Gaokao.Love.100Days
Confess to a classmate with 100 days left before the exam, then balance study and romance one choice at a time.
88% of 5,000 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$5.69
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A dating sim set in the 100 days before China's college entrance exam. Confess to a classmate, then juggle revision and romance day by day, with over 10 storylines and more than 50 endings waiting on every choice. Sweet, stressful and surprisingly true to student life.
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Welcome to Elsewhere High, "a school for exceptional children." In this visual novel, players are able to immerse themselves in the world of the outcast. Each student at Elsewhere High has fallen short of expectations at their original high school; they've flunked out, skipped class, wrote threatening notes, or grew to be a...
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Meet with the story of high school in 3 years that you can determine your life. Enjoying along with events and activities so the daily won’t be boring and comes up with a new feeling like never felt before. What are you waiting for? Let’s join us now at Hoshisora high school!
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77% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Princess Evangile All Ages Version
This romantic visual novel has you joining a financially struggling all-girls' private school as one student's example case for gender integration. The two of you try to prove that going co-ed could save the school, while the story explores themes of traditions, change, family, and relationships.
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92% of 139 Steam reviews are positive$34.99True Love ～Confide to the Maple～
A Chinese high school romance visual novel: childhood sweethearts drift apart under exam pressure, a new classmate and a girl by the sea enter the picture, and one accident changes everything. Hand-drawn art, full voice acting and a story that swings from warm daily life to heartbreak, with your choices deciding who ends up together.
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84% of 1,334 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Tokyo School Life
"Tokyo School Life" is the story of your trip as an exchange student in Tokyo and the three girls you meet there. Live the everyday life you love from anime and manga! Vocal opening song/Japanese voices/English text
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92% of 618 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Last Days of Spring Visual Novel
Last Days of Spring is a YA (Young Adult) Otome Visual Novel following a group of high school seniors in their last week of school as they come to terms with questions about love, life and destiny. Follow the steps of Yuka Kishimoto as she navigates across her final week as a high school student and sees her life come to a complete...
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70% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$2.99스쿨라이프
School Life is a visual novel game with a school background and a light atmosphere.
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高中生模拟器The Existence Theory of the No.13 High School
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Sweet Home
Guide a schoolgirl through friendship, romance and family in a small town, with 12 endings shaped by your choices.
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Nijikoi no Houkakou
Meet with the story of high school in 3 years that you can determine your life.
77% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
True Love ～Confide to the Maple～
Read a bittersweet high school love story in modern China and choose who Guo Hengyi gives his heart to.
84% of 1,334 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Last Days of Spring Visual Novel
Last Days of Spring is a YA (Young Adult) Otome Visual Novel following a group of high school seniors in their last week of school as they come to…
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Melancholy Love
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Club Life
A reclusive student is forced into joining several clubs, can he make it through the year and will he gain any new friends along the way or even…
81% of 69 Steam reviews are positive$7.49
You Are The Apple Of My Eye 研磨时光
A group of college students, who just have finished their study, are about to meet more in society. They are brave to face them. They have dreams.
69% of 29 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
恒水中学连环虐杀 / The untold story of hengshui school
It’s based on Hengshui high school to reveal the real society, Game feature: cult painting style, puzzle elements, serious student death event plus…
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Highschool Possession
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This is a visual novel about 60 minutes in length, telling a story of memories."
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We walk together, play together, and do everything together. This is our last trip, our last memory.
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