Emily Is Away
Emily Is Away mixes the Visual Novel and Romance elements developed by Kyle Seeley for Windows and supports Single-player mode only. It offers the linear gameplay, where the player is unable to change the plot’s course through the game. It takes place in the mid-2000s, and follows the story of the protagonist’s relationship with a beautiful girl named as Emily from the high school to the senior year of college. During the gameplay, the player has an option to change his avatar at any time with whatever was famous. In the senior year, the player can use a chat client to communicate with Emily. Both discuss about their high school days and a fellow named as Brad, who keeps sending the messages of Emily. The player change the text color, emoji, and more. The game comprises up to five chapters and each chapter explore the unique part of the protagonist’s life. It introduces a dialogue system that the player uses during the conversation with his love. Emily Is Away offers prominent features such as Buddy Icons, Decision-based Narratives, Five Chapters, Computer Sounds, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love the game.
#1 Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is an Adventure, Visual Novel and Single-player video game created and published by Spike Chunsoft. The game serves as the third installment in the series of Danganronpa and brings a thrilling storyline revolves around the female protagonist, a high school student named as Kaede Akamatsu, who is abducted and finds herself in the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles. During the exploration, the player will discover fellow students including Shuichi Saihara. The gameplay is similar to its previous titles, and the ultimate task of the player is to manipulate the land, interact with non-player characters to progress through the game until coming across a brutal murder. After that, the player needs to gather evidence for the murder and use in the class rail. Like previous entries, the game focuses on endless debate, in which the player discusses the case with other NPCs and struggle to fulfill the requirement of each case while earning experience. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony offers prominent features such as Murder Mysteries, Detailed Debate, new Mini-Games, and more.
#2 Chaos;Child
Chaos;Child is an Adventure, Visual Novel and Single-player video game developed by 5pband published by PQube. The game serves as the fourth installment in the series of Science Adventure, and it is a sequel to Choas;Head , released in 2008. In the game, the player takes on the role of the protagonist named as Takuru Miyashiro, who is the president of his newspaper club of school. The player receives the option to select at the multiple points throughout the storyline if the protagonist should experience a negative or positive delusion. The choices taken by the player will directly affect the storyline and change its direction. The game split into multiple storylines, during the playthrough the player needs to play the main narrative, after completing the game, other routes will become available to play. Each route revolves around one of the characters of the game, dealing with non-player character motivations and secrets not uncovered in the main narrative. Main Route, Nono Route, Hana Route, Hinae Route, etc. are prominent parts of the storyline. Try it out, if you love playing Visual Novel games.
#3 Alone with You
Alone with You is an Adventure, Visual Novel, Pixel Graphics, Romance and Single-player video game created and published by Benjamin Rivers Inc. The game takes place in the science-fiction environment where the protagonist is trying to escape a doomed space colony with the assist of troubled AI (Artificla Intelligence) companion and four emotional holograph. The game embarks you on the epic missions to scan the clues, solve tricky puzzles, and find the fates of more than two-dozen of former colleagues and their lives. You must explore the beautiful, adventure-style environments as you search for important items for clues and solving puzzles. The game comes with dozens of multiple endings, depending on the decision taken by you during the gameplay. Alone with You includes prominent features such as Dynamic Sound Effects, Love Letter, Experience the fully-realized World, Interact with NPCs, and more. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Alone with You is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#4 Steins; Gate 0
Steins; Gate 0 is an Adventure, Visual Novel and Single-player video game developed and published by 5pb. The game serves as the title of the Science Adventure series, and it is the sequel to Steins; Gate, released in 2009. The story of the game can be seen from multiple characters viewpoints, mainly the student of the university named as Rintaro Okabe, the neuroscientist Maho Hiyajo, and the time traveller Suzuha Amane. After encountering Maho and her clique named as Alexis LEskinen, Okabe becomes a tester for AI system called Amadeus. During the gameplay, the player reads the dialogue and text that consists of the story, and affect the plot’s direction by selecting whether to answer phone calls in the starting of the game. The story of the game split into two parts, which turns branch into the different ending of the game. The game takes place in the Beta Worldline and offers the thrilling story and gameplay. The game offers multiple endings, depending on the decision taken by the player. Steins; Gate 0 includes superb gameplay, anime-based characters, and smooth graphics.
#5 Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception
Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception is an Adventure, Visual Novel, and Single-player Simulation developed and published by Atlus U.S.A., Inc. The game tells an emotional story that will enchant the minds and the hearts of the players as it takes them on an epic journey. The plot begins with a man named as Haku, who is saved by a woman with beast-like tail and ears named as Koun. With the combination of beautiful visual story experience, the protagonist and his companion will encounter a cast of intriguing and amazing characters in the empire of Yamato. According to the story, the peaceful world is attacked by brutal monsters and the dark forces. Now, the protagonist must find out NPCs, team up with them, and survive as long as possible while taking down monsters to restore the peace. The game supports single-player mode and features multiple endings, depending on the decision taken the player. It comes with fast-paced, SRPG and Combat elements and offers prominent features such as Time Attack Chain Mechanics, Final Strike, and more.
#6 Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds is an Adventure, Anime-based, Visual Novel, and Otome Simulation developed by Design Factory and published by Idea Factory International. The game supports Single-player mode, and it takes place in the historical fantasy world, where the player takes on the role of the female protagonist named as Chizuru. The story revolves around the struggle of the protagonist, who is searching for her father. In the game, the player as the famous samurai of the Shinsengumi, as the player unearth his/her dark secrets and face mysteries of his/her past. In the Text-based adventure, the player can select from a variety of narrative choices and branch stories to unlock thirty different endings. There are more than 12 handsome bachelors, and the player can choose one of them to fall in love. During the gameplay, the player can engage himself/herself in dramas of friendship, romance, and betrayal. Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds includes core features such as Thirty different Endings, Each Decision affect your Relationship, Make Choices, 12 Handsome Bachelors, and more.
#7 Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland is a Role-playing and Single-player video game developed and published by Gust Co. Ltd. The game serves as the 11th entry in the series of Atelier and the first title in the series, released for PlayStation 3. It has four exciting modes such as an Alchemy system, a Battle Screen, the Visual Novel system, and the Field Map. The game comes with an exciting story, in which the small but beautiful kingdom standing on the edge of destruction. The ancient relics known as machines were found in ruins, the fortune comes to smile upon the kingdom. There is only an alchemy workshop in the kingdom, used to bustle with activity. One day, the owner of the shop receives the message from the king, the workshop will be closed, unless the workshop’s owner can prove that he/she is capable of running and maintaining the successful shop. The player controls the female protagonists, who embarks on an epic adventure to save her workshop from being closed. During the adventure, the player will encounter lots of non-player characters, interact with them, make choices and struggle to shape his/her story. The game comes with multiple endings, depending the decisions taken by the player throughout the game. Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland includes prominent features such as Third-person Exploration, Turn-based Combat, Score the Points, NPCs, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#8 Root Letter
Root Letter is an Adventure, Visual Novel, and Single-player video game developed and published by Kadokawa Games for multiple platforms. The game takes place in Matsue, where the protagonist reaches in search for Fumino Aya, the childhood friend from high school, who had vanished for fifteen years. After the player discovers a letter dedicated to him from her that was never sent. The player embarks on an epic adventure to interrogate the classmates as the player goes in shock when found everything about her friend had been a lie. The game features multiple endings, based on the choices of the player throughout the game. The player plays the game as the adventure visual novel, where the player must figure out what happen to his friend named as Aya, a girl who disappeared after receiving a mysterious letter. The entire gameplay will be divided into two parts such as the simulation part and the adventure part. In Adventure part, the player must interrogate the characters, who knew Aya to find the information about her while in Simulation parts, where the player relives through interaction with Aya. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Root Letter is the wonderful game to play.