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Cycling 318

A cozy ride to Lhasa

Cycling 318 rides the real road from Chengdu to Lhasa — China’s legendary G318 — one calm day at a time. Pedal up the passes, coast the long descents, and collect a postcard from every landmark. No countdown clock, no fail screen; if your legs give out you just walk the bike for a while. And whenever you start playing is the time on the 318 — the light in the sky and the phase of the moon match the world outside your window.

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Cycling 318 gameplay — a cyclist climbing toward the snow peaks of Zheduo Pass

2,150km

20days

5130m · highest pass

12passes 4,000 m+

Official preview · Screenshots

Watch the ride before you start

A 22-second App Preview and seven localized screenshots show the real game loop: climbing, route planning, postcards, the garage, night riding and four seasons.

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Cycling 318

Cozy bike ride to Tibet

Free to playiPhone & iPad7 languagesNo ads · No subscriptions · No paid shortcuts

Game highlights

20 real-route stages from Chengdu to Lhasa
Procedural hand-drawn scenery, weather, seasons, and day-night moods
Ride modes for rhythm, cruising, and relaxed roaming
Postcards, stamps, viewpoints, and a 318 passport

Screenshots

Cycling 318 is a cozy side-scrolling cycling game about rhythm, weather, altitude, roadside kindness, and the small rituals of a long ride. Pedal through Sichuan towns, Tibetan valleys, high passes, lakes, bridges, forests, rain, snow, and evening light without pressure to race or grind.

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A whole highway, made cozy

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The real road, one day at a time

Twenty stages trace the actual Sichuan–Tibet Highway: 2,150 km from Chengdu to Lhasa, past a dozen real passes above 4,000 m, up to Dongda Pass at 5,130 m.

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Cozy, never a game over

Run out of stamina and you simply step off and walk a stretch — no punishment, no restart. The roam gear lets anyone finish any day, at any pace.

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A postcard from every landmark

Ride up to a viewpoint and check in. The game composes a postcard — your rider and bike in front of the real scene, with the place, altitude and day — to keep or share.

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Fill your 318 passport

Every check-in stamps your passport. Build a stamp passport, a memories album and a shareable ride card — your own ride to Lhasa, collected act by act.

The ride

It rides like a real bike

Want your hands on it? Tap to pedal, hold to cruise, shift through six gears, and feather the brakes down a long descent so they don’t overheat. Don’t? Drop into Roam and the bike rides like a real cyclist — mid-teens to twenty on the flats, a patient 7–10 grinding uphill, tucking under thirty on descents, easing off the brakes when it gets too fast. Switch freely between three modes, and stamina, heart rate and altitude all answer to each other — the thin air up at the pass really does sap your legs.

Three ride modes — Roam to just watch the scenery, Standard for full control, Rhythm for the grind
Lifelike cruise control picks the gear and feathers the brakes for you
Stamina, heart rate and altitude that talk to each other — thin air really saps your legs
Nine bikes that each ride differently — road bikes coast far, mountain bikes shrug off rough roads, cargo bikes lumber

How a day feels

Each stage moves through the same four-beat arc — the rhythm of a real day on the bike.

Suffer

The long climb

Twenty kilometres of switchbacks, thinning air, fog rolling in. Settle into a gear and breathe.

Summit

The pass opens

The camera lifts, the prayer flags snap, and the whole valley falls away below the col.

Soar

The descent

A long, fast freewheel down the far side — the reward for every metre you climbed.

Warmth

Evening light

Roll into town as the light goes golden. Check in, collect the postcard, rest, ride again tomorrow.

A living world

A world that’s alive around you

The road is alive around you, not just scenery. The sky moves from dawn to deep night on a true 1:1 wall clock; the moon overhead is tonight’s real phase; and at sunrise and sunset the snow peaks catch the famous gold rim. Tap a snow mountain and the view climbs to its summit to tell you its name, height and story. Yaks graze in herds, an eagle wheels overhead, a marmot pops up to whistle, pandas munch bamboo on the Chengdu plain — and you ride out onto the real river bridges of the 318 with the water running beneath the deck. Up high the weather changes its mind: a blizzard one ride, a rare clear view of the peaks the next.

Cycling 318 at night — riding under a real starfield, the headlight lighting the road

Alpenglow on the route — gold on the snow peaks at sunset

Riding across the Tongmai suspension bridge of the G318

A yak herd grazing on the summer grassland

Real day & night, with night riding — a warm headlight pool after dark, and headlamps glowing on the road
Tonight’s real moon phase, a real starfield, and gold on the peaks at dawn and dusk
Tap a snow peak for its name, height and lore — Gongga, Namcha Barwa, Yala and more
Yak herds, a soaring eagle, a roadside marmot, pandas on the green plains — each with its own pose
Ride across the real bridges of the 318 — Tongmai suspension, Polong cable-stayed, the Nu River arch
High-altitude weather that changes its mind, with snow that piles up and slowly melts

Seasons & weather

Four seasons, every kind of weather

The same place can look like a different world in spring blossom or first snow, in clear evening light or rolling fog. Season is the world’s master dial — switch it and the whole route rebuilds, from Nyingchi peach blossom in spring to golden poplars in autumn to snow and prayer-flag red in winter; your current real-world season is always free. Every frame below is captured straight from the game, interface and all.

One road, four seasons

Xinduqiao — the "photographer’s paradise" — across the year

Spring — Poplars in fresh green, the meadow in bloom — Spring Poplars in fresh green, the meadow in bloom

Summer — Deep green, the grass at its fullest — Summer Deep green, the grass at its fullest

Autumn — The famous golden poplars of Xinduqiao — Autumn The famous golden poplars of Xinduqiao

Winter — Bare branches and the first frost — Winter Bare branches and the first frost

Living weather

The same sky, never the same twice

Clear — Golden evening light on the road to Litang — Clear Golden evening light on the road to Litang

Snow — Snowfall on Zheduo Pass, 4,298 m — Snow Snowfall on Zheduo Pass, 4,298 m

Rain — A wet day in Ya’an, the "rain city" — Rain A wet day in Ya’an, the "rain city"

Fog — Mist on Mount Erlang’s cloud sea — Fog Mist on Mount Erlang’s cloud sea

Festivals along the way

Ride the right season, catch a Tibetan festival

Switch to the right season and these days hand you a real Tibetan festival — Nyingchi’s peach blossom, the Maoya horse races, the Drepung thangka. Each one below is a season-gated scene and roadside line straight from the game.

Spring Day 17 Mid-Mar – mid-Apr

Nyingchi Peach Blossom Festival

From mid-March to mid-April the peach trees of Galaxy Village bloom into a pink sea and all of Nyingchi celebrates — the liveliest spring scene on the whole 318.

Spring Day 15 March

Bomi Peach Blossom Valley

In March, Bomi’s Peach Blossom Valley is the largest in China — thirty kilometres of blossom running to the river under the snow peaks.

Summer Day 8–9 Early August

Litang & Batang Horse Racing Festival

Early August on the high grassland: the August-1st horse races fill the Maoya plain with tents, and ten thousand horses thunder across it.

Summer Day 20 August

Lhasa Shoton Festival

At the Shoton Festival, Drepung Monastery unveils its giant Buddha at dawn, and all Lhasa comes out for opera, picnics and bowls of yoghurt.

Summer Day 20 Jul – Aug

Ongkor Harvest Festival

As the barley ripens, villagers carry prayer flags in a circle around the fields to pray for a good harvest — just before the first sickle.

Spring Day 16–17 Mid-Apr – June

Sejila Rhododendron Bloom

From mid-April to June, Sejila’s rhododendrons climb the road by altitude — a stretch of red, a stretch of purple — and the Lulang forest sea fills with bloom.

Spring Day 5 April

Kangding Paoma Mountain Kora

On the spring Kora, fresh prayer flags go up on Kangding’s Paoma Mountain and the love songs roll wave after wave — the hill the famous Kangding Love Song is about.

Landform gallery

The 318 is not one kind of road

From the Chengdu plain to the Lhasa valley, the terrain keeps changing. These are in-game screenshots from the 52 scenic check-in viewpoints used across the route guide.

Mountain pass

High passes

Prayer flags, thin air and the long grind above 4,000 m, from the first big gate of Kham to the final pass before Lhasa.

Zheduo Pass Day 6 · Zheduo Pass · the First Gate of Kham Dongda Pass Day 11 · Dongda Pass 5130 · Zogong Mila Pass · Snow Boat Day 20 · Mila Pass · the Holy City of Lhasa

Lake

Lakes and ice

Turquoise plateau lakes, glacier tongues and cold blue rivers break up the climb with quiet places to stop and breathe.

Sister Lakes Viewpoint Day 9 · Sister Lakes · the Long Drop to Batang Rawu Lake Viewpoint Day 14 · Anjula Pass · Rawu Lake Midui Glacier Viewpoint Day 15 · Midui Glacier · the Parlung Tsangpo

Bridge

Rivers and bridges

The 318 keeps crossing water: the Jinsha, Lancang, Nu and Niyang, with real bridge decks and canyon views under the wheels.

Jinsha River · Sichuan–Tibet Boundary Marker Day 10 · The Jinsha River · Into Tibet Rumei · Lancang River Bridge Day 11 · Dongda Pass 5130 · Zogong Tongmai Mega Bridge Viewpoint Day 16 · Tongmai · the Lulang Forest

Forest

Forests and towns

The east turns lush again near Nyingchi: forest seas, peach villages and warm towns after days of wind and stone.

Lulang Town Day 16 · Tongmai · the Lulang Forest Lulang Forest Sea Viewpoint Day 17 · Sejila Pass · Namcha Barwa Nyingchi Peach Blossom Village Day 17 · Sejila Pass · Namcha Barwa

Canyon

Canyons and cliff roads

Switchbacks stack down into river gorges, old cliff roads hang over the water, and the camera finally shows the drop.

Wasigou One-Line-Sky Gorge Day 5 · City of Love Songs · Kangding Jueba Mountain Viewpoint Day 11 · Dongda Pass 5130 · Zogong Nu River 72 Bends Viewpoint Day 13 · Yela Pass · the Nu River 72 Bends

Monument

Milestones and culture

Boundary markers, watchtowers, tea roads and the Potala Palace keep the route grounded in places people actually know and search for.

Datang 318 Cycling Rest Stop Day 1 · Setting Out · Chengdu Xiuba Ancient Watchtowers & the Niyang River Day 18 · The Niyang River · Gongbo’gyamda Potala Palace Viewpoint Day 20 · Mila Pass · the Holy City of Lhasa

📮 Check in · Postcard · Share

Every landmark becomes a postcard

The postcard is the heart of Cycling 318 — a small, beautiful thing you actually want to send. Your own bike and outfit appear in every one, so no two riders’ postcards look alike.

Composed from the real scene at the moment you check in — weather, time of day and all
Your customised rider, bike and frame, pulled from your garage
Shoot anywhere on the road too, with a time-of-day poetry line in the caption
Finish a day for a shareable ride card — gold route line, photo pins, elevation, stats and your rider
Share to Messages, 微信, 小红书 and more — the link opens a rich preview

A Cycling 318 postcard from Dongda Pass at 5,130 m

A Cycling 318 postcard from the golden poplars of Xinduqiao

A Cycling 318 postcard from the Sister Lakes

Make it yours

Try everything on with a live preview. Nine bikes — mountain, road, folding, touring, retro, e-bike, gravel, fatbike and long-tail cargo — each modeled and ridden differently. Add 20+ colour liveries, upgradeable wheelsets (the spokes and rim depth visibly change), bags, baskets and lights, and a rain poncho that auto-deploys and spares you the cold-wet stamina hit. The core kit — bikes, wheels, gear and dozens of liveries — is all earnable with the mileage coins you collect by riding, and it’s fair play: no pay-to-win, the only edge a cheap, earnable poncho. Whatever you build shows up on every postcard you send.

Nine bikes, each with its own feel, with stat bars to compare
20+ colour liveries and upgradeable wheelsets
Bags, baskets and lights — plus a poncho that auto-deploys in rain
Helmets, jerseys and pants in one-tap matched sets, plus a backpack and a 🎲 random look
Fair play — no pay-to-win, and the core kit is all earnable by riding

Top speed

Rough road

Leg saving

Braking

Values mirror the game’s BikeModel.traits; bars are relative across the nine bikes for each metric.

The Route

Twenty days, five acts, one road

From the Chengdu plain to the Potala Palace, the route climbs out of Sichuan, onto the roof of the world, across the giant Tibetan passes, through glacier valleys, and home to the Holy City. Every stage is a real place you can read about.

Act 1

Out of Chengdu

Roll out of the Sichuan basin on flat, easy roads, then watch the first real mountains close in — the cloud sea of Mount Erlang and the iron-chain bridge over the Dadu River.

Days 1–5

Act 2

Onto the Roof

Crest Zheduo Pass, the First Gate of Kham and your first climb above 4,000 m, then settle onto the high grassland — Litang, the world’s high city, and the twin Sister Lakes.

Days 6–9

Act 3

Into Tibet

Cross the Jinsha River into Tibet and take on the giant passes: Dongda La at 5,130 m, the 72 hairpin bends down to the Nu River, and the turquoise of Rawu Lake.

Days 10–14

Act 4

Glaciers & the Green Deep

The plateau softens into glacier valleys and deep forest — Midui Glacier, the Parlung Tsangpo, the sea of trees at Lulang, and the snow pyramid of Namcha Barwa.

Days 15–17

Act 5

The Home Stretch

Follow the gentle Niyang River, climb the last great pass at Mila La, and freewheel into Lhasa — the Holy City, and the Potala Palace at the end of the road.

Days 18–20

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Friends, gently

Ride with friends, gently

A journey worth sharing can have company too — just a little more warmth, never any pressure. Ride alongside translucent pace ghosts of your friends’ best times, each on the bike they actually rode; ring your bell and they wave back. Leaderboards are friends-first — distance, climb, passes crossed and postcards — and 14 achievements quietly celebrate the milestones: reaching Lhasa, crossing Zheduo Pass, breaking 5,000 m, collecting every stamp. When you have no friend scores, none of it gets in your way.

Ride alongside friends’ pace ghosts — ring your bell and they wave back
Friends-first leaderboards — distance, climb, passes, postcards, and a per-day time best
14 achievements for the milestones — reaching Lhasa, breaking 5,000 m, collecting every stamp

Ride your own 318

A calm, beautiful journey you can take a few minutes at a time. Coming soon to iPhone and iPad.

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iPhone & iPad · iOS 17 or later · Free to play

Localized in seven languages — English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, 日本語, 한국어, Deutsch and Français

Free to download, no ads, no subscriptions. Levels unlock by riding, and purchases only ever add looks — never an advantage.