Games like This is Love
If This is Love is your kind of game, the closest matches are Perception: Heart and Mind, Altero and Dobo's Heroes — 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 This is Love: Guide a small character through platforming and puzzle levels that explore the emotions of a toxic relationship. Uncover harrowing real quotes shared by those who endured it as you flee an antagonist determined to keep you captive while searching for freedom.
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Perception: Heart and Mind
WHY THIS
Top pick for This is Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with This is Love.
Perception: Heart and Mind is an action-adventure game that emphasizes precision platforming, mental + physical combat, and decision-making driven by either your heart or mind. Navigate a dangerous-interconnected world and confront the unpredictable behavior of Rootbranch's residents. Try the Demo!
Altero
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for This is Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with This is Love.
Altero is an atmospheric puzzle platformer game that will tease your brain! Control Adi the voodoo doll and accept to sacrifice yourself in order to team up with your past. Dive deep into the darkness of the Sorrow forest and rescue the lost souls to find your peace.
Dobo's Heroes
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for This is Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with This is Love.
Dobo’s Heroes is a puzzle platform game, where you need to help Dobo leave the depths of his world. For that to happen, use his grandchildren’s powers to get to the portal of each mission.
MARK'S LIFE
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for This is Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with This is Love.
This is the story of Mark's life...
Contenir
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for This is Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with This is Love.
Dive in the thoughts of a trans girl through her diary in this narrative platformer! The gameplay will flow to the sound of her voice while she shares her view of her body, romance, emotions, and much more... Filled with handcrafted visuals and a touching story, this game will strike your heart.
With My Past
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for This is Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with This is Love.
"How should I face my past in my ever-changing life? "Collaborating with the shadow of the past to unravel allegorical puzzles, confront inner struggles, and explore the path of self-growth.
Until Then
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for This is Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with This is Love.
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Press Any Button
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for This is Love fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with This is Love.
This video game realized how boring it had been and now is trying its best to fix that.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below This is Love at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under This is Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is Love.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under This is Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is Love.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under This is Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is Love.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under This is Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is Love.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under This is Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is Love.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under This is Love on Steam right now. Shares Casual with This is Love.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under This is Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is Love.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under This is Love on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This is Love.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 and Casual with This is Love.
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.
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 This is Love.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This is Love.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with This is Love.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with This is Love.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This is Love.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with This is Love.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This is Love.
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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Frequently asked about This is Love
- How much does This is Love cost?
- This is Love is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to This is Love?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside This is Love are Perception: Heart and Mind, Altero, Dobo's Heroes.
- Who developed This is Love?
- This is Love was developed by Monsterdium Games.
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 This is Love.
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