Games like The Apple Tree
If The Apple Tree is your kind of game, the closest matches are Corridors of Their Memories, BURIED STARS and Night Book — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, dark 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 The Apple Tree: The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Players who liked The Apple Tree also play
Steam players who put hours into The Apple Tree 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.
Corridors of Their Memories
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Apple Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Apple Tree.
Enter another person’s memories and search for clues to identify the culprit. Together with former police officer John Victor, solve the case assigned for his career advancement.
BURIED STARS
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Apple Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Apple Tree.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Night Book
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Apple Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Apple Tree.
Ranked #4 for The Apple Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Apple Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Apple Tree.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Apple Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Apple Tree.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Paradise
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with The Apple Tree.
Ranked #7 for The Apple Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Apple Tree.
Paradise is a Boys Love visual novel and tells the story of a group of men who go on holiday on a deserted island. When things begin to go wrong, they realize to their horror that they are stranded. Turns out that’s only the start of their problems.
Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with The Apple Tree.
Ranked #8 for The Apple Tree fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Apple Tree.
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Apple Tree at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Apple Tree on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Apple Tree.
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 ~50% under The Apple Tree on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Apple Tree.
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 ~50% under The Apple Tree on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Apple Tree.
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 ~50% under The Apple Tree on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Apple Tree.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under The Apple Tree on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Apple Tree.
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 ~70% under The Apple Tree on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Apple Tree.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Apple Tree on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Apple Tree.
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 ~50% under The Apple Tree on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Apple Tree.
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 and Casual with The Apple Tree.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Apple Tree.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Apple Tree.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Apple Tree.
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 and Casual with The Apple Tree.
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 The Apple Tree.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Remnants of mosaic
Other recommendable Steam games by Remnants of mosaic, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Gear of Glass: Eolarn's war
WHY THIS
Another title from Remnants of mosaic, the studio behind The Apple Tree. Shares Indie and Casual with The Apple Tree.
A visual novel with elements of romance for both sexes, telling about children who escaped to the street from an orphanage. Will they be able to survive if they are needed by a secret organization as cannon fodder?
Mysteria of the World: The forest of Death
WHY THIS
Another title from Remnants of mosaic, the studio behind The Apple Tree. Shares Indie and Casual with The Apple Tree.
A visual novel that immerses the reader in a fantastic and frightening world. Will you be able to return home, avoiding all the dangers?
Forest of Death Masks
WHY THIS
Another title from Remnants of mosaic, the studio behind The Apple Tree. Shares Indie and Casual with The Apple Tree.
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
BURIED STARS
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with The Apple Tree.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Night Book
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Apple Tree.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Apple Tree.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Frequently asked about The Apple Tree
- How much does The Apple Tree cost?
- The Apple Tree is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Apple Tree?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Apple Tree are Corridors of Their Memories, BURIED STARS, Night Book.
- Who developed The Apple Tree?
- The Apple Tree was developed by Remnants of mosaic.
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 Apple Tree.
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