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Games like Qilin

If Qilin is your kind of game, the closest matches are POKOR, Card Slay and Talespinner — 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 Qilin: An ordinary martial arts student stumbles upon divine Qilin weapons and begins his rise to greatness. Collect and combine blades, spears, swords, and axes, empower them with manuals, and deal massive damage. Use Qilin weapons wisely to turn the tide!

StrategyIndieRPGWindowsby Zyjoyland Games
Qilin — Steam game cover

Players who liked Qilin also play

Steam players who put hours into Qilin 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. POKOR

    WHY THIS

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

    POKOR is a story-driven roguelike tactical turn-based card RPG. Players take on the role of Heart, commanding a deck of playing card soldiers to engage in turn-based battles against enemies as they venture deeper into a vast, pale, and ever-changing palace to uncover the truth and the true self.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Card Slay

    WHY THIS

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

    The poker roguelike where the House fights back. Chase the flush, sweat the last discard, then slam it down and watch the damage hit: red suits strike, black suits shield. The monsters read your hand, call your ranks and cheat, so stack your ritual deck, out-cheat them, and slay your fate.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Talespinner

    WHY THIS

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

    Enter a captivating realm woven with the tapestry of Japanese mythology in Talespinner, a deck-building roguelike adventure. As the storyteller, you will guide your chosen hero through an ever-changing narrative shaped by your decisions and deck construction.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cubilete

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Qilin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Qilin.

    A dice roguelike where skill beats the roll. In Cubilete your deck is made of die faces: collect new ones, bend each roll your way, and stack poker combos that turn a rough start into a winning hand. Built on a traditional Spanish dice game.

    StrategySteam ↗
  5. Jupiter Moons: Mecha🦾

    WHY THIS

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

    Choose your mech, customize your loadout, and build your perfect deck. Experiment with cards to find powerful combinations as you enjoy the tactical combat and deckbuilding in this roguelike adventure!

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  6. Dream Team Supreme

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Qilin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Qilin.

    “Lock In” and put an end to the invasion in this co-op, kaiju boss-rush deckbuilder! Two heroic scientists must pilot the cartridge-powered robot Super Supreme and combine their distinct decks to create strategic combinations and defeat giant threats!

    StrategySteam ↗
  7. Riftweaver's Deck

    WHY THIS

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

    Riftweaver's Deck is a roguelite deckbuilding autobattler. Recruit heroes, better your equipment and skills. Travel through the rift portals to encounter powerful foes and friends. Be Victorious on your quest, and Vanquish the Dark Riftweaver and his morphlings!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Re:Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Re:Night is a strategy game that blends turn based tactics with roguelike deckbuilding. In each run, build your deck, plan your tactics, and experiment with countless 3-character team combinations. Journey to a mysterious town, break the endless cycle of night, and bring dawn back to the world.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG13.99 USDSteam ↗

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 with Qilin.

    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. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  6. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

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

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Samsara Room

    WHY THIS

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

    You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Qilin

What games are most similar to Qilin?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Qilin are POKOR, Card Slay, Talespinner.
Who developed Qilin?
Qilin was developed by Zyjoyland 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 Qilin.

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