Onimusha: Way of the Sword Reviews
Onimusha: Way of the Sword can be considered another success for Capcom in 2026. While Onimusha is a more niche series compared to franchises like Resident Evil or Devil May Cry, you don’t need any prior knowledge to enjoy its latest entry. If you’re a fan of action games, Way of the Sword has plenty to offer, from thrilling boss fights and a compelling story with an incredibly likable protagonist to its fascinating world. Even after the credits roll, the game has enough replay value to make at least one more playthrough worthwhile. So if you’re an action game fan, don’t miss out on this Eastern epic, and treat yourself to an adventure worth experiencing.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Monsters beware, Musashi is here! One of the best hack and slash titles to come out in some time, Onimusha: Way of the Sword is deliriously fun. When it’s all said and done, Kyoto might be under the scourge of the devilish Genma, but it’s an absolute blast getting lost in it.
Capcom continues its streak of great looking and playing games with Onimusha Way of the Sword that blends history and fiction, action and comedy and swordplay and light puzzles.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a fantastic return for one of the most promising franchises in the entire industry. With an excellent story and exceptional combat, Capcom hits the mark once again, delivering a title that is a true spectacle. Capturing the best of its blend of samurai and horror, it transforms into an exciting and action-packed experience that should be remembered as one of the best of the year.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
The way of the samurai shines bright in Onimusha: Way of the Sword, marking a triumphant return for Capcom's long-running action RPG series.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword marks a fascinating yet overly conservative return for Capcom's iconic franchise, starring the legendary Miyamoto Musashi. While boasting stunning cinematic direction, top-tier voice acting, and rock-solid technical performance on PS5, the game is held back by a passive AI, an overly permissive difficulty curve, and a combat system that pulls its punches. It's a solid, beautiful foundation for a series revival, though it ultimately lacks the necessary bite to truly master its craft.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is another win for Capcom. It's a game with stellar combat that stumbles when it comes to its open-world design and side content. Luckily, when it's time to cross swords, this game is incredibly fun
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Onimusha: Way of the Sword's super-fun sword combat really packs a punch and is the star of the show along with the ridiculous game world and cast of characters that'll make things a lot more entertaining if they click with you. 👹
I really wanted to love this game. Especially because every now and then brilliant highlights shine through showing what could have been. I thoroughly enjoyed the linear sections and the boss fights in particular were so outstanding that they made battling through the rest of the game worthwhile on their own. However Onimusha: Way of the Sword gets so bogged down in extra content that it seems to lose sight of its own strengths, ultimately dragging on for at least 15 hours too long.
Review in German | Read full review
Onimusha Way of the Sword is an extremely solid hack and slash action packed game with a lot of button bashing combat in between the far more technical boss battles (which can be brutally punishing on the normal difficulty setting). Casual gamers might struggle here while seasoned veterans of Soulslike games like Sekiro or Bloodborne will love this.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is an incredible, imperfect game. When it’s good, it’s excellent, and I ended up having a fantastic experience with a series that, until a week ago, meant absolutely nothing to me.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a robust game and a great addition to the Nintendo Switch 2 library. Even with some graphical and performance limitations, particularly when playing in docked mode, the game still delivers a solid experience in handheld mode. The repetition, some extremely linear sections, and a campaign that feels a bit stretched out do weigh the experience down, but they don’t take away from the fact that this is still a good game. It’s a great choice for longtime fans of the series, as well as anyone who enjoys a good hack-and-slash game, sword-based combat, and a samurai setting mixed with supernatural elements. It’s not a game I would consider revolutionary in any particular aspect, but it does a good job of keeping you entertained for several hours, even with all the repetition mentioned above.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Onimusha: Way of the Sword delivers a spectacular return for the series, combining deep, fluid sword combat, outstanding boss fights, brutal finishers, and a surprisingly engaging story with a charismatic Miyamoto Musashi. Its excellent main missions, striking atmosphere, and expressive character animations shine, but repetitive side activities, unnecessary grinding, limited enemy variety, and an overly stretched campaign prevent this otherwise fantastic action adventure from reaching its full potential.
Review in Czech | Read full review
Its highs are so high I think it’s well worth traversing the valleys to get there. But those valleys are wide and they’re not getting any narrower. Every once in a while you need to remember that the cookie is every bit as important as the cream in an Oreo, that you need something solid to chew on to enjoy yourself. Onimusha is a tasty cookie, I just wish I could scrap some of the filling out.
This is a big game, with a long main narrative and plenty of side missions along the way.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a fantastic game. Following Resident Evil Requiem, Monster Hunter Stories 3, and Pragmata, Capcom has achieved a "four out of four" with this game, creating a great series in 2026.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
It’s a huge step beyond anything the series did before, and yet it still feels like an Onimusha game in all the right ways.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a triumphant revival that rewards patience with exceptional combat, demanding boss fights, and surprisingly strong level design. Its slow narrative buildup and uneven side content hold it back, but once its systems fully open up, Capcom delivers a deeply satisfying action game worthy of the Onimusha name.
In an absolutely stacked year so far for Capcom, Onimusha: Way of the Sword is my favorite by a mile.
We can say it loud and clear: this is yet another success for Capcom. Onimusha is back in the spotlight after so many years, and fans will be delighted with the final result. The combat is so fantastic that it carries the entire game. Combined with the boss battles, these are the highlights of the adventure. Not all the elements are perfect—including the use of the semi-open world and the side missions. But that doesn’t stop you from finishing the game with a satisfied smile. And while that may sound simple, it was the goal for a series coming back from the dead.
Review in French | Read full review