Games like This World Unknown
If This World Unknown is your kind of game, the closest matches are With Eyes of Ice, Anicon - Animal Complex - Rabbit's Path and Strawberry Vinegar — 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 This World Unknown: A medieval fantasy visual novel with an otome twist. Rhea works as a nurse in a village hospital and lives a peaceful life - until one of her patients contracts a mysterious illness. Go on an exciting adventure, meet a varied cast, and see if true love conquers all!
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With Eyes of Ice
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Top pick for This World Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with This World Unknown.
An atmospheric, dramatic otome-esque visual novel set in Iceland in the 1800s. Follow the kind-hearted heroine, Gréta, as she finds herself caught between the affections of three handsome men who care for her in different ways.
Anicon - Animal Complex - Rabbit's Path
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for This World Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
A romance, comedy, fantasy Visual Novel - filled with adventures, misadventures, adorable animals, brother conflicts, circus cleaning, collecting puzzle pieces, and more - all in one package!
Strawberry Vinegar
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with This World Unknown.
Third-strongest match for This World Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
A cute comedy yuri VN about a gluttonous demon and a cynical young girl centered around the most important thing in life: food! ♥
Empty Horizons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Ranked #4 for This World Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with This World Unknown.
Following the sudden death of her father, Mireille Maiorano is sent to live with her uncle in France. Enter Lyon, a tactless, perverse Frenchman charged with escorting to Mireille to her new home. She hates him passionately, with everything she has... so why does he make her heart flutter?
Seduce Me 2: The Demon War
WHY THIS
Shares character development and an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Ranked #5 for This World Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
Seduce Me 2: The Demon War is the sequel to the popular free-to-play otome game, Seduce Me the Otome. It follows the story of Mika Anderson as she is suddenly thrown into the Abyssal Plains right before she is about to be married to one of the five Incubi Brothers featured in the first game.
SoulSet
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with This World Unknown.
Ranked #6 for This World Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
SoulSet is a mystery/romance visual novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with five other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust?
Crossroad
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with This World Unknown.
Ranked #7 for This World Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
Every granddaughter visits her grandmother for tea and something delicious to eat. Lumy is no different from millions of other girls. That is, except for one thing…
甜点恋人 / Pastry Lovers
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with This World Unknown.
Ranked #8 for This World Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
Pastry Lovers is an adventure simulation game that sets in a fantastic Pastry Kingdom. Sakura, the main character, grows into a pastry master and gains romantic love.
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The Way We All Go (2015)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Reviewers of This World Unknown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with This World Unknown.
A horror/romance visual novel with numerous choices and over 20 endings. Set in Japan in the 1980s, our protagonist, Atcchan, must navigate his relationship between his two estranged childhood friends, one of whom might be a yandere. Will he live to see the end of his summer vacation?
Strawberry Vinegar
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with This World Unknown.
Reviewers of This World Unknown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
A cute comedy yuri VN about a gluttonous demon and a cynical young girl centered around the most important thing in life: food! ♥
The Mermaid of Zennor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Reviewers of This World Unknown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with This World Unknown.
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Empty Horizons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Reviewers of This World Unknown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with This World Unknown.
Following the sudden death of her father, Mireille Maiorano is sent to live with her uncle in France. Enter Lyon, a tactless, perverse Frenchman charged with escorting to Mireille to her new home. She hates him passionately, with everything she has... so why does he make her heart flutter?
A Winter's Daydream
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with This World Unknown.
Reviewers of This World Unknown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with This World Unknown.
A boy returns to his countryside home after spending half a year in the city, only to discover the unimaginable — his elderly grandmother has transformed into a cute young girl! Hijinks ensue.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below This World Unknown at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under This World Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
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 ~63% under This World Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This World Unknown.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under This World Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under This World Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
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 ~81% under This World Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
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 ~88% under This World Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with This World Unknown.
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 ~63% under This World Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with This World Unknown.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under This World Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 This World Unknown.
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 This World Unknown.
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 This World Unknown.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 This World Unknown.
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 This World Unknown.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This World Unknown.
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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Other recommendable Steam games by ebi-hime, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Blackberry Honey
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind This World Unknown. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
A lesbian love story set in Victorian England, featuring maids, music, and finding love in unexpected places.
Sweetest Monster
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind This World Unknown. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
A middle-aged man has an encounter with a cute catgirl in the dead of night - but all is not as it seems.
Her Love, Like Poison
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind This World Unknown. Shares Indie and Casual with This World Unknown.
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Cage of Roses
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind This World Unknown. Shares Indie with This World Unknown.
A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.
Strawberry Vinegar
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with This World Unknown.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind This World Unknown. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
A cute comedy yuri VN about a gluttonous demon and a cynical young girl centered around the most important thing in life: food! ♥
The Fairy's Song
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with This World Unknown.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind This World Unknown. Shares Indie and Adventure with This World Unknown.
A yuri / lesbian visual novel set in the UK. Marnie, a bored goth girl, accidentally stumbles upon a sleeping female knight in the forest. Together, the pair must work to break a centuries-old curse, while romantic feelings between them begin to grow.
Rituals in the Dark
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind This World Unknown. Shares Indie with This World Unknown.
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
The Way We All Go (2015)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with This World Unknown.
Another title from ebi-hime, the studio behind This World Unknown. Shares Indie with This World Unknown.
A horror/romance visual novel with numerous choices and over 20 endings. Set in Japan in the 1980s, our protagonist, Atcchan, must navigate his relationship between his two estranged childhood friends, one of whom might be a yandere. Will he live to see the end of his summer vacation?
Frequently asked about This World Unknown
- How much does This World Unknown cost?
- This World Unknown is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to This World Unknown?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside This World Unknown are With Eyes of Ice, Anicon - Animal Complex - Rabbit's Path, Strawberry Vinegar.
- Who developed This World Unknown?
- This World Unknown was developed by ebi-hime.
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