Games like AIR
If AIR is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kanon, Honey Trap Amnesia and ココロシャッフル - Spirit Swap - — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark 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 AIR: Summer stretches on endlessly. Beneath the vast blue sky. Beneath the air in which she awaits— AIR, the second game released by visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring the side story novel, "First Sky Chapter" and full voice support!
Players who liked AIR also play
Steam players who put hours into AIR 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.
Kanon
WHY THIS
Shares route based storytelling, visual novel style, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Top pick for AIR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
A tale of small miracles in a snow-covered town— Kanon, the very first game from visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring HD visuals and full voice support! (The protagonist is only voiced in certain scenes.)
Honey Trap Amnesia
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for AIR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
In this game, you play as the protagonist and make your way through the story in visual novel format. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the adventure!
ココロシャッフル - Spirit Swap -
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for AIR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
A love story of a body swap between a man and a woman sharing one body.
定時制の人妻JK - Married Girls' Night School -
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for AIR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
Becoming friends with married girls at a night school!? This is a mature adolescent novel about night time, school, and married girls!
LOOPERS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Ranked #5 for AIR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
Tyler is a high schooler on a mission. He's going to use every minute of summer vacation to go on as many GPS-assisted scavenger hunts as possible. After running into some old friends during one of these hunts, strange things start happening: The day resets and today plays out exactly like yesterday
Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, emotional and an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Ranked #6 for AIR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with AIR.
No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!
WHITE ALBUM: Memories like Falling Snow
WHY THIS
Shares route based storytelling, visual novel style, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Ranked #7 for AIR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
The classic visual novel from AQUAPLUS that launched one of Japan's most beloved franchises, WHITE ALBUM is a story of love in many forms. Will a couple cling together, or drift apart on the cold wind? The album of their relationship will be as white as snow, and as poignant.
Sani Yang's Laboratory
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Ranked #8 for AIR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
You wake up in the world of anthropomorphic creatures. After finding you've been the subject of a certain lab's experiments, you must find the ulterior goals hidden from sight. Is this lab secretly a threat to the human world? Or is there more to it that you simply cannot understand?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below AIR at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under AIR on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with AIR.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under AIR on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with AIR.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under AIR on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with AIR.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under AIR on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with AIR.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under AIR on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with AIR.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under AIR on Steam right now. Shares Casual with AIR.
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!
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 AIR.
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 AIR.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with AIR.
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 Simulation and Casual with AIR.
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 AIR.
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 Casual with AIR.
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 Simulation and Casual with AIR.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from VISUAL ARTS/Key
Other recommendable Steam games by VISUAL ARTS/Key, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, emotional and an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Another title from VISUAL ARTS/Key, the studio behind AIR. Shares Adventure and Casual with AIR.
No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!
Kanon
WHY THIS
Shares route based storytelling, visual novel style, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Another title from VISUAL ARTS/Key, the studio behind AIR. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
A tale of small miracles in a snow-covered town— Kanon, the very first game from visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring HD visuals and full voice support! (The protagonist is only voiced in certain scenes.)
planetarian: Snow Globe
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Another title from VISUAL ARTS/Key, the studio behind AIR. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
"planetarian: Snow Globe," the prequel to Key's sci-fi kinetic novel "planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet," is now available with binaural audio support! Enjoy the story of a companion robot and her coworkers at a planetarium, and the simple joys they find in their everyday lives.
LUNARiA -Virtualized Moonchild-
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, character driven and an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Another title from VISUAL ARTS/Key, the studio behind AIR. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
Genius gamer T-Bit rakes in the prize money in VR races day after day. One day, after experiencing a network error mid-race, he ends up in Lunar World, a moon-based server. There, he meets an AI avatar by the name of Lunar-Q. A love story spanning the 384,400 km between the Earth and moon begins!
Harmonia Full HD Edition
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Another title from VISUAL ARTS/Key, the studio behind AIR. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
Set in a war-torn world in the distant future, the sci-fi kinetic novel "Harmonia" follows a mechanical boy and a human girl as they find their way to each other's hearts. Key's 15th anniversary title is back with full voice and FHD resolution, including the main character!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Kanon
WHY THIS
Shares route based storytelling, visual novel style, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
A tale of small miracles in a snow-covered town— Kanon, the very first game from visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring HD visuals and full voice support! (The protagonist is only voiced in certain scenes.)
LOOPERS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Simulation with AIR.
Tyler is a high schooler on a mission. He's going to use every minute of summer vacation to go on as many GPS-assisted scavenger hunts as possible. After running into some old friends during one of these hunts, strange things start happening: The day resets and today plays out exactly like yesterday
Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, emotional and an atmospheric mood with AIR.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with AIR.
No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!
Frequently asked about AIR
- Is AIR verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — AIR is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does AIR cost?
- AIR is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to AIR?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside AIR are Kanon, Honey Trap Amnesia, ココロシャッフル - Spirit Swap -.
- Who developed AIR?
- AIR was developed by VISUAL ARTS/Key and published by VISUAL ARTS.
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