Mesmalie
Your own wild magick sets your room on fire, so you answer a witch coven's newspaper ad and land at a run-down house in nowhere.
99% of 1,538 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$8.99
Visual novels like emerald
Miss the atmospheric and story-driven pull of emerald? Browse these visual novels for your next favorite.
Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
A short psychological story about a stressed student buried in books and study, who becomes fixed on exploring her ceiling. You click through hand-drawn rooms, read her thoughts, and steer toward one of 3 endings, plus an unlockable mode that fills in the lore. Worth playing for its tender, uneasy take on burnout.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
87% of 3,444 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.99Land of Ghosts
A literary horror adventure made in RPG Maker MV, where you explore a land of endless rain and continue a lonely journey through fleeting encounters with ghosts. Rain-soaked landscapes and quiet conversations shape a desolate, melancholic road ahead.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
95% of 127 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$4.50It 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.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6FreeEverdine - A Lost Girl's Tale
Everdine finds herself lost in a forest of eternal twilight. Help her gather the needed ingredients to perform a magic ritual to escape before the dangers of these woods devour poor Everdine. ~ A short, atmospheric, fairy tale vibes RPG Maker horror adventure.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
80% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$4.99DEAD LAMB WALKING
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
96% of 209 Steam reviews are positiveFreeUntil Then
A slow, tender visual novel that turns strange: you follow Mark, a Filipino high-schooler, through school days, chats with friends, and small routines, until people vanish and memories stop adding up. Read on, keep going past the first ending, and piece together what is really happening.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
96% of 16,275 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 149$19.99oath
don't break your oath
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
94% of 110 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Provoron
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric and moving adventure of white crow Ankou — one of pain, loneliness, and salvation that no one asked for.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
87% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Disillusion 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.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
96% of 550 Steam reviews are positive$10.99FriendShapes
A jumpscare-free abstract horror existential crisis of a lite-RPG. Explore Digressions - areas that continue longer than they should with sets of randomized text events and map variations for a differing experience each time. Features a unique non-violent interaction system with various Entities.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
88% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$9.99q.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.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
94% of 1,885 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
A short sequel that picks up where the first game ends. You talk with a frightened girl, choose what to say back, and try to help her feel a little happier. Distorted pixel art, strange looping dialogue, and an oppressive soundtrack carry a dark, surreal hour about living inside a mind that will not sit still.
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Surreal
96% of 21,017 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$8.99
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Everyday Devil
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
95% of 346 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Land of Ghosts
A literary horror adventure made in RPG Maker MV, where you explore a land of endless rain and continue a lonely journey through fleeting encounters…
95% of 127 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$4.50
Without a Dawn
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
93% of 701 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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
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
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him.
94% of 228 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
q.u.q.
A crude girl drags a giant gun across a red-sky desert in this surreal visual novel.
94% of 1,885 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Newest visual novels like emerald
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
Mesmalie
Your own wild magick sets your room on fire, so you answer a witch coven's newspaper ad and land at a run-down house in nowhere.
99% of 1,538 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$8.99
Land of Ghosts
A literary horror adventure made in RPG Maker MV, where you explore a land of endless rain and continue a lonely journey through fleeting encounters…
95% of 127 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$4.50
Everyday Devil
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
95% of 346 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Awaken Infinity
Welcome to Awaken Infinity! Immerse yourself in a unique top-down RPG with visual novel elements.
96% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
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
Without a Dawn
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
93% of 701 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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$9.74
FriendShapes
A jumpscare-free abstract horror existential crisis of a lite-RPG.
88% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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
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