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劍俠．風塵戀曲

永恆艾莉絲工坊 · Alice Publication · 2023-04-28

Steam

AdventureCasualRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 28, 2023 (Mac)

"Blades of Jianghu: Ballad of Wind and Dust" is a single-player game that combines text adventure with turn-based combat and exploration. As someone aspiring to become a great hero, your journey through the martial arts world will not always be a solo endeavor.

84%
positive of 494 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$18.99
steam price (US)

In the treacherous world of martial arts, young Gong Zhen ventures into the gray area between good and evil. With lofty aspirations of becoming a great hero, he unintentionally becomes the target of Wei Shuang Yun, a legendary figure known as the "Black Swallow" of the martial arts world. Gong Zhen tries to clear up the misunderstanding and joins forces with Wei Shuang Yun to investigate a series of murders that have taken place in town. They soon discover that the culprit is Blood Phoenix, the top assassin on the Crimson Flower Ranks, another legendary figure in the martial arts world. Blood (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (90 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.9k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 494 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$18.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.39 at Steam (2025-05-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
686820232026Week of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$18.99$11.392023-04-282026-10-082023-04-28 — best price $13.492023-06-05 — best price $11.842023-06-13 — best price $18.992023-07-24 — best price $18.992023-09-04 — best price $18.992023-11-06 — best price $18.992023-11-28 — best price $18.992023-12-18 — best price $18.992024-01-04 — best price $18.992024-01-29 — best price $18.992024-03-11 — best price $18.992024-03-21 — best price $18.992024-04-22 — best price $18.992024-06-03 — best price $18.992024-07-11 — best price $18.992024-07-22 — best price $18.992024-10-07 — best price $18.992024-11-27 — best price $13.292024-12-19 — best price $13.292025-01-23 — best price $13.292025-03-13 — best price $13.292025-05-05 — best price $11.392025-06-26 — best price $11.392025-09-23 — best price $11.392025-09-29 — best price $11.392025-10-28 — best price $11.392025-12-17 — best price $11.392026-02-10 — best price $11.392026-03-19 — best price $11.392026-05-01 — best price $11.392026-06-15 — best price $11.392026-08-27 — best price $11.392026-10-01 — best price $11.392026-10-08 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
58.9%
earned "【Hidden】Word of Mouth"
29.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

5 supported languages: Traditional Chinese, English, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2023-04-28 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeHentaiNudityRomanceStrategyAdventureStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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