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Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel
Games like Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel

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Games like Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel

A short, free kinetic novel about a depressed man who takes in a lost girl, with an emotionally heavy story and an unreliable narrator.

Cemetery Mary
A dialogue-driven visual novel about a cemetery-loving girl investigating her parents' disappearance through a mysterious text, with branching choices and drastically different endings.
2021-12-29
- Thriller
- Indie

Mystery

Visual Novel

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Lydia

A brief, emotionally intense visual novel about a girl confronting an unseen monster in a world of adults, with light interactive scenes and a cathartic story.

2017-06-02

Adventure
Horror
Indie
Educational

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"LIFE" not found;

A short, mouse-only narrative point-and-click puzzle game about a high school dropout's mental health struggles.

2022-06-23

First person
Indie
Simulator

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Fujiwara Bittersweet

A single-player, free-to-play otome visual novel with a female protagonist, blending heartwarming slice-of-life and comedy with bittersweet twists across branching relationship routes.

2021-01-16

Indie
Text
Drama
Romance
Visual Novel

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REFLEXIA Prototype ver.

A short free-to-play visual novel that turns a genre parody into an emotionally charged psychological drama with existential themes.

2022-08-31

Horror
Indie
Visual Novel

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Robot Daycare

A short single-player visual novel about raising a cute robot child, where your choices can lead to unexpectedly dark outcomes.

2021-09-03

Science fiction
Horror
Indie
Side view
Mystery
Drama
Visual Novel

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The Painting

A brief, emotionally heavy visual novel about grief and memory, playable in about ten minutes.

2024-09-27

Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Visual Novel

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and Roger

A ~one-hour interactive narrative about a young woman facing a stranger who claims to be her dad, using unconventional gameplay to create discomfort and tell the story through its interactions.

2025-07-23

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Simulator

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Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

A short surreal visual novel about helping a mentally ill girl find happiness in a strange world.

2021-12-16

Adventure
Horror
Indie
Text
Visual Novel

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A House Inside Me

A single-player, roughly 25-minute dreamlike psychological horror walking sim that explores trauma through environmental storytelling and offers three endings.

2026-03-30

Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Text
Kids
Drama
Auditory

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At Home Alone Final

A ~3.5-hour pixel-art psychological horror RPG about a girl exploring her home alone, with multiple endings and a deeply disturbing mood.

2021-12-31

Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Drama

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Kidnapped Girl

A concise, tense indie psychodrama about a kidnapper whose victim proves unexpectedly complex, finished in about one sitting.

2020-06-15

Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Visual Novel