Jade Empire™: Special Edition
Third-person martial arts RPG with choices shaping an empire's fate
BioWare · Published by BioWare, Electronic Arts · Released Feb 27, 2007
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 75% of 2,024
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 13 in 30 days
- Players
- 11
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
- Minimum PC
- –
- not published
Metacritic: 81/100 (critic reviews)
What is Jade Empire™: Special Edition?
This third-person action RPG takes place in a fantasy empire. As an aspiring martial artist, you explore, talk with characters, and fight enemies in real time using different fighting styles. Your choices follow the open palm or closed fist path and shape the empire's fate.
For you if...
- +you like fantasy stories shaped by your choices
- +you enjoy real-time martial arts fights in an RPG
Not for you if...
- −you want complex, demanding combat throughout
- −you expect modern graphics and smooth controls
What players say
75% of 2,024 reviews are positive · 76% of 13 in the last 30 days
Players praise the setting, characters, and story. Their most common complaint is that the PC version can require troubleshooting to launch; some also report crashes and shallow combat.
Screenshots and trailer
Jade Empire™: Special Edition system requirements
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Jade Empire™: Special Edition?
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Windows XP, Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon 1800XP, 512MB RAM, 8 GB Free HD Space, DirectX 9.0, NVIDIA GeForce 6200 or ATI 9500 or better (Shader Model 2.0 required), 100% DirectX 9.0 compatible sound card and drivers. Recommended: 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor, 1GB RAM, DirectX 9.0 February 2006, ATI X600 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, or higher recommended.
Does Jade Empire™: Special Edition have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Jade Empire™: Special Edition run on Steam Deck?
Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Not supported on SteamOS
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain.
Does Jade Empire™: Special Edition use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
