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Games like Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

If Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines is your kind of game, the closest matches are Good Gaijin, Bad Gaijin, How to Fool a Liar King Remastered and Firebird — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and cozy. 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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Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines is a 2023 indie adventure visual novel set in a corporate office environment. Players guide Penny, a regular office worker, through a surreal weekend attempt to complete a work project while navigating encounters with coworkers, unusual distractions, and personal challenges. The game features a choice-driven narrative with multiple endings, achievement hunting, relationship building, and time-management mechanics. Players describe it as atmospheric, contemplative, cozy, and melancholic, with reviewers highlighting how its choices meaningfully alter relationships and endings. The experience resonates with its relatable themes of corporate burnout and procrastination, while also offering social commentary on broader creative and workplace concerns. Currently verified on Steam Deck and priced at $6.49, it holds a 99% positive rating from 1278 Steam reviews.

About Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines: "Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.

2023IndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOS · Linuxby hcnone
Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines — Steam game cover
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Choices meaningfully alter relationships and endingsGorgeous pixel art character designsInspiring despite its dark themesAtmosphericContemplativeCozy

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Steam players who put hours into Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines 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. Good Gaijin, Bad Gaijin

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    You’ve just landed in Japan with nothing but a suitcase and a lot to learn. Navigate cultural minefields, engage with a cast of local characters, and decide what kind of visitor you want to be. Part social simulator, part cinematic journey—it’s time to choose your own adventure.

    2026AdventureSteam ↗
  2. How to Fool a Liar King Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    The cute fantasy visual novel, "How to Fool a Liar King" returns as a remastered version. Regina, a girl who loves cats, a bit forgetful but confident in her strength, suddenly appears inside a forest in Eroolia. Juli immediately finds her, but how did she get here?

    2022IndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Firebird

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Firebird is a narrative road trip that takes place in Slavic folklore, in an adventure that ressembles a traditional tale. Aboard your truck, travel to the far north, meet colorful characters, and face the creatures inhabiting these sacred lands.

    2023IndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. アイアイ喫茶店

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a cozy mood with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Ranked #4 for Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    何気なく頼んだ「アイスコーヒー」の注文が、奥の部屋への「合言葉」になっちゃってる喫茶店。 1周5分の、ちょっとおかしくて怪しいマルチエンドADV。

    2025IndieAdventure3.83 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Astronaut: The Best

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Ranked #5 for Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Survivor Dieland

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    You're gonna get yourself killed being out here all by your lonesome... There's monsters on this island! Besides, It's not always the beasts you should be afraid of... Beasts are easy to predict. They just want to kill and eat you. Humans are much harder... They'll pretend to be your friend first...

    2021AdventureSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Overboard!

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management and multiple endings with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Ranked #7 for Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Expelled!

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Ranked #8 for Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Reviewers of Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!

    2012IndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Reviewers of Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    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 ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~85% under Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~85% under Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 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 with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    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. Shares Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Astronaut: The Best

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Overboard!

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management and multiple endings with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Expelled!

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines.

    A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

Is Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines cost?
Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines is listed on Steam at 6.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines are Good Gaijin, Bad Gaijin, How to Fool a Liar King Remastered, Firebird.
Who developed Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines?
Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines was developed by hcnone.

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