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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.

  • Historical setting
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for Onimusha: Warlords are Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, God of War and God of War: Ghost of Sparta. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Onimusha: Warlords special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

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Brings what grabs you about Onimusha: Warlords: melee combat with weapons or fists, dread and tension as well as lavish production.

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

Fantasy setting

As the vengeful Spartan Kratos, you carve through mythic Greece with chained blades to kill Ares. Fast, brutal combat, epic boss fights and light puzzles define this linear adventure.

God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Fantasy setting

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.

Dante's Inferno

Dread and tension

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: Chains of Olympus

Lavish presentation

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.

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

Dread and tension

As Hector, a former servant of Dracula, you hack your way through gothic castles and lands in a 3D action adventure. Its standout feature is Devil Forgery, which lets you raise and evolve Innocent Devil companions that fight alongside you.

Hellblade II: Senua's Saga

Dread and tension

A stunning, film-like journey through mythic Viking Iceland that renders Senua's psychosis through remarkable binaural audio. Light on gameplay depth, but heavy on atmosphere, weighty one-on-one duels and perception puzzles.

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

Historical setting

As a ghost-hunting duo in 17th-century New England, you switch between two characters in real-time combat and decide whether to free the dead or save the living. An emotional love story sits at the center, with choices that shape the ending.

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