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Soul Land: Awakening World

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39%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
39% User Score Based on 167 reviews

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Soul Land: Awakening World is a multiplayer open world role playing game with fantasy and anime themes. It was developed by 37GAMES and was released on June 1, 2026. It received negative reviews from players.

The first-ever 3D open-world MMORPG of the Soul Land saga is here!.Featuring dual-authorization from the original novels and anime—this time, redefine the Soul Land universe! The moment of awakening has arrived. Welcome to Soul Land: Awakening World! From the instant the first spark of Soul Power stirs within you, your destiny is set: to stand at the heart of the storm and become the legend itsel…

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39%Audience ScoreBased on 167 reviews
story13 positive mentions
grinding4 negative mentions
  • The game offers an expansive open world featuring many iconic locations from the Soul Land universe, allowing for exploration and discovery that fans appreciate.
  • Combat is more active and engaging than traditional MMORPGs, emphasizing movement, dodging, and skill timing, providing satisfying boss battles and tactical gameplay.
  • The story and characters strongly connect to the source material, featuring familiar figures and a narrative accessible to both fans and newcomers, enhanced with solid voice acting and visuals.
  • The game has heavy pay-to-win mechanics that significantly impact progression and PvP balance, making it frustrating for free-to-play players.
  • It suffers from various technical and design issues such as frequent crashes, poor translation, lack of character customization, clunky controls, and a burdensome stamina system.
  • Many users find the gameplay overly linear and repetitive with limited multiplayer interaction, and the mandatory account creation and separate launcher cause inconvenience and diminished user experience.

  • story

    35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    37% positive mentions, 54% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The game's story is generally praised for its solid plot, immersive world, and faithful adaptation of the source material, appealing especially to fans familiar with the series. However, some find the narrative linear and restrictive, with quests heavily guided and limited exploration, while others note pacing issues, repetitive missions, and frustrations with translation or certain character elements. Overall, the story delivers a rich experience but may feel rigid or lose appeal once initial quests are completed.

    • “The world of Soul Land, the story, and the characters are really good, and being able to explore the many different locations you see in the donghua is pretty cool.”
    • “I'd recommend watching Soul Land donghua before jumping into this. For fans of the series, this is an absolute godsend with really good character designs, powers, animations, voice overs, world settings, activities, and story-wise.”
    • “Storytelling is another area where the game benefits from its established universe. At the same time, the narrative is structured in a way that allows newcomers to follow the story without extensive prior knowledge.”
    • “This is another game that takes away all your choices and locks you into the story without any deviation.”
    • “I'm still yet to experience why the game's open world exists. Most of the quests just teleport you from point A to B and none of the quests I've done involve exploring the open world.”
    • “The quests and progression were slow and overall felt more like a chore than real gameplay.”

  • gameplay

    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    24% positive mentions, 58% neutral mentions, 18% negative mentions

    Gameplay is widely criticized for being rigid, buggy, and lacking smooth animations, with slow weapon swapping and poor feedback on actions like dodging, making it feel simplistic and unengaging. While some fans appreciate the integration of franchise elements and tactical boss battles, the overall experience is hampered by poor tutorials, translation issues, and a pay-to-win mobile game feel. Consequently, gameplay interest tends to wear off quickly, appealing mainly to dedicated fans of the source material.

    • “It does have a perfect dodging mechanic where a successful dodge makes you dodge in slow motion like in Wuwa, but I have no idea when the correct timings are, so it feels off.”
    • “Boss battles in particular benefit from these mechanics, often requiring more awareness and tactical decision-making than standard enemies.”
    • “The progression mechanics are closely tied to the franchise's signature concepts.”
    • “The game is fairly buggy and laggy, there's virtually no real tutorials on how gameplay works or is supposed to flow, the translation is bad when there's translations at all, and there's a large chunk of games that do this combat way better than this; the combat is a bit too simple, there's no feedback for dodging (or any indication that I did it correctly), and swapping between weapons is too slow to flow well in this style of gameplay.”
    • “Gameplay is very bad, skill and attack animation not smooth at all even at highest setting.”
    • “The quests and progression were slow and overall felt like a chore rather than real gameplay.”

  • graphics

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, 10% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The graphics receive mixed to positive feedback, with many praising the colorful, anime-inspired art style and overall visuals as stunning and immersive. Some users find the graphics good and compatible with lower settings, while a few view them as generic and low-quality. Overall, the visuals effectively complement the game's fantasy atmosphere and storyline.

    • “Visually, Soul Land: Awakening World embraces a colorful anime-inspired art style that captures the fantasy atmosphere effectively.”
    • “The game looked good even in the lowest graphics settings.”
    • “So far the graphics seem significantly better than any Dalu game I've played, and the fact I can pick my gender for the main character is a wild bonus I wasn't expecting.”
    • “It's kinda what you would expect from the Steam page: a generic Chinese low-grade gacha game with generic graphics.”
    • “So far, the graphics seem significantly better than any Dalu game I've played.”
    • “- Graphics are cross-play compatible.”

  • grinding

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game involves typical grinding, especially for stronger upgrades and equipment, which some players find repetitive over time. However, it generally keeps players engaged and can be enjoyable for those willing to invest significant time, particularly free-to-play and non-competitive users.

    • “Certain progression systems can become repetitive over time, and players may encounter grinding as they pursue stronger upgrades and equipment.”
    • “After 20 more playing hours, I assume you can enjoy the game pretty well if you are hard-grinding, free-to-play, and a non-competitive player.”
    • “Typical grinding game but it keeps you interested.”

  • stability

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    Stability reviews are mixed, with some users reporting bugs, lag, and poor translation, while others experience smooth gameplay without glitches. Additionally, issues like slow weapon swapping and lack of combat feedback affect the overall flow. Voice chat functionality is notably problematic for some players.

    • “The game is fairly buggy and laggy, there's virtually no real tutorials on how gameplay works or is supposed to flow, the translation is bad when there's translations at all, and there's a large chunk of games that do this combat way better than this; the combat is a bit too simple, there's no feedback for dodging (or any tell that I did it correctly), and swapping between weapons is too slow to flow well in this style of gameplay.”
    • “Voice chat is so buggy I sounded like a dying walrus.”

  • character development

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Character development is praised for its integration of spirit rings, spirit bones, and powerful spirit beasts, providing meaningful progression beyond basic leveling. The detailed character designs, animations, and spell effects enhance the immersive experience, making it especially appealing for fans familiar with the source material.

    • “Spirit rings, spirit bones, and powerful spirit beasts play a major role in character development, giving players meaningful goals beyond simple level increases.”
    • “I'd recommend watching Soul Land Donhua before jumping to this. For fans of the series, this is an absolute godsend, really good with character designs, powers, animations, voice overs, world settings, activities, and story-wise.”
    • “Character designs, spell effects, and environmental details contribute to a vibrant presentation.”

  • monetization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game features pay-to-win mechanics and frequent advertisements encouraging purchases, which some players find frustrating. While prices are relatively reasonable, the challenging gameplay combined with monetization pressure can lead to a stressful experience rather than enjoyable. Overall, the monetization approach may detract from the fun for many players.

    • “First off it's another pay-to-win game. No matter what you do, they bombard you with advertisements to buy, buy. The prices are at least more reasonable. For me, the main issue is that the game becomes really hard in some places without clear guidance on which quest to take and when. I ended up losing way too many battles in a row, which made me uninstall out of frustration. I play to have fun, not to work or take on a stressful job.”
    • “As with many free-to-play online games, monetization elements are present and may not appeal to every player.”

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The optimization is somewhat lacking, with poorly mixed audio and controls designed primarily for touchscreens, resulting in a clunky inventory system; however, the combat remains dynamic and hints at some depth in specialization.

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Soul Land: Awakening World features a vibrant anime-inspired art style that successfully creates an engaging and immersive fantasy atmosphere.

    • “Visually, Soul Land: Awakening World embraces a colorful anime-inspired art style that captures the fantasy atmosphere effectively.”

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music effectively enhances the game's sense of adventure and drama, complementing the large-scale battles and dynamic animations to create an immersive experience.

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Soul Land: Awakening World is a open world role playing game with fantasy and anime themes. Common tags for Soul Land: Awakening World include free to play, 3D, exploration, tactical rpg, spectacle fighter and others.

Soul Land: Awakening World is available on PC and Windows.

Soul Land: Awakening World was released on June 1, 2026.

Soul Land: Awakening World was developed by 37GAMES.

Soul Land: Awakening World has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked Soul Land: Awakening World for its story but disliked it for its grinding.

Soul Land: Awakening World is a multiplayer game.

Similar games include Game of Thrones Kingsroad, Blade & Soul Heroes, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, SWORD OF JUSTICE, ELYON and others.