Gripping story and writing
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Translation is actually not bad at all and the story is an absolute masterpiece.”
Steam review · 134.6 h played ↗
Wandering Sword
Worth buying? What 262 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 262 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%The Swordman Studio2023RPG · Adventure · Strategy
−30%$24.99$17.49
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A huge, story-rich wuxia RPG with great characters, build variety and replayability. Skip it if you hate guides, missable content, clunky UI, or easy auto-battle combat.
Great for
Wuxia/Octopath fans who love sprawling stories, companions and multiple endings, and don't mind guides
Main risk
Hidden quest requirements lock you out of companions and endings without a guide; combat gets trivially easy
What players love
Huge replayability and branching endings
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“There are so many outcomes and choices to so many things, it's truly a shining example of player agency.”
Steam review · 82 h played ↗
Beautiful HD-2D pixel art and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This game is simply beautiful with its animations and colouring, even though it's pixelated.”
Steam review · 17.6 h played ↗
Memorable, well-written companions
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“A great cast of characters with an actual interconnecting storyline that develops every character. Everyone gets their moment to shine.”
Steam review · 88.3 h played ↗
Authentic wuxia feel and good translation
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The game is fully translated to English and the translation quality is surprisingly well-done.”
Steam review · 78.8 h played ↗
Deep build variety and progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“There's lot to experiment with in terms of the move setups, cultivation methods, and lightness skills, allowing for great build diversity.”
Steam review · 204.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Combat is shallow and turns into auto-battle
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“a few hours in, it basically becomes an auto-battler since it is so easy.”
Steam review · 48.6 h played ↗
Clunky UI and poor controller support
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the very horrendous controller UI design”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Weak or poorly translated writing
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the writing is nothing short of horrible”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Railroaded story and forced losses
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“FORCED LOSS 1 round and you automatically lose”
Steam review · 31.3 h played ↗
Missable content requires a guide
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“You need a companion walkthrough otherwise it's really to miss out on companions.”
Steam review · 29.7 h played ↗
Bugs and stuck progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“i often find my self locked in towns repeating seens over and over.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable7 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 64-bit
ProcessorAMD FX-4350 / Intel® Core™ i3-3210
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics[Integrated graphics not supported]AMD Radeon™ RX 560 (4GB VRAM) / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 (4GB VRAM)
Storage7 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i5-6400
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsRadeon™ RX 580(6GB VRAM) / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 ti (6 GB VRAM)
Storage7 GB available space
OSWindows® 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 64-bit
ProcessorAMD FX-4350 / Intel® Core™ i3-3210
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics[Integrated graphics not supported]AMD Radeon™ RX 560 (4GB VRAM) / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 (4GB VRAM)
Storage7 GB available space
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