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  1. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, humor
    94% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    Play as Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, who has been given a second chance at life in a world devastated by the undead. With corpses returning to life and survivors stopping at nothing to maintain their own safety, protecting an orphaned girl named Clementine may offer him redemption in a world gone to hell. Experience events, meet people and visit locations that foreshadow the story of Deputy … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Walking Dead: Season 1.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 1,387 reviews

    "Love Ribbon" is a yuri (girl x girl) visual novel about forbidden love between two sisters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love Ribbon.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    [Media 2152093] If the game files get deleted after extraction make sure to exclude the games entire folder in your anti-virus before running the game. A Dark Place is a 2018 meta-horror that... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Dark Place.

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  6. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    100% User Score Based on 446 reviews
    Critic Score 87%Based on 4 reviews

    A yuri visual novel that will make you both laugh and cry. A story about love, trust, mortality, and about understanding not just how to be happy, but how to be human. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Please Be Happy.

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  7. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 114 reviews

    Sable's Grimoire is a visual novel / dating sim featuring monster girls in a magic academy setting. Play as Sable, an aspiring magic researcher, as he get sucked into the daily lives and troubles of his demi-human classmates. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sable's Grimoire.

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  8. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    90% User Score Based on 294 reviews

    Embark on a swashbuckling adventure in The Pirate's Fate, a visual novel experience with a unique twist: the story, the crew, and who you are transform based on your choices. Seek treasure, find love, and choose your fate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pirate's Fate.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    98% User Score Based on 462 reviews

    For decades, superpowers and psychic abilities were thought to be mere science fiction, but the discovery of a certain particle called the "Astron" at the end of the 20th century proved to the world that these wondrous phenomena were real. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Riddle Joker.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    92% User Score Based on 890 reviews

    A tale of the planet's final love story told using the full force of minori's critically acclaimed illustrative style, engaging musical compositions, and the highly talented staff that has led fans coming back for more every single time! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to eden*.

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  11. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 14,754 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 19 reviews

    Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

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    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 voic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cat Lady.

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  14. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    97% User Score Based on 158 reviews

    This is a story about finding love to overwrite the feelings for the one they held dearest. A girls love visual novel about summer, love and adolescence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UsoNatsu: The Summer Romance Bloomed From a Lie.

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  15. 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.

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  16. 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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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 247 reviews

    Can you collect all the fragments to reach your happy ending? Or will your attempts only end in tragedy? Find out in this psychological otome game! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heart Fragment.

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  18. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    81% User Score Based on 811 reviews

    Her Lie I Tried To Believe is a short kinetic novel about the persisting hatred of a boy throughout his life, the destructive relationship that was born from it, and the consequences he had to face as a direct result. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Her Lie I Tried To Believe.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    92% User Score Based on 230 reviews

    SoulSet is a Mystery/Romance Visual Novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with 5 other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SoulSet.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 983 reviews

    "Love is both poison and cure, both knife and remedy." Set in 18th Century France, this is a gothic romance tale about loss, revenge and the different faces of love. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cupid.

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  21. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 852 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

    Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A YEAR OF SPRINGS.

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  22. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    78% User Score Based on 979 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 5 reviews

    The Complex is a female-driven, cinematic FMV sci-fi thriller. The interactive movie stars Michelle Mylett, Kate Dickie and Al Weaver. Actors also include Twitch streamer and Xbox UK presenter, Leah Viathan. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Complex.

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  24. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay
    90% User Score Based on 353 reviews

    You play as Azai Kyousuke, the son of an infamous gangster. Kyousuke knows what he likes and lets nothing stand in his way in getting what he wants. Referred to as God by his classmates, he often enjoys listening to Bach and "working" part time for his stepfather. But when a beautiful girl named Usami Haru appears in town along with an international criminal known as "Maou," they bring with them… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Devil on G-String.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    95% User Score Based on 130 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 4 reviews

    A visual novel with multiple endings set in a fantasy world. "Enigma is a mystery visual novel where you discover the secrets of Enigma, a worldwide epidemic, and a forest on a lonely island that bears its name." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ENIGMA:.

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  27. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    95% User Score Based on 3,010 reviews
    Critic Score 91%Based on 5 reviews

    A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. The House in Fata Morgana is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The House in Fata Morgana.

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  28. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 846 reviews

    【About the play video release of "Nightshade"】 You are allowed to do so if you share the movie free of charge below the rules. *All Visual novels are not permitted. *Only Prologue and Chapter1 and Chapter2 are permitted. *If it is for business purposes, you cannot do so unfortunately. Thank you very much for your interest in our games. 【Over view】 A romance visual novel game made in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightshade/百花百狼.

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  29. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 114 reviews

    VTuber Connect is a love letter to VTubers as a medium. One that hides nothing, but embraces everything. Whether you’re a VTuber or a viewer, we all form connections in our own way. How will you connect? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VTuber Connect.

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  30. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    99% User Score Based on 903 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    A Summer’s End - Hong Kong 1986 is a visual novel game. Follow the story of Michelle and Sam, and how their chance meeting evolves into a deeper romantic relationship. A Summer’s End is a romance story between two women. Set in vibrant Hong Kong in the year 1986, it is an original story about love, family, and culture. Inspired by Hong Kong cinema, 80s anime, and city pop, A Summer’s End - Hong K… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Summer's End: Hong Kong 1986.

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  31. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 892 reviews

    Eri is a high school student and everything about her seems ordinary except she has a special hobby. Eri is into collecting ball-jointed dolls made from the doll company, Crobidoll. Although she treats her dolls like her real family, she cannot talk about them to even her "normal" best friends. With her parents living overseas, she was left all alone after her grandpa's death. She started to rely … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nameless: The One Thing You Must Recall.

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  32. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, music
    90% User Score Based on 108 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Players will have the opportunity to relive the thrill of the movie as they assume the role of Corporal Lee Imlay and fight alongside characters from the film and defend the city of Los Angeles from attacks from unknown forces. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battle: Los Angeles.

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  33. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, monetization
    96% User Score Based on 741 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 5 reviews

    "Set in 20XX, Arcade Spirits follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred - after a turbulant work history you are granted employment at the Funplex, a popular arcade, home to a host of unique personalities and customers. Where will this new found employment take you? Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?" If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcade Spirits.

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  34. 93%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 80%Based on 1 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.

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  35. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 292 reviews

    A romantic comedy visual novel/otome game about spells, adventures, penguins and the greatest magic of all: true love! "Love Spell" is the debut project of Great Gretuski Studios LLC, a female-founded, female-run indie game development studio focused on bringing romantic & creative stories to life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love Spell: Written in the Stars.

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  36. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 2,773 reviews

    In the near future, androids have become the way of the norm. Emotionless husks of metal have become a part of human society, much to the dismay of the boy. The robot he found at the dumpsite though, this one was different. It laughed, it cried, it smiled, it has dreams, just like a human… Lucy The eternity she wished for is a Visual Novel, about a boy and an android. You play as the boy, who fac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lucy: The Eternity She Wished For.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    95% User Score Based on 114 reviews

    Olive’s situation is dire. They're on the verge of being thrown out of college unless they can salvage their GPA, and their only chance rests on classes they know next to nothing about. Their lifeline: two club leaders who are more than willing to help them succeed. However, no solution is that easy. Olive soon finds themself in the middle of a conflict between these two friends that threatens to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Twofold.

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  39. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 549 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    Little Busters! is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key. The story follows the life of Riki Naoe, a high school student who has been a member of a group of friends named the Little Busters since childhood. Riki brings multiple girls at his school into the Little Busters to have enough people to play a baseball game. The game is rated for all ages in Japan, but a version containing adult conten… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Busters!.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 1,757 reviews

    This short visual novel follows Jack as he makes desperate plans to save the girl dearest to him, and as he remembers how Anna tore through his life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kill or Love.

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  41. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 1,461 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    The gold rush has struck the west for a second time. Highway Blossoms is the story of Amber, a girl trying her best to be alone on the road until she stumbles upon a young hitchhiker and the journal of a prospector from long ago. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Highway Blossoms.

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  42. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    97% User Score Based on 166 reviews

    Join a ragtag band of misfits as they piece together how Ader, a one-eyed farmboy with seemingly impossible dreams, becomes the most celebrated knight the kingdom of Acazhor has ever known. This gorgeous, animated visual novel unravels in unexpected ways with a perfect blend of mystery, comedy and romance. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hayseed Knight.

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  44. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability
    92% User Score Based on 196 reviews

    Akash: Path of the Five is a professionally-produced, fully voiced otome visual novel. Players will become Aurora, a member of a magical race of elementals. As the first elemental girl the village has seen in over 200 years, all eyes are on her fast-approaching coming of age ceremony. All is not as it seems, however, as tensions between Akash and a nearby human settlement threaten to erupt into a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Akash: Path of the Five.

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  45. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, stability
    86% User Score Based on 100 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 12 reviews

    World War Z is a mobile game developed by American studio Phosphor Games and published by Paramount Digital Entertainment. The game was released on May 30, 2013, prior to the release of the feature film of the same name, which was directed by Marc Forster and starred Brad Pitt If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World War Z.

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  46. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 1,200 reviews

    Kindred Spirits on the Roof is a Japanese adult-rated visual novel. The game is set around a shy girl named Tomi Yuna, who prefers to eat alone on the roof of her school, the Kokonotsuboshi Girl’s Academy. However, one day she finds out that the roof is haunted by the ghosts of two girls that died, before they could fully realize their love for other girls. MangaGamer is publishing the game in the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kindred Spirits on the Roof.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 842 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    Once upon a time, a girl, her pet dog, and three companions made a journey to meet a great wizard who could grant their wishes. But what if the girl hadn’t believed that “there’s no place like home”? Explore a fairytale world through a dozen routes and 20+ endings! A Visual Novel with women as the target demographic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OZMAFIA!!.

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  48. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, music
    94% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    The Walking Dead: Season Two, a five-part game series that continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad. Many months have passed since the events seen in Season One of The Walking Dead, and Clementine is searching for safety. But what can an ordinary child do to stay aliv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Walking Dead: Season 2.

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  49. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 733 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 4 reviews

    In a world where flying through the sky is as simple as riding a bicycle, the sport "Flying Circus" is all the rage. Following the discovery of anti-gravitons, special shoes that allow an individual to fly, Anti-Graviton Shoes, took the world by storm. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    93% User Score Based on 214 reviews

    A dark, fantastical romantic comedy that focuses not just on falling in love, but rediscovering your past and the dangers of a supernatural world - where what's at stake is not just your heart, but also your life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Changeling.

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