Rank 01Why this
Shares achievement hunting with Once on a windswept night.
- Free
- Deck Verified
- 2016
Games like Once on a windswept night
- 16 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Once on a windswept night also play
The closest matches to Once on a windswept night: The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns, Lucid9: Inciting Incident, CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel, Winds of Change, and Connected Hearts - Visual novel. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares achievement hunting and multiple endings with Once on a windswept night.
- Free
- Deck Playable
- 2016
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Winds of Change
Why this: Shares multiple endings with Once on a windswept night.
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The NOexistenceN of you AND me
Why this: Shares meta narrative and multiple endings with Once on a windswept night.
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Yumeutsutsu Re:Master
Why this: Shares meta narrative with Once on a windswept night.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Once on a windswept night
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- 1The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
Shares achievement hunting with Once on a windswept night.
- 91% of 587 reviews
- 2Lucid9: Inciting Incident
Shares achievement hunting and multiple endings with Once on a windswept night.
- 92% of 888 reviews
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- 7The NOexistenceN of you AND me
Shares meta narrative and multiple endings with Once on a windswept night.
- 96% of 4,781 reviews
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- 10Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
Same atmospheric mood as Once on a windswept night.
- 97% of 3,251 reviews
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- 17OneShot: World Machine Edition
Shares meta narrative and achievement hunting with Once on a windswept night.
- 99% of 2,147 reviews
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- Released: 2017
- Developer: ebi-hime
- Price: Free to play
- 91% of 139 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Free To Play, Casual
- Platforms: Windows, Linux
Players highlight
- Choices permanently alter paths
- Emotional payoff from minimal characters
- Meta humor breaks the fourth wall
- Atmospheric
- Emotional
- Immersive
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More from ebi-hime
Other recommendable Steam games by ebi-hime, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Blackberry Honey
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Once on a windswept night.
Cage of Roses
Why this: Shares multiple endings with Once on a windswept night.
The Fairy's Song
Why this: Same emotional mood as Once on a windswept night.
About Once on a windswept night
The closest matches to Once on a windswept night: The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns, Lucid9: Inciting Incident, CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel, Winds of Change, and Connected Hearts - Visual novel. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Once on a windswept night is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns, Lucid9: Inciting Incident and CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, emotional and immersive, and single out its achievement hunting and meta narrative. 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.
About Once on a windswept night: A metafictional yuri visual novel about a traveller who runs across two cute nuns in an abandoned church.
Is Once on a windswept night worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 91% of 139 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 2.7 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Choices permanently alter paths
- Emotional payoff from minimal characters
- Meta humor breaks the fourth wall
- Story unfolds in layered narratives
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Although I generally like ebi-hime games. I really dislike having to rewind a story multiple times just to progress: it makes the experience tedious and repetitive, waiting for the game to get to now parts, but without knowing when that'll…”
“if you want to support the creator or just liked the premise/story of the game then maybe this will be a good game for you. I played this trying to get 100% achievement and was a mistake. in theory this should take less than 1 hour to get…”
People who play it also play: The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns, Lucid9: Inciting Incident, CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel
Frequently asked about Once on a windswept night
Can I run it?
Is Once on a windswept night free to play?
Yes — Once on a windswept night is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Once on a windswept night?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Once on a windswept night are The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns, Lucid9: Inciting Incident, CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel.
Who developed Once on a windswept night?
Once on a windswept night was developed by ebi-hime.