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Games like Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll

If Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll is your kind of game, the closest matches are HexaScape: Cyber Defense, Tiny Atolls and Sente — 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 Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll: Shape the world to your will in lush landscapes inspired by Chinese watercolors in this Zen hex-tile building game that blends puzzle and roguelite elements with beautiful Asian aesthetics. Befriend mystical creatures in your journey while you make the world come alive beneath your fingertips.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationCasual8.99 USDWindowsby Betobe Studio
Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll — Steam game cover

Players who liked Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll also play

Steam players who put hours into Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll 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. HexaScape: Cyber Defense

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    Build your perfect defenses with hexagons! Use hex tiles to explore cyberspace, upgrade your defense towers, and complete quests in this unique turn-based strategy game. With a campaign, a procedurally generated endless mode, and a powerful editor, HexaScape offers endless challenges.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Tiny Atolls

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    TINY ATOLLS is a minimalist building strategy game. Forge pathways across vibrant islands, unlock new tiles and complete quests to expand and change your world!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sente

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    Sente is a strategic board game where every player moves at the same time. Your victory isn't about acting first, it's about thinking ahead. Inspired by the clarity of Chess and Go, with a wholly original ruleset and support for 1–6 players.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. First Days of Atlantis

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    Quickly build beautiful cities on colorful islands in the ancient Mediterranean Sea. The perfect game to play and relax for half an hour.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Hexteria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    Hexteria is a casual Turn-Based Strategy and Puzzle game. The concept is simple: each turn you rotate one tile on the hexagonal board, in order to take over your opponents' tiles. Play against your friends or the AI, or challenge yourself with the Single Player Campaign!

    2021StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. TerraScape

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Hexa Puzzle Saga

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    A block hexa puzzle roguelike where you optimize hexagon puzzles by putting cities together and extending roads to help your kingdom endure. Daily leaderboards show off the greatest rulers.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Storm The Field

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    Among a Viking tribe, you wield rune-magic in a puzzle version of chess with abilities instead of pawns. Cast powerful abilities onto enemy forces in calculated patterns and clear the board over successive turns.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    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 ~44% under Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    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 ~44% under Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    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 ~44% under Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    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 ~44% under Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    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 ~67% under Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    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 ~44% under Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    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 ↗
  6. 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 Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    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 ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll

How much does Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll cost?
Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll are HexaScape: Cyber Defense, Tiny Atolls, Sente.
Who developed Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll?
Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll was developed by Betobe Studio and published by 2P 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 Qianli: The Vastscape Scroll.

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