Games like Return to Ash
If Return to Ash scratched a emotional and story-driven itch for you, keep reading. These games are worth a look next.
Pitstop in Purgatory
Astrid wakes up in Purgatory and has to make peace with her death. Only problem is... she doesn't remember anything! Point and click your way through adventure-based gameplay mixed with visual novel storytelling, and solve the mystery of our heroine's untimely demise.
Also in Visual novel · Emotional, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
88% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Purrgatory
A visual novel set in an afterlife where nothing really matters, so you might as well make friends. Explore 80+ hand-drawn locations, help seven charming souls work through what kept them stuck, crack far too many cat puns, and find one of several endings. Short, funny and quietly moving.
Also in Visual novel · Emotional, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
98% of 5,070 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3FreeThe Endless Empty
A surreal post-life adventure
Emotional, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
97% of 315 Steam reviews are positive$3.99It gets so lonely here
A dark fairytale visual novel about a girl running through a night forest, and the three lonely strangers waiting at the end of each path. A yandere yuri story told in second person, where love and danger wear the same face and every ending arrives exactly on time.
Also in Visual novel · Emotional, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 2,408 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6FreeDreambound
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Also in Visual novel · Emotional, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
95% of 86 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Angel Wings
Upon answering a mysterious phone call, you awaken in an unfamiliar place filled with new faces… Through intricate relationships and thoughtful introspection, will you be able to unravel the reason you are here?
Also in Visual novel · Emotional, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
88% of 642 Steam reviews are positiveFreeTrain of Afterlife
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Also in Visual novel · Emotional, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
63% of 19 Steam reviews are positive$9.99What Comes After
What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.
Emotional, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
89% of 952 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Ashina: The Red Witch
Join Ash on the journey of an afterlife-time! Travel through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures, interesting characters, and memorable moments! Ash must find her way back home and save her sister from the powers that be.
Emotional, Story-driven, Atmospheric
90% of 170 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Schrödinger's Call
The moon is falling and twenty-one nanoseconds remain. Mary, guided by a black cat named Hamlet, answers phone calls from souls stuck between life and death and helps them finish what they left unsaid. A hand-drawn, picture-book visual novel about listening, regret and one last conversation.
Also in Visual novel · Emotional, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 1,218 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$17.99BAD END THEATER
A short visual novel about four characters whose fates keep ending badly. Pick a protagonist, toggle their behaviors, and watch one story change all the others. Every path is a bad ending, at least at first. Finding out how the pieces fit is half puzzle, half heartbreak, and worth every ending.
Also in Visual novel · Emotional, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
97% of 8,961 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Kugayama 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 · Emotional, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 1,120 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$24.99
Cheaper than Return to Ash
q.u.q.
You follow a crude girl and her enormous gun across a dying desert, through nine endings of weird, funny and quietly sad story.
94% of 1,883 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
and yet, we dream
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their…
92% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
a new life.
A hand-drawn romance about meeting, marrying, growing old, and deciding what to do when love hurts.
96% of 2,223 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Mandemon
Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine.
86% of 353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
Silenced: The House
Any plans for the weekend? There is a great place to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city and daily routine!
70% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 770 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and…
79% of 992 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Lily of the Valley
Following his mother's death, a young man meets a strange young girl in the Welsh countryside.
93% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
A short visual novel about affection and reality, where hundreds of choices twist the story toward very different endings.
93% of 20,749 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 66$1.99
Too Real
A short, hand-drawn narrative about memory, loss, and final conversations.
100% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Novalie
Surreal horror themed visual novel, with lots of branching paths, blood, tears and twisted pitch-black humour.
100% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Hidden gems like Return to Ash
Set Yourself on Fire
A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.
97% of 458 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Schrödinger's Call
Answer calls from souls caught between life and death and help them say what they never could, in a hand-drawn story about regret and listening.
94% of 1,218 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$17.99
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: 7$24.99
Unquiet Grey
You can't save him... but what if you could meet him again? Unquiet Grey is a heartbreaking timeloop visual novel about a troubled young woman and…
98% of 101 Steam reviews are positiveFree
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 770 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Goodbye Volcano High
Guide Fang through their last year of high school, making choices about love, family and music before an asteroid arrives.
90% of 1,692 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
q.u.q.
You follow a crude girl and her enormous gun across a dying desert, through nine endings of weird, funny and quietly sad story.
94% of 1,883 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
It gets so lonely here
Run through a night forest, choose your path, and meet the three strangers waiting at the end of each one.
94% of 2,408 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
Mandemon
Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine.
86% of 353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
start;again
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers.
95% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
Until Then
Follow Mark through school days, first love and a mystery that slowly unravels everything he thought he knew.
96% of 16,267 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 149$19.99
Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder
A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery.
94% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$27.99
Newest games like Return to Ash
Autumn's end (Part 1)
Navigate love, friendship, art, and mental horror to find meaning in a dying world. A visual novel.
97% of 61 Steam reviews are positiveFree
soulstation
Kin and Clef lose themselves in The Station – an afterlife that rotates dreams into realities and a wish into a memory.
100% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$8
Schrödinger's Call
Answer calls from souls caught between life and death and help them say what they never could, in a hand-drawn story about regret and listening.
94% of 1,218 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$17.99
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: 7$24.99
Set Yourself on Fire
A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.
97% of 458 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Salvus: Aries
A mature slice of death and adventure fantasy otome visual novel that begins at the bad ending.
84% of 37 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Too Real
A short, hand-drawn narrative about memory, loss, and final conversations.
100% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
and yet, we dream
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their…
92% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Mobile Murder Mystery
Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.
97% of 76 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Find Love or Die Trying: Til Death Do Us Part
The afterstory to Find Love or Die Trying is here! Continue your romance with your chosen partner in the world beyond the killer dating show.
67% of 170 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
the Death of the Video Star
The Death of the Video Star is a visual novel about dealing with the aftermath of killing God, and maybe having to kill Her again.
100% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Countdown
Countdown is a short visual novel that tells the story of an ordinary individual's journey through their thoughts and emotions as their life…
83% of 65 Steam reviews are positiveFree