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 56.3%, Dating Sim 16.6%, Education 11.3%, Casual 7%, Cute 4.9%

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 17.3%, Emotional 12.2%, 1990's 11.5%, Dating Sim 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%

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.

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%, Dating Sim 20.7%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Visual Novel 10%

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

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: 1990's 38.4%, Emotional 35%, Multiple Endings 26.6%

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

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 47.5%, Character Customization 28.6%, Female Protagonist 23.9%

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

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 31.6%, Dating Sim 30.1%, Multiple Endings 22.8%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Strategy 7.2%

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

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

Why similar: Dating Sim 40.3%, Life Sim 34%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Cute 9.6%, Casual 3.6%

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.

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 76.7%, Strategy 23.3%

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 91.4%, Visual Novel 8.6%

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 26.2%, Life Sim 21.1%, Management 18.3%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Cute 7.8%

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

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.5%, Multiple Endings 37.9%, Strategy 19.8%, Character Customization 2.7%

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 31.4%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 10%, Strategy 9.4%

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: 1990's 62.5%, Strategy 37.5%

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

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 24.8%, Life Sim 21.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Management 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%

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

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 38.9%, Management 21.7%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Cute 11.2%, Casual 7.8%

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

Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Spirit Hunter, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means and refine your strategies based on the predictions of Oracles. All employees can be romanced depending on your choices.

Why similar: Dating Sim 35.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Roguelite 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Cute 11.2%

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

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 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 33.2%, Emotional 30%, Dating Sim 22.4%, Casual 10.3%, Multiple Endings 4.1%

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 25.3%, Emotional 18.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%

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 24.6%, Dating Sim 21.4%, Life Sim 20.5%, 1990's 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%

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: Female Protagonist 56.6%, Multiple Endings 39.8%, Casual 3.7%

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

Raise your daughter while she attends a magical academy. Choose which classes she attends, jobs she does, training she undergoes, and more in a character raising sim packed full of story and over 50 endings to reach. How she grows up to be the world's cutest princess depends on you!

Why similar: Life Sim 28.3%, Dating Sim 23.5%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%

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 33.8%, Emotional 33.6%, Multiple Endings 24.7%, Casual 8%

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

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 47.2%, Visual Novel 33.5%, Cute 17.1%, Casual 2.1%

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

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 27.6%, Dating Sim 27.2%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Cute 9.4%

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 25.3%, Life Sim 21.3%, Roguelite 19.1%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Visual Novel 9.8%

《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: Character Customization 37.7%, Roguelite 34.7%, Strategy 27.6%

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: Lore-Rich 19.2%, Resource Management 19%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Emotional 16%, Visual Novel 14.4%

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 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Immersive Sim 18.4%, Emotional 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%

《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 74%, Strategy 26%

"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 48.7%, Strategy 26.5%, Character Customization 24.7%

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 26.3%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Roguelite 14.3%, Management 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.5%

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 31.7%, Lore-Rich 30.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Moddable 11.5% ★, Strategy 7.2%

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 49%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Cute 5.5%, Casual 3.2%

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 34.3%, Roguelite 25.5%, Character Customization 22.3%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Casual 3.6%

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 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Emotional 21.9%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Strategy 9.4%

You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.

Why similar: Dating Sim 19.4%, Lore-Rich 15.9%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

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 28.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Emotional 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%

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: Lore-Rich 50.5%, Dating Sim 49.5%

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: Character Customization 62.5%, Strategy 37.5%

《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 28.6%, Life Sim 26.3%, Emotional 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13%

You, the "sole male student" at a women's university, are about to embark on a sweet and laughter-filled campus love journey from a first-person perspective! How will you resist the temptations of the beauties and create your own legend in this girls' school?

Why similar: Dating Sim 39.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%

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 28.8%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Multiple Endings 20.6%, Emotional 12.2%, Cute 9.7%

Beast Saga is an open-world RPG set in a martial arts universe where you play as a young wolf tribe member named Lang Jiusi. Immerse yourself in a world of free exploration, gathering, crafting, life skills, martial arts cultivation, forming alliances and experiencing unique Jianghu adventures.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 63.2%, Cute 36.8%

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 33%, Immersive Sim 29%, Strategy 21.1%, Multiple Endings 17%

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 34.2%, Emotional 13.1%, Resource Management 12.4%, Management 10.5%, Character Customization 9.6%

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 41.2%, Dating Sim 28.2%, Multiple Endings 24.1%, Strategy 6.5%

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 72.8%, Casual 27.2%

Sweet Home is a visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Parted friendships, ambiguous romances, tangled relationships, and flawed families... Are these just the pangs of adolescence—or something heavier? Step into the shoes of Zhao Ying, shape her choices, and uncover every possible path.

Why similar: Dating Sim 26.2%, Female Protagonist 22.4%, Emotional 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

A youth to his student era,, 、awakening a Temporal Love System. With wingman Tong Jincheng, he navigates campus innocence and corporate battles using future intel. Bonds with 7 girls across timelines—witness you from bike to AMG. Can spacetime's equation balance love and ambition?

Why similar: Dating Sim 30.5%, Emotional 18.5%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%

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 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%

"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.

Why similar: Dating Sim 36.7%, Roguelite 29.7%, Strategy 25.3%, Casual 8.3%

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 23.5%, Dating Sim 20.7%, Life Sim 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Female Protagonist 7.8%

（“Steam成就”现已推出，当前已更新16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 100%

"Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story" is a sound novel game where you work alongside Satone, a girl who loves writing stories. Customize lo-fi music, ambient sounds, and landscapes to create a focused environment. As you deepen your bond with Satone, you may discover a special connection with her.

Why similar: Education 22.1%, Life Sim 20.7%, Immersive Sim 19.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.4%

Tale of Wuxia has been dedicated to providing gameplayers with a player-defined platform, where they can customize their own Wuxia. Instead of being restricted to characters’ basic properties, in this new version, gameplayers can also choose the personalities and talents of their own.

Why similar: Dating Sim 42.4%, Multiple Endings 28%, Strategy 23.7%, Casual 5.9%

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 32.6% ★, Dating Sim 21.1%, Emotional 14.3%, Character Customization 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11%

College Craze is a female gaze adult dating and life simulation game. Find endless sexy possibilities for your own college experience at Sugardale U with your custom female MC, the branching story structure, and +25 love interests. No fade-to-black scenes here, so enroll today!

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.4%, Life Sim 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Lore-Rich 9.2%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.6%, Visual Novel 30.3%, Multiple Endings 29.1%