Wuchang: Fallen Feathers has launched to 114,000+ concurrent gamers on Steam, making it one of many largest launches for a non-FromSoftware Soulslike recreation but.
It is at the moment the eighth largest recreation on Steam by concurrent player count, smashing via the 100,000 concurrent participant barrier and clocking up 114,132 gamers within the final 24 hours. By comparability, and in keeping with knowledge provided by SteamDB, Lies of P‘s highest concurrent peak is a bit of over 30,000 gamers, Lords of the Fallen is 43,075 gamers, and The First Berserker: Khazan is simply shy of 33,000.
Concurrent gamers is not the one metric we must always use when measuring how profitable a recreation is, in fact, nevertheless it’s a great start line, regardless that it does not account for gamers on different platforms.
Regardless of the launch-day success, nevertheless, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers initially launched to ‘overwhelming destructive’ consumer evaluations on Steam however has since upgraded to ‘largely destructive’ as gamers report points with “extremely awful performance,” a “completely lifeless” principal character, and “clunky” fight and gameplay. On the time of writing, simply 21% of the 6,500+ evaluations left on Steam are optimistic.
“Needed to offer this recreation a great likelihood. I used to be excited for this. I had seen the largely destructive ranking and checked the considerations and I can say now that as of this second, they’re appropriate,” wrote one reviewer. “The sport has some large efficiency points. I attempted simply enjoying as a result of typically gameplay can greater than make up for missing in different areas. I used to be sadly not in a position to see a lot of the fight. I did battle the opening tutorial boss, I did battle via just a few camps of enemies, and, at one level, through the boss battle, I used to be having fun with it and having enjoyable. I used to be unable to expertise extra of that because of the overshadowing efficiency points.”
“UE5 video games is [sic] a hit and miss with regards to efficiency, and on this case it is a miss sadly (a minimum of for my system),” added another. “This recreation wants a free demo for this precise motive.”
It is not all dangerous, although. “I am one of many fortunate ones: the sport runs effective on my machine. No crashes, no stutters, no slideshow fight,” mentioned a happier reviewer. “And that makes one factor crystal clear — Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is being unfairly crucified by gamers with rubbish PCs and nil optimization data.”
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is a Soulslike action-RPG set within the land of Shu through the darkish and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty. You play as a mysterious warrior by a horrific feather illness, who uncovers hidden secrets and techniques and battles supernatural enemies in an historical empire teetering on the sting of collapse.
“Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is yet one more nice Soulslike so as to add to the ever-increasing pile, that includes glorious fight, fantastic degree design, an unbelievable ability tree, and fearsome bosses,” IGN wrote in our Wuchang: Fallen Feathers evaluation, which returned an 8/10 rating. “Simply be careful for some steep issue dips and spikes, and a reliance on cheap-feeling ‘gotcha!’ ambushes.”
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers launched earlier at this time, July 24, 2025, for PS5, Xbox Collection, and PC through Steam and Epic Video games Retailer. Microsoft has additionally introduced it to Recreation Cross day one for these subscribed to the Final tier.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and marketing consultant with 15+ years expertise working with among the world’s largest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.