The Wind Road

The Wind Road

Steam Deck Playable

甘肃嘉元数字科技有限公司 · RPG · Jul 9, 2020

It depends on what you're after.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $20.99.

69%
Mixed
7k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Controls: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 7k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 79 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
34% of themes are praise33% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
This game is basically a Chinese martial arts story inspired by Wuxia novels and movies, featuring spectacular swordplay, atmospheric locations and an interesting world to dive into.
28 of 79 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The game also has some good characters too and nice soundtrack also.
7 of 79 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The good parts are the visuals (gorgeous landscapes, the main character is well designed, cool outfits and flashy combat effects, etc), made with Unity but really nice to look at.
5 of 79 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
With a couple of optimization and some patches it could be a really good Nioh-like game
4 of 79 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters28 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Graphics5 reviews
Optimization4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat25 reviews
80%
Interface12 reviews
67%
Gameplay11 reviews
73%
Bugs3 reviews
33%
Players complain% still recommend
Controls6 reviews
67%
Performance5 reviews
60%
Crashes4 reviews
75%
Difficulty4 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $20.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
69%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
70
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.