Games like Not Only Nine
If Not Only Nine is your kind of game, the closest matches are YUKOMON, Stories of Somnia and Tower Song — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Not Only Nine: A cat soul journeys through The Afterlife to save their human. An ancient being (helps?) defeat the Reapers in this narrative RPG adventure.
Players who liked Not Only Nine also play
Steam players who put hours into Not Only Nine 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.
YUKOMON
WHY THIS
Top pick for Not Only Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
The protagonist's life changes when their 5-year-old sister is transformed into a Yukomon. The only cure is to complete the genetic search for the 200 cataloged Yukomons, but Team T is ready to sabotage their journey.
Stories of Somnia
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Not Only Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Stories of Somnia is an exploration-first JRPG with the bones of a Metroidvania. Use spells to grapple across gaps, change the rules of combat, and reshape the world around you. Collect memory-born companions called Dreamkin and uncover a story about grief, time, and the courage to rest.
Tower Song
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Not Only Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Tower Song is a challenging turn-based RPG that rewards clever planning and decisive tactics in unrepeatable battles. Eldritch tower-borne beasts threaten to breach reality and overrun the capital of Qadam. Lead your chosen Mana Knight in this tightly plotted quest to push back the darkness.
Harold Halibut
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Not Only Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
Sea of Stars
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Not Only Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics. It tells the story of two Children of the Solstice who will combine the powers of the sun and moon to perform Eclipse Magic, the only force capable of fending off the monstrous creations of the evil alchemist known as The Fleshmancer.
OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Not Only Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Echo of Starsong is a visual novel style adventure game. Eda, a girl who can hear mysterious sound waves known as starsong, crosses paths with a young man in search of their source. Together, they venture out to the heart of space to unravel an ancient myth.
Wolfstride
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Not Only Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Get wrecked in this immature grown-up RPG about a trio of troublemakers stumbling their way through a giant mecha tournament. Repair and upgrade the team’s hand-me-down rig, pick up odd jobs to pay the bills, and battle the best-of-the-best all while running from the regrettable choices of the past.
Meg's Monster
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Not Only Nine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Take control of the Underworld’s grumpiest ghoul to help a lost little girl find her way home in this creepy-cute indie adventure. Just be warned: if she cries, the whole world dies.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Not Only Nine.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
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 with Not Only Nine.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Not Only Nine.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Not Only Nine.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Not Only Nine.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Not Only Nine.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Tower Song
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Tower Song is a challenging turn-based RPG that rewards clever planning and decisive tactics in unrepeatable battles. Eldritch tower-borne beasts threaten to breach reality and overrun the capital of Qadam. Lead your chosen Mana Knight in this tightly plotted quest to push back the darkness.
Harold Halibut
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
Sea of Stars
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics. It tells the story of two Children of the Solstice who will combine the powers of the sun and moon to perform Eclipse Magic, the only force capable of fending off the monstrous creations of the evil alchemist known as The Fleshmancer.
OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Echo of Starsong is a visual novel style adventure game. Eda, a girl who can hear mysterious sound waves known as starsong, crosses paths with a young man in search of their source. Together, they venture out to the heart of space to unravel an ancient myth.
Wolfstride
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Get wrecked in this immature grown-up RPG about a trio of troublemakers stumbling their way through a giant mecha tournament. Repair and upgrade the team’s hand-me-down rig, pick up odd jobs to pay the bills, and battle the best-of-the-best all while running from the regrettable choices of the past.
Meg's Monster
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not Only Nine.
Take control of the Underworld’s grumpiest ghoul to help a lost little girl find her way home in this creepy-cute indie adventure. Just be warned: if she cries, the whole world dies.
Frequently asked about Not Only Nine
- What games are most similar to Not Only Nine?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Not Only Nine are YUKOMON, Stories of Somnia, Tower Song.
- Who developed Not Only Nine?
- Not Only Nine was developed by Karda Works.
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 Not Only Nine.
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