Moving story and characters
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“Literally the best Chinese game in terms of story-telling I've ever played. I cried for a whole day after I finished all the content.”
Steam review · 43.4 h played ↗
古剑奇谭(GuJian)
Worth buying? What 73 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 73 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 79%Mostly Positive · 79%上海烛龙信息科技有限公司, Aurogon Shanghai2017RPG · Adventure
−40%$11.99$7.19
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A long, story-driven Chinese xianxia RPG with excellent music and writing, but dated visuals, slow dialogue-heavy pacing and no official English. Skip it if you can't read Chinese or need modern polish.
Great for
Chinese readers (or fan-patch users) who love story-heavy xianxia RPGs and mythology
Main risk
No official English, so the story is unreadable without Chinese or a fan patch
What players love
Great music and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“This game has really great music. I still listen from time to time.”
Steam review · 69.8 h played ↗
Rich Chinese mythology and culture
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“You can learn a great deal about ancient Chinese history, geography and traditional culture from it.”
Steam review · 32.2 h played ↗
Fan English translation makes it playable
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Please try the English Translation Mod for Gujian 1”
Steam review · 41.5 h played ↗
Good turn-based combat and balance
Mentioned in ~1 in 18 positive reviews
“The Good - Writing, characters, atmosphere. - Balance. - Combat system. - Music.”
Steam review · 24.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Long, slow, boring dialogue and cutscenes
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“cutscene longer than movement control order duration”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗
Save corruption and technical bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The story pace is too slow. And there's some technical issues with saving.”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
Crashes, freezes and poor compatibility
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Game can no longer play using my Nvidia 4090 display card.”
Steam review · 28.1 h played ↗
Clunky controls and camera
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the core movement are tank move, every time you need to turn around is a pain in head.”
Steam review · 28.5 h played ↗
Grindy, unfair difficulty spikes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Some of the stages are just too hard to clear and there was no ways to increase one strength in certain battle which result you to be 'stuck' in the game”
Steam review · 37.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable15 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 2000/ XP/ VISTA32/ VISTA64/Win7 32/Win7 64（简体中文版）
ProcessorCPU：Intel Pentium4 2.4 Ghz或AMD同等性能芯片
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia Geforce 6600/ATI X1000系列（须支持DX9.0C及SM3.0的显示芯片）
Storage15 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 2000/ XP/ VISTA32/ VISTA64/Win7 32/Win7 64（简体中文版）
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo 2.3Ghz 或 AMD 同等性能芯片
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia Geforce 8600/ATI HD3000 系列及以上
Storage15 GB available space
OSWindows 2000/ XP/ VISTA32/ VISTA64/Win7 32/Win7 64（简体中文版）
ProcessorCPU：Intel Pentium4 2.4 Ghz或AMD同等性能芯片
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia Geforce 6600/ATI X1000系列（须支持DX9.0C及SM3.0的显示芯片）
Storage15 GB available space
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