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Games like April's Diary

If April's Diary is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dreams of a Geisha, Jewel Match Twilight 2 and Jewel Match Dracula Collector's Edition — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About April's Diary: Help April, a young housekeeper in England during the Victorian era to clean up the many rooms in Lord Ashford's manor. Challenging and fun 3D puzzles with a match-3 element embedded.

2023IndieCasual14.99 USDWindowsby CRX Entertainment Pte. Ltd.
April's Diary — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into April's Diary 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.

  1. Dreams of a Geisha

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for April's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    Journey through the wonderful world of Geisha. Help Ichisumi to reopen the temples and restore a world of beauty and passion.

    2023IndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Jewel Match Twilight 2

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for April's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    Make your blood run cold... with this spooky match-3 adventure! A scourge has taken over the kingdom and destroyed its strongholds. Traverse a dark land full of haunted horrors! Keep evil at bay in 90 enormous levels designed to delight and fill you with fright.

    2022IndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Jewel Match Dracula Collector's Edition

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for April's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    Sink your teeth into a gothic Match-3 adventure in this ghoulish new installment of the Jewel Match series. As a powerful vampire lord, tackle eerie match-3 puzzles to resurrect and refurbish the legendary Castle Dracula.

    2024IndieCasual13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Azkend 2: The World Beneath

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for April's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    Azkend 2: The World Beneath is a beautifully polished match-three adventure game set in an awe-inspiring underground world. Enjoy superbly smooth casual matching puzzle gameplay, an engaging storyline with voiceovers, and hidden object minigames.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. AE: Archeological Expedition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for April's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    Explore dig sites inspired by real locations, from Petra to Pompeii, and unearth artifacts spanning 10 historical eras. Brush away the centuries, discover the stories behind each find, and fill your journal one careful dig at a time

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. YUNA: Sugar hearts and Love

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for April's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    Hello and welcome to YUNA World. Help Yuna collect candy hearts and accompany her through the day. Candy hearts are an important currency in the world of Yuna. Get to know her better privately, maybe you will like each other. You like collecting achievements? You've come to the right place.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure3.29 USDSteam ↗
  7. Candy Fall

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for April's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    Candy Fall is a puzzle game where you must arrange the containers to catch the correct candy.

    2021IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. FishWitch Halloween

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for April's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    Dive into the underwater fun in this breathtaking adventure. Help Beatrice decorate a fish sanctuary for Halloween.

    2021IndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below April's Diary at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under April's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under April's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under April's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Indie with April's Diary.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under April's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Indie with April's Diary.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under April's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Indie with April's Diary.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under April's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under April's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under April's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Indie with April's Diary.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 April's Diary.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with April's Diary.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with April's Diary.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with April's Diary.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with April's Diary.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about April's Diary

How much does April's Diary cost?
April's Diary is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to April's Diary?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside April's Diary are Dreams of a Geisha, Jewel Match Twilight 2, Jewel Match Dracula Collector's Edition.
Who developed April's Diary?
April's Diary was developed by CRX Entertainment Pte. Ltd..

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 April's Diary.

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