New 85% on Metacritic Fantasy Action Game Just Shot Up to No. 1 on Steam Overnight

Fans have waited 20 years for a new installment of Capcom's action game.

The short version

• Onimusha: Way of the Sword , Capcom's latest action game set in a reimagined Edo-period Kyoto, debuted at No.
• SteamDB recorded 40,000 active players on the game's first day, an impressive feat when competing against fellow new release The Blood of Dawnwalker.
• That hot streak only continued into the weekend.

What happened

Twenty-four hours after its release, Onimusha: Way of the Sword surged to the No. 1 selling game on Steam , beating out both Halloween: The Game and WARDOGS .

Why it matters

On Saturday, SteamDB recorded 74,575 active players.

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