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Where Winds Meet

Everstone Studio · NetEase Games · 2025-11-14

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Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

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.

7,851
playing now
86%
positive of 116k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
182
twitch viewers (latest)
5.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
55/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (112 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (15k downloads)
3.75★
PlayStation Store rating (51,071 ratings)
73/100
opencritic · fair · 52% recommend · from 31 critics
25108h
to beat · rushed 20015h · completionist 25256h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

7,851 players in-game as of 2026-09-17 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
  • · 7,851 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,698 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~337/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29,728 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-16

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16)

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: 298 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 224 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 276 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 281 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 264 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-09-04: 208 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-09-11: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-09-11: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-09-18: 324 positiveWeek of 2026-09-18: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-09-25: 334 positiveWeek of 2026-09-25: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-10-02: 209 positiveWeek of 2026-10-02: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-10-09: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-10-09: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

19k02026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 5,307 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 5,317 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 5,523 players2026-09-16 02:00 — 5,331 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 6,580 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 8,685 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 9,124 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 9,272 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 9,506 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 9,796 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 10,309 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 11,898 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 15,426 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 18,013 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 19,317 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 17,377 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 15,221 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 13,569 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 11,296 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9,776 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 8,480 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 7,845 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 7,851 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
153k13kNov 2025Aug 2026Nov 2025 — avg 153,471 · peak 249,851Dec 2025 — avg 88,757 · peak 175,359Jan 2026 — avg 49,045 · peak 98,239Feb 2026 — avg 32,356 · peak 65,229Mar 2026 — avg 24,458 · peak 55,840Apr 2026 — avg 21,991 · peak 49,065May 2026 — avg 18,131 · peak 38,584Jun 2026 — avg 15,251 · peak 31,588Jul 2026 — avg 13,655 · peak 30,141Aug 2026 — avg 13,355 · peak 26,022
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#68#682026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #682026-09-16 — #682026-09-17 — #68
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
86862026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 25 new positive2026-09-15: 4 new negative2026-09-16: 56 new positive2026-09-16: 11 new negative2026-09-17: 42 new positive2026-09-17: 12 new negative2026-09-18: 32 new positive2026-09-18: 9 new negative2026-09-19: 26 new positive2026-09-19: 5 new negative2026-09-20: 36 new positive2026-09-20: 8 new negative2026-09-21: 67 new positive2026-09-21: 11 new negative2026-09-22: 38 new positive2026-09-22: 14 new negative2026-09-23: 86 new positive2026-09-23: 11 new negative2026-09-24: 8 new positive2026-09-24: 10 new negative2026-09-25: 20 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new negative2026-09-26: 47 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new negative2026-09-27: 58 new positive2026-09-27: 12 new negative2026-09-28: 68 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 40 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 35 new positive2026-09-30: 7 new negative2026-10-01: 14 new positive2026-10-01: 6 new negative2026-10-02: 28 new positive2026-10-02: 11 new negative2026-10-03: 34 new positive2026-10-03: 6 new negative2026-10-04: 17 new positive2026-10-04: 7 new negative2026-10-05: 20 new positive2026-10-05: 7 new negative2026-10-06: 61 new positive2026-10-06: 9 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 17 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 15 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 11 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 12 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 12 new positive2026-10-12: 10 new negative2026-10-13: 28 new positive2026-10-13: 7 new negative2026-10-14: 14 new positive2026-10-14: 9 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

4.0k5272026-05-13 — 688 pageviews2026-05-17 — 769 pageviews2026-05-21 — 706 pageviews2026-05-25 — 828 pageviews2026-05-29 — 924 pageviews2026-06-02 — 960 pageviews2026-06-06 — 968 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,810 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,228 pageviews2026-06-18 — 808 pageviews2026-06-22 — 995 pageviews2026-06-26 — 871 pageviews2026-06-30 — 895 pageviews2026-07-04 — 850 pageviews2026-07-08 — 718 pageviews2026-07-12 — 747 pageviews2026-07-16 — 703 pageviews2026-07-20 — 751 pageviews2026-07-24 — 976 pageviews2026-07-28 — 759 pageviews2026-08-01 — 742 pageviews2026-08-05 — 800 pageviews2026-08-09 — 881 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1,159 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,014 pageviews2026-08-21 — 861 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,133 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1,158 pageviews2026-09-02 — 762 pageviews2026-09-06 — 797 pageviews2026-09-10 — 722 pageviews2026-09-14 — 796 pageviews2026-09-18 — 832 pageviews2026-09-22 — 1,234 pageviews2026-09-26 — 786 pageviews2026-09-30 — 577 pageviews2026-10-04 — 623 pageviews2026-10-08 — 527 pageviews2026-10-12 — 713 pageviews2026-10-13 — 918 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.5k1772026-09-30 22:34 — 403 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 210 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 540 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 679 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 275 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 786 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 392 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 983 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 572 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 385 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 1,133 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 622 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 357 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 885 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 182 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 361 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 374 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 355 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 737 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 258 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 347 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 423 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 360 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 384 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 800 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 495 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 999 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 279 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 419 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 648 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 341 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 177 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 659 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 354 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 205 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 400 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 479 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 440 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 182 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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