About this game

From the developer

Hello everyone, we are Papertiger Studio, an indie game team mainly composed of four people.
Because of our love for martial arts, we decided to create a sword action game featuring the martial arts used in the battles against invaders during the Ming Dynasty era.
That led us to come up with a fantasy world where every decision you take can mean the difference between life and death.
Since we're a small team with little resources. There could be a chance you encounter a minor bug we couldn't catch, if that happens, please let us know, give us your comments and suggestions and we will do our best to make the game better!

About the Game

During the Ming dynasty Jiajing era, rampant government corruption and border mismanagement has given Japanese pirates a chance to attack the south-east coast of the country. One day, our main character who has lived in the mountains for many years, gets tasked to support the soldiers in fighting the pirates. However, while fighting in service of the people and the country, you discover there is more than meets the eye in this pirate invasion.

Will you decide to find out who's pulling the strings behind the government or will you choose to move back to your hermit ways after your quest is completed. The choice is yours to make.

As the story progresses, historical figures such as Qi Jiguang, Wang Zhi, Xu Hai, Matsura Takanobu and others make an appearance. How will the story turn out? Find out by unveiling the secrets!



Players will face many types of enemies, such as renegades, evil monks and your apprentices. Chinese warriors only need a few moves to determine who wins or losses. Chasing the enemy is not the best way to win, study you enemy's every move.

Be precise and sharp to take the upper hand.
Wait for an opening in the enemy's defense and be like water, be as light as a cloud, be decisive and you will then emerge victorious.



Depending on your choices, you will navigate through different scenarios that will branch out the story of the game. You and your apprentice could get entangled into a conflict. There are dozens of plotlines in the game that you can go back and re-play if you wish to get to know more about the characters and their relationships.



● Unique parry-like mechanic that gives you a satisfying parry-attack experience.
● Enjoy a deep story rich game with multiple endings.
● Gaze through a combination of Chinese art styles such as free hand brush work, watercolor painting, oil painting and others.
● Cutscenes with storyboards in Chinese comic style.
● Meet Chinese generals, royal members, Japanese pirates and the resistance leader among many other historical figures.
● Delight yourself while outside of battle with a cooking system that will make you feel the charm of Chinese food through the vast amount of ingredients, you'll be able to choose from.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·1 Jun 2023Official

  Chinese text error fix

  Fixed some text error in Chinese language.
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• Patch Notes·17 Mar 2023Official

  Listen to the wind Patch Note 0.98c

  BugFix: 1. Fixed the problem of screen tearing of some transition animations. Features: 1. The game supports English language now. You can change the language in the game setting. 2. Added A new animation telling the heroine's story. It can be unlocked and viewed in the “Achievements-CG” after completing the corresponding battle. 3. Added English and Traditional Chinese description for Steam achievement. Optimization: 1. Adjusted the play speed of some of the transitional animations. 2. Adjusted the description of some achievements. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40774150/14fe77e368d607e1b065eda757099120d50d3725.jpg
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• Patch Notes·29 Oct 2021Official

  《听风者也》v0.98b更新公告

  1、添加过场/结局影片的重看功能，现在可以在“成就收藏-前尘旧事”中查看已解锁的影片。 2、挑战模式增加“自由挑战”选项，现在可以自由选择已解锁的敌人进行挑战。 3、故事模式下男女主的升级经验现在共享了。 4、对部分场景的远景表现进行了调整。 5、添加了开发者名单，以表达对帮助过我们的伙伴们的感谢。
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• Announcements·30 Sept 2021Official

  听风者也0.98a更新公告

  修复： 1.修复了男女主精确格挡后的反击攻击留在原地未生效的BUG。 2.修复了某些情况下女主斩杀技能对怪物无伤害的BUG。 3.修复了玩家使用高刷新率显示器时导致与拼刀难度异常提升的BUG。 4.修复了部分情况下NPC碰撞体不生效的错误。 5.修复了部分情况下与NPC交互弹出战斗教学的错误。 6.修复了部分情况下战斗中导致主角朝向出错的问题。 7.修复了部分情况下使用物品导致角色卡死的错误。 8.修复了部分情况下拾取物品导致当前关卡怪物被秒杀的错误。 9.修复了街机模式使用女主完成挑战之后选择重新挑战仍然是最后一关的问题。 10.修复了街机模式使用女主中途暂停返回标题界面选择继续挑战后进度被重置的问题。  新增： 1.新增了怪物的战前对话跳过选项，现在玩家与怪物相遇后可选择跳过战前对话。 2.新增了故事模式难度分级说明，现在玩家在选择难度后会弹出窗口供玩家确认。 3.新增了物品丢弃功能，现在玩家可以在自己的背包中选择丢弃不需要的物品，从而降低负重。 4.新增了街机模式中的再次挑战选项，现在玩家如果对当前关卡的时长不满意，可以重新挑战。 优化： 1.对“一马平川”“披荆斩棘”两个难度下的敌人和主角数值进行了调整，降低了主角的格挡及弹反的难度。同时对部分道具和装备的数值进行了重平衡。 2.略微调整了“不如归去”难度下的敌人数值，如今“不如归去”难度下的敌人更加致命。 3.在章节部分节点增加了女主书纭的身世剧情过场漫画。 4.修正了部分怪物对话错误的同时为另一些怪物添加了相应的剧情对话。 5.调整了部分流程下关卡的设置，挑战【柳生石斋】后的战斗由原先的【重铠“茵雯斯”+松浦闻规】+【肥前国守护“松浦隆信”】变更为【重铠“茵雯斯”】+【松浦闻规】+【肥前国守护“松浦隆信”】。 6.如今当玩家的物品以达到上限时，不可再拾取物品，因此多余的物品也不会出现凭空消失的情况。 7.优化了部分过场漫画的时间节奏。 8.优化了部分UI的显示效果。 9.优化了部分贴图素材的显示效果。  后续计划： 承蒙各位玩家的青睐，发售后的几天内我们就搜集到了大量的玩家反馈及评价。由于人手紧缺，部分内容是玩家反馈比较多，但一时间无法立刻调整完毕的问题。以下问题我们预计将会在10月内完成更新/修复。 1.过场/结局的重看功能。 2.在战斗外主角跑步的功能。 3.挑战模式通关后的自由选关功能。 4.男女主升级经验共享。 5.后续依旧会继续根据玩家反馈对难度和数值进行调整。
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• Announcements·26 Sept 2021Official

  V0.97b 更新日志

  修复了部分关卡下读取存档出现瞬移主角消失然后卡死的问题。 调整了贴图的压缩算法，减少了部分情况下游戏闪退或无法进入游戏的情况。故导致本次更新体积较大，请玩家耐心等待 调整了成就获取逻辑，解决了部分玩家无法获得相应搜集成就的问题。 修正了部分对话立绘错误以及某些路人NPC对话错误的问题。 新增了剧情跳过功能 游戏已经发售了三天，感谢所有朋友对我们的支持与鞭策。我们预计在国庆节前对游戏难度平衡性、功能优化做出进一步的调整。详情可以参阅昨日公告。 如有任何疑问或想法，欢迎加入我们的QQ群815822499。
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