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.
94% of 1,120 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$24.99
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If 異界ノ宿帳 scratched a atmospheric and story-driven itch for you, keep reading. These games line up well for what comes next.
Yog-Sothoth’s Yard
Inherit a haunted villa, turn it into a hotel, and staff it with Death, a dragon and a bioroid maid. Run a restaurant, dig mines, brew alchemy, and weigh every Oracle against your sanity. A hand-drawn Lovecraftian visual novel with romance, dark humor and 23 endings.
Also in Visual novel · Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
93% of 10,381 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$10.99Tales of the Black Forest
A pixel adventure about a high school student trapped in a strange Japanese town, where yōkai, old memories and a journey through time hide what really happened. Short, atmospheric and quietly heartbreaking, with puzzles that never stall the story.
Also in Visual novel · Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
97% of 14,942 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$3.99第五件遗留物
With some special reasons, Tang Sheng, a human being, fell into a world of monsters between the underworld and the human world. At the same time, he found that he had lost his memory. He learned that he had to find all the " belongings " when he fell down to return to the world.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
88% of 381 Steam reviews are positive$4.99霊迷の湯
あなたは人気旅館「黎明の湯」の新人アルバイト。毎朝、各客室を見回って「霊現象」が発生していないかを確認しよう。1つも見逃さずに無事にバイトを乗り切ろう。
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Scary
86% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$3.99OMUSUBI
One day, Hinako, a high school student, finds her path to school transformed into the Sanzu River, where she meets a strange-looking man named Issa. Will she be able to get through the mysterious devices of the mysterious mansion and return safely to her family?
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
93% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$10.99Midnight Syndrome
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Also in Visual novel · Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
99% of 110 Steam reviews are positiveFreeKugayama 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 · Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
94% of 1,120 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$24.99寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files
A Lovecraftian mystery visual novel set in a modern Chinese city. Run an old bookshop, question visitors with the right dialogue moves, gather clues from forums and TV, and argue your case before things get stranger. The story goes places few horror games dare, and the ending earns it.
Also in Visual novel · Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
80% of 1,848 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Spiritual Bond ～Breaking the curse, Intertwining fates～
“Person of Serendipity… please help us——” A text-based adventure puzzle game set in ancient villages, where shrine maidens and the Kami guide you to forge unbreakable bonds. Every choice reshapes destiny—you will lead them, but to where?
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
82% of 98 Steam reviews are positive$4.49Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
You are Mystia Lorelei, a night-sparrow youkai starting over with a mobile izakaya and a pile of debt. Gather ingredients by day across Gensokyo, then cook to order by night for regulars and familiar faces with very specific tastes. It is a warm, funny restaurant sim with pixel art, great music, and a lot of recipes to learn.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
97% of 30,736 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Mandemon
Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine. Love and hatred blur in the mist. What will you do? Who can you trust? Welcome to a cruel world of deceit and suffering—
Also in Visual novel · Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
86% of 353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
A dark visual novel about an isolated island town where murders wake old, half-forgotten memories. Follow Yuhito through a mystery that blurs dream and reality, with branching routes, 14 endings, over 50 songs and hand-drawn art. A heavy, emotional story that asks what is real and what is sin.
Also in Visual novel · Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
95% of 3,152 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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DevilConnection
Poke at people's feelings, read their minds and steer a mischievous demon toward the one true ending among dozens of bad ones.
98% of 2,187 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 82$16.66
Kemono Teatime
Blend the perfect cup for the animal-eared regulars of a gentle little town, and let their stories stay with you long after the cups are empty.
94% of 1,699 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$12.99
Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction.
92% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Guardian of the Sacred Seal
"Guardian of the Sacred Seal" is a story-driven adventure game centered on the concept: “To be unconditionally loved by a yandere young man.”
92% of 133 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
The Inn-Sanity
Survive a hotel full of people turning into monsters, where every word you say shapes who survives.
96% of 1,590 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Cafe DReAMLAND
This is Cafe "DReAMLAND". Grant your "customers'" wishes by serving them drinks mixed with a hint of blasphemy!
93% of 106 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Hookah Haze
Akihabara, year 2XXX. Toru Sumiki, diagnosed with a fatal illness, takes a job managing a hookah lounge and meets three unusual girls over the smoke.
92% of 1,307 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$17.99
Midnight Syndrome
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
99% of 110 Steam reviews are positiveFree
The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition
Run a public bathhouse in a rural Japanese village, where the daily chores slowly give way to something far darker.
90% of 1,257 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$7.99
OMUSUBI
One day, Hinako, a high school student, finds her path to school transformed into the Sanzu River, where she meets a strange-looking man named Issa.
93% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery!
A Werewolf game-style social deduction adventure where you play as the landlord of an apartment and try to uncover the Yokai hiding among your…
82% of 127 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
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Manage a mysterious entertainment house in a fog-shrouded town.
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Guardian of the Sacred Seal
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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.
94% of 1,120 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$24.99
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92% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
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Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor".
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DevilConnection
Poke at people's feelings, read their minds and steer a mischievous demon toward the one true ending among dozens of bad ones.
98% of 2,187 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 82$16.66
Kemono Teatime
Blend the perfect cup for the animal-eared regulars of a gentle little town, and let their stories stay with you long after the cups are empty.
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呪いの穢れ唄 鳴海龍也の回奇録
You have lost your memory and wake up in an unpopular Japanese house. Strange phenomena occur. Eerie singing voices coming from inside the house.
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Cafe DReAMLAND
This is Cafe "DReAMLAND". Grant your "customers'" wishes by serving them drinks mixed with a hint of blasphemy!
93% of 106 Steam reviews are positive$12.99