If you’re looking for your next big open-world adventure, you might want to consider Where Winds Meet, a title from Everstone Studios that has been making waves in China and is making its western debut this November.
Bringing adventure and action-packed combat in equal measures, and with a map size of 20 square kilometers, this could be one for the ages and is likely to be a world that keeps you coming back for more. If that sounds like your cup of tea, here are a few things you need to know before you dive in. Let’s begin!
1. An Intriguing Action Adventure RPG
Bringing an open world that boasts of a massive playable map, and an interesting Wuxia-based combat loop to the table, Where Winds Meet is an action adventure RPG that could have you exploring an intriguing series of events which we’re coming to, improving your character over the course of your travels, and of course, dispatching any one who gets in your way with ruthless efficiency.
2. The Setting
The story takes you back to China in the 10th century, where you play a young swordsman navigating the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era. The Tang Dynasty has fallen, and everyone is vying for power and influence, yourself included.
Your destiny is in your hands, as are the choices you get to make as you shape the world around you based on the moral code you choose. Are you loyal to the land or only to yourself? Or does protecting those who cannot protect themselves guide you along your way? Whatever you decide, your path to greatness is going to be a bloody one.
3. Excellent Visuals
Early previews of the game at Gamecom 2025 showcase a stunning world that takes advantage of Unreal Engine 5 to present visuals and animations that complement the game’s traversal and combat mechanics.
With your character being able to take to the skies, expect a few stunning moments where you’re more focused on the vista before you rather than your next objective.
4. What Does it Cost?
While you might have been expecting the game to come with a hefty price tag considering its visuals and premise, it’s actually free to play with support for in-game purchases. However, most items can be purchased using the in-game currency if you choose not to spend any real money. Furthermore, all items in the game’s store are optional purchases and are not required for progression since they include cosmetics.
You can also use in-game currency (Echo Jade) to purchase either cosmetic gear or upgrade materials. They are also optional purchases, and none of them contain any items required for progression.
5. Your Choices Affect Your Journey
From your weapons to the ones whom you use them on, and the factions you choose to align yourself with, the gameplay loop in Where Winds Meet is slated to encourage player freedom while ensuring you have a meaningful impact on its world through your actions.
There are always different paths to similar objectives, and you’re going to want to think carefully about who you choose to support in your travels and consider the impact of your decisions at every turn.
6. A Deep Character Creation System
Considering how important your character is to the experience, Everstone has included a robust character creation system that’s going to provide you with a lot of options for you to create the perfect look and feel for your protagonist.
Aside from looks, there are a lot of other traits that dictate your character arc, allowing you to truly create a character that reflects your personality and preferred origin stories. For instance, playing as a Doctor lets you heal other characters when you’re starting out, while being a Ferryman or Inkeeper all give you the tools you need to begin playing the game according to your style.
7. Switch Up Your Fighting Style
Combat in the game is real-time and designed to complement a variety of playstyles. Everstone has accounted for weapon preferences, integrated a dodge and parry system, and opted for flexible loadouts so you can switch things up on the fly.
Being able to respond to varying enemy attacks and strategies is going to be an important part of racking up the victories you need to fulfil your destiny, after all. And with multiple weapon types such as swords, dual blades, spears, fans, rope darts, and combat umbrellas, it looks like we’re all going to be very spoiled for choice when we finally get started with the game.
8. Different Skill Trees for Different Weapons
Each of your melee weapons comes with Martial Arts that you can unlock, alongside Internal Arts that are combat passives for your character, and Mystic Arts that let you have more options during fights while also letting you solve puzzles you may find out in the world.
Mixing and matching between different weapons and arts could be a way for your builds to truly match the way you like to approach combat in action-adventure titles.
9. Combat Stances
Several Internal Arts unlock special stances for specific weapon types, allowing you to expand their movesets and the options for damage that they grant you. While some of them, like the Steadfast Stance, are universal to all weapons, others, like the Thunderous Bloo,m require the use of specific fans or umbrellas as your weapon of choice.
It’s a system that could see a lot of build variety and ways to approach combat in the game. Considering that each stance could potentially open up different attacks and perhaps even ways to turn parries and dodges to your advantage, it looks like Where Winds Meet is making the most of its martial arts styles and Kung-fu inspirations in the combat department.
10. Hunt Down Upgrades
Any gear, weapons, and other items in your position are upgradeable via materials you gather during your travels. To that end, you might want to keep your eyes peeled as you explore the world, making your journey easier by keeping all of your gear as upgraded as possible to take on increasingly dangerous threats.
Aside from coins and Echo Jade, an in-game currency you use to purchase in-game loot boxes, there are a host of materials you will need to pick up in order to keep those upgrades coming. That sounds like a dream for players who like to procure anything that isn’t nailed down in their games.
11. Take A Stealthy Approach If You Like
If approaching a dangerous situation with your swords out and a battle cry on your lips isn’t your style, you could always stay on the down low, and pick at your enemies from the shadows. There’s even an option to start the game as an Assassin who prefers to make their presence felt only when the time is right.
You can crawl, sneak, and use the environment to hide your approach, striking at your targets only when it’s already too late for them to mount a counterattack. We suspect some stealth builds in the game might even let you hide yourself more easily, and navigate hostile territory without enemies even knowing you’re there.
12. Traverse the World In Style
The game’s Wuxia-based inspirations are not restricted to just its combat, but also in the way you navigate its world as well. You’ve got a parkour system that lets you run, jump,wall-run, vault, and mantle over environmental elements with style. There are also Mystic Arts that can let you launch your character into the air and glide over large distances.
There’s also a horse for those of you who’d like a more traditional way to travel around.
13. A Variety of Ways to Play
You can certainly enjoy Where Winds Meet as a solo adventure, but the option to bring up to three of your buddies along for some co-op action is always available to you. Its massive world and free-to-play mechanics let the game double up as an MMO of sorts via its Jianghu mode, which allows for seamless multiplayer connectivity that’s helped along by the presence of various options for PvE or PvP gameplay.
14. Release Platforms
Where Winds Meet is releasing for PC and PS5 on November 14, 2025, and will be available on Steam, Epic Store, and Microsoft Store for PC players. PS5 players can purchase a Pre-Order Bundle to gain access to some exclusive cosmetic items that include a choice between three outfits, a name card, some much-needed coins, and the Lingering Melody item, exclusive to the PS5 edition.
15. PC Requirements And PS5 Features
The minimum specs you’re going to need on your setup include a 64-bit processor, Windows 10/11 64-bit, an Intel Core i7-7700K/AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 16GB of RAM, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060(6GB) or RX 480(8GB), DirectX 12, and 100GB of SSD storage.
The recommended specs include a Core i7-10700 or a Ryzen 7 3700X, 32GB of RAM, an RTX 2070 SUPER / RX 6700 XT / ARC A750, while other parameters remain the same. Considering the game’s massive world, you might want to see if your PC can run it well enough before you dive in.
The PS5 version brings 3D audio and some excellent use of the DualSense’s haptics and adaptive triggers to make the experience more immersive.
And that’s a wrap on everything you need to know before diving into Where Winds Meet, and embarking on a journey into the unknown in order to meet your destiny. We hope to see you in its expansive world this November. Will you be diving in? We’re looking forward to seeing a bunch of excellent builds from the game’s fans once it’s out there!
