Where Winds Meet has given us one of the most fascinating free-to-play titles in years, with spectacular graphics, engaging combat,and a world of things to do in the game world. It’s honestly a shock it’s available for nothing.
It’s got an absolutely breathtaking art style, challenging fights, and a ton of weapons and abilities to learn throughout the game so the combat never gets stale. If you’re wondering about games like this, well, they are sadly few and far between, but there are a healthy amount out there that at least give a similar feeling to Where Winds Meet.
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We’re going to check out a bunch of games that feel a little bit similar to Where Winds Meet, even though it’s one of the most unique games out there.
8 Rise of the Ronin
The Many Ways of the Samurai
Immediately when firing up Where Winds Meet, I had visions of Rise of the Ronin. My favorite game of 2024 has a ton in common with the newest hit MMO, from its sprawling open world to its various combat styles and even the look of the world itself.
Rise of the Ronin is based in a more realistic world, though, during a conflict between the old shogunate and those looking to embrace a new way of life. While the story takes all kinds of twists and turns, the highlight is the incredible combat system. It gives you a bunch of weapons to fight with, and each one offers multiple styles to use and moves to unlock within those styles. You’ve also got bows, guns, grenades, and other throwables to use in combat as well.
It all culminates in fights that are a dazzling display of sparks and blood, and it revolves around a parry system reminiscent of Sekiro. Here, though, each weapon has a different timing to the parry, so it’s all the more difficult. There are also tons of side quests to engage in, collectibles to find, outfits and tools to unlock, and even timed trials where you have to fly your glider through different obstacles. It’s one of the most content-packed games I’ve ever played, so if you love fast-paced action with tons of variety in Where Winds Meet, I would let the winds take you to Rise of the Ronin immediately after.
7 Wuchang: Fallen Feathers
A Bloody Visual Feast
If you enjoy the Chinese mythological aspect of Where Winds Meet, the perfect game to check out next would be Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. With a similar look and feel to the story and the overall product, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers gives us one of the more unique souls-likes out there. The world is beautiful to explore, but as dangerous as any I’ve seen. Enemies are relentless, with basic fights testing your reflexes and timing and your overall grasp on the incredibly deep combat system.
Your moves are limited at first, but soon, you’ll explore the deep skill tree and learn more and more attacks that all have their purpose. There is also the unique madness system, which increases your damage but limits your ability to take hits, and a totally original system that has you fighting a literal demon if you die too many times. It’s an excellent game that doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but gives you some incredible looking and feeling combat in a world that is dripping with atmosphere and a great art style. It’s one of the more underappreciated titles of 2025, and a great game to follow Where Winds Meet with.
6 Naraka: Bladepoint
Melee Royale
Just from a glance, you can see the similar look that both Naraka: Bladepoint and Where Winds Meet have. That similarity stretches to the combat as well, as Naraka is also inspired by wire-fu kung-fu movies and the like. Although it’s a battle royale at its core, it’s got a lot in common from a gameplay perspective with Where Winds Meet.
The combat is wildly similar here. It’s fast-paced, with abilities, parrying, and all kinds of melee and long-range weapons thrown in. In action, the games are nearly identical, and it’s clear that Naraka was at least a small bit of inspiration for the developers of Where Winds Meet. The battle royale gimmick forces you into tons of fast-paced duels against other players or bots, and it can be incredibly unpredictable and thrilling from fight to fight. It’s unique and will feel rather different to Where Winds Meet, which generally goes at the player’s pace.
It’s a different flavor of action game for sure, but if you’re willing to jump outside the box a little bit and are still craving that fast-paced wire-fu action, you’ll get plenty of it with Naraka: Bladepoint.
5 Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Rewriting the Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty takes the Romance of the Three Kingdoms saga and gives it a heavy dose of fantasy and horror. It’s a strange combo for sure, but I’ve learned to never doubt Team Ninja and this game is no different. It’s a hardcore soulslike that has one of the toughest opening bosses I’ve ever seen in a game, and the challenge is consistent throughout.
All the familiar names from the story and real life conflict are here, like Zhao Yun, Liu Bei and, of course, Lu Bu makes perhaps his most intimidating and difficult video game appearance to date. The weapon variety is amazing here, and there is also a magic system which is surprisingly robust as well. It’s not open-world like Where Winds Meet is, but there are a good amount of secrets to find from area to area.
It’s also got co-op play just like Where Winds Meet, and here, it’s arguably more valuable, because these fights get hectic in a hurry and both you and your partners need to be savvy with the parry mechanic. If not, it’s going to be a short story for you all. It’s a soulslike at its core, but it shares a lot in common on the gameplay side of things with Where Winds Meet.
4 Jade Empire
The Underrated Legend
Jade Empire is one of my favorite games of all time. Back in 2005, the concept of the Wuxia game was far in the future and no game was really doing anything in the genre. Then along came Jade Empire, creating perhaps the best Wuxia game of all time and one of the best RPGs ever made.
It’s heavily inspired by kung-fu movies and Chinese culture in general, and although the story starts with humble beginnings in a classic “your home village is attacked” kind of way, the plot is actually full of twists and turns, with several fantastic companions and antagonists to encounter along the way.
The core of the game is the fantastic combat system, which is fully real time and allows you to master a variety of fighting styles based on real-life martial arts. Of course, there are plenty of wire-fu type maneuvers to be found throughout the game, and the combos you can unleash here are seriously impressive for the time when it came out. The graphics are nothing special these days, but the art style still holds up, and each area is packed with detail and visual flair. There is also a healthy amount of enemy variety here too, and you’ll be pretty surprised at what you’re fighting after the opening hours as this game gets creative in the best way. It’s one of the best games out there and sits comfortably at the top of the Wuxia game pile that Where Winds Meet is currently fighting to get onto.
3 Black Myth: Wukong
The Myth Comes Home
Black Myth: Wukong is one of those games with phenomenal hype behind it that actually manages to live up to most of it. The tale being told is a twist on the Journey to the West legend that is arguably Chinese culture’s most famous and well-known story.
You play as a reincarnation of the Monkey King on a vague journey to discover just what is happening to this bizarre land. That journey gets fleshed out more along the way with a ton of optional lore and side content to explore, incredible-looking landscapes to traverse, and the most white-knuckle, challenging tough bosses this side of a Souls game.
The combat is lightning fast, relying on dodging at the right time, timing your strikes, and best of all, utilizing various transformations that change everything from your attacks to your health bar. It’s an amazing fighting experience in a game that seems somewhat shallow combat wise at first. Give it a few hours, and you’ll have a bag of tricks to play around with as deep as any souls-like, with an amazing backdrop to support it. If you love what Where Winds Meets does with its cultural influences, Black Myth: Wukong should be your new go-to game.
2 Xuan Yuan Sword VII
The Wanderer With The Sword
Xuan Yuan Sword VII is the seventh entry in a long-running series that doesn’t get much love on the western side of the world, but this entry proved it deserves your attention. Taking place at the end of the Han Dynasty, Xuan Yuan Sword VII is your classic revenge tale told in a fantasy world. It’s got an incredible art style to it that tells you that you’re about to be in a Wuxia paradise of sorts, and it doesn’t disappoint from there.
The combat in Xuan Yuan Sword VII is fantastic, with a wide variety of attacks available and abilities to use against a wild variety of enemies, from humans to mythological creatures and everything in between. The enemies in particular are amazingly weird here, from creatures from Chinese mythology to mechanical monstrosities that look like something out of a Steampunk nightmare.
There is a ton of dialogue and story here, so if you like how Where Winds Meet implemented its dialogue and cutscene-heavy sequences, there is a lot to chew on here. It can sometimes be overkill, but the story is compelling enough to get you from point A to Point B, and when Point B generally has a fantastic boss awaiting you can’t complain too much.
1 Black Desert Online
The MMO Fighting Champion
If there is one game that closely replicates Where Winds Meet the most, it’s 2016’s Black Desert Online. From the graphical style to the combat, it’s clear this was a huge inspiration, and it’s still one of the strongest MMO communities around today.
This is another MMO that can be effectively played as a single-player game if you’d prefer, but there is also a ton of multiplayer content as well. You’ve got 29 classes to choose from, ludicrous amounts of customization options and, for my money, the best combat an MMO has ever had. Seriously, the combat here puts most action games to shame, with over-the-top effects, explosive impact and a ton of variety when it comes to weapons and fighting styles.
While the combat will keep you busy for a ton of the time, the open world you have to explore is packed with things to do as well, with countless side activities, fishing, cooking, and other ways to spend time outside the fantastic combat system. If you’re looking for an MMO with awesome real-time combat that feels more like a single-player game than an MMO, it’s clear this is one of the best ways to go.
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