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Games like PROTOThYPE _ a love story

If PROTOThYPE _ a love story is your kind of game, the closest matches are The NADI Project, What Remains of Edith Finch and The Fabled Woods — 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 PROTOThYPE _ a love story: PROTOThYPE it's a short game experience that will allow you to discover the tormented love story of a young developer for a classmate.

2017StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Monkeys Tales Studio
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Players who liked PROTOThYPE _ a love story also play

Steam players who put hours into PROTOThYPE _ a love story 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. The NADI Project

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for PROTOThYPE _ a love story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.

    2016IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. What Remains of Edith Finch

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for PROTOThYPE _ a love story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Fabled Woods

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for PROTOThYPE _ a love story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    Welcome to The Fabled Woods, a dark and mysterious narrative short story. Despite the picturesque beauty, ugly and terrible secrets lurk among the shifting boughs, darkness that no amount of dappled sunlight can erase. Take the first step, and experience an unforgettable journey.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for PROTOThYPE _ a love story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

    2020IndieAdventureCasual12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gone Home

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for PROTOThYPE _ a love story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Dear Esther

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for PROTOThYPE _ a love story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

    2012IndieAdventureCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Ghost on the Shore

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for PROTOThYPE _ a love story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.

    2022Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for PROTOThYPE _ a love story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PROTOThYPE _ a love story at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under PROTOThYPE _ a love story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under PROTOThYPE _ a love story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under PROTOThYPE _ a love story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under PROTOThYPE _ a love story on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under PROTOThYPE _ a love story on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under PROTOThYPE _ a love story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under PROTOThYPE _ a love story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under PROTOThYPE _ a love story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    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. Shares Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    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 and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    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 PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    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 and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Monkeys Tales Studio

Other recommendable Steam games by Monkeys Tales Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. The NADI Project

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Monkeys Tales Studio, the studio behind PROTOThYPE _ a love story. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.

    2016IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. OMEGA: The Beginning - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Monkeys Tales Studio, the studio behind PROTOThYPE _ a love story. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    OMEGA: The Beginning is a three-part graphic adventure about enduring friendship and teenage bullying.

    2020IndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. A Painter's Tale: Curon, 1950

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Monkeys Tales Studio, the studio behind PROTOThYPE _ a love story. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    “A Painter's Tale” is an adventure game that tells the story of the tiny Südtirol village of Curon Venosta by mixing reality and fiction. The old Curon was flooded by the waters of Lake Reschen in 1950 due to the construction of a dam. What lies beneath the bell tower still emerging from the lake?

    2021IndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. What Remains of Edith Finch

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

    2020IndieAdventureCasual12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Gone Home

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dear Esther

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

    2012IndieAdventureCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Ghost on the Shore

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.

    2022Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

    Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about PROTOThYPE _ a love story

How much does PROTOThYPE _ a love story cost?
PROTOThYPE _ a love story is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to PROTOThYPE _ a love story?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PROTOThYPE _ a love story are The NADI Project, What Remains of Edith Finch, The Fabled Woods.
Who developed PROTOThYPE _ a love story?
PROTOThYPE _ a love story was developed by Monkeys Tales Studio.

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 PROTOThYPE _ a love story.

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