# Games like Catherine Classic

> The closest matches to Catherine Classic: Bayonetta, Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma, YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story, Persona 4 Golden, and Cinderella Escape! R12. 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. [Bayonetta](https://imho.run/games/460790/bayonetta) — Also Mature, like Catherine Classic. 10,427 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/460790/)
2. [Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma](https://imho.run/games/311240/zero-escape-zero-time-dilemma) — A frequent pick in Catherine Classic players' libraries, and another Adventure. 2,665 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/311240/)
3. [YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story](https://imho.run/games/1293820/you-and-me-and-her-a-love-story) — Same emotional mood as Catherine Classic. 1,973 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293820/)
4. [Persona 4 Golden](https://imho.run/games/1113000/persona-4-golden) — A frequent pick in Catherine Classic players' libraries, and another RPG. 44,823 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1113000/)
5. [Cinderella Escape! R12](https://imho.run/games/408000/cinderella-escape-r12) — A frequent pick in Catherine Classic players' libraries, and another Indie. 105 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/408000/)
6. [LIMBO](https://imho.run/games/48000/limbo) — Also Puzzle-Platformer and Surreal, like Catherine Classic. 12,690 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/48000/)
7. [H-Rescue](https://imho.run/games/1058530/h-rescue) — Also Mature, like Catherine Classic. 86 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1058530/)
8. [GreedFall](https://imho.run/games/606880/greedfall) — Shares moral choices with Catherine Classic. 10,619 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/606880/)
9. [Gaokao.Love.100Days](https://imho.run/games/347620/gaokao-love-100days) — Also Mature, like Catherine Classic. 194 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/347620/)
10. [Downfall](https://imho.run/games/364390/downfall) — Also Mature, like Catherine Classic. 636 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/364390/)
11. [CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel](https://imho.run/games/421670/cupid-a-free-to-play-visual-novel) — Also Mature, like Catherine Classic. 983 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/421670/)
12. [Purino Party](https://imho.run/games/483960/purino-party) — Also Mature, like Catherine Classic. 152 Steam reviews, 61% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/483960/)
13. [Heavy Rain](https://imho.run/games/960910/heavy-rain) — A frequent pick in Catherine Classic players' libraries, and another Action. 6,053 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/960910/)
14. [The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition](https://imho.run/games/20920/the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings-enhanced-edition) — Shares dialogue choices with Catherine Classic. 25,690 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/20920/)
15. [Love Fantasy](https://imho.run/games/1460040/love-fantasy) — Shares dialogue choices with Catherine Classic. 85 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1460040/)
16. [The Song of Saya](https://imho.run/games/702050/the-song-of-saya) — Same dark mood as Catherine Classic. 2,561 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/702050/)
17. [Cabernet](https://imho.run/games/2401410/cabernet) — Shares dialogue choices with Catherine Classic. 1,198 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2401410/)
18. [The NOexistenceN of you AND me](https://imho.run/games/2873080/the-noexistencen-of-you-and-me) — Also Surreal, like Catherine Classic. 4,781 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2873080/)
19. [White Day: A Labyrinth Named School](https://imho.run/games/466130/white-day-a-labyrinth-named-school) — Also Mature, like Catherine Classic. 494 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/466130/)
20. [Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter](https://imho.run/games/350640/sherlock-holmes-the-devil-s-daughter) — Shares moral choices with Catherine Classic. 2,849 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/350640/)
21. [The Complex](https://imho.run/games/1107790/the-complex) — Also Mature, like Catherine Classic. 935 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1107790/)
22. [Tokyo Dark](https://imho.run/games/687260/tokyo-dark) — Shares dialogue choices with Catherine Classic. 581 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/687260/)
23. [DRAMAtical Murder](https://imho.run/games/1481080/dramatical-murder) — Also Mature, like Catherine Classic. 1,938 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1481080/)
24. [Fran Bow](https://imho.run/games/362680/fran-bow) — Also Surreal, like Catherine Classic. 8,241 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/362680/)

## Machine-readable

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- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=893180&n=20
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- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/893180
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## About Catherine Classic

Catherine Classic is a 2019 puzzle-platformer adventure from ATLUS that explores themes of commitment anxiety and relationships. Players navigate block-stacking puzzles while making dialogue choices and moral decisions through a karma system, with multiple endings determined by their actions. The game is known for its relationship-drama narrative and challenging puzzle-slider mechanics that require careful strategy. Players describe the experience as dark, emotional, stressful, and tense, praising the charming characters, the neat karma system, and the really good puzzle gameplay. Catherine Classic is a solo-only adventure priced at $4.99 USD and received a 90% positive rating from 4202 Steam reviews. It is not supported on Steam Deck.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 893180
- **Developer:** ATLUS
- **Publisher:** SEGA
- **Genres:** Adventure
- **Categories:** Multi-player, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Remote Play Together, PvP, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Jan 10, 2019
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 80
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/893180/catherine-classic)
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- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/893180/)
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