Onimusha: Way of the Sword ▶ Trailer
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword

An Oni Gauntlet-wielding samurai makes a stand in Kyoto against the encroaching Genma menace. Through gritty, blood-soaked brawls, he searches for his reason to fight. What fate awaits at the end of his path?

Developer
CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Publisher
CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Franchise
Onimusha
Release date
Sep 3, 2026
Store page updated
Sep 15, 2026
Price
$69.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

82.8/ 100

Based on 433 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 89% of 11,479
All time 😄 Very Positive 90% of 20,241
“feels like a perfect blend of Ghost of Tsushima and Sekiro with its own identity”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+1.19
Controls & feel +3.78
“combat system is top notch and fun to play” (169)

🔒 5 more indicators

Story & World
+2.35
Story +2.13

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Content Volume
-1.14
Variety -2.97
“excessive monster reuse, repetitive enemy design throughout” (134)
令人发指的通马桶密度，恬不知耻的怪物复用，无道德无底线的硬拖时长，配合上日厂不知死活没有B数的定价，纯粹的低能圈钱作 10.8小时追评：只推主线不推支线的话，从地下研究所之后到酒吞童子这一段可以给9分，关卡设计水平回升，几个BOSS的演出都还不错，不通马桶还有一个好处是等级低没什么数值可以和BOSS多玩一会儿。

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Visuals & Sound
+3.28
Visuals +3.42
“Excellent graphics and optimization” (44)

🔒 1 more indicators

Multiplayer
+0.33

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Community -2.33

🔒 1 more indicators

Fairness
-1.07
Monetization -1.50

🔒 3 more indicators

Tech & Ops
+1.91
Performance +3.51

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

Reviews
per day · 11,249 reviews, peak 1,799/day
01k2k
Sep 4Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by day. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive.

Review languages

Languages of the 433 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English28%
  • Chinese26%
  • Russian11%
  • Japanese8%
  • Portuguese6%
  • Korean5%
  • Other15%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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