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The Way

The Way

by NO.9 BALL LTD

Price $4.99
Avg Players 0
Released Jan 28, 2026
2D PlatformerCasualClickerCrafting
Offline progress
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The Way blends roguelike card selection with idle progression and character cultivation in a wuxia-inspired setting. You manage multiple characters who gain power through offline growth, craft and upgrade gear via a fusion system, and unlock new abilities through roguelike runs. It's best suited for players who enjoy both active dungeon-crawling moments and hands-off advancement wrapped in an aesthetically cohesive martial arts world.

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▲ Recommended 10 hrs
Cute little game with nice Wuxia aesthetic.

The only negatives I would have currently are:
1. The way you upgrade Gear -> "Sacrifice" where you feed 3 Items of the same type and quality to increase the rarity by one tier. This system is fine and many games use it BUT there are no shortkeys or anything for the Menu itself.
Let's say you have a Armor Item you want to upgrade and you start on the lowest Tier.
You add 3 Tier 1 Items (3x Mouse Click + Add). Click Sacrifice. You get 1 Tier 2 Item. This Item stays in the Sacrifice Slot (waiting for you to add 2 More Tier 2 Items)
Now if you want to create 2 more Tier 2 Items to fuse with the first one you have to take it out of the Sacrifice Slot first which currently only works with -> Right Clickt -> Remove.

This adds up really really quickly making it a bit tedious to upgrade to the max rarity for every slot.
Here it would be great to have an option to just "CTRL + CLICK" (for example) to quickly add or remove items.

2. The Shop gambling Lady only allows Wheel Spins for 100 coins each time.
Once you push a bit into the game you get thousands of those coins and it takes a while to spam them on the shop. You can also use them to refresh the normal shop but overall at some point it again feels just tedious so I kinda stopped spending them all together.
Either another coin sink would help here or an option to do 10x 100x pulls.

Also, "Big world, 5 different regions+1 endless challenge" is a bit of a stretch with how similar the Regions are. :)

Overall I'd say the game has a good foundation of what it wants to be and just needs a bit more polish & content but it's nice as is already if you like Idle games. Also, besides the Inventory management from time to time it is an actual Idler not like 75%+ of games in the "Idle" Game section on steam currently
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Latest updates

《The Way》First release online!

133 days ago
Hello everyone! Nice to meet you all!We are a group of post-00s, and this is our first game created by ourselves, as well as our first game released on the Steam platform.The current version is version 1.0, which includes its core gameplay: collecting materials - researching and unlocking - card forging. The core purpose is to verify whether this core gameplay is feasible and whether players approve of it. Therefore, we apologize for some flaws in the current version. Below is our internal update plan for the game, and of course, we will listen to the opinions of players to make better version updates:1: Big map, maps of different regions (deserts, snow capped mountains, wastelands, etc.), each with new monsters and materials, research and unlock more equipment.2: More types of weapons, including daggers (armor piercing), hammers (stun), gloves (critical strikes), staffs (ranged), and books (healing).3: New character, equipped with new passive skills, linked with weapon types or resource acquisition or AFK exploration.4: New cards, more equipment cards, build more gameplay in the Bullid genre5: The super martial system has currently designed three different forms of super martial artsOur current internal version iteration plan is as follows. Welcome to join the group for discussion and exchange!Welcome to follow our official account for the latest news and information:Bilibili: 牙关工作室的个人空间-牙关工作室个人主页-哔哩哔哩视频Tiktok: 牙关(独游开发ing欢迎义父们来了解一下的抖音 - 抖音Taptap: 寻道电脑/主机 - TapTapWe are broadcasting live in Tiktok! Welcome to the live streaming room to watch! 《寻道》制作人的抖音 - 抖音Finally, we need to honestly communicate the truth to every player. Due to our first game production and lack of revenue, we are facing financial issues. Our studio has been disbanded, and future version updates may require revenue before we can continue with recruitment programs and art. But don't panic, we will create more independent games with different gameplay in the form of Steam bundles and give them as f...

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