Stunning hand-drawn art style
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“distinctive hand-drawn ink-brush art style, which feels like a living Chinese painting brought to life”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Eastern Exorcist
Worth buying? What 235 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 235 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%Wildfire Game（无锡野火数字科技有限公司）2021Action · RPG · Adventure
$17.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A short, linear 2D parry-based slasher with gorgeous ink-style art and two distinct campaigns. Skip it if you dislike heavy tutorials, stamina limits, or uneven boss design.
Great for
Fans of Muramasa-style 2D action who want stylish parry combat and Chinese folklore, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Intrusive repeated tutorials and clunky, stamina-limited combat can sour the first hours before it opens up
What players love
Two distinct campaigns with replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Game is also packing 2 completely different campaigns with different characters that have also very distinct combat styles.”
Steam review · 28.6 h played ↗
Satisfying parry and dodge combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The magic system, the parry system all build into a sort of "flow" to combat that feels easy to pick up and super fun to master.”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
Varied skills, items and builds
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“7 "play styles" per character, or 12 if you count both characters”
Steam review · 20 h played ↗
Chinese folklore setting and story
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I've always been interested in folklore so this game is a treasure for me.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Good boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“once you get to bossess you will have to put up a real fight”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, unresponsive controls and combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Sloppy Controls with frequent dropped inputs”
Steam review · 32.4 h played ↗
Excessive, unskippable tutorials
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This isn't hand holding, this is whole body holding.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Linear, repetitive, thin gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Extreme "walking to the right" simulator”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Bugs, broken settings and tutorial blockers
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“game starts out in wrong resolution, go to video options and click arrows to change it, THEY DONT WORK.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Poor balance, too easy or spiky
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“this is the easiest hack and slash 2D souls like ive ever played”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
Frustrating boss design and stamina
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“bosses had to stunlock you and keep you in a corner while your stamina refuses to be restored”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7/8/10 64bit
ProcessorIntel i3+
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 750
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7/8/10 64bit
ProcessorIntel i5+
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 950
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 7/8/10 64bit
ProcessorIntel i3+
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 750
Storage8 GB available space
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