Cover of Onimusha: Warlords

Similar games

Games like Onimusha: Warlords

2001 PCPlayStation

As the samurai Samanosuke, you slash through demon hordes in feudal Japan to rescue a kidnapped princess. Fixed camera angles, puzzles and absorbing demon souls shape this survival-horror-style action adventure.

What defines Onimusha: Warlords:

  • Fantasy setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Action-packed real-time combat

10 games with a similar feel, sorted by match

Show games from the same series

Best match

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

94 %

2010 PCPlayStationXbox 24.99 € 👍 81 % Very positive, 9,319 reviews on Steam

  • Fantasy setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lavish presentation

A lavish hack-and-slash reboot where Gabriel Belmont wields his combat cross through a gothic world of werewolves, vampires and colossal titans. Weighty combo combat, climbing sections and puzzles carry a tragic tale of grief and damnation.

God of War: Chains of Olympus

Action-packed real-time combat

Kratos' first handheld outing on the PSP packs the series' brutal blade-chain combat, QTE finishers and towering bosses into a compact, console-quality adventure. This prequel is set ten years before the original game, while Kratos is still serving the gods.

God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Action-packed real-time combat

Kratos searches for his mother and lost brother Deimos across Atlantis and Sparta in this PSP entry. It delivers brutal hack-and-slash combat and epic boss fights on the scale of the console games, wrapped around a surprisingly personal story.

God of War II

Lavish presentation

Kratos wages a vengeful war against Olympus, allied with the Titans, in a brutal combo-driven hack-and-slash. Its colossal boss fights, like the Colossus of Rhodes, and its inventive environmental puzzles pushed the PS2 to its limits.

God of War III

Lavish presentation

Kratos' savage war on Olympus delivers colossal boss fights against gods and titans, fluid combo-driven combat and presentation that was jaw-dropping for its era. Puzzles and climbing sections break up the carnage.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Strong, story-driven narrative

A dark gothic action-adventure where you alternate between the vampire Kain and the wraith Raziel. Brutal melee combat, environmental puzzles and a dense, layered tale of fate and vengeance define the experience.

Dante's Inferno

Action-packed real-time combat

A brutal hack-and-slash descent through the nine circles of Hell inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy, wielding Death's scythe and a holy cross against grotesque demons. Punishing or absolving damned souls shapes your unholy or holy upgrade path.

God of War: Ascension

Lavish presentation

A brutal hack-and-slash prequel following Kratos as he breaks his oath to Ares and battles the Furies, featuring enormous set pieces from Greek mythology, environmental puzzles and the series' first online multiplayer mode.

Feedback