Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game

Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game

Released Jan 2024

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.

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Released, ongoing live service game
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Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game is a free-to-play online card game built around a live seasonal service model. The game has progressed through at least 10 numbered seasons since its January 2024 launch, with Season 10 "Heavenly Derivation" launching on June 11, 2026. Each season introduces a distinct rotating mechanic — for example, "Tianji Sigil" in Season 8 (September 2025), "Dream" in Season 9 (January 2026), and "Heavenly Derivation Fate" in Season 10 — alongside new cards, characters, seasonal events, and story chapters. The developer has maintained an extremely active update cadence right up to today's date (August 19, 2026), with balance patches on August 13 and August 19, 2026, a mid-season scenario update on July 9, 2026, and a new character (Ling Yu) released on June 4, 2026. The August 5, 2026 update added character memory stories and explicitly noted that "more will be added in subsequent updates," directly signaling ongoing content delivery. A new limited-time Double Seventh Festival event was also launched on August 19, 2026. This level of activity — multiple updates per month — is consistent with the game's established pattern throughout its lifetime.
Evidence
Update on today's date launched a limited-time Double Seventh Festival event with a global cooperative minigame and further balance adjustments.
news post · Aug 19, 2026 source development ongoing
high
Update added 70 new Heavenly Derivation Fates, new character memory stories (explicitly noting more will be added in future updates), a new Liushu Dreamland season, and new cosmetics in the Fairy Mart.
news post · Aug 5, 2026 source development ongoing
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
Darksun Studio
Achievements
36
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP

About this game

Cards Building

  • You will draw a lot of cards on the path of cultivation.

  • You need to choose the appropriate cards from them and build your deck.

  • Exert biggest power of your cards by combining and collocating them.

Sub-Profession

  • In each game, you can choose a Sub-Profession.

  • Each Sub-Profession has a set of exclusive cards.

  • The same character can build different deck by matching different Sub-Profession, and obtain different game experiences.

  • The mechanism of Character plus Sub-Profession can greatly increases the playability.

Immortal Fates

  • Immortal Fate is the gift of fate that the character receives on the path of cultivation.

  • Every time you break through, multiple Immortal Fates will appear randomly according to the sect and character you choose. You need to choose your Immortal Fate.

  • The effects of Immortal Fates are various, including card drawing, attribute increasing, and various passive effects, etc. Some Destines even require you to build a deck according to their effects.

Fortunes

  • On the path to cultivation, fortunes are also a part of strength. After each battle, there is a very small chance to encounter an fortune card.

  • Through fortune cards, you can get Spiritual Pet cards, Talisman cards and Guild Secret Spell cards.

  • These cards are very rare, and their strength may be similar to the regular cards of the same rank, but they often bring you new building ideas and help you create unique and rare decks.

Battle with Other Players

  • Each of your opponents are other players online, and everyone builds a deck from scratch.

  • Every battle with your opponent will test your deck’s strength, and you will be eliminated if you lose multiple battles.

Devise strategies, climb to the top of cultivation, and wait for you to battle!

Last evaluated Aug 19, 2026
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