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Uncover your identity in a wuxia open world, mastering martial arts, exploring ancient China, and shaping your reputation.
Released 14 Nov 2025
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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.
Developed by Everstone Studio · Published by NetEase Games
Set during China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Where Winds Meet casts you as a wanderer uncovering the secrets of your identity. As you travel from villages toward the imperial capital, your choices can build a reputation as a hero or bringer of chaos.
Explore wilderness, towns, ruins, and underground catacombs, using parkour and other martial-arts-inspired movement to cross the world. Fight with weapons such as swords, spears, fans, and dual blades, combine them with mystic arts, and tailor your approach around melee, ranged combat, or stealth.
Follow the single-player story, take on side quests, solve puzzles, gather resources, and try activities spanning crafts, healing, and folk games. You can also explore with friends, join guild activities, challenge other players, or develop your character through weapons, skills, professions, and other systems.
Players often praise the scenic world and exploration, where discoveries and side activities keep drawing them away from the main story. Reviews also highlight the flexible martial-arts combat and the range of optional activities, from puzzles and minigames to social and co-op play. Some players find the many systems and menus confusing, and others raise concerns about localization, progression gates, or online play.
Jianghu knows no bounds. Play free across XBOX, PS5, PC, and mobile with full cross-play and cross-progression. No pay-to-win.
Gameplay content is entirely free, with monetization limited to cosmetic items.
In Where Winds Meet, Chinese martial arts meet a seamless open world. Roam vast landscapes, uncover hidden ruins, and descend into layered underground catacombs. Steal techniques from martial sects, wield an arsenal of classic wuxia weaponry, and master over 30 mystic arts – from the flowing balance of Tai Chi to the force of Lion's Roar.
Craft, architecture, astronomy, folk games and performance, medicine and healing – 16 systems come together to form an immersive ancient society.
Jianghu knows no bounds.
Ancient landscapes, traditional crafts, stories drawn from history and realistic graphics come together to build a world true to the spirit of wuxia.
Immerse yourself in the captivating Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China, where epic battles and legendary tales shape the course of history. From the bustling imperial capital to the hidden wilderness, every path is filled with secrets and adventures.
Traverse vast landscapes in wuxia style: scale rooftops with fluid parkour, ride the windstride across miles in moments, or use fast travel points to leap between regions.
Embark on a narrative-driven adventure filled with rich solo gameplay, or team up with up to four friends for seamless co-op experiences.
Join or create a Guild to access group activities: intense guild wars, multiplayer dungeons, and epic raids. Show your skill in competitive duels, or enter a shared, evolving world with thousands of fellow wanderers.
Tailor your combat – melee, ranged, or stealth. Build a loadout that suits your playstyle. Engage in combat with classic wuxia weapons – sword, spear, dual blades, rope dart, bow, fan, and umbrella. Switch weapons and employ martial arts and mystic skills like Tai Chi to outmaneuver enemies.
Customize your character, choose your role, align with factions, and explore unique professions to shape your identity.
Here, freedom is yours, but every action has its weight. Cause chaos, defy the law, and face bounties, pursuit, even time behind bars. Or walk a nobler path: befriend villagers, forge alliances, and grow your reputation as a hero of the wuxia world. In a world torn by chaos, become the spark that ignites change and forge your legacy!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 61 |
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| Players | 1–50 |
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| Multiplayer | Where Winds Meet supports single-player, online co-op, and online PvP. Official text states seamless co-op with up to four friends, implying 5 players total. Reviews also describe shared online spaces with thousands of players, guilds, multiplayer dungeons, raids, open-world social features, and multiple PvP formats, while the main story is primarily solo. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No mod support or multiplayer-related mods are mentioned in the provided information. |
| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
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| AI disclosure | This game includes AI-driven NPC text and voice chat that responds to player input in real time, plus optional AI-assisted character-face generation from uploaded images or audio. |
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| Website | Official website |
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