Rank 01Why this
Also Touch-Friendly and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Across the Grooves.
- $13.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- 2018
Games like Across the Grooves
- 32 games
- Updated May 5, 2026
Players who liked Across the Grooves also play
The closest matches to Across the Grooves: Seers Isle, Along the Edge, Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, Mediterranea Inferno, and Arcadia Fallen. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02- $13.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Verified
- 2016
Rank 03Why this
Also Narration and LGBTQ+, like Across the Grooves.
- $4.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Verified
- 2023
Rank 04 
Mediterranea Inferno
Why this: Also Psychedelic and LGBTQ+, like Across the Grooves.
Rank 05 
Arcadia Fallen
Why this: Shares personality system with Across the Grooves.
Rank 06 
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Why this: Also Narration and Surreal, like Across the Grooves.
Rank 07 
INDIKA
Why this: Also Narration and Psychedelic, like Across the Grooves.
Rank 08 
Arcade Spirits
Why this: Also LGBTQ+ and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Across the Grooves.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Across the Grooves
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1Seers Isle
Also Touch-Friendly and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Across the Grooves.
- 88% of 92 reviews
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- 6Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Also Narration and Surreal, like Across the Grooves.
- 83% of 594 reviews
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- 17The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
Also LGBTQ+ and Interactive Fiction, like Across the Grooves.
- 95% of 2,695 reviews
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- Released: 2020
- Developer: Nova-box
- Price: $13.99checked Nov 7
- 87% of 52 reviews
- Genres: Indie
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Hauntingly beautiful gouache artwork
- Multiple endings with subtle variations
- Music literally alters reality
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Melancholic
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Cheaper alternatives
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Why this: Also Narration and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Across the Grooves.
Always The Same Blue Sky...
Why this: Also LGBTQ+ and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Across the Grooves.
Roadwarden
Why this: Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Across the Grooves.
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Across the Grooves.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Across the Grooves, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Why this: Also LGBTQ+ and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Across the Grooves.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
Why this: Also Psychedelic and LGBTQ+, like Across the Grooves.
Close Your Eyes [Old Version]
Why this: Also Psychedelic and Surreal, like Across the Grooves.
ERROR143
Why this: Also Narration and LGBTQ+, like Across the Grooves.
Emily is Away
Why this: Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Across the Grooves.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Why this: Also Narration and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Across the Grooves.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Along the Edge
Why this: Also Touch-Friendly and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Across the Grooves.
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
Why this: Also Narration and LGBTQ+, like Across the Grooves.
Mediterranea Inferno
Why this: Also Psychedelic and LGBTQ+, like Across the Grooves.
Arcadia Fallen
Why this: Shares personality system with Across the Grooves.
INDIKA
Why this: Also Narration and Psychedelic, like Across the Grooves.
More from Nova-box
Other recommendable Steam games by Nova-box, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
End of Lines
Why this: Also Narration and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Across the Grooves.
Echoes
Why this: Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Across the Grooves.
About Across the Grooves
The closest matches to Across the Grooves: Seers Isle, Along the Edge, Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, Mediterranea Inferno, and Arcadia Fallen. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Across the Grooves is your kind of game, the closest matches are Seers Isle, Along the Edge and Harmony: The Fall of Reverie — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and melancholic, and single out its personality system and replayable ramifications. 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.
About Across the Grooves: Your choices affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past. Travel across European cities, meet colourful characters and solve the mystery.
Is Across the Grooves worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 86% of 52 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $13.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Hauntingly beautiful gouache artwork
- Multiple endings with subtle variations
- Music literally alters reality
- Rich musical references with in game glossary
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“"Across the Grooves" is not my kind of visual novel. The choice is what made me deeply invested in the story of "Along the Edge," but unfortunately the choice in this game is too constrained to become meaningful. The whole story is…”
“While I loved the other titles from this developer, this was a letdown. I found the story, while original, very demotivating and depressing. Alice starts out with what I perceived as a particularly good situation life which goes downhill…”
People who play it also play: Seers Isle, Along the Edge, Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
Frequently asked about Across the Grooves
Can I run it?
How much does Across the Grooves cost?
Across the Grooves is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Across the Grooves?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Across the Grooves are Seers Isle, Along the Edge, Harmony: The Fall of Reverie.
Who developed Across the Grooves?
Across the Grooves was developed by Nova-box.