steamiqhq
★ Watchlist
摸鱼悟道

Game overview

摸鱼悟道

In a fading age, heaven's qi survives only when you slip free of work. A desktop pet idle Xianxia game—your little cultivator reacts to foreground apps. Word & Excel seal qi; games, chat & video restore it. Spirit roots, eight realms, sigils & talismans. App names only—local data.

Casual Idler Xianxia Cartoony Cartoon
Last tracked players
0
Recorded peak
Unavailable
24-hour change
Unavailable

Delayed observation · last tracked . Values marked unavailable are not estimated. Recorded peak is the highest player count observed by SteamIQHQ; earlier records may be outside our coverage.

About this game Read the full description

You Slack, They Cultivate

In the corner of your screen sits a tiny Q-version cultivator.

They don’t farm mobs or clear dungeons. They watch whatever app is in the foreground:

  • Work & study apps → qi sealed, black chains of KPIs

  • Games, chat, video & fun → normal cultivation, green light flowing

  • Unlisted / gray apps → slow gains, fate unclear

  • Retreat mode (game minimized) → faster qi, do not disturb

  • Long AFK → drifting in the void, gains fade until you return

The moment you leave Word for something leisure—the pet opens their eyes, chains snap, and for a few seconds qi surges: “The dust of the world is cut; qi floods for three breaths.”

That’s the core loop of Mo Yu Wu Dao (Slack to Cultivate): every app switch is a moment of practice.

A Thought at Your Desk Can Become the Way

Your cultivation isn’t built on meditation cushions—it’s built on what’s on your screen.
Your elixir isn’t rare herbs—it’s every paid minute of the day.

In a fading age, heaven has collapsed and qi runs dry. Only in moments when you slip free of mundane duty can you steal a thread of fate. You are a modern cultivator living inside a screen. Between work and leisure you gather qi, nurture five spirit roots, and climb from Qi Refinement to Ascension. KPIs are inner demons. Deadlines are heavenly tribulations. Ascension—well, that might be retirement.

Heart Mirror · Local Sensing, Zero Privacy Risk

The in-game Heart Mirror reads your foreground app’s exe name once per second to decide cultivation state.

We do not read window titles, web page content, documents, memory, or network data.
The Process Ledger and all saves stay on your machine only—nothing is uploaded.

On first launch you see a full explanation. Prefer not to auto-detect? Switch to pure manual mode and toggle “Enter the World” / “Leave the World” yourself—you can still play everything.

Browsers are the grayest zone: pick a default strategy (work / leisure / gray), or install the optional browser extension for domain-level sorting—GitHub as work, video sites as leisure, your call.

Five Spirit Roots · Five Ways to Slack

All five roots exist from the start. Spend qi to level them—spent qi still counts toward realm progress, so upgrading never slows breakthrough.

| Root | Role | Effect |

| Metal | Burst | Higher qi surge when switching from work to leisure |

| Wood | Steady | Bonus to all positive-gain states |

| Water | Gray zone | Better gains from unlisted apps & browsers |

| Fire | Serendipity | Chance for “Sudden Insight”—bonus qi & fate |

| Earth | Retreat | Stronger retreat multiplier, more stable when mind wavers |

Metal sword cultivator, wood alchemist, water wanderer, fire acolyte, earth anchor—pick your path.

Star Gazing · Talismans in Your Fate Plate

Breakthroughs grant Fate, spent to gaze at the stars and draw Star Talismans—equippable passives like Payroll Flying Sword, Jade Half-Leisure Calendar, and Star River Enters Fate (22 in the first pool).

Duplicates become Stardust, traded for specific rare talismans. Fate plate slots unlock with realm—up to 7 slots—so you can build your own slack build.

Sigil Casting · Your Mouse Is the Brush

Turn on sigil mode and draw with your cursor:

  • ○ Qi Gathering — short-term qi rate boost

  • △ Spirit Summon — clickable spirit stones for a qi burst

  • × Slash Demon — clear one “Unstable Mind” debuff

  • □ Return to Origin — instant large qi gain

  • ↯ Star Draw — gain Fate

Successful casts wrap the pet in sigil light. Higher realms unlock more sigils.

Dao Forms · One Cultivator, Many Faces

Dao Forms are your pet’s look and temperament—the same cultivator, different sides of the path:

  • Office Drifter (default) — badge, floating to-do talismans, Performance Demon Record; peak workplace humor

  • Slacking Sword Cultivator — carries a “payroll flying sword”; unlock at Metal Root Lv.5

  • Cave Alchemist — small furnace, warm robes; unlock at Wood or Earth Root Lv.5

  • Wandering Dust Mage — heart-mirror compass, window fragments; unlock at Water Root Lv.5

  • Fire Virtue Child — flame hair, “slack talisman” in hand; unlock at Fire Root Lv.5

Each form has 7 state animations: work, leisure, retreat, unstable mind, AFK, event, and idle. Your desktop is their dojo.

Cave Retreat · High Risk, High Reward

When you’re on a leisure app in a clear state of mind, enter Cave Retreat: minimize the game for a qi multiplier.

Switch back to work mid-retreat and your mind shatters—retreat gains wiped, heavy debuff.
Exit cleanly and earn completion rewards at 10, 30, and 60 minutes.

Rules of the Path · Anti-Exploit & Health Nudges

  • Unstable Mind: flip apps too often in 30 seconds → gains crash

  • Drifting Void: no input for 5 minutes → near-zero gains

  • Sitting Tribulation: long leisure streaks → the pet nudges you to stand up and move

We’re not telling you to skip work—we help you notice your own rhythm. Slack when it’s time; step away when it’s time.

Key Features

  • Foreground-app cultivation — your software choice drives pet state and qi rate; switches trigger bursts and feedback

  • Always-on desktop pet — borderless, top-most, draggable, resizable; low-power mode for long sessions

  • Eight realms + ten stages each — Qi Refinement → Foundation → Golden Core → Nascent Soul → Spirit Transformation → Tribulation → Mahayana → Ascension

  • Five spirit roots — long-term builds; upgrades don’t cost realm progress

  • Star Gazing & talisman buildcraft — 22+ passives, fate plate, stardust exchange

  • Mouse sigil casting — active spells unlocked by realm

  • Five dao forms — office drifter, slacking sword, cave alchemist, dust mage, fire child

  • Process Ledger — classify apps and domains to match your work and slack habits

  • Privacy first — exe names only, local saves, manual mode anytime

  • Optional browser extension — domain-level sorting when “browser” isn’t enough

Player activity

Concurrent players over the last 48 hours.

Loading player history?
System requirements Windows · macOS

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS:
  • Processor:
  • Memory: 2048 MB RAM
  • Graphics:
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Sound Card:
  • VR Support:
  • Additional Notes:

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

macOS

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS:
  • Processor:
  • Memory: 2048 MB RAM
  • Graphics:
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Sound Card:
  • Additional Notes:

Recommended

Recommended:
    Game details Languages, features & support
    Publisher
    Yang Haoran
    Brazilian rating
    10
    Steam Germany rating
    12
    Features
    Single-player, Color Alternatives, Mouse Only Option, #category_playable_at_your_own_pace, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Family Sharing
    Languages
    Simplified Chinese
    More analysis Activity patterns, updates & developer tools

    Build a competitor report

    Genre Benchmarks

    Value Ratio Top 11%

    Activity Heatmap

    UTC+0 (Your Timezone)
    0
    Peak Activity
    0
    Avg Activity
    0
    Active Hours
    3%
    Sample coverage
    Less Active
    More Active
    0
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    Sun
    Sunday 0:00
    No samples
    Sunday 1:00
    No samples
    Sunday 2:00
    No samples
    Sunday 3:00
    No samples
    Sunday 4:00
    No samples
    Sunday 5:00
    No samples
    Sunday 6:00
    No samples
    Sunday 7:00
    No samples
    Sunday 8:00
    No samples
    Sunday 9:00
    No samples
    Sunday 10:00
    0 players · 1 samples
    Sunday 11:00
    No samples
    Sunday 12:00
    No samples
    Sunday 13:00
    No samples
    Sunday 14:00
    No samples
    Sunday 15:00
    No samples
    Sunday 16:00
    No samples
    Sunday 17:00
    No samples
    Sunday 18:00
    No samples
    Sunday 19:00
    No samples
    Sunday 20:00
    No samples
    Sunday 21:00
    No samples
    Sunday 22:00
    No samples
    Sunday 23:00
    No samples
    Mon
    Monday 0:00
    No samples
    Monday 1:00
    No samples
    Monday 2:00
    No samples
    Monday 3:00
    No samples
    Monday 4:00
    No samples
    Monday 5:00
    No samples
    Monday 6:00
    No samples
    Monday 7:00
    No samples
    Monday 8:00
    No samples
    Monday 9:00
    No samples
    Monday 10:00
    No samples
    Monday 11:00
    No samples
    Monday 12:00
    No samples
    Monday 13:00
    No samples
    Monday 14:00
    No samples
    Monday 15:00
    No samples
    Monday 16:00
    No samples
    Monday 17:00
    No samples
    Monday 18:00
    No samples
    Monday 19:00
    No samples
    Monday 20:00
    No samples
    Monday 21:00
    No samples
    Monday 22:00
    No samples
    Monday 23:00
    No samples
    Tue
    Tuesday 0:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 1:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 2:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 3:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 4:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 5:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 6:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 7:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 8:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 9:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 10:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 11:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 12:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 13:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 14:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 15:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 16:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 17:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 18:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 19:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 20:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 21:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 22:00
    No samples
    Tuesday 23:00
    No samples
    Wed
    Wednesday 0:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 1:00
    0 players · 1 samples
    Wednesday 2:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 3:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 4:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 5:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 6:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 7:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 8:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 9:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 10:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 11:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 12:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 13:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 14:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 15:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 16:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 17:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 18:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 19:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 20:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 21:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 22:00
    No samples
    Wednesday 23:00
    No samples
    Thu 📍
    Thursday 0:00
    No samples
    Thursday 1:00
    No samples
    Thursday 2:00
    No samples
    Thursday 3:00
    No samples
    Thursday 4:00
    0 players · 1 samples
    Thursday 5:00
    No samples
    Thursday 6:00
    No samples
    Thursday 7:00
    No samples
    Thursday 8:00
    No samples
    Thursday 9:00
    No samples
    Thursday 10:00
    No samples
    Thursday 11:00
    No samples
    Thursday 12:00
    No samples
    Thursday 13:00
    No samples
    Thursday 14:00
    No samples
    Thursday 15:00
    No samples
    Thursday 16:00
    No samples
    Thursday 17:00
    No samples
    Thursday 18:00
    No samples
    Thursday 19:00
    No samples
    Thursday 20:00
    No samples
    Thursday 21:00
    No samples
    Thursday 22:00
    No samples
    Thursday 23:00
    No samples
    Fri
    Friday 0:00
    No samples
    Friday 1:00
    No samples
    Friday 2:00
    No samples
    Friday 3:00
    No samples
    Friday 4:00
    No samples
    Friday 5:00
    No samples
    Friday 6:00
    No samples
    Friday 7:00
    No samples
    Friday 8:00
    No samples
    Friday 9:00
    No samples
    Friday 10:00
    No samples
    Friday 11:00
    No samples
    Friday 12:00
    No samples
    Friday 13:00
    No samples
    Friday 14:00
    0 players · 1 samples
    Friday 15:00
    No samples
    Friday 16:00
    No samples
    Friday 17:00
    No samples
    Friday 18:00
    No samples
    Friday 19:00
    No samples
    Friday 20:00
    No samples
    Friday 21:00
    No samples
    Friday 22:00
    No samples
    Friday 23:00
    No samples
    Sat
    Saturday 0:00
    No samples
    Saturday 1:00
    No samples
    Saturday 2:00
    No samples
    Saturday 3:00
    No samples
    Saturday 4:00
    No samples
    Saturday 5:00
    No samples
    Saturday 6:00
    No samples
    Saturday 7:00
    No samples
    Saturday 8:00
    No samples
    Saturday 9:00
    No samples
    Saturday 10:00
    No samples
    Saturday 11:00
    No samples
    Saturday 12:00
    No samples
    Saturday 13:00
    No samples
    Saturday 14:00
    No samples
    Saturday 15:00
    No samples
    Saturday 16:00
    No samples
    Saturday 17:00
    No samples
    Saturday 18:00
    No samples
    Saturday 19:00
    No samples
    Saturday 20:00
    0 players · 1 samples
    Saturday 21:00
    No samples
    Saturday 22:00
    No samples
    Saturday 23:00
    No samples

    Developer Analytics

    Loading competitors...

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is the recorded Steam price for 摸鱼悟道?
    The last observed Steam price for 摸鱼悟道 is $1.99. Check Steam for current pricing and availability.
    What genre is 摸鱼悟道?
    摸鱼悟道 is a Casual game.
    Who developed 摸鱼悟道?
    摸鱼悟道 was developed by Yang Haoran and published by Yang Haoran.
    What platforms does 摸鱼悟道 support?
    Available on Steam for Windows, macOS.

    Related Games