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Games like My Burning Heart

If My Burning Heart is your kind of game, the closest matches are Night and Day, Exhibition of the Heart and Chasing the Stars — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful art and soundtrack, atmospheric 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 My Burning Heart: My Burning Heart is an erotic Yaoi BL Visual Novel set in a 1001 Nights world.

2019IndieCasual15.99 USDWindows · macOSby Ertal Games
My Burning Heart — Steam game cover
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Ability to revisit dialogue choicesBeautiful art and soundtrackExplores consent and power dynamics thoughtfullyAtmosphericDarkEmotional

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Steam players who put hours into My Burning Heart 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. Night and Day

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with My Burning Heart.

    Top pick for My Burning Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with My Burning Heart.

    Night and Day is a BL dating sim Visual Novel about art, coming of age and jazz music.

    2022IndieCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Exhibition of the Heart

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for My Burning Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    Alice is a lonely university student who never got over her first crush, the upright and studious Sylvia. Until one day, she discovers that Sylvia is actually a shameless exhibitionist! Can the timid Alice win her heart? Find out in this cute nsfw yuri visual novel!

  3. Chasing the Stars

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with My Burning Heart.

    Third-strongest match for My Burning Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    Chasing the Stars is a steampunk-ish multichoice BL Visual Novel. Tirs is a workaholic, determined young man with a dream: going to space. Will he achieve his goal while dealing with college life, the academic research community and its begrudged, and his awful love life?

    2019Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Last Embrace: Book One

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for My Burning Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    A young girl, a vampire and last of her kind, wakes up after a thousand years to a modern world. A story focused visual novel with adult elements. Mystery, betrayal, loss and violence await! Shape the future of the protagonist and the world itself!

    IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Apocalypse with Femboy

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with My Burning Heart.

    Ranked #5 for My Burning Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    You wake with amnesia in a world of monsters. The only clue to your identity is a photograph of a beautiful stranger. Sticking with him may be your only hope for survival… but the greatest danger is the secret he reveals when he falls asleep.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation11.69 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Lust Academy - Season 1

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with My Burning Heart.

    Ranked #6 for My Burning Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with My Burning Heart.

    Lust Academy is a choice-driven adult Visual Novel about adventures and studying in the school of magic and wizardry. Play as a young guy who got invited to Cordale Academy. The whole world full of sorcery and passion awaits you!

    2022IndieAdventureCasual7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Lust Academy - Season 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with My Burning Heart.

    Ranked #7 for My Burning Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with My Burning Heart.

    Continue your adventure in Cordale Academy, following up on your previous choices and experiencing all-new content, including: Story, Animations, Locations, Quests and more!

    2023IndieAdventureCasual10.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Arcade Spirits

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with My Burning Heart.

    Ranked #8 for My Burning Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?

    2019Indie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below My Burning Heart at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under My Burning Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with My Burning Heart.

    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 ~69% under My Burning Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with My Burning Heart.

    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 ~50% under My Burning Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    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 ~61% under My Burning Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    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 ~50% under My Burning Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    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 ~69% under My Burning Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with My Burning Heart.

    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 ~69% under My Burning Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with My Burning Heart.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under My Burning Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    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 and Casual with My Burning Heart.

    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. 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 My Burning Heart.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 My Burning Heart.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with My Burning Heart.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    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.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Ertal Games

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

  1. Chasing the Stars

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with My Burning Heart.

    Another title from Ertal Games, the studio behind My Burning Heart. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    Chasing the Stars is a steampunk-ish multichoice BL Visual Novel. Tirs is a workaholic, determined young man with a dream: going to space. Will he achieve his goal while dealing with college life, the academic research community and its begrudged, and his awful love life?

    2019Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Night and Day

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with My Burning Heart.

    Another title from Ertal Games, the studio behind My Burning Heart. Shares Indie and Casual with My Burning Heart.

    Night and Day is a BL dating sim Visual Novel about art, coming of age and jazz music.

    2022IndieCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Lurkers

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ertal Games, the studio behind My Burning Heart. Shares Indie and Casual with My Burning Heart.

    Chasing Jack the Ripper! A BL/ Yaoi Visual Novel

    2020IndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Exes Assault!!

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with My Burning Heart.

    Another title from Ertal Games, the studio behind My Burning Heart. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    A BL Bara Romantic Comedy Visual Novel

    2025Indie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Jolly Roger

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ertal Games, the studio behind My Burning Heart. Shares Indie with My Burning Heart.

    A short BL Visual Novel about romance and pirates.

    2023Indie2.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about My Burning Heart

How much does My Burning Heart cost?
My Burning Heart is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to My Burning Heart?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside My Burning Heart are Night and Day, Exhibition of the Heart, Chasing the Stars.
Who developed My Burning Heart?
My Burning Heart was developed by Ertal 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 My Burning Heart.

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