ActionAdventureRPG
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending 58% of players who started
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 31,362
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 20h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- 58% of players who start reach the ending.
- 91% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 31,574 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 302 reviews: 31.9h for positive, 21.6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (90.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Onimusha Showdown Drive off Sasaki Ganryu. 100%
- Get Stuffed Defeat Daidara. 98% −2
- Twisted Fates Defeat Rasho-gan. Most players quit here 92% −6
- Howling Wind Defeat Ifuu. 85% −6
- Dokyo's Fixation Defeat the Greater Nue. 81% −4
- Benkei: Out, but Not Down Defeat Benkei. 77% −4
- Crashing Lightning Defeat Burai. 74% −2
- Wide Awake Defeat Shuten Doji. 69% −6
- The Perfect Storm Defeat Ifuu and Burai. 66% −2
- We Done Here? Defeat Sasaki Ganryu at Arashiyama. 64% −3
- End This Madness Defeat Dokyo. 63% −1
- Baited by Benkei Defeat Benkei at Rendaino. 61% −2
- Truly, Thank You Defeat Minamoto no Yoshitsune. 58% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (52)
story milestone ending side
- Onimusha Showdown Drive off Sasaki Ganryu. 100%
- Get This Thing Off Me Absorb 30 or more souls at once. 99%
- Get Stuffed Defeat Daidara. 98%
- Looking Sharp Enhance a piece of equipment for the first time. 95%
- Twisted Fates Defeat Rasho-gan. 92%
- Berserker Defeat 3 enemies with continuous Break Issen attacks. 88%
- Howling Wind Defeat Ifuu. 85%
- Dokyo's Fixation Defeat the Greater Nue. 81%
- Life-Saver Complete your first Chance Encounter. 81%
- Mystery Solved Complete your first Mystery of Kyoto. 79%
- No Dog Left Behind Rescue your first Lion Dog. 79%
- Winning Is What Matters Carry out 50 attacks with environmental objects. 78%
- Benkei: Out, but Not Down Defeat Benkei. 77%
- A Real Charmer Enhance a charm to the maximum level. 76%
- Second Helping Beat an opponent in a Boss Rematch. 75%
- Crashing Lightning Defeat Burai. 74%
- Helm Splitter Break 100 shields or pieces of enemy armor. 74%
- Burning Blade Defeat 50 foes while in the Blazing State. 72%
- Untouchable Perform 50 Grab Reversals. 71%
- Coming Through! Break an enemy's guard 50 times. 71%
- Serves You Right Defeat the Byakue at Kiyomizu-dera Temple. 70%
- Wide Awake Defeat Shuten Doji. 69%
- The Perfect Storm Defeat Ifuu and Burai. 66%
- Selfish Selflessness Rescue a merchant that's being attacked by Genma. 64%
- We Done Here? Defeat Sasaki Ganryu at Arashiyama. 64%
- End This Madness Defeat Dokyo. 63%
- Baited by Benkei Defeat Benkei at Rendaino. 61%
- Brutalist Land 50 Issen attacks. 59%
- Health Is Wealth Enhance a Hozuki Pouch to the maximum level. 59%
- Truly, Thank You Defeat Minamoto no Yoshitsune. 58%
- Deadeye Score 100 headshots with your bow. 56%
- Stop Motion Perform 50 Reflex Combos. 55%
- Demystified Complete all Mysteries of Kyoto. 52%
- Silent Violence Assassinate 20 enemies. 50%
- Oni Armory Acquire all Oni Armaments. 50%
- Pinch Hitter Deflect 50 projectiles. 47%
- No Job Too Small Complete all Chance Encounters. 42%
- For the Love of Dog Rescue all the Lion Dogs. 42%
- The Winding Way of the Sword Learn and upgrade all basic or special skills. 33%
- Wielder of Oni Armaments Defeat 100 enemies with Oni Armaments. 31%
- Dressed to Kill Enhance all equipment to the maximum level. 26%
- Well-Rounded Learn and upgrade all basic and special skills. 23%
- Oni's Oni Defeat 50 enemies in the Oni Awakened state. 22%
- Citizen Savior Rescue 30 townspeople from marauding Genma. 22%
- Flow State Defeat 50 enemies with Chain Issen attacks. 19%
- Medical Marvel Enhance all Hozuki Pouches to the maximum level. 18%
- Charmed Life Enhance all charms to the maximum level. 15%
- Genma Griller Set three enemies ablaze at once. 15%
- Genma-ologist Collect all the Genma notes. 14%
- True Onimusha Complete the game on difficulty level "Carnage". 13%
- Glutton for Punishment Beat all Boss Rematch opponents on all difficulty levels. 12%
- Peerless Unlock all achievements. 8.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-11-01.