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Wandering Sword cover art

Wandering Sword

The Swordman Studio · Spiral Up Games · 2023-09-14

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Sep 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 28, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.

Wandering Sword is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 45311 reviews).

3,489
playing now
95%
positive of 46k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
56
Nexus mods (117k downloads)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 85% recommend · from 13 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

3,489 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Wandering Sword trailer thumbnail

Wandering Sword - Official Steam Next Fest Gameplay Trailer

≈814,979 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 3,489 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,956 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~495/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 924k–2.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 46,201 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.49 at Fanatical (2025-11-03) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 23 of 42 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.9k5.9k20232026Week of 2023-09-01: 5,877 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 725 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,896 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,289 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 608 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 984 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 941 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 737 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 745 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 994 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,403 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,654 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 856 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 848 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,191 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,219 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 708 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 701 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 52 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6.1k5532026-09-14 20:00 — 789 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 2,848 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 4,938 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 1,128 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 2,924 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 3,868 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 1,379 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 1,772 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 4,022 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 2,894 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 940 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 2,870 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 3,902 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 612 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 3,932 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 5,717 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 717 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 4,304 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 5,830 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 699 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 4,115 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 4,624 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 776 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 3,489 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.7k725Sep 2023Aug 2026Sep 2023 — avg 8,663 · peak 22,618Oct 2023 — avg 3,016 · peak 9,634Nov 2023 — avg 1,339 · peak 4,115Dec 2023 — avg 822 · peak 2,161Jan 2024 — avg 725 · peak 2,165Feb 2024 — avg 786 · peak 2,059Mar 2024 — avg 1,995 · peak 7,326Apr 2024 — avg 1,863 · peak 5,875May 2024 — avg 1,088 · peak 2,873Jun 2024 — avg 983 · peak 3,684Jul 2024 — avg 1,419 · peak 3,658Aug 2024 — avg 873 · peak 2,553Sep 2024 — avg 860 · peak 2,702Oct 2024 — avg 2,235 · peak 14,973Nov 2024 — avg 5,112 · peak 15,377Dec 2024 — avg 3,495 · peak 9,259Jan 2025 — avg 2,164 · peak 6,391Feb 2025 — avg 1,963 · peak 4,882Mar 2025 — avg 1,572 · peak 4,042Apr 2025 — avg 1,766 · peak 5,939May 2025 — avg 2,409 · peak 6,785Jun 2025 — avg 4,430 · peak 19,355Jul 2025 — avg 4,801 · peak 15,007Aug 2025 — avg 2,721 · peak 6,843Sep 2025 — avg 2,752 · peak 8,053Oct 2025 — avg 2,580 · peak 6,117Nov 2025 — avg 2,491 · peak 6,351Dec 2025 — avg 1,815 · peak 4,637Jan 2026 — avg 1,951 · peak 4,803Feb 2026 — avg 1,927 · peak 4,820Mar 2026 — avg 1,992 · peak 5,116Apr 2026 — avg 2,096 · peak 5,134May 2026 — avg 2,545 · peak 5,710Jun 2026 — avg 2,499 · peak 6,276Jul 2026 — avg 3,248 · peak 8,248Aug 2026 — avg 3,864 · peak 9,347
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
37372026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 29 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 15 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 21 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 23 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 31 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 29 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 35 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 15 new positive2026-09-29: 22 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 18 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 20 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 16 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 17 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 37 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 27 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 19 new positive2026-10-10: 26 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 27 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 23 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 16 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$15.492023-09-152026-08-082023-09-15 — best price $21.992023-10-28 — best price $22.492023-11-21 — best price $21.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-02-15 — best price $24.992024-03-07 — best price $21.992024-03-22 — best price $21.992024-05-10 — best price $21.992024-05-19 — best price $21.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-07-31 — best price $24.992024-08-03 — best price $21.992024-09-09 — best price $21.992024-10-25 — best price $21.992024-11-27 — best price $21.242024-12-13 — best price $21.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-01-26 — best price $21.242025-03-13 — best price $21.242025-05-04 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-08-22 — best price $19.992025-09-05 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $19.992025-11-06 — best price $24.992025-11-24 — best price $18.362025-12-18 — best price $18.742026-01-10 — best price $24.992026-02-10 — best price $24.992026-03-03 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-04-27 — best price $18.742026-05-11 — best price $18.742026-06-18 — best price $18.742026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-07-24 — best price $17.492026-08-06 — best price $24.992026-08-08 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-09-30 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
67.9%
earned "The Start Of Jianghu"
30.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

3 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-06-28, latest 2025-06-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,3043%110

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

RPG2.5DDrama1990'sForeignStrategyAdventureSwordplayOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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