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Games like Mandemon

If Mandemon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Vampires' Melody, Cage of Roses and The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmosphere feels immersive, 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 Mandemon: Decaying Japanese school buildings, a series of bizarre incidents, eerie Mandemon legends. Lies and truths intertwine, love and hate entwined in the mist. What should one do? Whom should one believe? Welcome to this cruel world filled with deception and harm —

2023IndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby 致意
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Steam players who put hours into Mandemon 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. Vampires' Melody

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Mandemon.

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

    3 centuries have passed after sleeping for one night!? On a rainy night filled with thunderstorms, a young chef Raylan encountered a mysterious girl who resembled Sleeping Beauty in a huge tree hole, but everything suddenly went black before he could find out what happened...

    2020IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Cage of Roses

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, dialogue choices and atmospheric with Mandemon.

    Second-strongest match for Mandemon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mandemon.

    A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Shares choice driven narrative, branching narrative and atmospheric with Mandemon.

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

    He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Forsaker:DingDing&Blade

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, multiple endings and atmospheric with Mandemon.

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

    A visual novel/roguelike hybrid where a simple mission spirals into a cannibalistic odyssey. You'll struggle as a fragile human, blood-soaked knight, or flesh-devouring Forsaker. Devour or be devoured—yet your fate dangles by unseen strings. Choose: cling to this broken world... or forsake it.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. December 1914

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mandemon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mandemon.

    A comic-style narrative-oriented game based on the Christmas Eve Truce during World War I.

    2023IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  6. 龙栖

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mandemon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mandemon.

    In 1995, you came to Longqi Village to carry out academic research on the "Mother of Dragons culture". However, what should be a normal journey becomes more and more confusing due to the strange advent of ancient myths and the conflict between modern ideas and inherited beliefs...

    2023IndieSimulationRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Dawning Letters -Sunrise-

    WHY THIS

    Shares character interaction, visual novel style and atmospheric with Mandemon.

    Ranked #7 for Mandemon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    In 1927, Lu Yanhe, a daughter of a royal family of the Qing dynasty decided, to run away from home. Under the changing times and the subtle influence of new thoughts, she began to seek possibilities beyond her destiny......

    2025RPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Last Days

    WHY THIS

    Shares choice driven narrative, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Mandemon.

    Ranked #8 for Mandemon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mandemon.

    The gods have blessed New Canaan for four hundred years, and everyone - including Sister Ginsetsu - thought it would go on forever, until the day Ginsetsu met the gods of New Canaan. Since then, the story between the maiden who calls herself a god, and the maiden who will become a god has begun.

    2021IndieRPGCasual1.59 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Mandemon

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. Raging Loop

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mandemon.

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

    The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?

    2017IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Promised Land

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mandemon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Mandemon.

    The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...

    2014StrategyAdventureCasual1.74 USDSteam ↗
  3. Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists ~Ateliers of the New World~

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mandemon cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Atelier 20th Anniversary Title An Atelier town built together with legendary alchemists. This title aims to combine the “slice-of-life” atmosphere of living in a town and collaborating with various characters and the exaltation that comes from successfully governing a town and expanding your world.

    2019RPG13.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mandemon.

    Reviewers of Mandemon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Mandemon.

    How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.

    2023AdventureSimulationRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Dark Legions

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mandemon cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    SUBTLE STRATEGY. RUTHLESS ACTION! That’s classic DARK LEGIONS from SSI. You get all the maneuvering, trickery and deception of the best strategy games.

    2023ActionStrategy5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mandemon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mandemon.

    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 ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mandemon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mandemon.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mandemon on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mandemon.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mandemon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mandemon.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mandemon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mandemon.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mandemon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mandemon.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mandemon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mandemon.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mandemon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mandemon.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 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 Mandemon.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Mandemon.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Mandemon.

    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 ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mandemon

Does Mandemon run on Steam Deck?
Mandemon 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 Mandemon cost?
Mandemon is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mandemon?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mandemon are Vampires' Melody, Cage of Roses, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty.
Who developed Mandemon?
Mandemon was developed by 致意.

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 Mandemon.

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