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Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game

Darksun Studio · 2024-01-21

Steam

CasualIndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

431
playing now
74%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

431 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 431 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 5% of 9,654 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

1.0k1502026-08-06 22:00 — 173 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 701 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 1,002 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 188 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 804 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 960 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 208 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 821 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 950 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 181 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 691 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 943 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 177 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 677 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 925 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 176 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 633 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 958 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 150 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 605 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 935 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 221 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 689 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 1,021 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 369 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 627 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 839 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 422 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 495 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 431 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

102026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 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.

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