24 games ranked by how much the tags Steam players vote on them overlap with The Dawn is Inevitable's. A rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store, and popularity never moves a game up.
What they share most: Word Game, Interactive Fiction, Text-Based, Visual Novel, Dynamic Narration, Narration.

1·Aliya: Timelink
83% match · Word Game, Interactive Fiction
98% of 9,706 reviews positive

2·Whisper Books
82% match · Dynamic Narration, Word Game
76% of 96 reviews positive

3·Guilt Free
78% match · Text-Based, Narration
85% of 295 reviews positive

4·Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
78% match · Word Game, Text-Based
93% of 1,009 reviews positive

5·迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa
77% match · Word Game, Text-Based
75% of 1,054 reviews positive

6·Tales of the Mirror
77% match · Word Game, Hand-drawn
55% of 265 reviews positive

7·Knell of St. Godhrkar
77% match · Word Game, Text-Based
93% of 1,590 reviews positive

8·Last Days
76% match · Word Game, Text-Based
94% of 198 reviews positive

9·Re: LieF ~ Shin'ainaru Anata e~
76% match · Word Game, Interactive Fiction
93% of 938 reviews positive

10·Roadwarden
75% match · Text-Based, Interactive Fiction
94% of 5,222 reviews positive

11·Far Away
75% match · Word Game, Interactive Fiction
95% of 8,201 reviews positive

12·Kyle is Famous: Complete Edition
75% match · Dynamic Narration, Text-Based
91% of 1,388 reviews positive

13·Myths of Rules
75% match · Word Game, Nonlinear
88% of 1,050 reviews positive

14·Ghost in the pool
75% match · Dynamic Narration, Text-Based
78% of 357 reviews positive

15·Nodes Escape
74% match · Word Game, Text-Based
85% of 557 reviews positive

16·Vampires' Melody 2
74% match · Word Game, Interactive Fiction
87% of 1,032 reviews positive

17·Athanasy
74% match · Dynamic Narration, Text-Based
97% of 572 reviews positive

18·Homicipher
74% match · Word Game, Text-Based
97% of 8,350 reviews positive

19·At Eve’s Wake Definitive Edition
74% match · Dynamic Narration, Interactive Fiction
84% of 45 reviews positive

20·Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring
73% match · Word Game, Interactive Fiction
95% of 7,059 reviews positive

21·Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
73% match · Text-Based, Crime
92% of 2,979 reviews positive

22·目盲/Blind
73% match · Word Game, Visual Novel
85% of 914 reviews positive

23·My monstrous roommate. (étude)
73% match · Word Game, Text-Based
94% of 63 reviews positive

24·副作用之瞳-Tlicolity Eyes-
73% match · Word Game, Text-Based
64% of 160 reviews positive
The closest matches to The Dawn is Inevitable on Steam are Aliya: Timelink, Whisper Books, Guilt Free, Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love, 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Dawn is Inevitable's, and shared tags include Word Game, Interactive Fiction, Text-Based.
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Word Game, Interactive Fiction, Text-Based count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches The Dawn is Inevitable's. Popularity never affects the ranking.