Games like KARA
If KARA is your kind of game, the closest matches are Scottside, Where Control Ends and 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster. — 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 KARA: "KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.
Players who liked KARA also play
Steam players who put hours into KARA 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.
Scottside
WHY THIS
Top pick for KARA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARA.
"Scottside" is a non-linear visual novel in the thriller genre. A small provincial town may seem quite dull. However, everything changes when you find a strange object in the forest.
Where Control Ends
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for KARA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with KARA.
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster.
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for KARA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARA.
“You were only trying to do the right thing—so why is everything falling apart?” A Japanese language teacher’s choices to save three girls who have stopped attending school will change their fates. A psychological horror visual novel with 16 endings.
CARTAGRA
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for KARA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with KARA.
Set in Ueno, Tokyo, where the wounds of the Pacific War have not yet healed, detective Takashiro Shugo becomes involved in a series of gruesome murders. A visual novel of love and hatred leading to obsession and madness…
My Toxic Darling
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for KARA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARA.
You wake in a dungeon where strangers sit in chairs, each with a story about their lover. Listen, judge, and answer. Empathize or turn hostile — every choice changes how they treat you. Find three keys and escape before time runs out. Play solo, or as a couple in two-player co-op.
Prison Chain: The Unredeemed Thought
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for KARA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARA.
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Stories of a coup d'état: The Three Siblings
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for KARA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARA.
Visual novel set in Chile, 1973. The military dictatorship rises up, and a family of siblings try to live their daily life, interrupted by the regime's activities. You will be cornered and forced to take tough decisions that will test your morality. Remember: Every decision will have consequences.
Yet Another Killing Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for KARA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARA.
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below KARA at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under KARA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARA.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under KARA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KARA.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under KARA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARA.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under KARA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARA.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under KARA on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with KARA.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under KARA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KARA.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under KARA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KARA.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under KARA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KARA.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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 Indie with KARA.
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 KARA.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with KARA.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARA.
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 Indie with KARA.
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 Indie and Adventure with KARA.
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.
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Frequently asked about KARA
- How much does KARA cost?
- KARA is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to KARA?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside KARA are Scottside, Where Control Ends, 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster..
- Who developed KARA?
- KARA was developed by IKARUS.
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 KARA.
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