Is sekiro on the same universe as Tenchu?

[B1ackReaper]

Any From Software fan that gets the lore of both IP's able to clarify this for me?
i wish i could replay the Tenchu games, but my playstation 2 doesn't work anymore.

[Sédrio]

Did a lil' googlin'. Not the same universe, no. It was inspired by Tenchu and they wanted to make a sequel but then decided to turn it into its own thing.

[Don Lobo]

Originally posted by Sédri:

Did a lil' googlin'. Not the same universe, no. It was inspired by Tenchu and they wanted to make a sequel but then decided to turn it into its own thing.

No, they didn't want to make a sequel. I will always correct this as it's wrong and it was a mistranslation from ONE site that dozens parroted without fact checking. From the lead developer on exclusive pre-release interview with Game Informer, they only ever looked at Tenchu as a source of inspiration once they knew the setting was Japan. They own the IP, but they never intended to make a sequel for it. They decided on a Japan-set game and then looked at the library of games they’d worked on that had that setting to inspire their work, and that was it.

As per your question OP, the universe is Japan, so as far as that goes they share the setting. Whether they share more (than the few easter egg names it has), is up to From and nobody else. No nerdy fan can say otherwise no matter how hard they moan. So, until From says so, the answer is no, they don't share a universe.

Feel free to headcanon away if you want though. From stating none of their different franchises happen in each other’s universes certainly hasn't stopped people from making 1000+ post threads about how Dark Souls is X ending from Elden Ring or how BB is the distant future after Souls.

[B1ackReaper]

Thanks bro. I did google it a bit, but i just wanted an answer from someone who remembers it more clearly. I was like 6 when i played tenchu games, so i only have some moments playing the game that stuck with me.