The Spirit Monk is guided through a linear narrative, completing quests and engaging in action-based combat.
Set in a world inspired by Chinese mythology, players control the last surviving Spirit Monk on a quest to save their tutor Master Li and defeat the forces of corrupt emperor Sun Hai.
Later ports to macOS (2008) and mobile platforms (2016) were handled respectively by TransGaming and Aspyr. It was later ported to Microsoft Windows personal computers (PC) and published by 2K Games in 2007. Jade Empire is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare, originally published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2005 as an Xbox exclusive.