Games like Willows: A Dream of Shadows
If Willows: A Dream of Shadows is your kind of game, the closest matches are Witch's Last Curse, A Vessel of Frustration and Luce Spenta — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Willows: A Dream of Shadows: A tale of two siblings struggling to survive their present and heal from their past. Just how long can they ignore that which haunts them? "Willows: A Dream of Shadows" is a psychological gothic horror visual novel puzzle game, featuring hand drawn assets, and a episodic branching story-line.
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Witch's Last Curse
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Top pick for Willows: A Dream of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
In a village slowly being consumed by a supernatural curse, you are a witch’s apprentice charged with breaking it. Explore the town, uncover forbidden ingredients, earn the trust of its troubled inhabitants, and complete the ritual before the thorns claim everything.
A Vessel of Frustration
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Second-strongest match for Willows: A Dream of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
You return to your hometown but no one recognizes you. But that doesn’t matter, because you are not here for them. You are here for her. Midgårdsormen, singer and artist, pervert and goddess, a being truly out of this world.
Luce Spenta
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Third-strongest match for Willows: A Dream of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
A gothic psychological visual novel where you decide who deserves forgiveness… and who deserves condemnation. Explore the lives of five souls, confront unsettling truths, and make choices that will shape your ultimate fate. Every choice is a reflection. Every judgment carries a sentence.
RUNT
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Ranked #4 for Willows: A Dream of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you follow the story of Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods
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Ranked #5 for Willows: A Dream of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods is a non-linear visual novel with elements of traditional Chinese supernatural folklore.In this miserable world, a young boy must do everything he can to seize the chance to survive, face parting with his companions, and bear a mission that isn’t his own.
Mycelium Protocol: Prologue
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Ranked #6 for Willows: A Dream of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
You are the Supreme Mortimarch’s apprentice. Discarded documents challenge Kudesh’s history. The more answers you seek, the harder it is to keep your mentor’s trust and know whose side you’re on.
Endless Monday: In Progress
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Ranked #7 for Willows: A Dream of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
"Endless Monday: In Progress" - New job, new Penny. Our favorite former corporate grunt is back, and working hard to live the dream! But as she struggles to keep the dream alive, she'll need all the help she can get, from friends, angry ex-coworkers, the past, and beyond.
AdventureSteam ↗Lone Bird in the Tree
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Ranked #8 for Willows: A Dream of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an adventure game with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Willows: A Dream of Shadows.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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- What games are most similar to Willows: A Dream of Shadows?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Willows: A Dream of Shadows are Witch's Last Curse, A Vessel of Frustration, Luce Spenta.
- Who developed Willows: A Dream of Shadows?
- Willows: A Dream of Shadows was developed by Graveyard Shift Productions.
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