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- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to ACE Academy: Crystalline, Kaori After Story, Ethereal Enigma, Academy Love Saga: Tennis Angels, and Astral Ascension. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Academy Love Saga: Tennis Angels
Why this: Shares relationship building with ACE Academy.
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: PixelFade
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 95% of 1,229 reviews
- Genres: Action, Sports, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Character arcs feel surprisingly heartfelt
- Fully voice acted with strong performances
- Mecha school setting is a fresh twist
- Emotional
- Funny
- Lighthearted
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About ACE Academy
The closest matches to ACE Academy: Crystalline, Kaori After Story, Ethereal Enigma, Academy Love Saga: Tennis Angels, and Astral Ascension. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If ACE Academy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crystalline, Kaori After Story and Ethereal Enigma — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as emotional, funny and lighthearted, and single out its branching romance and multiple choice dialogue. 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.
ACE Academy is a 2016 sci-fi visual novel dating sim developed by PixelFade set in a mecha academy, blending relationship building with giant robot culture. The game features branching romance paths and multiple-choice dialogue where player decisions meaningfully alter story outcomes. Reviewers highlight the fully voice-acted performances and character arcs that feel surprisingly heartfelt despite the comedic tone, while the witty Western-style humor provides a distinctive voice in the genre. Players describe the overall experience as emotional, funny, and lighthearted, with the mecha-school setting offering a fresh twist on the dating sim formula. The branching structure provides natural replayability, and the game holds a 95% positive rating from 1229 Steam reviews. It maintains a chill difficulty level across a medium-length campaign and runs on Steam Deck.
About ACE Academy: ACE Academy is a slice-of-life, story-centric comedy game with elements of dating-sim; fully voiced and extensively interactive!
Is ACE Academy worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 95% of 1,229 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 12 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Character arcs feel surprisingly heartfelt
- Fully voice acted with strong performances
- Mecha school setting is a fresh twist
- Romance choices meaningfully alter story outcomes
People who play it also play: Crystalline, Kaori After Story, Ethereal Enigma
Frequently asked about ACE Academy
Can I run it?
Does ACE Academy run on Steam Deck?
ACE Academy is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
What games are most similar to ACE Academy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ACE Academy are Crystalline, Kaori After Story, Ethereal Enigma.
Who developed ACE Academy?
ACE Academy was developed by PixelFade.