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75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

75% User Score Based on 197 reviews

This work is a free short text based Doujin adventure game, produced with passion.Game Features Beautiful CG and illustration Lovely music Dual ending A touching story about internal healingSynopsisIn order to help the head of department to organize some materials, I still had to come to the school to work during the holidays. There’s none of that cool breeze of the air conditions, nor is ther… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kid,napper: Gosh, I'm Kidnapped by a Pupil.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

81% User Score Based on 407 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

This Strange Realm Of Mine is a First Person Shooter mixed with poetry and psychological horror. Graphic style is 3D mixed with pixel art. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Strange Realm Of Mine.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

93% User Score Based on 95 reviews

A dark yuri visual novel with themes around depression, a hidden magical art, and unexpected love from the depths of grief. As a reserved and unassuming university student in snow-bitten Hokkaido, the personal tragedy which visited Honoka Asakawa would lead to her experimentation in a magical art thought long-lost — blood magic. Unexpectedly able to visit the sealed world of Meiji-era Sapporo, Ho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Tithe in Blood.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

89% User Score Based on 85 reviews

This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Shouldn't Be Here.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere

90% User Score Based on 98 reviews

A visual novel about the ever-changing nature of relationships and the hardships of dealing with loss. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Find someone else.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

85% User Score Based on 193 reviews

The latest visual novel by Tomo Kataoka, the author of Narcissu 1st & 2nd, has arrived! An empty world with endless rain and only one person. Here there is no hunger, sickness or even death. Just what story does this world's one occupant have? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal-.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 22 reviews

"Cut" is a story about the self, the protagonist will explore in a dark and dreamy world, cutting the plant that brings pain to this world - Ner. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cut.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

80% User Score Based on 56 reviews

Your mission is to search for those 7 sins demons disguised as Waifu's in human world. Fighting and confronting beautiful demon bosses. Punish them with holy water. Force them to return to their own form by using pleasuring tools. And collect new photos of their shameful defeat to your album. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shoot Shoot My Waifu.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

75% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Mercury Elopement Syndrome is a short visual novel about a romantic escape. —Is that too short for a game description? But honestly, that’s pretty much what it is. So let me try to squeeze out a few more words to pitch it to you. That said… is it really a good idea to recommend it so proudly? As you may have noticed from the screenshots and trailers, it contains some rather “extreme” ele… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mercury Elopement Syndrome.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

96% User Score Based on 238 reviews

A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everyday Devil.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

94% User Score Based on 65 reviews

Content Creation and Streaming GuidelinesYou are free to create and stream content using “Winion Virus.” (However, secondary sales such as merchandise are not allowed.) Please note that the game contains elements of strong language, death, gore, self-harm, and suicide. Make sure to include this information in your content or its description. About the Game "What if there i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Winion Virus.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

96% User Score Based on 484 reviews

Having moved away from her friends and family to attend community college, Allison Merlo is a fresh student struggling with the day to day challenges of life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to First Snow.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

91% User Score Based on 151 reviews

Alex is a college student studying nursing and recently freed from her unbearable helicopter parents. Far from home and trying to get through classes as quickly as possible, she’s grown burnt out and quite lonely. However, she hears about a mysterious social media account filled with images of ruined buildings, rooftop views, and rooms trapped in time, framed by a challenge: “Feeling adventurous?… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Enamored Risks.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

72% User Score Based on 258 reviews

This is a novel with multiple plot lines, in which you only get to witness only a couple of days of a character who’s name is You. It may seem that except for his name, his life is nothing exceptional. That is if it wasn’t for a chain of events that fluctuate between his daily routine and an existential terror of reiteration. What is the most important part? It’s you and You facing inevitability. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

71% User Score Based on 572 reviews

Belladonna is a gothic adventure game, twisted and dark. Take the role of a corpse girl rising from the dead in an abandoned laboratory, and unravel the mysteries concerning your own death and reanimation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Belladonna.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

94% User Score Based on 1,146 reviews

David Hoover decides to move into a new apartment during a rough time in his life. After some odd occurrences, he decides to ask about the room's former owner, but learns little. So he sets off in search of him, strangely compelled to know more about this man... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Crooked Man.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

93% User Score Based on 374 reviews

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

91% User Score Based on 579 reviews

A free game created by Ebi-Hime, author of Asphyxia, The Way We ALL GO, and Strawberry Vinegar. TSSofEB is a free yuri (girls' love) game created for a game jam. As the saying goes, dead men tell no tales. They only leave tales behind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 22 reviews

"How to Sing to Open Your Heart" is a fully voiced romantic otome visual novel. Can the cat-eared princess' song rescue her people and find true love? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How to Sing to Open Your Heart.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

95% User Score Based on 864 reviews

Critic Score 74%Based on 3 reviews

Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Burnhouse Lane.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

59% User Score Based on 79 reviews

The evil organization Fakker has been terrorizing the residents of the city at night, abducting people left and right. One woman stands against them: Magical Valkyrie Frostia. One day, she saves another woman with the potential to transform and their fate may be changed forever... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Magical Valkyrie Lyristia.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

85% User Score Based on 131 reviews

Critic Score 20%Based on 1 reviews

The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place is a short, interactive tale about a building eater consuming a tower on the edge of the town of Matsyapura. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

92% User Score Based on 213 reviews

It's a story about dreams. You need to explore this weird house and find the truth. It contains mild decryption and some elements of psychological terror, you don't need too long to pass. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Have a Nice Dream.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

66% User Score Based on 111 reviews

Retro-style platform game in keeping with the best traditions of games of our childhood! Take control of the Himari, the young female wizard travelling across various ages to settle the balance in time across the whole world! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Taimumari.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

89% User Score Based on 177 reviews

The game is about a hero that goes from game to the real world. Levels are generated by the music which is provided by Czech band Zrní. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HRDINA.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 2,097 reviews

This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Narcissu 1st & 2nd.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

68% User Score Based on 400 reviews

A heartbreaking kinetic novel about the meeting of a depressed thirty years old man with a lost little girl he takes in his house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ambre.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

85% User Score Based on 1,417 reviews

Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more? Could you be the one that unfolds the truth about the Wychwood forest that have been hidden about hundred years, and release the forest from its curse? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trick and Treat - Visual Novel.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

67% User Score Based on 263 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 9 reviews

Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monochroma.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

93% User Score Based on 1,060 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

This is a restaurant in heaven. Please ask the bear and cat for your last meal. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bear's Restaurant.

33%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

39% User Score Based on 36 reviews

«Lionessy story» is a visual novel that tells a story of a lion cub living out his carefree days in a lion pride reigning over the great African savannah. But life in the wilderness is never easy, and after a terrible tragedy yanks him out of his pampered lifestyle, the young cub has to face the dangers of the real world where anything goes and even “the king of beasts” is a fair game. Key feat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lionessy Story.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

92% User Score Based on 83 reviews

This is a small tale from the end. The leftovers of mankind are destined to perish as the Arks break orbit. Suddenly, however, she's making me ask her out, an invitation to face the apocalypse together... a short but exquisite visual novel, "Dream Ending" is humanity's last love story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dream Ending.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

73% User Score Based on 169 reviews

A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 12 Hours to Die.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

95% User Score Based on 414 reviews

An off-grid cabin. A tech-savvy loner. One ray of sunshine in a bleak, ruined world. Cabin Fever is a sweet, funny, slice-of-life romantic visual novel with meaningful player choices, multiple endings to explore, and a story that will touch your heart. Experience a budding friendship - and a blossoming romance - as you open up, make choices, and explore multiple endings. The world may seem bitter … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cabin Fever.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

97% User Score Based on 120 reviews

The city of Stalagshire exists as a haven to both humans and dragons alike. To Rimentus, a young dragon hatched within the city, it is the only home he has ever known. Beneath its peaceful facade however, simmering unrest has slowly begun to boil over. When Stalagshire's Festival of Peace is interrupted by arson and the destruction of Caketropolis - the city's first interspecies cafe - all preten… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mystery of Caketropolis.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

52% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Critic Score 42%Based on 5 reviews

Down to hell is a dynamic slasher in which lone swordsman must face the hordes of hellish demons. Moreover Down to Hell will give you truly Heavy F’N Metal experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Down to Hell.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

92% User Score Based on 1,980 reviews

You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Will (Not) Remain.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere

86% User Score Based on 178 reviews

You spend a day seeing how many coins you can fit into the hollows above your collarbones. You're losing yourself first in inches, then moments... Will you survive yourself? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shrinking Pains.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

93% User Score Based on 4,698 reviews

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...By author Remigiusz Michalski (Harvester Games) this suspenseful psychological horror game features stylized artwork, a simple keyboard control method and English voice act… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cat Lady.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

85% User Score Based on 163 reviews

 https://www.imore.com/how-open-apps-anywhere-macos-catalina-and-mojave If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to They Came From a Communist Planet.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

96% User Score Based on 1,231 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 3 reviews

"Please, kill me." "If you get out with me, then I'll kill you." Their strange "promise" formed a peculiar bond between the two of them. Where are they? Why were they caught? They desperately try to escape from the sealed building! "Angels of Death" is a psycho horror adventure game, which consists of four episodes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Angels of Death.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

90% User Score Based on 29 reviews

How did you get into this situation, is all you can think as you stare at the shocked woman in front of you, having blurted out your confession to the woman of your dreams, a local celebrity and actress. And then even more shocking is when she responds with a Yes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love in the Limelight.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

82% User Score Based on 106 reviews

Critic Score 26%Based on 1 reviews

Tyrania is a kinetic visual novel, meaning a text-based game with a one ending linear story. The story is focused on the opposition of two different ideas of Justice when dealing with crime and terrorism. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tyrania: A Kinetic Visual Novel.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

97% User Score Based on 122,636 reviews

Write the way into her heart! (Not suitable for those who are easily disturbed.) If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doki Doki Literature Club.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

85% User Score Based on 1,189 reviews

Welcome to Moe Era, the era of cute things! It has everything but a hero to help four adorable girls. You're the one they're waiting for! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moe Era.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

100% User Score Based on 30 reviews

"Stand by you" is a visual novel that you can play it about three-five hours with no choices. Only him and her in the ruined world. He goes on a journey to live with the girl who keeps to die. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Together We Live.

Boulderdash - a remake of the classic C64 game written in Gamemaker Studio 2Windows: There are two Windows versions available. INT is played through the Gamemaker 2 interpreter whereas YYC is fully compiled and may run better for some people. Either will probably just work fine, so take you pick.Mac:Important information for Mac users. When you have downloaded the zip file then you need to make s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boulderdash.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

95% User Score Based on 20 reviews

'Jolly & Whimsy' is a short, experimental picture-book style visual novel. When her best friend, Whimsy the cat, suddenly returns to the Cat Planet, Jolly will try any spell to bring him back. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jolly and Whimsy.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

86% User Score Based on 309 reviews

Taylor's epic struggle for survival continues in this time-bending adventure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lifeline: Halfway to Infinity.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

99% User Score Based on 199 reviews

A self abating husk is forcibly coerced into a suicide pact by a "perfect" girl drowning in ennui and despair. The result is unfathomable heart rending terror and confusion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PASSENGER x PRINCESS: NO HOPE // MUST DIE.