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Sword and Fairy

SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT · 2021-04-14

Steam

RPG

Franchise: The Legend of Sword and Fairy · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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。

Sword and Fairy is an RPG game released in 2021, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 4174 reviews).

94
playing now
97%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
93/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

94 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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)

Trailer

Sword and Fairy trailer thumbnail

Trailer | Sword and Fairy | Jinzhao and Qi explore the mystery of their lives | ENG SUB | WeTV

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 94 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 8% of 13,917 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 83k–188k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,174 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 3 of 6 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

121162026-09-15 14:00 — 94 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 50 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 112 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 18 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 51 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 62 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 62 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 76 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 39 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 47 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 77 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 63 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 25 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 89 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 91 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 74 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 116 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 48 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 94 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
54531Apr 2021Aug 2026Apr 2021 — avg 545 · peak 1,722Jun 2021 — avg 115 · peak 331Aug 2021 — avg 78 · peak 185Oct 2021 — avg 104 · peak 347Dec 2021 — avg 56 · peak 135Feb 2022 — avg 49 · peak 122Apr 2022 — avg 65 · peak 148Jun 2022 — avg 56 · peak 119Aug 2022 — avg 49 · peak 115Oct 2022 — avg 40 · peak 102Dec 2022 — avg 63 · peak 211Feb 2023 — avg 41 · peak 110Apr 2023 — avg 42 · peak 100Jun 2023 — avg 55 · peak 135Aug 2023 — avg 46 · peak 108Oct 2023 — avg 37 · peak 96Dec 2023 — avg 54 · peak 126Feb 2024 — avg 52 · peak 126Apr 2024 — avg 79 · peak 234Jun 2024 — avg 49 · peak 129Aug 2024 — avg 52 · peak 143Oct 2024 — avg 46 · peak 144Dec 2024 — avg 41 · peak 122Feb 2025 — avg 31 · peak 93Apr 2025 — avg 32 · peak 94Jun 2025 — avg 42 · peak 137Aug 2025 — avg 38 · peak 99Oct 2025 — avg 40 · peak 115Dec 2025 — avg 40 · peak 103Feb 2026 — avg 37 · peak 87Apr 2026 — avg 50 · peak 139Jun 2026 — avg 64 · peak 168Aug 2026 — avg 56 · peak 129
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-04-15 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGDramaMagicRetroClassicFantasyRomanceColorfulStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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