Way Of The Samurai 4 60fps May 2026

Let’s be honest: Way of the Samurai 4 (WOTS4) is a beautiful mess. It’s a game where you can be a shogunate official in the morning, a noodle cart chef by noon, and a cross-dressing foreign diplomat by nightfall. It’s janky, it’s obtuse, and it has the texture of a PS3-era action game that was crying for more horsepower.

But for the past decade, we’ve played it shackled. 30 frames per second. Stuttering sword swings. A camera that felt like it was wading through mud.

If you own the PC version (available on Steam or GOG), the community has already forged the blade for you. The secret weapon is or simply forcing the frame rate via Special K .