Emotional visual novel hidden gems
Grief, love and memory run through these lesser-known stories that tend to linger after the screen goes dark. In AIR, Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE and Schrödinger's Call you spend most of your time following spoken lines and narration, picking responses that steer relationships toward separate paths and conclusions. These emotional visual novel hidden gems ask for patience and attention, and give back quiet moments about family, loss and growing up.
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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% of 1,098 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$6Mythic Love: Iberian Legends
Think you can handle a little romance with creatures from Spanish folklore? ❤️🔥 Careful: your love life isn’t the only thing at stake at Mythic Love: Iberian Legends.
92% of 260 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$12.99if you stay
Winter 1999, hours before your train to Tokyo. You are Fumiko, outed and done with your hometown, meeting your girlfriend Mika for one last date. Read, choose your words carefully, and decide if you stay together in this short, bittersweet romance for visual novel readers.
98% of 202 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3FreeIs 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% of 1,020 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$2.69Only 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% of 745 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$6.99The 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% of 289 Steam reviews are positiveFreeAIR
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% of 697 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$29.99Knights 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% of 629 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$24.99Serre
A visual novel about a girl and an alien drinking tea and falling in love!
98% of 311 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Putrika 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% of 235 Steam reviews are positive$17.99Our Brief Eternity
In the visual novel "Eternity, Stars, and Everyday Life," you are Lin Xiaocou, an ordinary office worker whose life is turned upside down when two girls from another world unexpectedly move in. Amidst the light-hearted and joyful daily routines, can you discover a unique happiness for everyone?
99% of 851 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$4.99Our 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% of 149 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7Free
