Games like Know by heart
If Know by heart is your kind of game, the closest matches are Venus: Improbable Dream, South of the Circle and Last Days — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its nostalgia feels painfully accurate, story makes you cry and atmospheric. 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 Know by heart: Childhood friends reunite after spending a long time apart, revisiting old memories and rekindling their friendship. However, something beyond their control will ruin this reunion.
Players who liked Know by heart also play
Steam players who put hours into Know by heart 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.
Venus: Improbable Dream
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Know by heart.
Top pick for Know by heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Know by heart.
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
South of the Circle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Second-strongest match for Know by heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
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.
Last Days
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Third-strongest match for Know by heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Know by heart.
The gods have blessed New Canaan for four hundred years, and everyone - including Sister Ginsetsu - thought it would go on forever, until the day Ginsetsu met the gods of New Canaan. Since then, the story between the maiden who calls herself a god, and the maiden who will become a god has begun.
VIDEOVERSE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Ranked #4 for Know by heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
再见断刀
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Ranked #5 for Know by heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……
CLANNAD
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Know by heart.
Ranked #6 for Know by heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Know by heart.
From the world renowned visual novel studio Key, the highly rated story of CLANNAD is now available on Steam! Improved visuals, achievement integration, and Dangopedia make this the best version of CLANNAD to date.
南栀 Unwavering love
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Ranked #7 for Know by heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
《南栀》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏，讲述了在前作（夜永 Eternal Love）剧情发生一年半之后，聆花女子学院中的少女们成长的故事。
ATRI -My Dear Moments-
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Ranked #8 for Know by heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Know by heart.
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
Reviewers mention these as similar to Know by heart
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The Void
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Reviewers of Know by heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.
Pathologic 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Know by heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
To the Moon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Reviewers of Know by heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
Night in the Woods
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Reviewers of Know by heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
What Remains of Edith Finch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Reviewers of Know by heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Know by heart at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Know by heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Know by heart.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Know by heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Know by heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Know by heart.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Know by heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Know by heart.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Know by heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
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 Know by heart.
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 Know by heart.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Know by heart.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Know by heart.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Know by heart.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Know by heart.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Ice-Pick Lodge
Other recommendable Steam games by Ice-Pick Lodge, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Pathologic 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Ice-Pick Lodge, the studio behind Know by heart. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Pathologic Classic HD
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Another title from Ice-Pick Lodge, the studio behind Know by heart. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.
Pathologic 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Another title from Ice-Pick Lodge, the studio behind Know by heart. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
Knock-knock
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Another title from Ice-Pick Lodge, the studio behind Know by heart. Shares Adventure and Casual with Know by heart.
There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers.But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods.
The Void
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Another title from Ice-Pick Lodge, the studio behind Know by heart. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.
Cargo! The Quest for Gravity
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Another title from Ice-Pick Lodge, the studio behind Know by heart. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
Create crazy, yet functional, custom vehicles to solve missions with your own unique style!
Pathologic 3: Quarantine
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Another title from Ice-Pick Lodge, the studio behind Know by heart. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
In this free prologue to a narrative-driven adventure, watch a mysterious plague break out in a small town. Learn what drove a celebrated academic to leave his acclaimed lab. Examine patients, uncover strange secrets, and make first steps towards immortality.
Darkwood 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Ice-Pick Lodge, the studio behind Know by heart. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
Roam freely around the scorched deserts of a dying sea as you secure resources and explore the mysteries of Darkwood. But beware nightfall – seek shelter, shore up your defenses, and pray for the morning light as the horrors of the world hunt the ill-prepared.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
South of the Circle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
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.
VIDEOVERSE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
ATRI -My Dear Moments-
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Know by heart.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Know by heart.
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
Frequently asked about Know by heart
- Is Know by heart verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Know by heart is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Know by heart cost?
- Know by heart is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Know by heart?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Know by heart are Venus: Improbable Dream, South of the Circle, Last Days.
- Who developed Know by heart?
- Know by heart was developed by Ice-Pick Lodge.
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