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Games like Ichima-san

If Ichima-san is your kind of game, the closest matches are KON: Tale of the Darkness, The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest and Ary and the Secret of Seasons — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill 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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About Ichima-san: A stealth action adventure in which you play as a Japanese traditional doll and explore the house without anyone finding you.

2024ActionIndieAdventure10.99 USDWindows · macOSby sewohayami
Ichima-san — Steam game cover
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Adorable protagonist doll with personality that makes you want to 100 the gameAppreciate the relaxed atmospheric toneCharming tsukumogami npcs with quirky and interesting dialogueAtmosphericChillCozy

Players who liked Ichima-san also play

Steam players who put hours into Ichima-san 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. KON: Tale of the Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Ichima-san fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    A dark-fantasy interdimensional adventure. Snap your fingers to explore overlapping realities, face high-intensity platforming sections, solve environmental puzzles, and escape a deadly force threatening to consume everything.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Ichima-san fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest (TASQ) is a parody/homage platformer set in a dark 8-bit world. Your vampire-hunting rival robbed you of fame by killing Count Dracula first! Reclaim your glory by resurrecting Dracula piece by piece and slaying the dark count yourself!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Ary and the Secret of Seasons

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ichima-san.

    Third-strongest match for Ichima-san fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    Take control of the seasons and use them to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and discover the beautiful world of Valdi in this award-winning indie adventure.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Vigil: The Longest Night

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ichima-san.

    Ranked #4 for Ichima-san fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.

    2020ActionIndieRPG21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Metro Gravity

    WHY THIS

    Shares metroidvania exploration, backtracking and atmospheric with Ichima-san.

    Ranked #5 for Ichima-san fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    Explore, fight, solve puzzles and bend gravity to escape the dream-like world of the Halls! Metro Gravity is a mind-boggling musical adventure with rhythmic combat and compelling lore.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Curiosity: A Cat Climbing Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares checkpoint system, precision platforming, adventure and a chill mood with Ichima-san.

    Ranked #6 for Ichima-san fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ichima-san.

    Navigate through challenging platforming levels, testing your feline reflexes and determination — all to find your way back home. Falling is never the end; place beds to use as checkpoints, which you may return to whenever you please.

    2025IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ichima-san.

    Ranked #7 for Ichima-san fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    You’re the Private Investigator on a string of grisly murders, scouring for clues in a 3D side-scrolling world. Grab your fedora and revolver - in Hot Tin Roof you’re on the case! Dive into a noir mystery and become Emma Jones, the only PI partnered to a cat named Franky.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. ReCore: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ichima-san.

    Ranked #8 for Ichima-san fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ichima-san.

    From creator Keiji Inafune and the makers of Metroid Prime comes the ReCore: Definitive Edition, an action-adventure crafted for a new generation. As one of the last humans, forge friendships with robotic companions and lead them on an epic adventure through a dynamic world.

    2018ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Ichima-san

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. Disney•Pixar Toy Story 3: The Video Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Ichima-san.

    Reviewers of Ichima-san cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Ichima-san.

    In Toy Story 3: The Video Game help Buzz, Woody and the rest of the Toys ensure no toy gets left behind. Dive into all new heroic adventures in Story Mode or let your imagination run wild in the exiting new open world of Toy Box Mode! Come and play to infinity…and beyond!

    2014ActionAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. At Home Alone

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Ichima-san cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ichima-san.

    This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....

    2018StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Elysium

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Ichima-san cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ichima-san at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Ichima-san on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ichima-san.

    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 ~55% under Ichima-san on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~59% under Ichima-san on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ichima-san.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Ichima-san on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ichima-san.

    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 ~55% under Ichima-san on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ichima-san.

    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 ~55% under Ichima-san on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ichima-san.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~91% under Ichima-san on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    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 ~73% under Ichima-san on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    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 Ichima-san.

    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 Action and Adventure with Ichima-san.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ichima-san.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Ichima-san.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    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 ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from sewohayami

Other recommendable Steam games by sewohayami, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. SEKISAI puzzle action

    WHY THIS

    Another title from sewohayami, the studio behind Ichima-san. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    Side-scrolling puzzle action game

    2023ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 100animalease

    WHY THIS

    Shares mini games and a whimsical mood with Ichima-san.

    Another title from sewohayami, the studio behind Ichima-san. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    An action-adventure game where you work together with a total of 100 animals to escape from a mysterious facility.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. MOTTAINAI GHOST

    WHY THIS

    Another title from sewohayami, the studio behind Ichima-san. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    Don't allow food waste! A horror-flavored, exploration-based gluttonous adventure game where you aim to escape the apartment while running from the MOTTAINAI GHOST!

    2025ActionIndie8.15 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Vigil: The Longest Night

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ichima-san.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.

    2020ActionIndieRPG21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Curiosity: A Cat Climbing Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares checkpoint system, precision platforming, adventure and a chill mood with Ichima-san.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ichima-san.

    Navigate through challenging platforming levels, testing your feline reflexes and determination — all to find your way back home. Falling is never the end; place beds to use as checkpoints, which you may return to whenever you please.

    2025IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ichima-san.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ichima-san.

    You’re the Private Investigator on a string of grisly murders, scouring for clues in a 3D side-scrolling world. Grab your fedora and revolver - in Hot Tin Roof you’re on the case! Dive into a noir mystery and become Emma Jones, the only PI partnered to a cat named Franky.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ichima-san

How much does Ichima-san cost?
Ichima-san is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Ichima-san?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ichima-san are KON: Tale of the Darkness, The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest, Ary and the Secret of Seasons.
Who developed Ichima-san?
Ichima-san was developed by sewohayami.

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 Ichima-san.

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