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Games like Advent: Dawn

If Advent: Dawn is your kind of game, the closest matches are 時折記 -Tokioriki-, The Test: Secrets of the Soul and BAD END — 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 Advent: Dawn: Seven strangers. One collapsed cave. No escape. A sci-fi mystery visual novel where every route toward survival draws you closer to a different companion—and a different lie.

2026IndieAdventureWindows · macOS · Linuxby Spire Games
Advent: Dawn — Steam game cover

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  1. 時折記 -Tokioriki-

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Advent: Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs

    2027IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Advent: Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. BAD END

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Advent: Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. STAY

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Advent: Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.

    2018IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. BURIED STARS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Advent: Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.

    2021AdventureCasual39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Flower in Us

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Advent: Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    Flower in Us is a short, story-driven mystery adventure that invites players to unravel hidden secrets.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. TOKYO CHRONOS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Advent: Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    TOKYO CHRONOS is the VR game that has multiple-choice decision points as well as more than one ending. The game takes place in Shibuya, Tokyo, which has only eight people, including you, the protagonist, Kyosuke Sakurai. Why are they there?

    2019AdventureSimulation29.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Folie Fatale

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Advent: Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Advent: Dawn.

    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. Shares Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    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 and Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Advent: Dawn.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Advent: Dawn.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Advent: Dawn.

    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 ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Advent: Dawn.

    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. The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. BAD END

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. STAY

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.

    2018IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. BURIED STARS

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Advent: Dawn.

    A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.

    2021AdventureCasual39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Advent: Dawn

What games are most similar to Advent: Dawn?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Advent: Dawn are 時折記 -Tokioriki-, The Test: Secrets of the Soul, BAD END.
Who developed Advent: Dawn?
Advent: Dawn was developed by Spire 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 Advent: Dawn.

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