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Games like Sticky Date

If Sticky Date is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines and Afterlove EP — 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 Sticky Date: An anti-dating simulator that subverts the genre and provides catharsis through relatable, raw and satirical dates. You play as an underpaid dumpling cook who, in order to make ends meet, gets recruited by a sketchy dating app agent. Now you need to crash dates in order to earn a living wage!

IndieWindowsby Dumplings Incognito
Sticky Date — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Sticky Date 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. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Sticky Date fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Sticky Date fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    "Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.

    2023IndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Afterlove EP

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Sticky Date fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    From the creator of Coffee Talk and What Comes After, comes a slice-of-life adventure set in modern Jakarta about love, loss and finding your own way forward. Step into the shoes of Rama, a young musician struggling to move on with life after the death of his girlfriend, Cinta.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Bewitching Sinners

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Sticky Date fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.

    2024IndieCasual17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Overboard!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Sticky Date fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Arcadia Fallen

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Sticky Date fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Komorebi

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Sticky Date fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    In a society plagued by visions of the future, a group of friends attempt to find their own way in a predestined life. This isn't easy, however, when they live under the Argus Corporation - a superpower dedicated to maintaining social order. A fully voice acted dystopic story/dating-sim. Play today!

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Class of '09: The Re-Up

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Sticky Date fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    The REJECTION SIM returns! Explore a slice of chaotic life in late 2000's American high school as you assume the role of Nicole once again. A 100% fully voiced VN presenting as the most culturally accurate period piece in the history of gaming.

    2023IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗

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 Sticky Date.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    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 ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    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.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    "Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.

    2023IndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Afterlove EP

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    From the creator of Coffee Talk and What Comes After, comes a slice-of-life adventure set in modern Jakarta about love, loss and finding your own way forward. Step into the shoes of Rama, a young musician struggling to move on with life after the death of his girlfriend, Cinta.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Overboard!

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Arcadia Fallen

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Komorebi

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Sticky Date.

    In a society plagued by visions of the future, a group of friends attempt to find their own way in a predestined life. This isn't easy, however, when they live under the Argus Corporation - a superpower dedicated to maintaining social order. A fully voice acted dystopic story/dating-sim. Play today!

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sticky Date

Does Sticky Date have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Sticky Date supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Sticky Date?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sticky Date are Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines, Afterlove EP.
Who developed Sticky Date?
Sticky Date was developed by Dumplings Incognito.

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 Sticky Date.

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