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Games like Night and Day

If Night and Day is your kind of game, the closest matches are My Burning Heart, Exhibition of the Heart and The Last Embrace: Book One — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and relaxing. 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 Night and Day: Night and Day is a BL dating sim Visual Novel about art, coming of age and jazz music.

2022IndieCasual19.99 USDWindowsby Ertal Games
Night and Day — Steam game cover
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Artwork is painterly and expressiveJazz soundtrack is soothing and immersivePlayer choices tangibly shape character growthAtmosphericContemplativeRelaxing

Players who liked Night and Day also play

Steam players who put hours into Night and Day 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. My Burning Heart

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Night and Day.

    Top pick for Night and Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Night and Day.

    My Burning Heart is an erotic Yaoi BL Visual Novel set in a 1001 Nights world.

    2019IndieCasual15.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Exhibition of the Heart

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Night and Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    Alice is a lonely university student who never got over her first crush, the upright and studious Sylvia. Until one day, she discovers that Sylvia is actually a shameless exhibitionist! Can the timid Alice win her heart? Find out in this cute nsfw yuri visual novel!

  3. The Last Embrace: Book One

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Night and Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    A young girl, a vampire and last of her kind, wakes up after a thousand years to a modern world. A story focused visual novel with adult elements. Mystery, betrayal, loss and violence await! Shape the future of the protagonist and the world itself!

    IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. KingBreaker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Night and Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Night and Day.

    Branded a patricide and stripped of everything, a sword-for-hire sets out on a relentless path toward revenge. Shape your journey through meaningful choices, forge alliances, pursue romance, and uncover the truth in a dark fantasy visual novel where every decision carries weight.

    2026IndieRPGCasual10.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. One Week Away

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Night and Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Night and Day.

    Step in for the Landlord on a forbidden week-long getaway. Explore a tropical paradise with his neglected partner in this choice-driven adult visual novel. Will you be her romantic sanctuary or her deepest corruption? Every choice shapes your path through this intense secret affair.

    CasualSteam ↗
  6. Chasing the Stars

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Night and Day.

    Ranked #6 for Night and Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    Chasing the Stars is a steampunk-ish multichoice BL Visual Novel. Tirs is a workaholic, determined young man with a dream: going to space. Will he achieve his goal while dealing with college life, the academic research community and its begrudged, and his awful love life?

    2019Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Arcade Spirits

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Night and Day.

    Ranked #7 for Night and Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?

    2019Indie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Ovidius (Blood for Love)

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Night and Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Night and Day.

    A choice-driven adult visual novel set in a decadent Roman-inspired empire. You are a general torn between forbidden love for the Princess and ambition against her brother, the Prince. Seduce allies, outwit rivals, navigate betrayal where every choice shapes your fate across four acts.

    2026ActionIndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Night and Day

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. My Burning Heart

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Night and Day.

    Reviewers of Night and Day cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Night and Day.

    My Burning Heart is an erotic Yaoi BL Visual Novel set in a 1001 Nights world.

    2019IndieCasual15.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Lurkers

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Night and Day cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Night and Day.

    Chasing Jack the Ripper! A BL/ Yaoi Visual Novel

    2020IndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Night and Day cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    The Darkness is the Game that will keep you in constant tension. You have to play for Wilson Walker who decided to return to his old country house, away from the big city. But then our hero discovers that in his house there are some oddities.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Night and Day at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Night and Day on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    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 Night and Day on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Night and Day.

    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 Night and Day on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    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 Night and Day on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Night and Day.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Night and Day on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Night and Day on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Night and Day.

    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 Night and Day on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    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. Kerbal Space Program

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Night and Day on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 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 Indie and Casual with Night and Day.

    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.

    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. 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 Night and Day.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Night and Day.

    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 ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Ertal Games

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

  1. My Burning Heart

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Night and Day.

    Another title from Ertal Games, the studio behind Night and Day. Shares Indie and Casual with Night and Day.

    My Burning Heart is an erotic Yaoi BL Visual Novel set in a 1001 Nights world.

    2019IndieCasual15.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Chasing the Stars

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Night and Day.

    Another title from Ertal Games, the studio behind Night and Day. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    Chasing the Stars is a steampunk-ish multichoice BL Visual Novel. Tirs is a workaholic, determined young man with a dream: going to space. Will he achieve his goal while dealing with college life, the academic research community and its begrudged, and his awful love life?

    2019Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lurkers

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ertal Games, the studio behind Night and Day. Shares Indie and Casual with Night and Day.

    Chasing Jack the Ripper! A BL/ Yaoi Visual Novel

    2020IndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Exes Assault!!

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Night and Day.

    Another title from Ertal Games, the studio behind Night and Day. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    A BL Bara Romantic Comedy Visual Novel

    2025Indie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Jolly Roger

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ertal Games, the studio behind Night and Day. Shares Indie with Night and Day.

    A short BL Visual Novel about romance and pirates.

    2023Indie2.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Night and Day

How much does Night and Day cost?
Night and Day is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Night and Day?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Night and Day are My Burning Heart, Exhibition of the Heart, The Last Embrace: Book One.
Who developed Night and Day?
Night and Day was developed by Ertal Games.

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 Night and Day.

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