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Games like Nameless: The Departed Cycle

Games like Nameless: The Departed Cycle

Games like Nameless: The Departed Cycle

Looking for games like Nameless: The Departed Cycle? Here are top action recommendations with a horror, fantasy, romance, drama, thriller and dark fantasy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Harrowed World: What's Past Is Portents, Into the Waves or My Dear Delirium.

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  1. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, gameplay
    84% User Score Based on 37 reviews

    WANT MORE VAMPIRE GAMES?Harrowed World is the shared setting and franchise of a growing number of video games and (soon) books. Wishlist 'Harrowed World: Portents In Red', our modern gothic vampire RPG and check out other Harrowed World games using the 'Check out the entire Harrowed World collection on Steam' link above. You died and have been brought back as a vampire. Left abandoned by the o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Harrowed World: What's Past Is Portents.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    85% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into the Waves.

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    64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    95% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Elliot is a troubled boy with a troubled mind, desperately clinging to the world around him. What would happen if his reality were called into question? Where do lies begin and end? Learn the different truths at play over the multiple endings the game has to offer.Voice ActingMy Dear Delirium comes fully voice acted! The incredible cast are the stars of this show, so please enjoy as they bring eac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Dear Delirium.

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  4. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    "Red Spider2" is a Hong Kong Noir-themed Visual Novel. There are 6 story routes with the different characters(approximately 200,000 words in total). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Spider2: Exiled.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    98% User Score Based on 47 reviews

    A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Painting.

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  6. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    92% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    An experiment in letter writing, meant to evoke the distinctly sweet homoeroticism of Victorian and Edwardian literature. Follow the correspondence of two professors, in the months before one of them makes a decision he'll never be able to take back. A visual novel with a cute mechanic: Slide the letters back and forth across the screen, to experience the time the letter is written, and when it … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hoping this Finds You Well.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics
    93% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    The world is slowly crumbling and you are falling apart with it. In an attempt to find a semblance of peace and to rethink your future you go into exile in a remote corner to enjoy the calm of nature. But you are not alone on these mountains, another soul in pain is on your land, a ghost grounded on earth by regrets. Deciding to free him of his curse, you might find peace yourself in the process. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Autumn Spirit.

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  8. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    66% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    Game + Audiobook = Gamebook Play a book! Digital Gamebook is an audiobook with unprecedented possibilities in the world of audiobooks. Gamebooks focus on what is most important in books: stimulating your imagination and experiencing the story. You can listen to the story like a classic audiobook and also take on the role of the story’s hero. During a dangerous journey, the main character and hi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait.

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  9. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    88% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    When Kyle gets a new job at a fashion company, he meets Vincent Zircon, who happens to be his eccentric boss. Vincent, being quite mischievous, often teases the newcomer, Kyle, causing him to think that his boss is odd. One day, he bumps into his boss after work and is surprised when his superior acts kind and gentle, even offering to buy lunch for him. Kyle starts to wonder if his boss is messing… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Douchey Boss Has a Gentle Twin Brother?! - BL Visual Novel.

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    47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:character development, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Royal Duality is a free dark fantasy visual novel game with more than 15 endings. Work with a mysterious 'guardian of stories' to complete the tale - your choices dramatically impact on the outcome of the story, but will you reach the final ending... or will you find yourself trapped in an ending where all hope has been lost? With additional side stories and hidden easter eggs to find, the guardia… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Royal Duality.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    95% User Score Based on 39 reviews

    A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inversed.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    96% User Score Based on 469 reviews

    A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where awful monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lake of Voices.

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  15. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    94% User Score Based on 128 reviews

    Alice, Alice, the Red Queen is missing. The queen has been dismembered and Alice must find all her pieces. A horror-fantasy yuri visual novel filled with death, love, and forgotten memories. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Who Is The Red Queen?.

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  16. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    96% User Score Based on 138 reviews

    Embrace the monster within to change the fate of a nation in this dark fantasy visual novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sigh of the Abyss.

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  17. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    A story of sin and 'the girl'. You find yourself in a world of monochrome, alone, until you meet Zarie, a girl with white hair, red eyes, and black clothes. She tells you she is a deity of death, this is Hell, and that you are a sinner. Guided by Zaire, you travel to meet Emma, Hell's Judgement, to be tried. What awaits you at the end of this short, yet arduous journey? Features ・A short visual … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zarie: The Story of Sin.

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    58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Once an impoverished boy, Ecout Kanovos lands a job as a recruit for the authoritative force of the city of Enonoia: the Master Order Trained Hire. However, Ecout soon realizes that this work exceeds his expectations of delivering any sort of justice. Amidst the chaos of sudden abductions and riots, an otherworldly atmosphere looms just beyond the recesses of the city's society. From a dubious st… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ovine Replica.

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  19. HeartWare is an interactive visual novel that invites players into a captivating story centered around Iris. The game explores her journey as she seeks meaningful connections and a sense of purpose. As the player, you will guide Iris through various scenarios, making choices that shape her experiences and determine the course of her story. In HeartWare, every decision matters, leading to mult… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HeartWare.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    98% User Score Based on 47 reviews

    "I’ll love you no matter how messed up you are..." A man has stalked you ever since you were a child. You call him Geist. You're not sure who...or what he is. When you befriend a new boy at college, Geist will do anything to keep you in his grasp. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MindMindMind.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    70% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    A visual novel about walking a mile in another man's shoes. On Earth. During an alien invasion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pairs.

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  22. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 337 reviews
    Critic Score 88%Based on 1 reviews

    When a sarcastic bard is arrested and exiled to an abandoned castle, she expected to be at the mercy of a hungry, blood-thirsty vampire. She soon discovers that the vampire, Lucius, is not starving: he is gravely bored. She may just survive on borrowed time, one ballad each midnight. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ballads at Midnight.

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  23. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    91% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    ... When you finally regain consciousness, you find yourself lying face down in the snow, with a long trail of footprints behind you. It seems you had collapsed from exhaustion.   You find yourself struggling to flip yourself over. When you eventually do, you find several newly acquired cuts and bruises all over yourself. You quickly administer some first aid, before spending a few minutes fiddli… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Records of the Flycatcher.

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  24. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics
    95% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    Fling with a Tiefling is a short fantasy romance visual novel that follows you, an adventurer whose journey is about to come to an end. With tonight potentially being the last night with your treasured Tiefling companion Karrus, how will you spend it with him? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fling with a Tiefling.

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  25. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    95% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    "Some stories are best told to none," she whispered. Long ago, the stars disappeared. Then, a man returned them. Few would believe such a thing; fewer still can recall his name or how he bent the heavens' ears. It's a story of romance and tragedy that the stars themselves testify of to this day. However, you won't find the tale in books or archives—only in the hearts of those who were … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to For Whom the Stars Shine.

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    99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    99% User Score Based on 71 reviews

    Starting from today, My name is Dawn! Don’t I look cute in this? Dawn recently found out she’s transgender, and she’s ready to embrace this side of herself to its fullest! In a world where humans coexist peacefully with vampires, demons, and other magical beings, she hopes to transform her body for the best. Helped by Lucia, her asexual succubus friend, she soon finds herself in a tricky situatio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reborn A Zombie!.

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  27. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 92 reviews

    Princess Lumi has been held captive in the demon lord’s castle situated in a land of everlasting winter. She hates it. It’s cold, it’s lonely, the food is bad, and there’s literally nothing to do! The only good thing about this place is the tea and snacks. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Princess of the Tower Wants a Hero.

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  28. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    The Story: After a flesh-eating dust blows through your small town you are left trying to survive alone against hordes of Listless humans. Starved for social interaction you find yourself questioning your sanity when a voice speaks directly into your mind begging for your help. Game Features: Navigate an apocalyptic world full of Listless humans while managing your health and toxin level… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dust of the Violet Crystals.

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  29. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 98 reviews

    After a rough day at work, all you want to do is settle in with your favorite otome game, only to realize it's gone down for maintenance. How will you pass these troubling times? Risk going to a watering hole to drown your sorrows in a beverage of choice? Begrudgingly scroll through a dating app to meet your love for the night? Either way - adventure, shenanigans, and hot singles in your area awai… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Under Maintenance.

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    47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    64% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    The vampire who died was given the right to seek truth because of rebirth. As the identity changed, she changed from a victim to a criminal suspect... How can this be self-certified? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloodholic.

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  31. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    97% User Score Based on 519 reviews

    A fantasy yuri visual novel filled with magic, fairies, and a ghost girl. When Maddie and her best friend, Tara, journey to a remote forest village to investigate rumors of the supernatural, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heart of the Woods.

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  32. New free novel game "Will you become a vtuber too?" One day, you came to the virtual world Return to the real world? Or... would you make another choice? A story that changes depending on your choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to キミもvtuberにならないか?.

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  33. Conor's first three visual novels have been rereleased in one package! See the world through the eyes of a lonely man talking a walk, try to escape from a secluded prison, or help a girl confess to her crush. While one on them is a kinetic visual novel, there won't be any choices to make, but the other two will have a big impact on the world the characters are in. They Cannot Hear Me It's the mid… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Conor Origins - T Trilogy.

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  34. ◆History: This game is both the beginning and the end... "Even if they're not as prepared or worse than me, that's okay..." "Even if you don't throw me away, it's okay..." "Maybe I'm the only one in the world who can throw his life away for someone he cares about..." This is a story where everything takes place on a new planet with a new specimen ca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Falling Ever.

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  35. 44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay
    73% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Do you feel lonely? Observe this story as a member of the audience and witness this tale of love and friendship and find out the answer to the ultimate question: Can YOU learn to love? This is the question the protagonist, Dan Garland, will learn the answer to as he is caught between his fiance and an android. Hopefully you will be able to answer that question too, player. Features: Multipl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Synthetic Fantasy;.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    You are a fragment in the universe. You wake up with no body, no sense of touch, nothing. But... you can walk? You have no legs! You walk the endless plain, then is stopped by a mysterious girl. Who is this girl? Is she... god? What am I doing here? The mysterious girl shall guide you. - You - You are you. Where are you? With the help of this mysterious girl, maybe she has the answers fo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to un/FRAGMENT..

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    86% User Score Based on 37 reviews

    Guidelicious is a short, interactive visual novel about waking up in a strange room with a mysterious man. Engage in a fully voice acted story as every powerless move forward leads you closer to the truth of why you're here... hopefully. <1,000 words (10-15 minutes of playtime)! Fully voiced! 1 animated Guide + 1 interactive background! 5 endings! Nameable female protagonist! 9… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guidelicious.

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  38. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
    90% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    A yuri kinetic novel about sea nymphs who tend to the stars. The Waters Above: Prelude is a free prequel to The Waters Above. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Waters Above: Prelude.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, character development
    77% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Game DescriptionCountdown is a short visual novel that tells the story of an ordinary individual's journey through their thoughts and emotions as their life approaches its end. The second playthrough of this game is intended for revisiting the story. The content is exactly the same as the initial playthrough, with no changes whatsoever. ExperienceEmotional Interaction: Although the game does no… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Countdown.

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    49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    ����A sci-fi short story about overcoming problems and changing perspectives���� Stellar Reflections is a short story visual novel set in a dystopian future, within a sprawling space station. In this bleak era, personal freedoms have been suppressed, and life choices are dictated by the all-powerful regime. Delve into the narrative through the eyes of the protagonist, Aurelia, a nobody spending h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Reflections.

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  41. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, monetization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    73% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    This game is a psychological horror VN set on a rural farm in middle-America. It is very short, taking only 15-20 minutes to read through once. It was made for the farmjam2024, and panic horror jam over the course of a month by a single person (myself). The theme of the game is really simple: What do you do when your memory seems to be unreliable, and not line up with what you can see in fro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Culling of Normality.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    93% User Score Based on 41 reviews

    STORYNut City Police Department is full of eccentric characters. Captain Fox, for example, is a venerated veteran police officer whose favourite day of the week is Monday. And the new intern, Detective Raccoon, is a young, dumb and hot-headed pizza lover who is always sniffing for ways to bend the rules. The unlikely pair have to team up this summer to explore Nut City’s neon-washed streets, meet… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nut City Blues.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    90% User Score Based on 52 reviews

    SynopsisDan and Lucia are almost the complete opposite of one another from opposite sides of the world. When they've both decided to turn their worlds upside down, they encounter at the halfway point. A brief time together that makes a huge, lasting impact in their lives.BackgroundThis is a free short visual (kinetic) novel. The story is told from the point of view of each character, chosen by the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Layover Lovers.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 233 reviews

    Juniper's Knot is a short (~30 mins) kinetic novel about the meeting of a demon and a boy. A kinetic novel is a game that uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Juniper's Knot.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 172 reviews

    Solstice is a dystopian mystery thriller about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solstice.

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  46. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    72% User Score Based on 53 reviews

    Welcome to Elsewhere High, "a school for exceptional children." In this visual novel, players are able to immerse themselves in the world of the outcast. Each student at Elsewhere High has fallen short of expectations at their original high school; they've flunked out, skipped class, wrote threatening notes, or grew to be a reprehensible bully. Friendships spawn, and feuds arise, but amidst the t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elsewhere High: Chapter 1 - A Visual Novel.

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  47. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    87% User Score Based on 76 reviews

    In the future a biot working as a companion and without free will, encounters a device that makes him feel human. Self-discovery, hardships, and romance may follow. A BL/Yaoi visual novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Synthetic Lover.

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  48. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    Invisible Wings is a narrative adventure game that takes the player on a journey in a dystopian fantasy setting. Follow Dawn, a young woman of faerie descent, as she tries to find answers to her own identity in a modern world, where faeries and humans were supposed to live in harmony. Being bullied and harassed most of her life because of her appearance, she wants nothing more than just being an o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Invisible Wings: Chapter One.

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  49. You've been given the chance to go to the country's most prestigious academy. Your future couldn't have looked brighter! But you'll soon find out nothing is ever as it seems... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rainbow Heights Academy: Year 1.

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  50. A choice-based visual novel game about science, division, and the false ideology of knowledge. Each and every one of your choices will determine whether the disciplines will end in unity or complete division. The key to eternal knowledge is in your hands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mindworks: The Great Division.

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