Visual novels like Hate Plus

Loved how story-driven and mysterious Hate Plus can get? Browse these visual novels for your next favorite.

Analogue: A Hate Story
A generation ship vanished for thousands of years, and you board it to read what its dead crew left behind. With a spunky AI beside you, you sort logs, ask questions, and piece together a dark story of tradition and loneliness. Short, sharp, and built for visual novel readers who like their romance with a mystery attached.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
94% of 1,702 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Saihate Station
Two coworkers wake up in Saihate Station after missing the last train, and the only way out is together. You read through their awkward, codependent conversations, explore the station, solve simple puzzles, and your choices shift Haru's dependency level toward different endings. Dark, sad, and sweet in turn, with cute hand-drawn art around a grim story.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
94% of 10,816 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 48Free
Is the Vat Utopia or Dystopia?
Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for an interstellar highway, and two lonely teenagers get picked as samples for an alien "Human Observation Documentary". What follows is a short, sweet and surprisingly moving romance visual novel: dark jokes, meme-heavy dialogue, gorgeous presentation and a pure love story with a happy ending, all in about four hours.
Story-driven, Dark, Hand-drawn
97% of 1,003 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$2.69
fault - milestone two side:above
Selphine and Ritona are still on the run after milestone one, trekking home across strange science-fantasy lands. This direct sequel is a linear cinematic visual novel with hand-drawn art, camera moves, and music, made for visual novel readers who want more of their story.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Hand-drawn
96% of 1,979 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
ANONYMOUS;CODE
Hack Into God
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
77% of 519 Steam reviews are positive$59.99
Kill or Love
Jack wakes in a hospital with no childhood memories, his girlfriend missing, and his nurse Anna both caring for him and responsible for putting him there. This short dark romance follows his plan to save her as the past comes back. Worth reading for the twists and its unhealthy obsession story.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
89% of 2,188 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
start;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, Mysterious, Dark
95% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
Otome Legends
Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
90% of 110 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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. 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, Mysterious, Dark
94% of 2,402 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
//TODO: today
A visual novel about figuring out life with the help of an AI. //TODO: today is a pastel colored slice-of-life story that let's you freely choose your pronouns and romantic preferences!
Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Romantic
92% of 427 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Anamnesia - 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, Mysterious, Dark
95% of 95 Steam reviews are positiveFree
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
Two agents, two eyeball AIs, and one corpse split across six years.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
86% of 3,610 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$39.99

Cheaper than Hate Plus

Otome Legends

Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?

$7.99

start;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.

$5.99

Is the Vat Utopia or Dystopia?

Earth is being demolished, and two chosen students star in an alien documentary about falling in love.

$2.69

Mandemon

Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine.

$2.99

Carpe Diem: Reboot

Just because it crashed doesn't mean it's over

$4.99

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…

$1.99

Find Love or Die Trying: Til Death Do Us Part

The afterstory to Find Love or Die Trying is here! Continue your romance with your chosen partner in the world beyond the killer dating show.

$4.99

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…

$1.99

Otaku's Adventure

A single otaku thirsting for love stumbles into a fantastic journey and a chance with three very different girls.

$6.99

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog

Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.

$9.74

My Furry Protogen 🐾

When your fate is determined by the universe itself, you don’t have many options.

$4.99

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.

$1.99

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Is the Vat Utopia or Dystopia?

Earth is being demolished, and two chosen students star in an alien documentary about falling in love.

$2.69

Dissolution of My Self

A prince who has lost his kingdom and everything else. His uncle and aide-de-camp, unable to leave him.

$5.99

I Hate My Waifu Streamer

A visual novel where you are a viewer in Mio's chat, typing comments, sending donations and gifts to win her attention.

$9.99

AI2U: With You 'Til The End

Kidnapped by a yandere catgirl who loves you a little too much, you talk your way out or decide to stay.

$14.99

Lover's Enigma

In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma.

$11.99

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog

Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.

$9.74

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…

$39.99

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.

Free

My Furry Protogen 🐾

When your fate is determined by the universe itself, you don’t have many options.

$4.99

Saihate Station

Two coworkers wake up in Saihate Station after missing the last train, and the only way out is together.

Free

Sisters: Last Day of Summer

A fully-animated visual novel about a boy who wakes up in an unknown house with two beautiful sisters, their mother, and an unspoken truth.

$24.99

Dark Nights

Nothing is as it seems.

Free

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