Games like Short Sad Stories
If Short Sad Stories is your kind of game, the closest matches are Venus: Improbable Dream, Best Day Ever and Melancholy Love — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its relatable everyday characters, contemplative and emotional. 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 Short Sad Stories: Alice is a dreamy girl who lives between the real and imaginary worlds, in love with the wrong person. Just before that situation becomes unsustainable, things change unexpectedly, and a new path opens for her and those around her.
Players who liked Short Sad Stories also play
Steam players who put hours into Short Sad Stories 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.
Venus: Improbable Dream
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Short Sad Stories.
Top pick for Short Sad Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Short Sad Stories.
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
Best Day Ever
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Short Sad Stories.
Second-strongest match for Short Sad Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Short Sad Stories.
Play 4 characters, live their unique stories and manage their daily lives to create their best day ever. In this narrative game, your decisions have consequences and change the outcome of the stories.
Melancholy Love
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Short Sad Stories.
Third-strongest match for Short Sad Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Hot wife Tara
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Short Sad Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
HWT is a choose your own adventure story that puts you in the shoes of Harry, a married man who, along with his wife, Tara, want to embark on a sexual journey together. With multiple branching paths and eight unique endings, can you help Harry ensure that his wife has the best birthday of her life?
VIDEOVERSE
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Short Sad Stories.
Ranked #5 for Short Sad Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Ballshit
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and a whimsical mood with Short Sad Stories.
Ranked #6 for Short Sad Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
The first live-action visual novel with an anime flair! Gamer 'Eggy' turns into a girl. Join bro Monkey and his gf to uncover why the school belle hides a tough guy soul. Seek a cure or embrace your new life. Your choice drives this adventure!
Kyle is Famous: Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Short Sad Stories.
Ranked #7 for Short Sad Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
Kyle tries to prepare for his most important interview yet. Choose his path through over 100 endings and accept the consequences in this comedic adventure.
Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and a melancholic mood with Short Sad Stories.
Ranked #8 for Short Sad Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
在本作中，“你”化身为即将迎来毕业季的男主顾易，在对未来的迷茫与憧憬中，你将与六位性格迥异、各具魅力的女生发生一连串的故事，她们或是鬼马少女、或是温柔甜心、猫系娇女、豆腐西施，千娇百媚、亦幻亦真，敬过往。
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Short Sad Stories at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Short Sad Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Short Sad Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Short Sad Stories on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Short Sad Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Short Sad Stories.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Short Sad Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Short Sad Stories.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Short Sad Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Short Sad Stories.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Short Sad Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Short Sad Stories.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
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 with Short Sad Stories.
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. Shares Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
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. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
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. Shares Indie with Short Sad Stories.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Short Sad Stories.
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 with Short Sad Stories.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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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.
VIDEOVERSE
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Short Sad Stories.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Ballshit
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and a whimsical mood with Short Sad Stories.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
The first live-action visual novel with an anime flair! Gamer 'Eggy' turns into a girl. Join bro Monkey and his gf to uncover why the school belle hides a tough guy soul. Seek a cure or embrace your new life. Your choice drives this adventure!
Kyle is Famous: Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Short Sad Stories.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Sad Stories.
Kyle tries to prepare for his most important interview yet. Choose his path through over 100 endings and accept the consequences in this comedic adventure.
Frequently asked about Short Sad Stories
- How much does Short Sad Stories cost?
- Short Sad Stories is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Short Sad Stories?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Short Sad Stories are Venus: Improbable Dream, Best Day Ever, Melancholy Love.
- Who developed Short Sad Stories?
- Short Sad Stories was developed by Pent Panda.
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