13 Games Like Yandere Simulator

Games Like Yandere Simulator These games like Yandere Simulator feature stealth action gameplay where you gather information and silently eliminate enemies in unique settings.

Yandere Simulator follows the daily activities of schoolgirl Ayano Aishi, referred to as Yandere-chan. Central to the game is her obsession with a boy at her school nicknamed Senpai with a Senpai shrine of stolen items in your bedroom. Unfortunately for you Senpai is quite popular and over the course of 10 weeks you’ll have to eliminate your 10 rivals to prevent them from confessing their love to Senpai before you can.

Eliminating in Yandere Simulator includes murder, social sabotage and blackmail although all have to be secretly completed to maintain your innocent schoolgirl persona. If players are caught doing an activity they’ll lose reputation at school and a game over heart broken screen if caught committing a murder. While still under development the eventual game release will be a sandbox stealth title which allows players to alter their approach and achieve their rival elimination goals in multiple ways.

The games like Yandere Simulator selected here feature similar mechanics including sandbox design, stealth, unique settings and school simulation that require you to collect information, eliminate targets or explore school based game worlds.
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Thief: Deadly Shadows

Thief: Deadly Shadows continues the high standard of stealth gameplay set by the previous games in the franchise and was released in 2004 for Windows and the Xbox (and eventually backwards compatible with Xbox 360). Marking the third game in the franchise you’ll find both a familiar and fresh stealth focused experience with the most notably improvement an open city available for exploration in between your core missions. One thing that is unchanged though is Garrett who makes a return as t...[Read Review]

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Hitman: Blood Money

Hitman: Blood Money is the fourth game in the popular series of Hitman stealth video games and lets you jump into the shoes of Agent 47 once again. Just like in previous iterations of the series players will accept a number of hits as Agent 47 that come from a number of different clients. These range from simple hits like your first assignment against an amusement park owner to more high profile hits as you advance through the game. Each hit intertwines with your own story and eventually has you...[Read Review]

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Hitman: Absolution

Hitman: Absolution is a stealth based game that belongs to the popular Hitman series. The game will have you slowly calculating your next move in a variety of assassination style missions. The game world is set in the aftermath of the previous game (Hitman: Blood Money). Players will play as Agent 47 as they hunt down their old handler Diana Burnwood and then fulfil her dying wish by protecting Victoria from The Agency. From here the player goes rogue themselves and continues their role as a hit...[Read Review]

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High School Simulator GirlA

Explore the wide reaching school grounds and classrooms of High School Simulator GirlA in a mobile sandbox title that lets you control a high school student on both iOS and Android devices. Spawning in your primary classroom High School Simulator GirlA has one of the most expansive worlds to explore when compared to similar titles in this niche genre. With the sandbox focus players are free to do anything although the primary intended objective revolves around players killing other students with...[Read Review]

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Bully: Scholarship Edition

Bully is a Rockstar Games classic of the action adventure genre and explores the unique setting of a school where players are given control of a rebel teenager. Released in 2006 for PlayStation 2 the game has seen several re-releases including a remastered version (Scholarship Edition) for various platforms and a mobile version (Anniversary Edition). In Bully players play as James (Jimmy) Hopkins who has a history of misbehaviour and has just been dumped at the boarding school Bullworth Academy ...[Read Review]

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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 is a Japanese RPG that has you taking on the role of a high school student. The game originally launched on PlayStation 2 in 2008 and received an enhanced Golden edition in 2012 for the PlayStation Vita before expanding further in 2023 releases on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox consoles. The game is set in a rural town with emphasis on the high school and its students. Players take control of one of these high school students who has recently moved from a l...[Read Review]

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Lucius

Playing as the son of the devil himself Lucius explores the darker side of gaming with a horror game revolving around stealth and psychological elements. Stepping into the small shoes of Lucious, a 6 year old boy created by Lucifer your objective is to murder the members of the household. As a young boy you’ll rely on your dark mind control powers and the objects within the house to make each new death seem like an accident. Belonging to a rich family ensures there are plenty of adults aro...[Read Review]

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Thief (2014)

Thief revives the classic Thief series with a 2014 release in this stealth based franchise that seeks to return gamers to the roots of the series with Garrett taking centre stage once again in this sneaky adventure. With the wealth of hardware improvements since the original classic you’ll be welcomed with a familiar adventure that proves far more immersive, challenging and ultimately engaging for the stealth player. Just like the previous games in this Thief franchise you’ve got a dark fa...[Read Review]

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Taking the popular Metal Gear Solid franchise further with the ninth core game in the stealth franchise players will lead the familiar mercenary of Snake through a campaign in Soviet occupied territory. Advancing the story nine years after the events of the previous game (Ground Zeroes) you’ll tie up a number of loose ends as you advance through the levels that offer greater player freedom than past titles. Mainly focused around the Afghanistan and Angola-Zaire border with Punished (Venom)...[Read Review]

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The Ship: Murder Party

The Ship: Murder Party (and its HD remake The Ship: Remasted) are first person shooters orientated around the art of deception on a luxury ship. Set in the late 1920s on a fancy cruise ship each player is given a mark that they’ll have to hunt down and take out while defending themselves from the one hunting them that makes for a multi layered cat and mouse adventure which creates a complex challenge with human opponents. The game includes both single player and multiplayer game modes with both ...[Read Review]

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7.5 User Avg (6 votes)
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Lucius II

Lucius II aims to build on the original dark adventure while also exploring sandbox type elements which allow it to overcome the limits and constraints from the original title while still allowing you to play the bad guy in your own horror like movie design. This time around it sees Lucius exploring a massive give story hospital and even portions of the small town known as Ludlow. After being the sole survivor of the fire that consumed the manor in the first game, players are taken to St. Benedi...[Read Review]

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Velvet Assassin

In Velvet Assassin you play Violette Summer, a World War II British Assassin sent alone into German territory with no official backing to disrupt the Nazi plots and help the allies win the war from behind the scenes. Velvet Assassin is inspired by the true story of British secret agent Violette Szabo who was captured during World War II and deported to Germany from the German controlled territory she was captured. Velvet Assassin begins with you in a hospital bed, with morphine syringes scattere...[Read Review]

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Party Hard

After a late night party wakes you up and renders you unable to return to sleep you decide to do what any reasonable person would do in a video game and opt to go on a rampage to silence the party. This strange setting is exactly what Party Hard throws you in as you play the role of serial killer, making sure all party goers are eliminated and allowing you to return to sleep. Originally released for computer gamers and later coming to the console environment Party Hard is a weird mixture of stea...[Read Review]

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