Games like May
If May is your kind of game, the closest matches are Death by Begonia, Dead Forest and Glass Hearts — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its artwork evokes deep feelings, emotional devastation is intentional and music enhances immersion. 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 May: Sudden tragic event shook up Yun’s routine: his friend is balancing between life and death. Doctors are not being supportive, not to mention that something feels shady. Would young man be able to help Max through?
Players who liked May also play
Steam players who put hours into May 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.
Death by Begonia
WHY THIS
Top pick for May fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with May.
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Dead Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with May.
Second-strongest match for May fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with May.
Laki is an outcast: many beastmen have disappeared because of him. To break this curse, Laki travels to the Dead Forest, a place from which almost no one has ever returned. But what will be the key to the secrets of his fate and the mysteries of the forest?
Glass Hearts
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for May fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Flowers -Le volume sur printemps-
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with May.
Ranked #4 for May fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with May.
Suoh Shirahane, a shy girl with a mysterious past, will begin her first year of high school at Saint Angraecum Academy, where she hopes to find a new beginning. She will navigate friendships and mysteries at her new school, and discovers that love can come in many forms.
Mediterranea Inferno
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with May.
Ranked #5 for May fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Explore the inner demons of three childhood friends on a summer retreat. Unearth secrets, fears and obsessions as you help them reconnect and rediscover themselves. A mature and treacherous visual novel from the creator of Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star.
Demonheart: The Ice Demon
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with May.
Ranked #6 for May fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with May.
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?
The Symbiant
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with May.
Ranked #7 for May fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with May.
The Symbiant is a BL / Yaoi / Gay visual novel about two men, both from vastly different worlds, embracing their sexuality and their newfound romance. It is also a tale of interstellar friendship and being gay in space!
start;again
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with May.
Ranked #8 for May fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with May.
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below May at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under May on Steam right now. Shares Indie with May.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under May on Steam right now. Shares Indie with May.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under May on Steam right now. Shares Indie with May.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under May on Steam right now. Shares Casual with May.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under May on Steam right now. Shares Casual with May.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under May on Steam right now. Shares Casual with May.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under May on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with May.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under May on Steam right now. Shares Indie with May.
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?
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 May.
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.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with May.
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?
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 May.
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 with May.
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.
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 May.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with May.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about May
- How much does May cost?
- May is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to May?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside May are Death by Begonia, Dead Forest, Glass Hearts.
- Who developed May?
- May was developed by Manul 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 May.
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