Games like ChildStory
Below are 27 hand-picked alternatives to ChildStory for fans of indie, adventure, rpg, 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 ChildStory 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, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About ChildStory: The adventure-quest game with hot bullet hells bosses. Every month Sonya gets to the lighthouse to eat the moon and continue the cycle. And each cycle was similar to the previous one. But she will remember the last one for a long time.
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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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Spaceman Memories
Second-strongest match for ChildStory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
Spaceman Memories is a retro JRPG built by one person who loves old stories. Set in a retro-futuristic Japan haunted by ancient folklore, play as Ichiro-94, an astronaut who wakes from hypersleep to piece together the remnants of a forgotten past full of wonder, nostalgia, and strange spirits.
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유어 블라이트
Third-strongest match for ChildStory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with ChildStory.
'Your Blight' is a turn-based dark fantasy RPG that survives in a city sealed off by the appearance of a vampire. Survive for a limited time of 21 days. Explore the city. Meet the survivors. And uncover the secrets surrounding you and the world.
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The Nameless: Slay Dragon
Ranked #4 for ChildStory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
The Nameless: Slay Dragon is like a mix of CRPG and JRPG. In short - how to slay the immensely powerful and cunning evil dragon? You will play as a young man having a bloody feud with a dragon, and face powerful, sinister and tricky enemies with friends....
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Tales of Sirius
Ranked #5 for ChildStory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
《天狼星奇谭》是一款像素风格的轻解谜冒险RPG。玩家在游戏中将扮演普通高中生七叶，因一通神秘的匿名电话而起，由此踏上了寻找自己神秘失踪姐姐的冒险之旅。在游戏中七叶将与自己社团“神研部”的小伙伴们一起穿梭在城市之中，解开谜题，进行战斗，与各方势力周旋，逐渐探寻事情的真相。
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Word Game
Ranked #6 for ChildStory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
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Athenian Rhapsody
Ranked #7 for ChildStory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
Forge your own story and explore the world of Athens in Athenian Rhapsody, a souls-like platonic dating simulator with cooking-mama and WarioWare style battle mechanics... and by that I mean it's a choose-your-own-adventure action RPG with the ability to trade ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGHS between friends!!
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Shadows Over Loathing
Ranked #8 for ChildStory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.
Reviewers mention these as similar to ChildStory
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OneShot
Reviewers of ChildStory cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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DELTARUNE
Reviewers of ChildStory cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with ChildStory.
Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ChildStory at current Steam store prices.
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~88% under ChildStory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
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?
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Buckshot Roulette
Priced ~63% under ChildStory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ChildStory.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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GRIS
Priced ~53% under ChildStory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
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The Test
Priced ~75% under ChildStory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Priced ~81% under ChildStory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
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.
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Blood and Bacon
Priced ~88% under ChildStory on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with ChildStory.
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.
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Priced ~63% under ChildStory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with ChildStory.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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A Short Hike
Priced ~50% under ChildStory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ChildStory.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with ChildStory.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ChildStory.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ChildStory.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ChildStory.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
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 ChildStory
- How much does ChildStory cost?
- ChildStory is listed on Steam at 8.00 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ChildStory?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ChildStory are 地獄廚房RPG, Spaceman Memories, 유어 블라이트.
- Who developed ChildStory?
- ChildStory was developed by Oliver Orangers.
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 ChildStory.
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