Games like Bound by Love
If Bound by Love is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chevalier Historie, Scars of Summer and Ambrosia — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its artwork is consistently praised, bleak and contemplative. 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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Players who liked Bound by Love also play
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Chevalier Historie
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Bound by Love.
Top pick for Bound by Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
The fate of a captured princess lies in the hands of a single woman. Using the power of the spirits and a variety of items, the female knight Jeanne must explore the kingdom that's been thrown into chaos to save Princess Lily in this classic-style action RPG.
Scars of Summer
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a bleak mood with Bound by Love.
Second-strongest match for Bound by Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
A slice of life RPG. Due to family circumstances, Keita finds himself living with his childhood friend Ryoka for the summer. Explore a contemporary Japanese setting, and enjoy spending time with Ryoka.
Ambrosia
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Bound by Love.
Third-strongest match for Bound by Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
The apprentice priestess Flode is dedicated to serving the God of Light, Leight, but when she's suddenly wrapped up in a scandal, she's sent to a remote island to spread the faith. Little does everyone know, the island houses long-forgotten secrets of its own...
Brave Alchemist Colette
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Bound by Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
Colette has been living a happy life as an apprentice alchemist, but when a mysterious stranger pays her master Priscilla a visit, Priscilla sets out on a journey. With her master gone, it's up to Colette to inherit the workshop and help those in need while also embarking on adventures of her own!
Kamikaze Kommittee Ouka 2
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Bound by Love.
Ranked #5 for Bound by Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
A classic style turn-based RPG. After a spike in crime in the neighborhood of Danmura, "Kamikaze Ouka" is asked to deal with the problem. Seeing how bad the situation has gotten, she agrees to fight the roaming gangs and restore peace to the neighborhood.
Leanna's Slice of Life
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a contemplative mood with Bound by Love.
Ranked #6 for Bound by Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
In a world where demons exist, Kain and Leanna live in a relatively peaceful village. The two eventually get married. However, due to the incessant demon attacks, Kain becomes careless and falls into a lot of debt. It'll be up to Leanna to help pay off Kain's debts in this Slice of Life RPG!
Apostle: Rebellion
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Bound by Love.
Ranked #7 for Bound by Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
A sci-fi, turn-based RPG. Humanity has reached a point where the majority of people opt to become cyborgs called Roids. However, social inequality is once again at a breaking point.
The Curse of Kubel
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Bound by Love.
Ranked #8 for Bound by Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
An earthquake swallows up the city of Kaldesta and splits it into two. Now many adventurers travel there in search of treasure. However, a curse suddenly appears and starts infecting the adventurers...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bound by Love at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Bound by Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Bound by Love.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Bound by Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Bound by Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bound by Love.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Bound by Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bound by Love.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Bound by Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bound by Love.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Bound by Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Bound by Love.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Bound by Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Bound by Love.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Bound by Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bound by Love.
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.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with Bound by 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.
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 Bound by Love.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with Bound by Love.
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 Bound by Love.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bound by Love.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Scars of Summer
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a bleak mood with Bound by Love.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
A slice of life RPG. Due to family circumstances, Keita finds himself living with his childhood friend Ryoka for the summer. Explore a contemporary Japanese setting, and enjoy spending time with Ryoka.
Ambrosia
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Bound by Love.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
The apprentice priestess Flode is dedicated to serving the God of Light, Leight, but when she's suddenly wrapped up in a scandal, she's sent to a remote island to spread the faith. Little does everyone know, the island houses long-forgotten secrets of its own...
Kamikaze Kommittee Ouka 2
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Bound by Love.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Bound by Love.
A classic style turn-based RPG. After a spike in crime in the neighborhood of Danmura, "Kamikaze Ouka" is asked to deal with the problem. Seeing how bad the situation has gotten, she agrees to fight the roaming gangs and restore peace to the neighborhood.
Frequently asked about Bound by Love
- Does Bound by Love run on Steam Deck?
- Bound by Love is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Bound by Love cost?
- Bound by Love is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Bound by Love?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bound by Love are Chevalier Historie, Scars of Summer, Ambrosia.
- Who developed Bound by Love?
- Bound by Love was developed by RetroLab and published by Kagura 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 Bound by Love.
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