Games like GINKA
If GINKA is your kind of game, the closest matches are Select Oblige, ATRI -My Dear Moments- and Hatsuyuki Sakura — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bittersweet romance feels earned, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 →About GINKA: "Return to that summer with you..." Ryusei returns to the small island of his younger years, where time flows by gently, to spend a fairy-tale summer vacation with his childhood friend who was spirited away.
Players who liked GINKA also play
Steam players who put hours into GINKA 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.
Select Oblige
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, multiple endings, slice of life and an atmospheric mood with GINKA.
Top pick for GINKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
Select Oblige is the latest title from the popular Japanese visual novel brand Madosoft. It features character design and artwork by renowned illustrator Hiyo Yuzuna, with the story crafted by Shoukei Wakaba. The main heroines are voiced by Hana Akino, Kanau, Ren Sagami, and Yuuka Nanakusa.
ATRI -My Dear Moments-
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with GINKA.
Second-strongest match for GINKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
Hatsuyuki Sakura
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, slice of life and an atmospheric mood with GINKA.
Third-strongest match for GINKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
"Hatsuyuki Sakura" is one of the most popular works by SAGA PLANETS, a popular Japanese developer for visual novels. Experience Hatsuyuki Sakura for the first time in 1080p! This version includes the English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese versions.
南栀 Unwavering love
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, slice of life and an atmospheric mood with GINKA.
Ranked #4 for GINKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with GINKA.
《南栀》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏，讲述了在前作（夜永 Eternal Love）剧情发生一年半之后，聆花女子学院中的少女们成长的故事。
Clover Day's Plus
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, slice of life and an emotional mood with GINKA.
Ranked #5 for GINKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
Bottled-up emotions... An everlasting oath... Heartfelt desires... An enduring regret... And a childhood promise. Yuuto was abandoned by his parents and raised in an orphanage in Britain before a trading merchant by the name of Takakura Yoshiomi adopted him and brought him to Japan.
恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GINKA.
Ranked #6 for GINKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
《恋爱绮谭~不存在的真相~》是一款文字冒险游戏。 初到江城的顾唯，意外成为了一起社会新闻的主人公。凶险的都市中，他需要在混乱的舆论和虚假的情报中找到唯一的真相，也需要在两名各有千秋的少女间完成自我的抉择。秋去冬来，覆盖城市的厚厚积雪下，究竟掩藏着什么样的秘密......
Parfait Remake
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, slice of life and an atmospheric mood with GINKA.
Ranked #7 for GINKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
《纯爱咖啡厅～帕露菲重制版～》是由GIGA/Entergram所制作的经典恋爱冒险游戏的重制版。原版于2005年发售，是广为人知的高口碑杰作。游戏拥有多达6位女主角以及13种结局的丰富内容。著名剧本家丸户史明凭借为本作编写剧本而一战成名。经典主题曲《Leaf Ticket》由KOTOKO献唱。
流る星 -a wish star-
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, replayability, slice of life and a melancholic mood with GINKA.
Ranked #8 for GINKA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
俺はあの日、『カミサマ』を拾った。人気イラストレーターななかまいが送る、“カミサマ”の女の子と忘れられないひと夏を過ごすビジュアルノベルです。
Reviewers mention these as similar to GINKA
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Summer Pockets
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GINKA.
Reviewers of GINKA cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
From the creators of Angel Beats! and CLANNAD, Key, comes their latest emotional, award-winning journey. Follow protagonist Takahara Hairi as he travels to the secluded island Torishirojima, where he rediscovers what it means to enjoy summer vacation.
Senren＊Banka
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and an emotional mood with GINKA.
Reviewers of GINKA cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
Senren＊Banka is a Japanese-style visual novel produced by Yuzusoft, a Japanese developer of romance VNs. This game commemorated Yuzusoft's 10th anniversary. It won numerous awards on the year of its release in Japan for its art, music, and characters.
Digimon World: Next Order
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with GINKA.
Reviewers of GINKA cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The Digital World has run rampant with Machinedramon and is now in a state of utter chaos. As a Digidestined, it’s up to you to restore order to the world in Digimon World: Next Order, a monster collecting RPG.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below GINKA at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under GINKA on Steam right now. Shares Casual with GINKA.
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 ~67% under GINKA on Steam right now. Shares Casual with GINKA.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under GINKA on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GINKA.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under GINKA on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GINKA.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under GINKA on Steam right now. Shares Casual with GINKA.
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 ~67% under GINKA on Steam right now. Shares Casual with GINKA.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under GINKA on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GINKA.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~93% under GINKA on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with GINKA.
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?
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 Casual with GINKA.
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. Shares Adventure with GINKA.
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.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with GINKA.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with GINKA.
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 Adventure with GINKA.
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.
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More from Frontwing
Other recommendable Steam games by Frontwing, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
ATRI -My Dear Moments-
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with GINKA.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind GINKA. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
ISLAND
WHY THIS
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind GINKA. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
The Fruit of Grisaia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GINKA.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind GINKA. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
SIX FRUITS BARE THEIR FANGS AT THE WORLD. --The academy was their orchard. In this place of learning, protected by high walls from the outside world, there arrived a single young man who'd lost his purpose in life. He'd lost sight of what he wanted to protect.
Revue Starlight El Dorado
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, dialogue choices, slice of life and an atmospheric mood with GINKA.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind GINKA. Shares Adventure with GINKA.
The first console game of the stage-themed multi-media franchise "Revue Starlight" is on its way!
KANADE
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, slice of life and a poignant mood with GINKA.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind GINKA. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
A visual novel about becoming lovers with Kanade—a half-human, half-alien girl. Enjoy a tender relationship with Kanade and witness how love blossoms into a song that saves the world.
Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GINKA.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind GINKA. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
"Grisaia: Phantom Trigger" is a visual novel, specifically a kinetic novel (without branching routes). Returning character artist Akio Watanabe and writer Ryuta Fujisaki bring you the latest installment in the acclaimed Grisaia series.
The Leisure of Grisaia
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with GINKA.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind GINKA. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
This side story to "The Fruit of Grisaia" is a character-driven visual novel featuring some of the same characters. This time, it's Michiru who takes the lead role in this slapstick comedy. A laugh-out-loud side story detailing the Mihama girls' school hijinks.
Corona Blossom Vol.1 Gift From the Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with GINKA.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind GINKA. Shares Adventure and Casual with GINKA.
Meet R-ne, a metallic organism from space in the form of a young girl. She’s taken in by Keiji and the people of Hanma town, but the maid uniform-clad, cat-eared space pirate Lily and her crew are looking to sell the valuable metal that’s R-ne. Caught up in the turmoil, can she make it back home?
Frequently asked about GINKA
- Does GINKA run on Steam Deck?
- GINKA 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 GINKA cost?
- GINKA is listed on Steam at 14.94 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to GINKA?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GINKA are Select Oblige, ATRI -My Dear Moments-, Hatsuyuki Sakura.
- Who developed GINKA?
- GINKA was developed by Frontwing and published by Frontwing USA, Bushiroad Inc..
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