Idle Cultivation

Released May 2025

Idle towards Immortality! Ascend the cultivation stages to become immortal. Battle experts, monsters and mythological beasts. Draw talismans, craft powerful equipment and powerful pills to assist you in combat.

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All announced content has been released

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $3.99

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Evaluation

Idle Cultivation launched on May 17, 2025 and received consistent major updates across its first year: Reincarnation Part 2 on September 30, 2025, the Sect Update on February 9, 2026, Sect Trading on March 26, 2026, and the Dao Companion system on May 15, 2026. On May 9, 2026, the developer announced that the Dao Companion update would be the final major content release for the game, citing the codebase's instability as the reason further large-scale expansion isn't feasible. On May 15, 2026, this was reaffirmed directly: "this was the last bigger update for Idle Cultivation. I will continue to fix bugs and some balancing issues. But now I will focus on other projects." Since then, the developer has been working on Idle Cultivation 2, posting a July 27, 2026 announcement describing early development progress and commissioning art for the sequel. The most recent post to the Idle Cultivation store page (July 23, 2026) is a bug fix patch, consistent with the developer's stated intention to maintain the game with fixes while no longer adding major content. No new content has been announced for the original game. The developer's position has been clear and consistent: Idle Cultivation's content development is complete.

Evidence

Dao Companion system launched as the final major content update for Idle Cultivation.

news post · May 15, 2026 source content shipped

high

Developer reaffirmed: 'this was the last bigger update for Idle Cultivation. I will continue to fix bugs and some balancing issues. But now I will focus on other projects.' Also mentioned planning for Idle Cultivation 2.

news post · May 15, 2026 source development ending

high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

Idle Cultivation - Support Pack

Feb 2026

Media

Details

Developer

Linmios

Publisher

Linmios

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Casual RPG Idler Colorful Indie Fantasy Combat Crafting Inventory Management PvE Xianxia Loot Mythology Wuxia

About this game

Idle Cultivation is an idle RPG inspired by Chinese mythology and games. Cultivate by absorbing spiritual energy through special techniques and break through to greater realms, growing stronger in your pursuit of immortality.

Fight against increasingly powerful beasts, monsters and experts to secure generous loot. Develop the myriad arts to support you on your journey to the top.

Cultivate, fight, loot, train, gather, craft, and develop your character in this idle journey.

Can you become an Immortal?

If immortality is not enough, reincarnate and unlock two major stages above, and become peerless. Spread your legacy and found your own sect.

Adventure

Adventure into locations and dungeons that contain powerful beasts, monsters and other experts to receive powerful loot.

Combat

Choose between 6 deadly types of weapon to defeat your enemies. Use the five elements, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, Wood, to deal extra damage to your foes. All elements are countered by another element and choosing the correct one can change the tide of the fight.

Skills

Level your skills to become peerless. There are 10 skills that you can level up from 1-100.

Cultivation : The main skill.

Mind, Body, Dao, and Array are assisting skills that will make cultivation, combat and other skills more efficient and powerful.

Alchemy, Forging, Talisman, Mining, and Gardening are crafting and gathering skills. These allow you to gather materials and create powerful items that will help you on your path to immortality.

There are also powerful cultivation manuals that will either help you in battle, or in your cultivation, that you can discover in dungeons.

Reincarnation

Reincarnate, starting journey from beginning and empowering your soul. Soul Power is used to unlock powerful new effects like, new Skill ceiling, new weapons, ability for multiple actions, new artifacts and more.