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Card Cultivation
Developer DarkIndex
Card Cultivation is a card management game that visualizes the process of cultivating immortality through cards. In the game, you will play as a cultivation practitioner: cultivate techniques, explore treasures, and craft weapons, Throughout re-cultivation, you will recover memory. From the Steam store page
48 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Sep 30, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
88
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42 positive · 6 negative
95% range 75–94%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
585 of 820 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
48 of 48 · most liked firstThis should be Early Access, technically they are not telling the truth to players...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has potential, but a lot of issues. Examples include the English translation not fitting inside text boxes, sometimes overlapping, etc, or the popups when interacting with various things being large enough to obscure meaningful portions of the screen (including the things you need to be using sometimes, it's not an uncommon experience to open something, fill in a few slots, then notice the last thing you need is directly underneath the popup so you have to move everything to the side and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm torn. On the one hand, I love xianxia and cultivation stories. I also liked Cultist Simulator and Book of Hours, and the card-based crafting mechanics land well for a xianxia game. There's a compelling loop behind Card Cultivation. Unfortunately, the game has been released in an unfinished state. The English localization is terrible, the bugs are rampant, and only one of the planned four story mode characters is available. Perhaps the game will eventually be finished, but this really…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd give this a tentative recommend. On the one hand, It was much more than I was expecting. Especially at this price. This is a very solid game for anyone who likes wuxia. It's not a genre we see much of in the west and this does it well. I also really like Cultist Simulator, and this follows in a similair path, mechanically. That being said, I wouldn't recommend this to EVERY fan of Cultist Simulator. The translation still feels a little rough. Much better than I was expecting, and I've…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Initial Thoughts As bold as this is to say, I would consider Card Cultivation the stack style version of Skyrim because of the open world mechanics of the game build around traveling to different locations to do quests and fight monsters in dungeons. That said, it is in Early Access despite lacking the EA tag. With consistent bug fixes coming out every few hours since launch, so the developers are pretty focused on getting bugs resolved as they are found. So for what its worth, this is an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game. There are quite a few cultivation games around nowadays which focus on the active aspect of cultivation fantasy, but not many that properly handle the knowledge or resources aspect. Card cultivation does that very well with the gameplay features of exploring the world and creating cards via unique combinations. Of all the games I have played that take place in the xianxia setting, card cultivation lets you embody cultivation fantasy in the purest form without giving you a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a wuxia version of stacklands with open world exploration. It suffer some from translation issues, but improves pretty rapidly with different QoL things. Its really deep and have a lots of content.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Soooooo.... i have finished the first story today. Still haven't seen like 4 secret realms, haven't fought any divine beast bosses or gotten my core over the 1st stage. Variety of gameplay and builds There is like 10 different weapon classes and all of them have 5 elemental types, each with different ability. You also have plenty of spirit beast to capture and develop, many of which have strategic skills and can be developed with special beast taming techniques. You yourself as a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a fan of Cultivator Simulator and the xianxia genre and this game merges the two together pretty well. It's fun to play and you have multiple paths of progression from martial, artifact control to just dumping toxic pills on enemies until they die. The game also doesn't hold your hand much and you have to figure stuff on your own and experiment which isn't that common in games nowadays.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty decent game for this niche overall, but with a few rough spots. Solid 6/10 If you're lazy to read, here's my opinion: Wishlist for now, wait for results. Forget this game exists and maybe in a year or two come back to check its condition. Now for the review: This game needs to do at least two things to reach its full potential: - To solve the translation issue. If this is fixed, it becomes a solid 7+/10 for me. - To add missing content. This is easy to say, but depending on how much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun and has potential, but many translations are still missing. The parts that are already translated are not that bad for a small studio, but they could be better if they found someone to help refining.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game in the same line as things like Cultist Simulator or Stacklands, but with a Cultivation twist. The English translations are a bit rough, but for a small team in EA, its not bad.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Custom character creation is completely broken — here's the exact build. Drawbacks taken (points gained): Doomed Fate — 20 Weak Divine Sense — 15 Moonlit Land Sealed — 15 Wangchen Temple Sealed — 10 Spellcasting Sealed — 5 Demon-Sealing Tower Strengthened — 5 Poor Affinity with Artifacts — 5 Shallow Lifespan — 4 Poor Affinity with Voids — 2 Perks bought (points spent): Heirloom Treasure Saber — 35…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Good: If you enjoy cultivation or card crafting like other titles such as Cult Simulator or Stacklands you will probably enjoy this game. One area this game really shines in is showing different cultivation methods: body temperting, pill refinery, beast taming just to name a few. They really feel very different in how they are represented and how they play, I would love to see this expanded on to add replayability. There is a guided story mode (only one character for now, more characters…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chinese version of stackland, and it's cultivation game, It would be a good game rng is not the core aspect of the card generation
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the game, it's a nice switch in mechanics from the usual cultivation games! Currently, late game content is still a bit lacking, but the developers continue to update the game, and I trust it will get there one day. I enjoy playing the free mode the most, it has a lot of freedom in character creation and can be played several times with different playthroughs and difficulties.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's an interesting concept, looking forward how it would be developed into proper game. Cons: Translation bugs, quest system is a bit too much "hidden object" Crafting is a mess Can spam objects/beasts Inventory management is bad - need different sorting and separation by realms Pros: Potentially nice non-linear game Card concept for cultivation is a great fit
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good cultivation game. Mechanics are similar to cultist simulator. It has a lot of depth and requires some planning. Just like in cultist simulator the game doesn't hold your hand, but it does provide gentle tips to guide you. Some functionality is still in work, but what's there has really good bones. Overall I'd say it's a blast and something I can see myself replaying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is fun game. A little difficult to get into, but is fun if you like Cultist Sim.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can recommend it somewhat, it's clear that there's still quite a lot of room for improvement, from the translation to QoL changes and clarifications for how to advance beyond the odd tip. It's nevertheless quite fun and pretty easy to get lost in playing it since there's plenty of ways to advance beyond just the realm, considering how the devs seem to be motivated in making this game better I've got great hopes for it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Translation is a little rough and it really needs an early access warning. HOWEVER, I adore the game and I see just how much promise this game has as it gets updates and content
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →honestly I think the game is very good and fun, plus the translations aren't that bad at all i'm assuming the people having trouble don't read much wuxian stuff. I will say the devs probably shoulda kept it in EA at least on release so people would know but the game is still very fun as of right now and is worth its current price. and with how little we actually get good or fun wuxia games id say this is worth having hope for. Since the devs seem to actually give a ♥♥♥♥ which is rare these days
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →20hr in demo and 10hr now still enjoying so far
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game for fans of the Cultivation genre and/or card sims. Slowly uncovering all the rules of the game is a delight. English translation needs a little work but so far it has been easy to understand. I hope the devs continue to support and develop it, although it already feels fairly complete.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game that fills the fantasy of being a cultivator in all those webnovels, while being coherent, understandable, and pretty fun. It has all the staples of the genre (cultivating - duh -, alchemy, spells, artifacts, animal companions, secret treasures, random fortuituous encounters, a bunch of other stuff), without feeling bloated or disjointed; the systems all tie into each other and/or are multipurpose (if you really don't have a use for something you can always sell it). This makes it so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a good game with fun resource management and combat mechanics but there's a lot of polishing left to do. Some of the cultivation paths are either very hard to cultivate or very weak or both. - Spell casting relying on Qi means you only get to cast a few spells before you have to spam potions. - Alchemy relies on running the herb Nurturing and potion brewing (Refine) non-stop for every battle and is very weak early on, so it's hard to make it the primary path. - Artifact Refining and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game and very nice combination between game mechanics and cultivation type of game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the best game I've played here so far and it's not yet finished. There are so many play style you can do and enjoy. There are a lot of things I'd wish they add (QoL) but for the team of 3 people I think they are doing a good job.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game made by a solid few with regular updates. Multiple ways of playing the game martial/artifact/spirit beast/puppets/summons/demonic. Ended up playing hardest difficulty no save scum after a few runs and made it to the end alive~ You will find many things you didn't find in your first 1-3 playthroughs so repeating it is worthwhile. Free mode has traits with positive and negative which is a great system, hardest difficulty got bonus traits to choose from which is nice. Hope to see…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thank you for having English built-in!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing Game There are many flaws with this game. - A.I Art - Really Bad Translations - Incomplete - Kind of Buggy - not very interactive (world doesn't feel very alive) - Many other things Yet, regardless of the flaws, I fell in love with the old school sink or swim gameplay. The game itself is not very difficult, but there is so many secrets hidden in the game that it really ends up capturing the feeling of a rouge cultivator. For example, let's say I want a specific skill or spell. Good…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so kak lol
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great mix of cultist simulator and an rpg cultivation game. The game progresses at your own pace, you're not really pushed to do much in a specific time though there are timed quests which are quite lenient. The map is a good size, so there's plenty to go around and explore. You have choices in how you want to progress your character, you can play as an evil cultivator by killing others and enhancing yourself or helping others. You can choose one or more combat cultivation paths,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Confusing as heck... Like Its just explore what u can do again and again. Lost the entire time...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best cultivation game there is for me here are some pros : - interesting and legitimate cultivation ( describing your juerny and processes ) - huge variarity that is meaningful, there is a difference between spirit animals and artifacts, and spells..so on. Animals will wonder around, artefacts wait until you use them, very nice details like that are all around. - super fun to explore. there are 5 elements that interact with eatchother. if you want a new weapon, type of ressurce and its…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just got to foundation establishment. The game does a great job of capturing what it's like to read cultivation novels. I really feel like I'm reading a novel where I'm in the control of the character. It's great. The one thing I'll say is that it's too easy. At least up until FE, there's no pressure at all. Lifespan is plentiful and enemies wait for you to come after them. I got to FE in 15 years with plenty of lifespan left, despite taking my time to upgrade a few weapons to yellow tier AND…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a great harmony between progressive games based on cultivation and card games akin to stacklands. When it released there were alot of bugs and some ui/gameplay decisions that weren't smooth but the devs update this game daily and its almost part of the fun to see what issues they have fixed :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a really great game. It has a lot of content and frequent updates. The translation is a bit rough, but it's not that big of an issue. I'm having a lot of fun with it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just starting the game myself. It has the right formula and game is good. Highly recommended if you a fan of donghua and cultivation games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It just hits my perfect autism spot. I love it. Sure here and there are bugs or hard to follow orders but im sure it gets fixed in time. I dont get bored even with 3 new starts. I played 16 hours in 3 sessions. So yeah careful it can be very addicting if you like stackland and cultivation themes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fellow Daoists will not be disappointed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, totally worth the price as is, and the devs are very active.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great game that is in active development right now. Should have released as Early Access, though. Quite a lot of promised content, that are not delivered as of today. A lot of patches daily
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/10 you can mind control women and dual cultivate, although this has the adverse side effect of killing them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have quite enjoyed what I played. The troubled start-up has me worried, since this game is very obviously an Early Access title without the mark. Content up through Golden Core is a grand start, but the expectation for a full and complete product will drag. At present, however, the game is more than worth the $15 price tag with the developer having released a roadmap for tackling many early concerns in the next three months. Putting this review out there since it certainly doesn't deserve the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Хорошая игра, мне зашла. Жаль только автопереводчик не подключается почему-то.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The time has arrived, the day has come, the thumb has shifted. If you're wondering what that's about: This was for quite a long time the 'most helpful' English review for Card Cultivation and it was negative. Emphasis on the past tense there. When this game first released, it was mistakenly not labeled as 'Early Access' (still isn't, but that's because you can take a game off EA, you can put it (back) on. Blame Valve for that.) even though it was. The English translation was also pretty much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First, I played 7.9 hours of the demo and writing this review at 0.5 hours in the released game, so my review at the moment is mostly based on the demo. I will change it if I feel that it is necessary. Cultivation games that are playable in English have been few and far between. This one is a stacklands style game with a fairly broad sandbox to explore in the first couple cultivation levels, I have not gotten past this yet but it seems that it opens up even further. I have not noticed any…
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