Crown Gambit
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil.
93% of 458 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$17.99
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Tsunagari Chess School
Welcome to the chess school! Connect with the brilliant girls of Sakuragi town and engage them in chess matches. How will you master the moves that come your way?
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
68% of 125 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Jishogi
A dark, story-heavy puzzle game. Enter the mind of Mayu, as her soul is invaded and dug through by a seemingly evil witch. Can you stop her? What if you were able to get the upper hand, and invade her back? Would you show mercy, or destroy her? Jishogi will test you in more ways than one.
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
100% of 78 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Homicipher
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.
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
96% of 7,921 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$13.99The Testing Chamber
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
96% of 696 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Centum
Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal? Centum is an unreliable narrative-driven adventure where everything may be a lie.
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
78% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Cooking Companions 2: Dread Weight
Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
85% of 161 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Death and Taxes
You are the Grim Reaper with a desk job. Short, dialogue-heavy, and darkly funny, it is worth playing for choices that branch toward multiple secret endings.
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
86% of 7,928 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$12.99One Way To Die
After waking from a terrifying dream of your own untimely death, you attempt to make your way to the Finnigan Brothers' Fun Park for its last day then back home again.
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
55% of 357 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2FreeBAD END THEATER
Pick a heroine, steer her toward doom, then do it again differently. BAD END THEATER is a cute, colorful pixel-art visual novel with 40+ bad endings where choices in one tale change the others, until you can puzzle out the one way to save everyone.
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
97% of 8,961 Steam reviews are positive$9.99The Dark Queen of Mortholme
You are the final boss, and some persistent hero keeps walking into your throne room to die. Crush him with the Dark Queen's attacks, trade words between fights, and steer the story toward different endings in one short, sad, funny sitting.
Dark, Story-driven, Surreal
83% of 4,325 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$4.99Raisond'etre
Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?
Dark, Story-driven, Mysterious
93% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Disillusion ST
A strange journey throughout an elaborate labyrinth awaits, featuring hundreds of characters and happenings as you try to gather items that once brought happiness to others.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Surreal
96% of 550 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
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The Necromancer's Tale
A gothic origin story about becoming a necromancer in 1733, told through 400,000 words of dialogue, investigation and scheming.
90% of 983 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$24.99
The Demons Told Me to Make This Game
Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons.
96% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Disillusion ST
A strange journey throughout an elaborate labyrinth awaits, featuring hundreds of characters and happenings as you try to gather items that once…
96% of 550 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
A strange fairy tale you read by the fire, one that starts to feel familiar.
99% of 1,242 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4Free
Provoron
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward.
87% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Apocalypse Sacrifice
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years.
94% of 222 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
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
The Shadow Over Cyberspace
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones.
90% of 122 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Dark Lord
Unleash your power in Dark Lord, a roguelike RPG filled with strategy, adventure, and sardonic wit.
88% of 190 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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
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 373 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Newest visual novels like • Dread Chess ✣
Provoron
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward.
87% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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
The Dark Queen of Mortholme
You are the final boss, and some persistent hero keeps walking into your throne room to die.
83% of 4,325 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$4.99
The Demons Told Me to Make This Game
Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons.
96% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
The Necromancer's Tale
A gothic origin story about becoming a necromancer in 1733, told through 400,000 words of dialogue, investigation and scheming.
90% of 983 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$24.99
SkullX: Aibohphobia
You were hired to extract a bioengineer. Now your team is cut off, your comms are dead, and you're surrounded by something wearing human skin.
90% of 77 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Crown Gambit
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil.
93% of 458 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$17.99
Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
90% of 63 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Centum
Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal?
78% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
The Shadow Over Cyberspace
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones.
90% of 122 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Care
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences.
93% of 74 Steam reviews are positive$9.99