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Games like Highschool Romance

If Highschool Romance is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beach Bounce, Starlight Vega and Kotodama: The 7 Mysteries of Fujisawa — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cozy, emotional and lighthearted. 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 Highschool Romance: Can you find love as the only boy in an all-girls school? Find out, in this slice-of-life visual novel game with multiple endings.

2015IndieCasual14.99 USDWindowsby Dharker Studios
Highschool Romance — Steam game cover
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Art style is soft and pleasingMultiple romance routes to exploreProgressive themes around gender identityCozyEmotionalLighthearted

Players who liked Highschool Romance also play

Steam players who put hours into Highschool Romance 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. Beach Bounce

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a lighthearted mood with Highschool Romance.

    Top pick for Highschool Romance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    A slice of life visual novel game in three parts following Tomoyo during his summer visiting a long lost relative. A fun tongue in cheek story with multiple branches, several relationships and various alternate endings for you to enjoy.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Starlight Vega

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Highschool Romance.

    Second-strongest match for Highschool Romance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    Play as Aria and romance the two sultry demon girls, Lyria and Scherza, or your best friend Melody in this yuri (girl x girl) visual novel where your choices will ultimately decide the fate of this spellbound girl.

    2016IndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Kotodama: The 7 Mysteries of Fujisawa

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Highschool Romance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A highschool visual novel with a difference! While Fujisawa Academy may seem like a normal school, beneath the surface lie dark and sinister secrets. Puzzle-battle your classmates with the power of Kotodama to strip away their lies - and a lot more!

    2019Adventure7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Fruit of Grisaia

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Highschool Romance.

    Ranked #4 for Highschool Romance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Highschool Romance.

    SIX FRUITS BARE THEIR FANGS AT THE WORLD. --The academy was their orchard. In this place of learning, protected by high walls from the outside world, there arrived a single young man who'd lost his purpose in life. He'd lost sight of what he wanted to protect.

    2015AdventureCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Love Ribbon

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an emotional mood with Highschool Romance.

    Ranked #5 for Highschool Romance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    "Love Ribbon" is a yuri (girl x girl) visual novel about forbidden love between two sisters.

    2017IndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sunrider Academy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Highschool Romance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    You are Kayto Shields, an ordinary man thrown into an extraordinary adventure. Control Kayto's day to day life as well as his responsibilities as club manager in this stat management sim.

    2015IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sakura Succubus 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Highschool Romance.

    Ranked #7 for Highschool Romance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Sakura Succubus 4 is the fourth instalment of the Sakura Succubus series. Join Hiroki and his harem on a relaxing vacation at the beach, and enjoy a fun story full of cute girls!

    2021Simulation2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Princess Evangile All Ages Version

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Highschool Romance.

    Ranked #8 for Highschool Romance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Highschool Romance.

    This romantic visual novel has you joining a financially struggling all-girls' private school as one student's example case for gender integration. The two of you try to prove that going co-ed could save the school, while the story explores themes of traditions, change, family, and relationships.

    2015AdventureCasual34.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Highschool Romance at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Highschool Romance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    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 ~67% under Highschool Romance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    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 ~47% under Highschool Romance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Highschool Romance.

    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 ~58% under Highschool Romance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Highschool Romance.

    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 ~47% under Highschool Romance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Highschool Romance.

    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 ~67% under Highschool Romance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    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 ~67% under Highschool Romance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Highschool Romance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Highschool Romance.

    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 and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    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 Highschool Romance.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 Casual with Highschool Romance.

    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 with Highschool Romance.

    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. 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 Highschool Romance.

    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 ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Dharker Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Dharker Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Negligee

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Highschool Romance.

    Another title from Dharker Studios, the studio behind Highschool Romance. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    A story of love and lingerie as you are thrust into the role as manager of the shop 'Negligee' alongside three beautiful women.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Army Gals

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an emotional mood with Highschool Romance.

    Another title from Dharker Studios, the studio behind Highschool Romance. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    Can you survive with three women in the middle of nowhere. In this Survival, Romance Visual Novel adventure.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Negligee: Love Stories

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Highschool Romance.

    Another title from Dharker Studios, the studio behind Highschool Romance. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    A series of four stories following the characters Karen, Charlotte, Sophie and Jasmin in their early lives as they have to choose what they really love and what path their lives will take.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Sword of Asumi

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a lighthearted mood with Highschool Romance.

    Another title from Dharker Studios, the studio behind Highschool Romance. Shares Indie with Highschool Romance.

    Take on the role of Asumi, a new warrior for the people of Edo. As Asumi you must root out a rebel from within a prestigious samurai academy. Now the assassin must walk in the light for all to see.

    2015IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Beach Bounce

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a lighthearted mood with Highschool Romance.

    Another title from Dharker Studios, the studio behind Highschool Romance. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    A slice of life visual novel game in three parts following Tomoyo during his summer visiting a long lost relative. A fun tongue in cheek story with multiple branches, several relationships and various alternate endings for you to enjoy.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Galaxy Girls

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a lighthearted mood with Highschool Romance.

    Another title from Dharker Studios, the studio behind Highschool Romance. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    One day you wake up on a spaceship, with several other women, each one given a different job on board ship, doctor, engineer and you as Captain. Can you complete the mission that has been forced upon you... And save humanity.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magi Trials

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Highschool Romance.

    Another title from Dharker Studios, the studio behind Highschool Romance. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    Do you have what it takes to join the Royal Academy of Magi in a new Highschool Romance story. After attempting a dark ritual which increases innate magical ability, but transforms your body.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Starlight Drifter

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Highschool Romance.

    Another title from Dharker Studios, the studio behind Highschool Romance. Shares Indie and Casual with Highschool Romance.

    Create your own character and explore the universe in this sci-fi space game allowing you to choose where to explore and what to do, where your decisions will affect the universe and the ending you experience.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Highschool Romance

How much does Highschool Romance cost?
Highschool Romance is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Highschool Romance?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Highschool Romance are Beach Bounce, Starlight Vega, Kotodama: The 7 Mysteries of Fujisawa.
Who developed Highschool Romance?
Highschool Romance was developed by Dharker Studios.

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 Highschool Romance.

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