Where Winds Meet surpasses 250K concurrent players on Steam
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Key points
- Where Winds Meet hit 251,008 concurrent players on Steam.
- The free-to-play soulslike begins as a single-player, with cooperative unlocking at level 10.
- No pay-to-win features are in the game yet, with only cosmetics being unlockable with microtransactions.
NetEase is celebrating Where Winds Meet achieving the milestone of 251,008 concurrent players on PC via Steam. The title is a free-to-play soulslike with no pay-to-win mechanics. At the time of writing, only cosmetics are purchasable with microtransactions.
The game is marketed to never bring pay-to-win mechanics into the loop, relying on high prices of cosmetics to drive revenue, many of which are locked behind a gacha system. The only purchasable in-game items, at the time of writing, are healing items and minor battle pass benefits.
The beginning of the game is single-player, but cooperative play is unlockable from level 10 onward. Where Winds Meet was released on Nov. 14 for PlayStation 5 and PC via Epic Games and Steam. Before its release, Where Winds Meet saw over 10 million pre-registrations.
Set in the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era following the collapse of the Tang Dynasty, the game puts players in the role of a young sword master. It’s an ARPG wuxia game, where “wuxia” translates to “martial arts and chivalry.”
The title has 42,271 “Very Positive” overall Steam reviews.
