Games like planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~
by VisualArts/Key
In time for the 10th anniversary since its original release in Japan, planetarian is an engaging and emotional visual novel from legendary game studio, Key. A sub-brand of VisualArts, Key are also famed for creating Kanon, AIR, CLANNAD, Little Busters!, Rewrite, and Angel Beats!
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$9.99planetarian HD
May 8 · VisualArts/Key
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Robots
planetarian HD is an engaging and emotional visual novel from legendary game studio, Key. A sub-brand of VISUAL ARTS, Key are also famed for creating Kanon, AIR, CLANNAD, Little Busters!, Rewrite, Angel Beats!, and Summer Pockets.
Visual NovelAnimeCasualAdventureRobotsPost-apocalypticStory RichCuteSimulationSingleplayer👍 3,200
$9.99Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-
Feb 28 · Modern Visual Arts Laboratory, SEO INSEOK
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Robots
If there was a robot that could laugh, cry and smile. ...Does it have a soul?
Visual NovelAnimeStory RichDating SimRomanceRobotsCuteSingleplayerMultiple EndingsSimulation👍 7,778
$12.99WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.01
Jun 17 · Spicy Tails
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Sci-fi
From the author of Spice and Wolf, Isuna Hasekura, comes WORLD END ECONOMiCA. This is the first episode out of three part sci-fi/economic thriller visual novel set on the moon.
Visual NovelAnimeIndieEconomySci-fiStory RichSingleplayerThrillerLinearNudity👍 458
$9.99Analogue: A Hate Story
Apr 27 · Love Conquers All Games
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Sci-fi
A dark visual mystery novel featuring transhumanism, traditional marriage, loneliness, and cosplay. Two pursuable characters. Five endings. Welcome to the future.
Visual NovelAnimeIndieSci-fiStory RichInteractive FictionLGBTQ+SingleplayerHackingGreat Soundtrack👍 1,695
$29.99STEINS;GATE
Sep 8 · MAGES. Inc.
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Sci-fi
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Visual NovelStory RichAnimeTime TravelSci-fiGreat SoundtrackMultiple EndingsChoices MatterSingleplayerScience👍 25,301
$19.99星空列车与白的旅行
May 14 · しらたまこ
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Linear
The train you took, piercing the night sky and galloping under the stars, was refreshing-it was really a great value trip. In the solo journey under the refreshing night breeze, I met casual passengers and the loving and loving flight attendants.
Visual NovelCuteAdventureAnimeSingleplayerLinearWholesomeSexual Content👍 5,965
$34.99STEINS;GATE 0
May 8 · MAGES. Inc.
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Sci-fi
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
Visual NovelStory RichAnimeTime TravelSci-fiGreat SoundtrackMultiple EndingsAdventureSingleplayerScience👍 7,922
$3.99Last Days
Oct 2 · 琉璃花糖制作组
Both: Visual Novel · Linear · Sci-fi
The gods have blessed New Canaan for four hundred years, and everyone - including Sister Ginsetsu - thought it would go on forever, until the day Ginsetsu met the gods of New Canaan. Since then, the story between the maiden who calls herself a god, and the maiden who will become a god has begun.
Visual NovelWord GameLinearRomanceSci-fiFemale ProtagonistArtificial IntelligenceStory RichEmotionalInteractive Fiction👍 184
$6.99Snowdome
Jul 23 · Lunatic Works
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Linear
For Tan Yan, there is little hope his life will change. It's like his whole life is trapped inside a snowdome, unable to escape. But, what if, one day, he's given the chance to make a change?
First-PersonVisual NovelAnimeStory RichMystery1990'sCasualDialogue HeavyAtmosphericLinear👍 205
$9.99Hate Plus
Aug 19 · Love Conquers All Games
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Sci-fi
Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own.
Visual NovelIndieAnimeSci-fiStory RichGreat SoundtrackInteractive FictionSingleplayerLGBTQ+Female Protagonist👍 490
$34.99Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
Apr 27 · Yeti, Regista
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Sci-fi
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Visual NovelAnimeStory RichMultiple EndingsAdventureMysterySci-fiGoreViolentSingleplayer👍 350
$14.99Memory's Dogma CODE:01
Nov 4 · Liz-Arts
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Sci-fi
Japan, 2030 A.D. Memories can now be digitized and archived, allowing people to communicate with the deceased. With only one week left before his best friend’s memories are deleted, can Hiroki uncover the truth behind Sorano’s death?
Visual NovelAnimeAdventureIndieCasualSci-fiStory RichChoices MatterNudity👍 208
$39.99ISLAND
Aug 23 · Frontwing
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Sci-fi
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Visual NovelAnimeStory RichCuteAdventureTime TravelMysteryCasualSci-fiSexual Content👍 1,541
-55%$3.14Ceiba
Nov 10 · Wirion, 7DOTS
Both: Visual Novel
Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.
Visual NovelTranshumanismLore-RichStory RichText-BasedDetectiveDialogue HeavyNonlinearMultiple EndingsChoices Matter👍 255
$9.99Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
Aug 4 · Soviet Games
Both: Visual Novel · Anime
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Visual NovelAnime1980sAtmosphericMultiple EndingsRomanceChoices MatterStory RichDetectiveCute👍 3,728
FreeHigurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
May 15 · 07th Expansion
Both: Visual Novel · Anime
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Visual NovelMysteryAnimePsychologicalStory RichDarkAtmosphericSingleplayerAdventureCute👍 1,436
$24.99OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
Aug 31 · SIGONO INC.
Both: Visual Novel · Anime
Echo of Starsong is a visual novel style adventure game. Eda, a girl who can hear mysterious sound waves known as starsong, crosses paths with a young man in search of their source. Together, they venture out to the heart of space to unravel an ancient myth.
Visual NovelEmotionalStory RichFemale ProtagonistAnimeInteractive FictionIndie2DSpaceSingleplayer👍 8,723
$12.99Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal-
Jul 7 · stage-nana
Both: Visual Novel · Anime
The latest visual novel by Tomo Kataoka, the author of Narcissu 1st & 2nd, has arrived! An empty world with endless rain and only one person. Here there is no hunger, sickness or even death. Just what story does this world's one occupant have?
Visual NovelAnimeIndieStory RichCasualEmotionalChoices Matter2DInteractive FictionSingleplayer👍 201
$3.99Dream Ending
Jul 22 · #workshop
Both: Visual Novel · Anime
This is a small tale from the end. The leftovers of mankind are destined to perish as the Arks break orbit. Suddenly, however, she's making me ask her out, an invitation to face the apocalypse together... a short but exquisite visual novel, "Dream Ending" is humanity's last love story.
IndieCasualAdventureVisual NovelRomanceAnimeSexual Content👍 3,097
$49.99Baldr Sky
Dec 20 · Sekai Project
Both: Visual Novel · Sci-fi
Kou Kadokura, a cyber officer, seeks to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that ended his once peaceful life. A war looms, and the answers he’s looking for are locked away in him... So why can't he remember anything? Unravel the mysteries hidden in his lost memories through this fast-paced mech action game!
Visual NovelMechsCyberpunkSci-fiRPGActionMultiple EndingsDating SimAdventureStory Rich👍 1,525
$0.99CBT With Yuuka Kazami
Oct 19 · Sigyaad Team
Both: Visual Novel · Anime
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, also known as CBT, is the use of evidence based strategies to help manage symptoms of poor mental health problems such as stress, anxiety and depression. Yuuka Kazami from the Touhou Project invites you to some mostly peaceful lessons where you grasp the basics of CBT!
CasualVisual Novel2DAnimeCuteColorfulRelaxingPsychological HorrorShortSingleplayer👍 1,172
$9.99Athanasy
Apr 13 · Wirion
Both: Visual Novel · Post-apocalyptic · Sci-fi
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Visual NovelText-BasedHorror2DLore-RichPost-apocalypticSci-fiPsychological HorrorSurrealCyberpunk👍 486
$2.99Billionaire Lovers
Jul 2 · Ayacat Games
Both: Visual Novel · Anime
You’re a broke college graduate. Your rich, distant uncle has just shown up and given you 100 million dollars! And right at this moment, four handsome men come into your life. Could this be… the romance you’ve been waiting for!? But wait, there’s something behind their smiles that says otherwise…
Visual NovelRPGPsychological HorrorEducationAnimeEmotionalCasualStory RichInteractive Fiction2D👍 3,652
$24.99CHAOS;CHILD
Jan 22 · MAGES. Inc.
Both: Visual Novel · Anime
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Visual NovelMysteryStory RichAnimeGoreViolentPsychological HorrorAdventureHorrorGreat Soundtrack👍 3,872
$29.99ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos
Feb 18 · MyDearest Inc.
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Sci-fi
A sci-fi adventure full of robot battles, pop music, and emotion. Featuring one of the largest branching storylines ever in a VR game with 15-20 hours of gameplay, Altdeus will place you in the shoes of Chloe, a pilot in humanity's forces fighting massive hostile organisms known as the Meteora.
VRVisual NovelMultiple EndingsAnimeFemale ProtagonistSci-fiStory RichAction-AdventureInteractive FictionChoose Your Own Adventure👍 379
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Both: Visual Novel · Anime
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Both: Visual Novel
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Both: Visual Novel · Anime
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Both: Visual Novel · Anime
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