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Steam hit of 2025 with 30,000 daily players is excited about a big expansion, become a spy

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Where Winds Meet Imperial Palace

On May 28, 2026, “The Imperial Palace” was released for Where Winds Meet. The packed expansion brings, among other things, a new region where you will find fresh story content and bosses.

Where Winds Meet
Where Winds Meet
Action RPG

What do I need to know about “The Imperial Palace”? The new expansion of Where Winds Meet was released last night, on May 28, 2026, and comes with a lot of new features. Here are the highlights:

  • the new region of the namesake palace
  • new story content around the Lost Chapter, in which you play a spy uncovering a conspiracy
  • a new challenge called Jianghu Legacy: Grand Nuo Ritual
  • the campaign Sealed Treasury
  • new world bosses Gilded Lament and Cat Emperor
  • 10-player challenge Resounding Majesty
  • in Skyward Bond you can fight through the first 5 tiers
  • new events, activities, rewards, and more

The full patch notes with all the new features can be found at wherewindsmeetgame.com. The new release trailer for “The Imperial Palace” gets you ready for the new expansion:

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Where Winds Meet: The Imperial Palace – Dark Trailer Prepares for Release of the Expansion

Open World Hit from China

What do I need to know about Where Winds Meet? The Wuxia adventure from Everstone and NetEase was one of the big surprise hits of last year and captivated countless players with its fantastic world, the variety of features, and the unusual mix of story content for both co-op groups and solo players, as well as an optional MMO mode.

At times, more than 250,000 players were online on Steam simultaneously, that was 6 months ago. Currently, the Open World RPG still maintains around 31,000+ players during prime time (source: steamdb.info). The ratings have settled on Steam at Very Positive (86 percent).

For me, Where Winds Meet was one of several reasons why 2025 should go down in gaming history as one of the best years ever for RPG fans. Have you tried it and do you feel the same? If not, you definitely should give it a try. Thanks to the free-to-play model, the attempt will only cost you some time. You can read all about it here: 2025 must be remembered as one of the best years for RPGs

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