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Immortal Dao Idle

Immortal Dao Idle

by Hyro

★ 83%
Price N/A
Avg Players 185
Reviews 47
Released Q3 2026
2DAuto BattlerCharacter CustomizationChoices Matter
Prestige loop Offline progress
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Ascend through cultivation ranks by gathering Qi and breaking through spiritual boundaries in this xianxia-themed idle game. Automate your character's progression while managing realm advancement and rival challenges, with periodic bursts of active play to accelerate growth. Best suited for fans of Asian cultivation fiction who enjoy watching numbers climb alongside incremental character power-ups.

About this game

Players, last 69 days

Peak 223 · Low 0

Daily peak concurrent players, sampled once a night from Steam.

What players are saying

▲ Recommended 3 hrs
A surprisingly fun little cultivation game!

I played the demo before the full release, but honestly, coming back to the full version feels almost like playing as a completely new player again 😂 There are still so many things for me to learn and discover.

I really enjoy the cultivation, exploration, crafting, and progression systems. The game gives me a lot of freedom to develop my character in my own way, which is exactly what I was looking for in an idle cultivation game.

I also really like the idea of being able to develop different paths and professions instead of simply following one fixed progression route. It makes the world feel more like an actual cultivation journey.

The developers have also been very friendly and helpful whenever I had questions, which makes the experience even better. ❤️

I’m still learning a lot about the game, so I can’t judge every system yet, but after playing both the demo and the full release, I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how this game develops.

Time to start cultivating properly! 🗿⚔️🐯
I came for an idle cultivation game, stayed because somehow I’m now emotionally attached to my demonic tiger.
2 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 1 hrs
If you are looking for a cultivation game that respects your time, your wallet, and your intelligence, Immortal Dao Idle is an absolute must-play. Having spent roughly 1,500 hours in the playtest alone, I can confidently say the sheer amount of content you get for the price is an incredible deal.
The Gameplay Loop & Progression
The biggest strength of this game is that you can progress entirely at your own pace:
  • The Quick Approach: Perfect if you want fast dopamine hits and rapid advancement.
  • The Slow Burn: Highly rewarding if you prefer to take your time, carefully building up a deep foundation for long-lasting satisfaction.


The systems are incredibly well-designed. While most mechanics are straightforward and easy to pick up, there is enough depth and complexity in the later stages to keep veteran cultivators engaged and theorycrafting.
Dev Support & Community
The developer is incredibly social, active in the community, and an genuinely nice person. If a bug pops up or balance needs tweaking, they are incredibly quick with the fixes. Furthermore, the community itself is one of the most welcoming and engaging spaces I’ve encountered in the genre.
Monetization & Visuals
  • Zero P2W or FOMO: There are no pay-to-win mechanics or time-gated fear-of-missing-out tactics. Anything you can buy is strictly cosmetic.
  • Positive AI Art: The game utilizes AI for its art assets in a genuinely positive, tasteful way that elevates the overall aesthetic and fits the cultivation theme beautifully.


Final Verdict
There is a lot more I could say but I will leave you with this:
Whether you are a casual player looking for an idle game to run in the background or a hardcore cultivation fan looking for your next deep obsession, this game delivers. It is a fantastic value for the price. Highly recommended.

2 found helpful Steam ↗
▲ Recommended 3 hrs
So far a fun idle game. It seems that you have the opportunity to play slowly in order to maximize cultivation benefits or to be quick to get immediate boosts. I'm having fun so far! It could have better documentation available, but I'm sure the community will eventually make some guides.
2 found helpful Steam ↗

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Latest updates

Version 1.2.2

1 day ago
Abode and crafting quality of life: the Storehouse feeds your queue, ∞ on the craft popup and a hint in every room. Plus Qi Control on max Qi again, a free respec, and Polish & Thai. 🌟 Highlights 🏡 Abode & crafting — + Queue takes from your Storehouse, ∞ on the craft popup, a hint in every room, and the Soul Garden in Dailies 💧 Qi Control — multiplies your max Qi again, plus one free Dao Insight respec at the Reincarnation Altar 🌐 Polish & Thai — two new languages, chat auto-translate included 💬 Whispers — kept after you close the game, with a Whisper list of every conversation ⌨️ Keyboard — AZERTY movement, and hotkeys saved per character 🎨 Aura recolors & ink black — any painted aura in any effect color, free, and black as a 19th effect color 🆕 18 new · 🔄 18 changes · 🛠️ 30 fixes — 66 notes across 7 systems 🏡 Abode & Crafting 🆕 New — + Queue offers Take from Storehouse in your Abode's city. 🆕 New — The craft popup has the ∞ switch too: Craft (∞). 🆕 New — Crafted cultivation pills can go to the Supply Depot, in their own Cultivation pills tab. The craft popup's donate switch takes them too. 🆕 New — Each Abode room has a How this room works hint: Herb Garden reagents, how Stable pets grow, and helpers working while you are offline. 🆕 New — The wiki has a new The Abode section, and the Reincarnation Altar says your Abode and Storehouse survive. 🆕 New — Dailies: a Soul Garden column with plots ready, plots empty and the next crop. 🔄 Change — Supply Depot: crafted items pay City Contribution by the materials their craft used. 🔄 Change — A craft can't start while a plan runs. Stop the plan to craft. 🔄 Change — T1 Refinement Dust is now named Refinement Dust (T1). 🔄 Change — The Abode's pet XP bar is gone. Pets grow from reagents and breakthroughs. 🔄 Change — Reincarnation Altar: "Crafting Levels (gained)" now reads "Crafting Levels (held)", which is what it counts. 🛠️ Fix — An endless (∞) queue no longer stops early while you are away. 🛠️ Fix — Take from Storehouse refr...

Version 1.2.1

3 days ago
Outfits you switch in one click, bulk storing and crafting from your Abode, tower climbs that keep going while you're away, plus plan and auto-explore fixes. 🌟 Highlights 👘 Outfits — save up to 5 gear sets per character and switch in one click, or from a plan 🏯 Storehouse tools — store many items at once, choose amounts, and craft from what you keep there 🗼 Tower — auto-climb keeps going when you switch character or close the game 📜 Founded Techniques — a new Legacy gallery of every technique players have founded 🔥 Forge donations — send what you forge straight to the city's Supply Depot 🆕 17 new · 🔄 11 changes · 🛠️ 52 fixes — 80 notes across 9 systems 👘 Gear & Outfits 🆕 New — Outfits on Dao Artifacts: save up to 5 sets of equipment, tools, beast souls and relics per character, and wear one in a click. Outfits survive reincarnation. 🆕 New — A Change outfit plan step. 🏯 The Abode 🆕 New — Storehouse: choose how many to store or take out, instead of the whole stack. 🆕 New — Storehouse: Store matching stores every stack you already keep there, Pick several stores many at once, and Put in more tops up a stored stack even when every slot is full. 🆕 New — Crafting: Take from Storehouse moves a batch's missing materials from your Storehouse into your bag, in your Abode's city. 🆕 New — Abode on the left rail, and a Travel there button when you are in a city of the same tier. 🆕 New — A commissioned Abode estate is announced to everyone with a Divine Decree when it goes live. 🔄 Change — The Apprentice Workshop's recipe picker is its own window, with search and Can make now. Change recipe opens on the list you last used. 🛠️ Fix — Storing a material your running craft batch uses no longer fails with "Insufficient quantity". 🛠️ Fix — The Hall of Renown's pick list no longer jumps back to the top every second. 🛠️ Fix — Apprentices now work at the right level at every master level (a level-90 master gives 63). ⚙️ Automation & Plans 🆕 New — Xuantian Tower auto-climb keeps going when...

Version 1.2

6 days ago
A major update: your own Abode in every city tier, the Phoenix Roost Festival, 21 new effects and a weekly Favorites vote, plus new plan steps, boss timers and market tools. 🌟 Highlights 🏯 The Abode — a home in one city of every tier, shared by all your cultivators, with seven rooms that work for you 🔥 Phoenix Roost Festival — 30 days of estates, frames, titles and Abode helpers in the Blessing Shop ✨ 21 new effects — secret art effects, Heavenly Tribulation auras, pill flourishes, strikes and shots 🗳️ Weekly Favorites vote — pick the Beast and Avatar of the Week; the winners earn a permanent title 💬 Chat — chibi stickers and name auras ⚙️ Plans — explore by region, repeat a plan until a heavenstage, buy training time from the editor 🆕 77 new · 🔄 28 changes · 🛠️ 51 fixes — 156 notes across 12 systems 🏯 The Abode 🆕 New — Build an Abode at the City Lord's Mansion in one city of each tier, paid in that city's City Contribution. The city you pick is permanent. 🆕 New — Your Abode belongs to your account: every cultivator on it shares the rooms. Only the cultivator who built it can spend City Contribution on it. 🆕 New — Storehouse: extra storage for all your cultivators that survives reincarnation. Bound items can't go in. An Abode holds items up to its own tier. 🆕 New — Herb Garden: up to 16 plots, each growing a Dao fruit a day from reagents in your Storehouse. 🆕 New — Apprentice Workshop: apprentices learn a recipe from one of your cultivators and craft it for you. 🆕 New — Scripture Pavilion: scribes copy the jade slips and recipe manuals you lend. Each copy teaches one of your cultivators. 🆕 New — Spirit Vein Mine: miners dig the city's spirit stones every day. 🆕 New — Beast Stable: pass beasts between your cultivators, or send them on 8-hour hunts for monster cores. 🆕 New — Hall of Renown: display stands for your gear and beasts that every visitor sees. 🆕 New — Upgrade each room for more workers, plots, stalls or stands. Each Mine and Stable upgrade also yields 10% m...

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