Games like Lilac
If Lilac is your kind of game, the closest matches are Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-, 流る星 -a wish star- and KANADE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and cozy. 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 Lilac: A fantasy visual novel set in a magic school where humans and mages mingle. Will their differences lead to conflict, or to friendship? Enjoy the story of growth in a world of unbridled fantasies! Character designs by Oyari Ashito, and proudly developed by Frontwing.
Players who liked Lilac also play
Steam players who put hours into Lilac 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.
Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with Lilac.
Top pick for Lilac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.
流る星 -a wish star-
WHY THIS
Shares relationship building, visual novel style, slice of life and an emotional mood with Lilac.
Second-strongest match for Lilac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
俺はあの日、『カミサマ』を拾った。人気イラストレーターななかまいが送る、“カミサマ”の女の子と忘れられないひと夏を過ごすビジュアルノベルです。
KANADE
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, slice of life and an emotional mood with Lilac.
Third-strongest match for Lilac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
A visual novel about becoming lovers with Kanade—a half-human, half-alien girl. Enjoy a tender relationship with Kanade and witness how love blossoms into a song that saves the world.
GINKA
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, slice of life and an atmospheric mood with Lilac.
Ranked #4 for Lilac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
"Return to that summer with you..." Ryusei returns to the small island of his younger years, where time flows by gently, to spend a fairy-tale summer vacation with his childhood friend who was spirited away.
Lilja and Natsuka Painting Lies
WHY THIS
Shares relationship building, visual novel style, slice of life and an emotional mood with Lilac.
Ranked #5 for Lilac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
A yuri kinetic novel about overcoming the tribulations of the human heart, and a sapphic tale on the heartaches and reprieves of fathoming love. Asou Ei’s first title with Frontwing is presented with poignant visuals in Full HD, an evocative soundtrack, and voice acting by a star-studded cast.
Please Be Happy
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Lilac.
Ranked #6 for Lilac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Lilac.
A comfy yuri VN about the foxgirl Miho and her quest to find the person who's most important to her. This emotional visual novel features two different heroines to choose from, and a story that will make you both laugh and cry!
Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.7
WHY THIS
Shares linear narrative and an atmospheric mood with Lilac.
Ranked #7 for Lilac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
As daily life goes on unchanged, the girls - and Haruto - continue to sharpen their fangs. They are summoned for a mission of unprecedented scale, against the religious organization "TFA", where Enishi and Kuroe await. What kind of hellish scenes will Arisaka have to face on the battlefield?
Loca-Love My Cute Roommate
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Lilac.
Ranked #8 for Lilac fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
Aoi Ichitaro has had a crush on his cute coworker, Kojika Hiwa, for quite some time. When he's presented with the opportunity to move in with her, all his wildest dreams may finally be coming true...!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lilac at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Lilac on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Lilac.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lilac on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Lilac.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lilac on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Lilac.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Lilac on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Lilac.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Lilac on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Lilac.
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?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Lilac on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Lilac.
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...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Lilac.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Lilac.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Lilac.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Lilac.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Lilac.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Lilac.
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.
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More from Frontwing
Other recommendable Steam games by Frontwing, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
ATRI -My Dear Moments-
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with Lilac.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind Lilac. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
GINKA
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative, slice of life and an atmospheric mood with Lilac.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind Lilac. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
"Return to that summer with you..." Ryusei returns to the small island of his younger years, where time flows by gently, to spend a fairy-tale summer vacation with his childhood friend who was spirited away.
ISLAND
WHY THIS
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind Lilac. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
The Fruit of Grisaia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lilac.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind Lilac. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
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.
Revue Starlight El Dorado
WHY THIS
Shares relationship building, visual novel style, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with Lilac.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind Lilac. Shares Adventure with Lilac.
The first console game of the stage-themed multi-media franchise "Revue Starlight" is on its way!
KANADE
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, slice of life and an emotional mood with Lilac.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind Lilac. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
A visual novel about becoming lovers with Kanade—a half-human, half-alien girl. Enjoy a tender relationship with Kanade and witness how love blossoms into a song that saves the world.
Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lilac.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind Lilac. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
"Grisaia: Phantom Trigger" is a visual novel, specifically a kinetic novel (without branching routes). Returning character artist Akio Watanabe and writer Ryuta Fujisaki bring you the latest installment in the acclaimed Grisaia series.
The Leisure of Grisaia
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Lilac.
Another title from Frontwing, the studio behind Lilac. Shares Adventure and Casual with Lilac.
This side story to "The Fruit of Grisaia" is a character-driven visual novel featuring some of the same characters. This time, it's Michiru who takes the lead role in this slapstick comedy. A laugh-out-loud side story detailing the Mihama girls' school hijinks.
Frequently asked about Lilac
- Does Lilac work on Steam Deck?
- Lilac is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Lilac cost?
- Lilac is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Lilac?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lilac are Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-, 流る星 -a wish star-, KANADE.
- Who developed Lilac?
- Lilac was developed by Frontwing and published by Frontwing USA, Bushiroad Inc..
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