an 8-year indie rpg grind just turned into a steam hit
pc gamer spotlights the scroll of taiwu, a chinese-developed indie rpg that spent eight years evolving before breaking out as a major hit on steam. the game is being framed as part of a larger rise in chinese pc games finding huge audiences outside the usual blockbuster pipeline.
the scroll of taiwu took 8 years to grow into a steam hit, and pc gamer says it’s unlike almost anything else people are playing right now. the bigger story is that it joins a wave of chinese-developed pc games breaking through globally without needing to look or play like western aaa rpgs.