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CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeCasualCozyHorror
Steam👍 97%· 31KIGDB83· 2OC87· 38
Year 2021Dev Team Salvato · Serenity ForgeOn PS4 · PC · PS5
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We filtered the 31 games similar to The Crush House down to the 10 that fit the “Horror” category. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, Her Story and Emily Is Away Too top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Crush House.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Crush House. Each one has been evaluated across 9 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.
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeCasualHorrorOpen World
Steam👍 89%· 10KIGDB85· 6OC85· 48
Year 2015Dev Sam BarlowOn Linux · Android · PC
✓ Shared with The Crush House: adventure storytelling, visual novel storytelling and deep simulation
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel
It predates The Crush House by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Setting100Tone77
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeCasualHorrorPixel Art
Steam👍 93%· 6.2KIGDB81· 2
Year 2017Dev Kyle SeeleyOn Linux · PC · Mac
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeCozyHorrorDark
Steam👍 90%· 9.4K
Year 2019Dev Nitro Plus · Asoberu! BD-GAMEOn Android · PC
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeHorrorTacticalDark
Steam👍 97%· 32KOC90· 27
Year 2023Dev Black Tabby GamesOn Linux · PC · Mac
✓ Like The Crush House, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and horror tension
≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel
Where it drifts furthest from The Crush House: tone.
Genre100Game mode100Setting100Tone45
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeHorrorDarkOpen World
Steam👍 84%· 1.9KIGDB92· 3OC88· 73
Year 2022Dev Half MermaidOn Xbox · Android · PC
✓ Like The Crush House, it's known for adventure storytelling, horror tension and deep simulation
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel
Where it drifts furthest from The Crush House: tone.
Genre100Game mode100Setting100Tone39
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeCasualCozyHorror
Steam👍 96%· 221KRAWG👍 83%· 1.3KMC78IGDB95· 2OC87· 8
Year 2017Dev Team SalvatoPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux
✓ Shared with The Crush House: horror tension, visual novel storytelling and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, setting anime and visual first person, while skipping deep simulation
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.
Genre100Game mode100Tone87Setting54
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeCasualHorrorDark
Steam👍 64%· 3.4KIGDB68· 17OC73· 69
Year 2016Dev Variable State · 505 GamesOn PS4 · PC · Mac
✓ Like The Crush House, it's known for adventure storytelling, visual novel storytelling and horror tension
≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, exploration and discovery and visual first person, while skipping deep simulation
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for The Crush House.
It predates The Crush House by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Setting100Tone62
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeCozyHorrorDark
Steam👍 98%· 1.3KRAWG👍 100%· 28
Year 2016Dev 07th Expansion · MangaGamerPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux
✓ If you enjoyed The Crush House, expect visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and horror tension
≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, linear, story-driven structure and setting anime, while skipping deep simulation
The 58th year of Shouwa, early summer. It’s June, and the summer heat has arrived earlier than it does most years. By day there are crickets, and by night there are cicadas. We’re in Hinamizawa, a small village in the countryside. There are fewer than two thousand people here.
Where it drifts furthest from The Crush House: setting.
It predates The Crush House by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
Genre100Game mode100Tone73Setting48
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeHorrorFantasyExploration
Steam👍 95%· 20KIGDB88· 12OC86· 76
Year 2017Dev Infinite Fall · FinjiOn PS4 · Linux · PC
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