Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Volcano Princess (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Volcano Princess 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: Love Is All Around, which both story-rich and strategy.
- Volcano Princess is tagged Life Sim, Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, RPG, Anime, Dating Sim, Simulation, Female Protagonist 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.
- 1 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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Love Is All Around
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Dating Sim, Visual Novel and Multiple Endings; released around the same time (2023).
The player becomes Gu Yi, uses the first-person perspective to immerse himself in meeting six beauties, and embarks on a joyful and sweet love journey with them. Six girls that are charming, innocent, intelligent, wild, sexy, glamorous, who will go to the end with you is up to you to decide.
Love Is All Around at a glance Released 2023 Studio intiny Player sentiment 93% positive of 45,888 Price $9.99 Dating SimVisual NovelMultiple EndingsChoices MatterStory RichRPGDramaFemale Protagonist
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Persona 3 Reload
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 9 player tags including JRPG, RPG and Anime; released around the same time (2024).
Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.
Persona 3 Reload at a glance Released 2024 Studio ATLUS Player sentiment 94% positive of 62,647 Price $59.99 JRPGRPGAnimeDating SimStory RichStrategyVisual NovelTurn-Based Combat
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Persona 4 Golden
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 9 player tags including JRPG, Story Rich and Anime; released around the same time (2020).
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
Persona 4 Golden at a glance Released 2020 Studio ATLUS Player sentiment 97% positive of 87,112 Price $19.99 JRPGStory RichAnimeTurn-Based CombatRPGMultiple EndingsDating SimStrategy
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Sultan's Game
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Simulation and Strategy; released around the same time (2025).
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Sultan's Game at a glance Released 2025 Studio Double Cross Player sentiment 94% positive of 35,014 Price $19.99 RPGSimulationStrategyStory RichTime ManagementChoices MatterMultiple EndingsDrama
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LoveChoice
Why it matched: both story-rich; shares 10 player tags including Dating Sim, Choices Matter and Story Rich; released around the same time (2021).
"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 Dating SimChoices MatterStory RichVisual NovelMultiple EndingsCuteSimulationIndie
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Path Of Wuxia
Why it matched: both story-rich; shares 10 player tags including RPG, Indie and Female Protagonist; released around the same time (2022).
Path of Wuxia combines classic wuxia world and youthful school life with anime art style, features simulation gameplay well known by Heluo fans. Play as a young Xia who join the academy known as the Hermitic Pavilions of Xia, grow strong along with various schoolmates and seek your own path of Xia.
Path Of Wuxia at a glance Released 2022 Studio 香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司 Player sentiment 78% positive of 30,399 Price $34.99 RPGIndieFemale ProtagonistTime ManagementTurn-Based CombatChoices MatterDating SimAnime
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Octopath Traveler
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 9 player tags including RPG, JRPG and Story Rich.
Eight travelers. Eight adventures. Eight roles to play. Embark on an epic journey across the vast and wondrous world of Orsterra and discover the captivating stories of each of the eight travelers.
Octopath Traveler at a glance Released 2018 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 86% positive of 17,150 Price $59.99 RPGJRPGStory RichTurn-Based CombatStrategyAnimeChoices MatterMultiple Endings
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Persona 5 Royal
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 8 player tags including JRPG, Story Rich and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2022).
Lead the Phantom Thieves of Hearts in this award winning, stylish turn-based RPG filled with dungeon crawling, party customization, strategic combat, and Persona fusion. Explore Tokyo, build relationships, battle Shadows, and infiltrate the minds of the corrupt to make them change their ways!
Persona 5 Royal at a glance Released 2022 Studio ATLUS Player sentiment 96% positive of 138,589 Price $59.99 JRPGStory RichTurn-Based CombatAnimeRPGDating SimMultiple EndingsVisual Novel
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Library Of Ruina
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Strategy and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2021).
"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.
Library Of Ruina at a glance Released 2021 Studio ProjectMoon Player sentiment 94% positive of 44,826 Price $29.99 Story RichStrategyTurn-Based CombatIndieVisual NovelAnimeRPG
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Why it matched: both story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Visual Novel, Multiple Endings and Story Rich; released around the same time (2024).
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 SimAnimeCuteDramaRPG
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HuniePop
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Anime, Dating Sim and Cute.
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 AnimeDating SimCuteIndieRPGStory RichStrategy
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Legend of Mortal
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Choices Matter and Multiple Endings; released around the same time (2024).
The game world is set in a turbulent state and the mighty Tang-Man declines. The threats from the old enemies keep coming one after another.As a nobody, will you choose either to leave yourself out of it or to fight for Tang-Man's future and turning the tide? The journey of yours,is unpredictable.
Legend of Mortal at a glance Released 2024 Studio Obb Studio Inc. Player sentiment 76% positive of 37,783 Price $19.99 RPGChoices MatterMultiple EndingsDramaDating SimStrategyIndie
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Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
Why it matched: both story-rich; shares 8 player tags including Simulation, RPG and Time Management; released around the same time (2021).
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya at a glance Released 2021 Studio 二色幽紫蝶 Player sentiment 99% positive of 32,698 Price $4.79 SimulationRPGTime ManagementAnimeJRPGFemale ProtagonistStory RichDrama
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Metaphor: ReFantazio
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, JRPG and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2024).
After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.
Metaphor: ReFantazio at a glance Released 2024 Studio ATLUS Player sentiment 90% positive of 42,897 Price $69.99 RPGJRPGTurn-Based CombatAnimeStory RichTime ManagementStrategy
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Eternal Senia
Why it matched: both story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Anime, RPG and Female Protagonist.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Eternal Senia at a glance Released 2015 Studio Sanctum Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 12,057 Price Free AnimeRPGFemale ProtagonistIndieStory RichJRPGCuteMultiple Endings
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Mirror
Why it matched: both story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Anime, Female Protagonist and Visual Novel.
This is a game that combines match-3, GALGAME elements and beauties. If you want to learn more about those beauties, you need to best them first. How the story goes is choice-based so your choices will ultimately decide their fate.
Mirror at a glance Released 2018 Studio KAGAMI WORKS Player sentiment 96% positive of 84,022 Price $1.99 AnimeFemale ProtagonistVisual NovelDating SimRPGCuteStory RichJRPG
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The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Why it matched: both story-rich; shares 8 player tags including Story Rich, Multiple Endings and Choices Matter; released around the same time (2023).
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley at a glance Released 2023 Studio Kit9 Studio Player sentiment 96% positive of 39,241 Price $11.99 Story RichMultiple EndingsChoices MatterVisual NovelDramaHand-drawnFemale ProtagonistRPG
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Wildermyth
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Choices Matter, Story Rich and Hand-drawn; released around the same time (2021).
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Wildermyth at a glance Released 2021 Studio Worldwalker Games LLC Player sentiment 95% positive of 18,232 Price $24.99 Choices MatterStory RichHand-drawnRPGIndieStrategy
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Crusader Kings III
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Medieval and Simulation; released around the same time (2020).
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Crusader Kings III at a glance Released 2020 Studio Development Studio Player sentiment 90% positive of 143,235 Price $49.99 StrategyMedievalSimulationRPGLife SimChoices Matter
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Expeditions: Rome
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Choices Matter; released around the same time (2022).
Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?
Expeditions: Rome at a glance Released 2022 Studio Logic Artists Player sentiment 87% positive of 6,755 Price $44.99 RPGStrategyChoices MatterStory RichTurn-Based CombatFemale Protagonist
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Wartales
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Medieval and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2023).
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Wartales at a glance Released 2023 Studio Shiro Games Player sentiment 86% positive of 35,569 Price $34.99 RPGMedievalTurn-Based CombatStrategyStory RichIndie
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including JRPG, Story Rich and RPG.
Hailed as one of the largest, longest and most meticulously detailed turn-based JRPG series of all time, this first chapter in the ongoing Trails saga sets the stage for what's quickly become Ys developer Nihon Falcom's most popular and best-selling franchise in their entire 30+ year history.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky at a glance Released 2004 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 94% positive of 10,375 Price $19.99 JRPGStory RichRPGAnimeFemale ProtagonistTurn-Based CombatStrategy
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Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Simulation and Indie.
A roguelite monster-management simulation inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation, Cabin in the Woods, and Warehouse 13. Order your employees to perform work with the creatures and watch as it unfolds; harness greater energy, and expand the facility
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation at a glance Released 2018 Studio ProjectMoon Player sentiment 94% positive of 56,811 Price $24.99 Story RichSimulationIndieStrategyCuteAnimeVisual Novel
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Beholder
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Choices Matter, Strategy and Simulation.
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Beholder at a glance Released 2016 Studio Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games) Player sentiment 92% positive of 31,040 Price $13.99 Choices MatterStrategySimulationStory RichMultiple EndingsIndieRPG
Common questions
What game is most like Volcano Princess?
Love Is All Around, on the evidence we have. It both story-rich and strategy. 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 Volcano Princess" 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 Volcano Princess. 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.