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Games like General Practitioner

If General Practitioner is your kind of game, the closest matches are Venture Seas, Beneath steel clouds and My Cute Roommate — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative 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.

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About General Practitioner: Live the everyday life of a General Practitioner: go to the clinic every day and meet new patients, develop your skills through study and manage your clinic and your staff. Experience a deep, engaging story as you uncover a mystery that threatens both your friends and your clinic!

2019IndieAdventureSimulationRPGDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Dodo Novels
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Blend of medical simulation and dating simHigh quality character relationships and quirksInteractive diagnosis with rewind mechanicAtmosphericContemplativeImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into General Practitioner 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. Venture Seas

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with General Practitioner.

    Top pick for General Practitioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with General Practitioner.

    A kinky strategic adventure game, where you can manage a fantasy trade ship and your rowdy crew! Experience a buoyant story supported by ambitious gameplay systems, sexual content and expansive modding features.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Beneath steel clouds

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with General Practitioner.

    Second-strongest match for General Practitioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with General Practitioner.

    A Post-Dystopian Cyberpunk Adventure set in a future governed by the technocratic monolith known as Eukratycs, Beneath Steel Clouds explores what happens when human ambition meets systemic control.

    2020AdventureSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. My Cute Roommate

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with General Practitioner.

    Third-strongest match for General Practitioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with General Practitioner.

    Your high school years are over, and now it’s time to think about the future. You need to pick a good college, find yourself a girlfriend, and start thinking about a job. That’s when your life changes; you’re diagnosed with a mysterious illness and there’s only one way to cure it.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Seeds of Chaos

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with General Practitioner.

    Ranked #4 for General Practitioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with General Practitioner.

    Not your average visual novel, Seeds of Chaos is a sexy dark fantasy tale with RPG & Strategy elements. Become an active participant in the story, making choices which impact your experience and shape the direction of the narrative.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sexena: Arena Tales

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with General Practitioner.

    Ranked #5 for General Practitioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with General Practitioner.

    A visual novel by Doxy! Engage in gladiatorial combat against various monster girls in this interactive 18+ adventure!

    2020AdventureSimulationCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Lust Theory - Season 1

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with General Practitioner.

    Ranked #6 for General Practitioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with General Practitioner.

    Lust Theory is an adult Visual Novel in which you take control of a 20-year-old guy whose life is turned upside down when he finds out the same day is repeating. The game is packed with sex, humor, romance, drama and mystery.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Void's Calling ep.1

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management and an atmospheric mood with General Practitioner.

    Ranked #7 for General Practitioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with General Practitioner.

    "Void's Calling" - is a visual novel with RPG elements where every decision you make can drastically change the course of game's story.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Jerez's Arena

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with General Practitioner.

    Ranked #8 for General Practitioner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with General Practitioner.

    Glenn is a slaveowner who values money over one's life. He won the bid for Claudia, the daughter of a former noble family, the Quinel, at an auction.To exchange for her freedom, Claudia promised to earn money for Glenn, and agreed to fight in the sinister arena.

    2020IndieSimulationRPG5.99 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 General Practitioner.

    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 General Practitioner.

    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 and Simulation with General Practitioner.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with General Practitioner.

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 General Practitioner.

    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 and Simulation with General Practitioner.

    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 and Simulation with General Practitioner.

    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. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with General Practitioner.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Dodo Novels

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

  1. The Coroner Saga

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dodo Novels, the studio behind General Practitioner. Shares Indie and Adventure with General Practitioner.

    Sara is a young doctor who just completed Med School with the highest degrees. Uncertain about her future she joins the Coroners' State Institute and the adventure begins!

    2019IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Star Alliance

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with General Practitioner.

    Another title from Dodo Novels, the studio behind General Practitioner. Shares Indie and Adventure with General Practitioner.

    Choose your species, gender and career and join Star Alliance today! A RPVN (Role Playing Visual Novel) where you will become a Starship Officer and deal with dozens of different situations in a quest to explore ancient secrets and civilizations.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Devil's Shoes

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dodo Novels, the studio behind General Practitioner. Shares Indie and Adventure with General Practitioner.

    When The Devil himself approaches you with an opportunity you cannot refuse a journey into your most perverse fetishes starts! A collection of interactive erotic stories!

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation13.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Hotel Paris

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dodo Novels, the studio behind General Practitioner. Shares Indie and Adventure with General Practitioner.

    When one of the major universities announces a language and culture course for the entirety of the summer, many wealthy students from abroad jump on the chance to go abroad. What about you? You're just there to clean their rooms... but why are they so interested in you?

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation12.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about General Practitioner

Does General Practitioner run on Steam Deck?
General Practitioner is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
What games are most similar to General Practitioner?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside General Practitioner are Venture Seas, Beneath steel clouds, My Cute Roommate.
Who developed General Practitioner?
General Practitioner was developed by Dodo Novels and published by Dodonovels.

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 General Practitioner.

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