Action · October 28, 2020

Xuan-Yuan Sword VII (2020)

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Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is an ARPG presented in a third-person perspective. The plot is rooted in Chinese history and mythology. Players take on the role of Taishi Zhao, a calm and reliable swordsman who was involved in a tragic fate. To protect his beloved family, Taishi Zhao starts a journey in this chaotic realm to find the truth. Synopsis In the last of Western Han Dynasty, the powerful prime minister of China superseded his emperor and build a new dynasty called Xin. In this year, words appeared on the boulders, stone cattles appeared in fields, and ancient tombs cracked, tremendous signs appeared, told a time of peace and prosperity will come. A peculiar bamboo slip in the crypt of Marquis of Liu was delivered to Court Astrologer's hand. Unexpectedly, Taishi Mansion was badly damaged by a bizarre fire that night, and all his family was killed in the fire and the bamboo slip disappeared. Ten years later, the prosperity mentioned in the prophecy has never come. A decade of war and famine, the people were miserable, and the chaos had spread among the country. At this time, the bamboo slip which had disappeared for 10 years emerged again, it caused an uproar... Gameplay combo-based combat Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is an Action RPG with a real-time combat system. A smooth combo-based combat system contains elements such as Active Skills, Dodge, Block, Riposte. Elysium Scroll Elysium Scroll is a bamboo scroll that can be used as a key to Elysium, capable of absorbing monsters, creating items, and more. It can provide several techniques and mechanics during the adventure. Elysium Rift: Taishi Zhao's ultimate technique; slows down the time around him. In this state, he can alter the physical properties of nearby objects. Imprison and Fusion Lab: Players can absorb monsters into the Elysium as refining materials for Fusion Lab. Fusion Lab can not only produce new monsters with different shapes and abilities, but also spin Passive Skills out sometimes, which are used to improve Taishi Zhao’s ability. Various facilities set in Elysium for improving armors and weapons, as well as developing passive Skills. The Mohists and their “Mechanics” Mohism, an ancient Chinese philosophy of logic, rational thought, and science, was once as popular as Confucianism in China 2200 years ago. In this game, the Mohists are known for their high level “Mechanic“ technology far beyond the times. However, civil disagreements are challenging their faith, making them fall apart in decades. Can the Mohists revive to their former glory or fade in the pages of history? In Xuan-Yuan Sword VII, you will witness the final destiny of the Mohists. A journey in the oriental realm The game takes place in China 2000 years ago. The development team will bring back the ancient China environments, props, humanities, and cultural studies into gameplay. Take a new journey into the chaotic era and roam around the oriental realm. For PC, Xuan-Yuan Sword VII supports Nvidia RTX, makes a realistic game world.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • RPG · 167
  • Martial Arts · 142
  • Historical · 132
  • Singleplayer · 131
  • Story Rich · 125
  • Action RPG · 113
  • Action · 105
  • Adventure · 101
  • Action-Adventure · 78
  • Third Person · 74
  • Hack and Slash · 68
  • Open World · 61
  • Atmospheric · 60
  • Dungeon Crawler · 55
  • Fantasy · 51

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume9.5k Steam reviewsTop 41% in Action
Positive rating63% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 93%
Engagement hours11 h averageTop 44% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (10)

  • Simplified Chinese volume_up
  • Traditional Chinese volume_up
  • English
  • German
  • Russian
  • Japanese
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Korean
  • French
  • Turkish volume_up

Full audio (3)

  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Turkish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

63%Mixed · 9.5k reviews

6.0k positive · 3.5k negative

Curator recommendations

8.5k

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

11h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

11h

Typical completion time

Achievements

44

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 28, 2020
DeveloperSOFTSTAR, DOMO Studio
PublisherSOFTSTAR, Yooreka Studio
Base price$12.24
DLC / Add-ons3 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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