Satisfying parry and Issen combat
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“You will feel awesome as you parry, deflect and Issen demons.”
Steam review · 35.6 h played ↗
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%CAPCOM Co., Ltd.2026Souls-like · Action RPG · Action
$69.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A cinematic samurai action game with Sekiro-style parry combat and standout boss fights, held back by a padded hub world and recycled bosses and enemies. Skip it if you want variety or classic Onimusha.
Great for
Players who love parry-based sword combat, boss fights and cinematic presentation, and can tolerate filler
Main risk
Repeated bosses, passive trash enemies and a padded open-world hub make the second half a slog
What players love
Great boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Just sick as hell boss fights.”
Steam review · 15.3 h played ↗
Cinematic presentation and story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the level of presentation is out of this world”
Steam review · 59.4 h played ↗
Charismatic Musashi and top facial animation
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I loved Musashi’s facial expressions”
Steam review · 36 h played ↗
Excellent optimization and performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“some of the very best optimization in the industry imo.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Good Japanese voice acting and Russian localization
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“full Russian localization and quite a good one at that”
Steam review · translated · 65.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Padded, boring open-world hub and side quests
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“how the open world destroys this whole game and its natural flow”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗
Recycled bosses and mini-bosses
NEW · LAST 30 DAYSMentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“6 bosses repeating for 30 hours, like holy crap stop reviving people i defeated like 5 times already”
Steam review · 23.3 h played ↗
Passive, repetitive regular enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The enemies in this game take about 20 seconds to attack you and attack one at a time”
Steam review · 26.6 h played ↗
Intrusive handholding and talkative Shizuka
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Add function to mute Shizuka in combat, shes so annoying and distracting”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗
Grind for upgrade materials
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“continual, tedious side quests centered around gathering upgrade materials”
Steam review · 12.9 h played ↗
Too easy, hard modes locked behind NG+
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“the hardest difficulty level is unfortunately locked behind beating the game one”
Steam review · 27.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support50 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1660(6GB) / Radeon RX 5500 XT(8GB)
Storage50 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce RTX 2060 Super (8GB) / Radeon RX 6600(8GB)
Storage50 GB available space
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1660(6GB) / Radeon RX 5500 XT(8GB)
Storage50 GB available space
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