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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Sword and Fairy 7 is an Action, Adventure, RPG released in 2021, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 19207 reviews).

31
playing now
72%
positive of 19k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
34
Nexus mods (31k downloads)
4.42★
PlayStation Store rating (1,866 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

Sword and Fairy 7 trailer thumbnail

Sword and Fairy 7: Official GeForce RTX Ray Tracing Reveal Trailer

≈395,078 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 31 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 3% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 384k–864k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,207 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99-50%

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 14 of 20 observed days (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

11682026-09-15 12:00 — 90 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 33 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 88 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 32 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 32 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 39 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 75 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 35 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 65 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 101 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 73 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 111 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 27 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 89 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 33 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 67 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.0k41Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 4,981 · peak 15,245Dec 2021 — avg 450 · peak 1,343Feb 2022 — avg 384 · peak 1,345Apr 2022 — avg 312 · peak 872Jun 2022 — avg 209 · peak 678Aug 2022 — avg 213 · peak 701Oct 2022 — avg 220 · peak 675Dec 2022 — avg 252 · peak 780Feb 2023 — avg 217 · peak 1,038Apr 2023 — avg 174 · peak 528Jun 2023 — avg 117 · peak 386Aug 2023 — avg 169 · peak 779Oct 2023 — avg 173 · peak 720Dec 2023 — avg 142 · peak 445Feb 2024 — avg 241 · peak 702Apr 2024 — avg 136 · peak 461Jun 2024 — avg 98 · peak 322Aug 2024 — avg 123 · peak 363Oct 2024 — avg 96 · peak 311Dec 2024 — avg 80 · peak 248Feb 2025 — avg 72 · peak 219Apr 2025 — avg 62 · peak 256Jun 2025 — avg 70 · peak 226Aug 2025 — avg 79 · peak 297Oct 2025 — avg 63 · peak 197Dec 2025 — avg 49 · peak 153Feb 2026 — avg 67 · peak 213Apr 2026 — avg 41 · peak 133Jun 2026 — avg 58 · peak 181Aug 2026 — avg 54 · peak 173
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$11.992021-10-222026-10-092021-10-22 — best price $29.992022-01-27 — best price $23.092022-04-20 — best price $29.992022-10-14 — best price $20.992022-11-29 — best price $29.992022-12-22 — best price $20.992023-01-27 — best price $29.992023-06-29 — best price $14.992023-08-01 — best price $29.992023-11-07 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-02-06 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-05-18 — best price $29.992024-07-31 — best price $14.992024-10-07 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-11 — best price $14.992025-05-07 — best price $29.992025-08-19 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-02-24 — best price $29.992026-04-27 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-09-04 — best price $39.992026-09-25 — best price $39.992026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

56182026-05-30 — 31 pageviews2026-06-03 — 32 pageviews2026-06-07 — 41 pageviews2026-06-11 — 30 pageviews2026-06-15 — 31 pageviews2026-06-19 — 38 pageviews2026-06-23 — 25 pageviews2026-06-27 — 56 pageviews2026-07-01 — 31 pageviews2026-07-05 — 37 pageviews2026-07-09 — 42 pageviews2026-07-13 — 22 pageviews2026-07-17 — 26 pageviews2026-07-21 — 25 pageviews2026-07-25 — 22 pageviews2026-07-29 — 23 pageviews2026-08-02 — 35 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-10 — 25 pageviews2026-08-14 — 30 pageviews2026-08-18 — 51 pageviews2026-08-22 — 49 pageviews2026-08-26 — 41 pageviews2026-08-30 — 34 pageviews2026-09-03 — 18 pageviews2026-09-07 — 35 pageviews2026-09-11 — 33 pageviews2026-09-15 — 25 pageviews2026-09-19 — 31 pageviews2026-09-23 — 45 pageviews2026-09-27 — 32 pageviews2026-10-01 — 34 pageviews2026-10-05 — 22 pageviews2026-10-09 — 25 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-02-17, latest 2023-02-14 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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