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Games like The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart

If The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart 2, Fantasy Tavern Sextet -Vol.3 Postlude Days- and Love Spell: Written In The Stars - a magical romantic-comedy otome — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its catchy soundtrack enhances immersion, comedic and emotional. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart: Once upon a time, after his mother passed away, a boy called Nora felt all alone in the world. He spent every day with his unique and kind hearted friends until one fateful day, he had a chance encounter with a princess from the Netherworld.

2019AdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby TOKYOTOON
The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart — Steam game cover
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Absurd premise hooks players immediatelyCatchy soundtrack enhances immersionCat protagonist adds unique charmComedicEmotionalLighthearted

Players who liked The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart also play

Steam players who put hours into The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Top pick for The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart 2 is a heart-warming romantic comedy visual novel featuring 5 new heroines and 4 heroines from the first game.

    2019AdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Fantasy Tavern Sextet -Vol.3 Postlude Days-

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Second-strongest match for The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    The final chapter of the 3-part series! The harem antics get even crazier when a maid and a priestess join the fray! Even a certain legendary hero makes an appearance! The harem rom-com set in a fantasy tavern welcomes its final chapter!

    2021IndieAdventureCasual5.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Love Spell: Written In The Stars - a magical romantic-comedy otome

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Third-strongest match for The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    After saving the life of a mysterious old woman, a young girl is gifted a magical spell book with the power to make anyone whose name she writes inside of it fall madly in love with her until the next full moon. "Love Spell" is a romantic-comedy otome game full of magic, laughs & cute penguins!

    2020IndieSimulationCasual18.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Sakura Succubus 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Ranked #4 for The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Sakura Succubus 4 is the fourth instalment of the Sakura Succubus series. Join Hiroki and his harem on a relaxing vacation at the beach, and enjoy a fun story full of cute girls!

    2021Simulation2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Princess Evangile All Ages Version

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Ranked #5 for The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    This romantic visual novel has you joining a financially struggling all-girls' private school as one student's example case for gender integration. The two of you try to prove that going co-ed could save the school, while the story explores themes of traditions, change, family, and relationships.

    2015AdventureCasual34.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Fruit of Grisaia

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Ranked #6 for The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    SIX FRUITS BARE THEIR FANGS AT THE WORLD. --The academy was their orchard. In this place of learning, protected by high walls from the outside world, there arrived a single young man who'd lost his purpose in life. He'd lost sight of what he wanted to protect.

    2015AdventureCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Kinkoi: Golden Loveriche

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Ranked #7 for The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Kinkoi: Golden Loveriche is a Japanese-style visual novel produced by Saga Planets, a Japanese developer of romance VNs. The game won numerous awards in the year of its release in Japan for its art, music, characters, and story.

    2021SimulationCasual34.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. LAST EMBRYO -EITHER OF BRAVE TO STORY-

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Ranked #8 for The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    The young girl "Sill", who longed to become an adventurer, came to the Developing City Aletia. However, shadows came quietly... No one had expected what kind of crisis Sill would encounter. But every footprint left by her will soon become mythology...

    2020IndieAdventureRPG5.19 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from TOKYOTOON

Other recommendable Steam games by TOKYOTOON, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Marco & The Galaxy Dragon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Another title from TOKYOTOON, the studio behind The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Marco, an orphan with missing memories, and Arco, a dragon who rules the galaxy, were hunting for treasure in space! On one of their adventures, Marco was given a clue to the whereabouts of her mother. Their next stop, her birthplace - Earth!

    2020AdventureSimulationCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Another title from TOKYOTOON, the studio behind The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart 2 is a heart-warming romantic comedy visual novel featuring 5 new heroines and 4 heroines from the first game.

    2019AdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Null & Peta -Invasion of the Queen Bug-

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    Another title from TOKYOTOON, the studio behind The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

    The crazy comedy anime Null & Peta has been reborn as a thumb-threatening action adventure! Featuring sisterly cooperation, gorgeous event CGs—and plenty of secrets to explore!?

    2020Action19.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart

Is The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart cost?
The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart are The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart 2, Fantasy Tavern Sextet -Vol.3 Postlude Days-, Love Spell: Written In The Stars - a magical romantic-comedy otome.
Who developed The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart?
The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart was developed by TOKYOTOON and published by TOKYOTOON, Fruitbat Factory.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart.

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