Games like Mask of the Rose
If Mask of the Rose is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hawaii Detective: Killing of a Krypto King, Dates & Wires: Augmented Edition and Midnight Therapy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, emotional and immersive. 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 Mask of the Rose: A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
Players who liked Mask of the Rose also play
Steam players who put hours into Mask of the Rose 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.
Hawaii Detective: Killing of a Krypto King
WHY THIS
Top pick for Mask of the Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
"Hawaii Detective: Killing of a Krypto King" is a Detective Mystery Visual Novel and Yuri Dating Sim where you play as Detective Laura Ko as she interrogates suspects, investigates clues and follows leads to solve this tropical tale. Maybe she even finds the woman of her dreams along the way too!
Dates & Wires: Augmented Edition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Mask of the Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
The year is 1995, and you're newly single and ready to mingle in Stradania, the dysfunctional micronation whose chief exports are pig iron, human misery, and radioactive souvenir mugs. Sample the nightlife, try a VR trip or two, and maybe even find love - just try not to get your organs stolen.
Midnight Therapy
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Mask of the Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mask of the Rose.
A powerless, FAKE therapist facing raw truth. Balance financial pressure and patients' collapse in this narrative RPG. Use speechcraft and the "Mind Reading Spell" to dive into minds and shatter cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or redemption?
Johnny Mystery and The Halloween Killer
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Mask of the Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
On Halloween night, a young detective named Johnny Mystery comes across a girl trying to escape from the police. Then, Johnny tries to unravel an intriguing murder case that happened during a party at the Municipal Music School.
The Sleeping Sickness
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Mask of the Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Pineford: Part I
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Mask of the Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Investigate the murder of Evie Roots. Save the town from disaster. Learn the history of the Great Houses. Immerse yourself in the centuries-old history of Pineford.
Unfree Freesia
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Mask of the Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mask of the Rose.
A narrative-driven game where Deduction meets the Dark Arts. Invest crime scenes for evidence and navigate the razor's edge between "Rationality" and "Inspiration." Unlock branching paths through your choices, forge fragile alliances, and decide who survives the encroaching shadows.
Strange Horticulture
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mask of the Rose.
Ranked #8 for Mask of the Rose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mask of the Rose at current Steam store prices.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mask of the Rose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mask of the Rose.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Mask of the Rose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mask of the Rose.
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!
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Mask of the Rose on Steam right now.
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.
Persona 4 Golden
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mask of the Rose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mask of the Rose.
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
DREDGE
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Mask of the Rose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mask of the Rose.
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Mask of the Rose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mask of the Rose.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
‘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.
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.
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Frequently asked about Mask of the Rose
- Is Mask of the Rose verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Mask of the Rose 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 Mask of the Rose cost?
- Mask of the Rose is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Mask of the Rose?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mask of the Rose are Hawaii Detective: Killing of a Krypto King, Dates & Wires: Augmented Edition, Midnight Therapy.
- Who developed Mask of the Rose?
- Mask of the Rose was developed by Failbetter 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 Mask of the Rose.
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