Games like Ryugaku Ren'ai
If Ryugaku Ren'ai is your kind of game, the closest matches are if you stay, Lust & Ledgers: A Vaygren Tale and Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan — 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 Ryugaku Ren'ai: A narrative RPG adventure game about coming of age as a foreigner in Japan. Vee Urban moves to quiet suburban Japan and learns that life’s not exactly the exciting manga she expected. But with culture differences, high school problems, language barriers, and blossoming romance–maybe it is?
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if you stay
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Top pick for Ryugaku Ren'ai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
Winter 1999. Kicked out of your house after being outed by your closest friend, you plan to leave your hometown. Your girlfriend, Mika, wants to see you one more time. Decide whether or not you'll stay together.
Lust & Ledgers: A Vaygren Tale
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Second-strongest match for Ryugaku Ren'ai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
Vaygren Tales: Lust & Ledgers (Working Title) is a short visual novel that follows Teela, the receptionist at the local Outreach Guild. In the course of her day to day job, she gets to know the women around her. Intimately. With her dick.
Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan
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Third-strongest match for Ryugaku Ren'ai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
A visual novel about living through a sudden and chaotic job loss, and making tough choices about your future. Based on the real-life experiences of foreign teachers living in Japan.
Heart of the Woods
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Ranked #4 for Ryugaku Ren'ai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
A fantasy yuri visual novel filled with magic, fairies, and a ghost girl. When Maddie and her best friend, Tara, journey to a remote forest village to investigate rumors of the supernatural, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for.
and Roger
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Ranked #5 for Ryugaku Ren'ai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
It was a morning like all others, until she realized her dad wasn't home. In his place, a stranger who speaks nonsense and insists she "takes her medicine". Who is he? Where is dad?
Always The Same Blue Sky...
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Ranked #6 for Ryugaku Ren'ai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
A gripping seaside adventure following the connection of two young souls, each unknowingly helping the other make sense of a world that seems senseless. Complemented by breathtaking artwork and an addictive soundtrack, this charming tale will definitely suck you in and leave a lasting impression!
See You Later
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Ranked #7 for Ryugaku Ren'ai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
There are so many things I want to do with the rest of my life. Like dreaming with you, laze around with you, look at the moon, eat rice with you, go on the biggest wedding trip to Antarctica, and most importantly - say goodbye to you.
A Story Beside
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Ranked #8 for Ryugaku Ren'ai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
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.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
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.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
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.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Yuri Kissaten, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Love is in the Airship
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Another title from Yuri Kissaten, the studio behind Ryugaku Ren'ai. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
In this wacky yuri dating sim, come aboard a magical airship cruise and experience romance, hijinks, and a crazy story with over 15 endings! Lots of choices and lots of really cute girls to date.
Winter Heat
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Another title from Yuri Kissaten, the studio behind Ryugaku Ren'ai. Shares Indie and Casual with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
Javi lives in Santiago, and Shio lives in Kyoto. They're best friends over the internet, until one fateful December changes their lives forever. A narrative game about long-distance love that takes place over chats, video calls, and social media apps.
Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan
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Another title from Yuri Kissaten, the studio behind Ryugaku Ren'ai. Shares Indie and Casual with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
A visual novel about living through a sudden and chaotic job loss, and making tough choices about your future. Based on the real-life experiences of foreign teachers living in Japan.
Occult Hand of the Blood Lily
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Another title from Yuri Kissaten, the studio behind Ryugaku Ren'ai. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
A Gothic-Punk yuri visual novel about a magician on the run and her mysterious vampiric guardian. Journey by airship across a war-torn Europe and search for a legendary flower with the power to destroy nations.
Work Your Mechanical Magic
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Another title from Yuri Kissaten, the studio behind Ryugaku Ren'ai. Shares Indie and Casual with Ryugaku Ren'ai.
You are a robot, newly upgraded to feel strange human emotion. Will you stay a cog in the machine? Or find love in your fellow women? A brand-new lesbian dating sim!
Frequently asked about Ryugaku Ren'ai
- What games are most similar to Ryugaku Ren'ai?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ryugaku Ren'ai are if you stay, Lust & Ledgers: A Vaygren Tale, Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan.
- Who developed Ryugaku Ren'ai?
- Ryugaku Ren'ai was developed by Yuri Kissaten.
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