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If Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hardcore Cruising: A Sci-Fi Gay Sex Cruise!, My Magical Demon Lover and Morningdew Farms: A Gay Farming Game — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, emotional and mysterious. 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 Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel: Disgraced soldier Demetri is exiled to Secren, a dangerous world devoid of women. Earthlings are smaller and weaker than the violent men of Secren. Demetri's only hope for survival is to bond with a strong mate who can love and protect him. The heterosexual Italian-American is reluctant.
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Hardcore Cruising: A Sci-Fi Gay Sex Cruise!
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Top pick for Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Crewman Milo Barre has started work on his first gay sex cruise. He always dreamed of working for this illustrious cruise line, but his big brother bullied him by saying he would never be slutty enough to make it. Can Milo prove him wrong and be the sluttiest cabin boy on the ship?
My Magical Demon Lover
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Second-strongest match for Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Spicy Ecchi Content + A Yaoi Fantasy Story + A Dash of Comedy = My Magical Demon Lover, a 'mature players' dating sim that puts the wannabe wizard Tristan with his choice of three hot demons.
Morningdew Farms: A Gay Farming Game
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Shares an emotional mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Third-strongest match for Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Sweet southern boy Cody always dreamed of living off the land. Now he's taken over his granddaddy's farm and can begin a wonderful new life in the village of Morningdew--a notorious Gayborhood! Loaded with interactive farming and sizzling gay romance!
Coming Out on Top
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Shares an emotional mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Ranked #4 for Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
The acclaimed gay dating sim. Have a sweet, sexy, or bizarrely comedic adventure with the man of your choice!
Camp Buddy: Scoutmaster Season
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Shares an emotional mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Ranked #5 for Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Camp Buddy: Scoutmaster Season is a Gay Adult / Yaoi Visual Novel that features the adventures of Scoutmaster Yoshinori Nagira after the events of ‘Camp Buddy’ during the off-season. Help Yoshinori with his decisions and create a special bond with your chosen partner. Forever it’s our Buddy Oath!
Mister Versatile: A Gay Superhero Visual Novel
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Shares a whimsical mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Ranked #6 for Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
A gay superhero visual novel! The Lone Wolf Mister Versatile thinks super teams are a pain in the ass, but four super-hotties have decided they want to watch his back anyway! Date a villain, a rookie, a symbiote, and a superman-ish alien. Loaded with explicit CGs.
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
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Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. Are you ready? Hi ready, I'm Dad.
Lagoon Lounge : The Poisonous Fountain
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Ranked #8 for Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
This is a visual novel containing furry characters and homosexual themes. You take on the role of a furry who has moved to a seaside village and become involved in the lives of its residents.
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Garry's Mod
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Priced ~69% under Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
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Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~69% under Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
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!
PEAK
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Priced ~50% under Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
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Slay the Spire
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Priced ~61% under Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
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Priced ~50% under Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
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...
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~69% under Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
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.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~69% under Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
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Priced ~50% under Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
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.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
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
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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.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
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Coming soon from Y Press Games
Announced and quality-gated upcoming releases from Y Press Games — ranked by community wishlist demand from our scraped pool.
Monster Ops 20
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Season 2 of Monster Ops! Black Ops soldiers Wraith and Tide know the world is against them, and they can only rely on each other. Two soldiers, forced to go rogue, with a desperate mission. There's no one left they can trust. A NSFW Gay Visual Novel Dating Sim put out in Monthly Episodes!
Monster Ops 22
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Announced upcoming release from Y Press Games, the studio behind Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel. Shares Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Season 2 of Monster Ops! Black Ops soldiers Wraith and Tide know the world is against them, and they can only rely on each other. Two soldiers, forced to go rogue, with a desperate mission. There's no one left they can trust. A NSFW Gay Visual Novel Dating Sim put out in Monthly Episodes!
Monster Ops 21
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Announced upcoming release from Y Press Games, the studio behind Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Season 2 of Monster Ops! Black Ops soldiers Wraith and Tide know the world is against them, and they can only rely on each other. Two soldiers, forced to go rogue, with a desperate mission. There's no one left they can trust. A NSFW Gay Visual Novel Dating Sim put out in Monthly Episodes!
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Other recommendable Steam games by Y Press Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
To Trust an Incubus
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Shares an emotional mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Another title from Y Press Games, the studio behind Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel. Shares Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
The temp worker Kenta is trapped in a lab with four sexy incubus aliens from another dimension. Kenta dates Incubi, incubi date each other, and even the lab workers can get together! A long gay sci-fi yaoi/bara dating sim loaded with 400 CGs!
Mister Versatile: A Gay Superhero Visual Novel
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Shares a whimsical mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Another title from Y Press Games, the studio behind Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel. Shares Simulation and Casual with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
A gay superhero visual novel! The Lone Wolf Mister Versatile thinks super teams are a pain in the ass, but four super-hotties have decided they want to watch his back anyway! Date a villain, a rookie, a symbiote, and a superman-ish alien. Loaded with explicit CGs.
Morningdew Farms: A Gay Farming Game
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Shares an emotional mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Another title from Y Press Games, the studio behind Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Sweet southern boy Cody always dreamed of living off the land. Now he's taken over his granddaddy's farm and can begin a wonderful new life in the village of Morningdew--a notorious Gayborhood! Loaded with interactive farming and sizzling gay romance!
Alpha Hole Prison - A Yaoi, Gay, Bara Visual Novel
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Another title from Y Press Games, the studio behind Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel. Shares Casual with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
A Gay Prison Visual Novel Dating Sim! Earthling Miguel Santos has been sentenced to life at Alpha Hole, a notorious space prison. His survival depends on using his charms to convince a powerful ally to protect him. A gigantic seven route hardcore gay dating sim loaded with animated scenes!
My Magical Demon Lover
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Another title from Y Press Games, the studio behind Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Spicy Ecchi Content + A Yaoi Fantasy Story + A Dash of Comedy = My Magical Demon Lover, a 'mature players' dating sim that puts the wannabe wizard Tristan with his choice of three hot demons.
Sentimental Trickster: Yaoi BL Gay Visual Novel
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Shares an emotional mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Another title from Y Press Games, the studio behind Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel. Shares Casual with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
A slice-of-life visual novel with darker twists hiding within! Haru Amari wasn't looking for love, just a new beginning far from his past. Instead he finds himself in complicated relationships where he must decide between his needs and those of the men around him.
Vampire Slave 1: A Yaoi Visual Novel
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Another title from Y Press Games, the studio behind Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
The world's most ancient vampire, a young & unprepared new leader of a centuries old vampire-hunting organization, thrust together by fate. Thalos knows he's found his beloved, but Dusty must never let himself grow close to a vampire. A kinetic visual novel that grows spicier with each installment!
Hardcore Cruising: A Sci-Fi Gay Sex Cruise!
WHY THIS
Another title from Y Press Games, the studio behind Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel. Shares Simulation with Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel.
Crewman Milo Barre has started work on his first gay sex cruise. He always dreamed of working for this illustrious cruise line, but his big brother bullied him by saying he would never be slutty enough to make it. Can Milo prove him wrong and be the sluttiest cabin boy on the ship?
Frequently asked about Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel
- Is Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel cost?
- Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel are Hardcore Cruising: A Sci-Fi Gay Sex Cruise!, My Magical Demon Lover, Morningdew Farms: A Gay Farming Game.
- Who developed Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel?
- Maelstrom: A Yaoi Visual Novel was developed by Y Press Games.
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