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Games like Eldritch Academy

If Eldritch Academy is your kind of game, the closest matches are DEVIL'S LIMINAL, Oxenfree and Fearbonding — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its lore dictionary adds depth, contemplative and cozy. 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 Eldritch Academy: The remote boarding school of Solana Academy has a sinister secret, one that Yue Ishikami and her classmates are forced to confront after a monster breaks free from the old dormitory. While magical petal-like stones give them the power to fight back, it soon becomes clear that they are out of their depth...

2019IndieAdventure11.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Nightshade
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Steam players who put hours into Eldritch Academy 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. DEVIL'S LIMINAL

    WHY THIS

    Shares choice driven romance and a mysterious mood with Eldritch Academy.

    Top pick for Eldritch Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Academy.

    DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona before college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade at work, romance an enigmatic new girl, and stop the occult plot to take Margo's life.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation13.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Oxenfree

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a mysterious mood with Eldritch Academy.

    Second-strongest match for Eldritch Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Academy.

    Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Fearbonding

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Eldritch Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Academy.

    Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?

    2025IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 咒影 Curse of the Shadow

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a mysterious mood with Eldritch Academy.

    Ranked #4 for Eldritch Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Academy.

    "Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.

    2026IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. start;again

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Eldritch Academy.

    Ranked #5 for Eldritch Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Eldritch Academy.

    A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?

    2022IndieSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The House in Fata Morgana

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings with Eldritch Academy.

    Ranked #6 for Eldritch Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Eldritch Academy.

    A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.

    2016Adventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Wet steps

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Eldritch Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Eldritch Academy.

    Have a relationship with a charming priestess! An urban fantasy short and brisk visual novel with elements of slavic mythology.

    2020Indie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. STEINS;GATE

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a mysterious mood with Eldritch Academy.

    Ranked #8 for Eldritch Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Eldritch Academy.

    Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.

    2016Adventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Eldritch Academy at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Eldritch Academy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eldritch Academy.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Eldritch Academy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eldritch Academy.

    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 ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Eldritch Academy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eldritch Academy.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Eldritch Academy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eldritch Academy.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Eldritch Academy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eldritch Academy.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Eldritch Academy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Academy.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Eldritch Academy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eldritch Academy.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Eldritch Academy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Academy.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

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 Indie with Eldritch Academy.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Eldritch Academy.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Academy.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Eldritch Academy.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Eldritch Academy.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Academy.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Eldritch Academy.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Eldritch Academy

How much does Eldritch Academy cost?
Eldritch Academy is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Eldritch Academy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Eldritch Academy are DEVIL'S LIMINAL, Oxenfree, Fearbonding.
Who developed Eldritch Academy?
Eldritch Academy was developed by Nightshade.

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 Eldritch Academy.

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