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Games like The Sun Shines Over Us

If The Sun Shines Over Us is your kind of game, the closest matches are 大鹏 - The Roc, 夜永 Eternal Love and 孤岛海妖 The Sea-demon — picked from the ranked list below. 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 The Sun Shines Over Us: An award-winning visual novel that dives into the lives and minds of high school students. While focusing on the stories of victims of bullying, The Sun Shines Over Us also explores the social, mental and emotional issues facing modern teenagers.

2024IndieCasual15.99 USDWindowsby Eternal Dream, Niji Games
The Sun Shines Over Us — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Sun Shines Over Us also play

Steam players who put hours into The Sun Shines Over Us 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. 大鹏 - The Roc

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Sun Shines Over Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    Due to work, Wu Shengyou was forced to leave home for high school in a big city. The sensitive, introverted poet felt out of place with classmates.As they grew closer, he seemed her only friend, yet appeared to completely misunderstand her inner thoughts...

    2024IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 夜永 Eternal Love

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Sun Shines Over Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    《夜永》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏,讲述了在前作(千面 Melancholy Love)剧情发生半年之后,聆花女子学院中破茧而出的少女们的故事。

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. 孤岛海妖 The Sea-demon

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Sun Shines Over Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    一组侦探小队受章鱼岛主人之邀,对六年前的海妖悬案发起挑战。她们需要在二十四小时内完成调查,并各自提交一份答案。最后,出现了七种截然不同的解答……

    2023IndieCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Lost in Secular Love

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Sun Shines Over Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    A Otome game about romancing monks?! All the romanceable characters are monks?! Sweet yet seductive! The untainted body and soul that only you can touch… PS: The game is set in an alternate history with an alternate religion.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. 锈翅 逃离我的家乡 Without Wings

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Sun Shines Over Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    玩家将以第一视角,扮演一名高中辍学的女孩,她被迫进入注塑厂打工。后来,她通过一款网络游戏,认识了大城市里的男孩阿澈,她义无反顾地向着有阿澈的未来奔去,也是向着能够逃离大山的未来奔去。在这跨越千里的鸿沟之间,她经历了期待、欣喜、意外、无助……最终,你将做出怎样的选择?

    2025IndieRPGCasual4.54 USDSteam ↗
  6. 晴末置雨

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Sun Shines Over Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    有关恋爱的故事往往在两人开始交往后便戛然而止,在那之后的重重障碍总是无人言说。 在盛夏被一场不期而至的暴雨宣告终结之时,两人看到的,究竟是朦胧的雨雾中对方逐渐消失的身影,还是下一个晴天,地上水洼倒映出的湛蓝

    2022IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. 南栀 Unwavering love

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Sun Shines Over Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    《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。

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Flowers -Le volume sur printemps-

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Sun Shines Over Us fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    Suoh Shirahane, a shy girl with a mysterious past, will begin her first year of high school at Saint Angraecum Academy, where she hopes to find a new beginning. She will navigate friendships and mysteries at her new school, and discovers that love can come in many forms.

    2016Casual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Sun Shines Over Us at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under The Sun Shines Over Us on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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 ~69% under The Sun Shines Over Us on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Sun Shines Over Us on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under The Sun Shines Over Us on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Sun Shines Over Us on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under The Sun Shines Over Us on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under The Sun Shines Over Us on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Sun Shines Over Us on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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 Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sun Shines Over Us.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Eternal Dream

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

  1. 涨粉二维码

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Eternal Dream, the studio behind The Sun Shines Over Us. Shares Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    现实的存在感在我面前逐渐崩解,我们对彼此的认知也在不断扭曲。 既然现实中的我无可救药——那么,请你爱上完全虚构的我吧。

    2021IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Eternal Dream, the studio behind The Sun Shines Over Us. Shares Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    Strange events occur at a sanatorium for those with unusual abilities. Follow clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. What will be released when all secrets are revealed? Goodness? Or… pure ”EVIL”?

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  3. The Name Tide Left

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Eternal Dream, the studio behind The Sun Shines Over Us. Shares Indie with The Sun Shines Over Us.

    At school, I keep running into a mysterious girl. The sight of her reading alone feels strangely familiar… and yet, I do not even know her name. Led by the tides, I draw closer to her secret. Can I move past this unspoken unease? Everything lies hidden in the depths of the unfathomable sea.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Sun Shines Over Us

How much does The Sun Shines Over Us cost?
The Sun Shines Over Us is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Sun Shines Over Us?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Sun Shines Over Us are 大鹏 - The Roc, 夜永 Eternal Love, 孤岛海妖 The Sea-demon.
Who developed The Sun Shines Over Us?
The Sun Shines Over Us was developed by Eternal Dream, Niji Games and published by Soft Source Pte. Ltd., CRX Entertainment Pte Ltd.

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 The Sun Shines Over Us.

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