When does Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game get good?

Give it 2 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (28%). Fully opens up by hour 3.

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Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game

Jan 21, 2024 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 2 hours

Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 62% of owners

Steam reviews 74% positive of 6,919

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (28%).
Fully opens up by hour 3.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 62% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 6,985 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 20.8h for positive, 79.6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (62.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (36)

story milestone ending side

Above Foundation Complete the Beginner's Tutorial 100%
It's urgent！ In Rank/Dao Mindset mode, Click Ready when there are more than 60 seconds left 69%
Chosen One Unlock any one character's all Immortal Fate Slot 67%
Rising Clear the Primitive Uncharted Realms 42%
Fundamentals are important 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode with 100 or more HP added to yourself in the final round 34%
Chivalrous Sword of Clouds 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode with 6 or more Cloud Sword cards in the deck in the final round 33%
Immortals Unrestrained 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode with 3 or more Unrestrained Sword cards in the deck in the final round 30%
Spiritual Sword hidden in box 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode and use Spirit Sword card to defeat your opponent in the final round 30%
Fellow Daoist Complete a match with a friend 26%
No one left behind Unlock all Immortal Fate Slot for 5 characters 26%
Fellow Daoist's Kindness Play Kindness Tune and reduce the damage to your opponent's Destiny by winning 24%
Decades of Sword Intent 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode and stack 16 or more Sword Intent in the final round 24%
Chase is the only way Defeat your opponent within 3 turns of your own 22%
Morning hears the way Absorb Enlightenment Elixir to upgrade Enlightenment Elixir 21%
Run like Dai Zong Play Divine Walk Fulu and win a round with the Chase effect triggered in every turn 19%
Endgame in Go 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode and defeat your opponent with a Astral Move card in the final round 16%
It's my own fate 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode and choose only General Immortal Fate for each Breakthrough 16%
Turning Clear the Hazard 5 of Primitive Uncharted Realms 16%
Protection of Sword Formation 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode with 4 or more Sword Formation cards in the deck in the final round 16%
The Water to the Wealth 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode with a deck containing 5 or more Water Spirit cards in the last round 14%
Five Thunders Method 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode and use Five Thunders to defeat the opponent in the final round 13%
The World to the Will 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode with a deck containing cards from 3 or more different Spirit in the last round 13%
The Metal to the Mighty 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode with a deck containing 5 or more Metal Spirit cards in the last round 12%
Sword Trick Complete the Cloud Spirit Sword Sect's Esoteric Inheritance 11%
The Earth to the Endless 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode with a deck containing 5 or more Earth Spirit cards in the last round 11%
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains Break through to Incarnation Phase with 3 or more Ask Dao By Paint in hand 11%
The Wood to the Wonder 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode with a deck containing 5 or more Wood Spirit cards in the last round 10%
Merging Clear the Hazard 10 of Primitive Uncharted Realms 10%
Shrinking the Earth to an inch Play a level 3 Meru Formation to win one round of battle 9.8%
The Great Diffraction Divination Method 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode and deal 64 or more damage through Hexagram Divination in the final round 9.7%
The Fire to the Fury 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode with a deck containing 5 or more Fire Spirit cards in the last round 9.7%
Rich expressions Use 10 or more times of Emoticons in one battle 7.7%
Divinate Interpretion Complete the Heptastar Pavilion's Esoteric Inheritance 7.4%
Thousand Acres of Spiritual Field Win one round of battle with a deck containing 2 level 2 or higher Space Spiritual Field 6.9%
Who is the Hunter? 1st place in Rank/Dao Mindset mode with more than 2 uses of Hunter Hunting Hunter in the final round 6.6%
Seal Method Complete the Five Elements Alliance's Esoteric Inheritance 6.6%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.