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Games like Kana Quest

If Kana Quest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gizmos: Steampunk Nonograms, Paw & Hop Jigsaw Quest and Speed Sweeper — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and relaxing. 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 Kana Quest: A Kawaii Kana Match-Em Up. Learn Japanese. Match Kana (Japanese letters) with their sounds. Solve Puzzles.Your quest to learn Japanese starts now!

2020StrategyIndieCasual14.99 USDWindowsby Not Dead Design
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Artwork is adorable and kawaiiHelps memorize kana through puzzlesMusic is calming and pleasantChillCozyRelaxing

Players who liked Kana Quest also play

Steam players who put hours into Kana Quest 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. Gizmos: Steampunk Nonograms

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Kana Quest.

    Top pick for Kana Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kana Quest.

    Solve challenging nonograms (also known as picross, griddlers, etc.) to decipher a message from a distant planet!

    2020StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Paw & Hop Jigsaw Quest

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Kana Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kana Quest.

    Embark on an enchanting journey into the whimsical world of "Paw & Hop Jigsaw Quest"—a delightful puzzle adventure that blends the charm of solving jigsaws with the playful world of cats and rabbits.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Speed Sweeper

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Kana Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kana Quest.

    Speed Sweeper is a competitive minesweeper speedrunner!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S+

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Kana Quest.

    Ranked #4 for Kana Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Kana Quest.

    Solve over a 1000 new puzzles while chilling to a great soundtrack and receive costumes, furniture and more with which to customize your Piapro Characters' world like never before!

    2025Casual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Jigsaw Puzzle - Baby Animals

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Kana Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kana Quest.

    Do puzzles in a new puzzle way! Advanced puzzle layout and involving gameplay will help you to relax after a hard-working day. The player can choose to play with 20, 30, or 42 pieces.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Anime Holidays

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Kana Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Kana Quest.

    A puzzle game where you need to assemble a complete image from several pieces.

    2021IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Pixsaw

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Kana Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Kana Quest.

    Arrange pieces to their letters and discover a beautiful hidden image. Pixsaw combines classic jigsaw and color-by-number genres to create a whole new type of puzzle that will give you a joyful surprise every time you create a masterpiece pixel artwork!

    2023IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. AE: Archeological Expedition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Kana Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kana Quest.

    Explore dig sites inspired by real locations, from Petra to Pompeii, and unearth artifacts spanning 10 historical eras. Brush away the centuries, discover the stories behind each find, and fill your journal one careful dig at a time

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kana Quest at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Kana Quest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Kana Quest.

    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 ~67% under Kana Quest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Kana Quest.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Kana Quest on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kana Quest.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Kana Quest on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Kana Quest.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Kana Quest on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kana Quest.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Kana Quest on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kana Quest.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Kana Quest on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kana Quest.

    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 ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Kana Quest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Kana Quest.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

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 and Casual with Kana Quest.

    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.

    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 with Kana Quest.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kana Quest.

    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 ↗
  5. 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 Kana Quest.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kana Quest.

    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 ↗
  7. 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 ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Kana Quest.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Kana Quest

How much does Kana Quest cost?
Kana Quest is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Kana Quest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kana Quest are Gizmos: Steampunk Nonograms, Paw & Hop Jigsaw Quest, Speed Sweeper.
Who developed Kana Quest?
Kana Quest was developed by Not Dead Design and published by Whitethorn Games.

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 Kana Quest.

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