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Games like The Eastern Sacrifice

If The Eastern Sacrifice is your kind of game, the closest matches are xiuzhen idle, Mining Copper and Lone Hero Path — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bleak, dark and mysterious. 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 Eastern Sacrifice: “The Eastern Sacrifice” is an idle game combining simulation with Eastern Cthulhu-inspired themes. In a world spiraling into chaos over authority, vanquish enemy, gather treasures, and build a devoted religion. Your sanctuary will help you reclaim theurgy, ascend to the divine realm.

2025StrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPGCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
The Eastern Sacrifice — Steam game cover
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12 ascension cycles to completeArt style and setting evoke a distinct lovecraftian xianxia fusionAttractive art style and atmosphereBleakDarkMysterious

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Steam players who put hours into The Eastern Sacrifice 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. xiuzhen idle

    WHY THIS

    Shares sect management with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    Top pick for The Eastern Sacrifice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    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)

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mining Copper

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Eastern Sacrifice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    Collect copper ore and pass through various smelting equipment to produce copper plates.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Lone Hero Path

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Eastern Sacrifice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    You can hang up and fight monsters, brush equipment, match skills, and break through characters. Features: Comes with a mod editor that allows you to create your own game.

    2024IndieRPGCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 闲置神话

    WHY THIS

    Shares grind based progression, auto battle and grindy with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    Ranked #4 for The Eastern Sacrifice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    挂爆电费,休闲摸鱼,偷懒耍滑!现代修真为皮;刷宝养成为骨;擦边玩梗为神。宅度与中二度突破天际,在游戏库内随时出击杀掉那些无聊的时间。其将为放置游戏中最离谱的奇葩;其名为 闲 置 神 话 !

    2024StrategyIndieRPG2.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Idle Magic Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares grind based progression, auto battle and cultivation with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    Ranked #5 for The Eastern Sacrifice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    Team up to kill monsters and explode equipment. Through the program, thousands of people practice, make friends, and get married. You can also participate. You can become friends with her and learn magic together. Bring your dog to battle

    2023StrategyIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dragon Cliff

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Eastern Sacrifice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    Dragon Cliff is a Semi-Idle RPG game with deep and complex itemization/skill systems to support endless character builds. Players are to collect adventurers, kill monsters, advance talent trees, enchant/reforge equipment, discover scrolls and finally assemble the most powerful adventure team!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. HyperLeague Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Shares idle progression with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    Ranked #7 for The Eastern Sacrifice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    Assemble a team of warriors and delve into the endless dungeons of Utopia to face off against waves of enemies, collect loot, and compete online for high scores. Issue commands to your squad directly or sit back and watch them fight and explore on their own. Steam Workshop compatible.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 山上那个猴儿

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Eastern Sacrifice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    A Journey to the West idle game. As a young monkey, battle demons, cultivate power, forge weapons, learn magic, and hunt treasures. Simple yet deep. Play at your own pace.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Eastern Sacrifice at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Eastern Sacrifice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    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 ~50% under The Eastern Sacrifice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Eastern Sacrifice on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Eastern Sacrifice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Eastern Sacrifice.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under The Eastern Sacrifice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    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 ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Eastern Sacrifice on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Eastern Sacrifice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Eastern Sacrifice.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Eastern Sacrifice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 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. Shares Indie and Casual with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    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 Adventure with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    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 Indie and Adventure with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    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 ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Eastern Sacrifice.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    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 ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Eastern Sacrifice.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Eastern Sacrifice

Does The Eastern Sacrifice run on Steam Deck?
The Eastern Sacrifice 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 The Eastern Sacrifice cost?
The Eastern Sacrifice is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Eastern Sacrifice?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Eastern Sacrifice are xiuzhen idle, Mining Copper, Lone Hero Path.
Who developed The Eastern Sacrifice?
The Eastern Sacrifice was developed by 五条虾仁(5 shrimps).

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