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Games like BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed."

Games like BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed."

Games like BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed."

Looking for games like BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed."? Here are top action recommendations with a comedy and anime focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with derealization, Winter With You or 春日落幕爱物语Spring's Finale:Tales of Love.

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  1. A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to derealization.

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  2. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    77% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Naoki was really excited about spending Christmas with his beloved. But those plans weren't meant to be - Naoki saw her hugging another guy. Christmas seems ruined but just one random encounter can change everything. This is a Japanese-style kinetic visual novel about the Christmas. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Winter With You.

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  3. Game Features: Romanceable Characters: All characters are younger than the protagonist. Game Background: An alternate modern - day setting. This official version will add mini-games such as enhancing the sense of experience or interactivity to the plot on the basis of traditional visual novel gameplay. In addition to influencing the direction of the story, it seems that the mini-games wil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 春日落幕爱物语Spring's Finale:Tales of Love.

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  4. 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.

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  5. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    95% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    It's autumn and the leaves are beginning to brown. Meike, a young woman who lives and works in the German city of Augsburg, wishes she could enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and the balmy weather, but she has a problem. Meike's parents are determined to set her up with the wealthy young entrepeneur, Walter: a man who, at the age of thirty-two, successfully founded his own company and exudes self-c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cafe of Roses.

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    30%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    47% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Winter Mind.

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    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    83% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    The main character, a student-programmer named Elliot, has been struggling with mental disorders for a long time. He dreams of one thing – to create a robot assistant that would warm him in the winter of 1999. One day, he receives a floppy disk with a mysterious messenger from his best and, perhaps, only friend. It seems that this program knows more about him than he does, and every conversation w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snowfall's Mystery.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    94% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Follow UsFollow us for the latest info: Steam Group: CASCHA GAMES Twitter:CASCHAGAMES、Neverland Entertainment YOUTUBE:CASCHAGAMES、Neverland_Entmt INSTAGRAM:CASCHAGAMES FACEBOOK:CASCHAGAMES About the GameParallel-Concealed StoryConcealed: Remake is a suspenseful school horror adventure based on real-life urban legends. At Di Yingling High School, several girls mysterious… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Concealed.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
    86% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    "Can you take him in for a while?" - One fateful night an old friend drops by with an orphan boy and asks me to take him in. And not just any boy - there seem to be some hidden secrets bubbling just beneath the surface of that innocent face. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little One.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    80% User Score Based on 228 reviews

    Fall into the magically complicated world of Overture as the three main characters embark on an adventure that will shake their lives and the world around them. Will they fan the flames of the growing revolution, or will they be the key to extinguishing it? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to An Octave Higher.

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  12. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, funny
    84% User Score Based on 42 reviews

    A dark comedy/drama slice-of-life kinetic visual novel that follows the life and times of a girl starting the next chapter of her life. ~~~~~~~~~~ Content Warning: Recommended 16+ for Strong... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I'm Oh, So Busy...:A Week with Yoshimi.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 1,407 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 4 reviews

    Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eliza.

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    99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    99% User Score Based on 3,978 reviews

    A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Purrgatory.

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  15. Snow is slowly falling outside. A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to borrow some salt from her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for? Her neighbors are very strange, and Nastya will have to make a choice which one to go to. Reality mixes with nigh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Do you have SALT?.

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  16. In a stage where swords, machines, and ponytails appear in modern society A school love-comedy visual novel in which you can enjoy an exciting and thrilling love story This is the second installment of the Gekko series. In this work, you can enjoy the love story of Amelia, a tsundere police girl. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gekko Episode of Amelia.

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    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.

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  18. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music
    95% User Score Based on 44 reviews

    milk+ visual's very first and most popular yuri title, soundless - A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA -, now makes its way to Steam! —Despite all the singing around her, her world was soundless.A small village cut off from the rest of the world, Phada, spends its days slowly, idling away time by speaking with one another, eating with one another, and dedicating their lives to holy scripture. With a po… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to soundless - A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA -.

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  19. 100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 63 reviews

    Asmodeus is in a lot of trouble!!! She's a fearsome, terrifying, awe-inspiring (in her own words) demon queen, who has recently conquered the country of Mielle. In a display of her raw power and cunning, she was able to oust the former king, Limone, from the throne, and now she has declared herself Mielle's ruler. Nobody can defy Asmodeus now. She really is without peer. As far as demons g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Demon Queen's Dire Dilemma.

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  20. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay
    97% User Score Based on 271 reviews

    A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late one night, where she meets an enchanting raven-haired femme fatale - but all is not as it seems. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Her Love, Like Poison.

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  21. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    85% User Score Based on 182 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    A story-driven experience with puzzles about a middle-aged woman trying to make peace with herself. Join her in this dive to her mind and travel through memories and traumas. The unique 2d art style, meticulous sound design and hand-drawn animations bring her to life If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leila.

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  22. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    96% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    You play as Locke, the bass-player of one of the many bands that never quite made it. When your drummer suddenly dies, you and the rest of the band travels to a festival you used to visit in your youth, while handling your loss. At the festival you will encounter familiar faces from your past while you're trying to not make the same mistakes again. ----------------------------------------------… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Where the Music Dies.

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  23. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 45 reviews

    Stories from the troubled pasts of two young adults, Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions. Alex's Hope The difficult story of a boy with a bleak future and a critical lack of love finding a reason to regain hope. A dark atmosphere, a cold journey, and a soft warmth will change his fate. Alex's Solitude The story of a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude.

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  24. 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.

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  26. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
    98% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    Follow the overwhelming life of Timor who desperately tries to find some Normalcy in a very supernatural city where the color pink is forbidden because of its dark history. Timor is a teenager and teenagers suffer from high curiosity. You will help him elucidate Septeek city's many hidden mysteries and dark past while trying to not get kidnapped (and killed?) a third time because of reasons he d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Five Stages of Pink.

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  27. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 445 reviews

    The year is 1482. The age of exploration and enlightenment is on the distant horizon and the Renaissance is in full swing across Europe; but in England, the War of the Roses is in its final throes. Change is coming, but in one little convent in the north of the kingdom, everyone has seemed blissfully unaware. Everyone except Sister Catherine, a beloved nun and firebrand thinker who has just been… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Misericorde: Volume One.

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  28. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    74% User Score Based on 214 reviews

    Snow, dullness, depression. Constant dissatisfaction with work and superiors and feeling like there is no escape. Is this what life will always be? Perhaps… but I can always hope for change to be just around the corner!… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Winter Novel.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    82% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    If an AI were sentient, how would you know if they were malfunctioning, or experiencing a mental health problem? A story-rich game that explores mental health and AI ethics in the form of therapy sessions with a sentient AI. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Syntherapy.

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  30. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    94% User Score Based on 232 reviews

    Floral Aroma in the Shrine is a short Vision Novel Touhou Project Fan Fiction game. The main story is about a love story of Reimu and Marisa. Player will be playing as Marisa and experience her side of the story happened in Hakurei Jinja. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Floral Aroma in the Shrine.

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  31. FIND HMUR! About the GameWelcome to Midnight Village, an island where the night rules the skies, yet the folk live simple, cozy lives... but in a village where night rules the skies, are there any secrets to be discovered? You walk the shoes of Kurosuke, newly moved in to Midnight Village. Talk to the villagers of Midnight Village throughout the twelve days of midnight. Learn the secrets of t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Midnight Village Story.

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  32. 《近月少女的礼仪2》是由日本美少女游戏资深大厂 Navel 制作的超人气女装系列作品的第三部。国际中文版除收录游戏本篇中的内容外,也将包括Limited Edition追加的『樱小路露娜接后日谈的后日谈《对好答案后是美妙的问候》以及『堂兄妹理论及其中心』两个特别篇内容以及全角色语音内容。此外,游戏将拥有超越原版的1920X1080的高清画质,内置简繁日三版本,预定支持Steam成就、集换卡牌、云存储等功能,并将支持大量额外内容。本作也将同期推出中文版特典活动。 《近月少女的礼仪2》由铃平广与西又葵继续联袂负责原画与角色设计;由系列前作《近月1》、《少女理论》的核心剧本家东之助独立执笔;遥空、奏雨、桐谷华、川岛莉乃等人气声优为本作新角色献声。主题曲《Glitter》由知名歌姬美乡秋演唱。 《近月少女的礼仪2》曾于美少女游戏大赏中荣获综合第1、剧本第1、系统第8、作画第3、音乐第4、影片第… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou 2.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    91% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    "Do you know a monster that dwells around here?" she asked. An ordinary barkeepers' journey, intertwined with the only survivor from a shrouded monster hunter company, started with this question. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Koncolos.

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  34. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    76% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    She was created for one purpose: to make sure everyone in the world enjoys Halloween. At all costs. A short, fully-voiced horror visual novel exploring instrumental convergence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PROJECT: Halloween.

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  35. Keita’s summer kicks off with a random game chat—just anonymous “bros” trading jokes and awkward confessions. But when he learns his whole party is actually a group of girls living next door, things spiral fast in a season of neighborly chaos, college camaraderie, and maybe... something more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lovejuiced!: Hi Neighbor, meet Gamer.

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  36. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    95% User Score Based on 114 reviews

    This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Decollate Decoration.

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  37. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    "Alice followed the white rabbit into a fantastical land where everything was topsy-turvy, and everyone was mad." The story begins when Abriel falls into a Wonderland distinctly different from the story books: a world filled with magical girls devoted to fighting for the sake of the Queen. As Abriel tries to find her place in Wonderland and face her past, she must also face the reality … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to duplicity loop.

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  38. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    65% User Score Based on 757 reviews
    Critic Score 61%Based on 9 reviews

    Rue Valley Digital Deluxe Edition includes: - Rue Valley - Rue Valley - Digital OST - Rue Valley - Digital Artbook - Rue Valley - Supporter Pack If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 懊悔谷.

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  39. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    89% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Scotland, 2020. Alice is a young woman struggling through a painful breakup. Hoping to distract herself with online shopping, she buys a vintage mirror; then whispers begin to echo through her flat. Soon, she discovers that a mysterious figure is trapped inside the mirror, and only she can help them break free by forming a deeper connection. Black nails and lipstick. Theatrical charm wrapped in … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saccharine Echo.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    The city is a labyrinth. You always knew it, you just didn't have time to try different paths. Now, you have no choice. Did your coworker put a curse on you? Find out in this bleak horror visual novel featuring point-and-click gameplay elements. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Side Alley.

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  41. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    94% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    Don't Get Your Hopes Up is a short interactive comic about housing shortage and horror in architecture.  Based on desperate apartment searches undertaken in 2022 and 2024, and drawing from a half decade of conversations about Amsterdam's housing crisis, the game moves between fiction, documentary, and social commentary. With disquiet and creeping unease, it dismantles the consoling fictions of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Don't Get Your Hopes Up.

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  43. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    游戏标签(TAGS) | 高冷,女友,高冷女友,MY COLD GIRLFRIEND,girlfriend,纯爱,Love,lovestory,恋爱,视觉小说,gal,galgame,avg,动漫,美少女,lsp,美女,制服,少女,cos,cosplay If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 我的高冷女友 MY COLD GIRLFRIEND.

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  44. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Alice is a disaster when it comes to asking women out. But when she adopts a dog from the shelter, she wasn't expecting to be knocked over by an absolutely cute lady, Sophie, who makes her want to try. With their dogs being the best wingdogs, can Alice and Sophie get together?! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Double Date - Yuri Visual Novel.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    98% User Score Based on 65 reviews

    This is an emotion-focused short narrative game with an average playtime of around 1 hour. We believe that seeing and understanding our own emotions is a strength in itself. May this inner journey bring you moments of calm and resonance. Anxiety Puppy is an interactive visual novel that tells the story of a young girl in a bustling city, who, while struggling with the pressures of life and wor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anxiety Puppy.

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  46. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    90% User Score Based on 595 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 18 reviews

    Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Urban Myth Dissolution Center.

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  47. This is a visual novel.Plot SummaryAfter a great war more than a decade ago, the entire European continent was left in ruins, with countless sectors in need of revitalization. While the technological revolution spurred rapid global development, some countries found themselves engulfed in unrest and turmoil. In the heart of the shattered Apennine Peninsula lies Florence, where ancient buildings a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Salvation:Immortale.

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  48. Try on the role of a food delivery man from the small town N. You have to live in this small and melancholy town for a whole week, collecting and delivering food to different people who inhabit this town. Eavesdrop on scraps of conversations on the street, interact with characters and be a good delivery boy! Features: The streets are filled with details and characters. Some of them have extra ques… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hello, your order....

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  50. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    88% User Score Based on 169 reviews

    Meike is the daughter of the noble von Essen family. Once one of the wealthiest families in Germany, the von Essen name has since been tarnished after a string of bad business decisions led them to financial ruin. Desperate to be restored to their former wealth and glory, Meike’s parents try to marry their only daughter off to the self-made businessman Walter Gerhardt. Meike possesses no fond f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cage of Roses.

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