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Games like VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT

If VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT is your kind of game, the closest matches are Raging Loop, Our End of the World and Tiny Snow — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bad endings subvert expectations, bleak and dark. 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 VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT: "In life and death, in the paradise between those, you will know your own crime" A visual novel ADV where raw and dead intersect "Garden of the Vanilla Judgment" Circle CHARON's latest work challenging straight from the theme of "life and death".

2018IndieAdventure14.99 USDWindowsby CHARON, Kaoru Nekofuji
VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT — Steam game cover
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Art style enhances melancholic toneBad endings subvert expectationsCharacter backstories are emotionally rawBleakDarkEmotional

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Steam players who put hours into VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT 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. Raging Loop

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?

    2017IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Our End of the World

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a bleak mood with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Second-strongest match for VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Filled with puzzles, the story between she and me at the end of the world. English Subtitle Released on 2018/11/22!

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Tiny Snow

    WHY THIS

    Shares a melancholic mood with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Third-strongest match for VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    On the snowy mountain, in the wooden hut, we are tied together by the world. She and "I" can only love each other, we cannot be separated. Is this free affection, or manipulated love? A short visual novel with multiple endings, "Tiny Snow", a story with two girls, and you who know what love is.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual2.35 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 寄甡 Symbiotic Love

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a melancholic mood with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Ranked #4 for VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    《寄甡》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏,讲述了一场现代百合版、宛如“罗密欧与朱丽叶”的凄美爱情故事。

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Coma: Recut

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    You are Youngho, a Korean high school student trapped and relentlessly pursued by a psychotic killer in the hellish corridors of Sehwa High. Run, hide, explore, and survive while piecing together the mystery The Coma in this remastered version of the Korean cult classic.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Zeliria Sanctuary

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and an emotional mood with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Ranked #6 for VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Sense of reality has not yet returned after a teleportation experiment. Purple hamsters, girls with tails, medieval knights - a fantastic world of an alien planet, where you will lead special forces soldier Maxx.

    2019IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Cat Girl

    WHY THIS

    Shares a bleak mood with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Ranked #7 for VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    An AVG with novel endings influenced by different choices. The Silver cat wanted to recover the stolen gem only ended up in a trap set by the notoriously perverted dominatrix in the 【Kurobara’s Mansion】. Whipping, bondage, shocking and wax-dripping, she threw everything at Ginka. What will Ginka’s fate be?

    2017IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Army Gals

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and a melancholic mood with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Ranked #8 for VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Can you survive with three women in the middle of nowhere. In this Survival, Romance Visual Novel adventure.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    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 VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    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 VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    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 VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    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 VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    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 VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    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 VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    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 with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    2015AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Meteor 60 Seconds!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?

    2018ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Tiny Bunny: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

    2020IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

More from CHARON

Other recommendable Steam games by CHARON, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. 冷血症骰子

    WHY THIS

    Shares a bleak mood with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Another title from CHARON, the studio behind VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT. Shares Indie with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    主人公目太郎,是一位因为犯下重罪而入狱的少年。 在狱中,一位神秘的男子提出了一个主意,二人一起逃狱,用骰子选出一个人来当帮对方逃跑的诱饵。 一次又一次败给男子的目太郎,进入了平稳但又扭曲的新世界。 在这些世界中,他将成为「私立高识学园」高中二年级的学生,与七七和雪丸成为发小。 接着,将被逐一出现的患有冷血症的少女们玩弄与迫害…… 他的命运,将由你决定——

    2020IndieSimulationRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 精神病大王花 Flowering Abyss

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and a bleak mood with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Another title from CHARON, the studio behind VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    话题作《精神病大王花》重制作品。 追求精神病少女们的恋爱游戏,你能活到最后吗?

    2022IndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. KALEIDO STELLA

    WHY THIS

    Another title from CHARON, the studio behind VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    "Does your eye see the stars?" Visual Novel ADV "Kaleidoscope Stella" fighting with the fate of the stars Circle CHARON presents a large-scale latest work set in the universe. Peaceful lives of boys and girls are shattered by the invasion of one alien. In order to protect this blue planet, you have to fight.

    2019IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. トラウマーメイド

    WHY THIS

    Another title from CHARON, the studio behind VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT. Shares Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    ヤンデレホラーな恋愛アドベンチャーゲーム。人魚姫・お姫様・王子様の歪な三角関係を描く物語。狂気の物語を全キャラクターフルボイス・全編アニメーションでお届け。物語の主人公となり、魅力的なヒロインたちを攻略してください。

    2021Adventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. きみとぼくとかくしごと

    WHY THIS

    Another title from CHARON, the studio behind VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT. Shares Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    思いが交差する、意味深な官能の世界でいつかあなたは核心へと辿り着くはず。 あなたが物語の主人公となり、謎の多いヒロインを攻略してください。

    2020Adventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. 背徳シレネ

    WHY THIS

    Another title from CHARON, the studio behind VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT. Shares Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    純粋な恋心を持ったまま、この物語に足を踏み入れてはいけない。 決して触れてはいけない彼女の秘密を追い求めたとき、あなたは暗い奈落の底に突き落とされる…

    2020Adventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Lost paradise of Karuta

    WHY THIS

    Another title from CHARON, the studio behind VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    "To those who find living in the present difficult, a visual novel ensemble drama dedicated to life and the human psyche.

    2024IndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. メンヘラフレシア フラワリングアビス

    WHY THIS

    Another title from CHARON, the studio behind VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    フリーゲーム原作「メンヘラフレシア」リメイク作品 メンヘラな少女たちを攻略する恋愛アドベンチャーゲーム あなたは最後まで生き残ることができますか?

    2021IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Raging Loop

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?

    2017IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Tiny Snow

    WHY THIS

    Shares a melancholic mood with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    On the snowy mountain, in the wooden hut, we are tied together by the world. She and "I" can only love each other, we cannot be separated. Is this free affection, or manipulated love? A short visual novel with multiple endings, "Tiny Snow", a story with two girls, and you who know what love is.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual2.35 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Coma: Recut

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT.

    You are Youngho, a Korean high school student trapped and relentlessly pursued by a psychotic killer in the hellish corridors of Sehwa High. Run, hide, explore, and survive while piecing together the mystery The Coma in this remastered version of the Korean cult classic.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT

How much does VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT cost?
VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT are Raging Loop, Our End of the World, Tiny Snow.
Who developed VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT?
VANILLA - GARDEN OF JUDGEMENT was developed by CHARON, Kaoru Nekofuji and published by CHARON.

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