Blade&Sword
Released Feb 2022
This game is an action role-playing game, in which players will be in the ancient time of more than 3000 years ago and use their swords to fight against the spirit of the Emperor Jo of Country Jo who is trying to annex the world.
67% positive · 751 reviews
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Steam $5.99
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Evaluation
Blade&Sword is a Steam port of a classic Chinese action RPG originally released in 2003. The developer has explicitly described this as a port of the original game, not a remake — meaning the content itself is the completed 2003 game carried over to the new platform. Since its Steam release on February 23, 2022, the developer has posted only a single bug fix on March 11, 2022 addressing a text display issue on Traditional Chinese systems. There have been no developer communications of any kind since March 11, 2022, no DLC has been listed or announced, no roadmap has been published, and no future content has ever been mentioned. The game launched as a finished product (a port of a decades-old game), and the complete absence of any post-launch content activity — across more than four years — is fully consistent with that framing. This is a complete, self-contained package with no outstanding content commitments.
Evidence
Developer explicitly states this is a port of the original 2003 game, not a remake. No mention of new content, DLC, or post-launch updates.
Single bug fix patch released shortly after launch, addressing corrupted text on Traditional Chinese OS. This is the only developer communication on record and the last known update.
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Details
Publisher
Beijing Happy Entertainment Technology
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player
About this game
This is a ported version of the original game, but not a remake version.
This game is temporarily not supported for Windows 11.
◆Introduction of Blade&Sword
This game is an action role-playing game, in which players will be in the ancient time of more than 3000 years ago and use their swords to fight against the spirit of the Emperor Jo of Country Jo who is trying to annex the world.
It is China's first action RPG, released in multiple countries including China, Japan, the United States and Russia, with 200,000 authentic copies worldwide, creating a miracle of domestic single-player games in the early 21st century.
In 2003, Blade&Sword was listed in the Top 10 role-playing games for 10 days in a row by Gamespot, a famous game media in the United States, and was ranked at the top for three days.
◆Features
This game is different from the previous ARPG games, it is an RPG game with fighting as the main theme. It cleverly introduces the idea of fighting games and breaks the rules to integrate it with the game. In the battle, players can use jabbing, slashing, chopping, jumping, dodging, blocking and other actions as well as all kinds of kung fu techniques to experience the thrill of fighting.
The story of Blade&Sword begins about 3,000 years ago.
Emperor Wu destroyed the Country Jo. At the end of the war, Emperor Jo set himself on fire on the Star Building in Zhaoge. Before the death of Emperor Jo, the Country Jo's Wizard, Wen Zhong, used his lifelong magic power to take the vengeful thoughts of the Emperor Jo away from the world, so that he could return to the human world and reclaim his throne in the future.
Many people from different eras were swept into the same space by this inexplicable force, and the intersection of parallel worlds including human world, Branch Brute, Branch Ghoul caused many monsters to flow around through this gap. These monsters are controlled by Wizard Wen, and they organize a huge army of monsters to operate in the human world and hell.
Our protagonist was also drawn into this space, and now he has arrived at a village called Wa-dang --
1. Three protagonist with different abilities
The game is designed with three distinct protagonists, namely a Swordsman, a Warrior and a Heroine. They each have their own special skills and moves, allowing players to have a richer combat experience.
・Swordsman
Each attribute is average, with good performance in speed and strength, and a variety of attack methods.
There are both skillful combo attacks and powerful sure strikes, as well as the ability to hit enemies from a distance with Chi.
Overall, there are no obvious flaws or strengths, and it is a relatively easy character to get used to. Suitable for beginner players.
・Warrior
High attack power, able to destroy enemies within a few moves. High hit point and good physical strength.
He can permanently improve certain attributes through training. The disadvantage is the slow speed, making it easy to be hit by enemies.
He is also weak in catching the enemy's movement, and it is difficult to hit combo attacks in a row because of the pursuit of one fatal move.
It is not easy to operate the Warrior, to be comfortable with it must be more practice to master its moves performance. Suitable for advanced players.
・Heroine
She is very fast and dexterous enough to make it difficult for enemies to hit her while being able to attack them accurately.
She is able to hit combo attacks and has a magnificent leg technique.
The sword technique used does not seek to kill, but can destroy the enemy's limbs to disable their attacks. It is the only character who can use supporting skills.
The disadvantages are weak attack power, short attack distance, and low hit point. Suitable for intermediate players.
2. How to operate
Mouse left button: move/interact/release the skill set by the left button
Right Mouse button: Release the skill set by the right button
Shift：Run
Alt：Defense
Spacebar: Dodge
Hold down the Alt key and use the left mouse button to draw trajectory of the Killing Blow: switch between Killing Blows
Z key: Pick up with one click
Keys 1～6: Use the corresponding potion
F1～F6：Use the corresponding inventory
This game is temporarily not supported for Windows 11.
◆Introduction of Blade&Sword
This game is an action role-playing game, in which players will be in the ancient time of more than 3000 years ago and use their swords to fight against the spirit of the Emperor Jo of Country Jo who is trying to annex the world.
It is China's first action RPG, released in multiple countries including China, Japan, the United States and Russia, with 200,000 authentic copies worldwide, creating a miracle of domestic single-player games in the early 21st century.
In 2003, Blade&Sword was listed in the Top 10 role-playing games for 10 days in a row by Gamespot, a famous game media in the United States, and was ranked at the top for three days.
◆Features
This game is different from the previous ARPG games, it is an RPG game with fighting as the main theme. It cleverly introduces the idea of fighting games and breaks the rules to integrate it with the game. In the battle, players can use jabbing, slashing, chopping, jumping, dodging, blocking and other actions as well as all kinds of kung fu techniques to experience the thrill of fighting.
About the story
The story of Blade&Sword begins about 3,000 years ago.
Emperor Wu destroyed the Country Jo. At the end of the war, Emperor Jo set himself on fire on the Star Building in Zhaoge. Before the death of Emperor Jo, the Country Jo's Wizard, Wen Zhong, used his lifelong magic power to take the vengeful thoughts of the Emperor Jo away from the world, so that he could return to the human world and reclaim his throne in the future.
Many people from different eras were swept into the same space by this inexplicable force, and the intersection of parallel worlds including human world, Branch Brute, Branch Ghoul caused many monsters to flow around through this gap. These monsters are controlled by Wizard Wen, and they organize a huge army of monsters to operate in the human world and hell.
Our protagonist was also drawn into this space, and now he has arrived at a village called Wa-dang --
How to Play
1. Three protagonist with different abilities
The game is designed with three distinct protagonists, namely a Swordsman, a Warrior and a Heroine. They each have their own special skills and moves, allowing players to have a richer combat experience.
・Swordsman
Each attribute is average, with good performance in speed and strength, and a variety of attack methods.
There are both skillful combo attacks and powerful sure strikes, as well as the ability to hit enemies from a distance with Chi.
Overall, there are no obvious flaws or strengths, and it is a relatively easy character to get used to. Suitable for beginner players.
・Warrior
High attack power, able to destroy enemies within a few moves. High hit point and good physical strength.
He can permanently improve certain attributes through training. The disadvantage is the slow speed, making it easy to be hit by enemies.
He is also weak in catching the enemy's movement, and it is difficult to hit combo attacks in a row because of the pursuit of one fatal move.
It is not easy to operate the Warrior, to be comfortable with it must be more practice to master its moves performance. Suitable for advanced players.
・Heroine
She is very fast and dexterous enough to make it difficult for enemies to hit her while being able to attack them accurately.
She is able to hit combo attacks and has a magnificent leg technique.
The sword technique used does not seek to kill, but can destroy the enemy's limbs to disable their attacks. It is the only character who can use supporting skills.
The disadvantages are weak attack power, short attack distance, and low hit point. Suitable for intermediate players.
2. How to operate
Mouse left button: move/interact/release the skill set by the left button
Right Mouse button: Release the skill set by the right button
Shift：Run
Alt：Defense
Spacebar: Dodge
Hold down the Alt key and use the left mouse button to draw trajectory of the Killing Blow: switch between Killing Blows
Z key: Pick up with one click
Keys 1～6: Use the corresponding potion
F1～F6：Use the corresponding inventory
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Last evaluated Jun 14, 2026
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