Summary
Where Winds Meet, a historical game fromMarvel Rivalspublisher NetEase, has amassed over 15 million players since its China-exclusive launch on PC and mobile in December 2024. Similar toBlack Myth: Wukong, another AAA game to come from China,Where Winds Meetalso takes place in an open world and features action-RPG elements.
After establishing itself in the mobile gaming landscape over the past decade or so, the Chinese game industry seems to have set its sights on repeating the same success with PC and console titles in the future. In 2024, the first international AAA release developed by a China-based studio,Black Myth: Wukong, rolled out and immediately experienced overwhelming player engagement as well as incredible sales performance. Selling over 25 million copies in less than six months, Game Science’sJourney to the West-inspired title set a major benchmarkfor future Chinese-made releases targeting the PC and consoles. It now appears thatWhere Winds Meetby Everstone Studios may very well be equipped to follow in those footsteps, having produced some remarkable numbers after its China-exclusive arrival.
In itsearnings reportfor Q4 2024 and early 2025, NetEase Games announced that the player base ofWhere Winds Meetexceeded 15 million players in China across PC and mobile after only two weeks of its January 9 launch on the latter platform. During those couple of weeks “approximately,” the martial arts-themed game also sat at the top of the iOS downloads leaderboard. This success on mobile came afterWhere Winds Meet’s strong PC launch on June 12, 2025, in which it raced past three million downloads within four days. In the same report, NetEase also gave an exciting update about its highly popular hero shooter game,Marvel Rivals, sharing that theOverwatch 2competitor had attracted more than 45 million playersso far.
Where Winds Meet is Set to Launch Worldwide in 2025, But There’s a Catch
Where Winds Meethas previously been announcedfor a global release at some point in the future, but so far not all platforms have been confirmed to arrive worldwide in 2025. The last official update from the studio on Twitter, shared in October 2024, specifically talked about the iOS and iPadOS versions being rolled out overseas in 2025, with no explicit release information about its PC and console ports. While this may be slightly worrisome to excited fans, the eventual arrival of the mobile version could make room for a follow-up announcement about the progress ofWhere Winds Meeton other platforms.
Interestingly, there’s another major console release from China coming soon which also has the theme of martial arts in common withWhere Winds Meet. Initially announced in May 2023,Phantom Blade Zerois an RPGfor the PC and the PS5, which is slated for a Fall 2026 launch.
