Choose Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
Choose Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque if it's currently about 90% cheaper on the Steam Store. Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque launched in 2022.
Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque vs Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain
Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque and Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain both land in Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Adventure games on Steam. Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque (2022) is 3 years older than Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain (2025). Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque is currently ~90% cheaper on Steam than Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain (1.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain
Choose Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain if it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain launched in 2025.
Both Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque and Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain sit in Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque |  Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2025 |
| Genres | Adventure | Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | 1.99 USD | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 1 reviews | 3 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | 桐生バトラ（疑狐社）, 崎托, 月食图书室 | SWEET&TEA |
Side by side
- Both are Adventure games on Steam.
- Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque (2022) is 3 years older than Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain (2025).
- Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque is currently ~90% cheaper on Steam than Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain (1.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque has no Deck rating yet.
Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque vs Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain — FAQ
- Should I play Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque or Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain first?
- If you want chronology, Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque (2022) came out before Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque and Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain similar?
- They overlap on Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.