Swordsman was a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Perfect World Entertainment.

[3] Swordsman is based upon the novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (Xiao Ao Jiang Hu)[4] by Louis Cha, the best-selling Chinese writer alive at the time.

Towns will be destroyed or saved, new NPCs and quest givers will appear, and secret rooms will be revealed.

Players are able to choose from one of 11 different schools of combat including Shaolin, Wu-tang, Five Venoms, Splendor, Infinity, Sun and Moon Cult, Zephyr, House Tong, Harmony, E'mei, Falconer and the newly released class Grace.

Each school representing a different class also consists of different skill sets and usage in different weapons which expands on personal preferences and uniqueness for any player.