Games like A Summer with the Shiba Inu
If A Summer with the Shiba Inu is your kind of game, the closest matches are CITADEL, Dance of the Butterflies and Kindling Hour — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and mysterious. 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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Steam players who put hours into A Summer with the Shiba Inu 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.
Dance of the Butterflies
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for A Summer with the Shiba Inu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
Your twin sister is missing. Under her name, you uncover a deadly system where 50 people compete for a Wish powerful enough to change anything. The price of entry is a piece of yourself, signed away in a contract. Survive. Find her. And try not to lose yourself to the people you meet along the way.
Kindling Hour
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for A Summer with the Shiba Inu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
A short, horror-tinged text adventure where random events unfold each time you push deeper into the darkness with only a candle’s flame. Chase Yumeko and search for fragments of memory in the quiet night. Kindle a fire in your heart.
Artificial Selection
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for A Summer with the Shiba Inu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
Fourteen supposed criminals are forced to take part in an anti-death game: To avoid the death penalty, they must prove they can get along — even if their own lives are on the line. Discover the motives of the other participants and help them avoid killing each other.
Feral Absence
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for A Summer with the Shiba Inu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
An existential drama in handmade clay animation. Game writer Eric is replaced by AI. He loses everything, and it's the best thing that's ever happened to him.
Vessels
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
Ranked #6 for A Summer with the Shiba Inu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.
Head AS Code
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
Ranked #7 for A Summer with the Shiba Inu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
The first entry of the Abime Series. Eight captives must cooperate or compete to escape an underground subway under the manipulation of a dangerous psychopath. Can you really trust anyone? What about yourself? And what is the meaning of a good ending? Is reaching one even possible?
The Journey - Episode 1: Whatever This Is
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for A Summer with the Shiba Inu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
The first step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go...
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The Hunger: Games Ensemble
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Reviewers of A Summer with the Shiba Inu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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Hatoful Boyfriend
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and a dark mood with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
Reviewers of A Summer with the Shiba Inu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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.
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
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Shares an atmospheric mood with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
Reviewers of A Summer with the Shiba Inu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Ready Player One: OASIS beta
WHY THIS
Reviewers of A Summer with the Shiba Inu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
The Ready Player One: OASIS beta is the 2018 beta phase of the immersive virtual universe from the film, Ready Player One. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone—the only limits of reality are your own imagination.
Player One
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Reviewers of A Summer with the Shiba Inu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
3D Game, Thirdperson Platformer
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Summer with the Shiba Inu at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under A Summer with the Shiba Inu on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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
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Priced ~44% under A Summer with the Shiba Inu on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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!
How to Fish
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Priced ~45% under A Summer with the Shiba Inu on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under A Summer with the Shiba Inu on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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 ~44% under A Summer with the Shiba Inu on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under A Summer with the Shiba Inu on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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 ~67% under A Summer with the Shiba Inu on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under A Summer with the Shiba Inu on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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.
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 A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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. Shares Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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 Casual with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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 and Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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 A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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 A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
‘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 Adventure with A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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!
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Frequently asked about A Summer with the Shiba Inu
- How much does A Summer with the Shiba Inu cost?
- A Summer with the Shiba Inu is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A Summer with the Shiba Inu?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Summer with the Shiba Inu are CITADEL, Dance of the Butterflies, Kindling Hour.
- Who developed A Summer with the Shiba Inu?
- A Summer with the Shiba Inu was developed by Quill Game Studios.
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 A Summer with the Shiba Inu.
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