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Games like The Legend of Tianding

If The Legend of Tianding is your kind of game, the closest matches are Albacete Warrior, Whisper Trip and Cybernated — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its combat rewards skillful timing, atmospheric and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About The Legend of Tianding: The Legend of Tianding is a sidescrolling action game about Liao Tianding, the legendary Taiwanese Folk Hero. Explore the dazzling streets of Colonial Japanese Taiwan in the early 20th century.

2021ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 81Windows · macOSby Creative Games Computer Graphics Corporation, Neon Doctrine
The Legend of Tianding — Steam game cover
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Authentic taiwanese dialogue and musicCombat rewards skillful timingHand drawn comic style cutscenesAtmosphericContemplativeEpic

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Steam players who put hours into The Legend of Tianding also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Albacete Warrior

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Legend of Tianding fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    Albacete Warrior is a hysterical beat ‘em up where you will be cockslapping your way through Benito’s Bizarre Adventure, the spanish ninja, his pal Pepito, the chicken and his sensei… Paco. You can play alone or with a friend locally.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Whisper Trip

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Legend of Tianding fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Legend of Tianding.

    Whisper Trip is a fast-paced side-scrolling co-op action game with cyberpunk elements. You are a new employee of the TPF (Tactical Police Force), a unit dedicated to the prevention of terrorist activities and the destruction of criminal groups...

    2021ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Cybernated

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Legend of Tianding fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    Near future, state security special agent E-9 is sent on the most difficult operation of her career - to track down and eliminate the head of terrorist hackers, however, in the process it turns out that not everything is as simple as it seems... Hack&slash adventure game.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Spryward

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Legend of Tianding fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    2.5D comic book goodness wrapped into an ongoing superhero game! This double feature includes issues 1-4 of the sidescroller Spryward and Issue 1 of the open world Spryward & Slushy. Features hand drawn characters set in the Apastron shared universe.

    2022ActionAdventureEarly Access6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Fate/Samurai Remnant

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Tianding.

    Ranked #5 for The Legend of Tianding fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Legend of Tianding.

    “Your wish shall perish...” A Holy Grail War begins in Edo Japan. A brand new Fate action RPG presented by TYPE-MOON and KOEI TECMO GAMES.

    2023ActionRPG27.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Glaze Cup: Journey to the West

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Tianding.

    Ranked #6 for The Legend of Tianding fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    This is a side scrolling action Rougelike game set in the three realms of humans, demons, ghosts, and gods. It tells the story of Lao Sha and other characters from Journey to the West before they learn from the classics

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Last Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Tianding.

    Ranked #7 for The Legend of Tianding fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    The Japanese pirates have terrorized the Ming Dynasty for generations. You've devoted your life as a soldier to fighting them.And now you are in their turf, alone with your sword; the last soldier in pirate's land in this 3D-action game inspired by traditional Chinese ink painting landscapes.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure6.74 USDSteam ↗
  8. DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with The Legend of Tianding.

    Ranked #8 for The Legend of Tianding fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with The Legend of Tianding.

    Become immersed in exhilarating battles as a nameless hero in the Three Kingdoms

    2025ActionStrategyRPG48.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Legend of Tianding

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Tianding.

    Reviewers of The Legend of Tianding cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Shenmue III

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Legend of Tianding.

    Reviewers of The Legend of Tianding cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    Shenmue III sees the eagerly anticipated continuation of the epic story-driven saga. Take control of Ryo Hazuki, a teenage martial artist, determined to unravel the mystery behind his father's murder and to exact revenge on the killer.

    2020ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Metroidvania Maker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Legend of Tianding cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Legend of Tianding at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Legend of Tianding on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Legend of Tianding on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Legend of Tianding on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Legend of Tianding.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Legend of Tianding on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Legend of Tianding.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Legend of Tianding on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Legend of Tianding on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Legend of Tianding.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Legend of Tianding on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Legend of Tianding.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Legend of Tianding on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Legend of Tianding.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Legend of Tianding.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Legend of Tianding.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Legend of Tianding

Is The Legend of Tianding verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — The Legend of Tianding is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does The Legend of Tianding cost?
The Legend of Tianding is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Legend of Tianding?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Legend of Tianding are Albacete Warrior, Whisper Trip, Cybernated.
Who developed The Legend of Tianding?
The Legend of Tianding was developed by Creative Games Computer Graphics Corporation, Neon Doctrine and published by Neon Doctrine.

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