Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
A short, sharp Higurashi chapter set five years before the main deaths.
97% of 928 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$5.99
Visual novels like 星天へ発つ日
If 星天へ発つ日 left you wanting something story-driven and mysterious, you have options. These visual novels line up well for what comes next.
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An ordinary high school student gets pulled into a string of campus suicides after meeting a girl who hears the dead. You read through three routes tied to a senior, a childhood friend and a younger sister, sorting lies, memories and past secrets as the horror builds.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
97% of 1,555 Steam reviews are positiveFreeThe Shell Part I: Inferno
A dark detective visual novel set in Tokyo, 1956. As private detective Reiji Tokisaka you take three linked cases: gruesome murders, missing girls from Oba Girls' Academy, and a strange girl asking you to find her true self. A 10+ hour, multi-ending mystery worth reading for its bleak atmosphere and slow-building dread.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
90% of 1,340 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
A sound novel about a summer in Hinamizawa, a village of fewer than two thousand people where someone dies and someone goes missing every June. You read as newcomer Keiichi, through school games and friendship first, then paranoia and dread. A slow, tense folk-horror mystery that sets up a much longer puzzle.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
96% of 7,003 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 57FreeIwaihime
From hit writer Ryukishi07, the creator of When They Cry, comes a story on the theme of “curses.” Strike down the dark riddle of dolls and soot in this supernatural horror visual novel.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
77% of 874 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$29.99Mind Rite
Aina is a young investigator in a distant city in the north, but when mysterious magical murders begin to take place in it, it is she and her partner who are entrusted with the case. But what if everything is not what it seems? What if Aina itself become a victim?
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
88% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Watamari Part1 - A Match Made in Heaven
Hikari is a female spy who joins an all girls school as a student to discover its secrets… when she suddenly receives the Mark of Virgo, and timeslips 1 year in the past?! By the developers of Ne no Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto comes this new yuri title filled with intrigue and drama.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
88% of 193 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$18.99Magical Girl Witch Trials
Thirteen girls wake up in an island prison, told one of them is a witch. You live with them as Ema, explore to find the liar among you, then vote in a witch trial where the accused is executed. It is a dark, hand-drawn mystery where every murder leads to deduction and a new story told from another angle.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
96% of 30,915 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 204$29.99Letters From a Rainy Day -Oceans and Lace-
Luscious artwork brings the beautiful streets of Kamakura in June to life in this bittersweet sapphic story of a romance that begins with blackmail... This is a yuri adventure game based on the theme of love between girls at a lady's school in Kamakura, Japan.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
97% of 933 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$16.99Return to Shironagasu Island
A New York detective and his assistant travel to solitary Shironagasu Island on a dead millionaire's invitation, then murders start. You read, question suspects and pick choices that decide who lives. A compact mystery visual novel worth playing for its tight island case and sharp turn into horror and sci-fi.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
93% of 4,177 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99Absent 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... What if all of them are connected and surround me like a circle? What should I do?
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
94% of 938 Steam reviews are positiveFreeHIYOKU NO TORI
An occult-mystery-adventure game set in Kyoto—detectives investigate to solve bizarre and complex cases. What did Kamotan detectives finally uncover on their way to the truth of these cryptic incidents?
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
54% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Kid,napper: Gosh, I'm Kidnapped by a Pupil
You read, pick replies, and steer toward one of two endings. Rough around the edges, but odd, dark, and hard to forget.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
87% of 4,522 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Cheaper than 星天へ発つ日
Return to Shironagasu Island
A New York detective and his assistant travel to solitary Shironagasu Island on a dead millionaire's invitation, then murders start.
93% of 4,177 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
炸鸡块与天使
"Fried Chicken Nuggets and Angels" is a text based adventure game with the theme of a detective story.
92% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Murder on the Marine Express
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express.
92% of 76 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
AI: The Somnium Files
You are Kaname Date, a detective in near-future Tokyo hunting a serial killer who takes left eyes.
91% of 8,947 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$3.99
Memory Girl +
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
96% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Adventures of Fei Duanmu 端木斐异闻录
A viral hearse video, a run of fatal falls, coffee in hand. A mystery-style visual novel with puzzles, reasoning, humor, and multiple endings.
90% of 1,608 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Dreamy Golden Snow
Dreamy Golden Snow is a fantasy mystery-themed visual novel that tells a story among high school girls. The story appears in an ordinary high school.
91% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$2.49
Never give up!
Someone is killing half-bloods (half-elves, half-humans) in a small city.
76% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Ninja Girl and the Mysterious Army of Urban Legend Monsters! ~Hunt of the Headless Horseman~
In a world where monsters thrive and wraiths run wild, and ghouls and ghosts roam the streets, there exist those who hunt the creatures that do…
90% of 63 Steam reviews are positive$3.19
关于我被学姐捡回家当女友这件事
Set in Hoshino City, a modern metropolis, you play as a runaway girl rescued by a reliable senpai, leading to an unexpected life together.
79% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
蓝宝石般的被害妄想少女/Damsel with persecutory delusion
A 17-year-old shut inside depression and delusion gets a strange letter about a robbery and murder in Qinshan Port City over a decade ago.
89% of 1,097 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hidden gems like 星天へ発つ日
Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
A ghost with no memory keeps dying in front of you, and treats it like a joke.
94% of 1,120 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$24.99
Starweaver Express ~Per aspera ad astra~
"Starweaver Express" is a unique visual novel that blends poetic storytelling with dreamlike visuals.
91% of 160 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$8.99
AKIBA LOST
A live-action mystery set in Akihabara, where a washed-up game creator turns his sister's disappearance into a game and the disappearances start…
85% of 313 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$24.99
Midnight Syndrome
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
99% of 110 Steam reviews are positiveFree
The Shell Part I: Inferno
A dark detective visual novel set in Tokyo, 1956. As private detective Reiji Tokisaka you take three linked cases: gruesome murders, missing girls…
90% of 1,340 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
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...
94% of 938 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch (The witch of the Ihanashi)
The English version of the heartwarming story that was highly acclaimed in Japan. Enjoy the meticulously crafted narrative.
95% of 888 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$24.98
Tamayura Mirai
There is a girl, searching for something she lost... Tamayura Mirai is a midsummer fantasy visual novel of humans, spirits, and sorcerers that's won…
91% of 190 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Liminal Border Part I
First game of a four-part visual novel series. Nerdy Itsuki Ninomae accidentally creates a “digital hypnotism movie.”
89% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
U-ena -Far fireworks-
The story is set in nondescript rural junior high scool. Tomoki belong to a club that mix literatureclub and tea ceremony club.
92% of 812 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Magical Girl Witch Trials
Thirteen girls wake up in an island prison, told one of them is a witch.
96% of 30,915 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 204$29.99
Letters From a Rainy Day -Oceans and Lace-
Luscious artwork brings the beautiful streets of Kamakura in June to life in this bittersweet sapphic story of a romance that begins with blackmail...
97% of 933 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$16.99
Newest visual novels like 星天へ発つ日
AKIBA LOST
A live-action mystery set in Akihabara, where a washed-up game creator turns his sister's disappearance into a game and the disappearances start…
85% of 313 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$24.99
Starweaver Express ~Per aspera ad astra~
"Starweaver Express" is a unique visual novel that blends poetic storytelling with dreamlike visuals.
91% of 160 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$8.99
Dreamy Golden Snow
Dreamy Golden Snow is a fantasy mystery-themed visual novel that tells a story among high school girls. The story appears in an ordinary high school.
91% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$2.49
Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
A ghost with no memory keeps dying in front of you, and treats it like a joke.
94% of 1,120 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$24.99
关于我被学姐捡回家当女友这件事
Set in Hoshino City, a modern metropolis, you play as a runaway girl rescued by a reliable senpai, leading to an unexpected life together.
79% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Magical Girl Witch Trials
Thirteen girls wake up in an island prison, told one of them is a witch.
96% of 30,915 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 204$29.99
Kimi to Kanojo no LILYVAGANZA
Read a dark romance where your best friend's devotion turns possessive, deadly and impossible to escape.
72% of 1,006 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Aoi Tori
Shiratori Ritsu, the sole male at Kirihara Academy for Girls and its priest, protects the school from demons but finds his sanity tested by the…
96% of 219 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
Midnight Syndrome
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
99% of 110 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Nie No Hakoniwa - Dollhouse of Offerings
"Let us celebrate, the birth of this nightmare." A story about an urban legend surrounding a certain "Box", this is a Japanese-style, supernatural…
75% of 208 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$29.99
Liminal Border Part I
First game of a four-part visual novel series. Nerdy Itsuki Ninomae accidentally creates a “digital hypnotism movie.”
89% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
The Shell Part I: Inferno
A dark detective visual novel set in Tokyo, 1956. As private detective Reiji Tokisaka you take three linked cases: gruesome murders, missing girls…
90% of 1,340 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99