Single-player games like xiuzhen idle
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to xiuzhen idle, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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无休仙途
Single-player alternative to xiuzhen idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with xiuzhen idle.
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.
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Idling to Rule the Gods
Single-player alternative to xiuzhen idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with xiuzhen idle.
Idling to Rule the Gods is a free to play Idle-Game with a lot of content and some Minigames. Depending on your play-style, you can play it fast or slow. Either way it can be fun for hundreds of hours!
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Increlution
Single-player alternative to xiuzhen idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with xiuzhen idle.
Survive the ever increasing pressure of time for as long as you can! A minimalistic incremental game about time management that takes inspiration from roguelite games, with a focus on meta-progression. Every generation has a better chance at survival, because previous lives influence its instincts
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Multiverse Loot Hunter
Single-player alternative to xiuzhen idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with xiuzhen idle.
This is a brush treasure adventure game across the heavens. The protagonist awakens his powers and freely passes through different planes such as Xiuxian, history, Wuxia, magic, and future. Collect equipment, spirits, characters and cheats distributed across all planes through battle.
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Idle Cultivation
Single-player alternative to xiuzhen idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with xiuzhen idle.
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.
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Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Single-player alternative to xiuzhen idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Magic Research 2
Single-player alternative to xiuzhen idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with xiuzhen idle.
Welcome to Magic Research 2, an incremental RPG from the creator of Magic Research. Learn countless spells, face powerful foes, and command a team of Wizards who can cast spells for you as you journey to find or create the Philosopher's Stone.
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Ascension
Single-player alternative to xiuzhen idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with xiuzhen idle.
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.
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鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
Single-player alternative to xiuzhen idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with xiuzhen idle.
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.