Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion

This game was hugely enjoyable for awhile, but the exceptionally overt transphobia and persistent homophobia turned me off it. I regret the purchase despite my enjoyment of the genre.

Very good game, the amount the game allows you to do and explore is well worth the cost, looking forward to coming back to it sometime. Its biggest issue has been mentioned a ton in the reviews, its translation is abysmal and if that's a deal breaker for you that's fine.

Very fun tactical RPG with massive amounts of content. If you are a fan of Wuxia genre this is a must have.

Good replayability,reasonable price. Bad translation but still understandable, english is not my first language btw. A bit grindy but still really good for my first Wuxia game experience, lots of endings which you can't achive all in your first playthrough, so it may take hundreds of hours to unlock (i've also played this on my phone before).
This game deserves more attention, hope the translation will get better tho.
Might try Wandering Sword next, looks pretty cool.
Still wish there was an option to save Duan Hongjin and Wu Yue (if you've played you'll know ^^)

几乎所有国产游戏都有一个通病—简陋，本作也不能免俗：任务几乎没有任何引导、无法得知敌人等级导致战斗各种翻车（有查看选项的角色除外）、有恶性bug导致剧情无法推进、多数可招募队友的招募流程无任何提示、特殊活动等待时间过长（比如拍卖、地下竞技场这些的间隔都是5天）、玩家升级过慢（入队同级别的队友经过20天以上的培养能比玩家等级高10-20级左右、后入队比玩家低10级的队友也能迅速追平玩家等级）。总之，各种毛病让人没动力玩下去。

Fun game. The replay-ability goes pretty far. The translation is fine for the most part, but in certain areas of the game the dialog changes in quality. "me will protect you" vs "I will protect you". Its never so bad you can't understand what the characters are saying and for the most part the game is good with translation. its mostly in the western region of the map.

Don't be deceived by my play time, I have beat the game multiple times on my phone.

I liked the game so much I bought it on the PC just to show support.

One of the best choice driven RPG I have ever seen in my life, criminally underrated.

The translation is a bit rough, but that will be ironed out overtime.

If you like choice driven RPG, this is a must try.

Really intricate game with replayability. A bit hard to get into at first however, especially with somewhat lacking EN resources online. I'd personally recommend starting your playthrough on normal or hard at the start, and learning the mechanics and about special loot and items.

Very open world game with great characters. The game lets you have the consequences of your actions and the lore is very deep.

this is quite a fun game really, probably needs a balance pass. the game seems to fluctuate between too easy and too hard. but even despite some balance oddness, it's a great little game.

Fun RPG, lots of content and tons of replayability.

It freeze, force computer reset, corrupts save files every other time I save or load.

Overall a really fun tactical RPG, with a really massive cast of characters, flashy skills, and interesting mix of open world with some time-sensitive events. I honestly couldn't stop playing for 10 days straight, which doesn't happen as often lately. It has a bit of a learning curve, because there are many things the game doesn't tell you, but it felt quite rewarding to little by little uncover secrets and ways to boost my gameplay.

The main complaint for English speakers is for sure the quality of the translation. In many occasions, it looks like a child translated it, which at times I found endearing and even a bit funny, but there are some parts of the game that are completely broken because of this.

In particular, there are some couplet-matching minigames which are probably interesting in traditional chinese, but it looks like they translated those couplets literally to English, and it simply doesn't make any sense. So unless you want to spend a good amount of time with trial and error to get the correct couplet, I would suggest to look up a guide for that part.

I bought the game on sale and I'm pretty happy with it, I had a blast and I may replay it in the future, since you can benefit a lot from previous runs in ng+. I honestly would be happy even if I bought it at full price. If you are a fan of tactical RPGs or RPGs in general I really recommend it.

The translation is lacking and the game feels like it lacks direction. Quest markers and a better translation would help this game a lot.

it's fun... it'a s bad game that is fun - that's it, not made for the modern world but still has some QoL features
you MUST play it with the wiki for the annoying china related poetry or whatever dumbarsestry the riddles are...
the rest is a grind in an open-wonnabe-world and the only sensible difficulty is hard (tactically the game is a big, empty zero - it's non Convalaria, it's just 1 shot everything by being 1st and acting a lot per turn)

A lot of things to do. Bad translation is the only issue but its overall worth it

As much as I want to recommend this, I think the translation prevents me from doing so.

The gameplay is fun, the UI is decent, the story is quirky and fun, but some bosses are just insanely, ridiculously overpowered to the point where outside of specific builds nothing you do works, and I've had to google stuff to figure out what I was supposed to do, which means the translation is not really at "good enough" level... I would say they needed to polish translation to turn this into a thumbs up.

Still having fun, it just brings back the old headaches from trying to fill in the gaps.

Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion is a deep and immersive wuxia RPG that truly captures the spirit of martial arts storytelling. The underdog-to-legend journey is engaging and full of surprises—perfect for fans of classic Chinese martial arts tales!

There is an overwhelming freedom to do and to be, high replayability, but at its core, this is a wuxia story with all its downsides, which are mostly negated by the simple vitue of being a game. In the end, If you like core idea of heroic\villanous cultivator adventure this very good game. The only real downside is the translation, but good ones too few and far between.

This is one of the game which doesn't need cutting-edge graphics and still very enjoyable. A bit grindy (all RPG are like that) and very high replayability. I can recommend this to all RPG fans or wuxia fans. The downside is: almost 95% of the mods are in mandarin.

This game, albiet is VERY rough translation, that the devs admit is a WIP, is such a gem.

There's so much player agency in all the little choices you make, people to help or not help, whether to became a hated wanted criminal feared by citizens and hunted by the government, or to follow a path of training in a sect enhancing your skills through the services they offer.
Please give this game a check, its super impressive.

Was on sale and it looked good, so I decided to check this out.
I've been glued to it almost 12 hours straight, this by far is one of the best rpgs I've played in a very long time.
If you can get over the slight odd translations every once in a while, this game is genuinely one of the most detailed games I've ever played. I feel like I'm going to spend hundreds of hours going through every side quest and puzzle this game has to offer. 10/10 for me.

Overall, the game offers an enjoyable experience with its charming pixel art, engaging combat, and intricate growth. However, the English translation leaves much to be desired. Because of this poor translation, some quests and riddles are nearly unsolvable. There are even word games that cannot be solved without a guide - they are direct translations of Chinese character wordplay.

While you might eventually learn to tune out the clumsy text, the result is a diminished sense of immersion. For now, I can’t recommend the game until the translation is significantly improved. I'll update my review once the translation has been fixed.

I bought and played the game but have to refund because of bad English translation.

If the game is properly translated by professional translation team, I might buy it again. For now, not recommended.

I have sank 200+ hours in and still doing another playthrough and finding new scenarios, alot of content and love. English translation may be off at times but hits the mark mostly

The authentic Wuxia experience. The terrible translation is a cherry on top (just like your off-the-shelf wuxia/xianxia webnovels you usually read on shady websites), I think some parts are just straight out machine translated lmao (like Man Tuoluo's post bonding quests, for example).

A bit repetitive and mediocre most of the time, but if you like to stomach those mind-numbing (yet addictive) Chinese webnovels, you'd feel right at home.

Damn I wish we could get a properly written AA/AAA wuxia/xianxia game someday that aren't souls like (so no BM Wukong), and more in the veins of cultivation journey like this game. One can dream.

Very fun game, a lot of endings to achieve and an intriguing new game plus style that I wish other games would implement. I’ve bought this on steam and IOS with all of its dlc and have enjoyed every minute. Looking forward to more dlc or even just more games from the developer in this style.

I would give this game a 7.5/10. It's not perfect or polished, it can feel grindy and confusing at times, but it is entertaining. The game wasn't originally written in English, and yes, there are times when you'll understand the meaning through context or even guessing, but by and large, it isn't game-breaking. After playing the game, the road to passion isn't just a title; you get the sense that this game was the developers' passion. At the time of this writing, the game costs $11, and it's a great value for the game. If you've been looking for an RPG game where your character goes from a poor villager to a martial arts hero, this game is interesting. Especially if they continue working on and improving the game as they seem to have been.

Got this on sale. It's absolutely worth the full price. It's a massive game. There is tons to do. The art is fantastic, so far the easy mode is genuinely easy (accessibility in gaming, thanks!) There's some grind, but you figure out the swing of things and start rolling in cash early.

It has a fairly intermediate learning curve, and the controls are finnicky for stealth and inventory if you're using a controller. The localization is serviceable, but very janky. But it's understandable, and gets the message across. If you've played a lot of Wuxia games, or cultivation games, you're used to that stuff.

I'm only 6 hours in but I can feel it in my bones: 100+ hours, here I come.

Steam really needs a meh or medium option!

I am very intrigued with this game! I like the art & most of what I have seen thus far! I am going to continue playing it but the translation gave me pause. I wish I spoke more languages then I do.

This is not about a character speaking broken English. This game has a lot of mechanics & and descriptions are not as helpful as some will need. The developers have a message as you start up that the English translation is a work in progress and being done by the community(?) If it is not good enough then feel free to refund within 2 hours.

The trouble is 2 hours is hardly enough time to judge a game like this even without the instructions slowing you down as you decipher them. Further as the game unfolds you can well find yourself having to scour the internet for more and better descriptions.

If this does not bother or effect you then I do recommend this game. If this will be an issue for you do not count on the 2 hour time limit to be long enough for you to adequately decide! The game would do will with a Demo that would allow you to jump in see if you understand the systems and the translations and then make your decision off of that.

I do not even rate games. If you are reading this comment just buy the game. You wont we regret it. I started it on hard and I thoroughly enjoyed it!!

This is a criminally underrated game. I get that it's done fairly well, but the amount of work and love that clearly went in to making it puts it squarely among the best games I've ever played in my 40 years as an uber RPG nerd. It's fun, well written, the characters are mostly likeable and/or compelling, the world is fascinating, and the combat isn't even close to balanced but that's kind of the point.

Buy it full priced, buy all the DLC they ever put out, and follow this studio.

This is one of the best games that I ever played, the story is amazing also the gameplay

I made friends with a big red boar and now he fights criminals with me, 10/10 would go on adventures with animal friend again.

Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion has an incredible art style and a vibrant world with fun, simple game play. Unfortunately, poor translation hurts the experience - Unclear objectives often left me scouring the map or online for help. A great game held back by confusion.

The world is fully handcrafted with many meaningful side quests. The combination of kungfu open up some really OP internal force. Really fit those whose want to play a Wuxia game.

A massive and rich open world rpg with incredible replayability.

Story: Full of butterfly effects in the best way. If you play the game in a different way, you can expect a proper different outcome. Defeating or befriending different characters, solving problem in certain way, even having a certain amount of fame can completely alter the outcome of the dozens of interactions and quests.


Gameplay: A relatively simple tactical rpg, with plenty of challenge at higher difficulties. Later on you get the very interesting ability to mix and create your own powerful frankenstein martial arts in order to stand against the towering juggernauts of the world

There's also great replayability due to the achievement system. As you progress through the game, and make little achievements such as gaining a certain amount of fame, or becoming a paragon of virtue, etc, you unlock points and unique perks that can go towards your next character. It feels very much like a reincarnation story where you go back in time to solve all your previous mistakes while knowing the shortcuts and having different little fun, bs powerups.


Characters: There are dozens of characters with unique, if a bit defined personalities. However you'll often come across way more situational dialogue and interactions then you expected.


Art: Filled with a hundred something portraits. Plenty of jade princesses, young masters, stern/plotting elders, and cackling goons.


Music: Simple but captures the historic Chinese tone well.


Translation: Filled with plenty of errors but the bulk of the game is easy enough to understand. An occasional google search might be necessary. Honestly the translation errors feel very at home if you enjoy the goofiness of it.

If you like the fun absurd "wuxia" genre and/or open rpgs this game is a must have for its low price (also fantastic for the Steam Deck)

Very good. very fun rouge lite elements to it with the achievements as well.

⚔️ 大侠立志传 (Hero's Adventure) – Review

⭐ Overall Rating: 9.2/10

A captivating sandbox Wuxia RPG that gives you true freedom in a living martial arts world — where every choice defines your path to becoming a legendary hero... or something darker.

✅ What Makes It Special:

🌏 1. Open-Ended Wuxia Sandbox

Few games offer this level of narrative and mechanical freedom. You're dropped into a vast martial world where you can forge your own destiny: join sects, roam as a rogue, become a scholar, a criminal, a hero — or all of the above.

⚔️ 2. Deep Martial Arts Combat System

Combat is turn-based but extremely tactical. Skill synergy, positioning, internal energy types, and cultivation styles all influence how you fight. There’s room for creativity and mastery — especially for fans of classic Wuxia lore.

🧭 3. Immersive World Full of Possibilities

Over 100 NPCs with their own schedules, goals, and interactions. You can build friendships, rivalries, recruit allies, or even assassinate key figures. The world responds organically to your choices.

📖 4. Rich Roleplaying and Replayability

You shape your story from the ground up. Become righteous or ruthless. Build a sect, run a business, duel in tournaments, or explore mysterious ruins. No two playthroughs will feel the same.

🎨 5. Beautiful Art and Authentic Atmosphere

The hand-painted art style, traditional Chinese architecture, and calligraphy-infused UI create an authentic Wuxia tone. The atmosphere feels like stepping into a classic martial arts novel.

🧘 6. Deep Progression & Cultivation System

Train in multiple styles, balance your internal energies, and manage your mental and physical states. Cultivation feels meaningful and thematic, not just stat grinding.

❌ Where It Could Improve:

🔁 1. Steep Learning Curve

New players may find the sheer number of systems overwhelming. The game doesn’t hold your hand — and that’s part of the charm, but also a challenge.

🧪 2. UI/UX Still Rough Around the Edges

Some menus can feel unintuitive, and item management/navigation could be smoother. It’s functional, but could use polish to match the gameplay depth.

📜 3. Occasional Translation/Localization Issues

If you're playing outside of the original Chinese version, some dialogue or menus may be slightly awkward. It's improving over time, but not yet perfect.

💭 Final Verdict

大侠立志传 is a rare gem — a true sandbox Wuxia RPG that gives you unmatched freedom to live your martial dream.
Whether you want to become a wandering swordsman, a sect master, a merchant, or even a shadowy villain, this game gives you the tools and the world to do it. It’s bold, immersive, and incredibly rewarding.

🎮 Recommended For:

– Fans of Wuxia, Jianghu, and classic martial arts novels
– Players who enjoy deep RPG systems and sandbox storytelling
– Gamers who want freedom of choice and long-term character progression
– Anyone looking for a uniquely Chinese open-world experience with depth and replayability

🌟 Best Enjoyed When:

You want to lose yourself in a world of honor, betrayal, cultivation, and kung fu — where your legend is yours to write.

It's a very good wuxia game with a lot of things to do and a decent English translation. It plays like a Fire Emblem game with a lot of companions to choose from, and yes there is polygamy (based China)

Don't make the same mistake I did on my first playthrough and ignore the old man in the village; he's the tutorial sect who will smoothly guide you through your first game while providing a great story. Without the old man, you'll probably be absolutely lost with no idea how to progress in the game

tl;dr An amazing labor of love roguelite RPG game based on wuxia/xianxia storytelling; a happy-go-lucky protagonist wanders mastering lethal martial arts, personal skills, and collecting battle brothers and wives. It might take a couple runs to get a feel and truly love the game, but be careful not to burn yourself out. There's so much to experience and it would be a loss to not see the game to the end at least once.

Hero's Adventure places the player into a crossroads from the start, allowing new and veteran players to pave through the world at different paces. There are several opportunities where the player can make an accelerated move through their personal story, and in that way, it's hard to have a journey that is the same as the last! Some of these opportunities are created by character creation perks which are unlocked and bolstered by completing achievements, as well as some cultivation stats that, once mastered, will also carry over to your next runs. With a myriad of difficulties, the game can cater to all styles of play. Although, I suggest everyone start with Nightmare from the get-go; I know it sounds intense but I think it's the best way to experience the game and its living world.

This 'living world' is accomplished with NPCs that have their own day/night cycle, refreshing shop inventories and gold reserves, personal growth of their techniques and levels over time, and with several quests that involve NPCs that travel throughout the regions. That's a lot, right? Every environment is well crafted, and if you aren't a fan of the pixel art, they sell a very valuable art pack that changes to novel style portraits (I'm in love with it!). There's strong examples of interconnection in the world, such as quests with rewards or outcomes that can influence future scenes or how building up a scenario leads to their iconic resolutions. I can greatly appreciate as well how the combat system and natural scaling makes it so there is never a boring step. There's so many stats to raise and ways to raise them as well as techniques (I suggest fist, sword, and spear for newcomers-- there's simply more in the game for them) that you can just about always be in pursuit of something that actively makes you and your party stronger. Relationships and bonds are also a strong feature of this game, giving perks such as learning skills from NPCs, recruiting them to your party, opening up their trade menu, their intrinsic perks (Sometimes benefitting the whole party), and creating bonds of brotherwood and bonds of marriage for unique benefits. I could go on and on, but any deeper and I'd be spoiling the whole thing-- which is saying something because I've already said so dang much!

I don't have many misgivings about this game except for what I mentioned at the start. I think that too many attempts at a perfect run can easily make the game go stale, so I suggest people pace themselves or try their best to complete their playthroughs. 'Time' in this game is sort of hypothetical. Some things do require time to progress, but most do not, and the only thing really affected sincerely is the scaling of certain entities in the game. With that, do not feel pressured to complete anything by a certain time period and take full advantage of your freedom to explore and build yourself up. This is not so much a bad thing about the game as it is a warning-- your journey will be long.

The localization to English could use a pass or two, the game could do with some padding out of different weapon types-- perhaps the pursuit of an 'Immortal' or 'Spirit' sublayer as a more expensive DLC (Everything the game sells is of INCREDIBLE value)? Or even a step out towards the making of a sequel? I only say that because the world is so packed with meaningful content that it'd be difficult to continue plugging things into the existing landscape. Besides that, this is an apex game in the genre, and I hope everyone who likes anything in this game can enjoy it as a sort of cultural mecca.

First game I've ever bought and 10000% worth it

Fun sandbox game with a lot of different endings and regions to explore. If you like stories about the chinese jianghu, you'll likely like this as well.

One of the best games I have ever played. No comment beyond that needs explaining

Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion is a pretty good RPG with roots firmly in the Xianxia genre. It has some translation hiccups here and there, and if you don't follow certain breadcrumbs early in the game you can end up having to steer things enough on your own initiative that you might be put off by it. But the fundamental gameplay -- which gets in-depth and pretty heavy by the end of a playthrough, and is increased in complexity by a robust new game+ system -- is pretty fun if you're remotely a fan of the genres it occupies.

Combat is turn-based with character speed determining order (and number of actions, past a point; a fast enough enemy might lap you several times before you act if you're very unlucky), and a grid-based movement area with positionals. I'd say things are actually weakest towards the endgame, when every enemy seems to reflect damage.

Cast and characters are charming enough, but the main character only being male is a little baffling since he's a nobody and could be anyone or anything. I will say you basically have to new game+ to see everything; there's plenty of mutual exclusives, to.

What really makes this stand apart is the freedom of choice, attack anyone, befriend mostly anyone, and your pick of what weapon and skills you use. You pick what organizations to help/destroy, it just does such a good job of just making you part of the rpg world rather than forcing you down a strict route. Multiple different endings, infinite amount of choices.

super nice game ! u know our chinese culture hero and kung fu

Love it. You can literally do anything. SO many choice and ways to get to where you wanted.

LOVE IT. I wish for more of martial arts games, RPG, open world, character creations, massive items, pixel graph and choice matters games. I hope the developer will create a game with world known martial arts with a total free of choice and character creations and path that you can choose your own. A real massive one. Wish you all the best.
For those reading this, BUY IT.
Support the developer to create another massive one

Honnestly, I'm having so much fun on this game. This is my first Wuxia type RPG.
I'm super curious how it unveil.

I feel my only issues is there's got to be some google-gaming action for the Wisdom test where you've got to deal with Confucius test. Which I don't know how you get to that info within the confine of the game. Like there's book but it's just a consumable item to level up your traits. There's no Confucius study book where you'll get all question and answers which you have to study. That would make it much better for the immersion.

I have some issues with the learning martial art thing as well. I'm not sure why some of the book I don't meet the requirement. While there's some good reason I'm sure, I wish I'd understand why without having - again - to google-game my way out. EI a simple interface to address that we can't learn more than one epic martial art until X level or something. Or that some passive tree needs to be activated to X level to have t he proper synergy with it. Some of it it just not comprehensible.

I have however deep respect for the storytelling. It does have a capacity to make you deeply embrace a path and you can go out of it at your leasure. And that is incredible because the game teaches you the classic item of all Murim/Wuxia stories; There's a lot of strong people out there. Lot of small choices can impact DEEPLY your situation. Jumping to conclusion also has major repercussion. Investigating and not jumping in or jumping too early has important impact.

I'm still at the time of writing this, under 20h in and I'm already wondering how my next gameplay will look like. Having an unorthodox or Evil Sect path seems pretty cool!