Games like Onimusha: Way of the Sword
If you like Onimusha: Way of the Sword (action, samurai and bosses), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Black Myth: Wukong
- In common: action and progression
When you're full of energy and want a session of boss fights that demand learning every pattern.
Devil May Cry HD Collection
- In common: action and a challenge
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you want to discover where the series began, mission by mission, with fixed cameras in the first two games.
DmC: Devil May Cry
- In common: action and progression
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you want an action game full of combos where every fight grades your style and dares you to do better.
Lies of P
- In common: action and progression
When you have energy and several free evenings: its director reckons it takes at least 30 hours or so to finish.
Sifu
- In common: action and a challenge
When you fancy mastering demanding combat through repetition: NME took 15 hours to finish it.
God of War
- In common: action and progression
- Difference: more story
When you have a free afternoon and energy: the mix of story and combat works best in long sessions.
Devil May Cry 5
- In common: action and a challenge
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you're fired up and want a short mission of spectacular action to sharpen your combos.
Shadow Warrior
- In common: action and progression
When you fancy a long, irreverent shooter: Destructoid took around 16 hours to finish it and Roobla around 12.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- In common: action and long sessions
When you have energy, concentration and the will to overcome a real challenge.
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
- In common: action and progression
When you're out for revenge: hunting down the orc captains who have beaten you and crashing their duels and feasts.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Third-person sword action: you're Miyamoto Musashi in a demon-infested Edo-period Kyoto, striking and deflecting on cue to drain your rival's stamina and finish them with a Break Issen, while your gauntlet absorbs souls to heal you.
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