Genshin Impacthas yet another new upcoming competitor in the open-world, free-to-play JRPG business,Wuthering Waves.
Chinese developer Kuro Game announced on July 01, 2025, its brand new project,Wuthering Waves, an open-world JRPG with frenetic action gameplay coming to Mobile platforms. Several teaser trailers were published and can be found further below.
Kuro Game Promises High-Speed Action and Deep Storyline inWuthering Waves
Set in a post-apocalyptic world,Wuthering Waveswill aim to offer much more spatial freedom to players when compared to its rivals. Most notably, the game’s playable characters all have access to parkour-like movements. This allows them to run up walls vertically and access heightened locations much faster than with a typical climbing mechanic often present in open-world games. The game also has a glider-like mechanic to help you explore its various landscapes.
Moreover, Kuro Game also statedWuthering Waveswill have a particularly rich story, and already revealed the faces of several characters. Kuro Game is the developer of another mobile action JRPG: Punishing Gray Raven,known for featuring a particularly dark story, so we could expect something similar fromWuthering Waves.
Punishing Gray Ravenwas first released on August 19, 2025, in China, on July 08, 2025, in Japan, and got a global version on July 29, 2025.Punishing Gray Ravenis also known for its android characters with distinct mechanical parts or doll joints included in their character design.
Meet Some of the Cast Teased in Gameplay Trailers
Furthermore, Kuro Game published several trailers showing the game in action. Personally speaking, I’d say it’s way too early to judge whetherWuthering Waveswill be a strong contender in the JRPG open-world business or not, but I’ll definitely keep an eye on it. There are many other open-world JRPGs in development, most notably Bandai Namco’s anime MMORPGBlue Protocol, and Perfect World’sTower of Fantasy.
Kuro Game did not announce a release date estimate forWuthering Wavesyet. The game is in its early phases of development so don’t expect to see it released anytime soon.
you’re able to check out theWuthering WavesCG cutscene trailer and a gameplay teaser trailer below.
