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  1. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    86% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    [Media 2293963] PRE-ORDER LENIN - THE LION RIGHT NOW Patreon Page - Support the project and get access to exclusive content and rewards Attention - In order to have a better immersive experience... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lenin: The Lion.

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  2. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    77% User Score Based on 6,512 reviews

    Tale of Immortal is an open-world sandbox based on Chinese mythology and cultivation. You will grow to become immortal, conquer the beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Season, make your choices carefully and grasp your own destiny. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tale of Immortal.

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  3. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 550 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 8 reviews

    Brok is an innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BROK the InvestiGator.

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  4. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 142 reviews

    Eldritch gods. Cosmic horrors. Things beyond our understanding. To merely gaze upon their form is to abandon all hope. Or so they say. I've never seen anything I haven't been able to understand and explain clearly. Romance A Comet A comet has crash-landed in the middle of your living room! You feel its sinister pull, begging you to feed it… Against your better judgement, you give in to Hheil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sucker for Love: Crush Landing.

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  5. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    73% User Score Based on 63 reviews

    Michael ^ Late at night you enter their world. You will inhabit a girl named Abby and influence the world around her. Accompanied by her brother Michael you will traverse unfamiliar places, character conflicts, and story affecting decision making. You have the power to help the world or let it rot. Careful your presence has caught the attention of something sinister... Many indie RPGs cl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Away From Home.

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  6. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 1,116 reviews

    In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pathologic 3.

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  7. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    69% User Score Based on 1,184 reviews

    Turn a ramshackle blacksmith shop into a successful enterprise in a challenging and endlessly varied world! Deal with local bandits, merchants, priests, as well as French and English soldiers. Manage workers with various quirks, improve facilities and tools to create better merchandise, decorate your smithy to attract high-paying customers! BUILD THE SMITHY OF YOUR DREAMS Construct new rooms and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anvil Saga.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, character development
    94% User Score Based on 306 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rosewater.

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  9. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    81% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    Experience the Game Boy-like design and 2D open world of this retro JRPG. The choices you make are all up to you, and they may end up providing invaluable help in the future, when disaster strikes... Embark on an adventure in which you sew the threads of your own future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Artifact Adventure Gaiden.

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  10. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    98% User Score Based on 217 reviews

    The Use of Life is a “game book”-style multi-ending JRPG. The main character’s various “attachments” fluctuate in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Use of Life.

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  13. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 11,355 reviews

    Lisa is a quirky side-scrolling RPG set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Beneath the charming and funny exterior is a world full of disgust and moral destruction. Players will learn what kind of person they are by being FORCED to make choices. These choices permanently effect the game play. If you want to save a party member from death, you will have to sacrifice the strength of your character. Wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LISA: The UNDONE.

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  15. This game is a course project that we're excited to launch and experiment with in the Steam world. We're telling a story with great enthusiasm and hope that it reaches many people who can appreciate the world in which it unfolds. The game is based in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a pandemic called Lavender, which infects simply by breathing it. The story takes place two years after the pande… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blooming Ashes.

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  16. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    73% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    You are a young man living in the city. Every day, you were busy with work, leading a hectic life. Tired of such a lifestyle, you began to yearn for a slow life in a place rich in nature. At that time, you heard that a ranch in a certain rural village was being sold cheaply, so you decided to buy the ranch to start a second life. However, the village chief you met seems to have a favor to ask of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Let's Go! My Harem Farm.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    87% User Score Based on 45 reviews

    You are the sovereign of a town called Mistwinter Bay. The sovereign you create decides the fate of the town and everyone in it. Decide which buildings to build and who gets to live in town. Interact with your townsfolk by sending them on missions or hang out one-on-one. Each character is unique, with their own profession, personal history and strengths and weaknesses. Deal with international poli… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mistwinter Bay.

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  18. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 2,720 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 6 reviews

    Journey through over 75 breathtaking locations across 5 diverse regions, each echoing the richness and allure of ancient China's tradition and landscape. Explore a world filled with bustling ancient Chinese towns, scenic mountains, picturesque rivers, dangerous lairs, treacherous terrains and more! Utilizing Unreal Engine 4, Wandering Sword portrays a captivating blend of traditional pixel art gr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wandering Sword.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    92% User Score Based on 96 reviews

    Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story. Stanhope will sometimes be presented with alternative ways to handle a conversation, based on four temperaments… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abscission.

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  20. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    90% User Score Based on 528 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

    A 2D modern-day character-driven RPG that combines elements from visual novels, shooters, and dystopian fiction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Long Gone Days.

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  21. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 608 reviews

    Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Curious Expedition 2.

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  22. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    90% User Score Based on 734 reviews
    Critic Score 84%Based on 5 reviews

    Ryza and her friends are living their lives on Kurken Island when news of a sudden appearance of a mysterious group of islands in nearby waters arrives. To find a way to save her island, Ryza and her friends will set off on final adventure surrounding the "roots of alchemy." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key.

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  23. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    84% User Score Based on 553 reviews

    Prison Simulator: Full Game About the GamePrison Simulator: Prologue takes you back to the past and shows you the cruellest events that the walls of this prison have seen. Everything starts inconspicuously. Exactly as if you have just started another boring shift at work. But you see that something is going on.. Everything looks a little different here. Prisoners are disgusting swines who wil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prison Simulator Prologue.

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  24. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 96 reviews

    After jointly founding the so-called Space Club, Youichi and his friend Amamiya Ginga, the son of Amamiya Daigo, spent their school days building a rocket -- until one fateful night, a mysterious young girl called Aries crash-lands near them, her memories also lost from the shock of the landing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Himawari: The Sunflower.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    79% User Score Based on 233 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 7 reviews

    Loopmancer is a 3D horizontal roguelite action game with realistic graphics that takes place in a cyberpunk universe. Players play as a detective who comes back to life after an unexpected death, and battle in this lifelike and futuristic city of the east. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loopmancer.

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  26. 46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    42% User Score Based on 95 reviews
    Critic Score 54%Based on 4 reviews

    Defend humanity from the Chimera Virus as the new leader of Japan's covert military agency (ACID) in Dark Rose Valkyrie! Battle enemies in this real-time combat, action-packed RPG, and investigate your party members to find and expose the traitor within before it’s too late! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Rose Valkyrie.

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  27. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
    88% User Score Based on 673 reviews

    Path of Wuxia is the fourth title of Heluo Studio since the launch of the studio’s first title, Tale of Wuxia. Combine Wuxia world and school life with anime art style, it returns to the simulation gameplay well known by fans. Play as a young Xia who possesses extraordinary ability and join the academy known as the Hermitic Pavilions of Xia, grow strong along with various schoolmates and seek your… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Path Of Wuxia.

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  28. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    85% User Score Based on 2,937 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 4 reviews

    Timespinner is a 2D metroidvania platformer about a young woman who travels through time to destroy the empire that killed her family. At its heart, the game is a child of the great pixelated classics of the SNES and PS1 age. From the rich story worlds of Star Ocean, the expansive gothic castle to explore in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and the tight gameplay of Megaman X, Timespinner seek… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Timespinner.

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  29. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 4,242 reviews

    After the war between humans and demons, you found a baby on the battlefield and became a father. You will Plan time and courses for her, bring her into contact with various roles, and raise her up. The daughter's future and the ending of the volcano country depends on each of your choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Volcano Princess.

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  30. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    74% User Score Based on 160 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 6 reviews

    Root Letter (stylized √Letter) is a visual novel adventure video game that is developed and published by Kadokawa Games as the first title in their Kadokawa Game Mystery brand. In the game, the player must figure out what happened to the character of Aya, a girl who mysteriously vanished after receiving a particular letter. The gameplay will be split into two distinct parts; the adventure part, wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Root Letter.

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  31. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    77% User Score Based on 35 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    The Comic GameBook in which you make choices and fight/spare your foes in turn-based challenges. Help Nate and his friends on their journey to revitalize the Planet! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Light Apprentice.

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  32. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    90% User Score Based on 5,052 reviews

    Semyon, a poster child contemporary chan culture consumer, falls asleep in the bus, only to wake up in front of the gates of Sovyonok, a pioneer camp of the late Soviet Russia. Everlasting Summer is a time-warping, mind-bending visual novel with some eroge content, produced by the collective efforts of Russian chan communities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everlasting Summer.

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  33. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    70% User Score Based on 343 reviews
    Critic Score 55%Based on 1 reviews

    Celestian Tales: Old North is a refreshing take on the classic turn-based Japanese style RPG, where your decisions in its dark and gritty storyline shape the world of tomorrow. When the future comes at last, is it what you hoped for? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Celestian Tales: Old North.

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  34. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    61% User Score Based on 141 reviews
    Critic Score 61%Based on 6 reviews

    Steampunk Paris, set against the background of the late 19th century, torn between tradition and modernity. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie, seek evidence to prop your testimony or, perhaps, pretend to be insane? Your imagination is the limi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bohemian Killing.

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  35. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    67% User Score Based on 99 reviews
    Critic Score 45%Based on 1 reviews

    ICY is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age where your life and the lives of your followers hang on every decision you make. Create your own character using a detailed stats system that influences your abilities then begin your journey of survival across a frozen world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Icy.

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  36. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 699 reviews

    Golden Record Retriever is a rogue-like dice building game in which a golden retriever kidnapped by aliens grows into a space hero by retrieving the golden records that have become a "space headache.” If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Umbrellas Allowed.

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  37. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    94% User Score Based on 202 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 8 reviews

    Taking place years before the events of Tails Noir, Tails Noir Preludes is a narrative game following four characters through formative moments of change, circumstance, and consequences in life and told through a series of interactive vignettes. Your choices are what’s most important – what traits are you bringing with you in your story, and what is the impact you make on the characters around yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tails Noir Preludes.

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  38. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 378 reviews

    Seiji Maruyama is a middle-aged yakuza recently released from prison. Known as "Gozuki" (one of the demon generals from Buddhist mythology) he is the power that his oyabun counts on. But there is one thing his aniki is not taking into account: Maruyama is getting old. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fading Afternoon.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    97% User Score Based on 194 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

    Mamiya is a captivating, dark visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MAMIYA.

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  41. 57%Game Brain Score
    57% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Welcome to Lovely Sweet Dream! A game made for the Yume Nikki Dream Diary Jam 5! Inspired by Yume Nikki and LSD Dream Emulator. A girl called Lulu is walking home from school one day when she finds an interesting looking charm at a flea market. The box describes that the charm will give the user wonderful dreams. Intrigued, Lulu takes the charm home and it introduces itself as LOVELY. With LOVELY… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lovely Sweet Dream.

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  43. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    87% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Edgar Allan Poe’s Interactive Horror: 1995 Edition is the faithful restoration of the cult classic originally known as The Dark Eye.Developed by the legendary multimedia studio Inscape, this surreal first-person point-and-click horror adventure broke new ground in 1995 with its nightmare-fuel combination of stop-motion animation, video collage, and psychologically disturbing storytelling. Step in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Edgar Allan Poe's Interactive Horror: 1995 Edition.

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  44. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 1,770 reviews
    Critic Score 88%Based on 8 reviews

    Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sovereign Tower.

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  45. Think you know the Christmas story? Did you ever watch and wonder about it? Did you ever consider it deeper? How about ask questions to which no one could answer? Or perhaps, have you gotten bored with the same old classic story that has been told each year? Set in the first century, The Father's Story is a visual novel which explores the story of that night from different perspectives of people… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Father's Story.

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  47. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 172 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 3 reviews

    Dilara joins her father Malik, a handyman tasked with refurbishing an old apartment in the city of Berlin, Germany. In the course of their extensive renovation work, Dilara digs deeper and deeper into the history of the apartment. Relics from past times turn out to be silent witnesses and former companions of the apartment's previous inhabitants. With each new find, Malik tells his daughter the st… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Berlin Apartment.

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  48. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music
    89% User Score Based on 125 reviews

    College Craze is a female gaze adult dating and life simulation game. Find endless sexy possibilities for your own college experience at Sugardale U with your custom female MC, the branching story structure, and +25 love interests. No fade-to-black scenes here, so enroll today! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to College Craze.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    96% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    FriendShapes v2.2 Demo Out Now! [Controls: Keyboard / Joypad / Mouse (Mouse not recommended for traversal)] [Media 17987566] Explore the twisted remnants of Leavalley, a place you're fairly... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FriendShapes.

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  50. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    70% User Score Based on 720 reviews

    An interactive story about connection in isolation… where your words are the lifeline of a stranded companion in space. In Whispers from the Star, there are no dialogue trees, just open-ended conversations powered by AI chat, as you stay connected across light years. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whispers from the Star.

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