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Sword and Fairy cover art

Sword and Fairy

SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT · 2021-04-14

Steam

RPG

Franchise: The Legend of Sword and Fairy · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 07, 1995 (DOS), Apr 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 1999 (Sega Saturn)

*** This game is only available in Chinese *** 《仙剑奇侠传》是由大宇资讯所制作的一款国产单机中文角色扮演计算机游戏。本作是《仙剑奇侠传》系列的第一部作品，主题是“宿命”。故事以中国古代的仙妖神魔人鬼传说为背景，以武侠及仙侠为题材，宿命为主轴。

68
playing now
97%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
93/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

68 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

There are many subtle differences between the numerous versions of the game. The plot provided in this section is based on the PC game versions for Windows 95 and 98. The protagonist, Li Xiaoyao(李逍遥), is an ordinary 19-year-old boy who lives in a small fishing village near Suzhou(苏州), China. During a quest to seek a cure for his ill aunt, he travels to a strange island out at sea, where he meets a fairy named Zhao Ling'er(赵灵儿). He is forced to marry her and remain on the island forever, but manages to escape home with the cure for his aunt. However, he loses memory of his adventure on the isl(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 68 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 233 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (947 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 6,201 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 83k–187k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,158 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.24 at Steam (2024-09-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
93093020212026Week of 2021-04-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

114132026-08-07 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 68 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 55 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 85 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 77 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 114 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 63 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 80 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 48 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 79 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 35 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 24 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 62 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 84 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 68 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 86 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 80 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 97 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 50 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 96 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 68 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$3.242021-04-152026-07-092021-04-15 — best price $3.492021-06-24 — best price $4.242021-10-14 — best price $3.492021-11-24 — best price $4.242021-12-23 — best price $4.242022-01-27 — best price $4.242022-03-28 — best price $4.242022-05-03 — best price $4.242022-11-22 — best price $3.992022-12-23 — best price $4.242023-03-16 — best price $4.242023-11-21 — best price $4.242024-03-14 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.492024-07-31 — best price $3.492024-09-30 — best price $3.242024-11-27 — best price $3.242024-12-20 — best price $3.242025-06-26 — best price $3.242025-09-29 — best price $3.242025-12-18 — best price $3.242026-03-19 — best price $3.242026-06-25 — best price $3.242026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2DRPGDramaMagicRetroClassicFantasyRomanceColorfulStory Rich

Census log

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

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