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Onimusha: Warlords
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 51% of players who started
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 3,683
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (24%); after 5h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 51% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Vengeance” (Defeat Osric) and “Slaying in the Moonlight” (Defeat Marcellus): from 86% to 68% of starters.
- 88% 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 3,710 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 6.8h for positive, 4.1h 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 (87.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Vengeance Defeat Osric. 86% −14
- Slaying in the Moonlight Defeat Marcellus. Most players quit here 68% −18
- There Can Be Only One Defeat Stylado. 61% −7
- Axe-ecutioner Defeat Barawassha. 57% −4
- Pest Exterminator Defeat Hecuba. 54% −3
- Elite Demon Slayer Defeat Marcellus's final form. 52% −2
- Save the Princess Defeat Fortinbras. 51% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (55)
story milestone ending side
- Your Soul is Mine Use the gauntlet to absorb demon souls. 100%
- Lightning Strikes Obtain the Shiden. 98%
- Deadly Strike Use a Special Attack to kill a demon. 96%
- Enhance! Enhance equipment at Magic Mirror. 91%
- All in a Day's Work Save a soldier under attack by demons. 89%
- Vengeance Defeat Osric. 86%
- Raging Flames Obtain the Kouen. 86%
- Keep to Yourself Enter the abandoned keep. 84%
- The Silent Thinker Solve the crest puzzle. 69%
- A Storm is Coming Obtain the Arashi. 68%
- Slaying in the Moonlight Defeat Marcellus. 68%
- Occult Unsealed Unseal the path to the Keep Underground. 66%
- Soul Whisperer Obtain the Rosary of Communication. 64%
- Wish I Had This Sooner! Obtain the Sacred Knife. 62%
- There Can Be Only One Defeat Stylado. 61%
- Two to Tango Speak to the first and second old moth man. 59%
- Max Orbs Enhance all orbs to maximum. 58%
- Sight Beyond Sight Obtain the Vision Staff. 58%
- Axe-ecutioner Defeat Barawassha. 57%
- Glimmering Waters Use the Decorated Sword to enter the East Area. 56%
- Near, Far, Wherever You Are Obtain all long-range weapons. 56%
- Pest Exterminator Defeat Hecuba. 54%
- When Worlds Collide Open the gate to the Demon World. 53%
- Elite Demon Slayer Defeat Marcellus's final form. 52%
- Save the Princess Defeat Fortinbras. 51%
- Max Swords Enhance all swords to maximum. 50%
- Road Kill Kill a demon with a battering ram. 49%
- Panda-monium Unlock Samanosuke's alternate outfit. 48%
- Bamboo-zled! Cut down bamboo in the bamboo forest. 47%
- Just Halfway Complete the first half of the Dark Realm. 47%
- Armor Collector Obtain all armor for Samanosuke. 46%
- Luck? Yeah, Right. Solve all number puzzles. 46%
- Gaunt and Done It Enhance the gauntlet to maximum. 44%
- Demonic Vitality Use Power Jewels to increase Vitality to maximum. 40%
- Decrypter, Table for One Solve all decoder boxes. 39%
- Never Lost Collect all maps. 38%
- A Survivor to the End Complete the second half of the Dark Realm. 36%
- Demons Die Now Obtain the Bishamon Sword. 30%
- Mano A Mano Win a power struggle with a demon. 28%
- Secret Ninja Skills Strike a demon with Kaede's Special Attack. 24%
- Walking Encyclopedia Collect all files. 15%
- See You Next Fall Defeat a demon by knocking it down the waterfall. 13%
- Magic Overload NEW_ACHIEVEMENUse Magic Jewels to increase Magic Power to maximum._DESC_2_7 13%
- All for One, One for Fluorite Collect all Fluorite. 12%
- Speed Demon Complete the game in less than 3 hours. 11%
- All Lives Big and Small Absorb souls from carp. 8.2%
- Undying Summer Find the beetle on the tree trunk. 7.4%
- Fall's Flight Spot the flock of wild geese at dusk. 7.3%
- One Chance Strike Marcellus's final form with a Deflect Critical attack. 6.6%
- None for Me, Thanks Complete the game on Normal without using herbs or medicine. 6.4%
- Ogre Savior Complete all stages of Oni Spirits. 5.9%
- Pro-nimusha Complete the game and get an S Rank. 5.4%
- Scantily-Clad Jutsu Unlock Kaede's alternate outfit. 5.4%
- The Ultimate Champion Complete the game on Ultimate difficulty. 5.1%
- Blunt Sword, Sharp Mind Complete the game on Normal without enhancing swords or using Jewels. 4.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.