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Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Gate of Firmament cover art

Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Gate of Firmament

DOMO Studio · 方块游戏(CubeGame) · 2016-02-25

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RPG

Franchise: Xuan-Yuan Sword · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 25, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 23, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Sep 28, 2017 (Xbox One), Dec 13, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

The “Xuan-Yuan Sword” is an epic oriental RPG series with 25 years of history.It elaborates on the very heart of this series, the idea of "one, looking at the same thing from different angles, may come to different conclusions. " through a variety of historical incidents in different times.

Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Gate of Firmament is an RPG game released in 2016, priced at $2.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 1559 reviews).

6
playing now
71%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3.91★
PlayStation Store rating (422 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$2.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

In ancient times, the Heavenly Emperor opened the Gate of Firmament, connecting the Heavens and Earth. Mortals could ascend to the Gate to obtain divine power in order to assist in the search for the Emperor's missing daughter. Unscrupulous individuals took advantage of the Emperor's gesture, and caused the mortal world to descend into chaos. The lives of the common folk were filled with anxiety and weariness. The god Fuxi and the goddess Nüwa took pity on the people, and along with Zhuanxu, convinced the Queen of Huaxu (華胥之主, based on Lady Huaxu 華胥氏) to close the Gate forcibly with great sacr(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 14,020 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 39k–94k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,559 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at Fanatical (2020-12-15) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 14 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
994Feb 2016Aug 2026Feb 2016 — avg 99 · peak 352Jun 2016 — avg 17 · peak 77Oct 2016 — avg 9 · peak 27Feb 2017 — avg 12 · peak 39Jun 2017 — avg 10 · peak 31Oct 2017 — avg 15 · peak 115Feb 2018 — avg 12 · peak 39Jun 2018 — avg 26 · peak 72Oct 2018 — avg 7 · peak 25Feb 2019 — avg 8 · peak 26Jun 2019 — avg 11 · peak 31Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 22Feb 2020 — avg 15 · peak 47Jun 2020 — avg 8 · peak 28Oct 2020 — avg 10 · peak 30Feb 2021 — avg 10 · peak 34Jun 2021 — avg 6 · peak 23Oct 2021 — avg 6 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 22Feb 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$2.992016-02-252026-10-092016-02-25 — best price $12.742017-12-21 — best price $7.492018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-04-28 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $7.492021-04-30 — best price $7.492021-08-19 — best price $14.992021-11-21 — best price $14.992022-01-15 — best price $11.012022-02-07 — best price $14.992022-03-11 — best price $11.012022-05-03 — best price $6.742022-06-07 — best price $11.012022-07-22 — best price $13.492022-08-26 — best price $13.492022-09-30 — best price $13.492022-11-21 — best price $13.492023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-02-06 — best price $13.492023-03-24 — best price $13.492023-05-16 — best price $13.492023-06-23 — best price $5.992023-10-03 — best price $13.492023-12-04 — best price $13.492024-01-10 — best price $13.492024-01-31 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $4.492024-05-01 — best price $5.992024-07-20 — best price $11.012024-09-10 — best price $13.492024-10-18 — best price $11.012024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-04-23 — best price $3.742025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-08-17 — best price $2.992026-10-09 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
39.5%
earned "Traveling Start!"
9.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-02-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8878%45

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGJRPGAnimeFantasyRomanceAdventureMythologyHistoricalStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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