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Games like Where the Heart is: Season 1

If Where the Heart is: Season 1 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bare Witness, Sassy Girl and Returning To Mia — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, emotional and funny. 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 Where the Heart is: Season 1: "Where the heart is" is an adults-only game focusing on a young male dealing with the aftermath of his father's death, the mysterious conditions of his inheritance and trying to juggle the many different women in his life. The game is packed with sex, humor, romance, drama and mystery.

2024Indie12.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby CheekyGimpGames
Where the Heart is:  Season 1 — Steam game cover
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Players who liked Where the Heart is: Season 1 also play

Steam players who put hours into Where the Heart is: Season 1 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. Bare Witness

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, visual novel style, visual novel style and an emotional mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Top pick for Where the Heart is: Season 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Bare Witness is an adult visual novel set at the fictional Plattsburgh College of the Arts in New York. With lots of potential branching paths and 11 primary endings, you may find yourself returning again and again to pursue one or more of the six love interests that catch your eye.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Sassy Girl

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, character customization, story heavy and a funny mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Second-strongest match for Where the Heart is: Season 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Working in a gossip magazine. Being surrounded by beautiful women, and having incredible erotic adventures!

    2025IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Returning To Mia

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and an emotional mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Third-strongest match for Where the Heart is: Season 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Set two years after the events of "Summer with Mia", reunite with Mia and decide the course of your relationship with her and many others throughout this exciting, lengthy story. With hundreds of quality animations, impactful choices and multiple endings, journey into a summer you'll never forget.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Breeze of Passion

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, visual novel style, slice of life and a comedic mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Ranked #4 for Where the Heart is: Season 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Breeze of Passion is an adult game about a young guy who moves to a small seaside town to help revive a hotel. This VN is full of beautiful girls, hot MILFs, and unexpected plot twists, along with high-quality graphics and hot animation

    2024IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Family Crush

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, visual novel style, story heavy and an emotional mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Ranked #5 for Where the Heart is: Season 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Family Crush is an adult visual novel where the protagonist is forced to stay in a house full of various girls. Many years ago, he considered each of them a member of his family... How will the relationships between them evolve now, after so many years?

    2025IndieAdventureCasual13.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Long Story Short

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, visual novel style, slice of life and a lighthearted mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Ranked #6 for Where the Heart is: Season 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Long Story Short is a funny and erotic adult game about a young man who finally decides to explore life beyond his computer screen. Follow him as he retells his experiences to a mysterious girl. Choose what kind of sexual person he will become. A new world of sexual debauchery awaits you.

    2024IndieCasualEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Milfy City - Final Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, visual novel style, slice of life and a lighthearted mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Ranked #7 for Where the Heart is: Season 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Milfy City is an erotic adult game. Play as a college student trying to navigate his way through a city filled with hot women! Meet a cast of seductive ladies, enjoy erotic animations, and discover sexy secrets and hidden collectibles!

    2023IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Gynocracy

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, visual novel style and a comedic mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Ranked #8 for Where the Heart is: Season 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Gynocracy is a story-driven femdom game (adult visual novel) set in a dystopian matriarchal society. Follow the story of a married young couple confronted with the new reality of a female-dominated country and shape their destiny with the choices you make.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Where the Heart is: Season 1

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. Sisterly Lust

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and an emotional mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Reviewers of Where the Heart is: Season 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    After the sudden death of your father you come back to your hometown and move to a new home to live with Liza, Bella, Rachel and Susan. Will you discover their personalities and secrets and maybe even develop romantic relationships with several of the girls?

    2020IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Monster College

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, visual novel style, slice of life and an emotional mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Reviewers of Where the Heart is: Season 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    The protagonist of this story discovers that he is a werewolf. In his new life, he will meet beautiful women, each with their own fascinating peculiarities: demons, vampires, zombies, werewolves, gorgons...

    2025IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Tales from the Borderlands

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, dialogue choices and an emotional mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Reviewers of Where the Heart is: Season 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.

    2021Adventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Leap of Faith

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and an emotional mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Reviewers of Where the Heart is: Season 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    You thought it was going to be just another summer. You were wrong.

    2022IndieRPG10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Tales From The Unending Void: Season 1

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building and a funny mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Reviewers of Where the Heart is: Season 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Camran, nobleman and smuggler, roams the galaxy. As he becomes part of sinister plans, his life is changed for good... Roam the galaxy in this erotic adventure to unravel the plot that will change the universe forever!

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. City of Broken Dreamers: Book One

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Reviewers of Where the Heart is: Season 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    City of Broken Dreamers is a mature adults only cyberpunk visual novel. In the game you will find a choice based visually erotic and exciting adventure.

    2020Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Acting Lessons

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, multiple endings and an emotional mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Reviewers of Where the Heart is: Season 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Do you want to experience an adult VN that many players and fans only could find the strength to play once? Then this is the game for you. Acting Lessons is packed with a rich story, comedy, sex and drama. The choices you make in this game will affect your adventure until the very end.

    2019Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Where the Heart is: Season 1 at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Where the Heart is: Season 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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 ~62% under Where the Heart is: Season 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Where the Heart is: Season 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Where the Heart is: Season 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Where the Heart is: Season 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Where the Heart is: Season 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Where the Heart is: Season 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Where the Heart is: Season 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

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 Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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 Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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 Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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 with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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 Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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 with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    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. Returning To Mia

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and an emotional mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Set two years after the events of "Summer with Mia", reunite with Mia and decide the course of your relationship with her and many others throughout this exciting, lengthy story. With hundreds of quality animations, impactful choices and multiple endings, journey into a summer you'll never forget.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Breeze of Passion

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, visual novel style, slice of life and a comedic mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Breeze of Passion is an adult game about a young guy who moves to a small seaside town to help revive a hotel. This VN is full of beautiful girls, hot MILFs, and unexpected plot twists, along with high-quality graphics and hot animation

    2024IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Gynocracy

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, visual novel style and a comedic mood with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Where the Heart is: Season 1.

    Gynocracy is a story-driven femdom game (adult visual novel) set in a dystopian matriarchal society. Follow the story of a married young couple confronted with the new reality of a female-dominated country and shape their destiny with the choices you make.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Where the Heart is: Season 1

Does Where the Heart is: Season 1 run on Steam Deck?
Where the Heart is: Season 1 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Where the Heart is: Season 1 cost?
Where the Heart is: Season 1 is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Where the Heart is: Season 1?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Where the Heart is: Season 1 are Bare Witness, Sassy Girl, Returning To Mia.
Who developed Where the Heart is: Season 1?
Where the Heart is: Season 1 was developed by CheekyGimpGames.

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 Where the Heart is: Season 1.

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