# Games like Ballads at Midnight

> The closest matches to Ballads at Midnight: Cabernet, A Date with Death, The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty, Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, and Fledgling Manor. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Cabernet](https://imho.run/games/2401410/cabernet) — Shares romance systems and branching narrative with Ballads at Midnight. 1,198 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2401410/)
2. [A Date with Death](https://imho.run/games/2415010/a-date-with-death) — Shares branching narrative and achievement hunting with Ballads at Midnight. 10,133 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2415010/)
3. [The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty](https://imho.run/games/2593370/the-hungry-lamb-traveling-in-the-late-ming-dynasty) — Shares branching narrative and multiple endings with Ballads at Midnight. 679 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2593370/)
4. [Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut](https://imho.run/games/1989270/slay-the-princess-the-pristine-cut) — Shares branching narrative with Ballads at Midnight. 21,995 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1989270/)
5. [Fledgling Manor](https://imho.run/games/3238510/fledgling-manor) — Also Vampire and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Ballads at Midnight. 141 Steam reviews, 99% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3238510/)
6. [Ambition: A Minuet in Power](https://imho.run/games/949200/ambition-a-minuet-in-power) — Shares romance systems with Ballads at Midnight. 290 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/949200/)
7. [Arcadia Fallen](https://imho.run/games/1174640/arcadia-fallen) — Also Otome and Dating Sim, like Ballads at Midnight. 364 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1174640/)
8. [Demonheart: The Cursed Trial](https://imho.run/games/2364560/demonheart-the-cursed-trial) — A frequent pick in Ballads at Midnight players' libraries, and another RPG. 68 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364560/)
9. [Sigh of the Abyss](https://imho.run/games/2025310/sigh-of-the-abyss) — Also Otome and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Ballads at Midnight. 123 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2025310/)
10. [Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday](https://imho.run/games/3099660/love-is-all-around-echoes-of-yesterday) — Also Dating Sim and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Ballads at Midnight. 90 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3099660/)
11. [Cinders](https://imho.run/games/293680/cinders) — A frequent pick in Ballads at Midnight players' libraries, and another Indie. 427 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/293680/)
12. [Blood Code](https://imho.run/games/386480/blood-code) — Also Vampire and Otome, like Ballads at Midnight. 256 Steam reviews, 62% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/386480/)
13. [Road to Empress I](https://imho.run/games/3478050/road-to-empress-i) — Also Dating Sim and Interactive Fiction, like Ballads at Midnight. 1,360 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3478050/)
14. [Bewitching Sinners](https://imho.run/games/2615670/bewitching-sinners) — Shares romance systems and branching narrative with Ballads at Midnight. 281 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2615670/)
15. [Expelled!](https://imho.run/games/2963890/expelled) — Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Ballads at Midnight. 177 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2963890/)
16. [Vampires' Melody](https://imho.run/games/1377360/vampires-melody) — Shares multiple endings with Ballads at Midnight. 449 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1377360/)
17. [Winds of Change](https://imho.run/games/594130/winds-of-change) — Shares branching narrative and multiple endings with Ballads at Midnight. 476 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/594130/)
18. [First Bite](https://imho.run/games/1834820/first-bite) — Also Vampire and Dating Sim, like Ballads at Midnight. 118 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1834820/)
19. [I Was a Teenage Exocolonist](https://imho.run/games/1148760/i-was-a-teenage-exocolonist) — Shares multiple endings with Ballads at Midnight. 3,777 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148760/)
20. [Band Camp Boyfriend](https://imho.run/games/1972050/band-camp-boyfriend) — A frequent pick in Ballads at Midnight players' libraries, and another Simulation. 105 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1972050/)
21. [Hatoful Boyfriend](https://imho.run/games/310080/hatoful-boyfriend) — Shares multiple endings with Ballads at Midnight. 4,192 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/310080/)
22. [Scarlet Hollow](https://imho.run/games/1609230/scarlet-hollow) — Shares achievement hunting with Ballads at Midnight. 3,657 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1609230/)
23. [Our Life: Beginnings & Always](https://imho.run/games/1129190/our-life-beginnings-always) — Also Otome and Dating Sim, like Ballads at Midnight. 11,334 Steam reviews, 99% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1129190/)
24. [Beacon Pines](https://imho.run/games/1269640/beacon-pines) — Also Cozy and Interactive Fiction, like Ballads at Midnight. 2,410 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269640/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1967870&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1967870&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1967870&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=1967870
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/1967870
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Ballads at Midnight

When a sarcastic bard is arrested and exiled to an abandoned castle, she expected to be at the mercy of a hungry, blood-thirsty vampire. She soon discovers that the vampire, Lucius, is not starving: he is gravely bored. She may just survive on borrowed time, one ballad each midnight.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 1967870
- **Developer:** Synstoria
- **Publisher:** Abiding Bridge
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure, Free To Play
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support
- **Released:** Jul 15, 2022
- **Free to play:** yes
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/1967870/ballads-at-midnight)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1967870&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1967870/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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