Free with no pay-to-win
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The F2P model is very clean. Everything you can buy is cosmetic and the battle pass is also purely cosmetic.”
Steam review · 17.5 h played ↗
Where Winds Meet
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Everstone Studio2025Action RPG · Souls-like · Adventure
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A huge, beautiful free wuxia open-world action RPG with fun combat and no pay-to-win. Skip it if you hate menu clutter, time gates and gacha-priced cosmetics.
Great for
Wuxia fans who love exploring a huge, quirky open world and don't mind a cluttered MMO-style live service
Main risk
Overwhelming menus and time-gated, capped progression can make it feel like a chore
What players love
Stunning visuals and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The visuals are just breathtaking. The fighting is smooth.”
Steam review · 20.2 h played ↗
Fluid, fun combat and good bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The combat is the best i've seen from souls-like games, graphics are awesome”
Steam review · 102.6 h played ↗
Huge open world with tons to do
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Already 100 hours of gameplay and I still haven’t even started chapter 3, which pretty much says it all about how much content this game has!”
Steam review · 101.3 h played ↗
Quirky, funny, emergent moments
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I learnt Tai Chi from a bear and then used that same martial art to defeat the bear.”
Steam review · 74.8 h played ↗
Good performance on weak hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“The game is great, instantly addictive, and runs at 70 fps with nice visuals even on my old PC.”
Steam review · translated · 4.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Overwhelming, confusing menus
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Where Winds Meet? More like Where Menus Meet.”
Steam review · 29.3 h played ↗
Poor, machine-like translation and AI content
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“NPCs read aloud punctuation marks, hashtags, etc. in the middle of dialog”
Steam review · 24.6 h played ↗
Predatory, overpriced gacha cosmetics
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“So from 40 bucks to 140 bucks. Meanwhile in CN, the same skin can be brought directly, without gacha, for 2.8k.”
Steam review · 73.3 h played ↗
Time gates, energy caps and level walls
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“They put a time gate on LITERALLY everything to progress.”
Steam review · 36 h played ↗
Limited co-op and forced solo
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“only a handful of quests (none of the main quests) actually work in co-op”
Steam review · 989.9 h played ↗
Huge install size
NEW · LAST 30 DAYSMentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“187gb is absurd, and judging by how the game has had no updates to shrink the game size”
Steam review · 91.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support130 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10/11 64bit
ProcessorCore i7-7700K / Ryzen 5 1600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1060(6GB) / RX 480(8GB)
Storage130 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11 64bit
ProcessorCore i7-10700 / Ryzen 7 3700X
Memory32 GB RAM
GraphicsRTX 2070 SUPER / RX 6700 XT / ARC A750
Storage200 GB available space
OSWindows 10/11 64bit
ProcessorCore i7-7700K / Ryzen 5 1600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1060(6GB) / RX 480(8GB)
Storage130 GB available space
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