I Wanna Be A Game Dev!
Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?
95% of 237 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Visual novels like 20b
If 20b scratched a story-driven and surreal itch for you, keep reading. These visual novels keep things close enough to feel familiar.
After School Murder Club!!
In this short comedy visual novel, you're an unpopular transfer student who begins a new life at a Japanese high school. You quickly get drafted into the school's most secret after-school club... but could it be that the seemingly innocent members of the Murder Club are hiding a dark secret?!
Story-driven, Surreal, Funny
85% of 99 Steam reviews are positiveFreeMajor\Minor
A highly engaging visual novel, with memorable characters and multiple endings. Traverse worlds, solve a murder mystery -- and partake in political revolution. Inspired by greats such as Steins;Gate, Tales of Symphonia, Persona 4 and Future Diary. An unforgettable science-fiction/fantasy adventure!
Story-driven, Surreal, Funny
77% of 588 Steam reviews are positiveFreePANIC at Multiverse High!
Join up to 18 possible best friends in an insane adventure through a bizarre high school in this parody visual novel! Celebrate weird holidays! Take strange classes! Face down your rival at Prom! (Also he is a literal monster.) And there’s a mystery, I guess! PANIC at Multiverse High!
Story-driven, Surreal, Funny
87% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Class of '09
The anti-visual novel where you play the anime girl instead of chasing her. As cynical teen Nicole in the late 2000s, you pick cutting dialogue choices and ride the chaos into 15 different endings, with full voice acting and extra scenes for completionists.
Story-driven, Surreal, Funny
94% of 8,659 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 62$9.99Elsewhere High: Chapter 1 - A Visual Novel
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...
Story-driven, Surreal, Tense
67% of 82 Steam reviews are positiveFreeMidnight Witch
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Story-driven, Surreal, Tense
92% of 374 Steam reviews are positiveFreeIt gets so lonely here
A yandere yuri visual novel about a girl running through a dark forest from someone who loves her to death. You follow three routes, meet three girls, and die three ways while an amused narrator judges your choices. Short, strange, and sweet in a morbid way.
Story-driven, Surreal, Tense
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6FreeSummer With You
A Japanese-style visual novel. A gripping story with four endings, a huge number of choices, 10+ CG, 5+ BG, original music and animated sprites of the main characters will allow you to immerse yourself in a cruel world of deception and sincerity, betrayal and loyalty, happiness and despair.
Story-driven, Hand-drawn
54% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
You go into a cursed forest with friends to check out the local legend, something attacks, and you wake up alone. What follows is a short Halloween thriller about surviving the woods with help from two strange girls, Ashley and Lilian, whose motives stay unclear until you chase every ending.
Story-driven, Surreal, Tense
89% of 3,626 Steam reviews are positiveFreeSolstice
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
Story-driven, Tense, Hand-drawn
83% of 106 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Lucid9: Inciting Incident
A mystery visual novel set at an elite boarding academy in the fictional city of Isamu, where students are disappearing. You play cynical student Yama Ishimoto, pulled into the investigation by an eccentric detective. Read, choose, and steer toward different outcomes as school life turns brutal.
Story-driven, Surreal, Tense
90% of 1,041 Steam reviews are positiveFreeDeparted Away
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.
Story-driven, Surreal, Tense
88% of 555 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hidden gems like 20b
Kimochii Classroom
Welcome to Kimochii Classroom! A slice-of-life visual novel with stunning visuals, a beautiful soundtrack, and an immersive story.
88% of 201 Steam reviews are positiveFree
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Departed Away
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery.
88% of 555 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
q.u.q.
A crude girl drags a giant gun across a red-sky desert in this surreal visual novel.
94% of 1,885 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
It gets so lonely here
A yandere yuri visual novel about a girl running through a dark forest from someone who loves her to death.
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
Midnight Witch
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love?
92% of 374 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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
Angel Wings
Upon answering a mysterious phone call, you awaken in an unfamiliar place filled with new faces… Through intricate relationships and thoughtful…
88% of 642 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Class of '09
The anti-visual novel where you play the anime girl instead of chasing her.
94% of 8,659 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 62$9.99
Enamored Risks
Upon finding a mysterious social media account, Alex sets out to find the origins of the photos and meets three urban explorers, each of them…
86% of 212 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Jendo: Origins
This is a comedy about high-schoolers friends, getting into extremely absurd and ridiculous situations.
79% of 346 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Newest visual novels like 20b
Kimochii Classroom
Welcome to Kimochii Classroom! A slice-of-life visual novel with stunning visuals, a beautiful soundtrack, and an immersive story.
88% of 201 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Syutyaku Gakuen
The only quality that can be measured is whether or not they possess the qualities of morbid love.
91% of 58 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Heart of Summer
Live the anime school life—just like on TV!—filled with off-the-wall comedy, sunshine, and GIRLS!
100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Weirdo
Parallel-Weirdo is a Japanese manga-style visual novel set in DYL High School.
88% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
I Wanna Be A Game Dev!
Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?
95% of 237 Steam reviews are positiveFree
立ち絵が変なポーズの恋愛アドベンチャー あるいはオリジナリティの無い卒業までの日々
Standing pictures is strange! The story is also strange! Novel game where you can enjoy chaos!!
96% of 28 Steam reviews are positiveFree
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Departed Away
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery.
88% of 555 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
All of Us Are Dead...
All of us are not dead. Our school has been infested with zombies, and we are still alive.
98% of 65 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
Sunlight Scream
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one...
83% of 54 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
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
The Radiants
The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings.
83% of 75 Steam reviews are positive$16.99