Games like Throw Me in the River
If Throw Me in the River is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wanderlust: Transsiberian, Last Threshold and Non-Linear Text Quests — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Throw Me in the River: A visual novel about a man experiencing his family relationships through a state of compressed time. Choose what happened in his past and then watch it play out as you explore family dynamics and the effects that a person's life events can have on the way they interact with others.

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Steam players who put hours into Throw Me in the River 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.
Wanderlust: Transsiberian
WHY THIS
Top pick for Throw Me in the River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Throw Me in the River.
Board the Trans-Siberian railroad and travel 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok. Clash with a vibrant culture as you meet people as strange to you as you are to them. Journey into a standalone Wanderlust adventure from the makers of The Witcher.
Last Threshold
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Throw Me in the River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Throw Me in the River.
Dive into the world based on the Lovecraft universe and its successors. In immersive visual novel discover the secret of the temple and learn the truth about your companions and your father’s past!
Non-Linear Text Quests
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Throw Me in the River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Throw Me in the River.
Non-Linear Text Quests is a bundle of text games of various genres. Here you can find interactive stories with branching plots and text-only versions of classic Point & Click quests, where you can communicate with different characters, use your inventory and combine items in various locations.
From Beyond
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Throw Me in the River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Throw Me in the River.
From Beyond is a game about a man being transported into a different world after being stabbed. Will he find happiness and hope in a world filled with despair? Will he piece the puzzle pieces together and uncover the mystery of his newfound colorblindness? That's up to you... Or is it?
De Profundis
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Throw Me in the River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Throw Me in the River.
Un visual novel d’horreur qui se déroule dans le noir complet, où les paroles des personnages sont mises en musique.
The Zodiac Trial
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Throw Me in the River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Throw Me in the River.
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Ceiba
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Throw Me in the River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Throw Me in the River.
Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.
Border of her Heart
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Throw Me in the River fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Throw Me in the River.
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Throw Me in the River at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Throw Me in the River on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Throw Me in the River.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Throw Me in the River on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Throw Me in the River.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Throw Me in the River on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Throw Me in the River.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Throw Me in the River on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Throw Me in the River.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Throw Me in the River on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Throw Me in the River.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Throw Me in the River on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Throw Me in the River.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Throw Me in the River on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Throw Me in the River.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with Throw Me in the River.
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.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Throw Me in the River.
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 Indie with Throw Me in the River.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Throw Me in the River.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Throw Me in the River.
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.
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 Throw Me in the River.
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.
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Frequently asked about Throw Me in the River
- How much does Throw Me in the River cost?
- Throw Me in the River is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Throw Me in the River?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Throw Me in the River are Wanderlust: Transsiberian, Last Threshold, Non-Linear Text Quests.
- Who developed Throw Me in the River?
- Throw Me in the River was developed by Side Group.
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 Throw Me in the River.
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