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Mohism: Battle of Words
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“A really good Ace Attorney style game in a Wuxia Setting. Both the Art and Music were a lot better than a game with this price would let you expect. The english translation was very readable as well, except for constant, wrong splitting up of words and some untranslated chinese…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“This is a very interesting game. I had this wishlisted after I played the demo. I am enjoying this quite a bit. The translation to english ain't too bad on this one. The gameplay and mystery solving is good. No complaints.”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“There's bugs in the game, especially in specific Rift sections where if you click on "retry" the game freezes and crashes.”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:36 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The final update announcement of Mohism
Dear players, due to a funding outage, the development team of Mohism has been disbanded for over a year. However, we still frequently visit the game page to check player reviews (and also take a look
April 25th version update announcement
We will update a version on the afternoon of April 25th, mainly to address issues such as dialogue confusion during final verbal battles, possible stuttering during brainstorming, incorrect evidence i
April 20th version update announcement
We will update a version on the afternoon of April 20th, mainly to solve the problems encountered by some players in verbal battles, such as character confusion, repeated challenges, and game stutteri
Mohism FAQ
Q: Why is there only voice acting for a few words or just an exclamation? A: Due to budget constraints, we are not able to obtain readings from our wonderful, professional VAs for every single line in
新DEMO《唐门毒杀案》现已更新
The new updated DEMO is only in Chinese, we will update the English version of the game soon, please wait. 继6个月前我们推出《铸剑山庄案》后，我们再次制作了新的DEMO版本《唐门案》，这也是游戏正式上线前的最终测试版本。 《唐门案》相比于此前的《铸剑山庄案》各方各面都有很大的提升，将是《墨影
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Puzzle · Detective · Story Rich · Mystery · Investigation · Anime · Adventure · Crime · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Indie (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Simplified Chinese * , English, Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 (64 bit) Processor: 1.6 Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: GTS 450 or better; 256 MB or higher Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: 100% DirectX9.0c compatible sound card and drivers