Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Nine strangers wake in an underground shelter with black bracelets and one rule: six must die before the hatch opens.
81% of 4,709 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$3.99
Visual novels like Birth ME Code
Miss the mysterious and tense pull of Birth ME Code? These visual novels line up well for what comes next.
Head AS Code
The first entry of the Abime Series. Eight captives must cooperate or compete to escape an underground subway under the manipulation of a dangerous psychopath. Can you really trust anyone? What about yourself? And what is the meaning of a good ending? Is reaching one even possible?
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
91% of 69 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Yet Another Killing Game
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
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96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Nine strangers wake in an underground shelter with black bracelets and one rule: six must die before the hatch opens. You jump between three teams, pick who lives, solve escape rooms, and piece the fractured timeline toward multiple endings. Grim, twisty, and fully voiced for visual novel readers who like their reading with blood on it.
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
81% of 4,709 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$3.99start;again
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
95% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99The Zodiac Trial
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
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95% of 144 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
95% of 95 Steam reviews are positiveFreeANONYMOUS;CODE
Hack Into God
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77% of 519 Steam reviews are positive$17.9912 Hours to Die
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
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74% of 227 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1FreeExpelled!
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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92% of 228 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99Beyond R: Rule Ripper
An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.
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92% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Homicipher
You wake up lost in another world where monsters speak a language you do not know. A horror-tinged visual novel for visual novel readers who want romance with distinctly non-human men.
Mysterious, Tense, Story-driven
96% of 7,921 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$13.99AI: The Somnium Files
You are Kaname Date, a detective in near-future Tokyo hunting a serial killer who takes left eyes. You question suspects, pick through crime scenes, and enter dreams for clues. The plot branches into routes and endings until the pieces lock together. Funny, dark, and twisty, it is an easy recommendation for visual novel readers who like mysteries.
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91% of 8,947 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$3.99
Cheaper than Birth ME Code
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A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers.
95% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Nine strangers wake up trapped in Zero's life-or-death Nonary Game, and only you can talk, snoop, and puzzle your way out.
92% of 7,104 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 97$5.99
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
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
Homicipher
You wake up lost in another world where monsters speak a language you do not know.
96% of 7,921 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$13.99
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
Otome Legends
Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?
90% of 110 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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.
93% of 20,749 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 66$1.99
STAY
Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time.
67% of 471 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Trick × Trick
Supernatural × Mystery × Death Game Twelve high school students awaken trapped in a mysterious building.
80% of 64 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Trapped in Hope's Peak Academy with a murderous bear named Monokuma, you and your classmates can only escape by killing and getting away with it.
96% of 37,338 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 430$1.99
Hidden gems like Birth ME Code
Yet Another Killing Game
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening?
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Expelled!
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU.
92% of 228 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 770 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The Joker's Game
"The Joker's Game" is an FMV crime battle royale. Jack, drowning in debt, joins a lethal game. Critical choices, even small ones, shape outcomes.
81% of 486 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Kanna Maze
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds.
88% of 372 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
SHUTEN ORDER
You wake up murdered with four days to live, and your killer is one of five ministers.
79% of 759 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$24.99
No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES
Iris has been abducted by aliens?! Finding herself on board a mysterious UFO and tasked with completing a bizarre escape game, Iris knows there's…
79% of 854 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$15.99
Homicipher
You wake up lost in another world where monsters speak a language you do not know.
96% of 7,921 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$13.99
MINDHACK
Change the minds of evildoers…for good! MINDHACK is a text adventure game where you meet unique evildoers, hack their minds, and rewrite them into…
93% of 715 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
malViolence - Definitive Edition
CAUTION: Escape from this supervillain at your own risk...A short sci-fi visual novel packed with brain-teasing puzzles, heartbreaking secrets, and…
92% of 164 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
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
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game.
77% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Newest visual novels like Birth ME Code
Trick × Trick
Supernatural × Mystery × Death Game Twelve high school students awaken trapped in a mysterious building.
80% of 64 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
The Joker's Game
"The Joker's Game" is an FMV crime battle royale. Jack, drowning in debt, joins a lethal game. Critical choices, even small ones, shape outcomes.
81% of 486 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Beyond R: Rule Ripper
An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules.
92% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Decide 4 God
The final entry of the Abime Series. Six intruders and six captives share a high-tech prison where their moral dilemmas may lead them to a fate…
94% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game.
77% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
SHUTEN ORDER
You wake up murdered with four days to live, and your killer is one of five ministers.
79% of 759 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$24.99
No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES
Iris has been abducted by aliens?! Finding herself on board a mysterious UFO and tasked with completing a bizarre escape game, Iris knows there's…
79% of 854 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$15.99
Expelled!
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU.
92% of 228 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
Yet Another Killing Game
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening?
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
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.
93% of 20,749 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 66$1.99
Homicipher
You wake up lost in another world where monsters speak a language you do not know.
96% of 7,921 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$13.99
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus
Yuma, an amnesiac detective-in-training, and Shinigami, the spirit haunting him, solve impossible cases in a rain-soaked city run by a…
80% of 2,308 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 73$14.99