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Games like Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary

If Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary is your kind of game, the closest matches are MYSTERY of the Missing Brigantine, Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt and Matsuro Palette — 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 Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary: Exciting hidden object game with many levels and a thrilling story line. Uncover the Secrets of the Past: Mothers Diary!

2022AdventureCasual9.99 USDWindowsby Far Mills Game Studio
Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary — Steam game cover

Players who liked Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary also play

Steam players who put hours into Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary 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. MYSTERY of the Missing Brigantine

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    An exciting Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game which takes you on the amazing journey of treasure hunters who need your help to find the missing person. Enjoy hours of fun in this mystic, storydriven game!

    2022AdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    "Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt" is a game focused on object-finding. The main storyline revolves around helping alien friends who have been forced to land on Earth due to an "accident", assisting them in searching for scattered items, parts, and their lost crew members across various locations.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Matsuro Palette

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 东方心之解束~Saving from the devil

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    来试试《心之解束》吧!这是一个以小恶魔和帕秋莉为主角,剧情丰富,玩法多样的“休闲类”东方同人RM游戏哦~在一次属于两人的异变中,她们的命运将会何去何从呢? 玩家交流qq群:115601828

    2022AdventureRPGCasual3.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. IMMORTALITY

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. SEASON: A letter to the future

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Torn Away

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.

    2023IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. South of the Circle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.

    2022Adventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    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 ↗
  6. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    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.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    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 ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. IMMORTALITY

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. SEASON: A letter to the future

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Torn Away

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.

    2023IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. South of the Circle

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

    South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.

    2022Adventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary

How much does Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary cost?
Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary are MYSTERY of the Missing Brigantine, Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt, Matsuro Palette.
Who developed Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary?
Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary was developed by Far Mills Game Studio and published by GFI.

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 Secrets of the Past: Mother's Diary.

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