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Reviews: Very Positive — 95% — of 234 reviews
Released: 2024-10-10
Developer: The Three Windmills
Genres: RPG, Simulation, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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  2. #2 The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%

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    96% matchVery Positive93% of 345 reviews2023
    Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
    Windows

    Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?

    Why similar: Dating Sim 15.1%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

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    93% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
    Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
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    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

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  5. #5 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
    94% matchVery Positive81% of 1,081 reviews2021
    Dev: 致意
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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  6. #6 Train of Afterlife
    95% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
    Dev: Zeiva Inc
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

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  7. #7 Последнее желание
    94% matchMostly Positive78% of 84 reviews2023
    Dev: YePlay
    Windows

    An adventure game in the genre of mystical detective. Student Kris is on the trail of the killer. Every decision has consequences, and every wish may be the last.

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  8. #8 筮灵 SHILING
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    Dev: WindField GamesPub: Mammorize
    Windows

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    Dev: ChenGame
    Windows

    A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...

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    91% matchVery Positive95% of 485 reviews2021
    Dev: PHOSEPO
    Windows

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  11. #11 TEST TEST TEST
    90% matchVery Positive92% of 991 reviews2024
    Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%

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    89% matchVery Positive95% of 127 reviews2024
    Dev: Indra Studio
    Windows

    Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.

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  13. #13 Sunlight Scream
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    Dev: Faithy Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    88% matchMostly Positive72% of 305 reviews2024
    Dev: ZHUYUAN Co.,Ltd
    Windows

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    87% matchMostly Positive74% of 91 reviews2024
    Dev: Universe Studio
    Windows

    In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.

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    Dev: Simon Herbig
    Windows · Mac

    Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.

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    Windows

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    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%

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  19. #19 Sixtieth Kilometer
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    Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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  20. #20 start;again
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  23. #23 The Occult Detective
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    Dev: Battlecry Studio
    Windows

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  24. #24 Uberich: Advent Sinners
    81% matchVery Positive84% of 306 reviews2025
    Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
    Windows

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    Dev: Wegenbartho Games
    Windows

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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Dev: 番茄炖肉制作组Pub: Comma 49
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  28. #28 Pink Noise
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    Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
    Windows

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    Dev: leavesPub: socah
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    77% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,954 reviews2018
    Dev: CensoredPub: Kavkaz Sila Games
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 9%

    Тюремные Загадки

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  33. #33 SIMULACRA
    77% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
    Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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  34. #34 Heaven Does Not Respond
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 348 reviews2026
    Dev: Rise Studios
    Windows

    Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.

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  35. #35 再见断刀
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,313 reviews2025
    Dev: 非侠游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
    Windows
    Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  36. #36 Dreambound
    75% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2024
    Dev: Two and a Half Studios
    Windows · Mac

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    76% matchVery Positive92% of 325 reviews2021
    Dev: Starfield Gaming
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%

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  38. #38 SIMULACRA 2
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 1,648 reviews2020
    Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.

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    74% matchVery Positive86% of 173 reviews2022
    Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
    Windows

    Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...

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    72% matchVery Positive88% of 144 reviews2024
    Dev: 樱野悠Pub: 悠悠球工作室
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  41. #41 My Camp of Memories: Episode 1
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2023
    Dev: Daniil Tarasau
    Windows · Mac

    Visual novel in the genre of romance and adventure. You are eighteen years old, and you have just entered the last stage of education. However, strange fragments of memories, notes and a series of events say that it will not work out to study calmly. The path you take is entirely in your hands.

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    70% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
    Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  43. #43 Quantum Suicide
    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2020
    Dev: Cotton Candy Cyanide
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    70% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2025
    Dev: Sempiternal Rain
    Windows

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  45. #45 Drops of Death
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2025
    Dev: Snowhaven Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?

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  46. #46 Experimentation
    72% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  47. #47 Complex Loop
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2023
    Dev: あみそ組
    Windows

    Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!

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  48. #48 INFINITY DEADLINE
    68% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2026
    Dev: YvelRevo
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    Play as 25yo writer Jian Xun in a 5-min deadline loop. Your script is alive! In this thriller puzzle, use "keyframe sorting" to piece stories. Fight AI, break the 4th wall & escape the nightmare!

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  49. #49 Second Chance
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,128 reviews2018
    Dev: COMANPub: C&E
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    One night, Leslie finds himself at a small town train station, completely lost in the memories of his past. As he explores his past, he makes friends, but... Who are they really? Who is lying and who is telling the truth? And is it true that everyone in our world is entitled to a second chance?

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  50. #50 Lucid9: Inciting Incident
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,038 reviews2016
    Dev: Fallen Snow Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.

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    Windows · Mac

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    Windows
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  54. #54 Lunar Mirror
    68% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,074 reviews2023
    Dev: DSGame
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%

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  55. #55 Dichotomy Illusion: The Coser Disassembly Incident
    65% matchVery Positive87% of 352 reviews2025
    Dev: akidouPub: 糕薯科技
    Windows

    "Dichotomy Illusion" is a Shin Honkaku mystery visual novel that combines real-world entertainment elements with physical locations, utilizing ACGN (Anime, Comics, Games, Novels) subculture knowledge to solve criminal cases and uncover the truth.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.1%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Simulation 15.1%, Drama 7.1%, Story Rich 5.7%

  56. #56 The Simen Rumors
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2026
    Dev: 羊之口
    Windows

    本游戏以视觉小说的形式,收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角,探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。

    Why similar: Detective 46.5%, Visual Novel 30.2%, Drama 10.6%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Psychological Horror 2.9%

  57. #57 Killed by Love 99 Times
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 547 reviews2025
    Dev: 游影互娱
    Windows · Mac

    架空世界悬疑、解密类真人影游——玩家将从房间莫名醒来,在和四位女生合租的生活中寻找唯一逃生之路,期间不仅需避开各种死亡陷阱,还要提防无处不在的黄色行刑队。最终解开真相时才发现,自己已身处百万年之后……

    Why similar: Dating Sim 30.2%, Thriller 21.4%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 8.5%

  58. #58 Cellveillance
    64% matchVery Positive86% of 596 reviews2025
    Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    "Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.

    Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Dating Sim 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

  59. #59 Mask of the Rose
    67% matchMostly Positive77% of 390 reviews2023
    Dev: Failbetter Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.

    Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Dating Sim 18.3%, Romance 16.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%

  60. #60 1997
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 242 reviews2023
    Dev: Hit'n'Run Digital Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Detective visual novel about mysteries of rural Russian town in 90-s, anime style.

    Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 21%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Romance 11%

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