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You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle 100+ story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

Road To Empress is a rpg, choices matter and fmv game developed by New One Studio and published by New One Studio and Ariel.
Released on September 08th 2025 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 8,840 reviews of which 7,587 were positive and 1,253 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 7.19€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 / Windows 11
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated Graphics Card
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 10 GB available space

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Sept. 2025
This game gives you the experience of being a transmigrator (thanks to the immersion). Now I know that if I transmigrated into an Imperial China webnovel, I’d probably die within two cutscenes. Jokes aside, this is my first FMV and I love it sooo much. I really hope Road to Empress 2 gets released soon. If anyone knows a similar game (FMV, female-oriented story), please leave a comment 🥹 Thank you!
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Sept. 2025
this game lets me live out my fantasy of being a baddie in ancient china, having two men chase after me, and slowly taking power for myself!! there is ONE lesbian ending and ONE gay ending with a side character which i do enjoy. My main problem which really has nothing to do with the game and is more social commentary is how I hate that the women are pitted against each other, when the true enemy are the men who have put them in this situation. overall 10/10 !!!!!!!!!
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Sept. 2025
The only game where i actually wanted to see how i die next. Recommend 100% , especially if you enjoy C Dramas :) Highly entertaining and fun.
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Sept. 2025
This game gave me lifelong trust issues, but at least I looked stunning while being betrayed in every dynasty plot twist 😍
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Sept. 2025
only thing i dislike is you have to be connected to the internet to play this game..... a single player.... cinematic game....like what?????? other then that its worth 5-6 bucks (sale price) for the entertainment it gives. definitely gives you the Chinese drama vibe
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Frequently Asked Questions

Road To Empress is currently priced at 7.19€ on Steam.

Road To Empress is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 7.19€ on Steam.

Road To Empress received 7,587 positive votes out of a total of 8,840 achieving a rating of 8.35.
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Road To Empress was developed by New One Studio and published by New One Studio and Ariel.

Road To Empress is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Road To Empress is not playable on MacOS.

Road To Empress is not playable on Linux.

Road To Empress is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Road To Empress. Explore additional content available for Road To Empress on Steam.

Road To Empress does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Road To Empress does not support Steam Remote Play.

Road To Empress is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Road To Empress
Rating
8.4
7,587
1,253
Game modes
Features
Online players
226
Developer
New One Studio
Publisher
New One Studio, Ariel
Release 08 Sep 2025
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