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 Into the Waves, Royal Duality or Autumn Spirit.
- View Game63%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay85% User Score 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.
- 47%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:character development, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:story, music80% User Score 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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- 73%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics93% User Score 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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- 58%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding88% User Score 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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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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- 64%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay95% User Score 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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- 72%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:monetization, gameplay84% User Score 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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- 72%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics88% User Score 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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- 61%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding94% User Score 16 reviews
Nick just can't let go of the people he's killed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Up All Night: Daybreak.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development98% User Score 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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- 47%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, monetizationMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics73% User Score 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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- 78%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay92% User Score 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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- 54%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay79% User Score 19 reviews
You buy a laptop with your hands. You find an interactive collection of short stories on your laptop and something else. Or someone? What will all this lead to? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Follow the Black Kitten.
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- 43%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay63% User Score 19 reviews
Kinetic visual novel. (Only Main heroine is fully voice-acted.) The year is 2052. In a dystopian future where no one goes outside. Birth rate at an all time low, suicide rate at an all time high. On the Rings of Atlantis, a ring of artificial islands built to withstand the rising sea level, a degenerate loner attempts to revive a stolen android. The attempt to jailbreak fails at first, until it … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cyber Masquerade.
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- 52%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding85% User Score 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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- 48%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding72% User Score 18 reviews
Christopher has started his new job as an assistant, others would say, an enforcer, for a bail bondsman in Burlington, Vermont. Does he take a gentler, or more forceful touch? When he begins to notice things beyond his pay grade, how does it play out? Learn what a bail bondsman is Small town intrigue Fully voiced Hand-drawn art 12 emails 29 music tracks A visual novel made for the Ca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bond Blues.
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- 53%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability90% User Score 10 reviews
Jackie Shields wakes up to find everything in her world a little different than she remembers it. Trapped between her own dimension and a parallel one, she soon realizes that nothing can remain unchanged in her life. Especially not herself...because the other dimension has a Jackie of its own! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Refraction.
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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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- 44%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay73% User Score 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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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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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding96% User Score 337 reviewsCritic Score 88%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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- 48%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:humorMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay77% User Score 13 reviews
Now available for free, discover a mystery story set in the world of Methods: The Detective Competition. Red July, an up-and-coming celebrity detective, is challenged by The Illusion Killer — a serial killer who patterns his murders after optical illusions. However, in the course of solving the murder, Red July's famous method — which lets her instantly solve any crime — stops working. Now the rac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Methods: The Illusion Murders.
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- 66%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay91% User Score 23 reviews
A super short visual novel based on the original poem by imayui. In Japan, it was released in 2014 as a way of telling stories and poems online. Just like a visual novel, you read through the story. Fancy opening BGM and simple animated illustration. It is a short story that ends within 2 or 3 minutes, and you can enjoy a strange sense of the extraordinary. ---story--- A very short … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hole Town.
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- 48%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:humor, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:story, character development77% User Score 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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- 88%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding88% User Score 51 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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Are you still contacting your friends from school? Do you still remember the love from the youth? And even more, do you still have the dream that keeps your heart beating? You’ve been trained to have a heart covered by unbreakable shell. In this game, you are going through a journey to crack it, leading to the long forgotten. Who is murmuring in the dark? Who is screaming for help through the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Crack (壳中之物).
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- 93%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding93% User Score 119 reviewsCritic Score 90%1 reviews
A romance/mystery visual novel set in 1930s Scotland, told through a letter correspondence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dear Devere.
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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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A singleplayer, story game where you can make decisions and read your way through history. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reigning.
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剧情简介 本游戏完全免费,如果您喜欢的话,也请支持同制作组的作品《灭魂~误佳期》。 自小在小言小黄书中摸爬滚打长大的女主——司马丽苏,一直将大师兄兼表哥吴有为视为人生中“天作之合”的官配。 可是在她厚脸皮去表白时,却晴天遭到霹雳—— 有为表哥要结婚了,新娘就明显不是她。 气在头上的司马丽苏,在婚礼上对有为表哥“小惩大诫”一翻,而后便潜逃下山。 在逃亡的路上,女主似乎跌入了某著名连锁店的中奖陷阱之中。 是不是陷阱还不清楚。 只是那各种口味的“奖品”, 会给她带来真正的天作之合吗?关于此游戏 古风女性向恋爱冒险游戏 欢乐与心动满载的十六万字剧情 全语音,5条人物线(常规4线+隐藏1线) 新引擎+1080P重制 If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mr. Rightaway.
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- 53%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding90% User Score 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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- 96%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding96% User Score 705 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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- 59%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay83% User Score 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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- 48%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:humorMost mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics77% User Score 13 reviews
Do you want to be an engineer? Do you ever dream of building a robot? Meet Niko an engineering student that always had that kind of thought, however, studying is hard and he hates it! One moment Niko gets hit by a truck and gets transported into the other world. It was a wonderful world blessed with magic, with that Niko tried to cast his first magic spell but nothing came out. It turns out he d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to inFINIte Robotics.
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- 74%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music86% User Score 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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- 90%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay90% User Score 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 ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development96% User Score 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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- 97%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding97% User Score 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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- 95%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding95% User Score 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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・あらすじ 本作『さらば劇薬 -encore-』は有名な劇団の「主役」を目指す二人の少女が、オーディションとしてエチュード(即興劇)をするノベルゲームとなっております。 彼女達が舞台の上でどう芝居を演じるのか、そしてどんな幕引きとなるのかはプレイヤーである貴方の選択次第です。 ・ゲーム説明 観客としても演者としても楽しめる、新ジャンル「演劇体験型ノベルゲーム」ついに登場! もちろん演劇に詳しくない方でも楽しんでいただける、「演技(うそ)」とにまつわるお話です。 最初にルート選択があり、選んだキャラの視点でお話が進みます。二周することで物語の全貌が見えてくるゲームです。 ゲームはいつでもセーブ・ロードすることが可能です。 ※一部ショッキングな描写が含まれるため、12歳未満の方のプレイはご遠慮ください。 『さらば劇薬-encore-』はマルチエンディング採用のノベルゲームです。プレイヤーの… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to さらば劇薬 -encore-.
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- 95%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability95% User Score 55 reviews
After a disastrous break up, Qian Hailu wakes up to find that she's dead. Luckily (or unluckily), she's been given a chance to turn back the clock and avert her death—as long as she can pass three rounds in the game of life.Story You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. Three worlds, three rounds. Win all three and you may avert your fated death. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Final Prize is Soup.
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- 48%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:emotional, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay70% User Score 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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- 91%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding91% User Score 138 reviews
A yuri (GxG) VN about a traveller who runs across two nuns in an abandoned church. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Once on a windswept night.
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- 57%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding81% User Score 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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ストーリー1年中雪の降り続ける国、ホウミト。 あなたはホウミトの王女ゆきに取材しに行きます。 しかし………… この国の王女はとてもサディスティック! あなたは取材の質問をするどころか逆に彼女に質問責めされてしまいます。 はたしてあなたは無事取材を成功させて帰れるのでしょうか?ゲームシステム質問の回答によってはなんと速攻でエンディングに!? エンディング数は10通り! そしてなんとすべて描きおろしスチルつき! クリアを優先する? それとも全てのおしおきをあえてみにいってみる…? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to プリンセス×オーディエンス.
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◆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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- 49%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding75% User Score 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 her d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Reflections.
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- 41%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding70% User Score 10 reviews
No one knows what the future may hold. Just yesterday, Ais was going about her life, enjoying it to the fullest. But out of nowhere, she suddenly finds herself confined alongside a strange girl called "Alice". To make matters worse, neither of them remembered anything prior to this incident. Just who is behind this? And why are they doing this? A mystery yuri visual novel. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zeitz Machz √Rhapsody.
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- 83%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay93% User Score 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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- 87%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding87% User Score 60 reviews
Hong Kong, nearest future. Socio-economic crises have not been exhausted, and political contradictions are only getting sharper. However, even against such a background, detached human minds learn to artificially recreate their likeness. Techno-demo about itself, about self-reflection of the unfinished and artificial. My attempt to convey the voice of those who are dismissed and forgot… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PROTOTYPE原型.
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