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Games like Refate: Echoes of Desire

If Refate: Echoes of Desire is your kind of game, the closest matches are 咸鱼殿下 / My journey, Superscout and Heartbeat in Thailand — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its character deaths hit hard, high quality fmv acting and atmospheric. 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 Refate: Echoes of Desire: Wake up with amnesia in Tokyo, caught between the Yakuza and police. Romance 8 unique beauties: cop, ninja, boss, izakaya owner, heiress, college girl, teacher, model. Uncover your true identity—host, agent, assassin, or crime lord? Shape your destiny and find true love.

2025IndieAdventureSimulationRPGCasual17.99 USDWindowsby Terraflame Entertainment
Refate: Echoes of Desire — Steam game cover
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Character deaths hit hardEight distinct heroines with dedicated routesHigh quality fmv actingAtmosphericDarkEmotional

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Steam players who put hours into Refate: Echoes of Desire 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. 咸鱼殿下 / My journey

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, action adventure and an atmospheric mood with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    Top pick for Refate: Echoes of Desire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    This is a Interactive Live-Action Game. You will travel back in time to become a noble Highness and experience the local customs and practices of ancient times. A series of your choices will influence the development trajectory of this world.

    2025AdventureSimulationRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Superscout

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, romance and an atmospheric mood with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

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

    "Superscout" is a live-action interactive movie game where you will unravel the secrets of the girls you meet. The love beyond lifetimes, never let it go; the kindness in this life, engraved in your soul. Your choices will change your loved ones’ fate; those who love you will change yours...

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Heartbeat in Thailand

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, action adventure and an atmospheric mood with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    Third-strongest match for Refate: Echoes of Desire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    Freshly graduated, you head to Bangkok’s Chinatown to find your uncle—only to lose contact. Seeking a steady job, you’re mistaken for a gang boss and thrown into chaos. Along the way, you meet a sweet cousin, cold widow, mysterious performer, quirky ghost, and even... someone unexpected.

    2025AdventureSimulationRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, character driven and an atmospheric mood with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

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

    Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, action adventure and an atmospheric mood with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    Ranked #5 for Refate: Echoes of Desire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    Transported back a century by fate, you find yourself in a legendary tale of vengeance. Amidst powerful enemies in a tumultuous era, your mission is to assist those around you. Experience this immersive epic from a first-person perspective—authentic, weighty, yet brimming with hope.

    2025AdventureSimulationRPG15.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, dialogue choices, action adventure and an atmospheric mood with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

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

    You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure16.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Road to Empress I

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, adventure and an atmospheric mood with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    Ranked #7 for Refate: Echoes of Desire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation8.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 失业了,我获得了亿万游戏财产!

    WHY THIS

    Shares affection tracking, branching narrative, character driven and an atmospheric mood with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

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

    《财产》是一款真正的真人互动游戏,内嵌市场仿真的商业系统、非线性叙事恋爱养成。31天,通过投资、拍卖、收购、上市等策略打脸所有人,成就商业帝国!约会、酒吧、QTE互动、私密空间...8位风华绝代的美女将与你共度每一个难忘的夜晚~激活《财产》,打破传统,拒绝按部就班!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure7.14 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Refate: Echoes of Desire at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Refate: Echoes of Desire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Refate: Echoes of Desire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Refate: Echoes of Desire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Refate: Echoes of Desire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Refate: Echoes of Desire on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Refate: Echoes of Desire on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Refate: Echoes of Desire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Refate: Echoes of Desire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    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 ↗

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 and Casual with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    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 Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    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 Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    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 Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    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 Refate: Echoes of Desire.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    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 Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    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 and Casual with Refate: Echoes of Desire.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Refate: Echoes of Desire

Does Refate: Echoes of Desire work on Steam Deck?
Refate: Echoes of Desire is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Refate: Echoes of Desire cost?
Refate: Echoes of Desire is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Refate: Echoes of Desire?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Refate: Echoes of Desire are 咸鱼殿下 / My journey, Superscout, Heartbeat in Thailand.
Who developed Refate: Echoes of Desire?
Refate: Echoes of Desire was developed by Terraflame Entertainment and published by Mountain and Sea Studio, Terraflame Entertainment.

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 Refate: Echoes of Desire.

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