q.u.q.
A crude girl drags a giant gun across a red-sky desert in this surreal visual novel.
94% of 1,883 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Visual novels like ESC
Want something that feels story-driven and surreal the way ESC does? Give these visual novels a try when the craving hits.
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.
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Freeq.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.
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
94% of 1,883 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Until 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.
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
96% of 16,275 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 149$19.99The 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. You pick through hundreds of choices about whether she exists, bake strawberry cake, play king, stop a time-machine plot, and date at the world's end. Tender, strange, and short enough to finish in an evening.
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
93% of 20,760 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 66$1.99start;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?
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
95% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
98% of 323 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Mobile Murder Mystery
Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
97% of 77 Steam reviews are positiveFreeMinotaur
An adventure game with visual novel-style narrative, Minotaur tells a dark mystery story set in a newly created science fantasy world of synthets, magic-wielding androids and cybernetically enhanced penguins… God, what a (bloody) mess.
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
94% of 292 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Scottside
"Scottside" is a non-linear visual novel in the thriller genre. A small provincial town may seem quite dull. However, everything changes when you find a strange object in the forest.
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
96% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$4.99i feel very lonely and i don't remember myself
A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab. Explore their chat records to uncover the mysteries of Inturg Technologies. How can they escape their doom?
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
94% of 149 Steam reviews are positiveFreeoutside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Anamnesia - 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.
Story-driven, Surreal, Emotional
95% of 95 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Cheaper than ESC
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 20,760 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 66$1.99
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Buried: An Interactive Story
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text.
95% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Subsurface Circular
A two-hour detective story set entirely on a robot-only subway.
94% of 1,497 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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
Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually…
87% of 259 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Emily is Away Too
You are back in senior year with a buzzing messenger window and two separate threads to keep straight.
93% of 5,363 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$0.99
Seers Isle
Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.
91% of 170 Steam reviews are positive$4.19
Across the Grooves
Your choices affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past.
91% of 109 Steam reviews are positive$4.19
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
Your Future Self
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an…
79% of 84 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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Set Yourself on Fire
A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.
97% of 459 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Scottside
"Scottside" is a non-linear visual novel in the thriller genre. A small provincial town may seem quite dull.
96% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Lovely Lady RPG
Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you.
99% of 127 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here!
98% of 119 Steam reviews are positive$8
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92% of 432 Steam reviews are positiveFree
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
More than 20 characters, 300 choices and multiple endings make every keystroke count toward work, friendship and love.
90% of 2,348 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$13.99
i feel very lonely and i don't remember myself
A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab.
94% of 149 Steam reviews are positiveFree
PRODUCER 2021
a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a…
100% of 165 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
q.u.q.
A crude girl drags a giant gun across a red-sky desert in this surreal visual novel.
94% of 1,883 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
1000xRESIST
You are Watcher, a clone serving the ALLMOTHER, reliving her memories through Communion until a friend's execution cracks your faith. 1000xRESIST is…
95% of 5,446 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$19.99
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.
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
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Mobile Murder Mystery
Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.
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Welcome to Awaken Infinity! Immerse yourself in a unique top-down RPG with visual novel elements.
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Lovely Lady RPG
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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
Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here!
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More than 20 characters, 300 choices and multiple endings make every keystroke count toward work, friendship and love.
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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 20,760 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