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Games like Tied by your Red

If Tied by your Red is your kind of game, the closest matches are 角斗士学院(Gladiator School), The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty and Sweet Home — 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 Tied by your Red: A girl who has been sold, is about to start her new life with the notorious Duke in this horrible mansion. She has to tiptoe through the daily fearful routine of being beheaded if she utters a wrong word!? A Lily story, corny and sweet Beauty and the Beast Yuri show is about to begin.

2021IndieSimulationRPG3.99 USDWindows · macOSby Yurif
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Players who liked Tied by your Red also play

Steam players who put hours into Tied by your Red 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. 角斗士学院(Gladiator School)

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Tied by your Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    [game type] AVG + simulated love cultivation[game rating] objects aged 18 and above[game theme] BL ancient Roman wind school daily + hot-blooded battle

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Tied by your Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tied by your Red.

    He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sweet Home

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Tied by your Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    Sweet Home is a visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Parted friendships, ambiguous romances, tangled relationships, and flawed families... Are these just the pangs of adolescence—or something heavier? Step into the shoes of Zhao Ying, shape her choices, and uncover every possible path.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Tied by your Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    九省通衢之地的阴影里,不知名的存在正在蠢蠢欲动。普通到极点的学生顾韦,作为“非日常部”的一员,和女友苏半夏开始调查“虚拟偶像消失事件”的传闻。讲述都市怪谈的可疑直播间,废墟一般的住宅楼,等待在两人前方的是……

    2020AdventureSimulationCasual4.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. 南栀 Unwavering love

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Tied by your Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    《南栀》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏,讲述了在前作(夜永 Eternal Love)剧情发生一年半之后,聆花女子学院中的少女们成长的故事。

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. 错过的暑假可以放第二次吗?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Tied by your Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    游戏内容: 这是一款以绘画为主题、描述了成年人对于过往错过的人与事的灵魂之旅,兽人向的纯视觉小说游戏。 故事讲述了25岁的狸花猫兽人“启诚”,在被公司辞退后回到老家的城市。作为曾没能通过联考的美术生,在青梅竹马“未乾”,以及好朋友【熙和】、【望舒】、画室的“学弟”【烈烈】的帮助下,慢慢寻回了自己曾失去的那个暑假,那个他命中注定的人……

    2026SimulationCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 大鹏 - The Roc

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Tied by your Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tied by your Red.

    Due to work, Wu Shengyou was forced to leave home for high school in a big city. The sensitive, introverted poet felt out of place with classmates.As they grew closer, he seemed her only friend, yet appeared to completely misunderstand her inner thoughts...

    2024IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Coffee flavor of love 咖啡甜恋

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Tied by your Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Tied by your Red.

    Sweet love begins in the coffee shop. Office romances of coffee shop employees. This is a visual novel game with two endings.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tied by your Red at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Tied by your Red on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tied by your Red.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Tied by your Red on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Tied by your Red on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tied by your Red.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Tied by your Red on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Tied by your Red on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Tied by your Red on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Tied by your Red on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and RPG with Tied by your Red.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Tied by your Red on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Tied by your Red.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 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 Tied by your Red.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tied by your Red.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Simulation with Tied by your Red.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tied by your Red.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree 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 Indie with Tied by your Red.

    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 Indie and Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    ‘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 Indie and Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. 角斗士学院(Gladiator School)

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    [game type] AVG + simulated love cultivation[game rating] objects aged 18 and above[game theme] BL ancient Roman wind school daily + hot-blooded battle

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Tied by your Red.

    He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 错过的暑假可以放第二次吗?

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Tied by your Red.

    游戏内容: 这是一款以绘画为主题、描述了成年人对于过往错过的人与事的灵魂之旅,兽人向的纯视觉小说游戏。 故事讲述了25岁的狸花猫兽人“启诚”,在被公司辞退后回到老家的城市。作为曾没能通过联考的美术生,在青梅竹马“未乾”,以及好朋友【熙和】、【望舒】、画室的“学弟”【烈烈】的帮助下,慢慢寻回了自己曾失去的那个暑假,那个他命中注定的人……

    2026SimulationCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Coffee flavor of love 咖啡甜恋

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Tied by your Red.

    Sweet love begins in the coffee shop. Office romances of coffee shop employees. This is a visual novel game with two endings.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Tied by your Red

How much does Tied by your Red cost?
Tied by your Red is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Tied by your Red?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tied by your Red are 角斗士学院(Gladiator School), The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty, Sweet Home.
Who developed Tied by your Red?
Tied by your Red was developed by Yurif and published by Yurif, Light of Creators.

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 Tied by your Red.

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