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Games like Earthling's Undertaking

If Earthling's Undertaking is your kind of game, the closest matches are 蜀山幻剑录 Sword of Shushan, 封神榜2022 and 西游记2021 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging 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 Earthling's Undertaking: 《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。

2023StrategyIndieSimulationRPGCasual10.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Current Games
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Players who liked Earthling's Undertaking also play

Steam players who put hours into Earthling's Undertaking 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. 蜀山幻剑录 Sword of Shushan

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Top pick for Earthling's Undertaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Earthling's Undertaking.

    《Sword of Shushan》is a strategic war chess game based on the holy land of Shushan and the war between ancient demons. The player will play the role of Han Yunchuan, a disciple of Shushan, who will call on the friars of Wufeng and the elite of Taihao royal family to fight against the ancient demons.

    2020StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 封神榜2022

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Second-strongest match for Earthling's Undertaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Earthling's Undertaking.

    This game takes Nezha, Xiaolongnv, Yang Jian and Jiang Taigong as the protagonists. It tells the legendary story of the protagonists going to various places to adventure, and finally to Chaoge City to destroy the three demons and defeat King Zhou.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. 西游记2021

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Earthling's Undertaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Earthling's Undertaking.

    This game takes Sun Wukong, Tang monk, pig Bajie, sand monk and little white dragon as the protagonists. It tells the story of their journey to the west to learn scriptures, going through difficulties and dangers, subduing demons and subduing demons, and finally obtaining the Scriptures.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based tactical combat and an atmospheric mood with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Ranked #4 for Earthling's Undertaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Earthling's Undertaking.

    The dramatic RPG Fuga: Melodies of Steel series is now complete!

    2025StrategySimulationRPG39.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based tactical combat and an atmospheric mood with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Ranked #5 for Earthling's Undertaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Earthling's Undertaking.

    The sequel to the captivating tale of Fuga: Melodies of Steel has arrived! This turn-based RPG is back with a ramped up battle system for more strategy, as well as a brand new event system that gives you more thrilling choices to affect your experience!

    2023StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inkbound

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Ranked #6 for Earthling's Undertaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Earthling's Undertaking.

    A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Pathway

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Ranked #7 for Earthling's Undertaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Ranked #8 for Earthling's Undertaking fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Earthling's Undertaking at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Earthling's Undertaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Earthling's Undertaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Earthling's Undertaking.

    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 ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Earthling's Undertaking on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Earthling's Undertaking.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Earthling's Undertaking on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Earthling's Undertaking.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Earthling's Undertaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Earthling's Undertaking.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~91% under Earthling's Undertaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Earthling's Undertaking on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~73% under Earthling's Undertaking on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Earthling's Undertaking.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Earthling's Undertaking.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Earthling's Undertaking.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Earthling's Undertaking.

    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 ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Earthling's Undertaking.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Earthling's Undertaking.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Earthling's Undertaking

Does Earthling's Undertaking run on Steam Deck?
Earthling's Undertaking is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Earthling's Undertaking cost?
Earthling's Undertaking is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Earthling's Undertaking?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Earthling's Undertaking are 蜀山幻剑录 Sword of Shushan, 封神榜2022, 西游记2021.
Who developed Earthling's Undertaking?
Earthling's Undertaking was developed by Current Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Earthling's Undertaking.

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