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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 35 games similar to her tears were my light down to the 5 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Hate Plus, VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action and planetarian HD top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to her tears were my light.

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GenreCasualSubgenreVisual Novel
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NarrativeCozySolo
Year 2016Dev NomnomNami
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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to her tears were my light is Hate Plus — scoring 60/100 on our similarity scale. VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action and planetarian HD follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like her tears were my light

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to her tears were my light. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.

#1Hate Plus
Hate Plus
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeSci-FiFantasyAnime
Steam👍 84%· 587RAWG👍 75%· 20IGDB80· 1
Year 2013Dev Love Conquers All GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ If you enjoyed her tears were my light, expect visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling and historical setting, while skipping deep simulation

Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for her tears were my light.

Genre100Game mode100Setting67Tone64
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeCozySci-FiAnime2D
Steam👍 97%· 38KRAWG👍 89%· 441MC81IGDB84· 9OC84· 66
Year 2016Dev Wolfgame · Ysbryd GamesPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ If you enjoyed her tears were my light, expect visual novel storytelling, deep simulation and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and vibe casual, while skipping setting space

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 her tears were my light: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone81Setting50Visuals44
planetarian HD
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeCozyAnimeSci-Fi
Steam👍 99%· 3.3K
Year 2017Dev VisualArts/Key · VisualArtsPlaytime ~3hOn PC

✓ If you enjoyed her tears were my light, expect visual novel storytelling, deep simulation and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, vibe casual and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping setting space

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.

Where it drifts furthest from her tears were my light: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone75Setting62Visuals0
#4eden*
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CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeCozyAnimeSci-Fi
Steam👍 97%· 5.1K
Year 2015Dev Key · MangaGamerPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Like her tears were my light, it's known for visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and cozy, relaxing feel

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, while skipping deep simulation

The final love story on a dying planet. In the near future, an ominous red star suddenly appears in the sky. Its presence is about to bring about the extinction of all life on Earth. The unified government proposes an evacuation project to take all of mankind into space, but in order to make the seemingly impossible project a reality, 'felixes' are brought into the world.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting74
Analogue: A Hate Story
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeSci-FiAnime
Steam👍 93%· 2.3KRAWG👍 73%· 40MC62IGDB73· 2
Year 2012Dev Love Conquers All GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ If you enjoyed her tears were my light, expect visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, while skipping deep simulation

Just UpdatedNow includes the Science and Tradition DLC Includes two new costumes for the cosplaying AI *Hyun-ae: a scientist's lab coat, and the traditional hanbok that the Pale Bride wore.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for her tears were my light.

Genre100Game mode100Setting69Tone64

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