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Games like Life with a Homunculus

If Life with a Homunculus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hero in an All-Forgiving Fantasy World RPG, Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story and TRATRITLE — 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.

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About Life with a Homunculus: Having inherited your late master's will, after years of research... You finally succeed in creating a homunculus. Your goal is complete—now all that’s left is to hand it to the government. There's no longer any reason to live. Or so you thought... Thus begins your life with the homunculusーーー

2025IndieAdventureSimulationRPG13.59 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby hermes
Life with a Homunculus — Steam game cover

Players who liked Life with a Homunculus also play

Steam players who put hours into Life with a Homunculus 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. Hero in an All-Forgiving Fantasy World RPG

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Life with a Homunculus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life with a Homunculus.

    Players will take on the role of a brave hero, embarking on a journey to defeat the Demon Lord, fighting thrilling battles alongside three companions! No matter what you do, you'll be met with warmth and acceptance—so immerse yourself in this hero-friendly fantasy world to your heart's content!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation13.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Life with a Homunculus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life with a Homunculus.

    Build a school for RPG heroes in a mix of simulation and role-play adventure. As Principal of a school for the warriors and mages of the future, you must build your Academy to train the best in the land. Place and upgrade facilities, form teams of the best students and send them out on epic quests!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie3.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. TRATRITLE

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Life with a Homunculus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life with a Homunculus.

    A little master lived happily with his maids. But what bothered him was that the maids were too naive and simple. One day, he received a letter from his father. He thought he could solve the current problem... But unexpectedly, another succubus maid came. Will he still be a good boy or...?

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Ethereal Enigma

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Life with a Homunculus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life with a Homunculus.

    A choice-driven, slice of life visual novel featuring full voice-over and an intricate relationship system!

    2020IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Magical Girl Konoha

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Life with a Homunculus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life with a Homunculus.

    To aid the King, Priestess Konoha plunges into "Grimoire"! The world inside "Grimoire" is formed by another world called Grimoire Land in which Konoha becomes a magical girl, and has come to save the world!

    2025IndieAdventureRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Date Everything!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Life with a Homunculus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Life with a Homunculus.

    Date Everything! is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, featuring 100 fully voice acted datable characters! Let the romance flow between your bed, smoke alarm and… Overwhelming Sense of Existential Dread? Are you ready to Date Everything?

    2025Simulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. LAST EMBRYO -EITHER OF BRAVE TO STORY-

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Life with a Homunculus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life with a Homunculus.

    The young girl "Sill", who longed to become an adventurer, came to the Developing City Aletia. However, shadows came quietly... No one had expected what kind of crisis Sill would encounter. But every footprint left by her will soon become mythology...

    2020IndieAdventureRPG5.19 USDSteam ↗
  8. From Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Life with a Homunculus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Life with a Homunculus.

    By an accident,the protagonist set out on a journey to the "Lemuria Continent" with the second princess of the demon country who was running away from home.Awaiting in the pioneer land is encounters with dangerous monsters, unexplored land, and fascinating beauties.

    2020RPG4.79 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Life with a Homunculus at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Life with a Homunculus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Life with a Homunculus.

    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 ~63% under Life with a Homunculus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Life with a Homunculus.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Life with a Homunculus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life with a Homunculus.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Life with a Homunculus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Life with a Homunculus.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Life with a Homunculus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life with a Homunculus.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Life with a Homunculus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Life with a Homunculus.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Life with a Homunculus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Life with a Homunculus.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Life with a Homunculus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life with a Homunculus.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 with Life with a Homunculus.

    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 Life with a Homunculus.

    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 Indie with Life with a Homunculus.

    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 and Simulation with Life with a Homunculus.

    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. 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 Simulation with Life with a Homunculus.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life with a Homunculus.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Life with a Homunculus.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Life with a Homunculus.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. TRATRITLE

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life with a Homunculus.

    A little master lived happily with his maids. But what bothered him was that the maids were too naive and simple. One day, he received a letter from his father. He thought he could solve the current problem... But unexpectedly, another succubus maid came. Will he still be a good boy or...?

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Date Everything!

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Life with a Homunculus.

    Date Everything! is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, featuring 100 fully voice acted datable characters! Let the romance flow between your bed, smoke alarm and… Overwhelming Sense of Existential Dread? Are you ready to Date Everything?

    2025Simulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. From Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Life with a Homunculus.

    By an accident,the protagonist set out on a journey to the "Lemuria Continent" with the second princess of the demon country who was running away from home.Awaiting in the pioneer land is encounters with dangerous monsters, unexplored land, and fascinating beauties.

    2020RPG4.79 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Life with a Homunculus

Does Life with a Homunculus run on Steam Deck?
Life with a Homunculus 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 Life with a Homunculus cost?
Life with a Homunculus is listed on Steam at 13.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Life with a Homunculus?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Life with a Homunculus are Hero in an All-Forgiving Fantasy World RPG, Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story, TRATRITLE.
Who developed Life with a Homunculus?
Life with a Homunculus was developed by hermes and published by OTAKU Plan.

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 Life with a Homunculus.

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