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Visual Novel / Story

SIGNAL: Uncharted Lands

1.107
Visual NovelCutePost-apocalypticAdventureDog
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-03-03
Reviews50 / 98%
US price$4.99

Embark on a journey with four adorable explorers! Uncover all the secrets of a post-apocalyptic world, meet the future inhabitants of Earth and enjoy plenty of Easter eggs. Your choices will shape the game's ending, so choose wisely! Or try a second playthrough to catch all the fun moments!

Why this surfaced: 50 reviews with 98% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 1 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Visual Novel, Cute, Post-apocalyptic.

All That Glitters

1.105
Choose Your Own AdventureFishingNarrationVisual NovelSingleplayer
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-03-05
Reviews14 / 100%
US price$4.99

All That Glitters is a narrative first person game of about one hour, only available in french as of now. Search a polluted river looking for treasures, discuss with your hallucinations, and find the weapon allowing you to defend yourself against the curse of the Idiot.

Why this surfaced: 14 reviews with 100% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 0 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Choose Your Own Adventure, Fishing, Narration.

Expelled!

1.078
InvestigationInteractive FictionComic BookHand-drawnFemale Protagonist
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-03-12
Reviews227 / 95%
US price$14.99

A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

Why this surfaced: 227 reviews with 95% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 2 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Investigation, Interactive Fiction, Comic Book.

Door Game Deluxe

1.033
ComedyRPGShortMultiple EndingsText-Based
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-02-06
Reviews151 / 95%
US priceFree

Door Game Deluxe is a (very) short, satirical RPG. An expansion of the original and the pinnacle of human artistic expression, this version offers original art and music on top of new endings.

Why this surfaced: 151 reviews with 95% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 0 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Comedy, RPG, Short.

Reviver

1.027
Hand-drawnCozyFemale ProtagonistVisual NovelPuzzle
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-01-08
Reviews228 / 93%
US price$8.99

A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.

Why this surfaced: 228 reviews with 93% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 3 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Hand-drawn, Cozy, Female Protagonist.

Casino Heist: Aruba

1.018
SimulationVisual NovelHeistDating SimComedy
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-01-17
Reviews5 / 100%
US price$8.99

*Casino Heist: Aruba* is a comedic heist Visual Novel and dating sim where every choice counts. Assemble a team, craft the perfect plan, and tackle a high-stakes robbery targeting a shady casino. Can you outsmart the odds, secure a fortune, and maybe even find love? The score of a lifetime awaits!

Why this surfaced: 5 reviews with 100% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 0 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Simulation, Visual Novel, Heist.

The Berenstain Bears In the Dark

0.960
CasualInteractive FictionVisual Novel2DCartoon
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-02-13
Reviews4 / 100%
US price$9.99

Explore and share Stan &amp; Jan Berenstain’s classic, &quot;The Berenstain Bears In the Dark&quot;, adapted from the original storybook into an interactive animated adventure!

Why this surfaced: 4 reviews with 100% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 0 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Casual, Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel.

Space Station Adventure

0.950
AdventureCasualInteractive FictionVisual NovelChoose Your Own Adventure
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-01-02
Reviews0 / 0%
US price$7.99

Space Station Adventure: No Response From Mars is a science-fiction text-based, interactive adventure full of mysteries and twists! Play as an Artificial Intelligence and help your technician navigate through the Hades station!

Why this surfaced: 0 reviews with 0% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 0 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Adventure, Casual, Interactive Fiction.

Hanako's Flower Shop

0.883
Visual NovelStory RichFemale ProtagonistChoices MatterRelaxing
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-04-25
Reviews100 / 100%
US price$14.99

Hanako’s Flower Shop is a heartfelt visual novel where you run a flower shop, crafting bouquets using the language of flowers. Listen to customers’ stories, shape Hanako’s journey through choices, and navigate her struggle to honor her grandpa’s legacy while discovering her own path.

Why this surfaced: 100 reviews with 100% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 1 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Visual Novel, Story Rich, Female Protagonist.

Time Guard - The Red Menace

0.859
AdventurePoint & ClickPuzzleInteractive FictionClicker
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-04-25
Reviews35 / 100%
US price$11.99

A time-traveling detective, a brain-hacking device called the Speakbreaker, and a mad plan to make the whole world speak only Russian. Solve absurd puzzles, meet bizarre characters, and rewrite history itself in this comedy point-and-click adventure.

Why this surfaced: 35 reviews with 100% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 2 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Adventure, Point & Click, Puzzle.

Primal Hearts

0.859
ComedyRomanceVisual NovelMultiple EndingsCute
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-02-11
Reviews54 / 94%
US price$24.99

After moving into a new town hoping for a new life, Kazuma finds himself the swing vote between two deadlocked factions representing tradition and innovation. Nicknamed “Triple Seven,” can he still live easy and find romance under his new status as a much-contested lucky guy?

Why this surfaced: 54 reviews with 94% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 1 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Comedy, Romance, Visual Novel.

Arcane Investigations

0.858
Visual NovelDetectivePuzzlePoint & ClickFunny
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-04-18
Reviews44 / 100%
US price$4.99

It's after midnight on the Quartzway Express, and there's been a MAGICAL CRIME! Investigate the crime scene, question suspects, and defend the accused through unique cross-examination puzzles in this &quot;Phoenix Wright&quot; inspired mystery comedy.

Why this surfaced: 44 reviews with 100% positive sentiment; 20k–50k estimated owners; 0 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Visual Novel, Detective, Puzzle.

Help! I've Been Cursed With a Bubble Butt

0.855
Choose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelLGBTQ+ComedyAdventure
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-05-29
Reviews15 / 100%
US price$2.99

Take control of a bountifully cursed nonbinary protagonist as they navigate a world filled with peril and problems as they search for purpose and self-love. Make impactful choices and guide our cheeked up hero to save the world... and themselves.

Why this surfaced: 15 reviews with 100% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 1 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Choose Your Own Adventure, Visual Novel, LGBTQ+.

Decade

0.854
Point & ClickPhilosophicalAtmosphericVisual Novel1990's
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-05-27
Reviews118 / 97%
US price$9.99

Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear. Seed new movements, destroy others. Subvert the rise and fall of empires, art, ideologies, and individuals in this experimental narrative game.

Why this surfaced: 118 reviews with 97% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 2 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Point & Click, Philosophical, Atmospheric.

Peaches Interplanetary

0.852
CutePixel GraphicsShortRelaxingNarrative
GenreVisual Novel / Story
Release2025-05-30
Reviews50 / 100%
US price$0.99

Peaches Interplanetary is a short relaxing game about growing peaches on a spaceship. Explore the ship, talk to trees, drink some tea or coffee, and help Margot prepare for her first day spreading the power of peaches throughout the stars.

Why this surfaced: 50 reviews with 100% positive sentiment; <20k estimated owners; 0 current SteamSpy ccu; clear hook tags: Cute, Pixel Graphics, Short.