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After class, small problems drift into the library—harmless at first glance, yet hiding secrets and lies. You see the clues, hear every voice, and turn the page yourself as each case unravels. A bittersweet mystery adventure that blends the experience of reading with the feeling of watching a drama. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seasons of Books and Keys.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere

89% User Score Based on 36 reviews

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Metamorphosis.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, gameplay

92% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

All of us are not dead. Our school has been infested with zombies, and we are still alive. Every day, our hopes of escaping this school become less and less likely. Follow us as we try to survive and escape our zombie-filled school. A visual novel based on the popular webcomic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All of Us Are Dead.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

99% User Score Based on 178 reviews

Written in the style of a children’s book, Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell is a Cinematic Novel about two children named Mhakna and Sebiarno that escape the wretched Mullbear Orphanage with the help of a Fairy named Bell, who promises eternal happiness as long as they agree to never grow up. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

77% User Score Based on 930 reviews

Prepare to experience the original man-on-the-run thriller in a completely new way! There are secrets to be discovered, locations to be explored and - above all - an incredible tale to be told in this ground-breaking interactive novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The 39 Steps.

This is an independent game, a purely independent game. The story and text are written by myself, and the graphics are drawn by myself. This is a visual novel with approximately 500,000 words, including some gameplay elements. Currently, the plan is to have both a story mode and a gameplay mode. However, the story is the main product, while the gameplay is a complimentary feature. I guess the resu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 看事.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

85% User Score Based on 13 reviews

You follow a small group of friends brought together by a shared mission: to find someone they’ve lost. As they search across Haifa’s streets, homes, and hidden corners, they’ll confront not only external obstacles but also their own emotional scars. In each richly illustrated scene, you’ll investigate the environment for clues, some of them - objects that hold personal meaning and fragments of th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Haifa.

Dante Jones is a college freshman with a bright future ahead. He’s a rising football star with a full athletic scholarship, decent grades, and a slew of fellow students vying for his friendship… but when Dante injures himself jumping from the balcony of a frat house, the experimental treatment he undergoes at the college clinic is anything but ordinary. Something visits him in the night… something… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Remnants of Dawn.

Uncover the mystery of the Ghoul's Grove, hidden in the Australian outback and filled with strange and mutilated scare actors. Darcy, an ex-detective, and his curious daughter, Jess, uncover the truth about the horrors of the carnival when they find one of the disfigured employees murdered. Play as Darcy in this multiple-choice visual novel to find out who did it, but should you have bailed when y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to To Be Altered: ACT 1.

To love for all eternity is hard. To live for all eternity is even harder. You play as Jonathan Harker, Dracula’s real estate agent, completing work tasks while exploring the castle, speaking with its inhabitants, and hacking into computers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BYTE.

️ Game Introduction The scorching summer air buzzes with the cries of cicadas—sharp, oppressive, and almost conspiratorial. My assistant Ashari and I received a mysterious email from someone calling herself the “Snow White of the Clocktower.” She offered a generous sum to bring us to the far-off city of Arlan to investigate a string of deadly spirit-related murders. Night is falling. The prey has … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 致恶灵的你（To You, the Evil Spirit）.

   How far would you be willing to go in service to your people? Would you be willing to kill? You would get no gratitude. No riches. The very people you're trying to help would hate you, fear you, and brand you as but a coin-chasing cutthroat. With the City Watch after you, you would get no peace. Amidst a Biblical calamity, do you have what it takes to answer God's calling and do what no one els… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Rose of Cravenmor.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

100% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Mycorrhiza is a love letter to horror manga in the form of a visual novel. Some of our biggest inspirations include the works of Junji Ito and Masaaki Nakayama. While Scott is trying to find a way back home, reality distorts and people’s morals start shifting in cruel and unexpected ways. A peculiar plant transforming animals, a horrifying comedy trend and a strange building trapping people. Each… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mycorrhiza.

Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glass Hearts.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

95% User Score Based on 19 reviews

Grotesque notes written not by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but by "certain person". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bobok.

Sakagami Shuuichi, a member of the school newspaper, is asked to gather information about the school's seven mysteries. He meets with six other students after school to listen to their stories. This game is a visual novel adaption of the two novels "Gakkou de Atta Kowai Hanashi" written by Iijima Takeo. It features the novels' content with no branches, and an additional scenario called "Emi-chan … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apathy: Gakkou de Atta Kowai Hanashi - Visual Novel Version.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

100% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Bottoms Up! is a linear Visual Novel with a main focus on presenting a griping story, likeable characters and an interesting setting. It combines beautiful, hand-drawn visuals with subtle animations and immersive soundtrack, incorporating musical elements from the Bulgarian folklore traditions. Follow the intoxicating adventure of a retired holy warrior, who is desperately trying to solve a murde… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bottoms Up!: Part 1.

When the sun shines on the Lap of the Gods, it is blood red. And when it rains, the sky sobs. Explore a strange world populated by even stranger beings in this story-driven adventure as Marion attempts to undo a mistake on a universal level, before everything she has ever known becomes Undone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lap of the Gods: A Visual Novel.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music

78% User Score Based on 133 reviews

The story of how silly Emilia met a gangbang of Goblins in the cave. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goblin Gangbang.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

88% User Score Based on 1,060 reviews

A dark romance visual novel for fans of gothic story games If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Phantom of Opera | Story Games.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

71% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Short visual novel. An all-too-familiar story, born from an all-too-familiar motive, on an all-too-familiar street. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How Much for the Body in the Freezer.

Let's MEAT Adam is a Bara, BxB visual novel set in a neon NIGHTMARE of an escape-room-turned-death-game. Muscles, Blood, Escape, Trust, Betray, MEAT. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Let's MEAT Adam.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

97% User Score Based on 59 reviews

You can't save him... but what if you could meet him again? Unquiet Grey is a heartbreaking timeloop visual novel about a troubled young woman and the kind-hearted musician she loves through countless lifetimes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unquiet Grey.

Serial release of the game (according to the routes of LIs) An ambiguous story, do not wait for ready answers to all questions Tender romance blossoming against the background of an oppressive, cruel plot Although this is Act II, but you can play in any order you like The guy who seems to you the only ray of light in this filthy life - plunges you into a brave new world where only death and t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Degraman: Act II. Victor.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

93% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Pursue a cursed romance with a possibly unhinged vampire under the eternal glow of the red moonlight... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Duskbound.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

96% User Score Based on 45 reviews

1983, Alaska... During the Salmon Run, a deadly figure known as The Grizzly Man terrorizes a group of tourists led by Bob, an amnesiac former Man in Black. Survive the journey or become the catch of the day in this breathtaking pixel-art interactive fiction with heart-pounding pace! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grizzly Man.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

92% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Explore an isolated space station to uncover a dark secret behind the station's true purpose. Search for clues in a 1st person perspective. Question your crewmates. Research your loss of memory. Discover what happened to the missing Overseers. This experimental interactive short story will keep you guessing until the very end! FEATURES Immersive First Person perspective. Fully vocalized by ta… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forever Space: First Person Edition.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

96% User Score Based on 28 reviews

Awaken Infinity is a visual novel with top-down 2D segments. You wake up with no memory in a locked, futuristic room, and the only one you can talk to is an artificial intelligence. Will you uncover the truth? What is it? Awaken Infinity is a compact, story-driven experience that blends visual novel storytelling with a touch of top-down 2D exploration. It’s designed to be completed in a single si… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Awaken Infinity.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

97% User Score Based on 38 reviews

Co-developed with ebi-hime, this is a fairytale-inspired yuri visual novel full of magic. Follow Paige, a struggling writer, as she moves into a spacious home in the English countryside, where she meets the mysterious Faye. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Our Home, My Keeper.

A melancholic boys love visual novel about killing cults and your past confronting you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Asphodelium.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

96% User Score Based on 48 reviews

Spencer, a former investigative journalist, lives in a small bunker with six other people who have also managed to stay alive after a viral outbreak brought the world to ruin. They're attempting to adjust to this new normal, until they stumble across some notebook pages written by a scientist documenting the infection. Approx. 20k Words, 60 - 90 minutes playtime 6 Endings Animated CGs Or… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Epimutation.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Contra Spem Spero (Latin for 'Against all hope, I hope') is a narrative-driven horror experience that blends text-based exploration, immersive visual novel storytelling, survival elements, and puzzle-solving. Your car breaks down in the middle of a deserted road. Having no time to waste, you decide to continue on foot, grabbing only your journal and camera. Yet imperceptibly, the asphalt turns … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Contra Spem Spero.

Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian, Political Ideology, Mixture of Steampunk and Cyberpunk Themed World Duration: 3-5 hours About: Text-Based, Linear Story, One Ending Story "In a world where honor is tainted and secrets run deep within three distinct units - The Foresight, The Ingenuity, and The Guardian, Garrett Marek finds himself entangled in a web of deception. A dystopian society r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transregnum.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 19 reviews

49 Keys is a narrative-focused game that will test your wits and nerves. Peruse the pages of a Lovecraftian tale, interact with maps and solve the puzzles encountered along the way. Trace your master's footsteps to uncover the deepest secrets of the arcane, on a quest brimming with horror and magic. Embark on a Disturbing Journey Alas, I knew not of the extraordinary, bizarre, and gut-ch… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 49 Keys.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 306 reviews

With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The seven days i spent with you.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

OUT OF WATER is a visual novel about survival, myths, love, and choice. In 1 CE Watarholt, a quiet village prepares for winter - until bodies begin to surface. Shape your path through bonds, ancient horrors, and a fading peace. Will you fight, plead, or surrender to the waters? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out Of Water.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

100% User Score Based on 33 reviews

Twincantation is a short and emotionally resonant visual novel set in the haunted woods of Mirrorstone National Park. You play as a teen trespassing on sacred private property to hold a séance for your deceased twin—but something goes terribly wrong. Choose your path through cozy horror or psychological introspection, with hand-drawn ink and watercolor visuals and an original soundtrack. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Twincantation.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

94% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Take control of a therapist in a mysterious, never-ending therapy session. Can you unravel the truth behind your patient's lies, and live to tell the tale? A psychological mystery developed by a psychologist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metahorror Therapy Session.

Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insects Awaken Prologue.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

98% User Score Based on 193 reviews

Eleven months ago, the Moon was sent violently flying off course by a catastrophic explosion, depriving Earth of its steady stream of resources. Less importantly, the two maintenance workers on there when the explosion occurred have been stranded ever since. It's not so bad, honestly. The Heart provides for everything, a practically infinite source that gives them water, food, and powers their sa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

100% User Score Based on 19 reviews

A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Omen Exitio: Hunger.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

95% User Score Based on 22 reviews

MeMary : Memories Of the Nameless One Introduction Second project of Astralseal. MeMary is a mystery visual novel with puzzles. This game has multiple ending depend on player ability to solved question and choice that player choose. story You who have no memory find yourself in the nameless mansion. You don’t remember the reason why you stray in this mansion. You have no destin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Memary: Memory of the nameless one.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

100% User Score Based on 71 reviews

You wake up as a ghost, with no memory of who you were or how you died. The only clue to your past is the empty suit of armour you now possess. As you explore an abandoned castle and piece together your memories, you’ll uncover your tale: A tale of broken promises, regret, and bonds that last beyond death. But your story doesn’t have to die with you. The Last Winter Knight is an a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Winter Knight.

About "Miss Peacock"Between 1930 and 1933, Lieutenant Chen, an ambitious Asian officer, travels to a remote mine in the mountains of French Indochina to investigate a decrease in mineral production. Various forces become entangled in the power play, revealing the truth amid diplomatic mediation and supernatural events. Game FeaturesIn 50 turns, play as Lieutenant Chen and: Engage … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miss Peacock.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

93% User Score Based on 43 reviews

A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reaplaced.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

90% User Score Based on 631 reviews

Whatever you want ! Real-time survival live streaming If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to On Air Island: Survival Chat.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

85% User Score Based on 27 reviews

A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... Pigblue. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PIGBLUE.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development

85% User Score Based on 210 reviews

Loopers is a kinetic novel made by Ryukishi07 in collaboration with the visual novel studio Key. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loopers.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

73% User Score Based on 15 reviews

What is Love you may ask... Love is a game. Pretty good one actually, full of pretty girls with dark secrets and everything you ever wanted. Love is in the air and you can breathe deeply. And do other stuff. Deeply. But have in mind that your actions matter so Baby, don't hurt me! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Is Love?: Vol. 1.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

90% User Score Based on 99 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

Three perpetually bickering college students team up to create an AI, but will their quest for a robotic child end up as a crash course in parenting or self-defense? Discover the secret this group of "friends" is hiding and choose if you want to help them forgive and forget... or fuel the conflict. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Robot Daycare.