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Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game

Darksun Studio · 2024-01-21

Steam

CasualIndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 06, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 21, 2024 (Linux), Jan 21, 2024 (Mac)

Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game is an online DBG which contains a PVE mode called Uncharted Realms and a PVP mode. Every game is a deck building from scratch. Players can have stronger decks by changing cards, and then build more powerful routines to defeat all opponents to win.

Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game is a Casual, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play game released in 2024, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 6863 reviews).

694
playing now
74%
positive of 6.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

694 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game trailer thumbnail

Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game - Official Release Date Trailer

≈5,854 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 694 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 385 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~48/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,962 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $7.99 at GreenManGaming (2023-01-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20222026Week of 2022-12-01: 1,435 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 527 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 327 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

867482026-09-15 12:00 — 784 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 135 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 467 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 789 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 185 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 440 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 549 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 306 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 360 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 649 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 463 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 48 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 845 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 822 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 186 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 710 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 860 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 143 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 518 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 851 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 169 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 457 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 694 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.0k285Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 3,977 · peak 10,715Feb 2023 — avg 1,314 · peak 2,788Apr 2023 — avg 649 · peak 1,594Jun 2023 — avg 440 · peak 1,381Aug 2023 — avg 438 · peak 1,036Oct 2023 — avg 396 · peak 888Dec 2023 — avg 404 · peak 881Feb 2024 — avg 1,754 · peak 3,813Apr 2024 — avg 1,099 · peak 2,694Jun 2024 — avg 1,225 · peak 3,121Aug 2024 — avg 707 · peak 1,727Oct 2024 — avg 613 · peak 1,351Dec 2024 — avg 477 · peak 1,000Feb 2025 — avg 582 · peak 1,152Apr 2025 — avg 483 · peak 1,048Jun 2025 — avg 592 · peak 1,250Aug 2025 — avg 423 · peak 806Oct 2025 — avg 424 · peak 898Dec 2025 — avg 343 · peak 721Feb 2026 — avg 402 · peak 871Apr 2026 — avg 285 · peak 607Jun 2026 — avg 644 · peak 1,453Aug 2026 — avg 584 · peak 1,221
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
332026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 2 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Twitch viewers

5302026-09-30 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
62.1%
earned "Above Foundation"
9.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0312%36

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieCasualRelaxingStrategyCard GameSolitaireAuto BattlerCard BattlerFree to Play

Census log

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

Recent updates

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