The Heroes Around Me
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame.
94% of 699 Steam reviews are positive$4.19
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东北往事
Immersed in the turbulent "Tohoku" underworld epic of the 1980s, "Northeast Past" is a real-life interactive video game that combines hardcore underworld survival rules with multi-branching narratives, taking you to experience the underworld and get involved in the bloody fate of gang disputes.
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
81% of 146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$8.99The Heroes Around Me
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
94% of 699 Steam reviews are positive$4.19A Perfect Day
A hand-painted puzzle adventure set on the last day of 1999. You are a sixth-grader in a small Chinese town, living December 31st over and over: uncovering classmates' secrets, fixing your family's regrets, racing Mini 4WD cars and trying to build one perfect day for everyone before the fireworks.
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
84% of 1,739 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Murders on the Yangtze River
A detective adventure in early 20th century China. John Shen returns home to find out who really killed his brother, and the cases along the way lead somewhere bigger. Investigate scenes, hunt contradictions in testimonies and argue your case, all across a hand-painted ink wash scroll of the Yangtze.
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
96% of 15,993 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$14.99Insects Awaken
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
88% of 406 Steam reviews are positive$6.29LakeLady
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven horror game. Five years after a flood leaves his daughter missing, doctor Salvio returns home to investigate HongQiang Hospital. Ward Nine hides a secret that could explain what happened to her.
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
80% of 75 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99Shanghai Summer
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
89% of 394 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99The Dawning Letters -Sunrise-
In 1927, Lu Yanhe, a daughter of a royal family of the Qing dynasty decided, to run away from home. Under the changing times and the subtle influence of new thoughts, she began to seek possibilities beyond her destiny......
Story-driven, Emotional, Relaxing
95% of 160 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Far Away
Far Away is a visual novel set in Bedjan, a port city where gangs, police and schemers all want a piece of the action. You play Krosa, a docker with mechanical arms whose ordinary morning turns into something much bigger. Nine storylines, sixteen endings and full Cantonese voice acting make it worth more than one run.
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
94% of 7,612 Steam reviews are positive$12.99Silent Love
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
74% of 201 Steam reviews are positive$9.99THE TALE OF SPRING CITY
Ziqing Xu, a young girl from Spring City. Her father mysteriously disappeared soon after. During a strange turn of events, she suddenly gains the ability to see into the supernatural realm—the so-called "Yin Yan." Will she be able to uncover the truth?
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
78% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$8.99子夜之章:历史的终局～MidNights of Desperado～
The protagonist of this lonely life is you. You leave your hometown and come to a strange world. The world is prosperous and cold, strange but real. You may like it or wish you could tear it to pieces. The good news is, you have the choice!
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
98% of 269 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Cheaper than Ice River
子夜之章:历史的终局～MidNights of Desperado～
The protagonist of this lonely life is you. You leave your hometown and come to a strange world. The world is prosperous and cold, strange but real.
98% of 269 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Sinking The Boats
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing…
94% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$5.24
Ignited in Cavern
A general and her captive follow a rumor of a wish-granting statue to Dunhuang, and find a murder, a thief and a god instead.
93% of 1,363 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$1.99
随风而逝 Story About Times
Time is the only thing we can't resist. Some people and things will never be found once they are lost. In the dark, a man was walking alone.
79% of 75 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Tide—1927—
In the 16th year of the Republic of China, Shanghai. Bai Youfu, a young girl who was dissatisfied with the arranged marriage, saw the news of her…
87% of 53 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Tales of the Black Forest
Trapped in the town of Kuromori-chō, a schoolgirl travels into the past to find her way out, meeting humans and yōkai along the way.
97% of 14,942 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$3.99
Throw Me in the River
A visual novel about a man experiencing his family relationships through a state of compressed time.
89% of 19 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
坏小孩
You guide Wang Han, a truant schoolboy in a 1990s factory town, through light puzzles and a story that turns from mischief into crime.
95% of 1,590 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
禄水三江
This game is a multi perspective immersive text interactive visual novel game based on the real historical event of the Qing Dynasty in the Qingshui…
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
十五
This is a plot exploration game set in the 1990s. In the game, you will go back to the age of 15, make up for those regrets and mistakes, rewrite…
92% of 53 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
好久不见 - Long Time No See
The story centers around a frustrated middle-aged man named Yu Kaijie.
76% of 227 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women.
95% of 549 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
PatriotMemoirs
Shangchuan, 1939, Japanese-occupied. By day a bowing traitor, by night a ghost, in Demon's Lair, No. 86. All wear masks: pretend, kill, survive.
83% of 547 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$15.58
The Dawning Letters -Sunrise-
In 1927, Lu Yanhe, a daughter of a royal family of the Qing dynasty decided, to run away from home.
95% of 160 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
The Heroes Around Me
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame.
94% of 699 Steam reviews are positive$4.19
Insects Awaken
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his…
88% of 406 Steam reviews are positive$6.29
Ignited in Cavern
A general and her captive follow a rumor of a wish-granting statue to Dunhuang, and find a murder, a thief and a god instead.
93% of 1,363 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$1.99
Long Dream
Zhao Sheng, a retired postman, has been suffering from dementia over the past years.
98% of 967 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
东北往事
Immersed in the turbulent "Tohoku" underworld epic of the 1980s, "Northeast Past" is a real-life interactive video game that combines hardcore…
81% of 146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$8.99
子归 - Blossom
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village.
87% of 557 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Shanghai Summer
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of…
89% of 394 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99
Dordogne
Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost…
92% of 922 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
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PatriotMemoirs
Shangchuan, 1939, Japanese-occupied. By day a bowing traitor, by night a ghost, in Demon's Lair, No. 86. All wear masks: pretend, kill, survive.
83% of 547 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$15.58
东北往事
Immersed in the turbulent "Tohoku" underworld epic of the 1980s, "Northeast Past" is a real-life interactive video game that combines hardcore…
81% of 146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$8.99
Moon River
Moon River is a short RPG adventure with an emphasis on music and atmosphere. Perhaps some secrets too...
98% of 245 Steam reviews are positiveFree
女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women.
95% of 549 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
禄水三江
This game is a multi perspective immersive text interactive visual novel game based on the real historical event of the Qing Dynasty in the Qingshui…
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
THE TALE OF SPRING CITY
Ziqing Xu, a young girl from Spring City. Her father mysteriously disappeared soon after.
78% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Miss Peacock
1930s. A remote mining town in the mountains of French Vietnam.
100% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Mandate Of Heaven
Play the Second Prince of Xuan through eight chapters of court intrigue, where every decision branches toward one of dozens of endings.
90% of 5,547 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$14.99
LakeLady
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80% of 75 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
Sinking The Boats
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing…
94% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$5.24
YinYang Street: Separate Ways
Street Li Fang Zhuan is a Chinese micro horror game set in 1980s China, combining the story of understanding puzzles and text adventures.
79% of 29 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Insects Awaken
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his…
88% of 406 Steam reviews are positive$6.29