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Games like Where Control Ends

If Where Control Ends is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Lady with the Dog, Ceramic · Stainless Steel · Neurotransmitter and A Week to Remember — 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.

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About Where Control Ends: 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.

2026AdventureCasualWindows · macOS · Linuxby Softveil Studio
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Players who liked Where Control Ends also play

Steam players who put hours into Where Control Ends 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. The Lady with the Dog

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Where Control Ends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Where Control Ends.

    Chekhov's quiet masterpiece becomes a cinematic visual novel about longing, choice, and the impossible shape of an honest life.

    2026AdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Ceramic · Stainless Steel · Neurotransmitter

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Where Control Ends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Where Control Ends.

    A short interactive novel. There is no "truth" in this game. This is not an armchair detective story—it is simply about a girl in a stall. You will advise the protagonist, determine how she perceives everything around her, and witness her ending.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. A Week to Remember

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Where Control Ends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Where Control Ends.

    Help Elliot recover his memories and unlock the truth of what happened before it's too late. A Mexican-American gothic, boys' love visual novel, featuring interactive spell crafting and point-and-click exploration.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Thoughtless

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Where Control Ends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Where Control Ends.

    A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Bonded in Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Where Control Ends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Where Control Ends.

    Fall in love with your worst enemy in this gothic vampire romance BL visual novel about two men pushed to the edges of society learning to trust each other.

    2026IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Hedgehog's Dilemma

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Where Control Ends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A story of love, connections, and separation, a story about philosophy and science. Marharyta and Mykhailo try to figure out their relationships - and cannot help but fall in love over and over again.

    2026IndieRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. 灵魂甜品 Soulcake

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Where Control Ends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Where Control Ends.

    Soulcake: A fantasy‑romance AVG with yuri (LGBTQ+) & female-dominant dynamics. As the female lead, you can travel into others’ minds, gather ingredients to bake desserts filled with emotions. People come to you with their secrets. Forge bonds with them and…uncover the truth behind your ability.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  8. You, in every Room.

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Where Control Ends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Where Control Ends.

    A psychological visual novel adventure about love, obsession, and blurred boundaries. Navigate a web of manipulation and dependency, make difficult choices, and face multiple endings.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗

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 Casual with Where Control Ends.

    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. Shares Adventure with Where Control Ends.

    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 Adventure with Where Control Ends.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Where Control Ends.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Where Control Ends.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Where Control Ends.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Where Control Ends

What games are most similar to Where Control Ends?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Where Control Ends are The Lady with the Dog, Ceramic · Stainless Steel · Neurotransmitter, A Week to Remember.
Who developed Where Control Ends?
Where Control Ends was developed by Softveil Studio and published by Softveil.

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 Where Control Ends.

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