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Games like Zero Escape and Stardew Valley

30 games that play like them. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley

More like Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

20 games closest to Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma of your picks

  1. 1

    AI: The Somnium Files

    Much the same as Zero Escape

    Loved · 91%Visual Novel · Mystery

  2. 2

    STEINS;GATE

    Zero Escape, but with time travel, and even better loved

    Loved · 97%Visual Novel · Choices Matter

  3. 3

    Return to Shironagasu Island

    Zero Escape, but half the hours

    Loved · 94%Visual Novel · Mystery

  4. 4

    Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition

    Much the same as Zero Escape

    Loved · 91%Visual Novel · Mystery

  5. 5

    Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

    Zero Escape, but darkly funny, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%Visual Novel · Mystery

  6. 6

    Volcano Princess

    Zero Escape, but a life sim, and half the hours

    Loved · 98%Visual Novel · Choices Matter

  7. 7

    CHAOS;CHILD

    Zero Escape, but twice the hours

    Loved · 93%Visual Novel · Mystery

  8. 8

    Raging Loop

    Zero Escape, but even better loved

    Loved · 96%Visual Novel · Mystery

  9. 9

    Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

    Zero Escape, but darkly funny

    Loved · 96%Visual Novel · Mystery

  10. 10

    MiSide

    Zero Escape, but first-person, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 98%Psychological Horror · Thriller

  11. 11

    Undertale

    Zero Escape, but a JRPG, and pixel art

    Loved · 97%Choices Matter · Multiple Endings

  12. 12

    YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story

    Zero Escape, but with romance

    Loved · 95%Visual Novel · Psychological Horror

  13. 13

    Cube Escape Collection

    Zero Escape, but a third of the hours

    Loved · 98%Mystery · Escape Room

  14. 14

    The Letter

    Much the same as Zero Escape

    Liked · 85%Visual Novel · Choices Matter

  15. 15

    Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi

    Zero Escape, but 2D

    Loved · 95%Visual Novel · Psychological Horror

  16. 16

    The Hex

    Zero Escape, but funny, and pixel art

    Loved · 94%Mystery · Psychological Horror

  17. 17

    Don't Escape Trilogy

    Zero Escape, but pixel art, and a tenth of the hours

    Loved · 99%Mystery · Choices Matter

  18. 18

    Doki Doki Literature Club

    Zero Escape, but free to play, and a fifth of the hours

    Loved · 96%Visual Novel · Psychological Horror

  19. 19

    Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

    Zero Escape, but even better loved

    Loved · 97%Visual Novel · Mystery

  20. 20

    Outer Wilds

    Zero Escape, but in space, and open world

    Loved · 96%Mystery · Puzzle

More like Stardew Valley

10 games closest to Stardew Valley of your picks

  1. 21

    Coral Island

    Much the same as Stardew Valley

    Liked · 89%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  2. 22

    My Time at Portia

    Stardew Valley, but single-player

    Loved · 91%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  3. 23

    Fields of Mistria

    Stardew Valley, but single-player, and half the hours

    Loved · 97%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  4. 24

    My Time at Sandrock

    Stardew Valley, but an action RPG

    Liked · 88%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  5. 25

    Sun Haven

    Stardew Valley, but half the hours, and more divisive

    Liked · 80%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  6. 26

    Dinkum

    Stardew Valley, but co-op, and half the hours

    Loved · 92%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  7. 27

    Palia

    Stardew Valley, but free to play, and an MMORPG

    Liked · 86%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  8. 28

    Roots of Pacha

    Stardew Valley, but co-op, and with romance

    Loved · 94%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  9. 29

    Littlewood

    Stardew Valley, but a city builder, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 93%Life Sim · Agriculture

  10. 30

    DAVE THE DIVER

    Stardew Valley, but a management game, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%Farming Sim · Agriculture

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How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

None of your picks is on the list, nor a second release of one, nor a game of their own series. Up to 30 games are shown. Under each name, the kinds it shares with the pick it is closest to, and how it differs from that pick.