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Sword and Fairy 7 cover art

Sword and Fairy 7

软星科技(SoftStarlight) · 方块游戏(CubeGame) · 2021-10-21

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 04, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Nov 03, 2022 (Xbox One), Nov 03, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 04, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

An action RPG based on Chinese art style, as the 7th lineal sequel of this series, it earns a lot of anicipations. Better gaming experience than any of its previous episode will be brought to all the players.

52
playing now
72%
positive of 19k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

52 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

The Legend of Sword and Fairy 7, also known as Sword and Fairy 7 or Chinese Paladin 7, is a xianxia/shenmo-themed fantasy action-adventure role-playing video game developed by Softstar Entertainment (Beijing) and China Mobile Games & Entertainment Group (CMGE). First released in October 2021, it is the ninth installment in The Legend of Sword and Fairy video game series, preceded by The Legend of Sword and Fairy 6 (2015). The story is set about 100 years after the events of The Legend of Sword and Fairy 2, with numerous homages to all previous games and some of the characters from the second, third, fourth and fifth game even making cameo appearances.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 52 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 324 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~41/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,017 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 384k–863k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,186 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99-60%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2025-04-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 16 of 17 observed days · $28.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.5k3.5k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 3,512 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,505 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,920 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 755 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

13032026-08-06 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 32 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 92 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 70 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 101 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 81 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 102 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 81 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 93 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 28 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 95 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 130 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 61 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 129 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 32 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 53 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 67 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 37 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 52 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$11.992021-10-222026-08-282021-10-22 — best price $29.992022-01-05 — best price $29.992022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-04-20 — best price $29.992022-08-31 — best price $29.992022-10-28 — best price $29.992022-11-29 — best price $29.992022-12-15 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-01-27 — best price $29.992023-05-27 — best price $29.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-08-01 — best price $29.992023-10-05 — best price $29.992023-11-21 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-02-20 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-05-04 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $14.992024-07-31 — best price $14.992024-09-23 — best price $14.992024-11-06 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-01-26 — best price $14.992025-03-11 — best price $14.992025-04-23 — best price $11.992025-06-20 — best price $11.992025-08-19 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $11.992025-11-03 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-02-12 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-27 — best price $11.992026-06-11 — best price $11.992026-08-17 — best price $11.992026-08-28 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

57182026-05-30 — 31 pageviews2026-06-02 — 28 pageviews2026-06-05 — 29 pageviews2026-06-08 — 29 pageviews2026-06-11 — 30 pageviews2026-06-14 — 38 pageviews2026-06-17 — 39 pageviews2026-06-20 — 28 pageviews2026-06-23 — 25 pageviews2026-06-26 — 41 pageviews2026-06-29 — 43 pageviews2026-07-02 — 28 pageviews2026-07-05 — 37 pageviews2026-07-08 — 57 pageviews2026-07-11 — 36 pageviews2026-07-14 — 29 pageviews2026-07-17 — 26 pageviews2026-07-20 — 38 pageviews2026-07-23 — 38 pageviews2026-07-26 — 27 pageviews2026-07-29 — 23 pageviews2026-08-01 — 18 pageviews2026-08-04 — 26 pageviews2026-08-07 — 28 pageviews2026-08-10 — 25 pageviews2026-08-13 — 33 pageviews2026-08-16 — 52 pageviews2026-08-19 — 34 pageviews2026-08-22 — 49 pageviews2026-08-25 — 53 pageviews2026-08-27 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
73.7%
earned "Not bad"
20.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

3 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,6078%54

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DRPGActionFantasyAdventureMythologyAction RPGOpen WorldStory RichMartial Arts

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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