Wuchang: Fallen Feathers has launched to 114,000+ concurrent players on Steam, making it one of the biggest launches for a non-FromSoftware Soulslike game yet.
It’s currently the eighth biggest game on Steam by concurrent player count, smashing through the 100,000 concurrent player barrier and clocking up 114,132 players in the last 24 hours. By comparison, and according to data supplied by SteamDB, Lies of P‘s highest concurrent peak is a little over 30,000 players, Lords of the Fallen is 43,075 players, and The First Berserker: Khazan is just shy of 33,000.
Concurrent players isn’t the only metric we should use when measuring how successful a game is, of course, but it’s a good starting point, even though it doesn’t account for players on other platforms.
Despite the launch-day success, however, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers originally released to ‘overwhelming negative’ user reviews on Steam but has since upgraded to ‘mostly negative’ as players report issues with “extremely awful performance,” a “completely lifeless” main character, and “clunky” combat and gameplay. At the time of writing, just 21% of the 6,500+ reviews left on Steam are positive.
“Wanted to give this game a good chance. I was excited for this. I had seen the mostly negative rating and checked the concerns and I can say now that as of this moment, they are correct,” wrote one reviewer. “The game has some massive performance issues. I tried just playing because sometimes gameplay can more than make up for lacking in other areas. I was unfortunately not able to see much of the combat. I did fight the opening tutorial boss, I did fight through a few camps of enemies, and, at one point, during the boss fight, I was enjoying it and having fun. I was unable to experience more of that due to the overshadowing performance issues.”
“UE5 games is [sic] a hit or miss when it comes to performance, and in this case it’s a miss unfortunately (at least for my system),” added another. “This game needs a free demo for this exact reason.”
It’s not all bad, though. “I’m one of the lucky ones: the game runs fine on my machine. No crashes, no stutters, no slideshow combat,” said a happier reviewer. “And that makes one thing crystal clear — Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is being unfairly crucified by players with garbage PCs and zero optimization knowledge.”
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is a Soulslike action-RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty. You play as a mysterious warrior afflicted by a horrific feather disease, who uncovers hidden secrets and battles supernatural enemies in an ancient empire teetering on the edge of collapse.
“Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is yet another great Soulslike to add to the ever-increasing pile, featuring excellent combat, wonderful level design, an incredible skill tree, and fearsome bosses,” IGN wrote in our Wuchang: Fallen Feathers review, which returned an 8/10 score. “Just watch out for some steep difficulty dips and spikes, and a reliance on cheap-feeling ‘gotcha!’ ambushes.”
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers released earlier today, July 24, 2025, for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. Microsoft has also brought it to Game Pass day one for those subscribed to the Ultimate tier.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world’s biggest gaming sites and publications. She’s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.
