Onimusha: Way of the Sword Steam Reviews Climb as Simplified Chinese Score Doubles

Published 2026-09-04Updated 2026-09-183 min read

Onimusha: Way of the Sword sits at 73 percent positive on Steam overall, while Simplified Chinese reviews doubled from 23 to 47 percent after a rocky unlock.

Launch-day Steam reviews — a curve bending back up.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword unlocked on Steam at noon on launch day, and the review curve told a story of two halves. At the time of writing, the game held 441 reviews at 73 percent positive — a "Mostly Positive" standing. The Simplified Chinese segment told the sharper tale: 222 reviews at 47 percent positive, "Mostly Negative to Mixed," but doubled from the 23 percent posted in the first hour after unlock.

What Players Praise and What They Report

The positive column is consistent: the combat. Reviewers call out the deflect-parry toolkit, the Issen counter and boss fights as the game's spine — the same strengths our review roundup highlights.

The negative column is mostly technical rather than design-driven. Players reported stability problems, and a recurring launch bug where PS5 controllers were not detected on PC. Those are patch targets, not philosophy disputes — which is why the score could climb as fast as it did. Our troubleshooting guides cover the common launch fixes.

The trajectory matches what happened next: within days the Chinese-language score kept recovering as the player count peaked — see the audience share analysis.

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