Games like Summer Memories
If Summer Memories is your kind of game, the closest matches are Winter Memories, Hero Roy's Wedding and Lovelorn sanatorium Ⅲ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its minigames add unexpected depth, cozy and nostalgic. 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 →Summer Memories is a pixel art adventure RPG developed by Dojin Otome and published by Kagura Games. Released in 2020, it tasks players with managing their daily summer schedule in a countryside setting, balancing relationship-building with multiple characters through event-triggering and resource-gathering mechanics. The game features minigames that add unexpected depth to routine tasks, along with new game plus progression. Players describe the experience as cozy, relaxing, and nostalgic, with characters that feel like real people quickly. The title runs on Steam Deck and maintains an 88% positive rating from over 1,300 Steam reviews. Priced at $19.99, the game offers a chill, medium-length solo experience.
About Summer Memories: It's summer break, and it's been years since you've last seen your aunt and cousins in the countryside! You don't know what to expect, but what could go wrong? Find out in Summer Memories!
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Winter Memories
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Shares relationship building and a cozy mood with Summer Memories.
Top pick for Summer Memories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Summer Memories.
After the unforgettable summer memories you’ve made half a year ago, Yui, Rio, and Miyuki are back. With the change of seasons and the cold falling snow, a new page to your story is about to begin.
Hero Roy's Wedding
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Summer Memories.
Second-strongest match for Summer Memories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Summer Memories.
You will act as Roy, spending a month dating the girl you like to strengthen your bonds. but a wrong choice could have the girl you like taken away. Are you going to be a loyal lover who keeps your promises? Or are you going to become a promiscuous lover who ends up a cuckold？It is all up to you.
Lovelorn sanatorium Ⅲ
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Summer Memories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Summer Memories.
This is a spoof plot puzzle game. Click the dialogue to advance the plot. There are many puzzle-solving levels in the game. You can find props by exploring and solve puzzles according to the game prompts
Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy
WHY THIS
Shares stamina management, relationship building and a cozy mood with Summer Memories.
Ranked #4 for Summer Memories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
When your father goes off on an adventure, it's up to you to keep the lights on and take care of your sister.
How to Build a Magnificent Kingdom
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Summer Memories.
Ranked #5 for Summer Memories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Summer Memories.
The once prosperous kingdom of Avon now lies in tatters with nothing left in its coffers and a pitiful four citizens to its name. Yet even in its darkest hour, Princess Ariadne is determined to restore it to its former glory. Will her perseverance carry her through?
Ghost Marriage Matchmaking
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Summer Memories.
Ranked #6 for Summer Memories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Summer Memories.
Ghost Marriage Matchmaking is a game centered around ghost marriages and building your relationship with the two ethereal heroines: Dai'er and Yuan. As a matchmaker, your job is to get Dai'er and Yuan "ghost married".
Robolife-Days with Aino
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Summer Memories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Summer Memories.
There's nothing better than living with a robot girl! Get your wrench on and show her your mechanic power! But beware, she might be more than just a regular robot...
Robolife2 - Nova Duty
WHY THIS
Shares relationship building with Summer Memories.
Ranked #8 for Summer Memories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Experience living under the same roof with a robot girl! Manage your time between adventuring and enhancing your android in this brand-new sequel! Through a twist of fate, you managed to free Nova, an irregular android, from the authorities, and now you live together!
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Winter Memories
WHY THIS
Shares relationship building and a cozy mood with Summer Memories.
Reviewers of Summer Memories cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Summer Memories.
After the unforgettable summer memories you’ve made half a year ago, Yui, Rio, and Miyuki are back. With the change of seasons and the cold falling snow, a new page to your story is about to begin.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Summer Memories.
Reviewers of Summer Memories cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Summer Memories.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Publisher Tycoon
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Reviewers of Summer Memories cross-mention this title as a similar play.
At this game, you will become a manager of a book publishing company, and run it on your own. This is really fun management simulation game! You can feel manage real publisher and there are over 110 books you can produce.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Summer Memories at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Summer Memories on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Summer Memories.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Summer Memories on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Summer Memories.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Summer Memories on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Summer Memories.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Summer Memories on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Summer Memories.
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?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Summer Memories on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Summer Memories.
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...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Summer Memories.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Summer Memories.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Summer Memories.
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.
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Frequently asked about Summer Memories
- Does Summer Memories run on Steam Deck?
- Summer Memories is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Summer Memories cost?
- Summer Memories is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Summer Memories?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Summer Memories are Winter Memories, Hero Roy's Wedding, Lovelorn sanatorium Ⅲ.
- Who developed Summer Memories?
- Summer Memories was developed by Dojin Otome and published by Kagura Games.
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