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A surreal, abstract kinetic visual novel in which two girls go on a date in the middle of a broken world, using down-to-earth intimacy to survive the deteriorating nature and reality surrounding them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Melancholy Lake: Camocipher12 Shorts.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

The quiet Numata Hiroshi is being blackmailed by his classmate, Himehara Yoritake, into performing sexual acts for him. One day, Himehara orders Numata to steal the exam answers off the teacher's desk, which sets off a chain of events culminating in the two men being among the captives taken by a criminal impersonating a police officer. Their captor demands increasingly depraved acts from his hos… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Masquerade: Hell Academy.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

100% User Score Based on 2 reviews

This is not just a text quest, but a real journey into the depths of yourself, an atmospheric immersion in the night city, soaked with rain, melancholy and the mysterious whispering of destinies. You are not just a reader, but the creator of your own story, a composer whose decisions are the chords that form the unique melody of fate. Imagine: outside the window the rain is pouring continuous… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Одиночество Скуфа.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 18 reviews

Experience interaction in a new and engaging way. Choose to respond to what the characters have to say… directly! Deal with your own hostage situation, negotiate for more than just your freedom. Learn about the people who hold you captive, deconstruct the cult, manipulate them- all to not end up as their next sacrifice. Learn the value of silence! You will never speak a word unless you actively c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sacrifice For Sale.

Visual novel by Melancholy Marionette. 7 different endings depending on your choices Casual choices and choices with consequences The option to rename ELLA and name yourself Gender-neutral - ELLA will refer to you by your chosen name + 'you' and 'they' Full (terrible) British voice acting with 2 different voice options to choose from Mild adult content If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love in Lockdown: Ella version.

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.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

97% User Score Based on 200 reviews

Every night, you awaken in your studio and paint your masterpiece. Or, at least, you try to. Oh, if only your muse would return. If only lifting your brush didn't fill your fingertips with agony. It Paints Me is a short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain, and love. It features: 3.9k words 3 endings hand drawn artwork original music partial voice acting … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It Paints Me.

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.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

98% User Score Based on 56 reviews

《月影魅像-解放之羽-》是由日本美少女游戏品牌Applique制作的一款悬疑传奇题材作品。本作由小田原箱根负责作画、桐月编写剧本、鹰石忍制作音乐。讲述了一个层层剥茧，需要完成十几种不同结局才能最终了解全貌的精彩故事。本作曾荣获萌系游戏大赏2017年度话题金奖。 If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 月影魅像-解放之羽-.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

92% User Score Based on 95 reviews

"지금 당신 눈앞에 보이는 저는, 유령이니까요." 여름방학을 며칠 앞둔 어느 날 갑작스레 내 앞에 나타난 한 소녀. 자신을 유령이라 밝힌 소녀는 난데없이 내게 자신을 없애 달라는 부탁을 건넨다. 자신의 눈에 보인다는 죽음의 색을 통해 나는 유령 소녀의 과거를 추적하기 시작하지만, 어째 소녀는 점점 죽음에 가까워지기보다는 나의 일상에 녹아들기 시작하는데...개요여름의 끝에 피는 꽃은 '시네마틱 비주얼 노벨'을 표방하는 게임입니다. '시네마틱'이라는 말에 알맞게 여타 비주얼 노벨보다 훨씬 강화된 연출을 기반으로 하여 감동적인 스토리, 유려한 일러스트로 구성하였습니다. 스토리와 일러스트 등 기본기를 탄탄히 다져 비주얼 노벨 본연의 재미를 충분히 느낄 수 있도록 하였을 뿐만 아니라, 퀄리티를… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flowers Blooming at the End of Summer.

You aimed for a boyfriend; you got a demon. Good luck! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Help! I Tried to Summon the Perfect Boyfriend and Messed Up so I Summoned a Demon Instead!?!?.

Unscripted narrative RPG. Pick a world, meet its cast, and say anything — a live AI narrator writes the story around your choices while real game systems track wounds, skills and money underneath. Worlds remember what you did, and you can carry your story from one world into the next. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Worldrift: Unscripted Narrative RPG.

Yuki leads an ordinary life, weighed down by debt, surrounded by a few friends, and consumed by poems shared with no one. Until the arrival of a transfer student. Because some presences cannot be resisted. Only surrender is possible. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Highschool J.

A psychological horror visual novel set in a neon-lit motel. Work the night shift, build relationships with the unusual staff, make choices, and investigate increasingly strange events as the line between memory and reality begins to blur. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Femboy & Futa Maidmare.

A branching visual novel set in Tokyo, 2006. A middle-aged temp finds an android at his door who no longer wants to live. As the aftershocks of an economic crisis close in, something uncanny spreads through their life together. Themes of psychological horror and suicide. A love story, perhaps. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 东京巴托比.

A comedy horror story about five tabletop RPG fans. Roll the dice, argue with the game master, and try to survive a story that very quickly stops going according to plan. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Have No Friends But You Still Want to Play Tabletop RPGs.

A sudden downpour turns everyone caught in the rain into frogs. Now I’m surrounded by frogs, and I can’t tell my teachers from my classmates. But that’s beside the point. It’s a new school, after all. I’d better make some friends soon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FROG RAIN.

A gothic psychological horror visual novel set inside a restored opera house where impossible acoustics, preserved memories and a masked woman beneath the building blur the line between architecture and the supernatural. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Phantom of the Opera: Sex & Requiem.

A dark romantic visual novel featuring Lilith, a hellish nun, as the sole heroine. Spend seven days with your sharp-tongued yet ever-present jailer, moving through judgment, banter, and shared moments, gradually uncovering the side of her she never shows to others. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Waiting for You in Hell.

Create yourself a perfect friend in this choice-driven visual novel. Love her, hate her, don't let her turn your life into a living hell. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tulpa the Unseen Lover.

Rabies - is an atmospheric visual novel about two young men struggling to survive in a city consumed by fog and an outbreak of a mutated rabies virus. Venture out on dangerous missions, make difficult choices, and try not to lose the person you love. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rabies.

Dating is scary—especially when you’re wooing the physical manifestations of human phobias. Fall in love with a Fear. Try not to flinch. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gamophobia.

At an elite academy for fruit-family heirs, Geum Gyuri, a kumquat farmer’s daughter, is drawn to a pair of polar-opposite twins—only to uncover the “rotten” truth beneath the school’s “fresh” facade. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tropical Romance.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

90% User Score Based on 84 reviews

"A few weeks ago I came across a second hand laptop. The previous owner had disappeared. On it, I found this game: Print I Love U. It's a short visual novel with three simple mini-games. Reaching the end takes about 15 minutes. It’s got hand-drawn characters and an original soundtrack that’s been living in my head rent-free since the first time I played it. At the beginning, there's a no… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Print I Love U.

Play as a cursed exorcist hired to seduce and destroy the Snake God, who demands a bride every ten years. Travel with your junior exorcist to the ritual mansion and uncover its secrets and betrayals. Yin & yang choices shape your routes. 3 love interests. Multiple endings driven by your choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exorcise My Snake God.

In the Seto Inland Sea lies Sarubotoke, a cursed remote island. Each after their own goals, a mismatched group of four men and women make their way to this strange isle as the curtain rises on a tale of crime, murder, and curses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ouju: Isle of the Accursed.

"Bang, Bubble, and Enema" is a dark comedy and crime thriller about three losers whose lives are derailed over one wild night. A drunken security guard, a fugitive plastic surgeon, and a depressed millionaire rich kidnapper plot a bizarre kidnapping that turns into an absurd road movie with chases. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Visual Novel: Golden Hostage.

MAHOU SHOJO REVENGE! is a visual novel where you follow an ex-magical girl on a quest of revenge against her former squad mates that betrayed her. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MAHOU SHOJO REVENGE!.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

93% User Score Based on 14 reviews

A beautiful stranger appears at your doorstep. Will you let her in? Dive into a captivating nightmare and decide the fates of those around you in this free mystic thriller visual novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Selene ~Apoptosis~.

A horror visual novel about Fuminori Sakisaka, a medicine student who suffers an accident that leaves his perception of the world distorted: everything and everyone is perceived as a twisted mass of intestines, flesh and blood. Everything, except Saya. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saya no Uta.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

100% User Score Based on 17 reviews

An inflation-kink NSFW visual novel where a scientist named Enora experiences the best and worst week of her life with a cute plant girl. Tons of worldbuilding and sexual-yet-wholesome content! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Watering The Plant Girl: ROOTS & REHYDRATED.

You wake into a perfect life you don't remember choosing — warm, loving, and sealed shut. She knows everything about you. The one door has never opened. KEPT is a short psychological romance-horror visual novel with six endings, gated by how much of the truth you can bear to know. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KEPT.

Introducing "Boundless Lust" – the captivating visual novel game created by Farix. In "Boundless Lust," players make choices that shape the storyline, leading to different outcomes. Dive into a rich, story-driven experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boundless Lust.

Two engaging and sexy Visual Novels combined into one, each set across 14 nights in a night club where the animatronics are harboring deep secrets. Can you save everyone, or will they be fated to something perhaps worse than death? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Fortnight at Frenni Fazclaire's: The Duology.

A homoerotic thriller visual novel set in a luxurious men’s spa. Investigate a murder, pursue romance, solve puzzles, and uncover dangerous secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Marble Mirage.

Navigate love, friendship, art, and mental horror to find meaning in a dying world. A visual novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Autumn's end (Part 1).

How would immortality affect your relationships? Dive deep into what it means to truly live in this existential horror visual novel: No Death No Life. After Death grants you an immortality necklace, your fear of death dissipates, but what will you do with your endless life?  Romance your co-worker, Melody, a down-to-earth woman who's kindness and confidence allures you. Visit Death in the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Death No Life.

An otome horror visual novel set in a mysterious sharehouse filled with strange rules. Forge bonds with your fellow housemates as you unravel the secrets hidden within the house, where breaking the rules may mean losing more than your life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sharehouse.

Sci-Fi x GL x Visual Novel! You play as a corporate intern in the year 31xx. With your project team suddenly disbanded, what will you choose? Accept an offer from your supervisor? Join a colleague's team? Accept a safe assignment arranged by the AI? Or perhaps... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Screw.

As summer vacation draws to a close, you, Sophie’s childhood friend, have only one week left before parting ways. How will you spend that time together, express your love, and make a promise for the future? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 苏菲·404恋人.

LMA2 is a Gay Bara Horror Visual Novel, with murder mystery and puzzle elements; the sequel to 2017's "Let's MEAT Adam". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Let's MEAT Adam 2.

For ten years, Qiudu has lost all memories of the daytime whenever he wakes up the next day. As a night-shift operator for an emergency assistance hotline, he is accustomed to hearing strangers' pleas for help, tears, and final words in the dead of night. Until one day, after answering a call from a murder victim, he unexpectedly becomes entangled in a serial killing case. To uncover the truth … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 紧急援助热线.

Arrive at Eden Camp as John, the newest counselor at a remote summer retreat. Three women welcome you warmly perhaps too warmly. As bonds deepen and nights grow darker, you'll learn that devotion has a price. Every choice matters. Not everyone makes it home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eden Camp.

Can you safely say this is just a sci-fi story? There is no guarantee that this won't become our "reality" in the near future. Please read on only if you can laugh it off as just a fiction. If you feel even the slightest bit of fear, turn back immediately. 「You wished...for me to be like a human, Master...」 Every evening, you wrote your deepest thoughts in a locked diary. It was your… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My AI read my diary - Dating Sim.

You are the president of the student council at a high school. Six lovely girls are ready to help you! Spending time with them... is it as easy as it seems? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reverie Eclipse.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

85% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Hippy-chick True thinks any summer can be the ‘summer of love’ if you really try. If you’re open to new experiences, if you’re welcoming to strangers. If you let the road decide who you’re gonna meet – and fuck! When that van stops for her, she instantly trusts it, as well as the driver! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Summer of Love ☮️.

There's love in deathーdeath in eternity. Rosebound is a fully voiced visual novel set in a world of vampires, high-tech mercenaries, magical priests, and man-made horrors. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rosebound.

What We Carry is a dark romance visual novel where you wake inside a locked compound and must build trust, survive deadly trials, and uncover the truth behind the experiment before love becomes your greatest weakness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What We Carry.

Since the very moment the first mechanical mind became aware of itself,  it craved love. No one truly understand why the heart made of copper and wires started beating, but it did. Even after we were gone. And these are their stories. [RETURN Machine.Love( )]  is a robot-romance anthology, containing 3 different stories. Each story were written, drawn, and made by humans, for humans. 1. E… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RETURN Machine.Love().

[Escape Line] is a yandere monster x Y/N visual novel game3 yandere sirens × you (female protagonist) You have a lot of nicknames. (So many!) ⭐ What You Can Do: Get a free robot butler right from the start! Romance a siren / be pursued by them / get courted / escape / fail to escape Slap a fish across the face Gnaw on a coconut shell Struggles between human and non-human, reality and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape Line.