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Visual Novel

Visual novels are interactive stories. They focus mainly on character development and plot rather than action and gameplay mechanics.

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Retro

Featuring aesthetics, gameplay, or themes reminiscent of classic video games. Often characterized by pixel art, chiptune music, or mechanics popularized in earlier gaming eras.

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Secret Little Haven
$5
A game about a trans girl discovering herself through fandom, chats, and the early internet.
Victoria Dominowski
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(837 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Morris❤️
❤️EARLY DOVE GETS MORE LOVE❤️
CatTrigger
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(374 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
ACONITE beta
MELCO
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(189 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Dead Horizon
An adventure game that mixes rail shooter elements into a world of sand, dust, and blood.
PixelWestern
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(171 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986
$14.99
Lush and vibrant visuals, the game features original hand-drawn artwork.
Oracle & Bone
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(151 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Who's Lila?
$11.99
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Garage_Heathen
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(106 total ratings)
Adventure
Life After Magic
lgbt+, retired magical girls in 1999
Chirashi Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(123 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Phantom of the Black Rose Revue: Act 1
Lose yourself in a tale of haunted love, inspired by classic shoujo manga and The Phantom of the Opera!
Yamino
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(88 total ratings)
Visual Novel
You and I and the Long, Long Drive
Idle talk between a pair of people on a road trip to Pluto.
Caramel
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(188 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Model Employee
To get ahead in business, you need to Make Something of Yourself.
Nth Circle
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(53 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Dead Names
Short sci-fi VN about letting go.
flower studio
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(265 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
so obscure;
welcome back to 2005
yam harvest games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(165 total ratings)
Visual Novel
summer haze/glory days
return to the summer of 2007
yam harvest games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(61 total ratings)
Visual Novel
DON'T SAY YES
DON'T SAY "YES" no matter what. A Game Boy-style visual novel that takes five to ten minutes to complete.
realkey
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(106 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Chakana
An ordinary date takes a dark turn. How will you handle it?
Tiz010
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Survival
boyfriendEXE
Your digital boyfriend!
Cupid
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Line 88
A bus ride that overstays its welcome
Hatoge
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(147 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The Heart of Tales
A Medieval Romance Visual Novel
Katy133
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(100 total ratings)
Visual Novel
VESSELS
A simple rescue mission... GONE WRONG.
CatTrigger
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(84 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Melissa ❤️
❤️ She can do so much with 4 kb of ram ❤️
CatTrigger
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(401 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
HOPE LEFT ME
You're cold and alone in a concrete frozen hellscape.
Astrophysics
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(69 total ratings)
Visual Novel
REFLEXIA Prototype ver.
REFLEXIA's story starts out as a parody of its genre and ends as a psychological drama.
mahoumaiden
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(70 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Heatwave
$5
​A fast paced fighting game set in the distant future!
Monochromesoft
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Fighting
Rockstory
A short story about a rock
loafy co.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Lore Distance Relationship
Welcome to the 2000s.
Norbez Jones (call me Bez)
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
the_right_song_now.mp3
Karina Popp
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Reaper's Goodbye
Six strangers, five stories, and one final farewell.
kalechips
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(44 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Cookie's Bakery
Bake cookies and celebrate the holidays!
leafthief
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(189 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
剣魔女の弟子 - The Sword Witch's Apprentice
The life of a swordsman, apprentice to the Sword Witch. 剣魔女の弟子となった、とある剣士の一生。
はちのす/tiny cactus studio
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
The Secret Life of Probes Prologue
Story in the far reaches of space and time.
Elyon
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
The Limbo of Loss
This game tells a very personal story about the tragedy of loss and its aftermath. It can be played in about 15 minutes.
Korgen
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Class of '09 Demo
The anti-visual novel.
Classof09
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(81 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Storm the Swan 🦢
...and the POWER of FRIENDSHIP & IMAGINATION!
CatTrigger
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Illumination
A mini-comic featuring The Botanist
Cadin Batrack
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
"And I'll Never Leave"
Cassie wants to live in a nice quiet place and never leave.
Sun Labyrinth
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Hamster Haven
Just two friends in a virtual world.
Wenderly Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
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