6 Simulation games like Fading Hearts that you should try

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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.

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We filtered the 48 games similar to Fading Hearts down to the 6 that fit the “Simulation” category. Wild Season, Yakuza 0 and Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Fading Hearts.

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The best simulation games like Fading Hearts

6 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Fading Hearts. Each one has been evaluated across 14 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.

#1Wild SeasonClosest overall match

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreAction JRPG

SoloCozyNarrativeHistoricalMedieval

Steam👍 33%· 359

Year 2015Dev Quickfire GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Fits the action JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: historical setting and setting medieval, while skipping horror tension

After weeks of being down on your luck in the big city, you've found your calling: farming! A real estate agency is selling a beautiful farm property down south, and amazingly, you have just enough in your savings to buy it outright! Risking it all, you decide to leave the city tonight in hopes of starting your farming dreams tomorrow!

Where it drifts furthest from Fading Hearts: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly negative, against mixed for Fading Hearts.

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreAction JRPG

SoloNarrativeMultiplayerMeleeDark

Steam👍 95%· 77KIGDB86· 20OC87· 154

Year 2015Dev Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios · Sega CorporationOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are action JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: fighting mechanics, action RPG combat and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Fading Hearts: combat and tone.

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#3Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreAction JRPG

SoloNarrativeCozyAnimeFantasy

Steam👍 84%· 11KIGDB86· 14

Year 2018Dev LEVEL-5 · Bandai Namco EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of action JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, open world exploration and melee combat, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Fading Hearts: combat.

Released 4 years after Fading Hearts.

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#4Persona 5 StrikersClosest on setting

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreAction JRPG

SoloNarrativeAnimeFantasyMelee

Steam👍 87%· 18KIGDB81· 13OC83· 131

Year 2020Dev Omega Force · SegaOn PS4 · PC · Switch

✓ Fits the action JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with action RPG combat, melee combat and visual third person, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Fading Hearts: combat and tone.

Released 6 years after Fading Hearts.

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#5Recettear: An Item Shop's TaleClosest on combat

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreAction JRPG

SoloRangedCozyAnimeFantasy

Steam👍 96%· 7.5KRAWG👍 75%· 83MC82IGDB76· 1

Year 2010Dev EasyGameStation · Carpe FulgurPlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Fits the action JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, combat magic and melee combat, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down.

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#6Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreAction JRPG

SoloCasualNarrativeAnimeFantasy

Steam👍 99%· 32K

Year 2021Dev 二色幽紫蝶Playtime ~4hOn PC

✓ Both are action JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and deep simulation

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, combat magic and setting cartoon, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Mystia! About the Game I, Mystia Lorelei, has a dream To become a BBQ-Star Working tirelessly day and night, the BBQ shop finally starting to gain attraction among the residents of Gensokyo …Until… that “guest” brake in from the front door.

Where it drifts furthest from Fading Hearts: combat.

Released 7 years after Fading Hearts.

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