Games like 探しものは、夏ですか。

Did 探しものは、夏ですか。 leave you in a story-driven and mysterious frame of mind? These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.

Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch (The witch of the Ihanashi)
The English version of the heartwarming story that was highly acclaimed in Japan. Enjoy the meticulously crafted narrative. Set in Okinawa, Japan, it is also a story that unravels the mysteries hidden within its history and fantasy.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Romantic
95% of 887 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$24.98
Be Missed and Remembered: The Letter from Mayoiga
Set in 1972 (Showa 47), this story follows a high school student on his yearly summer visit to his grandparents’ rural home. Spending quiet, nostalgic days with his sister and the villagers, he begins to believe this peaceful summer might last… until an encounter in the mountains changes everything.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Romantic
92% of 66 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$17.99
Yotsume God -Reunion-
In September of my third year in junior high school, I went with my father to my grandparents' house in the mountains. The place we arrived at was Yotsu Village. It was a small village that had long believed in "Yotsume God". There I meet a mysterious boy.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Romantic
96% of 394 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$29.99
NOSTALGIC TRAIN
The jury selection of the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival. I woke up alone in the countryside, where people had disappeared and I lost my memory.What is the truth that I see at the end of my journey through the memories of Natsugiri? ...... A Novel / Walking simulator.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Relaxing
76% of 187 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a Shooting Star- HD
A Japanese love adventure game, as you follow the story of Kogasaka You, his hometown and a promise he made.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Romantic
93% of 378 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Midnight Syndrome
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Romantic
99% of 110 Steam reviews are positiveFree
natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer
── In the summer of the world that has ended, the girl travels aimlessly. "natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer" is a text adventure game that depicts girls traveling in apocalypse. Through talking to the girls, we get to know them and approach the mysteries of the world ──
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Romantic
94% of 909 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
Absent in the Rain
A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet... What if all of them are connected and surround me like a circle? What should I do?
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Romantic
94% of 932 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
A mystery visual novel about a ghost who keeps dying on purpose. Kugayama Shiori remembers nothing but her name, and you are the only living person who can talk to her. Follow her search for the cause of her death through urban legends, odd ghosts and choices that branch into multiple endings, where horror jokes around a surprisingly warm heart.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Romantic
94% of 1,113 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$24.99
7'scarlet
The remote town of Okunezato is shaped like a crescent moon and shrouded in dark myths and legends. Take on the role of a brave young woman journeying into the unknown to uncover dangerous truths and locate her missing brother with her childhood friend.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Romantic
74% of 802 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
怪異番号~20✕✕(ニーマルバツバツ)~
A mysterious phone number on a park restroom wall leads to an unknown “voice,” quietly awakening the town’s hidden apparitions. This is a horror text adventure with no jump scares—no loud noises or grotesque surprises—designed for a safe and tension-focused experience.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Romantic
95% of 98 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Season of 12 Colors
A short healing visual novel about childhood memories, promises, and a paper plane crossing a bright summer sky. You read through different viewpoints to piece together the truth, with colorful hand-drawn art and gentle music carrying the sadness. It takes about two hours and leaves a warm ache.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Romantic
93% of 1,803 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Cheaper than 探しものは、夏ですか。

Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a Shooting Star- HD

A Japanese love adventure game, as you follow the story of Kogasaka You, his hometown and a promise he made.

$9.99

Natsuno-Kanata: Beyond Summer

──終わってしまった世界の夏、少女はあてのない旅をする。通話を介して終わってしまった世界を共に生きるアドベンチャーゲーム。

$10.99

怪異番号~20✕✕(ニーマルバツバツ)~

A mysterious phone number on a park restroom wall leads to an unknown “voice,” quietly awakening the town’s hidden apparitions.

$2.99

Season of 12 Colors

A short healing visual novel about childhood memories, promises, and a paper plane crossing a bright summer sky.

$2.99

キミが消えてしまう前に

A visual novel game where you spend an exciting school life in an abandoned school with ghost girls who have regrets and cannot rest in peace.

$3.99

Summer Memory of Bell

This is a Galgame about pure love which takes place in the summer, produced by Galgame Department of Jinan University's unnamed cartoon club in 2015…

$2.99

流る星 -a wish star-

俺はあの日、『カミサマ』を拾った。人気イラストレーターななかまいが送る、“カミサマ”の女の子と忘れられないひと夏を過ごすビジュアルノベルです。

$7.99

Memories Off

*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 「メモリーズオフ」シリーズ1作目 1999年に登場した恋愛アドベンチャーゲーム「メモリーズオフ」をフルＨＤ移植。

$9.99

Return to Shironagasu Island

A detective gets a dead millionaire's invitation to a lonely island, and the murders start.

$4.99

7 Years From Now

A slice of life story-driven adventure game with a distinctive 3D pixel art.

$9.99

A Piece of Wish upon the Stars

Graduated from high school, Guang gave up the opportunity to enter college and began to work, making a living for him and his little sister.

$8.99

マーダーミステリーパラドクスこのひと夏の十五年

"Murder Mystery Paradox: Fifteen Years of Summer" is a text-based adventure game.

$8.99

Hidden gems like 探しものは、夏ですか。

Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary

Talk to a dead girl who remembers nothing, chase the truth of her death through urban legends and branching choices, and find one of many endings.

$24.99

PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse

Follow several lives through a supernatural curse in 1980s Ise-Shima, where every choice pulls the story toward a different ending.

$24.99

ペンギンウォーズ

This is an adventure novel game. Movement and object selection are possible using only keyboard input and mouse clicks on a PC.

$5.99

Lavender Quartz 境界秤動

希望を求めた二つの運命がゼロ地点で交差する、分岐なしのビジュアルノベル。故郷の村を戦争で奪われたイコヌは、戒厳令下の州都ミラナルクで諜報員キルシウムと出会った。墜落した人工衛星から戦局を塗り替える超常物質「原石」を持ち去った不可視の少年を追い、二人は都市を疾走する。

$11.99

Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE

Spend a slow island summer getting to know eight girls, follow the route your choices open, and let a story that starts light end somewhere much…

$49.99

Midnight Syndrome

A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game

Free

流る星 -a wish star-

$7.99

Natsuno-Kanata: Beyond Summer

──終わってしまった世界の夏、少女はあてのない旅をする。通話を介して終わってしまった世界を共に生きるアドベンチャーゲーム。

$10.99

UsoNatsu ~The Summer Romance Bloomed From A Lie~

This is a story about finding love to overwrite the feelings for the one they held dearest.

$17.49

Memories Off

$9.99

Ever 17 - The Out of Infinity

To the promise we once made and the place we must return

$29.99

GINKA

Read through a gentle island vacation that turns strange, follow a love story with a girl who only knows one thing about herself, and choose what…

$22.99

Newest games like 探しものは、夏ですか。