Games like 9 Lives
If 9 Lives is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chicken Police - Paint it RED!, Blake: The Visual Novel and Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! — 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.
Get personalized picks →About 9 Lives: Step into a noir-inspired world of mystery, humor, and the supernatural in 9 Lives, a visual novel where your choices shape the story. Solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and navigate branching dialogue in a stunning black-and-white art style. Will you crack the case or get lost in the shadows?
Players who liked 9 Lives also play
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Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
WHY THIS
Top pick for 9 Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
Blake: The Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for 9 Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with 9 Lives.
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for 9 Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with 9 Lives.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
of the Devil
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for 9 Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Tangle Tower
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for 9 Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Blacksad: Under the Skin
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for 9 Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with 9 Lives.
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
The Posthumous Investigation
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for 9 Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Mewgenics
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for 9 Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.
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 with 9 Lives.
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 9 Lives.
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 9 Lives.
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 with 9 Lives.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 9 Lives.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 9 Lives.
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.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
of the Devil
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Tangle Tower
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Blacksad: Under the Skin
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with 9 Lives.
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
Mewgenics
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.
Frequently asked about 9 Lives
- What games are most similar to 9 Lives?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 9 Lives are Chicken Police - Paint it RED!, Blake: The Visual Novel, Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!.
- Who developed 9 Lives?
- 9 Lives was developed by Dehumanized and published by Rising Tide.
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 9 Lives.
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