Set Yourself on Fire
A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.
97% of 462 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Visual novels like Glassy Stare
Hooked on the surreal and story-driven side of Glassy Stare? These visual novels are worth a look next.
Without a Dawn
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Surreal, Story-driven, Atmospheric
93% of 702 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Dissolution of the Silent Union
The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school. A melancholic and liminal short story played in a single sitting, where the fear of collapse is felt at every moment.
Surreal, Story-driven, Atmospheric
87% of 333 Steam reviews are positive$2.99It 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.
Surreal, Story-driven, Atmospheric
94% of 2,410 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7FreeMilk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
A girl needs to buy milk. That is the whole errand, and it is also the whole problem. You read through her tangled thoughts, funny wordplay one minute and painful spirals the next, and try to be the first person not to disappoint her. It takes about 10-15 minutes, with stark pixel art and odd, fitting sound.
Surreal, Story-driven, Atmospheric
96% of 32,183 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$1.49outside 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.
Surreal, Story-driven, Atmospheric
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Loop//Error
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Surreal, Story-driven, Atmospheric
95% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Connected Hearts - Visual novel
Gary is caught in a strange dream and now he must overcome the adversities on his path or perish in the attempt. In this adventure you will meet 3 children in dream-like scenarios, next to a mysterious girl who talks about a promise.
Surreal, Story-driven, Dark
89% of 349 Steam reviews are positiveFreeMilk 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.
Surreal, Story-driven, Atmospheric
96% of 21,017 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$8.99Fallstreak
A golden dream, and a closed world. A spiral staircase into the garden of the mind. What lies beyond gilded wonderland?
Surreal, Story-driven, Atmospheric
82% of 177 Steam reviews are positiveFreeMobile Murder Mystery
Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.
Surreal, Story-driven, Atmospheric
97% of 78 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1FreeThe 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.
Surreal, Story-driven, Atmospheric
93% of 20,760 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 66$1.99Experimentation
A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.
Surreal, Story-driven, Atmospheric
73% of 51 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Hidden gems like Glassy Stare
Unquiet Grey
You can't save him... but what if you could meet him again? Unquiet Grey is a heartbreaking timeloop visual novel about a troubled young woman and…
98% of 101 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
Dissolution of the Silent Union
The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school.
87% of 333 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Without a Dawn
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
93% of 702 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Banebush
Banebush is a short horror visual novel about Alexey, hiding from pursuit in the childhood village he remembers through scary grandmother tales and…
94% of 2,204 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$2.99
A Work of Art
A dark, witty, psychological thriller in the horror genre, A Work of Art presents a 1-2 hour story-driven experience with Visual Novel features and…
94% of 348 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
ghostpia Season One
"In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise…
92% of 894 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
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
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 2,410 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7Free
Absent in the Rain
A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet...
94% of 939 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Newest visual novels like Glassy Stare
Autumn's end (Part 1)
Navigate love, friendship, art, and mental horror to find meaning in a dying world. A visual novel.
97% of 61 Steam reviews are positiveFree
DDD: Demons Double Down
Sometimes loneliness pushes us into strange, risky choices. A nightclub that wasn’t here yesterday.
86% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$4.19
soulstation
Kin and Clef lose themselves in The Station – an afterlife that rotates dreams into realities and a wish into a memory.
100% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$8
Dissolution of the Silent Union
The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school.
87% of 333 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Unquiet Grey
You can't save him... but what if you could meet him again? Unquiet Grey is a heartbreaking timeloop visual novel about a troubled young woman and…
98% of 101 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Deadly Obsession
A psychological horror visual novel where you’re kidnapped by an obsessed captor—your choices determine whether you escape or fall into his twisted…
88% of 34 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
Set Yourself on Fire
A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.
97% of 462 Steam reviews are positiveFree
and yet, we dream
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their…
92% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
VVINTERCORE
A visual psychological horror novel set in a winter setting.
85% of 34 Steam reviews are positiveFree
We Are Counting
A short experimental visual novel about obsessive counting.
68% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
A short, branching interactive story of psychological horror.
86% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$9.99