Rank 01Why this
Shares relationship building and visual novel style with Lord Goblin.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
The closest matches to Lord Goblin: Game of Hearts, Kurage Life, Slave Lord: Elven Conquest, Becoming a King, and Cabernet. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
Rank 01Why this
Shares relationship building and visual novel style with Lord Goblin.
Rank 02Why this
Shares day night cycle and relationship building with Lord Goblin.
Rank 03Why this
Also Dating Sim and Dark Fantasy, like Lord Goblin.

Why this: Shares romance systems and relationship building with Lord Goblin.


Why this: Also Time Management and Life Sim, like Lord Goblin.

Why this: Shares save system and relationship building with Lord Goblin.

Why this: Shares save system and progression system with Lord Goblin.
Shares relationship building and visual novel style with Lord Goblin.
Shares visual novel style and branching narrative with Lord Goblin.
Shares daily task scheduling and relationship building with Lord Goblin.
Shares branching narrative and dialogue choices with Lord Goblin.
Shares romance systems and day night cycle with Lord Goblin.

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Why this: Shares day night cycle and relationship building with Lord Goblin.

Why this: Shares visual novel style and dialogue choices with Lord Goblin.

Why this: Shares romance systems and relationship building with Lord Goblin.

Why this: Shares relationship building and visual novel style with Lord Goblin.


Why this: Shares character relationships and relationship building with Lord Goblin.
Free games the recommender matches to Lord Goblin, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.

Why this: Shares relationship building and visual novel style with Lord Goblin.

Why this: Shares branching narrative with Lord Goblin.

Why this: Also Life Sim and Dating Sim, like Lord Goblin.

Why this: Also Interactive Fiction and Medieval, like Lord Goblin.

Why this: Also Dating Sim and Interactive Fiction, like Lord Goblin.


Why this: Shares base building and character progression with Lord Goblin.

The closest matches to Lord Goblin: Game of Hearts, Kurage Life, Slave Lord: Elven Conquest, Becoming a King, and Cabernet. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Lord Goblin is your kind of game, the closest matches are Game of Hearts, Kurage Life and Slave Lord: Elven Conquest — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, comedic and dark, and single out its base building and branching narrative. 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.
About Lord Goblin: Visual novel meets management sim- thanks to a spell gone wrong, you, a lowly goblin, become the lord of a realm. You’ll need to govern your lands, renovate your manor, and most importantly- train up your naïve maids into a team of skilled servants!
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“has gone three months with just a single bugfix, and zero indication of getting any meaningful updates. To reinforces that point, the devs have never finished a game in the history of their company. Edit: this specific developer label has…”
“Boring. Gameplay loop has very little depth. Maybe wait until it's out of EA and see if it improves. Quite a few bugs too.”
People who play it also play: Game of Hearts, Kurage Life, Slave Lord: Elven Conquest
Lord Goblin is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lord Goblin are Game of Hearts, Kurage Life, Slave Lord: Elven Conquest.
Lord Goblin was developed by BBBen and his Big Brass Band and published by TinyHat Studios.