming up with the best formation matters as the game's difficulty level gradually scales up in deeper areas.

Unlocking more characters requires the completion of stages and the accumulation of Karma Embers. If the player has amassed enough Karma Embers for themselves, they can open up pathways leading to different characters and form pacts with them in the Hall of Bonded Souls' Crystal Tree. Once a bond has been established, these characters can appear at Crystal Saplings and offer support to the team with their emblems. More characters being unlocked helps increase their overall parameters; those that happen to have special relations with one another will also trigger a bond bonus and raise the level cap.

Characters have their own unique passives with one person being designated as the player's avatar. They can even be strengthened with various emblems created by the spiritual energy within the underworld. These are obtained from treasure chests, defeated foes, and recruited allies. Note that the more distinguished a character is, the more emblems they tend to carry with them. Meanwhile, characters that have only one emblem are given very useful abilities to compensate. Obtaining the sufficient amount of emblems is necessary to unlock a character's unique strategy which can activate even if the person associated with them is not part of the player's current deck. Their true potential is unleashed once they gain access to their unique weapon.

While Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors characters retain their EX attacks and hyper attacks respectively, it is no longer possible for them to guard against enemy hits. However, a swift evasive maneuver has been added for this title; it enables characters to dash their way out of an enemy's hit range, but takes time to recover before it can be used again. It is also possible to cancel attacks into an evasion by tapping and resuming the canceled string afterwards with either or . Enemy projectiles can be deflect with attacks.

Battle

The main objective is to clear each area of enemies with a deck of six heroes before the allotted time runs out. Because no round is ever the same, players are forced to make use of different character combinations and tactics to succeed. The camera angle is set to a three-quarter perspective rather than the back-to-back view that Warriors titles are known for; this change was made to further convenience players. Enemy attacks are also telegraphed via range markers to make dodging easier.

Stages are normally comprised of 8 rounds and 4 floors. The eighth round of each floor contains a mid-boss that must be eliminated. These bosses come with a range of strong attacks and cannot be staggered. Defeating them will give players the option of choosing one of three special treasures that yield numerous effects for subsequent rounds. If the player loses, they keep some of the points earned while losing their current companions.

The game includes a hero summon feature which enables the player to deploy inactive combatants on the battlefield to provide a follow-up attack or support; summoning them requires activating the charge button input they are assigned with. For instance, if a character performs their second charge attack, they can deploy the first inactive ally to assist them. If the summon gauge is full, the player can summon every hero from their deck to fight in tandem until the gauge has been depleted, giving them an edge when things start to go awry. A quick summon feature is also available, though it has a cooldown time that prevents it from being exploited.

By completing floors, the player gains access to extra Crystal Saplings. Some areas have missions that yield rewards when completed, though these usually come with more challenging hordes of enemies to deal with. At times, the player will be interrupted with memories of the dead upon reaching the next round; interacting with them will present two or three choices that come with different perks and penalties before the battle starts. A shop feature in the form of the King's Cauldron is also available for players to make use of. Tears of Blood are used as currency to obtain items and formations from the shop, or they can purchase rare perks from the memories of the dead. Unique weapons can be found in chests, though these are difficult to come across in just one round.

Characters

Select characters from Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends and Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada are prominently featured in this title. More characters are planned to appear in later updates. Characters from the Jin Dynasty are available via free update.

Dynasty Warriors Characters

Wei	Shu	Wu	Others	Jin
Cao Cao	Fa Zheng	Daqiao	Chen Gong	Sima Shi
Cao Pi	Guan Ping	Gan Ning	Diaochan	Sima Yi
Cao Ren	Guan Yinping	Huang Gai	Dong Zhuo	Sima Zhao
Dian Wei	Guan Yu	Ling Tong	Lu Bu	Wang Yuanji
Guo Jia	Huang Zhong	Lu Meng	Lu Lingqi	Zhang Chunhua
Jia Xu	Jiang Wei	Lu Su	Meng Huo	Zhong Hui
Wang Yi	Liu Bei	Lu Xun	Yuan Shao
Xiahou Dun	Ma Chao	Sun Ce	Zhang Jiao
Xiahou Yuan	Pang Tong	Sun Jian	Zhurong
Xu Huang	Wei Yan	Sun Quan
Xu Zhu	Xingcai	Sun Shangxiang
Xun Yu	Xu Shu	Taishi Ci
Yue Jin	Yueying	Xiaoqiao
Zhang He	Zhang Fei	Zhou Tai
Zhang Liao	Zhao Yun	Zhou Yu
Zhenji	Zhuge Liang

Prior to version update 1.1.0.0, Sima Yi was classified as a Wei officer.

Samurai Warriors Characters

Tokugawa/Hōjō	Oda	Toyotomi	Uesugi/Takeda	Others
Hanzō Hattori	Gracia	Hanbei Takenaka	Kanetsugu Naoe	Goemon Ishikawa
Ieyasu Tokugawa	Katsuie Shibata	Hideyoshi Toyotomi	Kenshin Uesugi	Magoichi Saika
Ina	Keiji Maeda	Kanbei Kuroda	Kunoichi	Masamune Date
Kai	Mitsuhide Akechi	Kiyomasa Katō	Masayuki Sanada	Motonari Mōri
Kotarō Fūma	Nobunaga Oda	Mitsunari Ishida	Nobuyuki Sanada	Nagamasa Azai
Naomasa Ii	Nō	Nene	Sasuke	Okuni
Naotora Ii	Oichi	Sakon Shima	Shingen Takeda	Takakage Kobayakawa
Tadakatsu Honda	Ranmaru Mori	Yoshitsugu Ōtani	Yukimura Sanada	Yoshimoto Imagawa
Takatora Tōdō	Toshiie Maeda
Ujiyasu Hōjō

Original Characters

Enma
Gouma

Navigation

Gameplay

Miscellaneous

Trophies

Name	Unlock Method	Type	Xbox Points
Unrivaled Hero	Obtain all other trophies.	Platinum	180
Skyful of Bright Souls	Form bonds with 81 heroes.	Gold	70
Champion of Warriors	Defeat a total of 100,000 enemies.	Gold	70
Annihilating Blow	Deal at least 1,500,000 damage in one go with Assemble.	Gold	70
King's Right Hand	Defeat Gouma with 20 heroes.	Gold	70
Sleep, Gouma	Defeat Gouma for the first time.	Silver	30
Resonating Souls	Form bonds with 50 heroes.	Silver	30
Trusted Souls	Form bonds with 60 heroes.	Silver	30
Synchronized Souls	Form bonds with 70 heroes.	Silver	30
Genius Strategist	Unlock 10 Formations.	Silver	30
Eternal Hell	Suffer 30 defeats.	Silver	30
Hell's Plutocrat	Acquire a total of 100,000 Tears of Blood.	Silver	30
Radiant Embers	Acquire a total of 50,000 Karma Embers.	Silver	30
Unstoppable Warrior	Defeat a total of 50,000 enemies.	Silver	30
Eradicating Blow	Deal at least 1,000,000 damage in one go with Assemble.	Silver	30
Gouma's Nemesis	Defeat Gouma with 5 heroes.	Silver	30
Guardians of the Underworld	Defeat Gouma with 10 heroes.	Silver	30
Traversed the Blazing Waste	Make it through the Blazing Waste for the first time.	Bronze	10
Traversed the Glacial Wilds	Make it through the Glacial Wilds for the first time.	Bronze	10
Traversed the Blood-Stained Realm	Make it through the Blood-Stained Realm for the first time.	Bronze	10
Traversed the Desolate Expanse	Make it through the Desolate Expanse for the first time.	Bronze	10
Bonded Souls	Form bonds with 10 heroes.	Bronze	10
Company of Souls	Form bonds with 20 heroes.	Bronze	10
Congregation of Souls	Form bonds with 30 heroes.	Bronze	10
Crowds of Souls	Form bonds with 40 heroes.	Bronze	10
Up-and-Coming Strategist	Unlock 1 Formation.	Bronze	10
Seasoned Strategist	Unlock 5 Formations.	Bronze	10
Neverending Thorny Path	Suffer 10 defeats.	Bronze	10
Constant Setbacks	Suffer 20 defeats.	Bronze	10
Hell's Breadwinner	Acquire a total of 10,000 Tears of Blood.	Bronze	10
Hell's Bankroller	Acquire a total of 40,000 Tears of Blood.	Bronze	10
Flickering Embers	Acquire a total of 5,000 Karma Embers.	Bronze	10
Glowing Embers	Acquire a total of 20,000 Karma Embers.	Bronze	10
Veteran Warrior	Defeat a total of 5,000 enemies.	Bronze	10
Overwhelming Blow	Deal at least 500,000 damage in one go with Assemble.	Bronze	10

Development

According to an interview with producer Kotaro Hirata, he came up with the idea of a roguelite title similar to Hades II and Vampire Survivors right after finishing work on WILD HEARTS. He sought to present two different proposals for it to the company, but ended up choosing the prototype for WARRIORS: Abyss after noticing how compatible the Warriors format was with the roguelike genre. Development officially began on February 2024 and lasted for about a year.

Upon deciding on Abyss as the game's main title, Hirate initially considered having the Greek underworld Tartarus serve as an appropriate setting. However, he eventually opted to go for an Eastern motif instead because it was easier to work with and would appeal more to the Asian gaming market. As a result, the Buddhist god of Hell was turned into an approachable guide of sorts for players to easily identify with.

To make the roguelite aspect of WARRIORS: Abyss, the development team had to simplify the controls while providing numerous ways to build advantageous character builds. They also worked on making the graphical effects as bombastic and flashy as possible to make the game exciting.

Related Media

Famitsu released a gameplay video of WARRIORS: Abyss on their YouTube channel. To commemorate the game's sudden release, a campaign contest is being held on X where up to 20 participants have a chance of winning store cards worth ¥5,000. To enter, they must follow the game's official profile and post a tweet about WARRIORS: Abyss with the appropriate hashtag.