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Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains cover art

Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains

DOMO Studio · 方块游戏(CubeGame) · 2023-07-25

Steam

RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This Game is one of the most popular RPGs in the Chinese Speaking Area and has won many awards around Asia. The game story takes place in an era of collision between East and West, covering a wide range, spanning Eurasia, the Arab World, Francia, and China.

Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains is a 2023 RPG priced at $6.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 1319 reviews).

15
playing now
84%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 122 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 13,969 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,319 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2024-07-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19319320232026Week of 2023-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5912026-09-15 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 28 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 22 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 20 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 27 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 24 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 34 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 43 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 26 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 56 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 39 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 54 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 18 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 59 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 29 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 32 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 33 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12520Aug 2023Aug 2026Aug 2023 — avg 125 · peak 642Sep 2023 — avg 43 · peak 137Oct 2023 — avg 30 · peak 88Nov 2023 — avg 33 · peak 93Dec 2023 — avg 31 · peak 80Jan 2024 — avg 27 · peak 82Feb 2024 — avg 31 · peak 95Mar 2024 — avg 26 · peak 73Apr 2024 — avg 24 · peak 70May 2024 — avg 24 · peak 68Jun 2024 — avg 20 · peak 61Jul 2024 — avg 27 · peak 80Aug 2024 — avg 56 · peak 197Sep 2024 — avg 31 · peak 115Oct 2024 — avg 38 · peak 144Nov 2024 — avg 28 · peak 86Dec 2024 — avg 32 · peak 101Jan 2025 — avg 32 · peak 111Feb 2025 — avg 34 · peak 91Mar 2025 — avg 31 · peak 90Apr 2025 — avg 26 · peak 77May 2025 — avg 29 · peak 88Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 77Jul 2025 — avg 28 · peak 91Aug 2025 — avg 30 · peak 116Sep 2025 — avg 29 · peak 105Oct 2025 — avg 27 · peak 91Nov 2025 — avg 31 · peak 97Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 77Jan 2026 — avg 29 · peak 89Feb 2026 — avg 31 · peak 97Mar 2026 — avg 26 · peak 76Apr 2026 — avg 24 · peak 66May 2026 — avg 33 · peak 90Jun 2026 — avg 32 · peak 92Jul 2026 — avg 33 · peak 98Aug 2026 — avg 42 · peak 156
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$6.992023-07-262026-08-172023-07-26 — best price $11.892023-09-21 — best price $11.892023-11-07 — best price $11.892023-11-28 — best price $13.992023-12-21 — best price $11.892024-01-04 — best price $13.992024-02-20 — best price $13.992024-03-21 — best price $11.892024-05-04 — best price $11.892024-06-27 — best price $11.892024-07-31 — best price $6.992024-09-23 — best price $6.992024-11-06 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $6.992024-12-19 — best price $6.992025-01-26 — best price $6.992025-03-11 — best price $6.992025-04-23 — best price $6.992025-06-20 — best price $6.992025-08-19 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $6.992025-11-03 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $6.992026-02-12 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-04-27 — best price $6.992026-06-11 — best price $6.992026-08-17 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
90.8%
earned "The First Win"
31%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-07-26, latest 2023-08-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)32214%50
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGMagicFantasyForeignCartoonyMedievalStylizedLore-RichHistorical

Census log

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

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