Find the Steam hidden gems

The Source

Octopuses · 2024-01-23

Octopuses · 2024Loading price…

A compact single-player sci-fi visual novel about time travel and layered storytelling, with no player agency and a ~4-5 hour narrative.

PriceLoading price…

Worth playing?

Pass it on: free, no account

Sharing is free. Saving, thumbs, and writing a review need an account.

Player reviews

Release: 2024-01-23
Publisher: Octopuses
Studio: Octopuses

Open in Steam app Open on Steam web

Games like The Source

See more games like The Source

The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
An intricate mystery visual novel set in a sealed tower, with nonlinear clue-gathering and a brain-burning time-loop story that takes roughly 22–26 hours to unravel.
2021-05-06
- Action
- Puzzle

Signals

sci-fi visual novel
time travel
mystery
single-player
indie
narrative-driven
atmospheric
linear
text-heavy
slow-paced

Adventure

Side view

Text

Mystery

Visual Novel

Solstice

A single-player dystopian mystery visual novel where personal disasters escalate into great catastrophes, told through character-driven choices and an illustrated artstyle.

2016-03-23

Adventure
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Visual Novel

STEINS;GATE

A lengthy, emotionally charged sci-fi visual novel about time travel, branching storylines, and a dark conspiracy that unfolds through in-game e-mails and day-by-day choices.

2016-09-08

First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Text
Historical
Mystery
Visual Novel

Loading game

Share and save

Player reviews

Games like The Source

The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass

Signals

Solstice

STEINS;GATE