Games Like JIANGHU CHRONICLES

Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.

Why similar: Martial Arts 71.5% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Singleplayer 1%, Indie 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most comprehensive sect management and cultivation simulation experience available on Steam.

"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 88.4% ★, Simulation 5.4%, Adventure 3.7%, Singleplayer 2%, Indie 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides an incredibly deep sandbox experience where you manage a sect and influence the martial arts world through complex systems.

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 61.4% ★, Base Building 26.7%, Combat 5.4%, Exploration 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the freedom of a Wuxia sandbox where you can build your own sect and interact with a living, breathing world.

《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 73.2% ★, Simulation 18.5%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 1%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on managing a martial arts clan, recruiting disciples, and exploring the Jianghu.

《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 44% ★, Simulation 28.7%, Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the simulation and management aspects of running a martial arts sect in a dynamic world.

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 75.2% ★, 2.5D 16.3%, Action RPG 3.8%, Adventure 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality Wuxia RPG that features tactical turn-based combat and a rich, story-driven world.

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: Action RPG 29.2%, Action-Adventure 23.1%, Simulation 14.7%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at blending cultivation progression with open-world exploration and tactical combat mechanics.

（“Steam成就”现已推出，当前已更新15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 70% ★, Combat 7.6%, Action 5.5%, Adventure 5.2%, Exploration 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: An ambitious open-world Wuxia RPG that emphasizes freedom and tactical combat encounters.

《武林志》是一款由蜗牛游戏旗下独立游戏团队“江湖工作室”所开发的一款PC角色扮演类单机武侠游戏。采用了蜗牛自研3D引擎Flexi制作。玩家将可以在大明武林中随心所欲的成长、探索。

Why similar: Martial Arts 85.8% ★, Simulation 6.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the life of a martial artist with significant RPG elements and strategic decision-making.

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 45.6% ★, Base Building 28.1%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Simulation 5.6%, Adventure 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the base-building and resource management aspects of establishing a martial arts sect.

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 88.4% ★, Simulation 5.2%, Adventure 4%, Singleplayer 1.9%, Indie 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox RPG captures the classic Wuxia spirit with deep character progression and meaningful player choices.

Make a name for yourself in this old-school Wuxia RPG. Explore the chaotic lands of ancient China and engage in challenging turn-based battles to change the world of kungfu forever.

Why similar: Martial Arts 63.9% ★, Historical 23.6%, Adventure 5.4%, Exploration 3.9%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements to simulate the life of a martial artist.

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 67.1% ★, Action RPG 15.4%, Action 5.8%, Adventure 4.8%, Exploration 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an immersive open-world experience with a strong focus on sandbox martial arts progression.

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 52.4% ★, Action RPG 17.5%, Top-Down 13.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines open-world exploration with clan-based strategy and real-time combat in a unique fantasy setting.

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 63.9% ★, Action RPG 16.8%, Historical 12.7%, Exploration 3.4%, 3D 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A refined Wuxia RPG that offers excellent combat mechanics and a compelling narrative-driven experience.

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 48.7% ★, Base Building 27.9%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Simulation 6.2%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a colony-sim experience set in a Wuxia world, focusing on base-building and survival.

"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: Historical 29.5%, Action RPG 22.6%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Top-Down 14.2%, Simulation 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused simulation that emphasizes the management of forces and tactical warfare.

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: Martial Arts 89.6% ★, Simulation 4.9%, Adventure 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational Wuxia RPG that offers deep strategy and multiple paths for character development.

Set on the eve of the Yellow Turban Rebellion (AD 182), you can play as an original character or a historical warlord, building forces and forging alliances. Whether you choose to be a lone wanderer or rally famous generals, use your knowledge and wisdom to reshape history!

Why similar: Historical 36.5%, Dungeon Crawler 21.7%, Top-Down 17%, Simulation 9.3%, Combat 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends strategy and tactical combat within a historical setting that mirrors the intensity of Wuxia conflicts.

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 60.7% ★, Simulation 31.9%, Singleplayer 5.2%, Indie 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy simulation game that focuses on the long-term management and legacy of a cultivation family.

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: Base Building 42.5%, Historical 34.5%, Simulation 11.1%, Exploration 4.8%, Adventure 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the political and management aspects of maintaining a family or clan legacy.

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: Real Time Tactics 47%, Base Building 29.6%, Top-Down 15.4%, Exploration 6%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game that incorporates building and management elements suitable for fans of clan-based games.

《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 81.9% ★, Simulation 16%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Indie 0.5%

Welcome to Han Xiongnu Wars. A stand-along game and synergy of historical Far East and multiple features in role-playing, real-time strategy and action gameplay. This game brings you to the eventful years of the early Han Dynasty, and faithfully presents the ancient eastern culture with many objects and scenes faithfully reconstructed...

Why similar: Historical 42.8%, Action RPG 19.9%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Action 9.8%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A historical strategy RPG that offers deep combat and management systems in an ancient Chinese context.

Triumph over the land, take charge of the fate of China! Conquer territories and fly your colors!

Why similar: Historical 51.9%, Immersive Sim 28.5%, Simulation 13.2%, 3D 5%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, turn-based strategic experience focused on managing territories and leaders.

This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.

Why similar: Historical 43.2%, Real Time Tactics 33.4%, Top-Down 11.5%, Exploration 5.9%, 3D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy title that captures the scale of historical conflict and clan management.

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 62.2% ★, Simulation 24.9%, Adventure 7%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Indie 2.8%

这是一款策略类运镖类游戏，采用战旗战斗模式， 运送镖物、买卖特产、建设镖局、传递信件、触发事件、触发战斗、探索世界、接取悬榜、打听传闻、交好山庄、门派学艺。 您发展镖局的方式将决定您的终局。您可以通过自己的探索结局。

Why similar: Martial Arts 56.6% ★, Base Building 17.2%, 2.5D 15.3%, Simulation 6.2%, Combat 3.1%

經典武俠經營策略遊戲《天下霸圖》，結合門派經營、弟子養成及戰略元素，玩家可扮演武當、峨嵋、丐幫、魔教…等12種各具特色及獨門武學的掌門人，招收弟子因材施教、採集資源煉丹練功、擴大地盤設立分舵，不論是消滅其它門派一統江湖，或以聲望讓各派歸順，都能享受成為一代武林霸主的快感！

Why similar: Martial Arts 48.9% ★, Base Building 28%, Historical 14.8%, Simulation 7.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%

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 56.2% ★, Historical 24.4%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Exploration 4%, 3D 2.5%

《小小侠客模拟器》是一款以古代武侠世界为背景的 Roguelike 回合制策略游戏。玩家将通过上百种武学招式和计略构筑独特流派，应对上百个随机事件和多种敌人的挑战。游戏注重策略性和多样性，每次冒险都将为您带来不同的体验。

Why similar: Martial Arts 88.9% ★, Simulation 11.1%

《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 90.7% ★, Simulation 5%, Exploration 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Indie 0.5%

Hey,you! This is not a place where the Beggar's can come in and beg for help! Without 100k silver coins, never think you can use our "Jianghu Inn" sign. what? Surprisingly, we managed to get together! Do you really want to give it a try?

Why similar: Martial Arts 33.1% ★, Base Building 19%, 2.5D 14%, Historical 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?

Why similar: Historical 32.5%, Base Building 30.5%, Real Time Tactics 28.1%, Simulation 9%

《万象群侠传》是一款轻量型的PC单机武侠角色扮演小游戏。我们构建了一个轻松纯粹的武侠江湖。在这里，你可以邂逅红颜知己，结交各路英侠，修炼各家武学，踏上一段段充满奇遇的江湖之旅。

Why similar: Martial Arts 89.9% ★, Adventure 8%, Singleplayer 1.4%, Indie 0.6%

Are you ready to become a legendary martial arts master? Build your own school, train your students, and battle rival schools to become the strongest. Join tournaments, raise your grasshoppers, and most importantly, collect tuition from your students!

Why similar: Martial Arts 45.5% ★, Historical 19.8%, Action RPG 12.1%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Simulation 4.7%

The game balances team-fighting, with up to five heroes per team, and the use of various skills and abilities. The player is challenged by many enemies in more than 100 unique scenes accurately depicting the society and architecture of the Qin dynasty.

Why similar: Historical 26.1%, 2.5D 24%, Action RPG 17.3%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Action 7.2%

As a Chinese RPG game, our story happened in a land called Ground Hong where you can experience wars between two kingdoms, make your friends and uncover a dust-laden history.

Why similar: Martial Arts 57.3% ★, Base Building 24.5%, Top-Down 11.2%, Adventure 2.6%, 3D 2.5%

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: Martial Arts 96.4% ★, Simulation 2.4%, Indie 1.2%

这是一款砍杀刷宝类的ARPG游戏，我们将修仙成长体系和刷宝游戏进行有机融合，多样的装备体系，构建专属于您的修仙刷宝bd，喜欢刷宝类游戏的玩家不容错过

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 33.4%, Action RPG 26.8%, Action-Adventure 18.5%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 4.8%

Cultivation Story: Reincarnation is a top-down pixel art style action roguelike based on cultivation and Chinese mythology.

Why similar: Martial Arts 44.4% ★, Top-Down 24%, Action 16%, Adventure 6.1%, Combat 5.9%

"The Wind Road" is an ARPG real-time combat game, constructing a martial-arts world based on the ancient Silk Road under the background of a fictional era.

Why similar: Martial Arts 68.1% ★, Action 16.5%, Adventure 11.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%, Indie 1.4%

"Soul Academy" is an academy simulator with automatic battle MOBA. You will manage a shabby soul academy, recruiting and training students. Your ultimate goal is to challenge various academies across the continent and reach the top.

Why similar: Base Building 74.3%, Simulation 17.7%, Singleplayer 4.9%, 3D 3.1%

The story opens with a family massacre, telling the chaotic Wuxia world under the darkness, you will play a warrior, out of the family door, set foot on the heroic river lake road of chivalrousness, to save the Central plains of the wind and rain.

Why similar: Martial Arts 32.8% ★, Action RPG 19.7%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Action 14.2%, Adventure 12.3%

Plan, build, and unwind in medieval China. Lead villagers, fine-tune production, and craft iconic Chinese landmarks brick by brick. Roam passes, deserts, and river valleys; farm, cook, and decorate. Master new crafts, earn imperial favor, and turn smart design into lasting legacy.

Why similar: Historical 34.6%, Base Building 23.6%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Action 5.8%

"AdventureAwaitsⅠ" is a game that combines the jianghu, martial arts, collection, cultivation and war chess. You can experience the adventures and anecdotes in the Jianghu.

Why similar: Martial Arts 47.4% ★, Historical 21.7%, Action RPG 21.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%, 3D 2.7%

ARPG《武林志2》是一款由蜗牛游戏旗下独立游戏团队“江湖工作室”所开发的一款武侠沙盒ARPG游戏，为《武林志》的正统续作，使用最新自研引擎flexi3.0，画面效果大幅提升。游戏采用无缝大地图的探索机制，快意书写属于你的江湖。

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 29.1%, Martial Arts 19.4% ★, Action RPG 18%, Historical 14.5%, Action 9.2%

《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 71.7% ★, Simulation 12.9%, Adventure 6.7%, Exploration 5.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 41%, Dungeon Crawler 40.1%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 8.3%

Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!

Why similar: Base Building 43.9%, Real Time Tactics 31.6%, Simulation 11.3%, Action 6.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%

The Qi has awakened demons, they wreak havoc on our world. You traverse ancient realms with the aid of the "Kunlun Mirror," embarking on a journey of cultivation and acension to gods.

Why similar: Martial Arts 34% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.2%, Historical 14.2%, 2.5D 10.7%, Action-Adventure 8.2%

Search, fight, escape, flip your fate! In a Three Kingdoms world split across thirteen provinces, form a pact with the Dragon Maiden and explore war-torn fragments. Loot, battle, manage your gear—each run is a high-stakes gamble where your ending is yours to write.

Why similar: Martial Arts 40.8% ★, Historical 27.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Action 4.9%

仙途有尽道无尽，探索风格迥异又危险重重的世界，追寻传说中的不传之秘，打造专属至宝，从数百种灵法与神通中，构建属于自己的战斗流派。于此方世界吐纳天地灵气，探索多方世界，结识仙友道侣，请尽情体验修仙RPG游戏《道衍诀》。

Why similar: Action RPG 54.3%, Simulation 15%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Singleplayer 7.5%

The Battle of the Brides is lost, but your tale of rebellion and vengeance begins. From the ashes, forge your dominion. Claim settlements, command men, and rise in a kingdom torn by corruption and civil war.

Why similar: Base Building 32.3%, Historical 19.3%, Action RPG 13%, Conversation 8.8%, Combat 6.4%

ECHOES of YI: SAMSARA is a dark martial arts action game infused with traditional Chinese culture. Players embody the Sword Saint's first disciple, battling fierce enemies and unraveling the mystery beneath the Jianmu Tree. Will you face the challenges or go with the flow? The choice is yours.

Why similar: Martial Arts 54.8% ★, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Action RPG 9.3%, Combat 5.3%, Action 4.7%

Blackthorn Arena is a strategy/management sim with a real-time/turn based combat system, set in a world of mythical monsters and classic fantasy races. Play as the master of Blackthorn Arena, train your slaves into gladiators, forge them into your champions, and send them to fight for your glory!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 50.4%, Top-Down 18.1%, Simulation 13.2%, Combat 8.2%, Exploration 6.7%

"The ultimate depiction of the Three Kingdom. A heroic drama of a gathering of Legends. "With this as the concept behind Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13, we have compiled an experience that will immerse you even deeper into the world of the Three Kingdoms, with "human drama," seen through the interactions of the...

Why similar: Historical 51.7%, Immersive Sim 29.2%, Simulation 12.8%, 3D 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

The game world is set in a turbulent state and the mighty Tang-Man declines. The threats from the old enemies keep coming one after another.As a nobody, will you choose either to leave yourself out of it or to fight for Tang-Man's future and turning the tide? The journey of yours,is unpredictable.

Why similar: Martial Arts 92.4% ★, Adventure 2.4%, Action 2.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%, Indie 0.5%

正义不是这个江湖里唯一的选择。 面对绝世武学，是选择众叛亲离私吞功法，还是上交掌门蛰伏待发？ 身处险恶江湖，是胸怀正义弑魔证道，还是沦陷深渊为祸武林？ 更多门派、武学以及功能玩法，高自由度不做太多束缚。 历练、奇遇、双修、传承，从寂寂无名到一代盟主。 每过一代就会成为下一代的先祖，战斗时可以唤醒祖宗十八代加入战场。 解锁更多羁绊，获得先祖传承，与道侣子嗣一同并肩作战！

Why similar: Exploration 34.2%, Adventure 33%, Singleplayer 16.5%, Combat 8.6%, Indie 7.7%