Fable of the Sword
蔷薇千墨游戏组 · 2018 · Indie, Adventure, RPG, Visual Novel, Anime
PC
Mixed62% · 161 📉 Recent reviews down 33%
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About Fable of the Sword
This is a galgame with a story of ancient. It takes the developing group 蔷薇千墨 6 years to finish. With full-audio, this game will present you an experience when swords did the talk for you. And with the amazing theme song, it will like returning to the ancient, simpler time.
Background:
As tales go, Pheonix with flame surrounded his body, is the king of all birds.
But with the world suffering, the Pheonix just wouldn't have it. He lit all evil with his fire, and burnt out to ash with them. After 49 days the fire finally burnt out, a sword appeared in the ash of the Phoenix.
But tales are only tales. Time past by and the real story got buried in the dust.
Storyline:
The game is about stories which happened when Lin was following his junior fellow apprentice to go down the mountain for their martial art training. During their way, when passing the Tanglin City, they found Jolin Shen, a demon fox, was inciting and creating trouble there. Teaming up with disciples from the Treasure Pavilion, they caught Jolin Shen finally. But unexpectedly people from the Water God Sect were suspected of having been involved in it. Afterwards, along with Seven and Bai, they went to the Four Phase Mountain to explore the truth about the rumors on a legendary sword. However, when they spotted the conspiracy, it had been too late. Did what all happened stem from the Water God Sect? Or some sects else were behind? Were the following men related to the conspiracy, who covered Yuu, Lin’s junior fellow apprentice, a mild yet severe man? Seven, a well-behaved hunter? Or Bai, who was mysterious and unsociable ? Or Yuun, who was always elusive?
PS.Trading Cards and Achievements will come out with the final version.
Background:
As tales go, Pheonix with flame surrounded his body, is the king of all birds.
But with the world suffering, the Pheonix just wouldn't have it. He lit all evil with his fire, and burnt out to ash with them. After 49 days the fire finally burnt out, a sword appeared in the ash of the Phoenix.
But tales are only tales. Time past by and the real story got buried in the dust.
Storyline:
The game is about stories which happened when Lin was following his junior fellow apprentice to go down the mountain for their martial art training. During their way, when passing the Tanglin City, they found Jolin Shen, a demon fox, was inciting and creating trouble there. Teaming up with disciples from the Treasure Pavilion, they caught Jolin Shen finally. But unexpectedly people from the Water God Sect were suspected of having been involved in it. Afterwards, along with Seven and Bai, they went to the Four Phase Mountain to explore the truth about the rumors on a legendary sword. However, when they spotted the conspiracy, it had been too late. Did what all happened stem from the Water God Sect? Or some sects else were behind? Were the following men related to the conspiracy, who covered Yuu, Lin’s junior fellow apprentice, a mild yet severe man? Seven, a well-behaved hunter? Or Bai, who was mysterious and unsociable ? Or Yuun, who was always elusive?
PS.Trading Cards and Achievements will come out with the final version.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Fable of the Sword is not a game, it's an e-book that's been dumped on Steam masquerading as a game. As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay, it's just a lot of clicking through badly written dialogue that would never have been accepted or published in print, which poses the question, "How did something this badly written end up on Steam?". When someone hoping to become an author is unable to get published in print, they spend $100 and dump their high school fan-fiction onto Steam, under the guise of a game. This e-book was slapped together with the godawfully bad KiriKiri Visual Novel/E-Book construction kit, so just like no professional writing took place here, no professional game development took place either, it's just a product of filling out templates in the construction kit. There's a basic, badly translated and horribly badly written novella here with an anime/manga styled historical theme... it's incredibly poor quality, although readers may find some mild amusement from the godawful translation. Masterpiece phrases like "You don't need to eat solid food." Visual novels/e-books are tedious at best... imagine the best novel you ever r…3 found this helpful
It's pretty good overall! I really love the ancient setting and the whole art is just stunning! The story premise is very nice too, though some parts of it (especially towards the end and general background information) didn't quite use its entire potential and felt rather incomplete, in my opinion. The music is lovely but it would've been more impactful if there was more variety and if the music (or just more sound effects in general) was included throughout all scenes (because the occasional silence made the scenery feel a bit empty at times). Otherwise I highly enjoyed the vibe of the game and felt intrigued by the story, despite the translation being flawed and confusing at times. I honestly want more of the game lol, I believe that if there was more depth/details in the plot, it could've been absolutely amazing, also I would love to see more of all characters. Moreover the mini games are pretty funny, like I'm in some super serious sword fight but am forced to play candy crush lmao. So yeah, while this game suffers from some issues I certainly enjoyed it a lot and think that it's pretty fair for the price!2 found this helpful
Pros: Nice art voice acting (Chinese) cheap Cons: Boring story Boring Puzzles1 found this helpful
Fable of the Sword is a story-driven wuxia fantasy visual novel developed by 蔷薇千墨游戏组 and published on Steam by SakuraGame. Rooted in Chinese martial arts mythology and classical fantasy traditions, the game attempts to deliver an emotionally layered narrative centered on sect rivalries, legendary weapons, and the personal growth of young disciples stepping into a dangerous world. Unlike action-heavy RPGs that interpret wuxia through fast-paced combat, this title embraces the visual novel format, prioritizing dialogue, character relationships, and branching story paths over mechanical depth. The story follows a young disciple named Lin who leaves the secluded mountains of his training sect and ventures into a wider world filled with intrigue, ancient conspiracies, and looming conflict. Early encounters hint at supernatural forces and sect politics, drawing Lin and his companions into disputes involving powerful organizations and the legend of a mythical sword forged in phoenix flame. The narrative leans heavily into traditional wuxia themes: loyalty between sworn brothers, moral dilemmas between righteousness and ambition, hidden masters with secret motives, and the weight of desti…
The art, voice acting, and music are all lovely. However, the English translation is obviously done via Google translate or something similar. As a result, the dialogue is at times incoherent. There are important/interesting plot points where the translation is so bad that it isn't clear what is happening. The 'gameplay' aka minigames are sporadic and very outdated, playing like a mobile game from the mid-2000s. Finally, the action/battle sequences have no visual or audio component and are simply described in brief detail which is pretty anticlimactic. I can't recommend this game to English speakers, but I would guess it is worth playing if you understand Chinese.
❌ Tested on Steam Deck, it launches the game but it gets stuck on black screen (12/09/2025). The story is really difficult to follow due to bad English translation but the art is cool I guess.
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