Visual novels like Athanasy

Did Athanasy leave you in a dark and story-driven frame of mind? Give these visual novels a try when the craving hits.

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!
Dark, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
86% of 436 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Ceiba
Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.
Dark, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 262 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$6.99
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.
Dark, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
78% of 1,440 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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...
Dark, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
89% of 502 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
For Mother Matron
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Dark, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
92% of 176 Steam reviews are positiveFree
The Agony
Do you often think of what is there, beneath the towns and the cities we live in? Sewer systems, bombshelters, scientific objects... Are you ready to find yourself in a place on the edge of the reality plane you are used to?
Dark, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
58% of 252 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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. 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.
Dark, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
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.
Dark, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 2,204 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$2.99
q.u.q.
A crude girl drags a giant gun across a red-sky desert in this surreal visual novel. You read, choose, and die in stupid ways until you find one of 9 endings. Short, strange, funny and sad, with retro pixel art and a soundtrack worth staying for.
Dark, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 1,883 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Kaigrad
Kaigrad - is a non-linear visual novel in the genre of dark fantasy. The action takes place in a world where Light comes only from people, animals and all living things. The darkness is near. You have to find out what happened here, who is to blame for this and try to fix it!
Dark, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
93% of 332 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade
"Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade" is a detective story told by a dweller of a cruel dark fantasy world affected by the pandemic. The world ruled by a five noble-born kins under the suzerainty of the undead Plague King.
Dark, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
78% of 526 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
SIGILLVM: RESONANCE
The Long Night is close at hand. The city comes to a standstill in the lead up to the festivities. But a series of strange events forces Asra to seek out the truth she doesn't truly wish to know, and to come face-to-face to those she has long since left behind.
Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Mysterious
98% of 44 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99

Cheaper than Athanasy

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

Ceiba

Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl.

$6.99

Sixtieth Kilometer

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

$4.99

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

q.u.q.

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

$1.99

The Agony

Do you often think of what is there, beneath the towns and the cities we live in? Sewer systems, bombshelters, scientific objects...

$4.99

Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade

"Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade" is a detective story told by a dweller of a cruel dark fantasy world affected by the pandemic.

$4.99

Deep Under

DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.

$4.99

Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service

When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.

$5.99

Отделение 38

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

$0.99

Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel

Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets.

$4.99

The NOexistenceN of you AND me

A short surreal visual novel where a mysterious girl appears in your room and your only real job is to say hello.

$1.99

Hidden gems like Athanasy

Scottside

"Scottside" is a non-linear visual novel in the thriller genre. A small provincial town may seem quite dull.

$4.99

Provoron

When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward.

$9.99

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

Choice of Life: Samosbor

You're just a simple inhabitant of the endless Gigastructure.

$4.99

Sigh of the Abyss

Embrace the monster within in this dark fantasy visual novel with inclusive romances. Befriend charming allies, defy bitter rivals, fall in love.

$17.99

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

Enelia: Dawn of Madness

Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister…

$7.99

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

Ceiba

Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl.

$6.99

Minds Beneath Us

You wake up stuck in someone else's body, sharing headspace with its original owner, in a near-future Taipei where desperate people rent out their…

$19.99

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