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Games like As We Know It

If As We Know It is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deathwish Bloom, Bloom and Drops of Death — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and melancholic. 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 As We Know It: A heavily branching visual novel, featuring love, friendship and life-sim elements in a future destroyed by the sun.

2019IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Jaime Scribbles Games
As We Know It — Steam game cover
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30 endings with meaningful consequencesClimate change themes are woven into the narrativeDiverse and well written charactersAtmosphericContemplativeMelancholic

Players who liked As We Know It also play

Steam players who put hours into As We Know It 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. Deathwish Bloom

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for As We Know It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with As We Know It.

    In this hand-drawn romance-mystery visual novel set in a quake post-apocalypse, play as Sky, an impostor scientist racing to recreate a cure only she knows existed. Weave or snap ever-shifting bonds with characters whose harboured obsessions can end your pursuit, just as you can theirs. Unless...

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Bloom

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for As We Know It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with As We Know It.

    New responsibilities, budding romance! Astra Vale has been asked to take charge in making improvements to Café Bloom. Problem is, she can't quite decide who to ask for help. Her ice-cold coworker, the charming local artist, her best friend, or the mysterious new regular~

    2026IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Drops of Death

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with As We Know It.

    Third-strongest match for As We Know It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with As We Know It.

    A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?

    2025IndieSimulationCasual11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Alaris

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with As We Know It.

    Ranked #4 for As We Know It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with As We Know It.

    Discover secrets long forgotten, and nurture relationships waiting to bloom. In a game inspired by the lore of Dragon and Fae, make choices that can shape your story, relationships, and even personality. Will you be brave, kind, wise, charismatic? Only you know the answer to your fate.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings with As We Know It.

    Ranked #5 for As We Know It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with As We Know It.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Date Warp

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with As We Know It.

    Ranked #6 for As We Know It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with As We Know It.

    Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!

    2014IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Arcadia Fallen

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with As We Know It.

    Ranked #7 for As We Know It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with As We Know It.

    Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Demonheart: The Ice Demon

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with As We Know It.

    Ranked #8 for As We Know It fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with As We Know It.

    Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?

    2022AdventureSimulationRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below As We Know It at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under As We Know It on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with As We Know It.

    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 As We Know It on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with As We Know It.

    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 As We Know It on Steam right now. Shares Indie with As We Know It.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under As We Know It on Steam right now. Shares Indie with As We Know It.

    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 ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under As We Know It on Steam right now. Shares Indie with As We Know It.

    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 ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under As We Know It on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with As We Know It.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under As We Know It on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with As We Know It.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under As We Know It on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with As We Know It.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 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 and Casual with As We Know It.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with As We Know It.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 Simulation with As We Know It.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 As We Know It.

    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 ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with As We Know It.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings with As We Know It.

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with As We Know It.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with As We Know It.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about As We Know It

Does As We Know It run on Steam Deck?
As We Know It is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does As We Know It cost?
As We Know It is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to As We Know It?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside As We Know It are Deathwish Bloom, Bloom, Drops of Death.
Who developed As We Know It?
As We Know It was developed by Jaime Scribbles 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 As We Know It.

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