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Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise is a single player tactical role playing game with anime and historical themes. It was developed by 九芽川 Ninth Leaf and was released on April 28, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

◆ Game OverviewIn this story-rich RPG, you play as a young martial artist who, by chance, finds himself enrolled in the prestigious Mingjing Academy — a school famed for cultivating future legends of the martial world. But this is more than just a place of study. It’s a crossroads of rival powers, tangled politics, and secrets from the past. Court intrigue, factional strife, remnants of a fallen…

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69%Audience ScoreBased on 26 reviews
story4 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions

  • Engaging Wuxia-themed visual novel with solid world-building and interesting story elements.
  • Unique and moderately enjoyable combat system with tactical depth that grows over time.
  • Quality English translation with active developer support for ongoing fixes and improvements.
  • Gameplay can become repetitive and tedious, with excessive grinding and slow pacing dominating much of the experience.
  • Combat occurrences are rare and sometimes replaced by narrated sequences, reducing player engagement.
  • Some game systems scale poorly (e.g., companions always matching protagonist stats) and there are occasional bugs affecting minigames and achievements.
  • story

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 56% neutral mentions, 19% negative mentions

    The story is a classic wuxia RPG narrative with well-developed characters and world-building, offering varied quests and a mix of chill and intense moments. While it features engaging, easy-to-understand plotlines and some customization, it suffers from repetitiveness, minor bugs, and a lack of impactful climaxes. Fans of visual novels and development sims may appreciate its in-depth dialogues and story focus.

    • “The story comes first in this game and the characters have fleshed-out personality and backgrounds.”
    • “There is good world building, you grow the main character (who is already set as a male but has stats and lore customization), and you go around the maps for missions.”
    • “Interspersed with this (at a ratio of 85% chill to 15% not chill) are increasingly violent episodes where the plot develops.”
    • “A lot of things feel repetitive, the battle system is mediocre, the soundtrack is forgettable, and the story is just 'okay.' None of the endings felt epic, and the final battles and climaxes lacked impact.”
    • “There are several scenes where the script for the player name just breaks, a couple of quest items have different names than what's asked for, occasionally lines have leftover Chinese text, I've seen some consumables raise the wrong stat than what is said, and one of the bonding events was so bugged out that it kept repeating one line for a character over and over again.”
    • “Story wise, it's a pretty generic wuxia storyline with the protagonist generally being a good person and helping old ladies cross the street and beating up villainous evildoers in jianghu.”
  • gameplay

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The gameplay is criticized for being tedious and overly simplistic, relying heavily on repetitive clicking to increase stats without meaningful challenge or depth. The mechanics feel unbalanced, with some being useless, and the overall loop lacks engagement, leading to boredom over time. Additionally, limited guidance on key mechanics hampers the experience, especially for new players.

    • “Beyond that, since the guide can't be uploaded; have a free mechanic guide in a review for alchemy/cooking.”
    • “Even speed clicking through the long-winded intro, it took me over 20 minutes between that and creating a character with no idea at all of the game mechanics.”
    • “One half of mechanics is useless, the other is tedious.”
    • “Gameplay loop is to click on different training to make numbers go up.”
    • “After playing more, sadly the game becomes way too boring; not only is the difficulty a joke, but the entire gameplay loop is bad—you just keep clicking to increase stats and relationships without any thought.”
  • grinding

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

    Grinding in the game is largely tedious and repetitive, with unengaging mechanics and monotonous stat training. While there may be some hidden choices and secrets offering replayability, much of the progression relies on dull grinding through similar interactions and combat that quickly becomes easy.

    • “You will see a lot of repeated scenes interacting with characters, the combat system will probably be 'broken' pretty quickly (meaning you will win easily), and the training parts don't have many interesting twists or decisions—you're just grinding through the days.”
    • “There's clearly at least some secrets/choices/etc, since I didn't get the 'true ending' (and I have no idea what I missed, I only know there is a 'true' ending from the achievements), so there might be some replayability, but I think it's probably not worth replaying since much of it is just grinding up stats.”
    • “One half of mechanics is useless, other is tedious.”
  • music

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The music is generally relaxing but lacks variety, with many finding the soundtrack forgettable and repetitive. Overall, it fails to leave a strong impression or enhance key moments in the game.

  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, -50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game offers some replayability through secrets and multiple endings, encouraging players to explore different choices. However, its replay value may be limited for some due to repetitive grinding mechanics. Overall, it is designed with replayability in mind.

    • “There's clearly at least some secrets, choices, etc., since I didn't get the 'true ending' (and I have no idea what I missed, I only know there is a 'true' ending from the achievements), so there might be some replayability.”
    • “It is clearly a game built for replayability.”
    • “There's clearly at least some secrets and choices, since I didn't get the 'true ending' (and I have no idea what I missed, I only know there is a 'true' ending from the achievements), so there might be some replayability, but I think it's probably not worth replaying since much of it is just grinding up stats.”
  • graphics

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

    The graphics are praised for being visually striking and immersive, contributing significantly to the game's engaging experience alongside well-designed characters and quality-of-life features.

    • “Between the great visuals, interesting characters, and quality of life features, this game is definitely worth the base price (and maybe even more).”
    • “I'm sure there must have been some, but all I recall are very graphic and gripping sequences.”
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Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise is a tactical role playing game with anime and historical themes. Common tags for Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise include turn-based, indie, 2d, choices matter, immersive sim and others.

Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise is available on PC and Windows.

Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise was released on April 28, 2026.

Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise was developed by 九芽川 Ninth Leaf.

Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise is a single player game.

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