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Is Sword and Fairy 5 worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Chinese-speaking players who want a story-led fantasy RPG
- Turn-based RPG fans who prefer battles with up to 3 active characters
- Players who enjoy character development through spell cultivation, equipment symbols, and item synthesis
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for real-time combat instead of turn-based battles
- Players who prefer larger active battle parties than the 3-character limit
- Players who need the game to be available in a language other than Chinese
Our take on Sword and Fairy 5
The defining structure is turn-based combat with a maximum of 3 characters fighting together, supported by a turn-order system for combination attacks.
What is Sword and Fairy 5?
Sword and Fairy 5 is a Chinese-language PC role-playing game centered on four people who carry different secrets.
Their lives become connected as an ancient bloodline awakens and the sealed passage between two realms becomes a focus of conflict. Combat is turn-based, with up to 3 characters fighting at once. Characters can seal enemies and receive symbols from defeated sealed targets, combine basic items into advanced ones, and perform combination attacks when allied turns align. Elemental spells have individual cultivation values that affect their effects. Some weapons and armor can be improved with symbols. The Steam edition includes 3 DLCs: Phantom Mirage, Evening Rain Tonight, and A Dream of the Past.
How Sword and Fairy 5 plays
- 01Enemy Sealing
- Symbols obtained from defeated sealed enemies can be equipped to add character attributes and abilities.
- 02Item Synthesis
- Combining lower-level items can create advanced items, including rare items unavailable through ordinary sales or drops.
- 03Combination Attacks
- Allied characters can use these attacks when their turns are consecutive, with a button-input minigame affecting the attack bonus.
- 04Spell Cultivation
- Each character’s elemental spells have separate cultivation values, and values above 1500 can add special effects.
- 05Included DLC
- The Steam edition includes 3 DLCs: Phantom Mirage, Evening Rain Tonight, and A Dream of the Past.
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Sword and Fairy 5: platforms & release
Is Sword and Fairy 5 worth it?
It is worth it if: chinese-speaking players who want a story-led fantasy RPG. Skip it if: players looking for real-time combat instead of turn-based battles.
Where can I download Sword and Fairy 5?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Sword and Fairy 5's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Sword and Fairy 5 on?
Windows only.
