# Games like Doki Doki Literature Club!

> The closest matches to Doki Doki Literature Club!: Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story, The Song of Saya, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, and Tiny Bunny. 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. [Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut](https://imho.run/games/1989270/slay-the-princess-the-pristine-cut) — Also Dating Sim and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 21,995 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1989270/)
2. [YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story](https://imho.run/games/1293820/you-and-me-and-her-a-love-story) — Also Dating Sim and Gore, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 1,973 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293820/)
3. [The Song of Saya](https://imho.run/games/702050/the-song-of-saya) — Also Gore and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 2,561 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/702050/)
4. [Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony](https://imho.run/games/567640/danganronpa-v3-killing-harmony) — Same emotional mood as Doki Doki Literature Club!. 9,237 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/567640/)
5. [Tiny Bunny](https://imho.run/games/1421250/tiny-bunny) — Also Gore and Violent, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 945 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1421250/)
6. [Pony Island](https://imho.run/games/405640/pony-island) — Same unsettling mood as Doki Doki Literature Club!. 7,895 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/405640/)
7. [Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!](https://imho.run/games/1388880/doki-doki-literature-club-plus) — A frequent pick in Doki Doki Literature Club! players' libraries, and another Indie. 10,428 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388880/)
8. [Corpse Party](https://imho.run/games/251270/corpse-party) — Also Gore, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 906 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/251270/)
9. [Hatoful Boyfriend](https://imho.run/games/310080/hatoful-boyfriend) — Also Dating Sim and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 4,192 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/310080/)
10. [How To Date A Magical Girl!](https://imho.run/games/881560/how-to-date-a-magical-girl) — A frequent pick in Doki Doki Literature Club! players' libraries, and another Adventure. 335 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/881560/)
11. [Departed Away](https://imho.run/games/2564880/departed-away) — A frequent pick in Doki Doki Literature Club! players' libraries, and another RPG. 111 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2564880/)
12. [Muv-Luv Alternative](https://imho.run/games/802890/muv-luv-alternative) — Also Gore and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 949 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/802890/)
13. [Cabernet](https://imho.run/games/2401410/cabernet) — Also Dating Sim and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 1,198 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2401410/)
14. [Everlasting Summer](https://imho.run/games/331470/everlasting-summer) — Shares mod support with Doki Doki Literature Club!. 5,105 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/331470/)
15. [Trick and Treat - Visual Novel](https://imho.run/games/555210/trick-and-treat-visual-novel) — Also Dating Sim and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 1,414 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/555210/)
16. [Nurse Love Addiction](https://imho.run/games/485040/nurse-love-addiction) — Also Dating Sim and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 171 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/485040/)
17. [The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty](https://imho.run/games/2593370/the-hungry-lamb-traveling-in-the-late-ming-dynasty) — Also Dating Sim and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 679 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2593370/)
18. [Fran Bow](https://imho.run/games/362680/fran-bow) — Also Gore, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 8,241 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/362680/)
19. [I Hate My Waifu Streamer](https://imho.run/games/2988620/i-hate-my-waifu-streamer) — Also Dating Sim and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 134 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2988620/)
20. [Amnesia™: Memories](https://imho.run/games/359390/amnesia-memories) — Also Dating Sim and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 2,143 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/359390/)
21. [sweet pool](https://imho.run/games/852910/sweet-pool) — Also Gore and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 232 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/852910/)
22. [HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL](https://imho.run/games/2093610/happy-sain-sheol) — Also Gore and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 50 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2093610/)
23. [The NOexistenceN of you AND me](https://imho.run/games/2873080/the-noexistencen-of-you-and-me) — Also Dating Sim, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 4,781 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2873080/)
24. [AI2U: With You 'Til The End](https://imho.run/games/2880730/ai2u-with-you-til-the-end) — Also Dating Sim and Romance, like Doki Doki Literature Club!. 788 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2880730/)

## 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=698780&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=698780&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=698780&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=698780
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/698780
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Doki Doki Literature Club!

Doki Doki Literature Club! is a free-to-play psychological horror visual novel released in 2017 by Team Salvato. The game begins as a seemingly straightforward dating sim set in a school literature club, but mechanics such as meta-narrative-breaking, save-file-manipulation, and character-interaction-systems steadily reveal its darker nature as players progress. Reviewers highlight how the game subverts genre expectations, with multiple routes and branching paths that directly interact with the player's system files. Players describe it as emotional and unsettling, noting how the characters feel like real people whose situation grows increasingly mysterious. The game supports modding, and its community has extended playtime significantly beyond the initial experience. It runs at "Playable" level on Steam Deck and holds a 97% positive rating from over 126,000 Steam reviews.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 698780
- **Developer:** Team Salvato
- **Publisher:** Team Salvato
- **Genres:** Indie, Free To Play, Casual
- **Categories:** Single-player, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet
- **Released:** Oct 6, 2017
- **Free to play:** yes
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/698780/doki-doki-literature-club)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=698780&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/698780/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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