Games like The Imperial Gatekeeper
If The Imperial Gatekeeper is your kind of game, the closest matches are Magical Girl Celesphonia, Bound by Love and Apostle: Rebellion — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its optional consensual adult content, comedic and funny. 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 The Imperial Gatekeeper: The Empire is finally whole after the Great Unification War, and the military is undergoing a restructuring. You are Corporal Thill, a decorated war hero begrudgingly transferred to the newly created Traffic Security Bureau to man one of its many checkpoints. Glory to the Empire!
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Steam players who put hours into The Imperial Gatekeeper 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.
Magical Girl Celesphonia
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Top pick for The Imperial Gatekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
Amane has always lived for herself, choosing to focus on her studies and happiness. But what will she do when given magical powers beyond human comprehension to face a horde of terrible monsters? It's time for her to become Magical Girl Celesphonia!
Bound by Love
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Second-strongest match for The Imperial Gatekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
When Yokoshima finds out his office crush, Hazuki Ichinose, is transferring overseas, he realizes that he needs to act and finally ask her out.
Apostle: Rebellion
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Third-strongest match for The Imperial Gatekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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.
Scars of Summer
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Ranked #4 for The Imperial Gatekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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.
Demons Roots
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Ranked #5 for The Imperial Gatekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
In a final struggle for survival, demonkind again invaded the human world. However, the world they return to after years in the darkness isn't the same as it once was...
Treasure Hunter Claire
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Ranked #6 for The Imperial Gatekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
Treasure Hunter Claire is the story of the titular protagonist, Claire, and her adventure through the fabled land of Alstroemeria. What treasures and riches await her as she navigates the world?
Ambrosia
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Ranked #7 for The Imperial Gatekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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...
Seed of Evil
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Imperial Gatekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
Seed of Evil is an epic adventure to uncover the secrets of the Water City, Somonden. Follow Anna as she explores the upper and lower parts of the city to uncover the truth of the defilement plaguing its inhabitants. You won't soon forget this amazing story filled with mystery, drama, and intrigue.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Imperial Gatekeeper at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~62% under The Imperial Gatekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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
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Priced ~62% under The Imperial Gatekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~52% under The Imperial Gatekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~62% under The Imperial Gatekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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
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Priced ~62% under The Imperial Gatekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~92% under The Imperial Gatekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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 ~77% under The Imperial Gatekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
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Priced ~54% under The Imperial Gatekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
‘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 and Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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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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
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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...
Seed of Evil
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Imperial Gatekeeper.
Seed of Evil is an epic adventure to uncover the secrets of the Water City, Somonden. Follow Anna as she explores the upper and lower parts of the city to uncover the truth of the defilement plaguing its inhabitants. You won't soon forget this amazing story filled with mystery, drama, and intrigue.
Frequently asked about The Imperial Gatekeeper
- Does The Imperial Gatekeeper work on Steam Deck?
- The Imperial Gatekeeper is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does The Imperial Gatekeeper cost?
- The Imperial Gatekeeper is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Imperial Gatekeeper?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Imperial Gatekeeper are Magical Girl Celesphonia, Bound by Love, Apostle: Rebellion.
- Who developed The Imperial Gatekeeper?
- The Imperial Gatekeeper was developed by Tengsten 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 The Imperial Gatekeeper.
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