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1The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Team Salvato · 2017 · Linux, Android, PC · 95/100
2Vanripper · 2020 · Linux, PC, Mac
3Semyon, 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…
Soviet Games · 2014 · Linux, Android, PC
4Sign In again. Remember a time before Facebook and Skype? When Windows XP was the next big thing and AIM was king. Relive that era with Emily Is Away, an interactive story. Create a screenname and browse buddy infos in this chat-bot meets adventure game. Explore your relationship with Emily, a…
Kyle Seeley · 2015 · Linux, PC, Mac
5A brand new Sonic experience from the minds of the Sonic Social team: The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a visual novel, point-and-click adventure! It's Amy Rose's birthday and she's hosting a murder mystery party on the Mirage Express. When Sonic becomes the game's victim, everyone is off to get…
Sega · 2023 · PC, Mac
6Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a truly daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Bit Golem · 2021 · PC, SteamVR
7‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A romance/horror story about life, death, and memes. A shift in perspective can change everything.
Angela He · 2019 · Web, Linux, PC
8Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
npckc · 2018 · Xbox Series, PS4, Linux
9A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one-of-a-kind life. Our Life is a nostalgic visual novel where you create your own character and grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
GB Patch Games · 2020 · Linux, Android, PC
10Fight against and romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a chat simulator visual novel where you date the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through fully voiced video calls.
Two and a Half Studios · 2023 · Linux, PC, Mac
11In this very short kinetic novel, you will play as Jung who's meeting up and hanging out with a girl named Ai. Spend your time wisely.
Moonlit Works · 2015 · Linux, PC, Mac
12A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.
Mojiken Studio · 2018 · PC, Mac
13From the same people who brought you the bucket of chicken, comes the world’s first Colonel Sanders dating simulator. I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator follows you, a promising culinary student, as you try to date your classmate, Colonel Sanders. Throughout your…
Psyop · 2019 · PC, Mac
14Welcome to Moe Era, the era of cute things! It has everything but a hero to help four adorable girls. You're the one they're waiting for!
Comfy Company · 2020 · Linux, PC, Mac
15''Cinderella Phenomenon" is a visual novel game developed by Dicesuki. Players take on the role of Lucette, a princess who is cursed by a fairy godmother and must break the curse to find true love. The game features a variety of branching storylines and multiple endings, depending on the choices…
2017 · Linux, Android, PC
16USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Ferry Nopanamaman · 2025 · Linux, PC, Mac
17vivid/stasis is a rhythm-mystery game that follows the fate and feelings of a group of girls as they get wrapped up in a mind-bending adventure involving organizations, mysterious disappearances, and the fourth dimension. The game ties together an immense and interweaving storyline with varying…
Hajimeli · 2025 · PC
18Walter Martins is not among us anymore. What happened was broadcast live… so why can’t anyone agree on what happened exactly? Investigate Walter’s mysterious last show. Interview his wife. Inspect his apartment. Find out the truth.
Monumental Collab · 2023 · PC, Mac
19It's been a year since Semyon returned from "Sovyonok" and met the girls from the camp in the real world. But it's New Year at hand! And it needs to be celebrated! "Frosty Kiss" is a tiny piece of this holiday that will bring back the well-loved characters of the novel one more time, even if it…
2 Chance Projects · 2015 · Linux, PC
20The English Protection Group keep a watchful eye on the Smuggler's Run, a renowned crossing for vessels bound from Calais containing illegal immigrants. When faced with an armed man, his voracious appetite for conversation, and nobody else for miles, can you safely get rid of him? This is a…
Far Few Giants · 2020 · PC, Mac
21Reconnect with your mother’s culture through food while navigating a train that goes deeper and deeper in time.
Sondering Studios · 2022 · PC
22A love-and-hate bromance exploration horror ADV that depicts the codependency and perverted love between two men.
viv · 2024 · PC, Mac
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24The Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne is an interactive story about a painfully introverted college student who has to make oatmeal in the communal kitchen of her dorm. The gameplay will challenge you to find the right ways to help Samantha as she embarks on her journey to the other…
2016 · Linux, PC, Mac
25As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient…
Sekai Project · 2014 · Linux, PC, Mac
26A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where awful monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.
GB Patch Games · 2018 · Linux, PC, Mac
27“last seen online” is a psychological horror escape room, based on early flash games. Look through someone's computer files. Solve puzzles and discover the secrets that lie within the computer.
Qwook · 2023 · Web, PC, Mac
28A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel.
Jenny Vi Pham · 2022 · Linux, Android, PC
29Banyu Lintar Angin is a series of experimental illustrations about three siblings, living together independently in a rural Indonesian environment.
Mojiken Studio · 2017 · PC
30When your grandfather passes away and you inherit his café, it's a tall task for anyone. But with the help of four talented catboys, Cafe Kin'uan is ready for business in Nekopara: Catboys Paradise!
NEKO WORKs · 2021 · Android, PC, iOS
