Choose Making Lovers After Stories
Choose Making Lovers After Stories if it's currently about 40% cheaper on the Steam Store. Making Lovers After Stories launched in 2022.
Making Lovers After Stories vs LOVEPICAL-POPPY!
Making Lovers After Stories and LOVEPICAL-POPPY! both land in Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Adventure games on Steam. Making Lovers After Stories (2022) is 3 years older than LOVEPICAL-POPPY! (2025). Both sit near 94% positive on Steam (Making Lovers After Stories: 53 reviews, LOVEPICAL-POPPY!: 16). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose LOVEPICAL-POPPY!
Choose LOVEPICAL-POPPY! if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. LOVEPICAL-POPPY! launched in 2025.
Both Making Lovers After Stories and LOVEPICAL-POPPY! sit in Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (94.3% vs 93.8% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Making Lovers After Stories |  LOVEPICAL-POPPY! | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2025 |
| Genres | Adventure | Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 17.99 USD | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 94.3% positive (53 reviews) | 93.8% positive (16 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Smee | SMEE |
Side by side
- Both are Adventure games on Steam.
- Making Lovers After Stories (2022) is 3 years older than LOVEPICAL-POPPY! (2025).
- Both sit near 94% positive on Steam (Making Lovers After Stories: 53 reviews, LOVEPICAL-POPPY!: 16).
- Making Lovers After Stories is currently ~40% cheaper on Steam than LOVEPICAL-POPPY! (17.99 USD vs. 29.99 USD).
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
Making Lovers After Stories vs LOVEPICAL-POPPY! — FAQ
- Should I play Making Lovers After Stories or LOVEPICAL-POPPY! first?
- If you want chronology, Making Lovers After Stories (2022) came out before LOVEPICAL-POPPY! (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Making Lovers After Stories and LOVEPICAL-POPPY! similar?
- They overlap on Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.