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Games like HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love

If HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love is your kind of game, the closest matches are Black Zen White, Soulchain and Inverted Journey — 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.

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About HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love: Solve puzzles with the power of friendship! Each student you befriend gives you a unique item that lets you unlock new areas and explore a wacky anime school! To deliver a confession to your crush, can you clear every obstacle? Can you overcome your feelings? Can you solve the puzzle called love?

IndieAdventureWindowsby Flip Alive Games
HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love — Steam game cover

Players who liked HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love also play

Steam players who put hours into HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love 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. Black Zen White

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    Black Zen White is a relaxing puzzle platformer where the world flips between two versions: black and white. Think, time your moves, bend time, and interact with strange creatures in this contemplative, hand-drawn journey inspired by East Asian ink paintings for 1 to 2 players.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Soulchain

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    Use your soul as a grappling hook in this tight, non-linear, physics-based platformer. Swing through hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, explore a vast world inspired by classic metroidvanias, and find your place within the seasons of the Afterlife.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Inverted Journey

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    Inverted Journey is a mind-bending puzzle platformer where you can enter the negative space of levels. Use this unique ability to solve strange puzzles, collect hidden treasures, and journey on a quest to save your little brother from a terrible fate.

  4. The Gardens Between

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Mirrormind

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    Mirrormind is a 3D Puzzle Platformer in a lo-fi dithered style, where you can shift perspective into any person you can see. Journey through a series of worlds to explore different points of view.

    2025IndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Dreampainters

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    Put your creativity to the test in this first-person puzzle game! Discover the surreal world of an artist's dreams and use a paintbrush to unfold its mysteries with striking colors. Or grab a friend to paint your dreams together in two-player co-op mode!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Lost Twins 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    A cute yet challenging puzzle-platformer with a unique mechanic of moving the world itself to create new paths. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op mode to help Ben & Abi navigate this mysterious world. Test your logic skills by solving clever puzzles to help them find their way back home

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Master's Pupil

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside Claude Monet's eyeball

    2023IndieAdventureCasual14.99 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 Indie with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    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 HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    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 Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Black Zen White

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    Black Zen White is a relaxing puzzle platformer where the world flips between two versions: black and white. Think, time your moves, bend time, and interact with strange creatures in this contemplative, hand-drawn journey inspired by East Asian ink paintings for 1 to 2 players.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Gardens Between

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lost Twins 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    A cute yet challenging puzzle-platformer with a unique mechanic of moving the world itself to create new paths. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op mode to help Ben & Abi navigate this mysterious world. Test your logic skills by solving clever puzzles to help them find their way back home

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Master's Pupil

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

    The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside Claude Monet's eyeball

    2023IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love

What games are most similar to HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love are Black Zen White, Soulchain, Inverted Journey.
Who developed HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love?
HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love was developed by Flip Alive 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 HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love.

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