Yomi 2
Released Aug 2025
A fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. Strategic, turn-based card battling that lets you experience the nuances of fighting games like Street Fighter and Fantasy Strike by a lead designer who worked on both.
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Steam $19.99
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Evaluation
Yomi 2 officially launched out of Early Access on August 4, 2025, marking its 1.0 release. During its Early Access period, the game received a steady stream of substantial updates: new characters were added across multiple patches (Menelker in October 2023, Bal-Bas-Beta in June 2024, Vendetta and Persephone in July 2024, and four more in September 2024, completing the base roster of 20 characters), career mode venues were progressively built out (the final four venues shipped in November 2024), and major online infrastructure features like rankings, leaderboards, and asynchronous play were added in 2025.
At launch, the developer noted in the August 4, 2025 post: "Be on the lookout for new pre-release test materials on our Patreon page (we've got something cooking right now, too!)" — signaling that development work is ongoing beyond the 1.0 release, though without specifying what that content will be.
The Renegades DLC shipped on the same day as the 1.0 launch (August 4, 2025), expanding the roster with two additional characters beyond the base 20. No further DLC is currently listed as unreleased on the store.
The game's long history of consistent, substantial updates combined with the developer's hint that they have "something cooking" suggests this is a title that continues to receive meaningful development attention. No specific future content has been announced by name, but the developer has not indicated that content development is concluded.
Evidence
Yomi 2 officially left Early Access and launched on Steam and Epic Games Store. The developer also noted they have 'something cooking right now' for Patreon supporters, hinting at ongoing development.
Renegades DLC launched on the same day as the 1.0 release, adding two additional characters beyond the base roster of 20.
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Developer
Publisher
Sirlin Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP · Local/Split Screen
About this game
Yomi 2 is a fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. Yomi captures the feel of fighting games such as Street Fighter and Fantasy Strike and was created by a lead designer of both.
Cards represent your moves: attacks, blocks, throws, dodges, and abilities. For example, throws beat blocks:
Manage your hand to keep your options open while also trying to build up the right cards to pull off a big combo:
Cards represent your moves: attacks, blocks, throws, dodges, and abilities. For example, throws beat blocks:
Manage your hand to keep your options open while also trying to build up the right cards to pull off a big combo:
Fighting System
- Exchange! You can exchange a card in your hand with one in your discard pile each turn as long as both have the exchange symbol. Will you use this to build stronger combos or to cover your weaknesses?
- Gems. Pick a gem to augment your character. Each gem gives you different special moves and abilities as well as a once-per-game "gem storm" that can turn the tides to your favor.
- High and low attacks. Just like in a fighting game, some attacks must be blocked high while others must be blocked low. These “mixups” are especially effective if your opponent is knocked down.
- Projectiles. “Zoner” characters can build up their hand size while throwing relatively low risk fireball-type moves.
- Super moves. Build up super meter that you can spend on powerful super moves. To get super meter, you can discard pairs or you can land "chain combos" of consecutive attacks.
Features
- 20 characters.
- 6 gems to augment characters.
- Single player career mode where you visit numerous card-playing venues, fight regulars, compete in tournaments, and try to become the best Yomi player in the city. (And the most popular on fake social media!)
- Single player vs AI with four difficulty levels.
- Online synchronous play as well as asynchronous play.
- Pass-and-play mode for local play against a friend.
- Tutorial to get you started.
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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