IMHO.

Games like Playing Both Sides

If Playing Both Sides is your kind of game, the closest matches are Love in Belarus, My Holiday and After I met that catgirl, my questlist got too long! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its combat punishes overconfidence, elemental attacks feel fresh and challenging. 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.

Get personalized picks →

About Playing Both Sides: Playing Both Sides is a JRPG with a unique battle system and 10+ hours of play.

2019IndieAdventureRPGCasual0.99 USDWindowsby N/A
Playing Both Sides — Steam game cover
Players highlight
Combat punishes overconfidenceElemental attacks feel freshNeither side is purely goodChallengingComedicContemplative

Players who liked Playing Both Sides also play

Steam players who put hours into Playing Both Sides 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. Love in Belarus

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Playing Both Sides fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Playing Both Sides.

    Love in Belarus is a fascinating love story with a Belarusian dictator. Melt the heart of the usurper of power!

    2021IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. My Holiday

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Playing Both Sides.

    Second-strongest match for Playing Both Sides fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Playing Both Sides.

    画风清奇的RPG作品,故事讲述的是一个小学3年僧,随父母回老家的5天假期生活。在老家的小区你会遇到一群性格各异的小盆宇,展开一张并不是很激烈的假期冒险。

    2018IndieRPGCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. After I met that catgirl, my questlist got too long!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Playing Both Sides.

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

    Find love and establish your adventurers' guild in this yuri RPG / visual novel hybrid!

    2021IndieAdventureRPG12.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Chronicles of Nyanya

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Playing Both Sides.

    Ranked #4 for Playing Both Sides fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Playing Both Sides.

    A sweet jRPG-style game about cats, brutal massacres, cuteness, racism and social issues, friendship, sinister thoughts, hilarity and Nazi furniture. It’s an epic attempt to blow your mind with adult themes hidden behind bright cartoon graphics.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Knight Bewitched

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Playing Both Sides.

    Ranked #5 for Playing Both Sides fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Playing Both Sides.

    Knight Bewitched is a turn-based jRPG that follows the love story of innocent witch Gwen and Ruth, the stalwart knight tasked to slay her. The Enhanced Edition includes new features and new content.

    2018IndieRPGCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Last Word

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Playing Both Sides.

    Ranked #6 for Playing Both Sides fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Playing Both Sides.

    In a society where having the last word means having power over others, a small party is disrupted by a gentleman who politely issues orders via one-way intercom.

    2015IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Fleeting Iris

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Playing Both Sides fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Playing Both Sides.

    Ayame is a beautiful girl from Japan that is living a carefree life in search of happiness. One fateful day, she met Robert, a CIA agent who was in Japan during a mission. They become engaged and move to America together. However, not all is as simple as her previous life!

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Alternate DiMansion Diary

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Playing Both Sides fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Playing Both Sides.

    A university student named Sae finds herself lost in the mountains. While searching for help, she comes across an old looking mansion and decides to enter it. However, there was more to this mansion than meets the eye. What will become of Sae? Find out in this Puzzle-Escape RPG!

    2019IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Playing Both Sides at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Playing Both Sides on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Playing Both Sides.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Playing Both Sides on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Playing Both Sides.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Playing Both Sides on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Playing Both Sides.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Playing Both Sides on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Playing Both Sides.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Playing Both Sides on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Playing Both Sides.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Playing Both Sides on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Playing Both Sides.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Playing Both Sides on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Playing Both Sides.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Playing Both Sides on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Playing Both Sides.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 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 and Casual with Playing Both Sides.

    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 Playing Both Sides.

    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 Playing Both Sides.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Playing Both Sides.

    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 ↗
  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 and Casual with Playing Both Sides.

    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 Playing Both Sides.

    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. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Playing Both Sides.

    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 Playing Both Sides

How much does Playing Both Sides cost?
Playing Both Sides is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Playing Both Sides?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Playing Both Sides are Love in Belarus, My Holiday, After I met that catgirl, my questlist got too long!.
Who developed Playing Both Sides?
Playing Both Sides was developed by N/A.

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 Playing Both Sides.

For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.