Choose Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
Choose Trick and Treat - Visual Novel if it matches what drew you to this matchup. 1,414 Steam reviews back the pick.
Trick and Treat - Visual Novel vs Connected Hearts - Visual novel
Trick and Treat - Visual Novel and Connected Hearts - Visual novel both land in Indie, Simulation, Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Simulation, Free To Play on Steam. Trick and Treat - Visual Novel (2016) is 1 year older than Connected Hearts - Visual novel (2017). Both sit near 85% positive on Steam (Trick and Treat - Visual Novel: 1,414 reviews, Connected Hearts - Visual novel: 145). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Connected Hearts - Visual novel
Choose Connected Hearts - Visual novel if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Connected Hearts - Visual novel launched in 2017.
Both Trick and Treat - Visual Novel and Connected Hearts - Visual novel sit in Indie, Simulation, and Free To Play on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (85.1% vs 85.5% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel |  Connected Hearts - Visual novel | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2017 |
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Free To Play, Casual | Indie, Simulation, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 85.1% positive (1,414 reviews) | 85.5% positive (145 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Eternal Night Studios | Eternal Night Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Simulation, Free To Play on Steam.
- Trick and Treat - Visual Novel (2016) is 1 year older than Connected Hearts - Visual novel (2017).
- Both sit near 85% positive on Steam (Trick and Treat - Visual Novel: 1,414 reviews, Connected Hearts - Visual novel: 145).
- Both are free to play.
Trick and Treat - Visual Novel vs Connected Hearts - Visual novel — FAQ
- Which is better, Trick and Treat - Visual Novel or Connected Hearts - Visual novel?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Trick and Treat - Visual Novel sits at 85.1% positive (1,414 reviews), Connected Hearts - Visual novel at 85.5% (145). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Trick and Treat - Visual Novel or Connected Hearts - Visual novel first?
- If you want chronology, Trick and Treat - Visual Novel (2016) came out before Connected Hearts - Visual novel (2017). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Trick and Treat - Visual Novel and Connected Hearts - Visual novel similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Simulation, Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.