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Games like Himegashima Island

If Himegashima Island is your kind of game, the closest matches are False Myth, Noelle Does Her Best! and Sheryl ~The Alchemist of the Island Ruins~ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cozy, emotional and lighthearted. 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 Himegashima Island: Kokomi is sent to the island of Himegashima, where his cousin demands that he spend his summer making happy memories. Having grown up sheltered, there's a whole new world of things for Kokomi to experience.

2024AdventureSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Fushidaratei
Himegashima Island — Steam game cover
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Bug battling feels strategic despite early rngBug collecting and battling mini game systemCharacters have layered arcs and unique backstoriesCozyEmotionalLighthearted

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Steam players who put hours into Himegashima Island 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. False Myth

    WHY THIS

    Shares card based combat and a nostalgic mood with Himegashima Island.

    Top pick for Himegashima Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Himegashima Island.

    The story is set in the city of Lylan on an isolated island. Everything seems peaceful until a mysterious aura approaches...

    2021IndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Noelle Does Her Best!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Himegashima Island.

    Second-strongest match for Himegashima Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Himegashima Island.

    After an unfulfilling childhood in the countryside, Noelle jumps at the first opportunity to move out and live on her own. Little does she know, her new home comes with the world's worst housewarming gift: a debt to the tune of a million gold, which she only has 10 days to repay! It's time for Noelle to do her best!

    2022IndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sheryl ~The Alchemist of the Island Ruins~

    WHY THIS

    Shares side quests, resource gathering, adventure and a cozy mood with Himegashima Island.

    Third-strongest match for Himegashima Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Himegashima Island.

    Sheryl, a novice alchemist, works with her boss and fellow alchemist, Debora. But when Debora skips out to avoid debt collectors, it's up to Sheryl to keep the atelier afloat, lest it collapse under the weight of her boss's mistakes!

    2024RPG17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Samurai Vandalism

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Himegashima Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Himegashima Island.

    The land of Yamato is filled with cruel rebels, oppressive nobles, and dangerous monsters. Fight as a Hozuki samurai to bring justice to the land!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Pray Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Himegashima Island.

    Ranked #5 for Himegashima Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Himegashima Island.

    Washed away to the island of Anatol, Alcy now must embark on a journey to escape the island and find her way to safety.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Demons Roots

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Himegashima Island.

    Ranked #6 for Himegashima Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Himegashima Island.

    In a final struggle for survival, demonkind again invaded the human world. However, the world they return to after years in the darkness isn't the same as it once was...

    2023IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Detective Girl of the Steam City

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Himegashima Island.

    Ranked #7 for Himegashima Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Himegashima Island.

    Play as Sophie, a private investigator not unlike Sherlock Holmes. It's up to Sophie to uncover the hidden truths of London through her investigations. What mysteries and intrigue await her? Find out in this steampunk RPG!

    2019IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Alternate DiMansion Diary

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Himegashima Island.

    Ranked #8 for Himegashima Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Himegashima Island.

    A university student named Sae finds herself lost in the mountains. While searching for help, she comes across an old looking mansion and decides to enter it. However, there was more to this mansion than meets the eye. What will become of Sae? Find out in this Puzzle-Escape RPG!

    2019IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Himegashima Island

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Summer Memories

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, resource gathering and a cozy mood with Himegashima Island.

    Reviewers of Himegashima Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Himegashima Island.

    It's summer break, and it's been years since you've last seen your aunt and cousins in the countryside! You don't know what to expect, but what could go wrong? Find out in Summer Memories!

    2020AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. False Myth

    WHY THIS

    Shares card based combat and a nostalgic mood with Himegashima Island.

    Reviewers of Himegashima Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Himegashima Island.

    The story is set in the city of Lylan on an isolated island. Everything seems peaceful until a mysterious aura approaches...

    2021IndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Winter Memories

    WHY THIS

    Shares relationship building, collectible hunting, slice of life and a melancholic mood with Himegashima Island.

    Reviewers of Himegashima Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Himegashima Island.

    After the unforgettable summer memories you’ve made half a year ago, Yui, Rio, and Miyuki are back. With the change of seasons and the cold falling snow, a new page to your story is about to begin.

    2024AdventureSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Natsu no Sagashimono ~What We Found That Summer~

    WHY THIS

    Shares mini games, visual novel style, slice of life and a poignant mood with Himegashima Island.

    Reviewers of Himegashima Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Himegashima Island.

    Summer vacation is finally here, and the next few weeks promise to be anything but uneventful! Natsu has just 30 days to acclimate to life in the countryside, help the locals face their demons, find that special someone, and gain the self-confidence to return home with his head held high!

    2024RPGCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Himegashima Island at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Himegashima Island on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Himegashima Island.

    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 ~67% under Himegashima Island on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Himegashima Island.

    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 ~47% under Himegashima Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Himegashima Island.

    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. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Himegashima Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Himegashima Island.

    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 ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Himegashima Island on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Himegashima Island.

    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 ↗
  6. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Himegashima Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Himegashima Island.

    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 ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under Himegashima Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Himegashima Island.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Himegashima Island on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Himegashima Island.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Himegashima Island.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Himegashima Island.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Himegashima Island.

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Himegashima Island.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Himegashima Island.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Himegashima Island.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Himegashima Island

Does Himegashima Island run on Steam Deck?
Himegashima Island 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 Himegashima Island cost?
Himegashima Island is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Himegashima Island?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Himegashima Island are False Myth, Noelle Does Her Best!, Sheryl ~The Alchemist of the Island Ruins~.
Who developed Himegashima Island?
Himegashima Island was developed by Fushidaratei and published by Kagura 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 Himegashima Island.

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