Games like Long Live The Queen
If Long Live The Queen is your kind of game, the closest matches are Galaxy Princess Zorana, I'm a King and KingSim — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep lore and worldbuilding, multiple endings and paths and challenging. 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 →Long Live The Queen is a strategy and simulation game released in 2013 by Hanako Games. Set in a fantasy kingdom, players guide a young princess as she navigates the dangers surrounding her claim to the throne following her mother's death. The gameplay centers on managing various stats and making time-sensitive decisions across branching narrative paths. Reviewers highlight the deep lore and worldbuilding that unfolds through these choices, which carry weight in unexpected ways. Players describe the experience as challenging and dark, pursuing multiple endings that reflect the consequences of their strategic decisions. The game offers substantial replayability through its branching structure and encourages experimentation via save-scumming. Currently priced at $9.99 USD, it holds a 95% positive rating from over 4,600 Steam reviews, supports short play sessions, and is verified playable on Steam Deck.
About Long Live The Queen: Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
Players who liked Long Live The Queen also play
Steam players who put hours into Long Live The Queen 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.
Galaxy Princess Zorana
WHY THIS
Shares time management, replayability and a challenging mood with Long Live The Queen.
Top pick for Long Live The Queen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Long Live The Queen.
You are the Evil Emperor's only daughter, but can you claim the throne? Raise stats, make deals, appoint advisors, and scheme your way through the Imperial Election - unless an assassin gets you first. Rule the galaxy or die trying!
I'm a King
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Long Live The Queen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Long Live The Queen.
Role-playing strategy "I'm a King". Rule the kingdom, decide the fate of people, investigate, survive during periods of dark storms. This is only a small part of what you have to do.
KingSim
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Long Live The Queen.
Third-strongest match for Long Live The Queen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Long Live The Queen.
Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...
Lair Land Story
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Long Live The Queen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Long Live The Queen.
Decide a mysterious girl's fate in this stunning visual novel raising sim!
Notes of the Young Lady: In Turbulent Times
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a challenging mood with Long Live The Queen.
Ranked #5 for Long Live The Queen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Long Live The Queen.
격동의 파란 속에서 한 소녀를 멋지게 성장시키자! 6년 간의 성장 대장정을 그리는 일정관리형 육성시뮬레이션!
The Hayseed Knight
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Long Live The Queen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
Come hear the tale of Ader, or how a poor one-eyed farm boy who's got nothing left to eat but his dreams, accidentally becomes the greatest knight in the kingdom this fully voice-acted and animated picaresque visual novel!
Lullaby Days
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Long Live The Queen.
Ranked #7 for Long Live The Queen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
Marchen fantasy raising simulation 『Lullaby Days』 is a game where the goal is to grow a duckling girl into a hero. Your duckling girl will grow through education, part-time work, exploration, and more. Create 70 endings in the Kingdom of Oberebach with around 90 sub-characters.
her tears were my light
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Ranked #8 for Long Live The Queen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
a love story between time and space
Reviewers mention these as similar to Long Live The Queen
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Princess Maker Refine
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Long Live The Queen.
Reviewers of Long Live The Queen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
"Princess Maker" pioneered the raising simulation genre with its innovative "raising a daughter" system. The concept of taking in a 10-year-old girl and nurturing her into a mature woman through the player's love and care was groundbreaking at the time and remains popular today.
Princess Maker 5
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Long Live The Queen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
Discover magic in our world with Princess Maker 5! A lone princess needs your care in a realm where fantasy meets reality. Guide her growth and shape her destiny. Create unforgettable memories as you raise her.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Long Live The Queen.
Reviewers of Long Live The Queen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Long Live The Queen.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Princess Maker 2 Refine
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a challenging mood with Long Live The Queen.
Reviewers of Long Live The Queen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
Princess Maker 2 Refine is a life simulation game which you play as a father of a girl, who had descended from the star. You have 8 years to raise your daughter from age 10 to 18 – your daughter will grow into her adulthood through various experiences.
Volcano Princess
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Long Live The Queen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Long Live The Queen.
Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!
The War for the West
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Long Live The Queen.
Reviewers of Long Live The Queen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Long Live The Queen.
Rule the land as you see fit, using alliances, intrigue or warfare to establish your House as a dominant force in the realm's politics.
Suzerain
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Long Live The Queen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Long Live The Queen.
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Galaxy Princess Zorana
WHY THIS
Shares time management, replayability and a challenging mood with Long Live The Queen.
Reviewers of Long Live The Queen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Long Live The Queen.
You are the Evil Emperor's only daughter, but can you claim the throne? Raise stats, make deals, appoint advisors, and scheme your way through the Imperial Election - unless an assassin gets you first. Rule the galaxy or die trying!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Long Live The Queen at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Long Live The Queen on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Long Live The Queen on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Long Live The Queen.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Long Live The Queen on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Long Live The Queen.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Long Live The Queen on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Long Live The Queen.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Long Live The Queen on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Long Live The Queen.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Long Live The Queen on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Long Live The Queen.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Long Live The Queen on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Long Live The Queen on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Long Live The Queen.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Long Live The Queen.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Long Live The Queen.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Long Live The Queen.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Long Live The Queen.
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.
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More from Hanako Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Hanako Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Magical Diary: Horse Hall
WHY THIS
Another title from Hanako Games, the studio behind Long Live The Queen. Shares Indie and RPG with Long Live The Queen.
You have been invited to attend a magical school. You can make new friends, learn spells, face exams, run for class office, and try to find a date for the May Day Ball.
Black Closet
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Long Live The Queen.
Another title from Hanako Games, the studio behind Long Live The Queen. Shares Strategy and Indie with Long Live The Queen.
Command your minions to solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class boarding school, where the competition is cut-throat and image is everything. But be careful - one of your minions is a traitor.
The Confines Of The Crown
WHY THIS
Another title from Hanako Games, the studio behind Long Live The Queen. Shares Indie with Long Live The Queen.
Madeleine Valois is a prince's companion. It is her responsibility to keep him out of trouble - not to let him walk blindly into a political minefield, not to let him get arrested for a crime he didn't commit, and definitely not to let him fall in love with her...
Magical Diary: Wolf Hall
WHY THIS
Another title from Hanako Games, the studio behind Long Live The Queen. Shares Indie and Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
Design your own wizard to attend a magical school. Learn spells, explore dungeons, make friends, and find a date for the May Day Ball. But be careful, everyone has secrets - including you!
Date Warp
WHY THIS
Another title from Hanako Games, the studio behind Long Live The Queen. Shares Indie with Long Live The Queen.
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
Night Cascades
WHY THIS
Another title from Hanako Games, the studio behind Long Live The Queen. Shares Indie with Long Live The Queen.
The city is on fire, and the Devil is to blame - or is it? Two women must solve an occult-themed mystery set in an alternate 1980s while unraveling the secrets of their past. Hunt for clues and interrogate suspects in this interactive yuri visual novel.
Galaxy Princess Zorana
WHY THIS
Shares time management, replayability and a challenging mood with Long Live The Queen.
Another title from Hanako Games, the studio behind Long Live The Queen. Shares Strategy and Indie with Long Live The Queen.
You are the Evil Emperor's only daughter, but can you claim the throne? Raise stats, make deals, appoint advisors, and scheme your way through the Imperial Election - unless an assassin gets you first. Rule the galaxy or die trying!
Cute Bite
WHY THIS
Another title from Hanako Games, the studio behind Long Live The Queen. Shares Simulation with Long Live The Queen.
A vampire raising sim! Train the Little Mistress in skills so she can bite her way through obstacles. She might hunt criminals for their blood, become a celebrity and feed on her fans, raise a dark army to threaten the world, or many other possible outcomes!
Frequently asked about Long Live The Queen
- Does Long Live The Queen run on Steam Deck?
- Long Live The Queen 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 Long Live The Queen cost?
- Long Live The Queen is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Long Live The Queen?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Long Live The Queen are Galaxy Princess Zorana, I'm a King, KingSim.
- Who developed Long Live The Queen?
- Long Live The Queen was developed by Hanako Games.
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 Long Live The Queen.
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