Games like All Idleness and Ephemera
If All Idleness and Ephemera is your kind of game, the closest matches are Unluckily in Love, In Fair Spirits and Dreamy Planet — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its custom soundtrack enhances immersion, atmospheric 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 All Idleness and Ephemera: A lewd boys love / BL / yaoi visual novel set in a 1001 Nights inspired universe about a couple of cousins who like one another a perfectly normal amount. The story contains a lot of explicit sexual content.
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Unluckily in Love
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Top pick for All Idleness and Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A cute boys love / BL / yaoi visual novel about a slowly developing romantic relationship between a couple of cousins.
In Fair Spirits
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Second-strongest match for All Idleness and Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A sweet slice of life boys love / yaoi visual novel set in the English countryside about a medieval knight who's been reincarnated into the 21st century and a memey goth boy who's spent far too much time on the internet.
Dreamy Planet
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Third-strongest match for All Idleness and Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
An atmospheric lesbian / yuri VN set in an abandoned theme park, focused on a rekindled relationship between a pair of estranged childhood friends.
Blackberry Honey
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Ranked #4 for All Idleness and Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A lesbian love story set in Victorian England, featuring maids, music, and finding love in unexpected places.
Ballshit
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Ranked #5 for All Idleness and Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
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!
UuultraC
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Ranked #6 for All Idleness and Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
An 18+ BL visual novel set in 1970's Soshigaya. Kaiju straight out of a black-and-white TV terrorize a Japan without a world's fair. Tokyo's safety is in the hands of Sun Mask Icarus in this slapstick-yet-heavy 70's pro-wrestling kaiju drama!
Room No. 9
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Ranked #7 for All Idleness and Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
You have been selected to participate in a behavioral analysis experiment and these guys are at the mercy of your inhumanly cruel choices! it's up to you to decide the fate of these two...
Her Love, Like Poison
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Ranked #8 for All Idleness and Ephemera fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below All Idleness and Ephemera at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under All Idleness and Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
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 ~44% under All Idleness and Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under All Idleness and Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
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 ~44% under All Idleness and Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under All Idleness and Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under All Idleness and Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under All Idleness and Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under All Idleness and Ephemera on Steam right now. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
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 All Idleness and Ephemera.
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 with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
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 All Idleness and Ephemera.
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 All Idleness and Ephemera.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from ebi-hime
Other recommendable Steam games by ebi-hime, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Blackberry Honey
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind All Idleness and Ephemera. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A lesbian love story set in Victorian England, featuring maids, music, and finding love in unexpected places.
Sweetest Monster
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind All Idleness and Ephemera. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A middle-aged man has an encounter with a cute catgirl in the dead of night - but all is not as it seems.
Her Love, Like Poison
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind All Idleness and Ephemera. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Cage of Roses
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind All Idleness and Ephemera. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.
Strawberry Vinegar
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind All Idleness and Ephemera. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A cute comedy yuri VN about a gluttonous demon and a cynical young girl centered around the most important thing in life: food! ♥
The Fairy's Song
WHY THIS
Shares character driven dialogue and an emotional mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind All Idleness and Ephemera. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A yuri / lesbian visual novel set in the UK. Marnie, a bored goth girl, accidentally stumbles upon a sleeping female knight in the forest. Together, the pair must work to break a centuries-old curse, while romantic feelings between them begin to grow.
Rituals in the Dark
WHY THIS
Shares character driven dialogue and an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind All Idleness and Ephemera. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
The Way We All Go (2015)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind All Idleness and Ephemera. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A horror/romance visual novel with numerous choices and over 20 endings. Set in Japan in the 1980s, our protagonist, Atcchan, must navigate his relationship between his two estranged childhood friends, one of whom might be a yandere. Will he live to see the end of his summer vacation?
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Unluckily in Love
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A cute boys love / BL / yaoi visual novel about a slowly developing romantic relationship between a couple of cousins.
In Fair Spirits
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A sweet slice of life boys love / yaoi visual novel set in the English countryside about a medieval knight who's been reincarnated into the 21st century and a memey goth boy who's spent far too much time on the internet.
Dreamy Planet
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
An atmospheric lesbian / yuri VN set in an abandoned theme park, focused on a rekindled relationship between a pair of estranged childhood friends.
Ballshit
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
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!
Her Love, Like Poison
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with All Idleness and Ephemera.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with All Idleness and Ephemera.
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Frequently asked about All Idleness and Ephemera
- How much does All Idleness and Ephemera cost?
- All Idleness and Ephemera is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to All Idleness and Ephemera?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside All Idleness and Ephemera are Unluckily in Love, In Fair Spirits, Dreamy Planet.
- Who developed All Idleness and Ephemera?
- All Idleness and Ephemera was developed by ebi-hime.
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