Yaoling: Mythical Journey
Open-world creature-collecting RPG with automatic battles and village building
RAYKA STUDIO · Published by RAYKA STUDIO, NPC Entertainment, Craftmos Games · Released Jun 19, 2025
AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 3,516
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 78% of 14 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 9
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Jul 9, 2025
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Yaoling: Mythical Journey?
In this open-world creature-collecting RPG, you explore the Land of the Ancients, catch and evolve Yaolings, and assemble teams for automatic battles. You also build a village with rescued companions as a dark force turns some Yaolings into demons.
For you if...
- +you enjoy collecting creatures with varied designs and abilities
- +you like exploring while building up a village
- +you prefer planning teams to directing every attack
Not for you if...
- −you want direct control over every combat action
- −you dislike steep difficulty spikes and late-game grinding
What players say
90% of 3,516 reviews are positive · 78% of 14 in the last 30 days
Players praise the creature designs and the range of ways to build a team. Common complaints include a steep late-game difficulty spike and too much grinding or waiting. Some players also find the story underdeveloped.
Screenshots and trailer
Yaoling: Mythical Journey system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7+
- Processor
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220
- Graphics
- 1Gb Video Memory, Capable of OpenGL 3.0+ Support
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7+
- Processor
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470
- Graphics
- 1Gb Video Memory, Capable of OpenGL 3.0+ Support
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 69
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese.
Tags
- Strategy
- Creature Collector
- RPG
- Adventure
- Cute
- Open World
- Indie
- Singleplayer
- Relaxing
- Sandbox
- Exploration
- Auto Battler
- Story Rich
- Stylized
- Casual
- Simulation
Recent updates
- Jul 9, 2025 · "Yaoling: Mythical Journey" 1.03 Patch Notes - July 9, 2025
- Jun 27, 2025 · "Yaoling: Mythical Journey" 1.02 Patch Notes - June 27, 2025
- Jun 23, 2025 · "Yaoling: Mythical Journey" 1.01 Patch Notes - June 23, 2025
- Apr 18, 2025 · "Yaoling: Mythical Journey" Early Access Ver0.98c2 Patch Notes - April 18, 2025
- Apr 17, 2025 · "Yaoling: Mythical Journey" Early Access Ver.0.98c Patch Notes - April 17, 2025
2 DLC available.
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