Games like VARLET
If VARLET is your kind of game, the closest matches are 流転のジェミニ, Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen and The Silent Kingdom — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and emotional. 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 VARLET: To be a "leader" that guides others forward, or to be an uncompromising "ruler"...VARLET is a school life RPG where, through encounters with troubled boys and girls who are also searching for themselves, you begin to uncover a version of yourself you never knew existed.
Players who liked VARLET also play
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流転のジェミニ
WHY THIS
Top pick for VARLET fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with VARLET.
The other half of your soul — never let go. A turn-based dark fantasy RPG in the Afterworld, where you journey alongside a same-sex partner. Emotions become power, and your words and choices shape the bond between you — toward one of four endings. Some filled with hope. Others, with deep pain.
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Second-strongest match for VARLET fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with VARLET.
The first game in the Utawarerumono trilogy of story-rich tactics RPGs. Into a world filled with verdant nature, populated by folk with fluffy ears and fuzzy tails, awakens Hakuowlo, a man of masked mien and missing memory.
The Silent Kingdom
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat, dialogue choices and an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Third-strongest match for VARLET fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with VARLET.
An otome RPG adventure with a dark story and meaningful choices. Shape the fate of a princess who must corrupt her soul in order to save her kingdom.
Digimon Survive
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with VARLET.
Ranked #4 for VARLET fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with VARLET.
Digimon Survive presents a hybrid visual novel and tactical RPG set in a mysterious world filled with dangerous monsters and deadly battles that will test your ability to survive.
Super Robot Wars 30
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with VARLET.
Ranked #5 for VARLET fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with VARLET.
30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.
The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria-
WHY THIS
Shares skill tree progression, turn based combat, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Ranked #6 for VARLET fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with VARLET.
The latest installment in the popular story-driven Kiseki RPG series is here! The 20th-anniversary title, The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria-, where the epic story of the continent of Zemuria takes a dramatic turn, is now available on Steam®!
Wildermyth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Ranked #7 for VARLET fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with VARLET.
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with VARLET.
Ranked #8 for VARLET fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with VARLET.
A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War! Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.
Reviewers mention these as similar to VARLET
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MONARK
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Reviewers of VARLET cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with VARLET.
Could you face yourself and the threats around you to save the ones you love? Shin Mikado Academy is engulfed in a madness-inducing Mist, and only you can save everyone inside. Develop your Ego to break the pacts set by the Pactbearers and remove the corrupting Mist.
Persona 5 Royal
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Reviewers of VARLET cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with VARLET.
Don the mask and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they stage grand heists, infiltrate the minds of the corrupt, and make them change their ways!
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Reviewers of VARLET cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with VARLET.
Become a mighty demigod and battle through a decimated Tokyo in a war between angels and demons. Make new allies along your journey, engage in intense, turn-based combat, recruit hundreds of demons and forge your own path to dictate the fate of all existence.
Tales of Seikyu
WHY THIS
Shares relationship building, character progression, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Reviewers of VARLET cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with VARLET.
A peaceful farming life sim set on the island of Seikyu. Grow your farm, restore your ancestral home, form heartfelt bonds with villagers, and shapeshift into different spirit forms to explore a world that moves gently with the seasons.
My Caligula
WHY THIS
Reviewers of VARLET cross-mention this title as a similar play.
My Caligula follows the Roman Emperor Caligula and his sisters as they navigate college life in the modern day. In this visual novel your choices will determine if you live or die as well as your love interest.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below VARLET at current Steam store prices.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under VARLET on Steam right now. Shares RPG with VARLET.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under VARLET on Steam right now. Shares RPG with VARLET.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under VARLET on Steam right now. Shares RPG with VARLET.
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!
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under VARLET on Steam right now.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under VARLET on Steam right now.
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.
Persona 4 Golden
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under VARLET on Steam right now. Shares RPG with VARLET.
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
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.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with VARLET.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with VARLET.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Coming soon from FURYU CORPORATION
Announced and quality-gated upcoming releases from FURYU CORPORATION — ranked by community wishlist demand from our scraped pool.
CRYMELIGHT
WHY THIS
Announced upcoming release from FURYU CORPORATION, the studio behind VARLET.
CRYMELIGHT is a roguelike action game set in the world of the afterlife, where girls confront their sins as they fight to gain their freedom.
ANOMALITH
WHY THIS
Announced upcoming release from FURYU CORPORATION, the studio behind VARLET. Shares RPG with VARLET.
“ANOMALITH” is a survival third-person shooter set in Japan, steeped in the atmosphere of liminal spaces and Showa-era retro aesthetics. To search for her missing friend, a girl steps into a world writhing with anomalies.
EXSTETRA
WHY THIS
Announced upcoming release from FURYU CORPORATION, the studio behind VARLET. Shares RPG with VARLET.
The only way to save the world is a kiss——. 《EXSTETRA》 is a fantasy RPG set in “Amazia,” a Tokyo fused with another world and burdened with a doomed fate, where you rise as the chosen savior, a “Prisma,” to confront the threat of the world’s destruction.
More from FURYU CORPORATION
Other recommendable Steam games by FURYU CORPORATION, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
CRYSTAR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Another title from FURYU CORPORATION, the studio behind VARLET. Shares RPG with VARLET.
For when I weep, then I am strong. Battle through Purgatory as Rei to help save her sister in this Action RPG. Switch freely between four playable characters, and uncover each one of their pasts to see the sorrows they have endured.
Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with VARLET.
Another title from FURYU CORPORATION, the studio behind VARLET.
The ultimate digital Vanguard experience that includes an original story set in the world of overDress! Compete with players worldwide with "Ranked Fight," play solo casually with "CPU Fight," and enjoy the game and experience the world of Vanguard at your own pace via many other fight modes.
CRYMACHINA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Another title from FURYU CORPORATION, the studio behind VARLET.
CRYMACHINA is an action RPG where mechanical girls strive to survive in a post-apocalyptic world to become “Real Humans''. But what does it mean to be a “Real Human”?
Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days 2
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Another title from FURYU CORPORATION, the studio behind VARLET. Shares RPG with VARLET.
"Cardfight!! Vanguard," has newly come to digital game! Over 3,000 cards for the Standard format! A brand-new original story shares the world of anime series unfolds! Enjoy your own cardfight experience!!
The Caligula Effect: Overdose
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Another title from FURYU CORPORATION, the studio behind VARLET. Shares RPG with VARLET.
Mobius. An idyllic world that lets people forget about the pain and problems of reality. Created by a sentient vocaloid program, μ (Mu), reality and fantasy have become blurred, allowing people to relive their high school years in bliss -- but just how real is a virtual happiness?
The Caligula Effect 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Another title from FURYU CORPORATION, the studio behind VARLET. Shares RPG with VARLET.
Redo is a world without sorrow created by the virtuadoll Regret. Virtuadoll songs give Redo residents respite from their struggles. Our protagonists discover the truth and form the Go-Home Club to return to reality. Make your way home with companions bearing heavy burdens in this school-themed RPG.
The Alliance Alive HD Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Another title from FURYU CORPORATION, the studio behind VARLET. Shares RPG with VARLET.
Rise up and ignite the resistance in The Alliance Alive HD Remastered! Explore diverse realms, awaken new skills mid-battle, and forge alliances to challenge the Daemons that have taken over the world!
Lost Dimension
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with VARLET.
Another title from FURYU CORPORATION, the studio behind VARLET. Shares RPG with VARLET.
In the near future a terrorist mastermind, known only as ‘The End’, threatens humanity with nuclear armageddon. A special task force, the S.E.A.L.E.D team, are the only ones who can stop him: a group of young combatants with incredible abilities and each with a mysterious past.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with VARLET.
The first game in the Utawarerumono trilogy of story-rich tactics RPGs. Into a world filled with verdant nature, populated by folk with fluffy ears and fuzzy tails, awakens Hakuowlo, a man of masked mien and missing memory.
Wildermyth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VARLET.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with VARLET.
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with VARLET.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with VARLET.
A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War! Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.
Frequently asked about VARLET
- Does VARLET run on Steam Deck?
- VARLET 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 VARLET cost?
- VARLET is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to VARLET?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside VARLET are 流転のジェミニ, Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen, The Silent Kingdom.
- Who developed VARLET?
- VARLET was developed by FURYU CORPORATION.
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