Rank 01Games like Ballads at Midnight
- 13 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Ballads at Midnight: Cabernet, A Date with Death, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty, Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, and Fledgling Manor. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Shares branching narrative and achievement hunting with Ballads at Midnight.
- Free
- Deck Playable
- 2023
Rank 03Why this
Shares branching narrative and multiple endings with Ballads at Midnight.
- $6.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Verified
- 2024
Rank 04 
306 new reviews this week- Trending
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Why this: Shares branching narrative with Ballads at Midnight.
Rank 05 
Fledgling Manor
Why this: Also Vampire and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Ballads at Midnight.
Rank 06 
Ambition: A Minuet in Power
Why this: Shares romance systems with Ballads at Midnight.
Rank 07 
Arcadia Fallen
Why this: Also Otome and Dating Sim, like Ballads at Midnight.
Rank 08 
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Ballads at Midnight
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1Cabernet
Shares romance systems and branching narrative with Ballads at Midnight.
- 95% of 1,198 reviews
- 2A Date with Death
Shares branching narrative and achievement hunting with Ballads at Midnight.
- 98% of 10,133 reviews
- 3The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Shares branching narrative and multiple endings with Ballads at Midnight.
- 93% of 679 reviews
- 4Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Shares branching narrative with Ballads at Midnight.
- 97% of 21,995 reviews
- 5Fledgling Manor
Also Vampire and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Ballads at Midnight.
- 99% of 141 reviews
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- 9Sigh of the Abyss
Also Otome and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Ballads at Midnight.
- 96% of 123 reviews
- 10Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday
Also Dating Sim and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Ballads at Midnight.
- 89% of 90 reviews
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- 13Road to Empress I
Also Dating Sim and Interactive Fiction, like Ballads at Midnight.
- 96% of 1,360 reviews
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- 15Expelled!
Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Ballads at Midnight.
- 95% of 177 reviews
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Synstoria
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 95% of 352 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure, Free To Play
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Enemies to lovers romance with genuine chemistry
- Free game with premium quality writing and art
- Gothic fantasy setting with vampire lore
- Atmospheric
- Melancholic
- Poignant
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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.
Cabernet
Why this: Shares romance systems and branching narrative with Ballads at Midnight.
The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Why this: Shares branching narrative and multiple endings with Ballads at Midnight.
- 306 new reviews this week
- Trending
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Why this: Shares branching narrative with Ballads at Midnight.
Arcadia Fallen
Why this: Also Otome and Dating Sim, like Ballads at Midnight.
About Ballads at Midnight
The closest matches to Ballads at Midnight: Cabernet, A Date with Death, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty, Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, and Fledgling Manor. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Ballads at Midnight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cabernet, A Date with Death and The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, melancholic and poignant, and single out its achievement hunting and branching narrative. 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.
About Ballads at Midnight: When a sarcastic bard is arrested and exiled to an abandoned castle, she expected to be at the mercy of a hungry, blood-thirsty vampire. She soon discovers that the vampire, Lucius, is not starving: he is gravely bored. She may just survive on borrowed time, one ballad each midnight.
Is Ballads at Midnight worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 96% of 352 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.9 h played before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Enemies to lovers romance with genuine chemistry
- Free game with premium quality writing and art
- Gothic fantasy setting with vampire lore
- Poetic dialogue feels like a gothic play
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Likes: -Art is gorgeous -Compelling initial plot -Music is quite nice for an indie game Dislikes: -Voice acting is really hit or miss. Protag is supposed to be a bard from a prestigious institution, but seems to have difficulty singing?…”
“Considering the overwhelmingly positive reviews, I was very surprised at how incredibly boring it was. It took me an hour and a half, and most of that was just.. dull.”
People who play it also play: Cabernet, A Date with Death, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Frequently asked about Ballads at Midnight
Can I run it?
Is Ballads at Midnight verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Ballads at Midnight is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
Is Ballads at Midnight free to play?
Yes — Ballads at Midnight is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Ballads at Midnight?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ballads at Midnight are Cabernet, A Date with Death, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty.
Who developed Ballads at Midnight?
Ballads at Midnight was developed by Synstoria and published by Abiding Bridge.