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Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Developer CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword (鬼武者 Way of the Sword) is a 2026 action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom. As the first mainline installment in the Onimusha series since Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (2006), the game was released on September 4, 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. The game received generally favorable reviews and sold 1 million copies on its launch day. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
423 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
92
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242 positive · 22 negative
95% range 88–94%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
25,536 of 28,096 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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60 of 423 · most liked firstI've been waiting for 20 years for another entry into this franchise. I'm happy to say Capcom killed it. Absolutely worth the wait. This series got me through Hurricane Katrina as a kid, now it's time to get me though lower back pain in my 30s. It's good to be back!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a banger. Excellent graphics and optimization. Kino story and presentation, but the English localization is horrible. The combat is incredibly good and fun, though there's a lack of enemy variety in the earlier areas. It's easy in the beginning (as it should be) and gets harder as you progress. I'd say the difficulty starts picking up around 8+ hours in. The enemy mob AI mostly attacks you one at a time instead of ganging up on you, though there are also mods that make the AI more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not uncap frame rate in settings before starting a game. Its causing a crash right after the names and history warning. When set to limit frame rate and vsync it runs fine.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Embargo is up so I can say oh my GOD I LOVE ONIMUSHA!!!!! Straight up, the most beautiful clashing steel has ever felt in a game. Every moment of combat is a joy. Instantly in the canon of Great Sword Games for me. (more on @minnmax.com this week)
unlabelledView post →As a huge action game lover, I would definitely recommend this game to everyone. The combat system is top notch, fun to play, and looks amazing as well. The characters are super goofy & loveable, just like many other Capcom characters. Easily the best Onimusha in the series. I really hope we get more games and don’t have to wait another 20 years. amazing/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the dev team is not trying to make an impossibly difficult game. "Instead, we want to make a game where fans of action can experience thrilling sword fights and taste satisfaction from slaying their enemies."
unlabelledView post →TL;DR: My first Onimusha game and a fantastic introduction to the series. Excellent combat, memorable characters, beautiful cinematic direction and surprisingly good character development make this one of my favorite action games in a while. It does suffer from repeated bosses and fairly basic side content, but the core experience is strong enough that I rarely stopped having fun. This was my first Onimusha game, so I went into Way of the Sword without any nostalgia for the older titles or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Capcom just casually dropping 3 GOTY contenders this year between Onimusha, Pragmata, Requiem.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I reviewed Onimusha: Way of the Sword. It's got some of the best sword fighting in the action genre, let down only by the surprising amount of recycling it does with its own material. On the whole though? Great game. Read here: www.thejimquisition.com/post/onimush...
unlabelledView post →This Isn't the Capcom I Love Video Review on my [URL=https://youtu.be/rAciBkA_e1o?si=00W441H0Ez25RWUP/]🔴Youtube Channel🔴 https://youtu.be/rAciBkA_e1o?si=00W441H0Ez25RWUP I was very excited for Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Capcom has been on an incredible run for almost a decade now. Especially after this year's amazing Pragmata and the pretty good Resident Evil Requiem, my excitement was at an all-time high. That excitement took a hit when I played the demo. The game felt mindlessly easy,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What Capcom has achieved this year is worthy of university study—one great game after another.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a game to start September with, every Capcom release this year has managed to top the last for me in terms of expectations. Pragmata surpassed RE9, and Onimusha has now topped them both. It has exactly what a game should have: its own identity. It feels like a mix between Ghost of Tsushima and Sekiro, with some elements from Nioh, yet it’s unmistakably Onimusha. Going 3/3 with triple A games in the same year, while still putting out remasters and spin offs is no easy feat. I’m honestly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thrilled to be wrong about this. Absolutely the best Onimusha game.
unlabelledView post →It's peak, I'm afraid - Well optimized game in 2026? In my AAA game? - Parryslop my beloved - FInally a game inspired by Kurosawa movie that's fun to play Waiter! Oh waiter! More please!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Onimusha is crazy. The boss fights are incredible and varied and thrilling and everything between the boss fights is perfunctory and unexciting, and not even just by comparison. It’s a PS2 game. What a world
unlabelledView post →Let’s cut right to the chase; Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the best game in the Onimusha franchise and one of my personal favorite titles of 2026. It sets the IP up for an incredibly bright future, delivering an excellent series reboot while serving as yet another massive win for Capcom this year. Funnily enough, it shares quite a bit in common with Pragmata, incorporating some surprising Metroidvania-lite elements alongside its action RPG progression. This is not the Onimusha of old, but it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →But hey, new Okami, new Onimusha, and new Ueda game, that’s pretty dope
unlabelledView post →Onimusha: Way of the Sword | New Details ▪️Roughly 20 hours to finish ▪️There are puzzles to solve ▪️The game progresses through stages, not an open world ▪️There is no connection to past games, prior knowledge not required ➡️ www.famitsu.com/article/2025...
unlabelledView post →Is nothing sacred? This isn't Onimusha. This is AAA slop wearing Onimusha's skin. It feels like a sadistic joke watching this game check off every exhausted industry trope. We've got the obligatory yellow paint everywhere. We've got the Marvel-ification of the dialogue, with Musashi constantly firing off snarky quips or backseating the "puzzles." Shoot glowing particle object with glowing particle weapon while navigating floating islands and debris magically suspended in time. Oh, and of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just found out there was an Onimusha Tactics game on GBA and I have no idea how I went 20 years not knowing it existed... But also, ONIMUSHA TACTICS?! Oh my god I have to play this!
unlabelledView post →I reviewed the remaster of Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. I have a ton of nostalgia for this one, and while the remaster itself isn't lavish, the game still holds up tremendously. Also, it has Gogandantess in it so you KNOW it's a winner! www.thejimquisition.com/post/onimush...
unlabelledView post →This is one of the Capcom IP, I’ve been waiting to see revived, alongside the Dino Crisis series & Breath of Fire series. After nearly two decades of dormancy, the Onimusha series makes a comeback with "Way of the Sword." Capcom has preserved the classic hack-and-slash DNA, focusing on combo execution, parrying, and the Issen mechanic which I personally find incredibly addictive. The RE Engine's excellent optimization for linear games certainly deserves praise particularly its smooth…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Man, it's complicated. So much is done right in this game - beyond exceptional performances that are punctuated by impeccable facial motion capture, and the game has quite a few marquee boss fights that really flow well and punch the spectacle in all the right ways. I genuinely love this game's parry mechanic being an actual *parry* where Musashi is actually re-directing the attack, it's such a good attention to detail. But so much of this game's best stuff is padded in by hours and HOURS of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing the remaster and Onimusha 2 is still a great game.
unlabelledView post →More PS5 game previews from #SummerGameFest Play Days: 🪐 Alien Isolation 2 🌆 Control Resonant 👹 Onimusha: Way of the Sword 🧟 Resident Evil Veronica 🪚 Saw: Genesis play.st/3QtraCJ
unlabelledView post →Here's my massive preview/interview of Onimusha: Way of the Sword. I asked the director if he was influenced by modern games like Soulslikes and he said no "We're making an Onimusha game" www.inverse.com/gaming/onimu...
unlabelledView post →Capcom 2026 Lineup (So Far): - Resident Evil Requiem - Onimusha Way of the Sword - Pragmata Resident Evil 9 is obviously the biggest game Capcom will release next year.
unlabelledView post →Ready for some fixed camera Weird West survival horror? God Help Us All is a retro indie survival horror game inspired by Resident Evil 4 and Onimusha! Coming to Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1967440/... Gameplay Vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htfg... by indie dev @retrogig.bsky.social #gaming
unlabelledView post →Onimusha WOTS really is a horror game where the protagonist does not realize it’s a horror game so he just kills everything.
unlabelledView post →Played the demo, loved it, bought the full game and now I’m about 4 hours in. First of all, the combat is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good. Issen is ridiculously satisfying when you nail the timing, the bosses actually make you learn what you’re doing, and the game looks gorgeous. I’m playing on Action difficulty and it gives you a good fight without turning every encounter into pure suffering. But I have one problem. 😂 The beginning fooled me. The game took me through different locations and I thought,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Out now on PlayStation Plus: 🛡️ Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Game Catalog) 🦇 Vampire Survivors (Game Catalog) 👹 Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (Classics Catalog) 🔱 Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Classics Catalog) …and more. Full details: play.st/45z0lRG
unlabelledView post →So far, the game has run smoothly without any issues and feels incredibly smooth. This game is truly phenomenal and well worth playing. From the combat system to the options menu, you can really see that the developers have poured their heart and soul into making it. I'm even willing to postpone other games that are almost 100% complete just to play this one first. This game is well worth playing. If there are any issues in the future, I will edit this review. Current rating: 9/10 ✅
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great atmosphere and a really strong start, but around 4 hours in, the regular enemies still feel way too easy. They often just stand there waiting their turn. I’m not saying this because I expected a Soulslike experience, but the fights start feeling repetitive after a while. Despite the great variety of skills, there’s rarely any need to use most of them. I've heard the difficulty picks up later, so I'll update this if it does. Hopefully future updates can also sharpen up the basic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a long time fan of the Onimusha series, I was lost for words to see Capcom working on a new entry for current gen in light of a 20 year hiatus. A brand new Onimusha game with modern graphics, a brand new protagonist and storyline, with all of the familiar action all wired up in the RE engine? This is surely a recipe for success. Onimusha is a series I hold close to my heart and one I poured countless hours into as a teenager during the PS2 era of gaming, with Onimusha 3 being one of my all…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has such a cool and flashy combat system absolutely ruined by how passive the enemies are. This is not about difficulty but about engagement, take DMC for example, the mobs in that game are easy but you don't need them to attack you to have fun and utilise the games systems. In order to have fun and engage with most of the systems in Onimusha you have to react to what the enemies do, this is where the issue lies. The enemies in this game take about 20 seconds to attack you and attack…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Onimusha 2's final boss is still peak unhinged Capcom. None of it is prerendered compared to the entire rest of the game and the remastered visuals makes it look crazy for a 2002 video game. Goes so hard.
unlabelledView post →Given out at Summer Game Fest 2025 and via mail-in, and now added to the VGHF Library, this half-sized, 8 page promo for Capcom's Onimusha 2 remaster is designed to look like a classic '90s magazine.
unlabelledView post →The combat and boss fights are pure fun and genuinely one of the best in the genre. Sadly, the passive AI trash mobs are both too easy and too plentiful. I really liked the game and hate to criticize it, but it stands out too much for recycling ALL of its bosses and severely lacking enemy variety. The story progression feels dull with about 70% of the game spent walking around the same city. The story itself is classic Capcom style; not great, not bad. Overall, the boss fights and combat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I keep asking myself if that level of detail and polishing is possible and profitable, what stops the other companies from delivering? Is it incompetence, or is it simply greed? Is it just Capcom’s full potential, or is it the start of a new era where this kind of quality and thrill is actually possible and regular? Story Maybe the story isn’t as complex as some hoped it would be, but complexity isn’t always required for a story to be exciting and fulfilling. Onimusha delivers the best…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Onimusha: Way of the Sword DEMO available: Xbox buff.ly/Iay4Vpk US PSN buff.ly/l1kBsNa Steam buff.ly/s2upuYU Earn Charm: Kubi Akari for the full game (save data from the demo cannot be carried over into the base game)
unlabelledView post →Finally a proper character action game, and Capcom's most legit work since DMC5. If you think Capcom has been having a phenomenal 2026, you're probably not alone. As for me, though, I've found Capcom's recent output a little stale over the last few years. Whatever went wrong with Pragmata and Requiem (yes, you heard that right) ultimately ties back to a running gag that's been around for a while: Capcom's tendency to fumble the closing act (compared to how stellar the rest of their games are).…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Musashi’s facial animations in Onimusha are among the best I’ve ever seen in any modern game, holy hell.
unlabelledView post →Will this work for the new Onimusha game? Asking for a friend. (i'm the friend).
unlabelledView post →Buy on sale or wait until there are some updates.. There needs to be another difficulty option. The enemies are way too passive, there is no FOV slider or camera distance option so on ultrawide you're looking through a straw, and the lock-on system is a bit janky sometimes. The combat is great but it just doesn't shine with how easy and passive the enemies are. I can't recommend at $70. Edit: 20hrs in and world mobs and enemies still wait their turn to attack and do so slowly. the basic…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished Onimusha for the first time. Solid little game.
unlabelledView post →Happy 25th birthday, Onimusha! Carving its way though a demon-haunted land for the first time in Japan on 25/01/2001. I replayed the original PS2 Onimusha a few years or so ago and had a great time with it. Still holds up well with some lovely pre-rendered backgrounds and cool biopunk aesthetics.
unlabelledView post →Yasssss, my favourite Onimusha game is getting a re-release!
unlabelledView post →Onimusha: Way of the Sword is exactly the sum of its parts, those parts being: -A legitimately amazing combat system, with fantastic animations -A fantastic main character with real personality -Boss fights that are pretty great But also: -Regular enemies that are so passive they actually felt bugged or unintentional -Egregious repetition: Some bosses are repeated 6+ times. I normally don't mind this, but it's really noticeable here. -The open world elements feel tacked on, with boring…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite being a Capcom game, Onimusha is spiritually an assassins creed game.
unlabelledView post →At first, I complained about how easy the game was and honestly started getting bored. But the more I played, the more I started to see the bigger picture and what this game is actually trying to do with its difficulty and pacing. I know it’s been a tradition in this series to lock the harder difficulties behind beating the game first, and honestly, it makes sense here. The pacing is clearly designed to ease you into the game without frustrating you. It’s not trying to be another Soulslike,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My next game is officially going to be Onimusha Warlords 👀 Very VERY excited for this one!
unlabelledView post →ONIMUSHA Okami Intergalactic And flute guy. Great Game Awards
unlabelledView post →Onimusha might be the most badass swordfighting game I’ve ever played. Everything about it is just cool af, the combat absolutely rocks.
unlabelledView post →Finally, someone in this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ industry remembered that a protagonist is supposed to feel alive, not be some cardboard jackoff puppet getting dragged around by the script like a worn-out ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ doll. As for the story itself, I honestly have mixed feelings about it. I like it and I don't like it at the same time. There's a lot of that cliché soap-opera drama here: somebody gets their ass cut off, somebody loses their head, somebody loses someone yet again. But despite all that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, it's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Onimusha is a cool game. Even if I beat the whole thing apparently without knowing how to play it
unlabelledView post →kinda hyped about the next Onimusha game simply because I can finally live out my fantasy of being Toshiro Mifune
unlabelledView post →We're tackling Onimusha: Warlords for The Deepest Dive! Play the first game in Capcom's series along with @jacobgeller.com, @kelslewin.bsky.social, @kylehilliard.bsky.social, @yozetty.bsky.social, and @michaelphuber.bsky.social from @easyallies.bsky.social! www.patreon.com/posts/join-d...
unlabelledView post →Fantastic game, well optimized, genuinely fun combat system. I have some personal problems with the game in relation to it's legacy, but as a stand alone game, I think it's a great, well crafted game. (giant unc rant ahead. please ignore.) If you've played the original four Onimusha games (Warlords, Samurai Destiny, Demon Siege, and Dawn of Dreams), you will find that this game has almost completely discarded all of the backstory built up by those games. it doesn't directly refute them,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A little lunchtime Onimusha 3 Man, this game rules so hard... crazy plot, time travel, samurai action, Jean Reno in feudal Japan WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE
unlabelledView post →Onimusha: Way of the Sword is one of those rare game previews that made me think 'OK, yeah, I'm going to Platinum this one'. Our hands-on impressions of another potential banger from Capcom: www.eurogamer.net/onimusha-way...
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