Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Everlasting Summer (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Everlasting Summer on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: The Fruit of Grisaia, which both psychological, story-rich and relaxing.
- Everlasting Summer is tagged Visual Novel, Story Rich, Free to Play, Anime, Great Soundtrack, Choices Matter, Mature, Romance by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 5 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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The Fruit of Grisaia
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich and relaxing; shares 12 player tags including Visual Novel, Anime and Nudity; released around the same time (2015).
SIX FRUITS BARE THEIR FANGS AT THE WORLD. --The academy was their orchard. In this place of learning, protected by high walls from the outside world, there arrived a single young man who'd lost his purpose in life. He'd lost sight of what he wanted to protect.
The Fruit of Grisaia at a glance Released 2015 Studio Front Wing Player sentiment 92% positive of 1,119 Price $39.99 Visual NovelAnimeNudityStory RichMultiple EndingsMatureRomanceComedy
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Clannad
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich and relaxing; shares 12 player tags including Visual Novel, Anime and Story Rich.
From the world renowned visual novel studio Key, the highly rated story of CLANNAD is now available on Steam! Improved visuals, achievement integration, and Dangopedia make this the best version of CLANNAD to date.
Clannad at a glance Released 2004 Studio Key Player sentiment 98% positive of 10,936 Price $44.99 Visual NovelAnimeStory RichRomanceGreat SoundtrackMultiple EndingsDating SimClassic
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HuniePop
Why it matched: both story-rich and relaxing; shares 11 player tags including Nudity, Mature and Anime; released around the same time (2015).
HuniePop is a unique sim experience for PC, Mac and Linux. It's a gameplay first approach that's part dating sim, part puzzle game, with light RPG elements, a visual novel style of presentation, an abrasive western writing style and plenty of "plot".
HuniePop at a glance Released 2015 Studio HuniePot Player sentiment 96% positive of 31,679 Price $9.99 NudityMatureAnimeDating SimRomanceComedyIndieCasual
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NEKOPARA Vol. 0
Why it matched: both story-rich and relaxing; shares 11 player tags including Anime, Nudity and Visual Novel; released around the same time (2015).
Please note that NEKOPARA Vol. 0 is a fandisc for NEKOPARA Vol. 1What's NEKOPARA? Why, it's a cat paradise! This is a story just before Kashou opened "La Soleil".Enjoy a page from the leisurely, daily lives of Shigure and the Minaduki household's catgirls!
NEKOPARA Vol. 0 at a glance Released 2015 Studio NEKO WORKs Player sentiment 94% positive of 17,786 Price $2.99 AnimeNudityVisual NovelMatureDating SimCasual2DStory Rich
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Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
Why it matched: both story-rich and relaxing; shares 11 player tags including Dating Sim, Romance and Visual Novel; released around the same time (2017).
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. Are you ready? Hi ready, I'm Dad.
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator at a glance Released 2017 Studio Game Grumps Player sentiment 92% positive of 6,260 Price $14.99 Dating SimRomanceVisual NovelIndieCasualChoices MatterNudityMature
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Steins;Gate
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich and relaxing; shares 10 player tags including Visual Novel, Story Rich and Anime.
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Steins;Gate at a glance Released 2009 Studio 5pb. Inc. Player sentiment 97% positive of 26,892 Price $29.99 Visual NovelStory RichAnimeGreat SoundtrackMultiple EndingsChoices MatterRomanceMystery
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Sakura Swim Club
Why it matched: both story-rich and relaxing; shares 11 player tags including Nudity, Anime and Mature; released around the same time (2015).
In Sakura Swim Club, follow the story of Kaede, just your average guy. Upon transferring to a new school, he meets two beautiful girls in the swim club. Things haven't gone well for the swim club lately, but with Kaede's help, that all changes.
Sakura Swim Club at a glance Released 2015 Studio Winged Cloud Player sentiment 85% positive of 2,772 Price $9.99 NudityAnimeMatureVisual NovelDating SimIndieCasualStory Rich
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OneShot
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Story Rich, Indie and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2016).
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
OneShot at a glance Released 2016 Studio Future Cat LLC Player sentiment 98% positive of 64,849 Price $9.99 Story RichIndieGreat SoundtrackChoices MatterMultiple Endings2DReplay ValueCasual
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Visual Novel, Anime and Free to Play; released around the same time (2017).
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Doki Doki Literature Club! at a glance Released 2017 Studio Team Salvato Player sentiment 96% positive of 227,039 Price Free Visual NovelAnimeFree to PlayDating SimStory RichRomanceGreat SoundtrackIndie
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LoveChoice
Why it matched: both story-rich and relaxing; shares 11 player tags including Romance, Dating Sim and Choices Matter.
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
LoveChoice at a glance Released 2021 Studio Akaba Studio Player sentiment 92% positive of 36,611 Price $1.99 RomanceDating SimChoices MatterStory RichVisual NovelMultiple EndingsGreat SoundtrackCasual
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Rewrite
Why it matched: both story-rich and relaxing; shares 10 player tags including Visual Novel, Anime and Casual; released around the same time (2011).
In this city built upon the ideal coexistence of civilization and the environment, Tennouji Kotarou spends his days with his friends, Kanbe Kotori and Yoshino Haruhiko. In this peaceful city, a tumultuous event shakes the foundations of Kazamatsuri once a year.
Rewrite at a glance Released 2011 Studio Key Player sentiment 95% positive of 783 Price $49.99 Visual NovelAnimeCasualDating Sim2DComedyRomanceChoices Matter
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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Visual Novel, Anime and Dating Sim.
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! at a glance Released 2021 Studio Team Salvato Player sentiment 97% positive of 32,198 Price $14.99 Visual NovelAnimeDating SimRomanceStory RichMultiple Endings2DIndie
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Tricolour Lovestory
Why it matched: both story-rich and relaxing; shares 10 player tags including Visual Novel, Dating Sim and Mature; released around the same time (2017).
Time flies and never comes back. But with an incredible 1-million-word script and 100+ original CGs, this game will take you back to when you were young, simple and pure. Go and get the love of your life back, start something new, or end everything in flame, that's for you to decide!
Tricolour Lovestory at a glance Released 2017 Studio HL-Galgame Player sentiment 81% positive of 28,058 Price $1.99 Visual NovelDating SimMatureNudityAnimeCasualGreat SoundtrackRomance
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Eternal Senia
Why it matched: both story-rich and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Anime, Free to Play and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2015).
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Eternal Senia at a glance Released 2015 Studio Sanctum Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 12,057 Price Free AnimeFree to PlayGreat SoundtrackIndieStory Rich2DMultiple EndingsCasual
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Undertale
Why it matched: both psychological and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Story Rich and Choices Matter; released around the same time (2015).
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
Undertale at a glance Released 2015 Studio 8-4 Player sentiment 96% positive of 338,731 Price $9.99 Great SoundtrackStory RichChoices MatterMultiple EndingsIndie2DComedyReplay Value
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Emily is Away
Why it matched: both story-rich and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Free to Play, Story Rich and Choices Matter; released around the same time (2015).
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Emily is Away at a glance Released 2015 Studio Kyle Seeley Player sentiment 89% positive of 32,339 Price Free Free to PlayStory RichChoices MatterIndieCasualVisual NovelRomanceDating Sim
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Visual Novel, Multiple Endings and Story Rich.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty at a glance Released 2024 Studio 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame) Player sentiment 94% positive of 59,944 Price $9.99 Visual NovelMultiple EndingsStory RichDating SimAnimeRomanceMysteryCasual
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Muv-Luv
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Visual Novel, Anime and Romance.
One of the most highly-acclaimed visual novel series arrives on Steam, newly revamped and officially in English! An interdimensional love story that takes high school romance on a roller-coaster ride through the depths of despair, culminating in a sci-fi grand finale of epic proportions.
Muv-Luv at a glance Released 2003 Studio âge Player sentiment 93% positive of 2,078 Price $11.99 Visual NovelAnimeRomanceStory RichComedyCasualNudityGreat Soundtrack
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Life Is Strange
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Choices Matter and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2015).
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Life Is Strange at a glance Released 2015 Studio Don’t Nod Player sentiment 96% positive of 175,705 Price Free Story RichChoices MatterGreat SoundtrackMultiple EndingsMysteryIndieCasual
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Firewatch
Why it matched: both psychological, story-rich and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Mystery and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Firewatch at a glance Released 2016 Studio Campo Santo Player sentiment 91% positive of 99,328 Price $19.99 Story RichMysteryIndieGreat SoundtrackComedyMatureCasual
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Crush Crush
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 10 player tags including Nudity, Free to Play and Dating Sim; released around the same time (2016).
Welcome to Crush Crush - the Idle Dating Sim! Meet, flirt, and fall in love with a motley cast of girls in this heartfelt and hilarious game.
Crush Crush at a glance Released 2016 Studio Sad Panda Studios Player sentiment 89% positive of 28,492 Price Free NudityFree to PlayDating SimAnimeMatureRomanceVisual NovelCasual
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Kanon
Why it matched: both story-rich and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Casual, Visual Novel and Dating Sim.
A tale of small miracles in a snow-covered town— Kanon, the very first game from visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring HD visuals and full voice support! (The protagonist is only voiced in certain scenes.)
Kanon at a glance Released 1999 Studio Key Player sentiment 98% positive of 478 Price $29.99 CasualVisual NovelDating Sim2DAnimeRomanceMultiple EndingsChoices Matter
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Air
Why it matched: both story-rich and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Casual, Visual Novel and Dating Sim.
Summer stretches on endlessly. Beneath the vast blue sky. Beneath the air in which she awaits— AIR, the second game released by visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring the side story novel, "First Sky Chapter" and full voice support!
Air at a glance Released 2000 Studio Key Player sentiment 98% positive of 848 Price $29.99 CasualVisual NovelDating Sim2DAnimeRomanceMultiple EndingsChoices Matter
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Fate/stay night
Why it matched: both psychological and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Visual Novel, Anime and Story Rich.
Seek the root of the Fate franchise. Return to where it all began.
Fate/stay night at a glance Released 2004 Studio Type‐Moon Player sentiment 96% positive of 4,865 Price $29.99 Visual NovelAnimeStory RichMultiple Endings2DChoices MatterGreat SoundtrackRomance
Common questions
What game is most like Everlasting Summer?
The Fruit of Grisaia, on the evidence we have. It both psychological, story-rich and relaxing. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Everlasting Summer" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Everlasting Summer. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.