Cultivation Story: Reincarnation
Worth it · Roguelike · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99.
- Length
- 15.2h
- Value
- $0.66/hr
- Reviews
- 92% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cultivation Story: Reincarnation is a top-down pixel art style action roguelike based on cultivation and Chinese mythology.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
August 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $4.99. It has gone on sale once in the 3 months tracked here, most recently in August 2026.
On value it sits in the top 17 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 61 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 83 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Binding of Isaac ($2.24, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats Dungeon Souls ($12.99, scores 37).
2 of the 454 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2022 to August 2026.
HowLongToBeat players log 15.2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 33, 2.2 times as much.
The drop-off
73% start to 10% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
4 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 02:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Initially, the game feels quite low-key and simple. But the more you play, the more deep layers you uncover that you can grind again and again. Expected playtime is 50+ hours.
Beat Challenge 49 in under 3 hours (including failed attempts in 1 sitting). Witch talisman combo stacks messed up my FPS. 100% achievements in 14 hours 10/10 will reincarnate again.
I had fun playing this roguelike, the replayability is insane, so much weapons to choose from, a lot of build variety, and is overall just a good game. It's a xianxia game that was pretty straightforward, minimal story, no bs and pure gameplay focused. I'd rate the game a 7/10, I did hate challenge mode, it was pretty tedious and it was just a bunch of bullet sponges whick took forever to clear because of how...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Cultivation Story: Reincarnation scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1866880/cultivation-story-reincarnationReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Sep 28.
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