Games like The Caligula Effect: Overdose
If The Caligula Effect: Overdose is your kind of game, the closest matches are Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III and Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and immersive. 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 The Caligula Effect: Overdose: Mobius. An idyllic world that lets people forget about the pain and problems of reality. Created by a sentient vocaloid program, μ (Mu), reality and fantasy have become blurred, allowing people to relive their high school years in bliss -- but just how real is a virtual happiness?
Players who liked The Caligula Effect: Overdose also play
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Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Top pick for The Caligula Effect: Overdose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
A mysterious story of a mysterious dream ... This is a story about one of the adventures Sophie the Alchemist had after she left her hometown of Kirchen Bell.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Second-strongest match for The Caligula Effect: Overdose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Experience an epic story developed across three titles, and crafted for new and old fans alike. Also includes an interactive introduction to catch up new players to the ongoing story so anyone can dive right in to the world of Trails of Cold Steel.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Third-strongest match for The Caligula Effect: Overdose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
17th in the Atelier series. The budding alchemist Sophie of Kirchen Bell meets the Mysterious Book, Plachta, and embarks on a wonderful adventure of fulfilling dreams.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Caligula Effect: Overdose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Civil war has broken out across Erebonia. After his narrow escape from Trista, Rean will take up his sword again on a journey with his Divine Knight, Valimar, in search of his friends from Class VII and a way to end the conflict before its price becomes far too dear...
Death end re;Quest 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Ranked #5 for The Caligula Effect: Overdose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
In collaboration with Corpse Party scenario writer Makoto Kedouin, this horror RPG follows Mai Toyama’s search for her sister in a quiet lakeside town. She’ll unravel clues to the town’s past by day, and battle Shadow Matter by night. Can you uncover the truth before reality is consumed by darkness?
WitchSpring R
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Caligula Effect: Overdose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
WitchSpring R is a story-driven RPG combining elements of collecting, simulation, and battling. Experience the joy of training a young witch and accompany her on a grand adventure!
RESONANCE OF FATE™/END OF ETERNITY™ 4K/HD EDITION
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Ranked #7 for The Caligula Effect: Overdose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
This symphonic gunplay RPG, where you can change the fate of the world, has been remastered in a 4K/HD EDITION. Fly through the air and enjoy the blazing gun battles in this fateful tale set on a ruined planet.
The Caligula Effect 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Ranked #8 for The Caligula Effect: Overdose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Redo is a world without sorrow created by the virtuadoll Regret. Virtuadoll songs give Redo residents respite from their struggles. Our protagonists discover the truth and form the Go-Home Club to return to reality. Make your way home with companions bearing heavy burdens in this school-themed RPG.
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Transistor
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Caligula Effect: Overdose cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.
Frozen Synapse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Reviewers of The Caligula Effect: Overdose cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.
Persona 4 Golden
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Reviewers of The Caligula Effect: Overdose cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Reviewers of The Caligula Effect: Overdose cross-mention this title as a similar play.
A Persona 4 Smackdown!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Caligula Effect: Overdose at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Caligula Effect: Overdose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
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!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Caligula Effect: Overdose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
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.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Caligula Effect: Overdose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
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?
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Caligula Effect: Overdose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Streets of Rogue
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Caligula Effect: Overdose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Tower Wizard
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Caligula Effect: Overdose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Caligula Effect: Overdose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
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.
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.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Coming soon from FURYU Corporation
Announced and quality-gated upcoming releases from FURYU Corporation — ranked by community wishlist demand from our scraped pool.
CRYMELIGHT
WHY THIS
Announced upcoming release from FURYU Corporation, the studio behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
CRYMELIGHT is a roguelike action game set in the world of the afterlife, where girls confront their sins as they fight to gain their freedom.
ANOMALITH
WHY THIS
Announced upcoming release from FURYU Corporation, the studio behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
“ANOMALITH” is a survival third-person shooter set in Japan, steeped in the atmosphere of liminal spaces and Showa-era retro aesthetics. To search for her missing friend, a girl steps into a world writhing with anomalies.
EXSTETRA
WHY THIS
Announced upcoming release from FURYU Corporation, the studio behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
The only way to save the world is a kiss——. 《EXSTETRA》 is a fantasy RPG set in “Amazia,” a Tokyo fused with another world and burdened with a doomed fate, where you rise as the chosen savior, a “Prisma,” to confront the threat of the world’s destruction.
More from FURYU Corporation
Other recommendable Steam games by FURYU Corporation, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
CRYSTAR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Another title from FURYU Corporation, the studio behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
For when I weep, then I am strong. Battle through Purgatory as Rei to help save her sister in this Action RPG. Switch freely between four playable characters, and uncover each one of their pasts to see the sorrows they have endured.
Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days
WHY THIS
Another title from FURYU Corporation, the studio behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
The ultimate digital Vanguard experience that includes an original story set in the world of overDress! Compete with players worldwide with "Ranked Fight," play solo casually with "CPU Fight," and enjoy the game and experience the world of Vanguard at your own pace via many other fight modes.
CRYMACHINA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Another title from FURYU Corporation, the studio behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
CRYMACHINA is an action RPG where mechanical girls strive to survive in a post-apocalyptic world to become “Real Humans''. But what does it mean to be a “Real Human”?
Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Another title from FURYU Corporation, the studio behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
"Cardfight!! Vanguard," has newly come to digital game! Over 3,000 cards for the Standard format! A brand-new original story shares the world of anime series unfolds! Enjoy your own cardfight experience!!
The Caligula Effect 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Another title from FURYU Corporation, the studio behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Redo is a world without sorrow created by the virtuadoll Regret. Virtuadoll songs give Redo residents respite from their struggles. Our protagonists discover the truth and form the Go-Home Club to return to reality. Make your way home with companions bearing heavy burdens in this school-themed RPG.
The Alliance Alive HD Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Another title from FURYU Corporation, the studio behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Rise up and ignite the resistance in The Alliance Alive HD Remastered! Explore diverse realms, awaken new skills mid-battle, and forge alliances to challenge the Daemons that have taken over the world!
Lost Dimension
WHY THIS
Another title from FURYU Corporation, the studio behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
In the near future a terrorist mastermind, known only as ‘The End’, threatens humanity with nuclear armageddon. A special task force, the S.E.A.L.E.D team, are the only ones who can stop him: a group of young combatants with incredible abilities and each with a mysterious past.
MONARK
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Another title from FURYU Corporation, the studio behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Could you face yourself and the threats around you to save the ones you love? Shin Mikado Academy is engulfed in a madness-inducing Mist, and only you can save everyone inside. Develop your Ego to break the pacts set by the Pactbearers and remove the corrupting Mist.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
17th in the Atelier series. The budding alchemist Sophie of Kirchen Bell meets the Mysterious Book, Plachta, and embarks on a wonderful adventure of fulfilling dreams.
Death end re;Quest 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
In collaboration with Corpse Party scenario writer Makoto Kedouin, this horror RPG follows Mai Toyama’s search for her sister in a quiet lakeside town. She’ll unravel clues to the town’s past by day, and battle Shadow Matter by night. Can you uncover the truth before reality is consumed by darkness?
WitchSpring R
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
WitchSpring R is a story-driven RPG combining elements of collecting, simulation, and battling. Experience the joy of training a young witch and accompany her on a grand adventure!
RESONANCE OF FATE™/END OF ETERNITY™ 4K/HD EDITION
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with The Caligula Effect: Overdose.
This symphonic gunplay RPG, where you can change the fate of the world, has been remastered in a 4K/HD EDITION. Fly through the air and enjoy the blazing gun battles in this fateful tale set on a ruined planet.
Frequently asked about The Caligula Effect: Overdose
- Does The Caligula Effect: Overdose work on Steam Deck?
- The Caligula Effect: Overdose is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does The Caligula Effect: Overdose cost?
- The Caligula Effect: Overdose is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Caligula Effect: Overdose?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Caligula Effect: Overdose are Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book.
- Who developed The Caligula Effect: Overdose?
- The Caligula Effect: Overdose was developed by FURYU Corporation, Engine Software BV and published by NIS America, Inc..
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