What is the best game similar to Epiphyllum in Love?

The closest game to Epiphyllum in Love is planetarian HD, scoring 63/100 on our similarity scale. They share 5 gameplay attributes, including visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Epiphyllum in Love?

The three closest games to Epiphyllum in Love are: 1. planetarian HD (63/100, 5 shared attributes) 2. CLANNAD (66/100, 5 shared attributes) 3. Mission: It's Complicated (64/100, 5 shared attributes). All share Epiphyllum in Love's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 32 candidates across 5 dimensions.

Is CLANNAD similar to Epiphyllum in Love?

Yes — CLANNAD scores 66/100 similarity to Epiphyllum in Love. They share 5 attributes, including visual novel storytelling and adventure storytelling. There are some notable differences in pacing or mechanics.

What Adventure games are similar to Epiphyllum in Love?

The best Adventure games similar to Epiphyllum in Love are planetarian HD, CLANNAD, Mission: It's Complicated and Hatoful Boyfriend. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Epiphyllum in Love attributes like visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus.

How is similarity to Epiphyllum in Love calculated?

We compare Epiphyllum in Love against every game in our catalog using 5 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Epiphyllum in Love experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

Are there free games similar to Epiphyllum in Love?

Yes — Doki Doki Literature Club! and Everlasting Summer are free and score well on similarity to Epiphyllum in Love. They're a great way to test whether the play style clicks before investing in other paid titles.

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

Epiphyllum in Love is hard to replace: few games combine adventure storytelling, vibe casual and setting anime in quite the same way. We compared Epiphyllum in Love against over 6,700 titles across 5 gameplay attributes and found 32 genuine alternatives — not generic genre suggestions. planetarian HD, CLANNAD and Mission: It's Complicated lead the list, with planetarian HD reaching a 63/100 similarity score. Every game here is ranked by how closely it replicates what makes Epiphyllum in Love special.

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Epiphyllum in Love. Each one has been evaluated across 5 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1planetarian HDClosest on genre

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Steam👍 99%· 3.3K

Year 2017Dev VisualArts/Key · VisualArtsPlaytime ~3hOn PC

✓ If you enjoyed Epiphyllum in Love, expect visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, cozy, relaxing feel and setting scifi

It is thirty years after the failure of the Space Colonization Program. Humanity is nearly extinct. A perpetual and deadly Rain falls on the Earth. Men known as "Junkers" plunder goods and artifacts from the ruins of civilization. One such Junker sneaks alone into the most dangerous of all ruins -- a "Sarcophagus City". In the center of this dead city, he discovers a pre-War planetarium.

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#2CLANNADClosest on setting

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Steam👍 98%· 11KRAWG👍 85%· 53MC83

Year 2015Dev VisualArts/Key · Sekai ProjectPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Nintendo

✓ Like Epiphyllum in Love, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel and single-player focus

StoryAfter the death of his mother, Tomoya Okazaki—a guarded delinquent student at Hikarizaka High School—struggles to not only make sense of the abusive relationship he has with his alcoholic father, but also find meaning in his life.

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#3Mission: It's ComplicatedClosest on tone

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Steam👍 93%· 230

Year 2020Dev Schell GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ If you enjoyed Epiphyllum in Love, expect visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, melee combat and combat tactical

Mission: It’s Complicated is a visual novel about getting superheroes to fall in love, and the shenanigans that happen along the way. Send your heroes out on ridiculous missions at night, and try to keep them from getting hurt -- or they won't be able to go on dates during the day!

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Epiphyllum in Love.

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#4Hatoful BoyfriendClosest overall match

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Steam👍 94%· 7.6KIGDB75· 8OC72· 43

Year 2011Dev Mediatonic · Devolver DigitalOn PS4 · Linux · Android

✓ Like Epiphyllum in Love, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation and single-player focus

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Epiphyllum in Love.

It predates Epiphyllum in Love by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 96%· 983IGDB75· 1

Year 2017Dev Whirlpool · Sekai ProjectPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Like Epiphyllum in Love, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, cozy, relaxing feel and dark, oppressive atmosphere

INTERESTING FEATURES LIKE MOVING CAT EARS! Japan. From time immemorial, there are those who possess superhuman abilities. These beings who looked like a cross between man and beast are called Demi-Humans. They acted as Ninja and served those in power.

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#6Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

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Steam👍 97%· 31KIGDB83· 2OC87· 38

Year 2021Dev Team Salvato · Serenity ForgeOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Like Epiphyllum in Love, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, deep simulation and deep RPG systems

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#7Doki Doki Literature Club!

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Steam👍 96%· 221KRAWG👍 83%· 1.3KMC78IGDB95· 2OC87· 8

Year 2017Dev Team SalvatoPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Shared with Epiphyllum in Love: visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and cozy, relaxing feel

Doki Doki Literature Club puts you into the role of an anime character, an average Japanese schoolboy. Your protagonist joins a literature club in which he's the only male member. The remaining four girls – Monica, Sayori, Natsuki, and Yuri – compete for the boy’s attention.

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Steam👍 94%· 2.7KRAWG👍 56%· 34IGDB80· 1

Year 2016Dev AlienWorks · Sekai ProjectPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ If you enjoyed Epiphyllum in Love, expect visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings cozy, relaxing feel, dark, oppressive atmosphere and single-player focus

Highway Blossoms is a short yuri kinetic novel set in the American Southwest. After an old gold rush miner's journal is discovered, supposedly detailing where he hid parts of his stash, a nationwide craze begins as would-be prospectors try to solve its clues and strike it rich.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Epiphyllum in Love.

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#9VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

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Steam👍 97%· 38KRAWG👍 89%· 441MC81IGDB84· 9OC84· 66

Year 2016Dev Wolfgame · Ysbryd GamesPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ If you enjoyed Epiphyllum in Love, expect visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, puzzle design and cozy, relaxing feel

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life. In this world, corporations reign supreme, all human life is infected with nanomachines designed to oppress them, and the terrifying White Knights ensure that everyone obeys the laws. But, this is not about those people.

Where it drifts furthest from Epiphyllum in Love: setting.

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#10Coffee Talk

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Steam👍 95%· 12KIGDB70· 4OC75· 42

Year 2020Dev Toge Productions · Chorus WorldwideOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Like Epiphyllum in Love, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, vibe relaxing and fantasy world

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Epiphyllum in Love.

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#11Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

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Steam👍 98%· 43K

Year 2013Dev CapcomOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Like Epiphyllum in Love, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, single-player focus and visual 2d, while skipping vibe casual

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#12South Scrimshaw, Part One

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Steam👍 99%· 1.6K

Year 2023Dev Nathan O. MarshOn PC · Linux

✓ Shared with Epiphyllum in Love: visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: linear, story-driven structure, setting scifi and single-player focus, while skipping setting anime

"The consciousness dawning inside of an aquatic egg is prodded alert. It is a male whale calf, stirring with a newfound awareness of body." South Scrimshaw uses the linear VN format to create a science fiction documentary about fictional science.

Where it drifts furthest from Epiphyllum in Love: setting.

Released 3 years after Epiphyllum in Love.

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#13Flower Shop: Summer In Fairbrook

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Steam👍 69%· 138IGDB60· 1

Year 2014Dev Winter WolvesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Like Epiphyllum in Love, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, cozy, relaxing feel and single-player focus

The Flower Shop is a dating and farming simulation game. Steve's life has just taken a downward turn.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for Epiphyllum in Love.

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#14Heileen 3: New Horizons

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Steam👍 63%· 89

Year 2014Dev Winter WolvesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Like Epiphyllum in Love, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, puzzle design and cozy, relaxing feel

Heileen 3 continues the story from the end of the second game and takes place in the Caribbean islands. Traveling side by side with Morgan the pirate, Heileen will search for her missing friends, hoping to reunite with all of them. But that's only the beginning, because the story continues!

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for Epiphyllum in Love.

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Steam👍 86%· 279

Year 2016Dev sakevisualPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Like Epiphyllum in Love, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, single-player focus and visual first person, while skipping vibe casual

A visual novel/sim game about life, love, and working in the entertainment industry. Play as makeup artist Sian Goodin as she navigates the world of showbiz. Work with upcoming talent or established pros?

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Epiphyllum in Love.

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The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Epiphyllum in Love, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

Flower Shop: Winter In Fairbrook

Simulation · Visual Novel

Always Remember Me

Visual Novel · Simulation

Everlasting Summer

Visual Novel · Adventure

Emily is Away

Simulation · Visual Novel

Emily Is Away Too

Simulation · Visual Novel

Venba

Puzzle · Visual Novel

Her Story

Puzzle · Adventure

Cherry Tree High Comedy Club

Visual Novel · Adventure

Notes of Soul

Visual Novel · Adventure

Storyteller

Puzzle · Adventure

Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~

Adventure · Visual Novel

Spirited Heart Deluxe

Simulation · RPG

NEKO-NIN exHeart +PLUS Saiha

Simulation · Visual Novel

NEKO-NIN exHeart +PLUS Nachi

Visual Novel · Simulation

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker

Visual Novel · Simulation

World's Dawn

Simulation · Visual Novel

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Simulation · Visual Novel

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Epiphyllum in Love?: The closest game to Epiphyllum in Love is planetarian HD, scoring 63/100 on our similarity scale. They share 5 gameplay attributes, including visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Epiphyllum in Love?: The three closest games to Epiphyllum in Love are: 1. planetarian HD (63/100, 5 shared attributes) 2. CLANNAD (66/100, 5 shared attributes) 3. Mission: It's Complicated (64/100, 5 shared attributes). All share Epiphyllum in Love's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 32 candidates across 5 dimensions.
Is CLANNAD similar to Epiphyllum in Love?: Yes — CLANNAD scores 66/100 similarity to Epiphyllum in Love. They share 5 attributes, including visual novel storytelling and adventure storytelling. There are some notable differences in pacing or mechanics.
What Adventure games are similar to Epiphyllum in Love?: The best Adventure games similar to Epiphyllum in Love are planetarian HD, CLANNAD, Mission: It's Complicated and Hatoful Boyfriend. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Epiphyllum in Love attributes like visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus.
How is similarity to Epiphyllum in Love calculated?: We compare Epiphyllum in Love against every game in our catalog using 5 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Epiphyllum in Love experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.
Are there free games similar to Epiphyllum in Love?: Yes — Doki Doki Literature Club! and Everlasting Summer are free and score well on similarity to Epiphyllum in Love. They're a great way to test whether the play style clicks before investing in other paid titles.