Sword and Fairy 3 Ex

Sword and Fairy 3 Ex

Fair · RPG · 2021

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $7.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
2h 79h to 100%
Value
$4.00/hr
Reviews
83% of 560 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $5.19 (35% off). Calls like this were right 86% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Replayability~12h to replay
Steam Workshop mods and replay time. The value score counts hours well past the 2h main story
Holding it back
Value$4.00/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews83% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 82% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 390 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

*** This game is only available in Chinese *** 由于未知的原因,蜀山仙境开始崩坏,掌门徐长卿命南宫煌寻找清冷真人并取得丢失多年的蜀山密宝五灵轮,由此南宫煌展开了一系列奇妙的地脉之旅。南宫煌也由此结识了温慧、王蓬絮、星璇、雷元戈等几位好友,更发现在这灾难背后,居然隐藏着不为人知的创始天道与宿命悲情……
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, OpenGL 2.0 compatible, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

24 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 30 percent off across all of them, roughly 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Value puts it in the top 8 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 82 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Sword and Fairy 3 ($7.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Jade Empire™: Special Edition ($14.99, scores 44).

More about Sword and Fairy 3 Ex

None of the 390 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2021 to August 2026.

Finishing takes 2 hours; clearing it takes 79, which is 40 times the campaign.

At 2 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.

Players

Players online
9 when we last checked, on Oct 16, 02:54 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

如有你相伴,只羡鸳鸯不羡仙. 二十多年后再开多了很多童年时期没注意到的剧情联系, 各个支线和主题问情环环相扣,各个迷宫这么多年还是对得起问路名讳的调侃,甚至在复杂设计度方面完全看不出这个游戏已是古董. 拿到现在和其他国际JRPG比说不定还各有千秋. 但是老了之后玩的缺点就是游戏平衡方面的短板也变得显而易见,个人认为仙术和三相同还是伤害主力, 仙术刷级对于三是简单了一些(次数要求减少), 但是两位女主的差别很大,温慧神量极低,让她学高级仙术几乎没有意义,蓬絮神量中期时候比血量还高,但是高级仙术学多了重复性又高,(譬如风雪冰天学了为什么还要学举火燎天) 这是三里没有的问题, 再加上星璇作为第三顺位的同伴入队时间不能和紫萱相比,这就导致仙术分配不能不均. 这在玩的时候是小时候遇到过但是没有想到的问题. 物品合成设计也是很奇怪,锁妖塔之前就可以做出镇岳八卦(南宫最强武器), 但是星璇和元戈竟然因为好感太低做不出消耗品...
Majima KunRecommendedafter 13h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
1 more review, not recommended
Nowadays, we type WASD for moving, this game still use Arrow Key or Right Click. Nowadays, we can set 72p to 8K resolution, but this game cannot be select the suitable resolution vias Steam Launcher. We must change the resolution from game folder only. Before I purchase this game , I know it is a scam. If you know Sword and Fairy 6, you may know what I mean. This game do not make me disappointed. The development...
GanbaRuby2020Not recommendedafter 1.2h7 found this helpfulRead on Steam

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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

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Sword and Fairy 3 Ex scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1536080/sword-and-fairy-3-ex
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Tags

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Details

DeveloperSOFTSTAR TECHNOLOGY(SHANGHAI)
PublisherSOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
GenreRPG
Released2021
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate