outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 770 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Visual novels like Subsurface Circular
Hooked on the story-driven and mysterious side of Subsurface Circular? These visual novels are a good place to start.
Quarantine Circular
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
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88% of 433 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Minds Beneath Us
You wake up stuck in someone else's body, sharing headspace with its original owner, in a near-future Taipei where desperate people rent out their brains as computing power for AI. Minds Beneath Us is a slow, talky sci-fi story about listening, choosing what to say, and living with it.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
96% of 5,918 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.992064: Read Only Memories
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
83% of 709 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
98% of 323 Steam reviews are positive$5.99ESC
An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
99% of 102 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, Mysterious, Atmospheric
94% of 148 Steam reviews are positiveFreeJenny LeClue - Detectivu
Jenny LeClue is a hand-drawn mystery where a young detective tries to clear her mother of murder while her own author rewrites the story around her. You question suspects, spot visible clues mid-conversation, and make choices that bend both Jenny's case and the narrator's draft. Warm, funny, and full of secrets to poke at.
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86% of 1,254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99Buried: An Interactive Story
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
95% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Overboard!
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
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90% of 581 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Her Story
You sit at a dusty police computer from 1994 and type words to pull up interview clips of a woman talking about her missing husband. Piece the clips together in whatever order you find them, and her story slowly takes shape. Best for visual novel readers who like listening closely and doing their own detective work.
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89% of 8,415 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.99Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
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93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
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94% of 222 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Cheaper than Subsurface Circular
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
tomorrow won't come for those without ██████
That day, we told a lie.
93% of 978 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
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
Submansion
You are Filcher who has broken into a mansion in search of a invaluable thing.
88% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$2.49
Tell Me Everything
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer.
50% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Impossible Quest
Very dumb adventure game about a very dumb person from a very dumb developer.
72% of 328 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
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.
87% of 3,444 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.99
Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure
A comedic point-and-click adventure where a hungover antique dealer must solve his own robbery in Paris, dragging himself and his friends into a…
80% of 316 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$0.99
The end is nahual: If I may say so
It's sometimes a visual novel and point-and-click adventure about nothing, it's sometimes chaos, someone said that the ending was like jazz... if…
86% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$2.49
Roadwarden
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG about a lone guard sent to a grim peninsula for 30 hours of reading, questioning and choosing sides.
94% of 4,543 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$2.74
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker.
82% of 552 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$2.60
Hidden gems like Subsurface Circular
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Hymer 2000
You talk to an old computer named Hymer and dig through its logs to learn what happened at Hope Residence.
89% of 1,050 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
D1AL-ogue
Run a small repair clinic in a city where the sun never rises, fixing androids called E.V.E.s on a circular match-3 console.
97% of 5,416 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37Free
Yet Another Killing Game
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening?
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 770 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Minds Beneath Us
You wake up stuck in someone else's body, sharing headspace with its original owner, in a near-future Taipei where desperate people rent out their…
96% of 5,918 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
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 148 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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
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
Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
98% of 323 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
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.
95% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
Until Then
A slow, tender visual novel that turns strange: you follow Mark, a Filipino high-schooler, through school days, chats with friends, and small…
96% of 16,267 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 149$19.99
Newest visual novels like Subsurface Circular
Venice After Dark
Discover a surreal Venice in this gripping point-and-click-novel-adventure game.
91% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
D1AL-ogue
Run a small repair clinic in a city where the sun never rises, fixing androids called E.V.E.s on a circular match-3 console.
97% of 5,416 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37Free
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Hymer 2000
You talk to an old computer named Hymer and dig through its logs to learn what happened at Hope Residence.
89% of 1,050 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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.
97% of 76 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
90% of 63 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Yet Another Killing Game
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening?
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
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
Minds Beneath Us
You wake up stuck in someone else's body, sharing headspace with its original owner, in a near-future Taipei where desperate people rent out their…
96% of 5,918 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
The Operator
You are the FDI's newest Operator, stuck at a desk while field agents call you for help.
91% of 8,715 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$13.99
Until Then
A slow, tender visual novel that turns strange: you follow Mark, a Filipino high-schooler, through school days, chats with friends, and small…
96% of 16,267 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 149$19.99
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 770 Steam reviews are positive$1.99