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Games like Leaving DNA

If Leaving DNA is your kind of game, the closest matches are My Pleasure - Season 1, Reclaiming the Lost and Heaven's Door — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters feel painfully real, atmospheric and dark. 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 Leaving DNA: Leaving DNA is a story-driven adult visual novel with dark themes. Play as a criminal prosecutor whose commitment to the justice system is challenged when a cold case murder investigation leads to his father's military special forces unit.

2024IndieAdventureEarly Access11.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby The Impious Monk
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Beautiful renders and top tier animationsCharacters feel painfully realChoices genuinely alter the narrativeAtmosphericDarkEmotional

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Steam players who put hours into Leaving DNA 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. My Pleasure - Season 1

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Leaving DNA.

    Top pick for Leaving DNA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Leaving DNA.

    My Pleasure is a choice-driven adult Visual Novel, full of hot women, mystery, and sex! This VN is packed with high-quality graphics, a rich story, humor, and hot close-up animations!

    2022IndieAdventure7.55 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Reclaiming the Lost

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, visual novel style, adult content and an atmospheric mood with Leaving DNA.

    Second-strongest match for Leaving DNA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Leaving DNA.

    Reclaiming the Lost is a choice-driven adult Visual Novel where you follow a man who discovers his old flame gave up their child for adoption. Determined to make amends, he searches for his lost child. Along the way, he meets a mysterious girl, and together they uncover the truth.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual9.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Heaven's Door

    WHY THIS

    Shares character interaction, relationship building, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with Leaving DNA.

    Third-strongest match for Leaving DNA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Leaving DNA.

    Heaven's Door is an adult visual novel with a focus on connection and romance with the various love interests you encounter. Its multiple endings will be influenced entirely by the decisions you make, the lives you change, and the women you choose to romance.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Gynocracy

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, adult content and a grim mood with Leaving DNA.

    Ranked #4 for Leaving DNA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Leaving DNA.

    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 ↗
  5. MILFs of Sunville - Season 1

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Leaving DNA.

    Ranked #5 for Leaving DNA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Leaving DNA.

    MILFs of Sunville is an adult game about a young guy forced to leave his luxurious life in a big city behind and return to a college in a small town of Sunville. This is a VN, filled with beautiful girls, romance, moral choices mixed with quality graphics and hot close-up animations.

    2023IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Training Lucie

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a melancholic mood with Leaving DNA.

    Ranked #6 for Leaving DNA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Leaving DNA.

    Lucie Adult Game is a realistic visual novel set in the corporate world. Through a very hot story, live your romance with Lucie the way you want. Loyal or not, a personalized ending awaits you.Laugh, flirt, and live unique and original situationsPlayable as a couple or solo !

    2023IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Entrepreneur

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, visual novel style, adult content and an atmospheric mood with Leaving DNA.

    Ranked #7 for Leaving DNA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Leaving DNA.

    Become The Entrepreneur they need! In this choice-driven adventure, you will dive into a world filled with fun, drama, high stakes, sex, and much more. Build relationships, face immense challenges, and feel the consequences of your decisions affecting those around you! What lies ahead for you?

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Steps of Debauchery

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, branching narrative, adult content and an atmospheric mood with Leaving DNA.

    Ranked #8 for Leaving DNA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Leaving DNA.

    Follow the steps of Riley - a girl who is trying discover her sexuality and unreveal her fantasies. She takes on the role of a waitress in a bar, engages in activities with an elderly neighbor, has streaming adventures with his grandson... and that's just the tip of the mountain!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Leaving DNA at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Leaving DNA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Leaving DNA.

    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 ~58% under Leaving DNA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Leaving DNA.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Leaving DNA on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Leaving DNA.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Leaving DNA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Leaving DNA.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Leaving DNA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Leaving DNA.

    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 ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Leaving DNA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Leaving DNA.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Leaving DNA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Leaving DNA.

    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 ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Leaving DNA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Leaving DNA.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Leaving DNA.

    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 Leaving DNA.

    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 Leaving DNA.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Leaving DNA.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Leaving DNA.

    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 ↗
  6. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Leaving DNA.

    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 ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Leaving DNA.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Leaving DNA.

    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.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Leaving DNA

Does Leaving DNA work on Steam Deck?
Leaving DNA is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Leaving DNA cost?
Leaving DNA is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Leaving DNA?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Leaving DNA are My Pleasure - Season 1, Reclaiming the Lost, Heaven's Door.
Who developed Leaving DNA?
Leaving DNA was developed by The Impious Monk.

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 Leaving DNA.

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