Authentic Xianxia cultivation theme
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“As an avid fan of Wuxia world novels, this is a dream game for me.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
Cultivation Tales
Worth buying? What 200 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 200 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Negative · 38%Mostly Negative · 38%Ac Games2024Sandbox · Survival · Action
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A Xianxia take on Ark/Conan-style survival crafting with deep cultivation progression, but it is half-translated and reportedly abandoned. Skip it if you want an English-friendly, populated MMO-like game.
Great for
Wuxia/Xianxia fans who can play with friends or on a self-hosted world and tolerate Chinese text
Main risk
Incomplete English translation, abandoned support, and almost no English players or working servers
What players love
Great potential and active developers
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Pair that with an attentive dev team that seems to be genuinely trying their best and you have the makings of an excellent game!”
Steam review · 31 h played ↗
Survival crafting and sect base building
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“You build your base (Sect), you craft, even you can plant and farm, you gather resources, killing monsters and demons Wuxia references”
Steam review · 22.8 h played ↗
Fun with friends or self-hosted worlds
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Game plays better with a group anyway.”
Steam review · 21.7 h played ↗
Deep progression and fun combat/bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Four bosses are very fun to challenge, even for me who get used to monster hunter series.”
Steam review · 51.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unstable servers, queues and can't get in
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Of the hours long I played easily 70% of the hours were spent on queueing.”
Steam review · 9 h played ↗
Bugs, janky combat and poor quality
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Combat has terrible collision detection and the principal strategy of enemies is to stun-lock the player.”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗
Translation is incomplete
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“after many years having bought the game, its still a VERY bad translation, and only a part of the content is still translated.”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗
Not an MMO: player-hosted, online-only, no players
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This is NOT an MMO.”
Steam review · 44.4 h played ↗
Paid server access and cash-shop pricing
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“24 DOLLARS FOR THREE MONTHS OF PVP?? ARE YOU SHITTING ME?????”
Steam review · 23.8 h played ↗
Developers abandoned the game and English players
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The game completely abandoned and scammed its english player base to just focus solely on the Chinese player base.”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64 Bit
ProcessorIntel Quad Core i5-2300 or AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 960(4GB) or AMD Radeon R9 380 (4GB)
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64 bit
ProcessorIntel Quad Core i7 3770K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce RTX 2060 (High settings) or AMD RX5700 (High settings)
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64 Bit
ProcessorIntel Quad Core i5-2300 or AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 960(4GB) or AMD Radeon R9 380 (4GB)
Storage30 GB available space
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