Games like CATharsis
Below are 12 hand-picked alternatives to CATharsis for fans of indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in CATharsis also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, more from MIYAKOpubl. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About CATharsis: STORY:This is a visual novel and adventure game set in the present day.(It is not an otome game.)
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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How to Take Off Your Mask Remastered
Top pick for CATharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
The cute fantasy visual novel, "How to Take Off Your Mask" returns as a remastered version. One day, Lilia wakes up as a girl with cat ears and a tail! How could this happen, and how will her love story with her childhood friend, Ronan, unfold?
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私のリアルは充実しすぎている フルボイス版
Second-strongest match for CATharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
顔良し、頭良し、性格良し。 完全無欠のリア充女子が送るドタバタラブコメディ！（たぶん）
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Pre-Odyssey: Love at First Quack
Third-strongest match for CATharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CATharsis.
She’s a princess beloved by ducks. He’s a notorious king of schemes. A romantic fragment from a 3000-year old EPIC, retold as an Otome visual novel… but with ducks somehow added to the mix.
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Trapped with Jester
Ranked #4 for CATharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CATharsis.
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
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Anicon - Animal Complex - Sheep's Path
Ranked #6 for CATharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
A romance, comedy, fantasy Visual Novel - filled with adventures, misadventures, adorable animals, brother conflicts, circus cleaning, collecting puzzle pieces, and more - all in one package!
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狂愛イノセンス -The Broken Platonic-
Ranked #7 for CATharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CATharsis.
One day in midsummer, Iona got visited by her little sisters. The reunion is not an emotional one: the eldest brother, Riku, has stabbed their father. As she confronts her sisters, she realise that they remind her of Riku. This time, let's start a moral love.
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Cinderella Phenomenon: Evermore
Ranked #8 for CATharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
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Penguin's Dogma｜獄門ペンギン
Another title from MIYAKOpubl, the studio behind CATharsis. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
Penguin's Dogma｜ 獄門ペンギン Welcome to Penguin's Dogma, a silly, lowbrow stealth game.
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春と修羅｜Haru to Shura
Another title from MIYAKOpubl, the studio behind CATharsis. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
Explore a mysterious world as the protagonist in this short adventure game with pixel graphics.
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CONET｜コネット
Another title from MIYAKOpubl, the studio behind CATharsis. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
"Conet" is an extremely simple one-on-one puzzle battle game of dots and boxes.
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Start a Startup with a Legendary Japanese Warlord
Another title from MIYAKOpubl, the studio behind CATharsis. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
A short visual novel with quizzes to help you dip your toes into the world of startups.
Frequently asked about CATharsis
- How much does CATharsis cost?
- CATharsis is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CATharsis?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CATharsis are How to Take Off Your Mask Remastered, 私のリアルは充実しすぎている フルボイス版, Pre-Odyssey: Love at First Quack.
- Who developed CATharsis?
- CATharsis was developed by MIYAKOpubl.
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 CATharsis.
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