Games like Cangyan Xianlu
If Cangyan Xianlu is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wuwei Cultivation, Path of the idle cultivator and Pierce Through Heavens — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Cangyan Xianlu: An ink-washed scroll of cultivation unfolds. Begin as a mortal with only 80 years to live. Gather, battle, and meditate in seclusion to temper your body, sharpen your spirit, and grasp the laws of heaven and earth. Master techniques, plan your tactics, and forge your own path to immortality.
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Wuwei Cultivation
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Top pick for Cangyan Xianlu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cangyan Xianlu.
A minimalist idle cultivation RPG. Train through nine realms, explore wilds and forbidden lands, defeat bosses for breakthrough pills, master eight disciplines, collect gear, and reincarnate to improve your aptitudes. Features auto-battles, offline progress, and local saves.
Path of the idle cultivator
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Second-strongest match for Cangyan Xianlu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cangyan Xianlu.
An idle xianxia game about clawing your way from a nobody to a god. Sit, absorb Qi, break through realms, die - and come back stronger. Every death unlocks new paths, races, and systems. Defy the heavens one life at a time... then conquer galaxies, universes and... more?
Pierce Through Heavens
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Third-strongest match for Cangyan Xianlu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cangyan Xianlu.
Pierce Through Heavens is an open-world multiplayer RPG inspired by Chinese mythology and xianxia literature. Gather rare resources, craft potent elixirs, and cultivate ancient martial arts to survive the continent’s many dangers and rise as an immortal.
Thousand Floors
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Ranked #4 for Cangyan Xianlu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Cangyan Xianlu.
Tower Climbers carry amber light; allies follow through misty pagodas in an endless Eastern tower. Thousands Floors blends side-view pixel art with hands-off combat—summon, upgrade, and let them climb. Grow via allies, floor lockdown, and relics.
Cultivation Tower
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Ranked #5 for Cangyan Xianlu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cangyan Xianlu.
Cultivation Tower is a 2D xianxia idle incremental auto-battler. Summon projections and cultivation allies, invest Spirit Stones in upgrades and Methods, collect Treasures that persist through rebirth, and climb toward higher realms and tougher floors.
Drop Rate
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Ranked #6 for Cangyan Xianlu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cangyan Xianlu.
A short incremental game about hunting monsters for rare loot by upgrading a resurrecting horde of unpaid interns. Warp the odds. Earn eternal retirement. All with zero labor cost.
Idle DeepMiner
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Ranked #7 for Cangyan Xianlu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Cangyan Xianlu.
You control a living pickaxe capable of tearing through the world on its way to the core. Launch it downward, upgrade and modify it, and watch as a simple descent turns into a chaotic spectacle of explosions, lightning, and combos.
AlchemyOClock
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Ranked #8 for Cangyan Xianlu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Cangyan Xianlu.
A cultivation incremental game where alchemy is the key to survival. Recruit minions, manage your alchemy room, seek elixirs to extend your lifespan, and reincarnate when your time runs out. Reincarnate again and again on your path to immortality.
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Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cangyan Xianlu.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cangyan Xianlu.
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The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cangyan Xianlu.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cangyan Xianlu.
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.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cangyan Xianlu.
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Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cangyan Xianlu.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Cangyan Xianlu.
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.
Virtual Cottage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cangyan Xianlu.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Frequently asked about Cangyan Xianlu
- What games are most similar to Cangyan Xianlu?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cangyan Xianlu are Wuwei Cultivation, Path of the idle cultivator, Pierce Through Heavens.
- Who developed Cangyan Xianlu?
- Cangyan Xianlu was developed by 云籽工作室.
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