{"id":102927,"date":"2026-04-27T21:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2135589"},"modified":"2026-04-27T21:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:19:16","slug":"nioh-2-pc-players-report-performance-issues-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nioh-2-pc-players-report-performance-issues-on-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Nioh 2 PC players report performance issues on Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nioh-2-pc-players-report-performance-issues-on-steam.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nioh 2 is currently sitting on &#8220;mixed&#8221; review rating since the action game released on Steam, with many players complaining of frame-rate issues.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 4,000+ reviews written so far, almost 3,000 are positive, but 1,300+ reviews have been negative, with most reporting poor performance. Others warn that keyboard and mouse players are receiving controller prompts in-game. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Basically, Nioh2 is a good game, but at the moment I just can&#8217;t recommend it,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/id\/_nille_\/recommended\/1325200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote one<\/a>. &#8220;I played it for a long time on PS4 and it went really well. The PC version is just cheeky. Absolutely carelessly implemented &#8230; Especially a game like Nioh shouldn&#8217;t have any FPS drops. I have an i9 9900k, a 1080ti, 16 GB Ram and the whole thing on an SSD and still I have drops @1080p.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-02-07-nioh-2-pc-players-report-performance-issues-on-steam\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-02-07-nioh-2-pc-players-report-performance-issues-on-steam\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nioh 2 is currently sitting on &#8220;mixed&#8221; review rating since the action game released on Steam, with many players complaining of frame-rate issues. Of the 4,000+ reviews written so far, almost 3,000 are positive, but 1,300+ reviews have been negative, with most reporting poor performance. Others warn that keyboard and mouse players are receiving controller prompts in-game. &#8220;Basically, Nioh2 is a good game, but at the moment I just can&#8217;t recommend it,&#8221; wrote one. &#8220;I played it for a long time on PS4 and it went really well. The PC version is just cheeky. Absolutely carelessly implemented &#8230; Especially a game like Nioh shouldn&#8217;t have any FPS drops. 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