Visual novels like Let's BUG Dumplings

Want something that feels hand-drawn and emotional the way Let's BUG Dumplings does? These visual novels make natural next picks for you.

Midnight Ramen
In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice. You interact with your customers, listen to their troubles, and help them out whenever you can. But as the bowls of ramen are cooked and served, troubles are beginning to brew in your own life as well...
Hand-drawn, Emotional, Story-driven
95% of 298 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$11.99
Cooking Companions
A cute cabin cooking setup in the Tatras Mountains turns into psychological horror. You cook meals, talk with your companions, and make choices that branch toward 11 endings, with talking vegetables, folklore, and a slow build of dread worth reading for in one evening.
Hand-drawn, Emotional, Story-driven
93% of 1,094 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
The Heroes Around Me
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.
Emotional, Story-driven, Atmospheric
94% of 699 Steam reviews are positive$4.19
Dullpain
Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.
Hand-drawn, Emotional, Story-driven
79% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
My Sweet! Housemate
Faced with the cruel and harsh reality of homelessness, you seek out affordable housing in your area. Luckily, it seems you've found the perfect rental, but something is very off about your landlord...
Hand-drawn, Emotional, Story-driven
97% of 410 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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.
Hand-drawn, Emotional, Story-driven
87% of 3,445 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.99
LoveChoice
LoveChoice is a short, tender decision game about love in three small stories with multiple endings. You pick words and small actions, replay scenes to find kinder choices, and watch how they change a couple's ending. Sweet art, gentle music, and a lot to think about after.
Hand-drawn, Emotional, Story-driven
92% of 32,711 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 203$1.99
No Longer Home
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Hand-drawn, Emotional, Story-driven
60% of 322 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Hand-drawn, Emotional, Story-driven
93% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Milk 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.
Emotional, Story-driven, Surreal
96% of 32,183 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$1.49
The Doll Shop
The Doll Shop is a hand-drawn narrative game – part romance, part horror – set in the Japanese countryside. Play as a young dollmaker who reunites with his childhood friend in an eerie snowbound village. Will you dare confess your secret?
Hand-drawn, Emotional, Story-driven
93% of 94 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$12.99
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
A walk-and-talk story about Andrew and Ashley, siblings stuck in a toxic, codependent bond after a botched satanic ritual. You talk, wander, solve light puzzles, and make terrible decisions that branch into multiple endings. Worth playing for the sharp dialogue and dark comedy around two awful people you still want to understand.
Hand-drawn, Emotional, Story-driven
96% of 37,338 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 175$11.99

Cheaper than Let's BUG Dumplings

One Night Stand

After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed.

$0.74

Antagonist

Play as D’Vil, the Dark Lord… and rising star at Evil Productions. Team up with Hero of Light, Ralph, and unleash devastating combos on your foes.

$2.99

Waiting in the Lime forest

Face your friend's twisted mind and do your best. You should stay sane until the end.

$0.79

Story of Love & Food

"Huh?! Diabetes? Me?!"Fresh out of college and new to the workforce, Mi Lirong is shocked when her doctor warns her of diabetes and serious health…

$0.69

Love in Belarus

Love in Belarus is a fascinating love story with a Belarusian dictator. Melt the heart of the usurper of power!

$0.69

My Cute Commissar

☭My Cute Commissar☭ is a satirical historical visual novel with “match-3” gameplay.

$1.99

The Adventures of Bunny and Pig

A short interactive storybook about trauma, companionship, and self-belief.

$0.69

Dreams with Furry 🦊

Dreams with Furry 🦊 - Cleopatra, Mulan, Catherine the Great and Joan of Arc are now furry girls!

$0.69

Death Live

有的人活着他已经死了，有的人死了他还活着。还有的人……早就麻木，忘了自己到底是死是活——死亡直播间Plus！橘子班灰色短篇视觉小说合集，由《死亡直播间》《假期第三天》等作品组成。

$0.54

Snow of Penglai

Snow of Penglai is a yuri-themed visual novel set in ancient China.

$0.79

The Days Without Gods

The Days Without Gods is a text-based DND fantasy ADV in which the player takes on the role of Mori Granson, an apprentice and subordinate of Hysso…

$0.89

Ryclaw: Hope

Ryclaw: Hope is a short kinetic novel about a young girl named Sakura who has spent most of her life in the hospital.

$0.49

Hidden gems like Let's BUG Dumplings

Chinese Street Food Legend

You run a night-market stall selling kaolengmian, flipping noodle sheets, cracking eggs and brushing sauce while customers stop to chat about their…

$3.99

Rebooted Fate

You are Qi Nian, broke after graduation, handed a strange manual that turns life into choice panels and meters.

$14.99

Playing House

One holiday, the father Haruma came to the park with his daughter Naori. But in that park, strange things began to happen—.

$6.99

My Sweet! Housemate

Faced with the cruel and harsh reality of homelessness, you seek out affordable housing in your area.

$4.99

I Wanna Be A Game Dev!

Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?

Free

Taste of the Wind

A simulation and RPG game with multiple endings, set in a Chinese restaurant.

$10.99

The Heroes Around Me

The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame.

$4.19

SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim

You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you.

$14.99

Midnight Ramen

In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice.

$11.99

Bloody Painter Dating Sim

Captured by the Bloody Painter, you get seven days to talk your way toward survival. Every choice shifts how he treats you, across ten endings.

Free

品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales

PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures.

$3.99

Sweet Home

Sweet Home is a visual novel about Zhao Ying, a high school girl skipping class through a cold 2018 winter break in small-town China.

$7.99

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