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Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2024

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Deep and strategic gameplay
  • Generous unlock system with no pay-to-win
  • Engaging pvp and pve modes
  • Unique wuxia/cultivation theme
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Rough english translation
  • Limited social and cooperative features
  • Some ui and matchmaking issues reported
  • Long match durations
  • Some balance and meta concerns

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Shardbound: Forge Your Path, Master Your Strategy

  • Toy Smash Kaboom!

  • Swords and Sandals Immortals

  • Prismata

  • Eternal Card Game

  • Shadowverse CCG

Less competitive

Games that feels like Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game but with less competition against others

  • 天外武林 (Traveler of Wuxia)

  • 月圆之夜 (Night of Full Moon)

  • Erannorth Reborn

  • Knock on the Coffin Lid

  • Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

  • Breach Wanderers

More fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game but with a stronger sense of community

  • SolForge Fusion

  • The Lost Glitches

  • BattleCON: Online

  • Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game

  • HEART of CROWN Online

  • MARVEL SNAP

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Deck of Ashes

  • None Shall Intrude: Descent

  • Deathless. The Hero Quest

  • Endless Voyage / 无尽航线

  • Poker Quest: Swords and Spades

  • Throne of Bone

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game. These titles are not in What to play next.

Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Fantasy, Creativity.

Last update: 21/08/2026