Games like Watch out, the Doors are Closing
Looking for games like Watch out, the Doors are Closing? Here are top casual simulation recommendations with a drama and comedy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with What Comes After, Sickness or Kiss the Demiurge.
1 86%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalreplayability, grinding92% User Score 900 reviewsCritic Score 73%4 reviewsWhat Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back. From the creator of Coffee Talk, in collaboration with Rolling Glory Jam, the creator of Rage in Peace.
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94%Game Brain Scorestory, humorgraphics, character development94% User Score 124 reviewsSickness is a visual novel centering around Suoh Tesla, an amoral high school student whose life is rapidly deteriorating. Following the deaths of his parents, a brief stay in the hospital, and the emergence of his “Sickness”, his daily life quickly devolves from carefree school days to a life of crime.
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78%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalmusic100% User Score 29 reviewsMinori is a mage tasked with hiding magic from the world. She has spurned love in the pursuit of her mission. One day she meets a group of three girls obsessed with magic. Will she stop them from discovering real magic? Or will she fall for their charms? Find out in this dramatic girls-love story.
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71%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgameplay, optimization100% User Score 22 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsBorn with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
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93%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, optimization95% User Score 3,010 reviewsCritic Score 91%5 reviewsA gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. The House in Fata Morgana is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
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99%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalreplayability, stability99% User Score 4,352 reviewsI Wani Hug that Gator! Is a choice-driven narrative about teenagers struggling to find their way. Help Inco, loser highschooler extraordinaire, navigate his budding friendships (and romance!) while surviving being the only human in a dinosaur-filled school.
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96%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability96% User Score 11,075 reviews‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A romance/horror story about life, death, and memes. A shift in perspective can change everything.
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94%Game Brain Scorestory, humorstability, grinding94% User Score 2,710 reviewsThe 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.
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90%Game Brain Scorestory, musiccharacter development, gameplay90% User Score 353 reviewsYou play as Azai Kyousuke, the son of an infamous gangster. Kyousuke knows what he likes and lets nothing stand in his way in getting what he wants. Referred to as God by his classmates, he often enjoys listening to Bach and "working" part time for his stepfather. But when a beautiful girl named Usami Haru appears in town along with an international criminal known as "Maou," they bring with them…
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89%Game Brain Scorestory, musicoptimization, stability89% User Score 1,214 reviewsCritic Score 76%2 reviewsNecrobarista is a gorgeous 3D visual novel about a supernatural Melbourne cafe where the dead spend their last night on Earth. Utilizing a unique anime-inspired aesthetic, Necrobarista places a focus on the usage of animation and cinematography to provide a cinematic experience that draws players into a visually and narratively captivating adventure. Through a series of vignettes, Necrobarista pre…
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