Where Winds Meet Tops 2 Million Players in First Day

Where Winds Meet, a free-to-play open-world action RPG inspired by ancient Chinese wuxia tales, has attracted more than two million players worldwide within its first 24 hours of release on November 14, 2025. Developed by Everstone Studios and published by NetEase, the game launched on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Android, and iOS, marking a significant global expansion following its earlier debut in China.

The title quickly climbed charts, securing spots among the top five most-played games on Steam and the top three best-selling titles on the PlayStation Store in at least seven regions. On Steam alone, it reached a peak concurrent player count of over 170,000, which has since risen to nearly 194,000. Officials from the game's team shared these milestones on social media, highlighting the strong reception despite competition from major releases like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. In China, where it launched nearly a year earlier, the game had already drawn over 15 million players through multiple playtests and its initial rollout.

Set in a vast recreation of 10th-century China, Where Winds Meet immerses players in martial arts combat, exploration, and storytelling drawn from wuxia...