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A melancholic, hour-long indie simulation with standout ASCII art and music, exploring wintery work frustration and a glimmer of hope.

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A melancholic single-player visual novel about a couple's relationship unraveling in a snowy winter, with a story that reviewers describe as a frank infidelity drama.
2023-08-03
- Adventure
- Simulator
- Text
- Drama

Romance

Visual Novel

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Thank You For Your Application

A compact, story-driven interview simulation about screening resumes and sending thank-you letters in a bleak corporate world, with engaging paperwork gameplay but a story that reviewers find lacking in humanity.

2026-06-19

Science fiction
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Room of Depression

A short, emotional adventure about an office worker whose depression changes how she navigates ordinary city life.

2023-05-03

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Simulator
Text
Educational
Drama

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Six Days of Snow

A short, free-to-play narrative simulation about a poet and an innkeeper's daughter in snowy Japanese mountains, with controversial relationship content.

2017-12-29

Adventure
Simulator
Visual Novel

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Snow Plowing Simulator

A relaxing single-player snow-plowing sim with a story, survival challenges, and weather systems, typically played for around 11 hours.

2025-06-16

First person
Comedy
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world
Sandbox
Racing

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Winter Survival

A single-player story-driven survival game in a winter wilderness, featuring hallucinations and a roughly 3-5 hour campaign based on sampled reviewers.

2025-11-19

Action
First person
Adventure
Survival
Simulator
Stealth
Open world
Sandbox

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I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure

A short, atmospheric text adventure with pixel art and multiple endings, exploring control, isolation, and mental health.

2023-10-05

Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Text
Drama

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The Holiday Story

A brief single-player indie horror adventure set in the 1980s during Christmas and New Year, blending simulation and adventure with strange characters.

2025-11-15

First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator

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Actual Sunlight

A dark, honest interactive story about love and depression in corporate life, playable in about 3.5 hours.

2014-04-03

Adventure
Indie

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From Head to Toe

A short, melancholic interactive story about winter, guilt, and memories of ex-classmates.

2019-07-19

Adventure
Indie

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Winter Heat

A ~4-hour, chat-based narrative about long-distance love, with an intimate slice-of-life tone.

2025-12-12

Indie
Visual Novel

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泡沫冬景

A quiet, character-driven visual novel about a year in 1980s Japan during the bubble economy, with a compact ~7-hour narrative.

2020-01-02

Adventure
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)