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Games like Making*Lovers: First Blush

If Making*Lovers: First Blush is your kind of game, the closest matches are LOVEPICAL-POPPY!, Futamata Ren'ai: Two Times the Trouble and Renai Karichaimashita: Koikari - Love For Hire — 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 Making*Lovers: First Blush: Does destiny really leave you with only one option?

2026IndieCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby SMEE
Making*Lovers: First Blush — Steam game cover

Players who liked Making*Lovers: First Blush also play

Steam players who put hours into Making*Lovers: First Blush 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. LOVEPICAL-POPPY!

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Making*Lovers: First Blush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    From renowned Japanese visual novel brand SMEE, LOVEPICAL-POPPY!, the ultimate moege, arrives on Steam! Made for SMEE’s 15th anniversary and celebrating 150k+ sales, it keeps the brand’s signature sweetness while adding life-sim gameplay and a unique story progression system.

    2025AdventureCasual29.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Futamata Ren'ai: Two Times the Trouble

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Making*Lovers: First Blush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Koga Nao never knew his life would take a wild turn when a night out at a college drinking party would result in a messy relationship with Toiro Kirame. Now forced to date her, his life only gets more complicated when his longtime crush, Nobuta Yua, decides to confess to him!

    2025IndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Renai Karichaimashita: Koikari - Love For Hire

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Making*Lovers: First Blush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Due to family circumstances, Yuki has only one belief: money will make his little sister happy. And thus, he works part-time jobs late into the night. His plan is to start working full-time after graduation, but his little sister tells him that if he won't go to university, then she won't either.

    2021Casual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sugar * Style

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Making*Lovers: First Blush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Sugar * Style is a Japanese-style visual novel produced by Smee, a Japanese developer of romance VNs. Be the perfect husband for your future wife and conquer her heart with your husband-powers!

    2021Casual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Welcome to Maison Chichigami

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Making*Lovers: First Blush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Deep in the mountains, there is said to be a legendary hot spring: called the Spirit Spring. Becoming lost on the way to the spring, you are rescued by a mysterious, reclusive family. But what secrets does this family hide away in their manor?

    2025IndieRPGCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Kinkoi: Golden Loveriche

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Making*Lovers: First Blush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Kinkoi: Golden Loveriche is a Japanese-style visual novel produced by Saga Planets, a Japanese developer of romance VNs. The game won numerous awards in the year of its release in Japan for its art, music, characters, and story.

    2021SimulationCasual34.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Fureraba ~Friend to Lover~

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Making*Lovers: First Blush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Springtime. The season of the cherry blossoms, and a time of new beginnings, new encounters, and new people. For Aoba Kyousuke, this new season marks the start of his second year in high school, and also the year he resolved himself to finally fulfill his long-cherished dream: finding a girlfriend.

    2018AdventureSimulationCasual29.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Hypnosis of Corruption

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Making*Lovers: First Blush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Hinata Yuzuzaka is highly respected and admired among her peers. When strange things start to occur at her school and the surrounding town, it will be up to her to get to the bottom of it all.

    2024SimulationRPGCasual12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Making*Lovers: First Blush at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Making*Lovers: First Blush on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Making*Lovers: First Blush on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Making*Lovers: First Blush on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Making*Lovers: First Blush on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Making*Lovers: First Blush on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Making*Lovers: First Blush on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    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 ↗
  7. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Making*Lovers: First Blush on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    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 ↗
  8. Kerbal Space Program

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Making*Lovers: First Blush on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 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 Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    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 Indie with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Making*Lovers: First Blush.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    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 ↗
  6. 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 Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    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 ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from SMEE

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

  1. Making*Lovers

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SMEE, the studio behind Making*Lovers: First Blush. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Making*Lovers A story about the way love can bloom after dating begins. The focus in Making*Lovers is on the things that come after a relationship's beginning. With "start dating, then fall in love" as the concept, you will work towards the moment when love truly blooms.

    2020SimulationCasual29.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 突然*恋人

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SMEE, the studio behind Making*Lovers: First Blush. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    《突然*恋人》 全高清合集版收录了本系列本篇与两部后日谈内容。本系列是由日本知名美少女游戏品牌SMEE为纪念品牌成立十周年所制作的恋爱AVG作品。本作拥有特色的恋爱模拟系统,整体基调也保持了SMEE旗下作品一贯的高甜度。

    2024AdventureCasual16.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Fureraba ~Friend to Lover~

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SMEE, the studio behind Making*Lovers: First Blush. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Springtime. The season of the cherry blossoms, and a time of new beginnings, new encounters, and new people. For Aoba Kyousuke, this new season marks the start of his second year in high school, and also the year he resolved himself to finally fulfill his long-cherished dream: finding a girlfriend.

    2018AdventureSimulationCasual29.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Sugar * Style

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SMEE, the studio behind Making*Lovers: First Blush. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Sugar * Style is a Japanese-style visual novel produced by Smee, a Japanese developer of romance VNs. Be the perfect husband for your future wife and conquer her heart with your husband-powers!

    2021Casual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. LOVEPICAL-POPPY!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SMEE, the studio behind Making*Lovers: First Blush. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    From renowned Japanese visual novel brand SMEE, LOVEPICAL-POPPY!, the ultimate moege, arrives on Steam! Made for SMEE’s 15th anniversary and celebrating 150k+ sales, it keeps the brand’s signature sweetness while adding life-sim gameplay and a unique story progression system.

    2025AdventureCasual29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. HaremKingdom

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SMEE, the studio behind Making*Lovers: First Blush. Shares Casual with Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    HaremKingdom is a pure-love comedy in another world! Amidst magical hijinks and five adoring brides, what kind of harem will you choose to build?

    2021AdventureSimulationCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Making Lovers After Stories

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SMEE, the studio behind Making*Lovers: First Blush.

    Making Lovers After Stories contains the official extra stories for Making Lovers. Experience the crazy stories that are happening to your favorite girls!

    2022Adventure17.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Making*Lovers: First Blush

Is Making*Lovers: First Blush verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Making*Lovers: First Blush 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 Making*Lovers: First Blush cost?
Making*Lovers: First Blush is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Making*Lovers: First Blush?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Making*Lovers: First Blush are LOVEPICAL-POPPY!, Futamata Ren'ai: Two Times the Trouble, Renai Karichaimashita: Koikari - Love For Hire.
Who developed Making*Lovers: First Blush?
Making*Lovers: First Blush was developed by SMEE and published by Kagura Games, NekoNyan 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 Making*Lovers: First Blush.

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