Cinematic visual novel hidden gems

These cinematic visual novel hidden gems play out like romance series you direct through dialogue choices. In Love Begins With Goodbye you shape bonds in a shared house in Norway, while Five Hearts Under One Roof season2 lets you manage relationships in a boarding house filmed in live action, and WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT slows down for voiced daily life before magical confrontations.

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1. 暴杀残雨之夜

   

   On a rainy night you play Yuexiang Lihua, a high school student staying with her uncle and working part-time to save for college. You choose how to treat a clingy junior, a fallen prince-like senior, a kind bookstore manager, and a mysterious boxer who may be your lost brother, with each choice branching toward a different ending.

   98%98% of 1,084 Steam reviews are positive10Players online now: 10$6

2. 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.

   97%97% of 1,003 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$2.69

3. Only You

   

   "Problem Child" me, Class Heartthrob her—two lines that should never cross collided through a series of coincidences, shattering my monochrome world. Crave her eyes on me alone, crave her world with me alone. The once-pure admiration begins to twist...

   94%94% of 745 Steam reviews are positive5Players online now: 5$6.99

4. The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition

   

   Two girls must travel to the Moon's core after it has been thrown out of orbit. A PC98 inspired visual novel about fear of the unknown and people in love.

   98%98% of 287 Steam reviews are positiveFree

5. AIR

   

   A summer-town romance about family, memory, and a girl tied to the sky. You read, choose, and branch through routes and endings, including the side story First Sky Chapter, with retouched HD art and full Japanese voice. Sad, tender, and musical: worth playing for the long summer feeling and the mother-daughter story at its center.

   97%97% of 697 Steam reviews are positive10Players online now: 10$29.99

6. Knights College 2

   

   Argo is back for his second year at the Knight Academy, and visual novel readers get a warm, romantic sequel full of dorm life, baths, and branching routes. Every choice is a collectible card, every card can open a new conversation, and the bittersweet story around Paul is a highlight.

   92%92% of 627 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8$24.99

7. Putrika 2nd.cut:For the Exquisite Attire

   

   Is cutting down a young girl a sin, or a salvation? In the Haku-a Church where pure love and jealousy collide, a young gem-craftsman is forced to choose—to let her live, or to end her life.

   91%91% of 235 Steam reviews are positive$17.99

8. Our Wonderland

   

   A horror-romance visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.

   99%99% of 145 Steam reviews are positive7Players online now: 7Free

9. Set Yourself on Fire

   

   A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.

   97%97% of 456 Steam reviews are positiveFree

10. Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain

    

    Is one life worth the price of another? A bittersweet visual novel about life and death, trust and bonds, and promises made. Brought to you by popular Japanese bishojo game developer SWEET&TEA. Winner of the Moe Game Awards 2016's "New Brand Award"!

    97%97% of 314 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$19.99

11. Phantom PHANTOM OF INFERNO NITRO ARCHIVE

    

    NITRO ORIGIN's debut title, Phantom PHANTOM OF INFERNO, is coming to Steam! A web of swirling conspiracies. A whirlwind of bullets. Amidst it all, a poignant tale of a boy and a girl unfolds...

    91%91% of 141 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$29.99

12. Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED

    

    Set half a year after the Fifth Holy Grail War, this remastered visual novel traps Shirou, Bazett and every familiar Servant in four repeating days in Fuyuki. Read, choose routes, and untangle a new Grail War mystery between long stretches of funny, tender everyday life.

    96%96% of 982 Steam reviews are positive63Players online now: 63$29.99

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