Underplayed Gems

鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal (2023)

鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal cover
Developer
鬼谷工作室
Publisher
鬼谷工作室, Lightning Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Rating
2.8 of 5, 224,374 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 54 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A sprawling cultivation sandbox where incremental progression through procedural, tactical battles and choose-your-own-adventure story beats feels deliberate and unforgiving rather than fast or flashy.

atmosphericchallengingproceduralexpansivecrunchychoose-your-own-adventuretacticalmythological

What players say

Players say the game has a great cultivation framework that mods elevate, but the base game is a repetitive grind through identical breakthrough cycles with shallow NPC interactions. The developer is heavily criticized for abandoning updates, mishandling the workshop, and leaving bugs unfixed.

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Screenshots

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