山：临界幸存者
偏远的山村中，正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着，舞动着，一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
90% of 525 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Visual novels like Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom
Did Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom leave you in a mysterious and story-driven frame of mind? Give these visual novels a try when the craving hits.
山：临界幸存者
偏远的山村中，正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着，舞动着，一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
90% of 525 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
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92% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99七人杀阵 - Seven Sacrifices
Seven girls came to a mountain villa on the outskirts to attend a party. Suddenly they were struck by a storm. They were trapped and lost contact with the outside world.Everyone was caught unawares by the accident, but the conspiracy has just begun.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
78% of 941 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Soulslayer～灭魂·误佳期～
An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.
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95% of 661 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Raging Loop
Trapped by mist in the mountain village of Yasumizu, newcomer Haruaki Fusaishi is caught in a deadly feast where a werewolf hunts villagers one by one. You read, choose, die, and loop back with new Keys that open new paths toward the killer. A long, tense mystery for visual novel readers who like piecing together a branching story.
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95% of 10,968 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72$29.99妄生 - Wandering Souls
"Wandering Souls" is a visual novel game set in modern China. It tells a touching story about love, sacrifice, and repentance. Through delicate narrative and profound character creation, it brings players an immersive audio-visual experience.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
85% of 78 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
A gothic horror visual novel set in an isolated town where murders have woken old, forgotten memories. You read through illusion and reality, dreams of ruin and rebirth, and choose branching routes toward 14 endings across 10+ hours, backed by 50+ songs.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
95% of 3,152 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Firework
Firework is a story-heavy horror puzzle game about rookie policeman Lin Lixun re-investigating a massacre in a remote mountain village. You read through long stretches of dialogue, diaries and memories to piece together what happened to the victims. Sad, slow and human, with fair puzzles between story beats.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
97% of 41,346 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
A horror visual novel about seven cursed ghost stories in late-20th-century Tokyo, and the people willing to kill to bring someone back. You read, investigate, pick dialogue, and time deadly curses across several intertwined lives. Sharp, eerie, and clever with its twists.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
95% of 6,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99咒影 Curse of the Shadow
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
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81% of 295 Steam reviews are positive$3.99子归 - Blossom
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
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87% of 557 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Mandemon
Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine. Love and hatred blur in the mist. What will you do? Who can you trust? Welcome to a cruel world of deceit and suffering—
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86% of 353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
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Soulslayer～灭魂·误佳期～
An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.
95% of 661 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
咒影 Curse of the Shadow
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once…
81% of 295 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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
Tales of the Black Forest
Trapped in the town of Kuromori-cho, schoolgirl Kihara Kashin must travel into the past with Kiritani Yuki to find a way out.
97% of 14,942 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$3.99
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
Ignited in Cavern
A dark historical visual novel set in the Northern Wei Dynasty, where a Xianbei general and her Han captive chase a rumor of a blessing-granting…
93% of 1,363 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$1.99
诡宅祭坛
A cast wrap party brings nine people together in a mountain villa.
93% of 165 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Spiritual Bond ～Breaking the curse, Intertwining fates～
“Person of Serendipity… please help us——” A text-based adventure puzzle game set in ancient villages, where shrine maidens and the Kami guide you to…
82% of 98 Steam reviews are positive$4.49
吸血鬼杀人事件 The Resurrection of Vampire
This is a female oriented interactive visual novel game. The story takes place in a fictional world in the 1930s.
73% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
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
Under the River
Under the River: The Borrowed Skin-She saved you—but turned you into a monster. You live on, wearing her skin as your body rots.
95% of 521 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.99
Hidden gems like Prisoner of the Ephemeral Kingdom
女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women.
95% of 549 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
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
Under the River
Under the River: The Borrowed Skin-She saved you—but turned you into a monster. You live on, wearing her skin as your body rots.
95% of 521 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.99
诡宅祭坛
A cast wrap party brings nine people together in a mountain villa.
93% of 165 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction.
92% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school.
94% of 163 Steam reviews are positive$21.99
Ignited in Cavern
A dark historical visual novel set in the Northern Wei Dynasty, where a Xianbei general and her Han captive chase a rumor of a blessing-granting…
93% of 1,363 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$1.99
追曙
Officer Yang Fan receives a distorted radio distress call during his shift.The signal traces back to an abandoned apartment building—one linked to…
85% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
咒影 Curse of the Shadow
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once…
81% of 295 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures.
93% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
The Simen Rumors
本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
79% of 441 Steam reviews are positive$8
子归 - Blossom
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village.
87% of 557 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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诡宅祭坛
A cast wrap party brings nine people together in a mountain villa.
93% of 165 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
妄生 - Wandering Souls
"Wandering Souls" is a visual novel game set in modern China. It tells a touching story about love, sacrifice, and repentance.
85% of 78 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women.
95% of 549 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
追曙
Officer Yang Fan receives a distorted radio distress call during his shift.The signal traces back to an abandoned apartment building—one linked to…
85% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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
吸血鬼杀人事件 The Resurrection of Vampire
This is a female oriented interactive visual novel game. The story takes place in a fictional world in the 1930s.
73% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
THE TALE OF SPRING CITY
Ziqing Xu, a young girl from Spring City. Her father mysteriously disappeared soon after.
78% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
The Simen Rumors
本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
79% of 441 Steam reviews are positive$8
咒影 Curse of the Shadow
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once…
81% of 295 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction.
92% of 254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Under the River
Under the River: The Borrowed Skin-She saved you—but turned you into a monster. You live on, wearing her skin as your body rots.
95% of 521 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.99
Spiritual Bond ～Breaking the curse, Intertwining fates～
“Person of Serendipity… please help us——” A text-based adventure puzzle game set in ancient villages, where shrine maidens and the Kami guide you to…
82% of 98 Steam reviews are positive$4.49