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Shuyan Saga™
Developer Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc.
Shuyan Saga is a graphic novel series where action scenes come alive in 3D combat gameplay. Set in an ancient Chinese martial arts fantasy universe, you embark on a life-changing journey as Shuyan. From the Steam store page
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Audience score
80
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99 positive · 24 negative
95% range 73–87%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
452 of 543 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
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60 of 132 · most liked firstShuyan Saga tells the tale of Shuyan, a princess of Nan Feng whose country has been invaded by the evil Ganbaatar in his conquest of the known world and search for the Guardian Spirits of each realm in order to subdue them to his will and increase his ever growing power. The game is steeped in Chinese mythology and with the inclusion of Daoism, reads very much like a Wuxia novel. Gameplay Shuyan Saga is half a visual novel, half a clicky action game. The game has fairly simple mechanics that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shuyan Saga is a kind of motion comic with choices and fight scenes. My first reaction after seeing it was to be reminded a bit of Avatar, as not long ago I went on a marathon of Avatar, The Legend of Korra and I have to admit that the start of the game gave me some of those vibes. The art for the comic book/story part is pretty great while the 3D characters and stages are less detailed while still managing to be charming in their own way. The fighting mechanics are rather simple, requiring…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I very seldom give reviews but in my heart I knew I had to for this game. First impression of this game so far during book 1 is that the comic style artwork in this game is gorgeous, the soundtrack is also wonderful and really captures the theme of the game. I found this game to be almost like Aladdin meets Mulan with the feisty heroine trying to be independant but cope with her duty as a princess while wanting her own freedom. The game is split in to 3 episodes all included and once completed…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing story :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art is very good, but F any game that forces you to use mobile swipe controls on a PC with a mouse, it's just so annoying and insulting to play with. I'm sure tapping and quick swiping your finger hundreds of times on a screen is nice and relaxing, but with a heavy physical clicking mouse, it is bloody not.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game on day one. As a game it's hard to recommend for its short content and clumsy gameplay, but as an art I do recommend it. Starting with hard difficulty, then I figured out it was just more enemy waves and they punched a little harder. Stanima was hard to manage since I had to block more often. The story is fairly simple. It's about Shu Yan overcame her physical and mental limitation, find peace within her, master the "Way of Phoenix" and defeat the villain. It's interesting to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only saving grace for this game is the nice comic style art. Story is a good vs. evil cookie cutter cliche and there's no depth to the characters. Combat is clunky and some inputs don't seem to even register. I don't get it why someone would give this enhanced visual novel a 10/10. Would I recommend the game at full price? Hell no, either buy it in a bundle or wait for a deep, deep sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shuyan Saga is a great fun interactive comic book game set in the ancient far east. The narrative portions of the game take the form of a slide show of (I believe hand drawn) comic book panels with a small amount of movement and animation to bring it to life without being over the top or distracting the viewer from the story, this is all acompanied by a full voice cast led by Kristin Kreuk (Smallville, Beauty and the Beast, Chuck, Burden of Truth) in the title role. The story itself concerns…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent graphics and voice acting. Mobile-first game design makes it garbage though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Essentially you're paying 20 bucks for a comic book... granted, the illustrations are quite nice, but the combat/gameplay is rather bland and simplistic/repetitive... overall this should've just been a comic book and not a game. However, even if you are into that sort of thing, the story is dreadfully generic... I really wanted to like it because it seems like the devs spent a lot of time on it, but beautiful art and music cannot hold a game with a lackluster story and mediocre gameplay.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I went in with a lot of hype for this game but I think that was my first mistake. My only solace was getting this game on sale through Humble Bundle. First, it's a really beautiful game. The story is meh. It's basically every kung fu story out there with very little flair to make it unique. They're really banking on the comic-style story telling to carry them. The ending is lacluster but I hear it's because there could be multiple endings? (no confirmations on that either way and I'm not keen…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice novel game ....you will start feel emotes of main character at least i did a bit and is not just a simple novel at also make you decide what to do next as you have some choices + if you bored of watching at some points will also be some fithings :D ..so you wont get bored to it ....is very nice and you wont get bored of it while play as it will always keep you in action at least did for me...have fun and enjoy !!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a product of love. The artwork is gorgeous, both in 3d and 2d. Reminds me of two of my favorites - Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI and The Banner Saga. The voiceacting is a bit inconsistent but decent most of the time. Kristin Kreuk has a done a great job as the lead. The combat is fun. It has some nuances so as not to be tedious, yet is simple enough to not become distracting. The story is interesting based on whatever I have seen so far. I will update this once I finish the game,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shuyan Saga is a digital comic with voice overs with some combat every now and then. the fights happen on 2 plains 1 is an over the top view where you have more movement options, and the other is a 1v1 style where you have a high/low attack/block. i'ed give it a 6.5/10 as it's enjoyable but nothing that will amaze you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked this game up until the spot where you get to practice your greet blindfolded. Then it turned into an endless well of frustration, as the control for it seems to be broken on the PC, undoing any enjoyment i derived from it up to that point. I cannot recommend this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Outstanding game. Perfect for novices and expert alike. Visual Novel format where the choices determine your future. It has elements of RPG style games such as Knights of the Republic where you have a 3d view of your attackers have attack / defend type missions that while easy at first, do become quite challenging. From there it takes elements of 2D/3D type fighting games such as Street Fighter/ Injustice albeit with a very easy control method of only hi/low attack or hi/low block. Different…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! This game is awesome. It's not like anything I've played before. I'm not big into fighting games (but only because I suck at them), which makes this game perfect for me. I'm playing on the easy setting, which means I can win most of the fights, but what's cool is that even when I lose a fight, the game doesn't stop. You never get stuck. Like I said though, I'm not big on fighting, so what really blows me away is the art. I love comics, but most visual novel…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is boring and predictable, but dialogues are sometimes fun, princess is cute, and fights are kinda OK. So I would've given it a thumb up if not for a constant tendency to steal your victories. Like, you fight against a boss and 12 minions, lose, swear, reload, lose, swear, reload, WIN!... and them watch a cut scene of the boss making ONE LAST EFFORT and knocking you out with a hidden attack. I mean, I can understand it narratively, but why wasn't this whole fight a cut scene? Just for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a weird game to review. I can't recommend it if you want an adventure, or a martial arts game, or a fighting game. So what is it supposed to be? The 2D images are beautifully detailed, and the mouse-based 3D fighting is sort of like that remake of Karateka or any other game that purports to reduce complicated-looking counters and combos to a few basic inputs. I won't actually try to review the depth of the fighting system, or lack thereof, because I played on easy after seeing just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is quite beyond my expectation! An awesome game which is full of joy and surprise. The combat system is amazing!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shuyan Saga is a mobile app that's been dumped on Steam. It's a tablet/iPhone based visual novel/graphic novel with a "fighting" mini-game that uses mobile phone mechanics to emulate a martial arts style brawling video game. While this is fairly well done for a mobile app visual novel, that's a lot like being the tallest midget. The visual novel has interactive parts, and it's well illustrated, so I don't understand why this wasn't just published as a graphic novel, where it belongs. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A nice visual novel, whose gameplay is mainly based on the choices you have in the various dialogues. Even if there are not many different paths to choose, in the end. It tells a classic story, set in a medieval China, where kung fu and magic mix up: there is the powerful enemy, the hero that runs away to master his power, and in the end defeat the enemy. The story is pleasant and keeps a good pace, and the art is pretty nice. On the other hand, the combat system is not great, sometimes not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The combat is not the best, but I recommend this game because it's story and presentation really stand out. I loved the storyline and the values it teaches. Between chapters, I was really captivated and obsessed with what would happen next. Shuyan was a very awesome character, and really feels like she matured by the end. I would wait for a sale to pick it up, however.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game promised multiple endings. There was only one. Posts on forum has no response from developer on how to find other endings. No search on the internet showed any other ending except the base ending. False advertising.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd say Rogue Lycan's review is pretty well grounded and constructive in pointing out the pros and cons of the game. I really enjoyed the top down game play segments, being a fan of dungeon crawlers it felt like a more casual approach to the genre but also changes it up with an interesting one on one combat which keeps you from mindlessly pressing buttons. There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said for the soundtrack and voice overs, they are great and helped draw me more into…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shuyan Saga is an action-adventure game developed by Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc. The game features a unique blend of Chinese martial arts and comic book-style storytelling, creating an immersive and engaging experience. The game follows the story of Shuyan, a young girl who is training to become a kung fu master. Throughout the game, players will navigate through a series of challenges and battles, learning new skills and techniques along the way. One of the standout features of Shuyan Saga…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice story. Entertaining combat. story a bit rushed at the end.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great mix of graphic novel and kung-fu fighting, coupled with asorbing story and good soundtrack. Thematically kinda similiar to Avatar: The Last Airbender. Battle mechanisms are fun too, easy to learn but hard to master. And there are also some plot choices too. Highly recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Made by the Canadian developer Loftysky Entertainment, Shuyan Saga features a typical revenge story set in the ancient China presumably the Qin dynasty period. The character development & progression is good as we see Shuyan develop from a playful princess to a mature and responsible young lady throughout the course of the game. Shuyan saga shows true love for the Chinese culture and uses thousands if not more original artwork to make the game feel authentic and absolutely gorgeous to look at.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →剧情挺有意思的，而且配音也非常用心。人物设计非常鲜明。 The plot is simple yet quite attractive. It tells a story about a Chinese princess named Shuyan who stands up and fights for the safety of her country. The game is designed like a comic book which you can interact with it. The most surprising thing is that this game is made by a Canadian group who have such a deep understanding of Chinese culture. I would like to recommend those who love Chinese culure to try this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A playable comic with excellent artwork and a good story. The action was fine and never bothered me but it's not a reason in itself to play the game. While I did think it was a bit short and could have used more time in the final chapter (or a full new one), and that it could have had more meaningful choices and consequences, on the whole it's not hard to just enjoy it for what it is rather than what it could have been.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Shuyan Saga tells a wonderful story that allows you to accompany Shuyan on her journey. Save your kingdom and use your Kung Fu skills to beat your enemies up. Be aware that this game focusses on storytelling. You will therefore mainly watch beautifully drawn scenes. The Shuyan Saga is a comic that came to life. It is well drawn, colourful and just relaxing. The added sound effects make it more realistic and the soundtrack is great and fits perfectly to the ambient. Apart from watching the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible port of what otherwise is a decent mobile game. Playing it with mouse and keybord (which, by the way, is the only way to play) is awful and strips away any fun factor it could have. The game's visuals are great but the voice acting is less than stellar. The story is just entertaining enough to be bearable but the VN aspect of the game plays little to no importance in it. I just can't recommend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're looking for a visual novel with some action this is it! This was a breath of fresh air from other visual novels that TRY to break the 2D paradigm but have difficulty doing so.....it also helps that this isn't just another otome game. Great soundtrack and the visual artwork was just as eye-catching. Loved the experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"So far so good" Let me just start by saying one thing,this game is really great. At first I was a little bit skeptical about whether I should buy it or not so I waited for sometime Then I saw that this game was on discount so I thought that why don't I give it a try so I bought it. And voilaa...the next thing I know I was completely in love with this game. "Now to the gameplay" The concept is great but it seemed to me that it felt a little bit flat but overall the gameplay is good combined…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely loved this Game, I love KungFu and Wuxia, they made their own little Universe and its explained as you go on. The Art Style is lovely. The Fighting is fun and progressive: iE the Tournament Minigame is opened after Book1, but I only knew how to use Hard Style Kungfu, so it became increasingly difficult to Win, once in Book2 the game tells you how to defeat Enemies yousing Soft Style Kungfu it's much easier, I love this, I felt like I actually improved ^.^ As a Taoist, I was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun little title. would rebuy on portable devices like nintendo switch.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is pretty good actually. It's basically like a choose your own adventure graphic novel that has good music, great voice acting, and supreme art. This comic style is very cool. Story so far, it's good enough, interesting enough. Where this game is probably going to lose some folks is the long bits of panel to panel story are broken up with combat sections. It takes some getting used to because it's real time, but it's not fluid at all. It's about timing more than anything. It's a kind of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →no idea how this game got into my library. turned out to be much more fun than i thought. liked the combat mechanics a lot, as well as the story. pleasantly surprised
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →nice story, beautiful and inspiring visuals, interesting game design, great music, amazing character design, made with a lot of heart Shuyan Saga is a short game, about a young princess who loves Kung Fu, in which you can choose what to do and what kind of princess to be. One play-through takes approx. 3 to 4 hours and all of the achievements are easily doable (within 2 play-throughs). I can definitely recommend this game as the game design is really something different for once, it's so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very indie, but made with love. One of the few good games with chinese voice overs and english subtitles. Tho of note is that this is clearly a mobile game. Controls aren't the best during combat (and combat in general isn't that good, a very poor man's mobile injustice), but you can skip all combat for the neat story
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very good visual novel with casual fighting elements. If you are fan of visual novels or ancient chinese setting then definitely play this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now this is the game that exceeded my good expectations by miles! When it starts and you've just discovered that it is a... moving pictures, merely diluted by some choices you are up to made, it may be a bit disappointing. But wait for a few minutes, and you will be exited by the dynamic storyline, excellent voiceover (not only Shuyan, but every single character in the game), good combat system (it will became more and more complicated during your progress) and, nonetheless, beautiful art…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shuyan Saga (SS in short) developed and published by Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc. The PC version was released on: Aug 8, 2017 and is also available On: Iphone/Ipad. On Metacritic (https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/shuyan-saga) it does not have any rating - as of this writing. For me Shuyan Saga reminds me of Bioware's Jade Empire. It's not 100% similar but it's closest product which I can relate & make comparison with. SS is a single player, bash em up, Kung Fu@martial art theme, with some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shuyan Saga told a great story, but the mouse control scheme is simply, horrible, unresponsive, and often, impossible to perform. Yet when combat was so much of the game, it makes the game unplayable. FWIW, I am playing on a I7-9700, which is WAY overspec'ed for the game. And I'm using a Logitech G500S, so it's NOT the mouse. I was able to fumble through part I, and was in the middle of part II when I reached an impasse. I was supposed to learn the Phoenix form, by "greet" the enemy attack…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've won this game through Steamgifts website. It is hard to describe this game correctly, one could say it is a bit of a mix of visual novel and action game. The visual novel part of the game is really something, it touches the deep of human heart and playing even only for story is well worth it. The graphics varies a bit. The visual novel part is as beautiful as the story, while the action part is a bit worse, 3d models could use some smoothing. Now, as the action part is concerned, it is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As we've come to love, some visual novels are truly amazing, they deliver a story in such a deep beautiful way that it truly is an inspiration or pure bliss to play and enjoy the game, this is what we have with Shuyan Saga, a truly amazing story filled with Action and Adventure, with a little dash of clicking gameplay, something not very common in Visual Novel games, but a real fun add on to an great game. A Brief intro into the story can be summarized as follow, We have a Princess, a Evil…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a pretty game with simple gameplay. Great if you want to see a kung fu story. Exceeds the VN tag, as it is more of a comic book with great voiceover. Fight system is rather simple, yet not terribly easy, and it conveys the feel of the story and blends well with the narrative. -Great art -Amazing soundtrack -OK story -Fine gameplay
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a nice story! What an awesome amount of great drawings! What a bunch of complicated fighting techniques! Great voice acting! Yeah, great game man. Just finished chapter/book 1, had a really good time, the story is unfolding perfectly, the choices you make have influences, take a different turn in events. The fighting, for me personally, a little bit too much techniques, I cannot remember everything. But I will try because it gives the game a lot of flair! Though, the story itself is the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game! I wish it lasted much much longer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is short but overall it was fun. the controls on the game relies mainly on the mouse for combat and movement. sometimes when you want to click to move it will register it as an attack instead if you click to close to an enemy which that gets kind of annoying especially when theres alot of them. the music was good and the story was simple. a few bugs here and there but for most of them all you gota do is restart the level and you can progress.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely love this game concept. Part comic, animated film, and fighting game - super fun, immersive, and challenging - and with a great message. The illustrations are beautiful, and so is the music... I can't wait to play this game with my 9-year old niece. I hope the game developer and producer keeps making more games like this. Such a wonderful experience. Highly recommended, especially if you have kids.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super fun experience. game / motion comic / graphic novel thing. Whatever you want to call it I loved it. I feel I may be a better man after completing this adventure :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Im not really one for digital visual novels but I very much enjoyed Shuyan. The story is really nice but I would have liked to have seen it fleshed out a bit more. The game portion of this hybrid really does a great job of making you feel like your are getting stronger with the main character. It also allows for a simple but "play your way" style where you can be aggressive or passive at least in later areas of the game. Art of the story is very charming and the graphics of the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game an hour and a half ago! I just played it for 65 minutes and finished the first chapter. I must say, it is a really good game. I am being enthralled by the story which I am looking forward to fully discover! The music score is really good and so are the graphic drawings! Furthermore, Shuyan is being voiced by Kristin Kreuk, who is a really talented actress who played on Smallville, Beauty and the beast and more recently Burden of truth. The combat system is great! (I wonder…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎲 RANDOM GAME, Shuyan Saga™ (Steam) https://store.steampowered.com/app/594680 Shuyan Saga is a graphic novel series where action scenes come alive in 3D combat. Set in a martial arts fantasy inspired by ancient China, you play Shuyan on... #SteamAndEpic #Shuyan #Saga #HandDrawn #Kingdoms #Original
unlabelledView post →Just got done playin' some Shuyan Saga for a bit. I finally Beat The Game I definitely enjoyed it in terms of It's Gameplay Mechanics And Story. I'm definitely gon' play it again with the Extra Modes Available. #ShuyanSaga #LoftySkyEntertainment #ActionAdventureGames #VisualNovels
unlabelledView post →Shuyan Saga, which recently released on Switch, has received a new wave of gameplay. #ShuyanSaga https://gamesense.co/game/shuyan-saga/news/discuss/shuyan-saga-gameplay/
unlabelledView post →Shuyan Saga has been announced for Nintendo Switch with the graphic novel adventure launching in September 2023. #ShuyanSaga https://gamesense.co/game/shuyan-saga/news/discuss/graphic-novel-adventure-shuyan-saga-coming-to-switch/
unlabelledView post →Stars received: 3.8/10 _ Note: v.5 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions [0.3] Controls & Training & Help [0.3] Menu & Settings [0.7] Sound & Music [0.3] Graphics [0.5] Game Design [0.6] Game Story [0.4] Game Content [0.4] Completion time (level/game)? [0.3] is it Enjoyable & Fun? Could it hold a spot in Favorites? (& if the Game can be repeatedly played again) BONUS point: Multi-Player related BONUS point: Review for VR - if Registration is required with providing PII Game description…
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