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Games like The Dearest Person
house.opposite, Саманта · 2024 · Windows, macOS, Linux
Steam: 93 % positive of 643 reviews, as of Oct 28
A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.
24 games that play like The Dearest Person and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: The NOexistenceN of you AND me, Minds Beneath Us and Eliza.
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Plays and looks like The Dearest Person
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like The Dearest Person
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
93 % positive of 20,587
Shared: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
Minds Beneath Us
96 % positive of 5,881
Shared: Philosophical · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
Eliza
91 % positive of 1,008
Shared: Artificial Intelligence · Visual Novel · Emotional
My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life
75 % positive of 498
Shared: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Atmospheric
a new life.
95 % positive of 2,222
Shared: Visual Novel · Emotional · Female Protagonist
Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-
95 % positive of 7,789
Shared: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Anime
云端之约
92 % positive of 466
Shared: Artificial Intelligence · Visual Novel · Emotional
Without a Dawn
92 % positive of 698
Shared: Philosophical · Visual Novel · Emotional
Analogue: A Hate Story
94 % positive of 1,700
Shared: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Anime
It gets so lonely here
94 % positive of 2,390
Shared: Visual Novel · Text-Based · Anime
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
98 % positive of 13,613
Shared: Philosophical · Visual Novel · Text-Based
Locke(d)
92 % positive of 1,118
Shared: Artificial Intelligence · Philosophical · Visual Novel
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- Florence93 % positive of 14,958Shared: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Female Protagonist
- Until Then96 % positive of 16,182Shared: Visual Novel · Emotional · Interactive Fiction
- HOPE LEFT ME95 % positive of 867Shared: Philosophical · Visual Novel · Noir
- 他人世界末 On-looker93 % positive of 2,748Shared: Philosophical · Visual Novel · Emotional
- Refind Self: The Personality Test Game87 % positive of 3,624Shared: Philosophical · Visual Novel · Emotional
- Heart Fragment91 % positive of 345Shared: Visual Novel · Anime · Female Protagonist
- missed messages.95 % positive of 15,574Shared: Visual Novel · Emotional · Anime
- qualia92 % positive of 430Shared: Artificial Intelligence · Philosophical · Visual Novel
- Our Life: Beginnings & Always98 % positive of 13,854Shared: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
- Hazy Mind85 % positive of 322Shared: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Text-Based
- Narcissu 1st & 2nd95 % positive of 5,525Shared: Visual Novel · Emotional · Anime
- Neo Cab79 % positive of 2,174Shared: Visual Novel · Emotional · Noir
By look
Looks like The Dearest Person
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
87 % positive of 3,425
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
98 % positive of 13,613
Dyping Escape
91 % positive of 567
No, I'm not a Human
93 % positive of 28,015
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
95 % positive of 37,163
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
94 % positive of 6,257
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
97 % positive of 7,297
Smile More
93 % positive of 364
Unheard - Voices of Crime
95 % positive of 31,128
Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star
83 % positive of 291
A Light in the Dark
91 % positive of 1,535
outside the door
92 % positive of 757
More matches
- PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse95 % positive of 2,263
- Locke(d)92 % positive of 1,118
- Kill or Love89 % positive of 2,186
- Dissolving87 % positive of 416
- Everyday Devil95 % positive of 340
- Palinurus94 % positive of 267
- Flower in Us93 % positive of 421
- Condo95 % positive of 248
- Pandemic Love91 % positive of 234
- 2236 A.D.92 % positive of 166
- No Players Online82 % positive of 639
- Seraphim Slum96 % positive of 182
At a glance
What games like The Dearest Person have in common
- The tags they share most often with The Dearest Person: Visual Novel (24 of 24), Emotional (10) and Philosophical (8).
- They came out between 2012 and 2025, 3 of them after The Dearest Person (2024).
- Best rated by Steam players: Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It (98 % positive of 13,613).
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.