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Games like Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails

If Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails is your kind of game, the closest matches are REBELLION PRINCESS|リベリオン プリンセス, Graphic Tower Defense and Seed World — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its asian folklore aesthetic, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails: After defeating Fujin and Raijin, Hiro and his allies found peace at his grandfather’s house. One day, Sanbi sensed a distant summon. After tracing the energy, they discovered it came from her true form—the nine-tailed fox. Determined to help, Hiro and his friends set off on a new journey.

2026ActionStrategyIndieAdventureCasual8.79 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Secret Labo
Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails — Steam game cover
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Players who liked Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails also play

Steam players who put hours into Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails 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. REBELLION PRINCESS|リベリオン プリンセス

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Raise your favorite characters and have them ready to fight in the next run! Command beautiful girls to defend the castle and princess A non-reset roguelite × tower defense

    2026ActionStrategy4.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Graphic Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    This is a minimalist-style tower defense game that is easy-going and relaxing, with a moderate level of difficulty. Build your tower formations to fend off enemies. It also supports online multiplayer, allowing you to team up and experience an unprecedented level of tower defense fun!

    2025StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Seed World

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Seed World is a game that aims to combine automation, conveyor belts, and level progression. The game simplifies automation 'construction' into a series of progress bars, with each progress producing or consuming resources, and players need to manage resources.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 城市塔防-City Tower Defence

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Roguelite tower defense. Each run generates a different map identity, base position, frontline layout, and pressure lanes. Build and upgrade towers, shape your run with cards and between-wave rewards, manage resources and positioning, survive waves of escalating enemies and boss encounters.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Yokai Art: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense and an atmospheric mood with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Ranked #5 for Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    By accident, you broke the seal of the mysterious book, which contains an enormous magical power that allows users to control any Yokai by defeating them and recording their names. This godly power is too much which alerts all the Yokai. You must find your own way to defeat them and survive.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ITER-8

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, roguelite progression, dark fantasy and an atmospheric mood with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Ranked #6 for Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Welcome to the surface, ITER employee #8. Mine the Pillar, upgrade your tools, defend your base, reach the top... or die miserably. Each expendable worker pushes the mission forward - one glorious, replaceable iteration at a time.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Final War: Frozen Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, wave based combat and action adventure with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Ranked #7 for Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Strategy Tower Defense, RTS Battles on the World Map

    2025StrategySimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Toy Shire

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, wave based combat, action adventure and an atmospheric mood with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Ranked #8 for Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Are you prepared for a thrilling toy army tower defense adventure? Welcome to the Toy Shire! Battle diverse foes in various locations, defend your family, and repel foes from your area. Save the world by strengthening your defense with toy towers!

    2024ActionStrategyEarly Access9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails

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. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Playing History 2 - Slave Trade

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a dark mood with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Reviewers of Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Travel back in time and witness the horrors of slave trade firsthand. You will be working as young slave steward on a ship crossing the Atlantic. You are to serve the captain and be his eyes and ears. What do you do, when you realize that your own sister has been captured by the slave traders?

    2015IndieAdventureCasual0.49 USDSteam ↗
  3. Mirror 2: Project X

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Reviewers of Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Enter the parallel worlds enriched by the stories and match-3 games developed using cel-shading techniques powered by Unreal Engine 4. Ponder on your choices because each of them will determine the fate of all.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, resource management and whimsical with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Reviewers of Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    The classic Plants vs. Zombies returns in glorious HD! The original battle between Plants and Zombies is back — bigger, brighter, and crazier than ever before! Experience the game that started it all, now remastered with stunning HD graphics and packed with new secrets and content to uncover.

    2025Strategy13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    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 ~43% under Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~49% under Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails on Steam right now. Shares Action with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    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 ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~66% under Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    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. Shares Indie and Casual with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    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 and Adventure with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    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 ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    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. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Secret Labo

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

  1. Yokai Art: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense and an atmospheric mood with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Another title from Secret Labo, the studio behind Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails. Shares Action and Strategy with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    By accident, you broke the seal of the mysterious book, which contains an enormous magical power that allows users to control any Yokai by defeating them and recording their names. This godly power is too much which alerts all the Yokai. You must find your own way to defeat them and survive.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Love Tavern

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Another title from Secret Labo, the studio behind Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails. Shares Action and Strategy with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    After your death due to a car accident, you have been summoned by the goddess to take care of a tavern in an Isekai world. Your job is to hire different girls from various tribes and races to help out the business there, as well as build up room by room of the tavern to expand the business.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Cyber Crush 2069

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Another title from Secret Labo, the studio behind Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    You, as a ripperdoc (self-proclaimed), have started your new clinic in a corner of Little China. With your cyberware fixing skill, will it help you to impress the girl?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Love n Dream

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Secret Labo, the studio behind Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails. Shares Indie and Casual with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    《Love n Dream》 is a puzzle game with many kawaii girls. You will be transformed into multiple roles to approach all of our girls. Your job is to unlock their desired, characteristic, favorite, hate by using your skill to solve all the puzzles and understand more about them.

    2020IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Love n Dream: Virtual Happiness

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    Another title from Secret Labo, the studio behind Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails. Shares Indie and Casual with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    《Love n Dream: Virtual Happiness》is a card-based puzzle game with RPG components. Your job is to lead different girls to advance their adventure levels in a Virtual Reality Game.

    2020IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Love Tavern 2: Beastmen Kingdoms

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Secret Labo, the studio behind Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails. Shares Action and Indie with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    After your death due to a car accident, you have been summoned by the goddess to take care of a tavern in an Isekai world. Your job is to hire different staffs from various tribes and races to help out the business there, as well as build up room by room of the tavern to expand the business.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Lust: Zenyh City

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Secret Labo, the studio behind Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails.

    《Eternal Lust: Zenyh City》is a match-3 puzzle game with dating elements. Your job is to complete all the missions and adventures around you to help all the girls on your journey.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails

Does Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails run on Steam Deck?
Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails 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 Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails cost?
Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails is listed on Steam at 8.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails are REBELLION PRINCESS|リベリオン プリンセス, Graphic Tower Defense, Seed World.
Who developed Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails?
Yokai Art 2: Tales of the Nine-Tails was developed by Secret Labo and published by Secret Labo, Reborn Entertainment, Tora Creatives.

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