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Games like Plus/Minus Zero

If Plus/Minus Zero is your kind of game, the closest matches are Robot Hospice, If Found... and A YEAR OF SPRINGS — 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 Plus/Minus Zero: As a research android, complete your mission of living a normal student life in this bittersweet slice of life visual novel. Record new experiences, revel in mundanity, and be a strange machine and a strange person.

2026IndieWindows · Linuxby Violet Fairy
Plus/Minus Zero — Steam game cover

Players who liked Plus/Minus Zero also play

Steam players who put hours into Plus/Minus Zero 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. Robot Hospice

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Plus/Minus Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    "Robot Hospice" is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice. As a new staff member, you will gently yet painfully bid farewell to these cherished machines that once lived alongside humans.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  2. If Found...

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Plus/Minus Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

    2020IndieCasual12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. A YEAR OF SPRINGS

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Plus/Minus Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.

    2021IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Pine: A Story of Loss

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Plus/Minus Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Plus/Minus Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    Deciding to break protocol to lend a helping wing, Rain, a flighty little courier takes a skittish girl by the name of Mila on an adventure through the inner workings of a mysterious post office. Together, they search for a letter containing the last words of someone who seemingly never existed.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Last Days

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Plus/Minus Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    The gods have blessed New Canaan for four hundred years, and everyone - including Sister Ginsetsu - thought it would go on forever, until the day Ginsetsu met the gods of New Canaan. Since then, the story between the maiden who calls herself a god, and the maiden who will become a god has begun.

    2021IndieRPGCasual1.59 USDSteam ↗
  7. Monolith

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Plus/Minus Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.

    2023IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Plus/Minus Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!

    2022IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

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 with Plus/Minus Zero.

    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 Plus/Minus Zero.

    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. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Plus/Minus Zero.

    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 Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    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. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. A YEAR OF SPRINGS

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.

    2021IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Pine: A Story of Loss

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Monolith

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Plus/Minus Zero.

    A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.

    2023IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Plus/Minus Zero

What games are most similar to Plus/Minus Zero?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Plus/Minus Zero are Robot Hospice, If Found..., A YEAR OF SPRINGS.
Who developed Plus/Minus Zero?
Plus/Minus Zero was developed by Violet Fairy.

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 Plus/Minus Zero.

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