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Jade Empire™: Special Edition

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2007

Should you play it?

Step into the role of an aspiring martial-arts master and follow the path of the open palm or the closed fist.

What works

  • Engaging story with moral choices
  • Unique martial arts combat system
  • Immersive fantasy setting inspired by chinese mythology
  • Multiple fighting styles and character customization
  • High replayability with different paths

Things to keep in mind

  • Technical issues on modern systems requiring fixes
  • Dated graphics and clunky controls
  • Limited open-world exploration
  • Companions have limited ai and interaction
  • Combat can be repetitive and sometimes frustrating

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Tales of ARISE

  • Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™

  • Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten

  • The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

  • FINAL FANTASY IX

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Less intimate

Games that feels like Jade Empire™: Special Edition but with less focus on close relationships

  • Sudeki

  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

  • Onimusha: Warlords

  • Summoner

  • The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

  • Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™

More fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Jade Empire™: Special Edition but with a stronger sense of community

  • Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

  • Champions Online

  • STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™

  • Marvel's Midnight Suns

  • Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

  • Dragon Age™ Inquisition

More social

Games that feels like Jade Empire™: Special Edition but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™

  • Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

  • Dungeon Siege

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Risen 2: Dark Waters

  • Way of the Samurai 3

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™

  • Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

  • Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

  • Dragon Age II: Ultimate Edition

  • Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Jade Empire™: Special Edition. These titles are not in What to play next.

Jade Empire™: Special Edition: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Cooperation.

Last update: 21/08/2026