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Games like The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream

If The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream is your kind of game, the closest matches are 朕不想死!, The Train Arrives at 10 PM and Fantastic Chivalry·Interwoven fates — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream: “The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream” is a choice-driven visual novel. Some old peculiar research notes, inadvertently unlocked a gateway through time and space. What is illusion? What is reality? Make your choice and unlock exclusive endings. But there is only one truth!

2027IndieAdventureRPGCasualWindowsby Dicheng Cultural Media
The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream — Steam game cover

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  1. 朕不想死!

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    Late Ming collapse—you carry a ruler’s secret in a world of blades and famine. Card combat drives battles and plot branches; AI persuasion challenges key figures, and skill cards help you win. Minigames change what comes next. Raise attributes and destiny, explore for events, items.

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  2. The Train Arrives at 10 PM

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    A psychological visual novel about grief, memory, and time loops shaped by player choice. Experience a story driven by atmosphere and emotion, where each decision reveals hidden truths and leads toward one of several possible endings.

    AdventureRPGCasualSteam ↗
  3. Fantastic Chivalry·Interwoven fates

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    Do you like adventure in the world of Xianxia? ——I'd rather be stigmata and want to see you again, even if this is a farewell. And if the sad ending can be rewritten, would you like to start again——Go all over the world to find the "stone driving miracles" rewrite the ending of the story.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  4. Cliffhanger: Challenger of Tomorrow

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action!

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  5. The Play's the Thing

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    Win fame as a playwright before dark forces bring the curtain down for good! In a city stalked by a deadly curse, how will the power of your pen change the world?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Road to Empress I

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation8.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. 蜀汉再临:源起 Restart ShuHan Dynasty:Origin

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    In the first Three Kingdoms-themed interactive movie game ‘Restart ShuHan Dynasty:Origin’, you take a role of an unlucky worker who time-travels to the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Faced with intricate storylines and the merciless twists of fate, you will personally experience a unique tale.

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  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 Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    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 Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    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 Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    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 Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    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 with The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Casual with The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream

What games are most similar to The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream are 朕不想死!, The Train Arrives at 10 PM, Fantastic Chivalry·Interwoven fates.
Who developed The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream?
The Xu Jing Chronicle: Illusory Dream was developed by Dicheng Cultural Media.

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