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Games like The Initial

Restory Studio · 2017 · 76 % positive of 1,888

24 games that play like The Initial and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Initial 2 : New Stage, Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed and Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters.

Player tags

  • Action
  • Female Protagonist
  • Hack and Slash
  • Anime
  • Adventure
  • Indie
  • RPG
  • Sexual Content

At a glance

What games like The Initial have in common

  • The tags they share most often with The Initial: Female Protagonist (24 of 24), Anime (22) and Hack and Slash (17).
  • They came out between 2009 and 2026, 13 of them after The Initial (2017).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Akane (95 % positive of 2,789).
  • 4 games both play and look like The Initial, among them Initial 2 : New Stage, SMASHING THE BATTLE and Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

By gameplay

Plays like The Initial

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

More matches

  1. Code of Princess55 % positive of 316Shared: Female Protagonist · Anime · RPG
  2. X Mushrooms67 % positive of 213Shared: Female Protagonist · Hack and Slash · RPG
  3. Epic Conquest 284 % positive of 389Shared: Female Protagonist · Hack and Slash · Anime
  4. KILL la KILL -IF71 % positive of 1,943Shared: Female Protagonist · Anime · Sexual Content
  5. Fairy Bloom Freesia84 % positive of 1,098Shared: Female Protagonist · Hack and Slash · Anime
  6. NanoApostle95 % positive of 849Shared: Female Protagonist · Hack and Slash · Anime
  7. [Old Edition] Croixleur Sigma79 % positive of 328Shared: Female Protagonist · Hack and Slash · Anime
  8. Bladed fury86 % positive of 3,150Shared: Female Protagonist · Hack and Slash · Anime
  9. FUBUKI ～zero in on Holoearth～ HOLOLIVE ALTERNATIVE85 % positive of 163Shared: Female Protagonist · Anime · Action
  10. ICEY90 % positive of 26,926Shared: Female Protagonist · Hack and Slash · Anime
  11. Akane95 % positive of 2,789Shared: Female Protagonist · Hack and Slash · Action
  12. SAMURAI MAIDEN58 % positive of 703Shared: Female Protagonist · Hack and Slash · Anime

By look

Looks like The Initial

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

More matches

  1. Zengeon66 % positive of 1,539
  2. TheDawn93 % positive of 8,615
  3. Eternights86 % positive of 2,826
  4. UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes85 % positive of 2,134
  5. Lost Saga NA60 % positive of 677
  6. No More Heroes 383 % positive of 711
  7. Vindictus67 % positive of 7,863
  8. AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative86 % positive of 3,244
  9. Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet79 % positive of 19,153
  10. STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®80 % positive of 4,028
  11. ANNO: Mutationem80 % positive of 5,984
  12. BlazBlue Entropy Effect95 % positive of 30,290

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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