Phoenix's Faye

Phoenix's Faye

Released Nov 2025

A girl who has practiced martial arts since childhood finds herself, for some unknown reason, trapped in a fantastical world. She must continuously fight to find her way back home! This is a high-difficulty action game featuring intense combat, immersive scene atmospheres, highly oppressive NPCs.

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Evaluation

Phoenix's Faye launched on November 4, 2025, developed solo by BigFireball. Since launch, the developer has maintained an exceptionally high update pace, shipping 16 major content updates in roughly 8.5 months. These updates have introduced entirely new playable characters (e.g., China Red Cutie on February 3, 2026; Pirate Girl on July 18, 2026), new game modes (Infinite Mode on February 3, 2026; Challenge Mode: No Return on April 21, 2026), new bosses, new skins, Steam Deck support (May 23, 2026), and ongoing gameplay improvements. The most recent major content drop was on July 18, 2026 — just 47 days before today's date. This is well within the established cadence of roughly one major update every 2–3 weeks. No end to development has been announced, and the update cadence shows no signs of slowing.
Evidence
New playable character Pirate Girl added, along with a new aerial slash skill, combat animation improvements, and overall hit feedback enhancements.
news post · Jul 18, 2026 source content shipped
high
Challenge Mode: No Return launched — a roguelike-style mode with 15 waves of enemies, four bosses to unlock sequentially, unlockable skins, a leaderboard, and an Extreme Mode.
news post · Apr 21, 2026 source content shipped
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Details

Developer
Publisher
BigFireball
Achievements
53
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Character Customization is NOW LIVE!

This is a game that I developed alone using Unreal. The story background:

A young woman trained in martial arts since childhood, she masters swordsmanship, archery, and formidable hand-to-hand combat! For some unknown reason, she finds herself trapped in a fantastical world. To return home, she must fight endlessly. This fantastical world features diverse regions, each with its own unique style—wuxia, xianxia, dark fantasy, etc. She battles different enemies across these varied lands, embracing the thrill of combat!

New Character

Clothing Destruction System

New "All Thumbs" Difficulty (Easy Mode)!
You can enable Easy Mode in the options, and switch difficulties anytime during gameplay. Don't worry—enemies won't become dumb in Easy Mode, but players can regain large amounts of health by performing stylish moves like parries and perfect dodges. Additionally, the special meter fills up more easily, allowing you to unleash powerful moves anytime!

Are parries and perfect dodges hard to execute?
This might be the easiest action game to pull off parries and perfect dodges! The game's mechanics are quite lenient, so players can stylishly dodge and parry to their heart's content!

‘Swords & Shadows’ Level Features:

  • The heroine faces relentless group battles—swordsmen, shield bearers, archersk, a true swarm combat experience. No polite duels here,enemies rush in all at once, no holds barred!

  • Switch combat styles on the fly: Wield a tachi, switch to arrows, or go bare-handed,adapt to any threat.

  • Tachi mastery against crowds: Parry to deflect attackers, perfect dodge to counter — each slash carves a gleaming arc through foes.

  • Unarmed? No problem! In this world, martial arts unleash "Mountain-Splitting Strikes" and "Heart-Piercing Kicks" — sending enemies flying in waves.

  • Forget health packs—style equals survival: Regain HP by nailing parries, dodges, etc. Build the Rage Gauge(Fire), when full, unleash a screen-clearing ultimate attack!

There are more levels waiting for you to challenge!

Miss Sparrow is a legendary figure in this fantasy world, and you can control her to complete her exclusive levels!

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Last evaluated Sep 3, 2026
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