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Wandering Sword

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

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

2,333
playing now
95%
positive of 45k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

2,333 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2,333 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 3% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 898k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 44,902 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 25 of 47 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

8.9k8122026-08-06 22:00 — 939 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 4,854 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 8,247 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 1,088 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 6,442 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 8,573 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 1,140 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 7,279 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 8,870 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 966 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 4,667 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 8,021 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 812 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 4,545 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 7,871 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 847 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 3,838 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 7,730 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 886 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 3,695 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 6,233 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 963 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3,916 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 5,923 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1,340 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2,593 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 3,685 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 2,385 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 2,333 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

2202026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 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

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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