Games like Zero-Sum Heart
If Zero-Sum Heart is your kind of game, the closest matches are 纸上的魔法使, 南栀 Unwavering love and Demonheart: The Ice Demon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and emotional. 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 Zero-Sum Heart: "I" make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? ————————————————————————— In this short visual novel, make choices and answer the question: is love a zero-sum game?
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纸上的魔法使
WHY THIS
Shares choice driven narrative, character interaction, narrative driven and an atmospheric mood with Zero-Sum Heart.
Top pick for Zero-Sum Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Casual with Zero-Sum Heart.
莺神乐的知名作品，在Steam中高清化上架！ 与书本坠入爱河，畅游在书本与魔法的世界中吧！
南栀 Unwavering love
WHY THIS
Shares character interaction, visual novel style, narrative driven and an atmospheric mood with Zero-Sum Heart.
Second-strongest match for Zero-Sum Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
《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。
Demonheart: The Ice Demon
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Zero-Sum Heart.
Third-strongest match for Zero-Sum Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Zero-Sum Heart.
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
BeYourCat
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, character driven and an atmospheric mood with Zero-Sum Heart.
Ranked #4 for Zero-Sum Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Zero-Sum Heart.
"Be Your Cat " is a real love game,like an experience in life, one interesting dream. We all wish we had superpowers, but what would you do if one day you had superpowers, but not like Superman? What will you do with your limited abilities? How does it affect and change the people around you?
Love Begins With Goodbye
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, emotional and a poignant mood with Zero-Sum Heart.
Ranked #5 for Zero-Sum Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Zero-Sum Heart.
As a male exchange student at Norway's University of Bergen, you live with three girls: Chinese student Luo Xue'er, mysterious landlady Laya, and Inora, a Norwegian learning Chinese. Weave your love story with them over six months, starting from a "goodbye."
风信楼
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with Zero-Sum Heart.
Ranked #6 for Zero-Sum Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
昏君误国，怨声载道，无数野心家暗起反心。在京城一家青楼的掩饰下，你培养手下、积攒钱财、收集情报、建立人脉，等待兵变夺权的最好时机……《风信楼》是一部拥有海量选项和丰富剧情的高自由度养成游戏——百种不同结局，尽在你的选择之中。
The Journey - Episode 1: Whatever This Is
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Zero-Sum Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Zero-Sum Heart.
The first step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go...
Beauties! They're All After Me
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with Zero-Sum Heart.
Ranked #8 for Zero-Sum Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
In this thrilling romance game, players are a working-class hero meeting six girls: a loli, a mature woman, a housewife, a soft girl, a domineering CEO, and a cute, naive girl. As he gets involved with them, he awakens a cheating system—can you believe it?! Make your final choice now!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Zero-Sum Heart at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Zero-Sum Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Zero-Sum Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Zero-Sum Heart on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Zero-Sum Heart.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Zero-Sum Heart on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Zero-Sum Heart.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Zero-Sum Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Zero-Sum Heart.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Zero-Sum Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Zero-Sum Heart.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Zero-Sum Heart on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Zero-Sum Heart.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
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 and Casual with Zero-Sum Heart.
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 Zero-Sum Heart.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
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 Indie and Simulation with Zero-Sum Heart.
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 and Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
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 and Casual with Zero-Sum Heart.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Zero-Sum Heart.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Zero-Sum Heart
- How much does Zero-Sum Heart cost?
- Zero-Sum Heart is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Zero-Sum Heart?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zero-Sum Heart are 纸上的魔法使, 南栀 Unwavering love, Demonheart: The Ice Demon.
- Who developed Zero-Sum Heart?
- Zero-Sum Heart was developed by Citreat Studio.
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