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Games like Jester / King

If Jester / King is your kind of game, the closest matches are Demonheart, Demonheart: The Ice Demon and Demonheart: Hunters — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and dark. 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 Jester / King: You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests. Will you seek the truth, help the others, or try to escape?

2021AdventureSimulationRPGCasual15.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Rolling Crown
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Medieval fantasy mystery with intricate plotMinimal romance overshadowed by detective workMorally ambiguous characters resist clear alignmentAtmosphericContemplativeDark

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Steam players who put hours into Jester / King 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. Demonheart

    WHY THIS

    Shares a mysterious mood with Jester / King.

    Top pick for Jester / King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Jester / King.

    Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.

    2017AdventureSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Demonheart: The Ice Demon

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Jester / King.

    Second-strongest match for Jester / King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Jester / King.

    Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?

    2022AdventureSimulationRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Demonheart: Hunters

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Jester / King.

    Third-strongest match for Jester / King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Jester / King.

    Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you. Romance your companions in this RPG with an emphasis on conversation choices and character interactions.

    2020AdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Placebo Love

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Jester / King.

    Ranked #4 for Jester / King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Jester / King.

    A lonely young man is guided by a silent Muse to solve the mystery behind his two Doppelganger Soulmates.

    2021IndieCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Love is in the Airship

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Jester / King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Jester / King.

    In this wacky yuri dating sim, come aboard a magical airship cruise and experience romance, hijinks, and a crazy story with over 15 endings! Lots of choices and lots of really cute girls to date.

    2024ActionSportsIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Detective Rosie Morgan: Death at a Dinner Party

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Jester / King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jester / King.

    When a famous Human Rights Lawyer dies under mysterious circumstances in her Sevenoaks mansion, Detective Inspector Rosie Morgan and her team of indefatigable investigators are called on the scene to find out who murdered the barrister and why.

    2022SimulationCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Demonheart: The Cursed Trial

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Jester / King.

    Ranked #7 for Jester / King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Jester / King.

    You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Foul Play - Yuri Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Jester / King.

    Ranked #8 for Jester / King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Jester / King.

    Foul Play tells the story of a young, bright-eyed detective who is determined to succeed. Her world quickly turns upside down after she is tasked with catching a sexy, mercurial assassin. In the end, she'll need to determine how pure her conscience really is. After all, justice is subjective.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG13.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Jester / King at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Jester / King on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jester / King.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Jester / King on Steam right now. Shares RPG and Casual with Jester / King.

    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 ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jester / King on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Jester / King.

    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 ↗
  4. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jester / King on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Jester / King.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Jester / King on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jester / King.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Jester / King on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Jester / King.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jester / King on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Jester / King.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~94% under Jester / King on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Jester / King.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Casual with Jester / King.

    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 Jester / King.

    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 Adventure with Jester / King.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Jester / King.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jester / King.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Jester / King.

    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 ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Jester / King.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Jester / King.

    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 ↗

More from Rolling Crown

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

  1. Demonheart

    WHY THIS

    Shares a mysterious mood with Jester / King.

    Another title from Rolling Crown, the studio behind Jester / King. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Jester / King.

    Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.

    2017AdventureSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Demonheart: Hunters

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Jester / King.

    Another title from Rolling Crown, the studio behind Jester / King. Shares Adventure and RPG with Jester / King.

    Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you. Romance your companions in this RPG with an emphasis on conversation choices and character interactions.

    2020AdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Demonheart: The Ice Demon

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Jester / King.

    Another title from Rolling Crown, the studio behind Jester / King. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Jester / King.

    Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?

    2022AdventureSimulationRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Demonheart: The Cursed Trial

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Jester / King.

    Another title from Rolling Crown, the studio behind Jester / King. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Jester / King.

    You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Jester / King

Does Jester / King run on Steam Deck?
Jester / King 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 Jester / King cost?
Jester / King is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Jester / King?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jester / King are Demonheart, Demonheart: The Ice Demon, Demonheart: Hunters.
Who developed Jester / King?
Jester / King was developed by Rolling Crown.

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 Jester / King.

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