Games Like School Days

In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?

Why similar: Life Sim 65.4%, Dating Sim 18.4%, Casual 8.3%, Cute 4.4%, Strategy 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This life simulation game perfectly mirrors the pressure and cultural nuances of growing up in a Chinese academic environment.

This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?

Why similar: Life Sim 18.9%, Emotional 13.7%, Dating Sim 11.5%, Management 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep life-simulation experience where your choices throughout your school years directly shape your future and personality.

Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!

Why similar: Emotional 27.5%, 1990's 21.7%, Drama 20.3%, Multiple Endings 19%, Story Rich 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the nostalgic essence of Chinese school life through a narrative-heavy, choice-driven adventure.

Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!

Why similar: Life Sim 32.7%, Dating Sim 19.9%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Drama 8%

Why You'll Like It: A robust raising simulator that emphasizes character development and the long-term impact of your daily decisions.

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.

Why similar: Dating Sim 79.8%, Story Rich 20.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines school-based time management with tactical combat and complex relationship dynamics.

A campus simulation game full of tons of surprising interactive gameplay elements along the way.

Why similar: Dating Sim 28.1%, Life Sim 25%, Romance 12.6%, Drama 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style school life simulator that allows for extensive freedom in how you spend your time and build relationships.

A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.

Why similar: Emotional 27.3%, Dating Sim 24.1%, Story Rich 18.6%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Visual Novel 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive school-life simulator that balances academic responsibilities with deep, meaningful relationship building.

Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 32.6%, Drama 30.4%, Story Rich 28.7%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: While set in a prison, its core mechanics of time management, social navigation, and skill building are highly similar to school life sims.

"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 38.6%, Drama 35.8%, Story Rich 25.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-rich detective game that features a strong Chinese cultural setting and engaging character-driven storytelling.

Princess Maker 2 Refine is a life simulation game which you play as a father of a girl, who had descended from the star. You have 8 years to raise your daughter from age 10 to 18 – your daughter will grow into her adulthood through various experiences.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 31%, Life Sim 26%, Management 22.5%, Cute 7.6%, Visual Novel 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational raising simulator that established the core mechanics of balancing stats, time, and emotional growth.

Experience a hilarious and adorable e-commerce game in a magical world where humans and monsters are at war. Help a humble rabbit fairy expand her online store selling homegrown carrots. Uncover hidden secrets while growing the business and becoming a successful entrepreneur.

Why similar: Dating Sim 19.9%, Life Sim 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 11.8%, Management 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends management simulation with visual novel elements to create a charming and engaging experience.

Hero's Adventure:Road to Passion is a wuxia open-world RPG. You will commence your journey as an underdog in the tumultuous Martial World and will be met with a wide array of choices as you navigate your own heroic saga.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 33.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.6%, Drama 22.8%, Strategy 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world RPG that offers immense freedom in character progression and choice-based narrative outcomes.

Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.

Why similar: Visual Novel 47.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Cute 9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes raising simulator where every choice is critical to your survival and success in a complex social environment.

Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.

Why similar: Drama 30.2%, Story Rich 26.7%, 1990's 26.5%, Strategy 16.5%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich RPG that emphasizes character development and the impact of your actions on the world around you.

Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Demon-Slayer, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means and refine your strategies based on the predictions of Oracles. Your choices will determine which employees become enamored with you.

Why similar: Dating Sim 34.4%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Roguelite 9.8%, Cute 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique management simulation that incorporates dating-sim and visual novel mechanics for a diverse gameplay loop.

A young single man returns to his hometown and takes over the family's matchmaking business. Matchmaking Inc. is a modern-themed RPG designed for men that combines gameplay elements of simulation management and text adventure.

Why similar: Dating Sim 29.4%, Management 17.1%, Romance 16.4%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Story Rich 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A casual dating-sim that utilizes time management mechanics to drive its narrative forward.

Bully tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.

Why similar: Story Rich 100%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world simulation that captures the social hierarchy and daily routines of school life.

From the creators of Angel Beats! and CLANNAD, Key, comes their latest emotional, award-winning journey. Follow protagonist Takahara Hairi as he travels to the secluded island Torishirojima, where he rediscovers what it means to enjoy summer vacation.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Emotional 24.8%, Dating Sim 17.2%, Romance 10.5%, Casual 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional visual novel set in a nostalgic school environment that focuses on deep character bonds.

Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.3%, Emotional 16%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Romance 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional visual novel that focuses on school life, personal growth, and building deep relationships with classmates.

Players follow Lu Yuan through important stages of his life and experience his growth trajectory from youth to maturity. It will take you to relive those decisions that you have never tried to make in reality, and feel the different life brought about by each choice.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.7%, Life Sim 16.7%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Drama 16%, Visual Novel 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic narrative experience where your choices dictate the path of your character's life.

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.

Why similar: Story Rich 58.4%, Multiple Endings 37.8%, Casual 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven experience that captures the complexities of high school relationships and the weight of difficult choices.

Dive into a massive 2-million-word immersive life sim. Use card-based strategies to survive office politics, rise from a rookie intern to a business tycoon, and find true love. Career, Romance, Wealth—why choose when you can have it all?

Why similar: Life Sim 27.4%, Dating Sim 25.6%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Story Rich 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Emotional 28.9%, Multiple Endings 19.3%, Story Rich 15.1%, Casual 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional narrative experience that focuses on listening to characters and building relationships through simple, meaningful interactions.

想书写你的龙傲天修仙人生吗？《轮回修仙传》是一款以修仙为题材的多结局多周目轮回式Roguelike人生模拟类游戏。沉浸式体验「我命由我不由天」的逆袭剧本，经历一世又一世的劫难，轮回点化作登仙台阶，结识修仙路上的红颜道侣，合理规划你的修炼和行动，不断突破境界，直到你一拳轰碎这天道约束！

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.2%, Life Sim 18.1%, Drama 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Roguelite 11.5%

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.

Why similar: Dating Sim 35%, Visual Novel 27.6%, Romance 16.5%, Cute 10.2%, Story Rich 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A school-based visual novel that uses narrative subversion to create a powerful and memorable emotional experience.

《龙胤立志传》是一款融合门派经营的开放江湖武侠游戏。在各大门派割据一方的神州之上，你可以自由驰骋，历经奇遇，修炼神功，踏上行侠仗义或行凶作恶之路，也可以经营自己的门派，攻城略地，称霸一方，最终谱写一段独一无二的武林传奇。

Why similar: Management 35.6%, Drama 34.7%, Story Rich 18.5%, Strategy 11.2%

《觅长生》是一款想要还原真实修仙世界的开放世界角色扮演游戏。 在这里，你可以体验到从零开始一步步积攒修为突破境界的逆天修仙之旅，也可以体验到那些充满修仙味的故事和剧情。当然也少不了寻求奇遇、探索秘境，更可以和游戏中的角色互动，与人为善或是杀人夺宝全都由你自己抉择。

Why similar: Drama 50.4%, Roguelite 18.2%, Strategy 16.2%, Story Rich 15.2%

昏君误国，怨声载道，无数野心家暗起反心。在京城一家青楼的掩饰下，你培养手下、积攒钱财、收集情报、建立人脉，等待兵变夺权的最好时机……《风信楼》是一部拥有海量选项和丰富剧情的高自由度养成游戏——百种不同结局，尽在你的选择之中。

Why similar: Drama 13%, Resource Management 12.9%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Emotional 12%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

在本作中，“你”化身为即将迎来毕业季的男主顾易，在对未来的迷茫与憧憬中，你将与六位性格迥异、各具魅力的女生发生一连串的故事，她们或是鬼马少女、或是温柔甜心、猫系娇女、豆腐西施，千娇百媚、亦幻亦真，敬过往。

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Emotional 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%

"Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms" is a single-player RPG where you shape the Three Kingdoms era. Choose to be a ruler, a loyal advisor, or a cunning mercenary. Marry, build homes, or train in martial arts. Restore peace through diplomacy or conquer with mighty armies.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 43.1%, Drama 26.6%, Strategy 18.3%, Story Rich 12%

You will take on the role of the Second Prince of Xuan, heir of the Southern Regime. With foreign invaders entrenched in the north and a complacent court content to linger in the south, you face a defining choice:The choice… is yours!

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.7%, Immersive Sim 26.2%, Strategy 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Drama 12.8%

This is a wild and unpredictable life simulator, filled with laughter, banter, and endless possibilities. A strategy game that blends deck-building roguelike mechanics with Luck Be a Landlord-style gameplay. Shape your own life story from 400+ unique events and a deck of 380+ cards!

Why similar: Life Sim 28.9%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Management 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Roguelite 10.8%

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?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.3%, Emotional 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Drama 17.4%, Story Rich 9.2%

《College Diaries》 is a simulation game set against the backdrop of college life. Players take on the role of a college freshman, shaping their college career by choosing different majors, joining various clubs, participating in campus activities.

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.5%, Life Sim 19.9%, Emotional 12.5%, Visual Novel 11%, Drama 10.4%

這裡是「學園」，一所瀰漫著黑色霧氣的怪異校園，而你，失去所有記憶的你，將成為這所校園中唯一的教師，並與四名學生一同生活，並逃離這所由黑霧砌成的牢籠。

Why similar: Dating Sim 27.3%, Lore-Rich 24%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Drama 17.9%, Story Rich 7.8%

你将扮演一名转校的大学生，在全新的大学校园中，邂逅两位截然不同的女生，体验不同寻常的校园恋爱。在爱与恨的重重迷雾中，你将一步步走入她们的内心，抽丝剥茧地了解她们背后的故事，选出只属于你最终结局。

Why similar: Immersive Sim 29.1%, Dating Sim 27.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Emotional 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

Path of Kung Fu is a Wuxia RPG that blends classic martial arts storytelling with open-world freedom. Master kung fu, navigate the Jianghu's bloody conflicts, and rise from a novice to a legendary hero. Subscribe to top-rated Workshop MODs to elevate your experience to the next level!

Why similar: Dating Sim 33.4%, Lore-Rich 30.9%, Drama 22.9%, Story Rich 12.7%

Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.

Why similar: Life Sim 34.5%, Emotional 13.6%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 10.4%, Romance 8.7%

The Matchless Kungfu is an open world sandbox RPG game based on a WuXia background. You can play any martial arts role you imagine in this wild world. Travel through the great wilderness, or be the leader of the group. The most important thing is, build your own story and live the experience!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

The player will play the role of an older unmarried young man Lao Wang, because of the lack of money for marriage in thinking of ways to accidentally be attracted by the pop-up ads of an online game endorsed by a certain celebrity, and the gears of destiny began to turn at that moment.

Why similar: Life Sim 45.3%, Roguelite 23.1%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Story Rich 9.2%, Casual 4.9%

《万象群侠传》是一款轻量型的PC单机武侠角色扮演小游戏。我们构建了一个轻松纯粹的武侠江湖。在这里，你可以邂逅红颜知己，结交各路英侠，修炼各家武学，踏上一段段充满奇遇的江湖之旅。

Why similar: Drama 40.5%, Multiple Endings 32.8%, Story Rich 26.7%

*** This game is only available in Chinese *** 《明星志愿3》融合模拟、养成、冒险与益智，玩家扮演经纪人，处于旗下艺人被挖角、父亲心脏病发、公司负债上千万即将倒闭等困境，必须发掘培养出具潜质的明日之星来力挽狂澜。身为经纪人的玩家除了替明星安排行程、充当保姆跟着艺人跑通告之外，还必须辛苦地在游戏中的大小场景东奔西走，找寻新人、替艺人争取曝光的机会。

Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.2%, Dating Sim 21%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Drama 10.2%, Life Sim 9.7%

Demonic Mahjong is a Roguelike deckbuilding game inspired by the timeless mechanics of Mahjong. Masterfully use the tiles in your hand to craft powerful combinations, reach staggering high scores, and develop strategies that are uniquely your own!

Why similar: Strategy 45.7%, Drama 31.8%, Casual 22.5%

In this first FMV game about emotional fraud, you’ll face their true colors. As a hunter of hearts, strike back against a secret network of gold diggers. Unmask lies, evade traps, and let revenge ignite. Will they burn—or you? Or could love still rise from the ashes? The choice is yours to make.

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Drama 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Lore-Rich 10%, Multiple Endings 9.8%

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.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 33.1%, Dating Sim 24.8%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Drama 16.5%, Strategy 4.8%

Tale of Immortal is an open-world sandbox based on Chinese mythology and cultivation. You will grow to become immortal, conquer the beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Season, make your choices carefully and grasp your own destiny.

Why similar: Dating Sim 34.8%, Management 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Story Rich 11.9%

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.

Why similar: Dating Sim 22%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Drama 12.6%, Romance 11.5%

Getting a girl-friend before National College Entrance Exam, I know it's crazy, but from today, we will face everything together.

Why similar: Dating Sim 41.6%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Romance 13.8%, Cute 3.8%

（“Steam成就”现已推出，当前已更新15个免费玩法资料片）《下一站江湖Ⅱ》是白玉京工作室研发的第二款3D单机武侠游戏，是一款包含了沙盒式的剧情主角养成、无缝大地图任意采集建造模拟经营、骑砍Like式门派霸图玩法的开放世界游戏，无内购、可离网游玩！

Why similar: Multiple Endings 51.4%, Story Rich 28.8%, Strategy 19.8%

E-sports Godfather is a Deck-building game simulating MOBA e-sports. You will play a role as team coach and build your team. You need to train players and make strategies in various game versions, beat other teams and finally, take the Champion of the World. Be nobody, or lead your team to dominate!

Why similar: Management 69%, Strategy 24.4%, Casual 6.7%

Play as the protagonist – a university student with a "superpowered romance system" who attracts six captivating women. Your choices will shape relationships through a branching storyline, allowing you to choose between loyal love or multiple endings. Experience a transformative romantic journey.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.9%, Dating Sim 17.6%, Life Sim 17.2%, Romance 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%

Ho Tu Lo Shu: The Books of Dragon offers a highly freedom to play in an wuxia style open world. With realistic art style and rich character development, you can explore a vast wuxia world and create your own adventure with the company of various memorable characters.

Why similar: Moddable 35.5% ★, Dating Sim 22%, Multiple Endings 21.3%, Story Rich 12.8%, Strategy 8.3%

This is a Interactive Live-Action Game. You will travel back in time to become a noble Highness and experience the local customs and practices of ancient times. A series of your choices will influence the development trajectory of this world.

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.9%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, Visual Novel 10%, Drama 9.7%

欢迎走进柿树学园，这座全市瞩目的学习殿堂。与同学们齐心协力，办好这里历史悠久的「烟火大会」的重任，即将被你背负在肩上。从高一至高二，在这段有笑有泪的时光中，你将收获毕生难忘的友情与成长。

Why similar: Drama 23.4%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Romance 15.7%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Emotional 11.1%

The young master of Hu Yan Men, SITU's peaceful life has been overturned, by a sudden massacre. The Windstop Strategy is a region-suppressing strategy RPG.As the new leader of Hu Yan Men, can you bring glory back and dominate the Windstop Valley？

Why similar: Moddable 25.6% ★, Dating Sim 21.2%, Emotional 15.5%, Drama 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.8%

《古龙风云录》是一款大型武侠RPG，拥有古龙作品授权，还原古龙笔下武侠世界。玩家在武侠世界里探索百态江湖，体验超百万字剧情，奇遇各路豪侠，选择并养成你的伙伴，最终一起解开当年回雁峰谜团……

Why similar: Lore-Rich 30.7%, Dating Sim 28.5%, Drama 20%, Story Rich 12.8%, Strategy 8%

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.

Why similar: Dating Sim 25.5%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Emotional 10.4%

长篇×乙女向×模拟养成 欢迎来到星之诗学院！追求梦想的你，就是未来最璀璨的明星。——九种职业路线，七位可攻略角色，丰富的游戏系统，打造独一无二的演艺圈传奇。

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Romance 13%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%

This is a text adventure game that combines the gameplay of desktop pets and mini-games. You can advance the plot by clicking on the dialogue, or play mini-games to accumulate values to trigger new plots, and you can also cultivate your favorite characters by hanging up.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Multiple Endings 26.7%, Story Rich 10.1%