Games like In Your Books
If In Your Books is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hanako's Flower Shop, Mitch and A Sketchbook About Her Sun — 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 In Your Books: In Your Books is a short adventure game where you play the granddaughter of a bookseller. After her disappearance you'll have to take the place of your grandmother. Recommend books, learn to know the locals, solve secret mechanisms and discover where she left.
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Hanako's Flower Shop
WHY THIS
Top pick for In Your Books fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with In Your Books.
Hanako’s Flower Shop is a heartfelt visual novel where you run a flower shop, crafting bouquets using the language of flowers. Listen to customers’ stories, shape Hanako’s journey through choices, and navigate her struggle to honor her grandpa’s legacy while discovering her own path.
A Sketchbook About Her Sun
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for In Your Books fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with In Your Books.
Through a narrative based on Red Ribbon’s new album “Planet X”, experience a broken-heart girl’s journey through thoughts, daydreams and music.
Closer the Distance
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for In Your Books fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with In Your Books.
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
What Comes After
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Ranked #5 for In Your Books fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with In Your Books.
What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.
Far from Noise
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for In Your Books fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with In Your Books.
Far from Noise is a narrative set on the edge of a cliff, where two characters discuss what it means to balance between life and death.
looK INside - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for In Your Books fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with In Your Books.
In a book found in the attic, Manon discovers the past of her family members through their memories, their gestures, their quirks and their little secrets.
Sunlight
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for In Your Books fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with In Your Books.
Traverse a harmonious hand painted forest in this first person hike. ☀️The trees guide you with gentle whispers, as you explore a philosophical story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below In Your Books at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under In Your Books on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In Your Books.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~50% under In Your Books on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In Your Books.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
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Priced ~67% under In Your Books on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In Your Books.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~75% under In Your Books on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In Your Books.
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 ~83% under In Your Books on Steam right now. Shares Casual with In Your Books.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~50% under In Your Books on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In Your Books.
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!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under In Your Books on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In Your Books.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under In Your Books on Steam right now. Shares Casual with In Your Books.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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.
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 In Your Books.
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 In Your Books.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with In Your Books.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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 In Your Books.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with In Your Books.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with In Your Books.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with In Your Books.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Frequently asked about In Your Books
- How much does In Your Books cost?
- In Your Books is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to In Your Books?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside In Your Books are Hanako's Flower Shop, Mitch, A Sketchbook About Her Sun.
- Who developed In Your Books?
- In Your Books was developed by Underhill.
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