Onimusha: Way of the Sword — How to Change Language (Text and Voice)

Onimusha: Way of the Sword keeps its language controls out of the pause menu. Text and audio are handled as two independent settings, and both live in the same place — a Language tab that is only reachable before you load into the game world. On PC there is a second route through Steam, which sets the language the game boots with.

Quick answer: From the title screen, open Settings, move to the Language tab, then change Display Language (text) and Voice Language (audio) separately and press Confirm. If you are already in a session, quit back to the title screen first.

The title screen requirement

The Language tab is only exposed in the version of Settings you reach from the main title screen — the one listing Continue, New Game, Load Game, Settings, Online Store, Additional Content, Web Manual, Copyright Notice, and Quit Game. Open Settings from inside an active session and the Language tab is not available to you.

That means the change costs you a return trip. Save at a point you are happy with, quit out of the current playthrough to the title screen, make the switch, then use Continue or Load Game to drop back in. Nothing in the language options touches your save file.

Change display and voice language in the in-game settings

Highlight Settings on the title screen and confirm. This works the same way on every platform, and it is the only menu that carries the language controls.

Move across the tab row at the top of the settings screen until Language is selected. The tabs run Language, Controls, Camera, Gameplay, Display, Graphics, Audio, and Privacy, and the L1 shoulder button cycles between them on a controller. Settings often opens on whichever tab you used last, so you may land on Gameplay or Graphics rather than Language.

Gameplay tab of the settings menu with Motion Sickness Reduction highlighted and Apply selected — Settings can open on a different tab, such as Gameplay — use the shoulder button to reach Language. Image: Capcom

Select Display Language to change on-screen text, menus, and subtitles. The selection screen shows your Current Setting and the prompt “Please select a language.”

Use the directional arrows to move through the list — English, Japanese, Français, Deutsch, Español and the rest — then press Confirm. Previous backs out without applying anything.

Repeat the same process on Voice Language. This one is entirely separate, so an English interface with Japanese audio is a valid combination, and it is a common one for this game.

Language tab showing Display Language set to English and Voice Language set to Japanese — The Language tab with English text and Japanese voices selected — the two settings are independent. Image: Capcom

Confirm the change and close the settings screen to return to the main menu. If you want to undo an experiment, the same tab offers Reset Selected to Default for a single option and Reset All to Default for everything on the tab.

Note: the menu text switches the moment you confirm a Display Language, which is the fastest way to check the change stuck. Voice Language shows its new value under Current Setting immediately, but you will not hear the difference until the next spoken line.

Change the language on PC through Steam properties

Steam sets the language the game launches in, which is useful if the interface booted in a language you cannot read well enough to navigate the settings menu. It works on both the full release and the demo.

Open your Steam Library and find Onimusha: Way of the Sword in the list on the left. Make sure the game is not running.

Steam Library with Onimusha: Way of the Sword DEMO selected and a download in progress — Locating the game in the Steam Library list before opening its properties.

Right-click the entry and choose Properties from the context menu. The window opens on the General tab.

Click the Language dropdown and pick the language you want, for example Español – España. Steam may download an additional language pack before the change takes effect.

Steam Properties General tab with the Language dropdown open and English currently selected — The Language dropdown in Steam’s Properties window, set to English before switching.

Close the Properties window and press Play. The game starts in the selected language, and you can reverse the change at any time by reopening the same dropdown.

Steam Library page for Onimusha: Way of the Sword DEMO with the green Play button — Launching the game after the Steam language change has been applied.

The Steam setting and the in-game Language tab are not in competition. Steam decides the starting state; the title screen menu is what you use afterwards, and it is the only way to split text and voice across two different languages.

Supported languages for interface, audio, and subtitles

Every supported language covers the interface and subtitles. Full voice acting is narrower, so several options will only ever appear as a Display Language choice in practice.

Language	Interface & subtitles	Full audio
English	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	No
Korean	Yes	No
French	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes
Spanish (Spain)	Yes	Yes
Spanish (Latin America)	Yes	No
Portuguese (Brazil)	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes
Polish	Yes	No
Arabic	Yes	No

Turkish, Ukrainian, Thai, Vietnamese, and Indonesian are not part of the game’s language support. Fan sites published in those languages do not indicate an in-game interface option.

Why the language option is missing or does not apply

There are only a few reasons the switch fails, and none of them require reinstalling anything.

You opened Settings from a paused session rather than the title screen, so the Language tab is not shown. Quit to the title screen and try again.
You browsed the list but backed out with Previous instead of pressing Confirm, so the Current Setting never changed.
You changed Display Language and expected the voices to follow. They will not — Voice Language has to be set on its own.
You picked a subtitle-only language and are still hearing another dub. That language has no recorded audio track, so voices stay in whichever language is set under Voice Language.

Once the Language tab reflects the combination you want, it stays that way between sessions, so this is a one-time trip through the title screen rather than something you need to redo on every launch.