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Xuan-Yuan Sword VII

SOFTSTAR · 2020-10-28

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ActionAdventureRPG

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

Releases: Oct 28, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 10, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 30, 2021 (Xbox One), May 30, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is an ARPG rooted in Chinese history and mythology. Players take on the role of Taishi Zhao, a calm and reliable swordsman who was accidentally involved in a tragic fate. To protect his beloved family, he starts a journey in this chaotic realm to find the truth.

Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is an Action, Adventure, and RPG game released in 2020, priced at $34.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 9576 reviews).

2
playing now
63%
positive of 9.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (2.1k downloads)
4.42★
PlayStation Store rating (535 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$34.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

At the end the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang, the regent of Han, seized the imperial throne and established the Xin dynasty. During this time, various auspicious signs as well as ominous phenomenons, such as the unearthing of a stone bovine and a white stone carved with writing, and the discovery of ancient tombs were prevalent. A peculiar bamboo scroll was unearthed from the tomb of the Marquis of Liu, and was swiftly delivered to the court astrologer. Unexpectedly, on the night the scroll was received, a fire broke out, and all within the court astrologer residence perished. The scroll als(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,435 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 192k–431k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,577 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.49 at Fanatical (2024-05-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 3 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20202026Week of 2020-10-01: 1,992 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 709 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,009 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,426 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8094Nov 2020Aug 2026Nov 2020 — avg 809 · peak 8,436Jan 2021 — avg 117 · peak 352Mar 2021 — avg 49 · peak 165May 2021 — avg 44 · peak 160Jul 2021 — avg 53 · peak 176Sep 2021 — avg 35 · peak 135Nov 2021 — avg 26 · peak 78Jan 2022 — avg 25 · peak 89Mar 2022 — avg 16 · peak 50May 2022 — avg 24 · peak 89Jul 2022 — avg 20 · peak 63Sep 2022 — avg 16 · peak 50Nov 2022 — avg 15 · peak 63Jan 2023 — avg 20 · peak 78Mar 2023 — avg 12 · peak 47May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 33Jul 2023 — avg 18 · peak 51Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 26Nov 2023 — avg 9 · peak 40Jan 2024 — avg 9 · peak 28Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 54May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 25Jul 2024 — avg 12 · peak 42Sep 2024 — avg 13 · peak 52Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 30Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 33Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 24May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 32Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 21Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 20May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$10.492020-10-282026-10-092020-10-28 — best price $34.992021-01-08 — best price $34.992021-01-23 — best price $34.992021-02-07 — best price $34.992021-02-24 — best price $31.492021-03-12 — best price $34.992021-03-26 — best price $31.492021-04-11 — best price $31.492021-04-26 — best price $31.492021-05-11 — best price $31.492021-05-26 — best price $31.492021-06-24 — best price $24.492021-10-05 — best price $31.492021-12-01 — best price $25.712022-01-31 — best price $24.492022-05-17 — best price $31.492022-08-05 — best price $25.712022-12-22 — best price $19.242023-02-02 — best price $31.492023-04-05 — best price $31.492023-07-13 — best price $34.992023-08-28 — best price $15.742023-10-25 — best price $15.742023-12-11 — best price $17.492024-02-03 — best price $34.992024-03-14 — best price $13.992024-05-09 — best price $10.492024-06-15 — best price $31.492024-08-02 — best price $25.712024-09-15 — best price $31.492024-12-05 — best price $31.492025-04-30 — best price $12.242026-08-28 — best price $49.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
96%
earned "Recruit"
60.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

9 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, German, Russian, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, French

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2020-10-28, latest 2020-11-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,10717%44

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

RPGActionFantasyAdventureAction RPGHistoricalOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericMartial Arts

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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