Novels like Steel, Steam, and Fire
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Steel, Steam, and Fire, best match first.
- 1 A Thousand Years of Darkness 黑暗千年 Ever since the ancestors kindled the first flame on the primordial plains, the war between order and chaos has raged for three thousand years. In the first millennium, the glory forged by the ancestors had already begun to fade. In the second, even the splendor of kings was lost. And in the third millennium... The world lost its light. In a nutshell: This is the story of a boy pursuing the truth and, along the way, saving (or destroying) the world. 0Votes5.2kRecs9.8kFans
- 2 I Am a Model Worker in the Empire 我在帝国当劳模 Irreverent: Lin Ge is the Empire's best employee. His coworkers don't see it that way, though. "Waaah, stop overworking yourselves! Keep this up and we'll all be dead!" Serious: Chaos is the style of this place. Darkness is the color of this world. We cleanse the world's splendor with filthy blood. We fight for a better tomorrow! P.S. The original title was Eternal Curse, but that name was already taken. I'm at a loss. 0Votes14.9kRecs47.3kFans
- 3 My Name Is Buck 我叫巴克 My name is Buck Lee. Thanks to my hard work, there hasn't been a single murder in my precinct for five years. 0Votes45.7kRecs74.9kFans
- 4 The Unorthodox Sword Immortal of the Steam Age 蒸汽时代的旁门剑仙 In the western wilderness, cowboys, bandits, and sheriffs form a food chain! In the cities and countryside, werewolves, vampires, and strange monsters lurk in the shadows. This is a supernatural practitioner's journey through the West. In the emerging federal city of Goldsand Harbor, the power of capital clashes with the authority of the nobility. Hidden forces are brewing in the darkness, and it all begins with the rebirth of a cultivation enthusiast. Slow burn! Not a wish-fulfillment novel! Fa 0Votes93.3kRecs82.2kFans
- 5 The Arcane Century 奥术世纪 The brilliant age of divinity has passed, and the glory of the gods is growing dim. Yet in this bleak age, the scattered points of light belonging to humanity are shining ever more brilliantly, and a power truly belonging to humankind is developing and growing stronger. But how could the gods be willing to decline? Unwilling to fade, the gods begin using the power in their hands to set the wheels of war in motion. They wish to keep divine authority ruling the world, let darkness continue to shro 0Votes13.7kRecs17.8kFans
- 6 My Clones Beyond the Stars 我的分身在星空彼岸 What people call the Heavenly Way is no more than the protective shell of a life-bearing planet in the vast universe. To split open the heavens isn't to destroy them, but to break the barrier between a planet and the universe, or rather... to make the heavens bigger. A wandering merchant in troubled times, unable to control his own body or fate, he nevertheless learns things from his incarnation beyond the starry sky that even the great powers of this world don't know. But so what? The universe 0Votes57.7kRecs262.8kFans
- 7 An Unromantic Fantasy World 不浪漫奇幻世界 In Brika City, rules always come first. Dwarves may drink no more than 100 ml of alcohol a day; Werewolves may not go out after eleven at night; Ratfolk should get vaccinated once a week; Druids must obtain approval before planting trees; Every weapon owned by a warrior must be registered; Brika City is a microcosm of the unromantic fantasy world where Ryan has arrived. 0Votes46kRecs62.5kFans
- 8 The Warhammer Throne 战锤王座 At the end of time, Chaos rises and demons run rampant. The mighty human empire crumbles into decay. The western kingdom of Bretonnia has lost its former glory, the Kingdom of the Mountains shuts itself away and awaits its doom, and the elves are divided and locked in endless strife. On the eve of the apocalypse, the Chosen Son, Rod, arrives in the northern kingdom of Kislev, on the front line against the invasion of Chaos. But what awaits him is endless darkness… A dark, realistic story. Group 0Votes62.3kRecs77.5kFans
- 9 I Bring Destruction and Rebirth to the World 我给予世界毁灭与新生 When the first superhuman appeared, people thought it was a miracle; when the first superhuman criminal appeared, people thought it marked the beginning of unrest; when superhumans made up 0.42% of the population, everyone realized this would be a revolution that overturned the existing order. But it was only when the first player to possess a superhuman’s consciousness appeared that the world understood: this was an unprecedented natural disaster... the Fourth Calamity. The AFK author is back. 4Votes134.2kRecs204.6kFans
- 10 Crown of Calamity 灾厄之冠 Death is like the wind, and disaster follows in its wake! When I don the crown... I will never bow my head! Goethe, who transmigrated into this world, faced a grim situation: within a single month, his grandfather had died, his parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins had all vanished, and he was buried under mountains of debt. He was next in line for disaster... A wicked grin crept across his face as he prepared to take on everything. 0Votes85.9kRecs207.5kFans
- 11 EN Extraordinary Mechanical City 超凡机械城 I open my eyes to a mysterious new world. Steam boilers roar as dark, industrial steel cities roam across mist-shrouded wastelands, hunting, gathering energy, searching for treasure... This is an unknown land, concealing the ruins and legends left behind by countless glorious ancient civilizations. Mechanical civilization, magical civilization, martial civilization, transcendent civilization... Wasteland hunters explore ancient ruins and uncover the legacies and treasures of bygone civilizations 0Votes107.7kRecs111.5kFans
- 12 Reborn: The Glory of Black Iron 重生之黑铁的荣耀 This is an era where magic and firearms coexist. They say that at the end of the age of magic, the people of the continent used guns to drive the mages off the continent of Falea. More than six hundred years have passed. The nations of the continent are locked in conflict, while the mages still dream of reclaiming control. Then a transmigrator arrives in this otherworld. The transmigrator considers himself an ordinary person. He only wants to learn the legendary art of magic and live out his day 0Votes204.2kRecs67.5kFans
- 13 EN Monster Hunting High School 猎妖高校 After the college entrance exams, Zheng Qing didn't go to the Imperial Capital University he had long dreamed of attending. Instead, carrying his luggage and a fox, he followed a letter of admission and ventured into an unfamiliar college. There was no advanced mathematics, English, or political theory here. In their place were divination, astronomy, and the philosophy of magic. Extracurricular activities meant hunting demons and monsters, and everyone's interests were wonderfully strange. He sa 51Votes213.9kRecs199.8kFans
- 14 Joan the Mage 法师乔安 In the 1620s, the world of Vares stood at the turning point between eras. Magical steam engines sounded the call of the Industrial Revolution, while the ideas of the Enlightenment shook the foundations of feudal authority. The empires of the Old Continent were fading, and the colonists of the New World were consumed by ambition. The old order, built over sixteen hundred years on “sword and sorcery,” was about to be replaced by something entirely new. These were the best of times and the worst of 0Votes166.2kRecs138.5kFans
- 15 Back to Edgar 重返埃德加 A package that arrived ten years late drags Link into a bizarre dream he can enter at any moment, a death game that feels almost real. Following the main quest to free his friend's trapped soul, he levels up along the way. Gradually, he discovers that this is more than just a live-action RPG. ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ This is neither an infinite-flow novel nor a game-world transmigration story. I'm a devoted fantasy fan, and so far all my books have been relatively traditional fantasy. The game a 0Votes160.4kRecs26.3kFans
- 16 The Beasts Are Freaking Out 兽惊了 What would the world be like if animals became intelligent? Humans would be at the bottom of the food chain. This world is insane!! 0Votes38.7kRecs21.2kFans
- 17 The Skeletal Archmage 骷髅魔导师 Gris sat on the ground, grabbed his own leg bones with both hands, and twisted. One leg came off. He did the same with the other leg. Then he gauged the height of the trunk, reached for his spine, and twisted hard, detaching his pelvis as well. Supporting his upper body, he crawled into the trunk and lay down. Then he reached outside, picked up his pelvis, foot bones, and the rest, and stacked them on top of himself. Finally, he pulled the lid over and closed the trunk. Alex stared in stunned di 0Votes148.5kRecs101.3kFans
- 18 I Am a Priest in Another World 我在异界当牧师 Jialuo transmigrated to another world and, by a twist of fate, became a devout priest. “In the light of day, treat others kindly, and be humble and cautious...” “So that means I should be timid and submissive during the day...” “When night falls, repent, confess your sins, and put aside your grievances...” “So that means I should hit hard at night and persuade people to be good...” 0Votes87.4kRecs180kFans
- 19 The Demon Sage 恶魔贤者 0Votes114.8kRecs161.9kFans
- 20 EN The Immortal Lord of Fortune! 人间太岁神！ On my first day after transmigrating, I awakened a cheat: my comprehension and constitution could grow without limit. A casual swing of one arm could unleash a force of a thousand catties. One month after transmigrating, I could take on a hundred men. Wherever I wielded my blade, I could cut down my foes in the middle of a crowded street. Three months after transmigrating, I could lock onto enemies within a hundred zhang and mow them down with my aura. I was an army unto myself. Six months after 269Votes113.2kRecs334.3kFans
- 21 The World of the Brave 勇敢者的世界 Concise version in one sentence: This is a reckless adventure story about a chuuni. Can you keep up with my wild imagination? By an author with integrity. Original synopsis: Have you ever wondered how NPCs see their own world? Even if everything they experience is data defined in advance, even if a programmer outside the screen can change the outcome completely by mistyping a single character. To them, can the world inside a game really be called fictional? What if... Our world is the same... Ma 0Votes33.6kRecs53.3kFans
- 22 The Fairy's Magic Casket 妖精的魔匣 The most brutal disasters are beginning to emerge beneath the corruption that seeks to unite all things. Terrifying monsters attack, while indescribable horrors crawl and spread. From the chivalric ideal to glorious holy wars, from East-West conflicts to the fall of empires. Every war is beginning to descend upon the world, and mighty powers are slowly taking root amid the ruins. Madly ambitious schemers and loyal guardians, the founding of empires and the trials of nations. Across battlefields 0Votes58kRecs38.4kFans
- 23 EN Super Sorcerer: The Weave Crashes Again from the Start 超魔术士：开局魔网又崩了 [Dungeons & Dragons] [Faerun] [High Magic] [Adventure] Anse accidentally transmigrates to Toril, and the Goddess of Magic has run into trouble yet again! Has the Spellplague struck again?! When the claws of the Underdark tear through the night over Baldur's Gate, the never-quiet Faerun erupts into chaos. But this is only the beginning. Elements include: Dungeons & Dragons, the Weave, dragon-blood sorcerers, wizards, leveling up, twenty-sided dice, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter, the Underdar 196Votes116.2kRecs378.1kFans
- 24 A Dream of the Old Gods 旧神残梦 Pagan pantheons are tangled together, and parasitic spirits are spreading like a plague. But I don't care. I just want to get my hands on ten tons of cash, fast. 3Votes77.7kRecs111.4kFans
- 25 EN Dragon Zang 龙藏 Wei Yuan had never harbored great ambitions, but the tide of the times forced him onto the path of conquest and expansion, until he had crossed every mountain pass without ever turning gray. A less serious blurb: Even immortals fear industrialization! This is the story of an Industrial Revolution in a fantasy world. 2.7kVotes2.3MRecs1.5MFans
- 26 One Breath, Rising Sun 一气朝阳 Demons peer through the eaves at night, while a Daoist sleeps before the deity in a tiny temple. … That day, after the sun set, it never rose again. 0Votes247.7kRecs476.2kFans
- 27 Marking the Years with Magic 以魔法纪年 Yan Rui was summoned by a mage, possessed by a devil, transmigrated, and even had his life thrown away. But from this day onward, he has decided that he will no longer be "subjected to" things. Instead, he will take control of everything. 0Votes122.8kRecs89kFans
- 28 Raging Skies 烈空 “In the interstellar age, mechs aren’t the only way to dominate! There are other weapons of war, like fighter jets!!” 0Votes139kRecs168.6kFans
- 29 The Wheel of Time, the Wheel of Fate 时轮，命轮 Want to save people? I can barely take care of myself! Besides, you're at one end of time and I'm at the other. How am I supposed to save you? Better to save yourself! You're on your own. But I can offer a little help. 0Votes176.1kRecs29.9kFans
- 30 The Wizard Who Came from Afar 巫师自远方来 From a wandering knight’s young squire to a transmigrator who knows nothing about the world, he dons a cloak and takes up a staff. In an age shrouded in darkness, he walks the line between reason and madness, becoming a foreign wizard from a distant land... 0Votes61kRecs102.8kFans
- 31 Wizard Godseat 巫师神座 Greatness begins with smallness. Reborn as the son of a minor noble who was insignificant to the world as a whole, insignificant to the extreme. Cold and dark gods, alien races coveting humanity, and only wizards capable of guaranteeing the continuation and survival of mankind. Ai Er walks along the edge of the world, exploring its mysteries and climbing step by step toward the supreme throne of wizardry. 0Votes44.5kRecs65.5kFans
- 32 The Blade Cage 刀笼 Heaven and earth are a prison, creation itself a cage. Who can see through it? Life is a blade, conviction its guiding hand. Perhaps even this can be broken through. On the ramparts of Black Mountain City, a bandit chieftain, tempered by countless trials and endless patience, with a fiery temper but a troublesome lower back, strikes the first blow against his own fate. 0Votes128.3kRecs87.9kFans
- 33 Black Sails 黑帆 By the time I came to my senses... I was already an outlaw. Far beneath azure skies, black sails billowed. Gold and silver treasures, blades clashing in blood. Pillaging and slaughter, with no reverence for the gods. Youth fades quickly, all turned to wine and meat. [Daily Life] [Romance and Relationship-Building] [Simulation Management] This book is also known as “How I Transmigrated to Another World and Started Worshiping Guan Yu.” 8Votes112.5kRecs593.6kFans
- 34 EN Embers of the Gun 余烬之铳 This is a damned Victorian fantasy novel. Add a spoonful of steam engines to get that damned tech tree moving! Add a spoonful of love and hatred to give everyone a good reason to fight! Add a spoonful of insanity to make this dark world a little lighter, then finish with a spoonful of calamity for the main boss... Wait! Damn it, I added too much! Year 931 of the Yin Erwei Ge calendar. The city I live in has been named the most advanced city in the West. The main reason? World-changing steam 13Votes220.3kRecs612kFans
- 35 The Heaven-Turning Mirror 翻天鉴 By a twist of fate, he stumbled upon a mysterious alms bowl, and from then on his life took off beyond all control! One miraculous technique after another came his way: the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, the Dragon-Elephant Fundamental Scripture, the Divine Power of the Incarnate Avatar, and even the ability to appoint local 0Votes145.9kRecs39.2kFans
- 36 A Seeker of the Dao in Higher Dimensions 高维寻道者 In a martial world shrouded by the Black Tide, he is an invincible Immortal of the Human Realm, untouched by defilement or purity, increase or decrease. At the dawn of an age of mysterious resurgences, he is a prophet and the vessel of truth. In a city of steel, he is an Omega-level esper and a madman who probes forbidden realms. He is the great serpent that encircles the world, and he has also slain gods as a mortal; he is the white-robed Daoist who severed the river of stars with a single 2Votes121.3kRecs179kFans
- 37 Twenty-Seven Years 二十七载 The world stands at the turbulent turning point between old and new societies, as clashes in politics, economics, ideas, and culture grow ever more intense. Moste Vilak, a photographer from the slums of Zivode City, is reborn two months into the past. Starting by once again posing as the son of a conglomerate, he stirs up everything and turns the world upside down amid rapid industrial growth and wildly expanding ambitions. [This is a fictional world. Please don't compare it to reality.] [The al 4Votes84.8kRecs146.5kFans
- 38 Just a Taoist 就是个道士 He's transmigrated to a parallel world resembling the Ming Dynasty. Should he become a scholar, a merchant, or join the army? Wait, what?! This world has immortals? Then he'd better become a Daoist priest! (I'll write this one properly and finish it.) 0Votes27.3kRecs36.3kFans
- 39 Slaying Evil 斩邪 He rises with sword in hand to exterminate ghosts and monsters, then sits quietly with brush in hand to write. With heaven and earth in his grasp, he slays evil and preserves righteousness: A single song, “Song of Righteousness,” and vast righteousness rises into the boundless world. 0Votes91.5kRecs122.1kFans
- 40 The Twenty-Sided Die 二十面骰子 In the era when the Starry Dynasty was declining after reaching its peak, the emergence of the New World became a paradise for the various races to explore and compete over. The sprawling mountain ranges protected the fragile alliance of human lords; the dwarves guarded the gateway to the land of wealth; and the elves continued expanding their forests, trying to recreate the glory of the Silvermoon Age. On the other side of the mountains, dragons ruled the skies, orcs occupied the ground, and ot 0Votes101.9kRecs91.6kFans
- 41 Everyone Is a Sword Saint 全民剑圣 Standard blurb: The times change, foreign races invade, the old technological order collapses, and the world is turned upside down. After a devastating war, human civilization endures under a new supernatural order and even flourishes. In a dawn age where everyone is a high-level martial artist and everyone can become a dragon, the young Zheng Li arrives in another world. With a sword spirit at his side, he ultimately sets out on the path of self-reliance and perseverance. Not-so-serious blurb: 0Votes265.7kRecs171.2kFans
- 42 The Fourth Spirit Stone Financial Crisis 第四次灵石金融危机 This is a highly realistic high-magic society. Even after its civilization weathered three social crises, its socioeconomic system has yet to reach a stable equilibrium. With a fourth crisis looming, the radical reforms of the cultivation world's overlord, the Boundless Sword Sect, have struck at the interests of everyone, from ordinary mortals to cultivators. Yang Lu, an Earth fund manager, transmigrates to the cultivation world on the eve of the crisis. Drawing on Earth's advanced knowledge, h 0Votes61.9kRecs144.5kFans
- 43 A Guide to Slacking Off as a Constable 捕快摸鱼指南 “The Eight Great Sword Sects came to blows over the unequal distribution of new recruits. The Six Fan Gate has warned them: Keep the martial world harmonious, and keep admissions harmonious.” “According to an official from the Ministry of Rites' Publicity Office, at yesterday's court assembly, the Divine Might General and the Minister of Revenue failed to reach an agreement over next year's budget. The General's Nine Strikes of the Divine Eagle clashed head-on with the Divine Farmer's Ruler, lea 0Votes30.1kRecs29.3kFans
- 44 The Never-Fading Skull Flag 永不褪色的骷髅旗 This is a world where civilization and barbarism, rudeness and refinement coexist. Skull-and-crossbones flags fly, The smell of gunpowder hangs in the air, And there are gold coins and muskets! There are women and rum! Set sail! For freedom! P.S. This novel was inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean. The author has never watched One Piece!!! 0Votes49.9kRecs51.7kFans
- 45 The Immortal Cage 仙笼 In these forests of Phoenix Pools and Dragon Pavilions, I once dreamed the millet dream and had my fill of five thousand years of rise and fall. That Rotten Peach Mountain does not bear the surname Sun. Pigs squeal in Fuling Cave, while owls roost in the ginseng fruit trees. The sun sets over the western mountains. Oxen, horses, snakes, and spirits roam, while a young man becomes addicted to chanting and spins one bizarre tale after another about immortality. A story of cultivating th 9Votes192.8kRecs648.4kFans
- 46 The Ogre's Gourmet Box 食人魔的美食盒 The Cookbook for Cooking People: 1. Find one or eight living people 2. Beat them 3. Keep beating them 4. Throw them into the fire 5. Eat them. 0Votes179.6kRecs118.5kFans
- 47 Heaven's Arrival 天阿降临 Chu Jungui was a top-secret experimental subject, cultivated through forbidden methods by the Great Tang Dynasty in an attempt to create a deep-space warrior capable of waging war in every corner of the star ocean. But after an accident, he escaped the laboratory, broke free of his restraints, and gained an independent personality. From then on, in this great age of interstellar expansion, he battled across the stars and traversed the galaxy, ultimately ushering humanity into a whole new era. 2Votes7.4MRecs754.6kFans
- 48 Fan Jin's Ordinary Life 范进的平凡生活 Transported into the world of The Scholars, I become Fan Jin in his younger days. Ha, I passed! 0Votes151.9kRecs83kFans
- 49 EN How Am I Still Alive? 我怎么还活着？ Spiritual qi revival. The gods descend? Disaster after disaster, and all living things suffer? What’s that to me? I’m just a terminally ill patient who’s been given a countdown to death and has given up on treatment. I set out to exorcise demons and slay immortals in this battered body, not to defend my country, but because the hazard pay is too tempting, especially the death benefits... “This evil god’s profession system is cursed. Even if you make good progress at first, anyone who trains in i 13Votes318.8kRecs493kFans
- 50 The Exorcist's Self-Cultivation 驱魔人的自我修养 Thanks for the invite. I'm in New York, just got off the plane. Du Wei discovers that he has transmigrated. With no other choice, he returns to his old line of work and opens a psychological counseling clinic. But the patients who come in for help all seem a little strange... Full Subscription Group: Join Group 1 and ask an admin to verify you Note: This book is set in the Conjuring universe. 0Votes125.6kRecs328.5kFans
