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降妖散记

MyACG Studio · 2025-04-17

Steam

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 03, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Yao-Guai Hunter is a Wuxia roguelike deck-building game. In a world where Yao-Guai roam free, player battles with various evil beings, collecting cards and learn inner skills. Encountering various adventures in the martial world.

51
playing now
84%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.74
steam price (US)

51 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

In a world where humans and Yao-Guai coexist, these Yao-Guai with magical powers pose a threat. To combat this danger, individuals called "Yao-Guai hunters" are trained in martial arts and spells to fight against them. You will play as a heroic demon hunter battling a horde of Yao-Guai.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 51 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 151 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 74% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (440 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 46k–104k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,319 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.74-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.74 at Steam (2025-08-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
37537520232026Week of 2023-04-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5332026-08-11 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 31 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 18 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 33 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 28 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 47 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 26 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 45 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 44 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 30 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 42 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 41 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 36 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 27 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 41 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 30 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 32 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 46 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 53 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 51 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$12.742023-04-032026-08-242023-04-03 — best price $14.392023-05-10 — best price $12.792023-06-30 — best price $12.792023-08-28 — best price $12.792023-10-05 — best price $12.792023-11-21 — best price $12.792023-12-21 — best price $12.792024-01-26 — best price $12.792024-03-14 — best price $12.792024-03-25 — best price $12.792024-05-06 — best price $12.792024-06-17 — best price $12.792024-06-27 — best price $12.792024-07-29 — best price $12.792024-09-09 — best price $12.792024-10-21 — best price $12.792024-11-27 — best price $12.792024-12-09 — best price $12.792024-12-19 — best price $12.792025-03-13 — best price $12.792025-04-17 — best price $16.992025-05-24 — best price $16.992025-07-10 — best price $16.992025-07-21 — best price $16.992025-09-01 — best price $16.992025-10-13 — best price $16.992025-11-24 — best price $16.992026-01-12 — best price $16.992026-02-23 — best price $16.992026-03-26 — best price $16.992026-04-06 — best price $16.992026-05-18 — best price $16.992026-07-23 — best price $16.992026-08-24 — best price $12.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.6%
earned "Get out of My Way"
28.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3741%75

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieCartoonyStrategyCard GameRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedCard Battler

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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