'Where Winds Meet' reached 2 million players within 24 hours of launch, becoming a top seller on PlayStation and PC, with player reviews sitting at mostly positive.
Everstone Studio and NetEase Games' free-to-play open-world Wuxia ARPG Where Winds Meet has become a top-selling game on the PlayStation and PC platforms, with more than 2 mil players across these two platforms.
In just 24 hours from its Nov 14 launch, the game achieved an extraordinary milestone, attracting over 2 million total players.
Since then, Where Winds Meet has rapidly climbed to 4th place on Steam's best seller list and 5th place on the most played list, reaching a peak of over 190,000 concurrent players on Steam.
It is also featured in the Best Selling list of the PlayStation Store across multiple regions, including the United States, France, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, New Zealand, etc.
While the game's Critic is sitting at 70 with the User Score being around 6.5, the Steam reviews for the game are 'Very Positive' with 13,000+ English reviews.
The game's rich open-world gameplay, intriguing martial art combat system, and stunning art design have contributed to the impressive 83% plus positive rating on Steam.
As for the negative reviews, most of them talk about the inconsistent and not that good English translations and dialogue delivery, with others talking about the lack of a full co-op (story, some of the dungeons, etc), performance and a few other things.
Here is what Beralt Lyu, the Lead Producer of Where Winds Meet, had to say upon reaching the massive players milestone:
We are thrilled to see such a positive reception for Where Winds Meet from players around the world," said Beralt Lyu, Lead Producer of Where Winds Meet.
He also talked about how the team is committed to fixing the existing issues, listening to feedback and delivering high-quality future updates:
Looking ahead, our team is committed to listening to feedback from our global player community and continuously improving the game. We will also continue to deliver high-quality seasonal updates, bringing more captivating narrative, fresh game modes and new exploration content to the exciting Jianghu.