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Games like Love and Fear

If Love and Fear is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sunlight Scream, 花奴令 Huanu Poems and The seven days i spent with you — 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 Love and Fear: Visual novel with a detective plot. Summer break is a time of adventure and love! However, Hikari does not yet know that the maniac has already gone hunting!

2024IndieCasual2.99 USDWindows · macOSby Mango x2
Love and Fear — Steam game cover

Players who liked Love and Fear also play

Steam players who put hours into Love and Fear 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. Sunlight Scream

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Love and Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Love and Fear.

    The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 花奴令 Huanu Poems

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Love and Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Love and Fear.

    Huanu Poems is a multi-ending love adventure game. As a photographer, carrying the secret of being a bloodline inheritor of HuaNu Town, you will take lovely Peach to run a B&B, encounter gentle Cloudia. Your choices will affect the direction of the story.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The seven days i spent with you

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Love and Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Love and Fear.

    With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation1.79 USDSteam ↗
  4. CLANNAD

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Love and Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Love and Fear.

    From the world renowned visual novel studio Key, the highly rated story of CLANNAD is now available on Steam! Improved visuals, achievement integration, and Dangopedia make this the best version of CLANNAD to date.

    2015AdventureCasual44.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Отделение 38

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Love and Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.

    2024SimulationRPGEarly Access0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Love and Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Love and Fear.

    He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Love and Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Love and Fear.

    Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!

    2022IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Graces: Posthumous Wish

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Love and Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Love and Fear.

    Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Love and Fear at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Love and Fear on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Love and Fear.

    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 ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Love and Fear on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Love and Fear.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Love and Fear on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Love and Fear.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Love and Fear on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Love and Fear.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Love and Fear on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Love and Fear.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Love and Fear on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Love and Fear.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Love and Fear on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Love and Fear.

    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.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Love and Fear on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Love and Fear.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 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. Shares Indie and Casual with Love and Fear.

    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 Love and Fear.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Love and Fear.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Love and Fear.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Love and Fear.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Love and Fear.

    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 ↗
  8. 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 Love and Fear.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Love and Fear

How much does Love and Fear cost?
Love and Fear is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Love and Fear?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Love and Fear are Sunlight Scream, 花奴令 Huanu Poems, The seven days i spent with you.
Who developed Love and Fear?
Love and Fear was developed by Mango x2.

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 Love and Fear.

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