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Wayward Prophet · 2022 · Windows

Steam: 95 % positive of 296 reviews, as of Oct 18

Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story.

24 games that play like A Story Beside and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Lake, Emily is Away and Our Life: Beginnings & Always.

Player tags

  • Story Rich
  • Choices Matter
  • Emotional
  • Female Protagonist
  • Life Sim
  • Romance
  • Top-Down
  • Interactive Fiction
Map region: Visual Novels & Dating SimsVisual-novel style games
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By gameplay

Plays like A Story Beside

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. 咸鱼殿下 / My journey86 % positive of 1,773Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Emotional
  2. Tell Me Why82 % positive of 13,883Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Emotional
  3. Coffee Talk94 % positive of 11,267Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Emotional
  4. Growing Up87 % positive of 3,279Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Emotional
  5. Emily is Away <391 % positive of 6,114Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Emotional
  6. Until Then97 % positive of 9,868Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Romance
  7. Winds of Change95 % positive of 560Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist
  8. Beacon Pines97 % positive of 3,495Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Interactive Fiction
  9. Emily is Away Too93 % positive of 5,977Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Romance
  10. Along the Edge91 % positive of 361Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist
  11. Always Sometimes Monsters74 % positive of 2,430Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist
  12. Little Goody Two Shoes95 % positive of 1,813Shared: Story Rich · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist

By look

Looks like A Story Beside

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Little Witch in the Woods89 % positive of 8,142
  2. Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition94 % positive of 2,147
  3. Roots of Pacha93 % positive of 3,893
  4. OCTOPATH TRAVELER II94 % positive of 13,574
  5. Vampires Dawn 3 - The Crimson Realm86 % positive of 692
  6. 大千世界86 % positive of 2,343
  7. The Count Lucanor93 % positive of 2,693
  8. OCTOPATH TRAVELER™86 % positive of 15,188
  9. Doom & Destiny96 % positive of 2,392
  10. OCTOPATH TRAVELER 078 % positive of 3,848
  11. Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum93 % positive of 1,351
  12. Garlant: My Story86 % positive of 245

At a glance

What games like A Story Beside have in common

  • The tags they share most often with A Story Beside: Story Rich (22 of 24), Choices Matter (21) and Female Protagonist (11).
  • They came out between 2014 and 2025, 5 of them after A Story Beside (2022).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Our Life: Beginnings & Always (98 % positive of 12,452).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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