Games like Columbus
If Columbus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Artificial Instincts, Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced and Everlasting Snooze — 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 Columbus: Columbus》 is a dark fantasy visual novel with dual male leads. Play as Weaponzzie, a nameless weapon trapped in a wealthy estate. Dialogue choices drive a branching story to 10 endings—tenderness, ruin, freedom, or downfall. Your bond with the young master is defined by you.
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Artificial Instincts
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Top pick for Columbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Columbus.
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced
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Second-strongest match for Columbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Columbus.
Work as a body modification consultant in a dystopian future. Talk to clients, make recommendations, and decide how much to upsell them. Balance helping others with earning enough to save your sick rabbit. Make decisions and change lives.
Everlasting Snooze
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Columbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Columbus.
You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.
Talewarden: Riders of the New Day
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Ranked #4 for Columbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Columbus.
In this adventure visual novel, you travel across an alien planet stuck in an endless sunset. Shape the fates of 7 companions from different worlds. Uncover the truth about anomalous locations, hidden corridors, and a child who aged in a day. See what remains of a world abandoned by its creators.
AmaTisMo
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Ranked #5 for Columbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Columbus.
A visual novel about mental health, depression, and self-love. Play as Amatista, a young woman trapped in isolation, as she begins a journey she never asked for. Every choice shapes the story. Fully accessible for blind and visually impaired players.
Open Spaces SE
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Ranked #6 for Columbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Columbus.
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age
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Ranked #7 for Columbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Columbus.
Survive the investigation! Kill all your enemies! Manipulate! Create or join a Cult. Enjoy power and peaceful moments... as a Villainess Artist with your palette, until bigger problems arise.
Emberbound
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Ranked #8 for Columbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Columbus.
EMBERBOUND is a furry visual novel about returning home, reuniting with old friends, and promises left unfinished. Back in his hometown to handle matters concerning his family’s old house, Yunxi faces the regrets and feelings that never truly faded.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Columbus at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Columbus on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Columbus.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
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Priced ~51% under Columbus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Columbus.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
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Priced ~51% under Columbus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Columbus.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
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Priced ~51% under Columbus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Columbus.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Columbus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Columbus.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
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 and Casual with Columbus.
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.
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.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Columbus.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Columbus.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Columbus.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Columbus.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Columbus.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
A Date with Death
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Columbus.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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Frequently asked about Columbus
- How much does Columbus cost?
- Columbus is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Columbus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Columbus are Artificial Instincts, Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced, Everlasting Snooze.
- Who developed Columbus?
- Columbus was developed by ZHANG CHUNNING.
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