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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Adventure, Anime.

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🌀 Is there an escape to the endless spiral?🌀 『SYNESTHESIA』 is an emotive, character driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Join a group of college students with strange cognitive powers, who soon discover something is amiss at the institute sworn to help them...

Reviews: Positive — 100% — of 45 reviews
Released: 2023-06-20
Developer: Spire Games
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
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    90% matchVery Positive89% of 319 reviews2023
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