Games like Kokorogawari
If Kokorogawari is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bungou Catharsis 文豪カタルシス, 幻想 · 遇见秦始皇 Fantasy Encountering Emperor Qin Shi Huang and 魔帝1 Magic Emperor1 — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Kokorogawari: Kokorogawari (Change of Heart) is a GxB otome human drama visual novel set in a grounded and authentic portrayal of modern-day Japan. While the two main themes are about love and the arts, Kokorogawari also explores the complexity and depth of familial relationships and emotions.
Players who liked Kokorogawari also play
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Bungou Catharsis 文豪カタルシス
WHY THIS
Top pick for Kokorogawari fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
Fall in love, and rewrite literary history. Romance legendary Japanese authors—including Osamu Dazai, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Kenji Miyazawa, and Natsume Soseki—in a literary mystery visual novel. Your choices shape not only your romance, but also the fate of literary history itself.
幻想 · 遇见秦始皇 Fantasy Encountering Emperor Qin Shi Huang
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Kokorogawari fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
This work is a visual novel romance set in China's Warring States period, allowing players to explore this ancient era through dialogues and interactions with characters, map exploration, tool collection, and text-based choices, and experience multiple endings and storylines.
魔帝1 Magic Emperor1
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Kokorogawari fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
The Magic emperor is a heroine is a female emperor love word game, lazy play, rich plot of interactive visual novel game. Can guide the male leading role for five, exclusive custom set up painting, to bring you a beautiful love story visual feast.
The Dawn Of A Flower
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Kokorogawari fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
"She became a prince to survive." Historical materials of ancient Egypt Fusion fantasy romance game "The Dawn Of A Flower"
Hatoful Boyfriend
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Kokorogawari fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
Lost in Secular Love
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Kokorogawari fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
A Otome game about romancing monks?! All the romanceable characters are monks?! Sweet yet seductive! The untainted body and soul that only you can touch… PS: The game is set in an alternate history with an alternate religion.
Changeling
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Kokorogawari fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
A dark, fantastical romantic comedy that focuses not just on falling in love, but rediscovering your past and the dangers of a supernatural world - where what's at stake is not just your heart, but also your life.
1931: Scheherazade at the Library of Pergamum
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Kokorogawari fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
1931: Scheherazade at the Library of Pergamum is the latest story-driven RPG from Black Chicken Studios, inc., spinning tales of pulp adventure, exotic locations, occult horror, and romance that'll require well-honed skills.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kokorogawari at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Kokorogawari on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Kokorogawari on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Kokorogawari.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Kokorogawari on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kokorogawari.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Kokorogawari on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Kokorogawari on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Kokorogawari.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Kokorogawari on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kokorogawari.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under Kokorogawari on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Kokorogawari on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Kokorogawari.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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 Kokorogawari.
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. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Kokorogawari.
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 Simulation with Kokorogawari.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kokorogawari.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kokorogawari.
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.
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Frequently asked about Kokorogawari
- How much does Kokorogawari cost?
- Kokorogawari is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Kokorogawari?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kokorogawari are Bungou Catharsis 文豪カタルシス, 幻想 · 遇见秦始皇 Fantasy Encountering Emperor Qin Shi Huang, 魔帝1 Magic Emperor1.
- Who developed Kokorogawari?
- Kokorogawari was developed by Precatio.
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 Kokorogawari.
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