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The Legend of Tianding

Creative Games Computer Graphics Corporation · Neon Doctrine · 2021-11-01

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 31, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 31, 2022 (Xbox One), Nov 01, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 18, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Nov 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 18, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

The Legend of Tianding is a sidescrolling action game about Liao Tianding, the legendary Taiwanese Folk Hero. Explore the dazzling streets of Colonial Japanese Taiwan in the early 20th century.

The Legend of Tianding is an Action, Adventure, and RPG released in 2021, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 4393 reviews).

2
playing now
94%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
4.48★
PlayStation Store rating (265 ratings)
4.9h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

The Legend of Tianding is a side-scrolling platform beat 'em up video game developed by Creative Games & Computer Graphics (CGCG) and published by Neon Doctrine for Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S; and personal computers running Windows and iOS. It was released initially for Switch and Steam on November 1, 2021, and ported to additional platforms approximately a year later.

Trailer

The Legend of Tianding trailer thumbnail

The Legend of TianDing - Official Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2021

≈11,764 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 126 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (888 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 88k–198k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,393 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-03-02) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 79 of 105 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
86586520212026Week of 2021-11-01: 865 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2112026-09-15 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 12 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1025Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 102 · peak 594Jan 2022 — avg 37 · peak 127Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 34May 2022 — avg 16 · peak 80Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 54Sep 2022 — avg 9 · peak 51Nov 2022 — avg 25 · peak 167Jan 2023 — avg 26 · peak 84Mar 2023 — avg 16 · peak 75May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Jul 2023 — avg 10 · peak 38Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2023 — avg 34 · peak 94Jan 2024 — avg 17 · peak 48Mar 2024 — avg 20 · peak 60May 2024 — avg 14 · peak 48Jul 2024 — avg 20 · peak 55Sep 2024 — avg 17 · peak 55Nov 2024 — avg 13 · peak 44Jan 2025 — avg 15 · peak 46Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 45May 2025 — avg 9 · peak 65Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 39Sep 2025 — avg 11 · peak 36Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 29Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 24Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 34May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 26Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 34
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.992021-11-022026-10-152021-11-02 — best price $17.992022-01-17 — best price $13.392022-04-13 — best price $17.992022-06-24 — best price $10.992022-07-18 — best price $16.592022-08-22 — best price $19.992022-09-15 — best price $9.822022-10-31 — best price $11.992022-11-23 — best price $9.992022-12-23 — best price $9.812023-01-14 — best price $9.992023-02-24 — best price $16.292023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-06-28 — best price $19.702023-08-07 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $9.992024-02-23 — best price $7.992024-04-29 — best price $19.992024-07-29 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $7.992024-11-26 — best price $7.992025-01-09 — best price $7.992025-02-20 — best price $7.992025-03-31 — best price $7.992025-06-13 — best price $19.992025-09-05 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-05-13 — best price $19.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-07-26 — best price $19.992026-08-10 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $4.992026-09-01 — best price $4.992026-09-09 — best price $4.992026-09-17 — best price $4.992026-09-25 — best price $4.992026-10-03 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2912026-05-28 — 7 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1 pageviews2026-06-05 — 29 pageviews2026-06-09 — 9 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 6 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 5 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 9 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 8 pageviews2026-08-04 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews2026-09-01 — 8 pageviews2026-09-05 — 13 pageviews2026-09-09 — 5 pageviews2026-09-13 — 4 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 6 pageviews2026-09-25 — 3 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-03 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews2026-10-11 — 5 pageviews2026-10-13 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
85.5%
earned "Hero Arrives"
22.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Japanese, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Korean

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-11-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)7,9395%26
Steam (Steam)2,44815%26
PS5 (PlayStation)20665%26
PS5 (PlayStation)17034%26
PS4 (PlayStation)12068%26
PS5 (PlayStation)10734%26
PS4 (PlayStation)5845%26
PS4 (PlayStation)3145%26
Switch (Nintendo)210%0
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

2DRPGCombatAdventureComic BookControllerHistoricalPlatformerStory RichBeat 'em up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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