Released Aug 12, 2026 Early Access $5.99 Mostly Positive Not counted on Steam profiles yet

The Long Way Up

By Flytel

RogueliteXianxiaText-Based Mythology Procedural Generation Story Rich Singleplayer RPG Early AccessFantasyAtmosphericChoose Your Own Adventure

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The Long Way Up is a game tagged Roguelite, Xianxia and Text-Based by Flytel, released Aug 12, 2026. It has 15 Steam reviews (Mostly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Drellnathor, 修真从轮回开始 and Path of Cultivation.

A text-forward cultivation roguelite. Climb a tower of one thousand floors that never repeats the same climb for every new soul. Falling is tuition: keep your realm, lose your altitude, and climb again with Moye, a sword spirit who remembers every fall you take.

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Drellnathor 65% match · Roguelite, Procedural Generation, Singleplayer
修真从轮回开始 61% match · Roguelite, Xianxia, Text-Based
Path of Cultivation 57% match · Roguelite, Xianxia, Mythology
Adventure Reznara 56% match · Roguelite, Text-Based, Story Rich
ODYSSEY: Wine-Dark Sea 54% match · Roguelite, Mythology, Story Rich
Immortal Loop: Doom Cycle 53% match · Roguelite, Xianxia, Story Rich
江湖宝鉴 51% match · Roguelite, Text-Based, Story Rich
Ascent Of Eternity 51% match · Roguelite, Mythology, Procedural Generation
Kazfall 51% match · Roguelite, Procedural Generation, Singleplayer
Belief: A God's Burden 50% match · Roguelite, Procedural Generation, Story Rich

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Everything Steam lists for The Long Way Up · record updated 23 hours ago

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Overview

App ID4970290

Release dateAug 12, 2026

Last change number40219800

Last record update23 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Flytel
Publisher: Flytel
Steam profile: Not counted yet: Steam is still getting to know this game, so it doesn't add to game counts or achievement totals · checked 17 hours ago

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes		Yes

Windows macOS 64-bit

Steam Deck: Unknown

Single-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$5.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$5.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked19 hours agoin 41 regions

Russia₽RUB

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
25737408	public	Oct 5, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
1724693	The Long Way Up	1	$5.99

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
4970291	—	Windows	547.4 MB	312.6 MB	7060865886836182707
4970292	—	macOS	680.2 MB	372.3 MB	7411056701188465538

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25737408	Oct 5, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/The Long Way Up

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
The Long Way Up.exe		Windows · 64-bit
The Long Way Up.app		macOS

Space per player95.4 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations2

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataRoaming	The Long Way Up/saves	save.json	Windows
MacAppSupport	The Long Way Up/saves	save.json	MacOS

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The Long Way Up

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Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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