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Where Winds Meet

Everstone Studio · NetEase Games · 2025-11-14

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Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 27, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 29, 2025 (iOS), Jan 29, 2025 (Android), Nov 14, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jun 07, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Step into an open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China. Uncover the secrets of your own identity as you rise from a humble village wanderer to the sword master of the imperial capital. Learn martial arts and build your reputation as a hero or a bringer of chaos in this free wuxia world.

Where Winds Meet is an Action, Adventure, RPG, and Free To Play game released in 2025, priced as free-to-play, with Very Positive (87% of 113,349 reviews) sentiment.

8,476
playing now
87%
positive of 114k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,257
twitch viewers (latest)
55/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (112 ratings)
25108h
to beat · rushed 20015h · completionist 25256h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

8,476 players in-game as of 2026-08-12 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Where Winds Meet‍ is a wuxia historical fantasy action-adventure role-playing video game developed by Everstone Studio and published by NetEase Games. The player assumes the role of a wanderer-warrior in China during the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

Trailer

Where Winds Meet trailer thumbnail

Where Winds Meet - Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8,476 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,229 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~404/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29,728 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 3 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27k27k20252026Week of 2025-11-14: 19,500 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 4,652 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 27,114 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 2,614 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 15,400 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1,485 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 6,376 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 928 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 4,124 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 673 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 3,377 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 515 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 2,184 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 423 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 2,264 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 362 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 2,186 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 436 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 341 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 982 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 218 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 847 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 214 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 881 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 219 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 665 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 182 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 671 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 174 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 658 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 166 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 703 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 190 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 549 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 162 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 488 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 159 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 605 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 164 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 595 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 191 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 451 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 149 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 375 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 125 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 417 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 114 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 271 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 113 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 297 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 485 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 696 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 107 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 426 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 276 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 301 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 350 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 231 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 277 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 400 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 353 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 79 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

24k8.4k2026-08-06 16:00 — 18,519 players2026-08-06 20:00 — 11,830 players2026-08-07 00:00 — 8,772 players2026-08-07 04:00 — 9,246 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 9,630 players2026-08-07 12:00 — 15,029 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 18,826 players2026-08-07 20:00 — 12,361 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 9,460 players2026-08-08 04:00 — 11,575 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 13,077 players2026-08-08 12:00 — 19,318 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 20,230 players2026-08-08 20:00 — 14,313 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 10,510 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 12,370 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 14,449 players2026-08-09 12:00 — 20,222 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 19,395 players2026-08-09 20:00 — 14,242 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 11,754 players2026-08-10 04:00 — 10,897 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 10,701 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 18,486 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 19,101 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 11,782 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 8,589 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 9,009 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 8,824 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 15,558 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 17,696 players2026-08-11 20:00 — 11,169 players2026-08-12 00:00 — 8,366 players2026-08-12 01:00 — 8,476 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#71#712026-08-062026-08-122026-08-06 — #712026-08-07 — #712026-08-08 — #712026-08-09 — #712026-08-10 — #712026-08-11 — #712026-08-12 — #71
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
54542026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 39 new positive2026-08-07: 9 new negative2026-08-08: 30 new positive2026-08-08: 13 new negative2026-08-09: 18 new positive2026-08-09: 6 new negative2026-08-10: 38 new positive2026-08-10: 3 new negative2026-08-11: 13 new positive2026-08-11: 8 new negative2026-08-12: 16 new positive2026-08-12: 5 new negative2026-08-14: 24 new positive2026-08-14: 4 new negative2026-08-15: 31 new positive2026-08-15: 12 new negative2026-08-16: 37 new positive2026-08-16: 6 new negative2026-08-17: 31 new positive2026-08-17: 8 new negative2026-08-18: 41 new positive2026-08-18: 9 new negative2026-08-19: 18 new positive2026-08-20: 42 new positive2026-08-20: 6 new negative2026-08-21: 54 new positive2026-08-21: 12 new negative2026-08-22: 44 new positive2026-08-22: 11 new negative2026-08-23: 37 new positive2026-08-23: 3 new negative2026-08-24: 44 new positive2026-08-24: 5 new negative2026-08-25: 9 new positive2026-08-25: 8 new negative2026-08-26: 43 new positive2026-08-26: 11 new negative2026-08-27: 47 new positive2026-08-27: 22 new negative2026-08-28: 38 new positive2026-08-28: 1 new negative2026-08-29: 43 new positive2026-08-29: 17 new negative2026-08-30: 23 new positive2026-08-30: 11 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

4.0k5822026-05-13 — 688 pageviews2026-05-16 — 726 pageviews2026-05-19 — 678 pageviews2026-05-22 — 754 pageviews2026-05-25 — 828 pageviews2026-05-28 — 1,075 pageviews2026-05-31 — 782 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,273 pageviews2026-06-06 — 968 pageviews2026-06-09 — 2,309 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1,322 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,081 pageviews2026-06-18 — 808 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,015 pageviews2026-06-24 — 796 pageviews2026-06-27 — 874 pageviews2026-06-30 — 895 pageviews2026-07-03 — 906 pageviews2026-07-06 — 754 pageviews2026-07-09 — 726 pageviews2026-07-12 — 747 pageviews2026-07-15 — 670 pageviews2026-07-18 — 914 pageviews2026-07-21 — 768 pageviews2026-07-24 — 976 pageviews2026-07-27 — 807 pageviews2026-07-30 — 730 pageviews2026-08-02 — 929 pageviews2026-08-05 — 800 pageviews2026-08-08 — 893 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1,185 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,106 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,014 pageviews2026-08-20 — 884 pageviews2026-08-23 — 876 pageviews2026-08-24 — 720 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

36k4532026-08-20 09:12 — 1,436 viewers2026-08-20 13:12 — 4,340 viewers2026-08-21 07:12 — 2,291 viewers2026-08-21 11:12 — 4,198 viewers2026-08-22 04:12 — 9,050 viewers2026-08-22 10:12 — 2,004 viewers2026-08-23 07:12 — 3,070 viewers2026-08-23 13:12 — 5,112 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 2,145 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 549 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 513 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 2,059 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 1,566 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 4,593 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 1,978 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 2,319 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 500 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 551 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 833 viewers2026-08-28 12:12 — 2,619 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 741 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 811 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 851 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 26,189 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 509 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 1,407 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1,775 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 1,859 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 2,161 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 970 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 26,289 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 752 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 705 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 3,259 viewers2026-08-30 14:12 — 5,776 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,257 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
41.3%
earned "First Resonance"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App Purchases

11 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Thai, Vietnamese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22,6200%61
PS5 (PlayStation)19,2480%61
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,0220%61

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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