Road to Empress I

Step into the shoes of China's most legendary empress and experience her extraordinary life in this high-risk, full-motion video journey. Navigate desire, darkness, schemes, betrayal, and redemption with…

80 8 September 2025

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Drama Historical

Road to Empress I is an adventure developed by New One Studio, released 8 September 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 8 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Road to Empress I is

Road to Empress I is an adventure game developed by New One Studio and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Step into the shoes of China's most legendary empress and experience her extraordinary life in this high-risk, full-motion video journey. Navigate desire, darkness, schemes, betrayal, and redemption with wisdom and courage. Seek rebirth and revenge, but face tough moral choices. How far will you go?

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are drama and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 40 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Road to Empress I holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB RAM and Dedicated Graphics Card. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Road to Empress I launched on 8 September 2025, within three weeks of Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f and Hell is Us. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f, Hell is Us.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Road to Empress I yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

Road to Empress I — frequently asked questions

When did Road to Empress I come out?

Road to Empress I was released on 8 September 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Road to Empress I?

At minimum, Road to Empress I needs Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB RAM, Dedicated Graphics Card graphics, 10 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Road to Empress I?

The PC version needs about 10 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("10 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

Does Road to Empress I have controller support?

Steam's store listing does not list controller support for Road to Empress I. That may mean mouse and keyboard only, or simply that the flag was never set.

Can you play Road to Empress I on Mac?

Steam does not sell a macOS version of Road to Empress I; the Steam release is for Windows.

Is Road to Empress I on Linux?

Steam does not list a native Linux version of Road to Empress I. Windows games can often run on Linux and Steam Deck through Proton, but that is a different question from native support.

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