- #1 The Scroll Of Taiwu
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 62,298 reviews2018
Dev: ConchShip Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 56.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
Why similar: Martial Arts 39.1% ★, Wuxia 22.4% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, RPG 6.9%, Mythology 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an unparalleled level of depth in martial arts systems and sandbox world-building that mirrors the complexity of cultivation.
- #2 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
96% matchMixed54% of 226,468 reviews2023
Dev: 鬼谷工作室
Windows
Median: 30.8 hrsMean: 72.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Tale of Immortal is an open-world sandbox based on Chinese mythology and cultivation. You will grow to become immortal, conquer the beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Season, make your choices carefully and grasp your own destiny.
Why similar: Mythology 35.7%, Sandbox 24.4%, Simulation 15.5%, RPG 11.7%, Management 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the essence of the Xianxia genre with its focus on character progression, sect management, and mythological exploration.
- #3 The Matchless Kungfu
96% matchVery Positive81% of 7,767 reviews2024
Dev: HuanMos GamePub: bilibili
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 29.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Matchless Kungfu is an open world sandbox RPG game based on a WuXia background. You can play any martial arts role you imagine in this wild world. Travel through the great wilderness, or be the leader of the group. The most important thing is, build your own story and live the experience!
Why similar: Martial Arts 46% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Survival 7.6%, Base Building 7.5%, RPG 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for immense freedom in a sandbox martial arts world where you can build your own sect and influence the environment.
- #4 The Lost Village
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,097 reviews2024
Dev: FunYoo Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 39.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Once there was a prosperous village of Martials, now none of it remains. As the son of the former Master, you will lead your followers to rebuild this village. Recruit followers and enter the mysterious illusional domain, acquire lost wonders. Will you see the rebirth of ancestors’ glory again?
Why similar: Martial Arts 47% ★, Colony Sim 10.9%, Base Building 10.8%, Simulation 9.2%, Sandbox 8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines traditional colony-sim mechanics with a distinct martial arts theme and resource management.
- #5 RimWorld
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 239,676 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.8 hrsMean: 262.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33%, Sandbox 14.5%, Base Building 13%, Survival 10.2%, Simulation 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Serves as the mechanical foundation for the colony simulation aspects found in Amazing Cultivation Simulator.
- #6 Mind Over Magic
93% matchVery Positive87% of 4,367 reviews2025
Dev: SparkypantsPub: Klei Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38%, Simulation 14.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 14%, Management 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and managing a magical school, sharing the base-building and mystical research elements of the seed game.
- #7 我来自江湖 From Jianghu
94% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2020
Dev: Gamexel StudioPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
《我来自江湖》是一款结合武侠、角色扮演、模拟经营多种元素的独立游戏。在游戏中，你需要扮演一个小势力的掌门，带领弟子在开放的江湖里自由探索，发展自己的势力，经营不同产业，在风云诡谲的江湖里生存下去。
Why similar: Martial Arts 36.6% ★, Wuxia 22.5% ★, Simulation 14.8%, RPG 11.1%, Strategy 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends management simulation with a traditional Wuxia RPG, allowing players to run a sect while exploring the world.
- #8 Wandering Sword
92% matchVery Positive95% of 41,905 reviews2023
Dev: The Swordman StudioPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 23.4 hrsMean: 42.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.
Why similar: Martial Arts 49.8% ★, Wuxia 33.9% ★, RPG 8.5%, Open World 4.3%, Strategy 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a rich, story-driven Wuxia experience with tactical combat that captures the aesthetic and thematic spirit of the genre.
- #9 Kenshi
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 112,221 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.5%, Open World 14.3%, Survival 14.2%, RPG 12.7%, Base Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a brutal, deep sandbox survival experience where base-building and character growth are central to the gameplay loop.
- #10 Eastern Era
91% matchMixed65% of 2,670 reviews2026
Dev: FunYoo Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
To escape from pursuit, as the leader of your sect, guide your disciples to rise again! Engage in farming and hunting, train in martial arts, and forge weapons and armor. Build your sect's base and fortifications from the ground up to survive in this perilous, ambition-filled martial world!
Why similar: Martial Arts 34.8% ★, Colony Sim 18%, Sandbox 11.5%, Base Building 7.4%, Simulation 7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on colony simulation and base-building within a martial arts-inspired world.
- #11 Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
90% matchVery Positive85% of 24,523 reviews2023
Dev: 半瓶醋工作室（Half Amateur Studio）Pub: XD
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 34.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hero's Adventure:Road to Passion is a wuxia open-world RPG. You will commence your journey as an underdog in the tumultuous Martial World and will be met with a wide array of choices as you navigate your own heroic saga.
Why similar: Martial Arts 46.9% ★, Wuxia 28.4% ★, RPG 7.9%, Open World 6%, Simulation 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep open-world RPG that emphasizes martial arts progression and player choice in a traditional Chinese setting.
- #12 Path Of Wuxia
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,352 reviews2022
Dev: 香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Path of Wuxia combines classic wuxia world and youthful school life with anime art style, features simulation gameplay well known by Heluo fans. Play as a young Xia who join the academy known as the Hermitic Pavilions of Xia, grow strong along with various schoolmates and seek your own path of Xia.
Why similar: Wuxia 47.6% ★, Martial Arts 37.9% ★, RPG 11.1%, Simulation 1.6%, Indie 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines life-simulation elements with turn-based martial arts combat in a school-based setting.
- #13 Sands of Salzaar
89% matchVery Positive82% of 22,933 reviews2021
Dev: 汉家松鼠Han-Squirrel StudioPub: XD
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.
Why similar: Martial Arts 34.6% ★, Sandbox 19%, Open World 15.4%, RPG 15.1%, Strategy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world strategy RPG that features large-scale battles and faction management in a mystical desert setting.
- #14 Fate Seeker II
88% matchVery Positive89% of 13,762 reviews2021
Dev: JSL Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Following the previous one, “Fate Seeker II” character development, thinking and exploration and other elements. You can experience real-time combat without switching scenes, and feel the delightful martial arts anytime.
Why similar: Martial Arts 74.2% ★, RPG 18%, Open World 7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features an intricate martial arts combat system and exploration that rewards players for mastering various techniques.
- #15 Ascension
86% matchMixed61% of 2,647 reviews2025
Dev: Element Game 微元游戏Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.
Why similar: Mythology 36.5%, Sandbox 25.6%, Strategy 10.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Management 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused game that emphasizes 4X elements and building within a fantasy context.
- #16 Immortal Family
87% matchMixed53% of 1,362 reviews2024
Dev: 一起来修仙工作室Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
玩家扮演一位家族老祖，开创一个家族，然后在一片海域中，占领一个修仙小岛，带领家族逐渐壮大发展的故事，在壮大过程中你可以攻占其他修真小岛，探索深海，秘境探宝等等。
Why similar: Martial Arts 31.7% ★, Simulation 26%, Strategy 14.5%, RPG 12.7%, Management 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a cultivation lineage, emphasizing long-term planning and resource allocation.
- #17 Dwarf Fortress
85% matchVery Positive95% of 31,055 reviews2022
Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Sandbox 18.4%, Base Building 11.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Survival 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate simulation game that provides the same level of emergent gameplay and complex system interaction as the seed game.
- #18 Cultivation Tales
86% matchMostly Negative38% of 13,640 reviews2024
Dev: Ac Games
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 66.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!
Why similar: Sandbox 37.5%, Survival 18.3%, RPG 12.9%, Open World 12.2%, Strategy 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a sandbox survival experience with a focus on building and crafting within a cultivation-themed world.
- #19 Cultivation Story: Reincarnation
84% matchVery Positive92% of 2,021 reviews2023
Dev: Chi Entertainment Corp.
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cultivation Story: Reincarnation is a top-down pixel art style action roguelike based on cultivation and Chinese mythology.
Why similar: Xianxia 33.2% ★, Wuxia 19.5% ★, Mythology 17.6%, Martial Arts 16.5% ★, RPG 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an action-oriented take on the cultivation genre with roguelite elements and progression.
- #20 Songs of Syx
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,211 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, Sandbox 18.3%, Base Building 11.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Survival 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A grand-scale colony simulation game that handles population management and base growth with immense depth.
- #21 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
84% matchVery Positive81% of 2,253 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7%, Sandbox 13.6%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 12.3%, Simulation 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the base-building and survival management mechanics while focusing on a different mythological theme.
- #22 xiuzhen idle
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,363 reviews2025
Dev: 游戏养家工作室
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 110.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
This is a xiuzhen simulation placement game! From the refining of qi, building the foundation to the ascension of the celestial realm, crossed into the divine realm. （The game has been updated with the english mod, but you will need to select the "english" beta in the properties option to update it）
Why similar: Martial Arts 27% ★, Mythology 25.1%, Simulation 17.2%, RPG 15.4%, Strategy 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A simplified take on the cultivation genre that focuses on the progression mechanics of the seed game.
- #23 Going Medieval
79% matchVery Positive89% of 20,881 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Sandbox 17.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Survival 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes vertical building and survival, sharing the management DNA of the seed game.
- #24 Path of Kung Fu
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 5,346 reviews2025
Dev: 游鲤化龙工作室Pub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Path of Kung Fu is a Wuxia RPG that blends classic martial arts storytelling with open-world freedom. Master kung fu, navigate the Jianghu's bloody conflicts, and rise from a novice to a legendary hero. Subscribe to top-rated Workshop MODs to elevate your experience to the next level!
Why similar: Martial Arts 59.9% ★, Sandbox 17.6%, RPG 9.3%, Open World 8%, Fantasy 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox RPG that allows players to explore the martial arts world and develop their own unique path.
- #25 Earthling's Undertaking
82% matchMixed66% of 999 reviews2023
Dev: Current Games
Windows
《天地归虚》是一款中国上古神话题材的修仙RPG+策略战棋游戏。玩家扮演一名落魄宗门的掌门人，游历神秘莫测的太初世界，经营门派培养弟子，寻仙求道提升修为，探索太初世界天道倾斜的原因，揭露诸仙背后隐藏的阴谋，打破命运的樊笼，谱写属于自己的神话传说。
Why similar: Martial Arts 39.8% ★, Mythology 32.3%, RPG 13.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Fantasy 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the narrative and mythological aspects of the cultivation genre through a strategic lens.
- #26 Idle Cultivation
80% matchVery Positive80% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Linmios
Windows
Idle towards Immortality! Ascend the cultivation stages to become immortal. Battle experts, monsters and mythological beasts. Draw talismans, craft powerful equipment and powerful pills to assist you in combat.
Why similar: RPG 49.9%, Mythology 34.4%, Fantasy 8.2%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a casual, idle-focused experience for those who enjoy the thematic progression of cultivation games.
- #27 Noble Fates
81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,471 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Sandbox 19.9%, Base Building 12.2%, Simulation 9%, Survival 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy colony-sim where you manage a kingdom and its inhabitants, focusing on character relationships and base development.
- #28 Wartales
78% matchVery Positive86% of 34,811 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 51.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Why similar: RPG 28.2%, Sandbox 23.3%, Open World 22.6%, Survival 12.4%, Strategy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A mercenary management game that requires careful resource and character development, similar to managing disciples.
- #29 Clanfolk
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,845 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Sandbox 22.8%, Simulation 14.6%, RPG 11.6%, Open World 9%
Why You'll Like It: A deep colony-sim focused on family lineage and survival, mirroring the management complexities of sect building.
- #30 龙胤立志传
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,669 reviews2026
Dev: TPP StudioPub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Median: 30.8 hrsMean: 52.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《龙胤立志传》是一款融合门派经营的开放江湖武侠游戏。在各大门派割据一方的神州之上，你可以自由驰骋，历经奇遇，修炼神功，踏上行侠仗义或行凶作恶之路，也可以经营自己的门派，攻城略地，称霸一方，最终谱写一段独一无二的武林传奇。
Why similar: Martial Arts 40.3% ★, Wuxia 20.3% ★, Simulation 8.9%, Sandbox 7.6%, RPG 7.2%
- #31 觅长生
78% matchVery Positive93% of 31,313 reviews2023
Dev: Chalcedony Network
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 42.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《觅长生》是一款想要还原真实修仙世界的开放世界角色扮演游戏。 在这里，你可以体验到从零开始一步步积攒修为突破境界的逆天修仙之旅，也可以体验到那些充满修仙味的故事和剧情。当然也少不了寻求奇遇、探索秘境，更可以和游戏中的角色互动，与人为善或是杀人夺宝全都由你自己抉择。
Why similar: Martial Arts 44.5% ★, Xianxia 30% ★, RPG 8.4%, Open World 6.9%, Simulation 3.9%
- #32 JIANGHU CHRONICLES
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,375 reviews2025
Dev: 一品阁Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
JIANGHU CHRONICLES is a Wuxia-themed clan simulator, which focuses on simulating Jianghu clans and experiencing realistic battle. Set up a clan of your own, recruit disciples, complete missions... And eventually make your clan second to none by improving its power and reputation.
Why similar: Martial Arts 65.2% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Wuxia 9.8% ★, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #33 Ascend From Nine Mountains
76% matchVery Positive95% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: Lyeeedar
Windows · Linux
Craft mythical treasures. Perfect your stance. Shatter your limits. Ascend from Nine Mountains is a cultivation RPG where deep crafting, tactical combat, and meaningful relationships intertwine. Your choices carve the way from mortal obscurity to legend.
Why similar: Xianxia 41.1% ★, Wuxia 27.8% ★, Martial Arts 26.6% ★, RPG 3.5%, Fantasy 0.8%
- #34 Stack to Ascension
77% matchMixed54% of 301 reviews2026
Dev: Stack to AscensionPub: Luckycalf
Windows
The beasts have ravaged your ancestral sect, leaving you as the sole survivor. With your cultivation regressed to Qi Condensation stage, you must start anew. Rebuild strength, recruit disciples, and uncover the dark truth behind the disaster.
Why similar: Xianxia 29.7% ★, Wuxia 21.5% ★, Martial Arts 18.4% ★, Mythology 8.7%, Sandbox 6.3%
- #35 Immortal Life
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 4,291 reviews2024
Dev: YiFang StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a magical journey in this captivating life simulation game. Escape to a welcoming valley, farm with spells, and master skills like fishing, crafting, and cooking. Engage in epic battles, strengthen the bonds with your companions, and build your dream home to achieve Immortal Life!
Why similar: Xianxia 77.6% ★, RPG 9.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Building 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #36 Card Cultivation
75% matchMixed68% of 585 reviews2026
Dev: DarkIndexPub: IndieArk
Windows
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.
Why similar: Xianxia 57.3% ★, Sandbox 13.4%, Simulation 8.6%, RPG 7.2%, Open World 6.2%
- #37 轮回修仙传
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,114 reviews2025
Dev: Collider StudioPub: OKJOY
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
想书写你的龙傲天修仙人生吗？《轮回修仙传》是一款以修仙为题材的多结局多周目轮回式Roguelike人生模拟类游戏。沉浸式体验「我命由我不由天」的逆袭剧本，经历一世又一世的劫难，轮回点化作登仙台阶，结识修仙路上的红颜道侣，合理规划你的修炼和行动，不断突破境界，直到你一拳轰碎这天道约束！
Why similar: Xianxia 54.3% ★, Martial Arts 25.3% ★, Simulation 8.3%, RPG 6.7%, Strategy 3.9%
- #38 Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms
73% matchVery Positive89% of 7,858 reviews2025
Dev: Free Wing
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms" is a single-player RPG where you shape the Three Kingdoms era. Choose to be a ruler, a loyal advisor, or a cunning mercenary. Marry, build homes, or train in martial arts. Restore peace through diplomacy or conquer with mighty armies.
Why similar: Simulation 39.8%, RPG 29%, Strategy 24.6%, Building 6.7%
- #39 Psychic Kung Fu Master
73% matchMixed62% of 1,479 reviews2026
Dev: 金十四工作室Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
RPG gameplay, turn-based combat, collect martial arts to become the leader of the martial world, recruit disciples, cultivate martial skills, and compete for supremacy in the world.
Why similar: Martial Arts 67.7% ★, Wuxia 20.2% ★, RPG 9.7%, Indie 0.9%, Anime 0.6%
- #40 Immortal IDLE
74% matchMixed69% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: 伯乐Couple
Windows
This is an IDLE cultivation game. Rise from mortal to immortal! Explore a world inspired by Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions as you master swordplay, elemental magic, or Buddhist powers. Grow spirit crops, craft items, defeat monsters, and loot treasures. Your path to immortality awaits!
Why similar: Martial Arts 44.8% ★, RPG 21.6%, Strategy 20.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Indie 1.5%
- #41 无休仙途
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 994 reviews2025
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
This is a casual strategic placement game. In the aerial world set in ancient China, players will play the role of a descendant of the Immortal Cultivation Sect. Travel through the barren continent, obtain various resources, build your sect, and ultimately ascend to the immortal realm.
Why similar: Mythology 29%, RPG 19.6%, Simulation 19.4%, Strategy 13%, Management 11.8%
- #42 House of Legacy
71% matchVery Positive83% of 3,748 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.1%, Simulation 14.1%, Base Building 12.4%, RPG 12%, Management 11.4%
- #43 Sky Realm Idle
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: 323GamePub: Star Seeker Ltd
Windows
Sky Realm Idle is a Xianxia RPG combining Spirit Array strategy with estate management. Forge artifacts, cultivate pills, and recruit companions. Ascend from mortal to immortal through deep customization and idle growth.
Why similar: Simulation 41%, Management 23.2%, Base Building 18.8%, RPG 17%
- #44 Yaoling: Mythical Journey
69% matchVery Positive90% of 3,470 reviews2025
Dev: RAYKA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Yaoling: Mythical Journey is a creature collecting Eastern fantasy RPG featuring an world filled with rich stories and unique Yaolings. Tasked to uncover a mysterious evil, you embark on a journey with your Yaolings, forming new friendships, engage in intense battles, and face countless challenges!
Why similar: Mythology 26.8%, Sandbox 22.2%, Simulation 12.3%, RPG 12%, Strategy 10.3%
- #45 Gujian3(古剑奇谭三)
71% matchVery Positive86% of 48,791 reviews2018
Dev: 上海烛龙信息科技有限公司Pub: 北京网元圣唐娱乐科技有限公司
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Gujian 3 is a mass 3D single-person RPG developed by Aurogon Info & Tech (Shanghai), a subsidiary of Wangyuan Shengtang. As the latest hit of the Gujian series, it boasts more free and smooth combat experience with its full real-time combat system. This generation expands the world of Gujian based on previous works.
Why similar: Martial Arts 38.4% ★, Wuxia 22.7% ★, Xianxia 15.7% ★, RPG 12.1%, Open World 4.8%
- #46 大衍江湖 - Evolution Of JiangHu
72% matchMixed62% of 734 reviews2023
Dev: SourceIn Games
Windows
《大衍江湖》是一款武侠题材，结合经营养成，角色扮演的游戏。玩家将操控一个江湖门派；与江湖上的其他各色各样的门派打交道，或建立贸易或直接攻陷；与其他门派弟子交流，或结交或抢夺；江湖世界上各种随机事件，能获得具体好处同时也伴随着各种风险；门派传承，终有一日，将主宰江湖。
Why similar: Martial Arts 31.4% ★, Wuxia 30.2% ★, Xianxia 14.9% ★, Simulation 7.4%, RPG 6.1%
- #47 侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia)
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 7,558 reviews2016
Dev: Heluo StudioPub: Phoenix Game
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Tale of Wuxia has been dedicated to providing gameplayers with a player-defined platform, where they can customize their own Wuxia. Instead of being restricted to characters’ basic properties, in this new version, gameplayers can also choose the personalities and talents of their own.
Why similar: Wuxia 44.6% ★, Martial Arts 38.7% ★, RPG 9%, Strategy 3.7%, Simulation 3.3%
- #48 下一站江湖Ⅱ
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 9,134 reviews2024
Dev: 白玉京工作室
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
（“Steam成就”现已推出，当前已更新16个免费玩法资料片）《下一站江湖Ⅱ》是白玉京工作室研发的第二款3D单机武侠游戏，是一款包含了沙盒式的剧情主角养成、无缝大地图任意采集建造模拟经营、骑砍Like式门派霸图玩法的开放世界游戏，无内购、可离网游玩！
Why similar: Martial Arts 36.9% ★, Wuxia 18.7% ★, Colony Sim 16.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, RPG 5.9%
- #49 河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)
70% matchVery Positive82% of 10,992 reviews2018
Dev: 香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Ho Tu Lo Shu: The Books of Dragon offers a highly freedom to play in an wuxia style open world. With realistic art style and rich character development, you can explore a vast wuxia world and create your own adventure with the company of various memorable characters.
Why similar: Martial Arts 43.5% ★, Wuxia 27.7% ★, Sandbox 9.1%, RPG 7%, Open World 5.1%
- #50 Fate Seeker
69% matchVery Positive91% of 13,392 reviews2018
Dev: JSL Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Fate Seeker is an original action role-playing PC game developed by JSL ENTERTAINMENT. You play as “the Chosen One”, destined to change the universe. Wonder freely in countless main storyline, and challenge yourself to solve mysteries, master martial art and nurture friendship or even true love.
Why similar: Wuxia 65% ★, Martial Arts 27.2% ★, RPG 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.1%
- #51 Cultivation Story: Infinite Sword Realm
68% matchVery Positive80% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Bid Pond Studio Ltd.Pub: Chi Entertainment Corp.
Windows
Cultivation Story: Infinite Sword Realm is an action-packed roguelike deckbuilder rooted in Cultivation and Chinese mythology, where every action costs you lifespan. Enter the realm of Swords, balance power and mortality as you climb the path to immortality.
Why similar: Xianxia 57.2% ★, Mythology 23%, RPG 9.3%, Strategy 7.5%, Indie 1.1%
- #52 江湖十一
71% matchMixed42% of 5,611 reviews2023
Dev: 万象皆春
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Jianghu11 is an open-world cultivation RPG set in the wuxia world. In this game, you will create your own character or start as a fictional or historical figure. Explore the fascinating wuxia world with enormous NPCs, search for romance, and write your own legend.
Why similar: Martial Arts 60.7% ★, Sandbox 19.6%, RPG 10.1%, Open World 8.7%, 2D 0.9%
- #53 Immortal Seeker
70% matchMixed60% of 603 reviews2023
Dev: Ilogin Studio
Windows
"Immortal Seeker" is a RogueLite game with a cultivation theme. As you journey, you can enhance your cultivation realm, find immortal weapons, learn secret books to defeat demons and monsters. Seek what is immortality and what is the Dao, and embark on your own path of cultivation.
Why similar: Survival 50.7%, RPG 38.9%, Fantasy 7.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #54 暖雪 Warm Snow
67% matchVery Positive93% of 38,648 reviews2022
Dev: BadMudStudioPub: bilibili
Windows
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
'Warm Snow' is a Rogue-like action game with a background set in a dark fantasy world, where the eerie 'Warm Snow' holds sway. You will play as the Warrior 'Bi-an' on a crusade against the Five Great Clans, in order to save a world teetering on the brink of destruction.
Why similar: Martial Arts 64.2% ★, Mythology 23.5%, RPG 9.4%, Indie 1.1%, 2D 1%
- #55 Pathless Woods
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,102 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Simulation 15.3%, Survival 14.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Open World 11.7%
- #56 Spellcaster University
68% matchVery Positive83% of 4,253 reviews2021
Dev: Sneaky Yak Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43%, Simulation 18.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Management 10.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #57 Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,685 reviews2024
Dev: Darksun StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 56.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game is an online DBG which contains a PVE mode called Uncharted Realms and a PVP mode. Every game is a deck building from scratch. Players can have stronger decks by changing cards, and then build more powerful routines to defeat all opponents to win.
Why similar: Xianxia 44.1% ★, Martial Arts 19.1% ★, Wuxia 17.6% ★, Strategy 15.1%, Indie 1.8%
- #58 Legends of Immortality
68% matchMixed52% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: 云梦山工作室Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
《云梦奇谭》是一款以凡人流派的修仙体系为基础，上古神话题材为游戏主要元素搭建出的线性剧情角色扮演游戏。在这里你可以体验到炼丹、炼器、阵法、傀儡、御兽、符箓、宗门和双修等修仙世界的专属玩法，历经锤炼一步步成为名扬天下的大修士的完整修仙过程。
Why similar: Simulation 40.6%, RPG 27.2%, Strategy 20.9%, Management 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #59 Dyson Sphere Program
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,697 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 75.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Base Building 24.1%, Sandbox 23.8%, Simulation 16.5%, Open World 12.1%, Management 9.1%
