Visual novels like 1997

Hooked on the mysterious and hand-drawn side of 1997? These visual novels keep things close enough to feel familiar.

2007
A psychological horror visual novel about the urban legends of G, a Russian science town. Lurk in occult chats. Serve lattes. Separate fact from insanity. Piece together the truth before time runs out. Featuring full Russian voice acting.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
91% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Кукуево / Kukuevo
Kukuevo is a unique experience for those who are into mystery stories and love visual novels. Get ready for an exciting adventure in a world of mysteries and mysteries where every step you take can determine the outcome of the game.
Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
78% of 164 Steam reviews are positive$2
Banebush
Banebush is a short horror visual novel about Alexey, hiding from pursuit in the childhood village he remembers through scary grandmother tales and long summer days. Told in stark black and red with dark electronic music, its branching choices lead to several grim endings built around a nightmare in the forest.
Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
94% of 2,204 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$2.99
The Sin
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
86% of 220 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Sixtieth Kilometer
Your morning train stops, pink fog rolls in outside, and stepping out means death. Sixtieth Kilometer traps you in the carriage with a nervous driver, a man with a gas mask, and fellow passengers, where every dialogue choice shifts attitudes and can branch you toward another bad ending.
Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
78% of 1,440 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Dawn is Inevitable
The Dawn is Inevitable is an interactive crime drama/neo-western novel inspired by classic RPG games. A mysterious stranger is forced to hide in a village called Rassvet. This place is isolated from the outside world for the whole winter and keeps many dark secrets.
Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
87% of 91 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
На недельку до второго
A visual novel about warm summer days in a quiet, slightly melancholic little town, lost somewhere in the vast post-Soviet landscape.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
100% of 27 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Escape to Moscow
A story about a guy, a girl he met, and their adventure. Freelance IT specialist Semyon meet a girl from Dagestan on the Internet. However, their relationship quickly grow over the regular chatting - he decides to help her run away from home. That is how their amazing adventure begins.
Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
85% of 506 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
MOOD
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
86% of 436 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Siberian Way
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
74% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$3.19
Sanator: Scarlet Scarf
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
89% of 502 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
A visual novel about Nikolai, a Soviet-immigrant kid in 1980s Japan whose ordinary school life slides into mystery, money and power games. Pick between four heroines, follow suspicion and romance to different endings, wrapped in colorful animated art and hours of period-flavored music.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
80% of 3,745 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$9.99

Cheaper than 1997

Кукуево / Kukuevo

Kukuevo is a unique experience for those who are into mystery stories and love visual novels.

Banebush

Banebush is a short horror visual novel about Alexey, hiding from pursuit in the childhood village he remembers through scary grandmother tales and…

$2.99

The Sin

The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still…

$4.99

Sixtieth Kilometer

Your morning train stops, pink fog rolls in outside, and stepping out means death.

$4.99

The Dawn is Inevitable

The Dawn is Inevitable is an interactive crime drama/neo-western novel inspired by classic RPG games.

$6.99

На недельку до второго

A visual novel about warm summer days in a quiet, slightly melancholic little town, lost somewhere in the vast post-Soviet landscape.

$4.99

MOOD

MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars.

$5.99

Siberian Way

Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end!

$3.19

Young Hearts

‘Young Hearts’ is a visual novel in the genres of romance and slice of life, telling stories about the everyday life of a student company living in…

$6.99

Отделение 38

После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой.

$0.99

Королевская ночь

"Королевская ночь"– нелинейная визуальная новелла в жанре ужасов. Десятки лет одиночества заставят её мыслить иначе..

$2.99

My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life

A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another…

$7.99

Hidden gems like 1997

Banebush

Banebush is a short horror visual novel about Alexey, hiding from pursuit in the childhood village he remembers through scary grandmother tales and…

$2.99

Zavod

The visual novel "Zavod" is an adventure that will take you to the industrial and factory everyday life of ordinary workers.

Graces: Posthumous Wish

Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical…

$7.99

Отделение 38

$0.99

outside the door

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.

$1.99

MOOD

MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars.

$5.99

Little Green Girl

One day the protagonist meets an alien girl and the story turns...

Free

The Mildew Children

Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage…

$9.99

Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

USSR, 1986: Ira goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5 and nobody cares, except quiet outcast Asya.

Free

Pink Noise

Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s.

$10.99

q.u.q.

A crude girl drags a giant gun across a red-sky desert in this surreal visual novel.

$1.99

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...

Free

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