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01 Steins;Gate Cover

2009 · Android, PC, PS3

Steins;Gate

67%

Steins;Gate is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus. It is the second game in the Science Adventure series following Chaos;Head. The game is described by the development team as a "hypothetical science ADV" and explores time and time travel...

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Adventure Genre Visual Novel Genre Mystery Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Choices Game feel
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02 Steins;Gate 0 Cover

2015 · Switch, PC, PS3

Steins;Gate 0

64%

Steins;Gate 0 is a Japanese visual novel. It is the fifth game in the Science Adventure series and the sequel to Steins;Gate. Like Steins;Gate, the game is described as a "hypothetical science ADV". The player assumes the role of Okabe Rintaro in the β World T...

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64% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Visual Novel Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Choices Game feel
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03 Anti-Entropy Cover

2018 · browser

Anti-Entropy

62%

Anti-Entropy is a companion visual novel to Hoyoverse's Honkai Impact 3rd, set in the 1950s and covering the events that lead up to the formation of Anti-Entropy. It follows Tesla, Einstein, and Welt Yang's predecessor - Welt Joyce, who is the first Herrscher...

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62% Spannender Match
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Visual Novel Genre Drama Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective
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04 Fate/Stay Night Cover

2004 · PC

Fate/Stay Night

61%

Fate/Stay Night is a Japanese visual novel, which was originally released as an adult game. A version of Fate/Stay Night rated for ages 15 and up titled Fate/Stay Night Réalta Nua was released later. Fate/Stay Night'​s gameplay requires little interaction from...

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61% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Visual Novel Genre Single player Mode Text Perspective Choices Game feel
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05 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All Cover

The second game in the popular court room battle series from Japan introduces four new cases featuring new characters, plot twists and gameplay features. Players resume the role of Phoenix Wright, a defense attorney who must prove his client's innocence agains...

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58% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Visual Novel Genre Drama Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Choices Game feel
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06 Everlasting Summer Cover

2014 · Android, Linux, Mac

Everlasting Summer

58%

Semyon, a poster child contemporary chan culture consumer, falls asleep in the bus, only to wake up in front of the gates of Sovyonok, a pioneer camp of the late Soviet Russia. Everlasting Summer is a time-warping, mind-bending visual novel with some eroge con...

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58% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Visual Novel Genre Drama Theme Romance Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Choices Game feel
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07 Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Cover

2012 · 3DS, PC, PS4

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

53%

The second game in the Zero Escape series. Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward is a mystery/thriller visual novel. It is story focused with multiple endings that use player choices and puzzle rooms to progress. Additions to the game include an 'auto-advance tex...

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53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Visual Novel Genre Mystery Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Choices Game feel
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08 Slay the Princess Cover

2023 · Linux, Mac, PC

Slay the Princess

53%

You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies. Slay the Princess is a choice-driven psychological horror visual novel with dramatic branching, light RPG elements, and hand-penciled art.

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53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Visual Novel Genre Drama Theme Mystery Theme Romance Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Choices Game feel
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09 Needy Streamer Overload Cover

2022 · Mac, Switch, PC

Needy Streamer Overload

52%

NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel-chan”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).

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52% Spannender Match
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10 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma Cover

2016 · 3DS, PC, PS4

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

51%

Zero Time Dilemma is the third and final entry in the Zero Escape series. It is a story focused mystery/thriller visual novel with multiple endings that involves player choices and puzzle rooms.

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11 Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors Cover

The game is a murder mystery visual novel with a heavy story focus that requires multiple playthroughs to figure out and involves puzzle rooms used to progress through the story with dialogue choices to be made inbetween them.

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12 Saya no Uta Cover

2019 · PC

Saya no Uta

50%

A horror visual novel about Fuminori Sakisaka, a medicine student who suffers an accident that leaves his perception of the world distorted: everything and everyone is perceived as a twisted mass of intestines, flesh and blood. Everything, except Saya.

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Visual Novel Genre Romance Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Choices Game feel
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13 ANY SAND Cover

2024 · PC

ANY SAND

49%

ANY SAND is vaguely autobiographical, inspired by Palestinian resistance & resilience, & owes its name to Rasha Abdulhadi's words & work. Point-and-click through an old rowhouse in near-future Tkaronto; chat with your Gren about memories of struggling towards...

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14 Heavy Rain Cover

2010 · PC, PS3, PS4

Heavy Rain

47%

Heavy Rain is a cinematic psychological thriller from game developer Quantic Dream exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Dealing with a range of adult themes, the game revolves around a sophisticated plot and strong narrative threads that explore a complex moral...

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15 Beyond: Two Souls Cover

2013 · PC, PS3, PS4

Beyond: Two Souls

47%

A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.

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16 Until Dawn Cover

2015 · PS4

Until Dawn

47%

Until Dawn is an interactive drama survival horror video game. It was originally planned as a first-person game for the PlayStation 3's motion controller PlayStation Move, but the motion controls were later dropped when it became a PlayStation 4 exclusive game...

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17 Persona 3 Portable Cover

2009 · PSP, Vita

Persona 3 Portable

47%

Persona 3 Portable is an enhanced remake of Persona 3 for the PlayStation Portable. The game features an option to play as a female character, which alters some aspects of the story. In addition to the new playable character, there are two new difficulty level...

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18 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Cover

2021 · Mac, Switch, PC

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

47%

Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.

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19 Hotel Dusk: Room 215 Cover

2007 · NDS

Hotel Dusk: Room 215

47%

Take control of an interactive mystery novel and discover the secrets of Hotel Dusk. Who is Kyle Hyde- and what really happened in Room 215? Take stylus in hand and navigate a tangled web of lies, betrayal, and murder to learn the answers.

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Adventure Genre Visual Novel Genre Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Choices Game feel
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20 Cyberpunk 2077 Cover

2020 · Stadia, Mac, Switch 2

Cyberpunk 2077

46%

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world action-adventure game set in Night City, a sprawling metropolis driven by power, glamour, and body modification. Players assume the role of V, a mercenary outlaw in pursuit of a unique implant that holds the key to immortality....

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