Stunning visuals and art direction
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“The environment design is super stunning! The textures are all very detailed and well rendered.”
Steam review · 24.8 h played ↗
Sword and Fairy 7
Worth buying? What 250 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 250 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 72%Mostly Positive · 72%软星科技(SoftStarlight)2021Action RPG · RPG · Action
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, story-heavy Chinese-mythology action RPG with great music and characters, but clunky combat, endless cutscenes and shaky optimization. Skip it if you want fluid combat.
Great for
Fans of Chinese mythology, wuxia dramas and cinematic story-first RPGs who don't mind subtitles
Main risk
Cutscene-heavy, clunky combat and optimization problems; it can feel like a drama more than a game
What players love
Engaging story and likable characters
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“You get quickly attached to your main characters and actually wanna know "what's next?".”
Steam review · 36 h played ↗
Wonderful music and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“What really sets this game apart for me is the soundtrack. Absolutely incredible to listen to”
Steam review · 20.4 h played ↗
Fun combat with party switching
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“AI teammate can use all avaiable skilsl and special charge attack , one of the best AI teammate game ever”
Steam review · 21.9 h played ↗
Rich Chinese mythology and lore
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the game has an incredible amount of lore”
Steam review · 27.4 h played ↗
Good value, especially on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“I got sword and fairy during their discount as $16 and it was worth every penny”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, shallow combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the gameplay, or more particularly, the combat controls grate on my nerves, especially where needed most.”
Steam review · 67 h played ↗
Too many cutscenes, too little gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This game is 90% cut scenes, and 10% gameplay.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Poor optimization, lag and stutter
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the optimization is terrible. I'm running a Ryzen 9 7900 with an RX 9070 XT, and it still hitches pretty often.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Very buggy. You WILL run into bugs, and possibly game breaking ones if you are unlucky. I had black screens, freezes, <1 fps's, duplicate models, boss redo's, floating UIs...”
Steam review · 28 h played ↗
Cliche story and bad English localization
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The plot is very, very cliche and you pretty much knew exactly what was going to happen the first few hours into the game.”
Steam review · 24.5 h played ↗
Frustrating bosses, puzzles and minigames
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Hyper-annoying puzzles and boss fights (no matter your level and gear you will get insta-killed if you make one mistake).”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindowns 10 - 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5/AMD Ryzen5
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 960 4G
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 - 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5/AMD Ryzen5
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA RTX 2060 Super
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindowns 10 - 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5/AMD Ryzen5
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 960 4G
Storage30 GB available space
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