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1. Doki Doki Literature Club! (2017 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Romance
The Character is a member of the literature club, along with four girls. In each chapter, the protagonist will create a poem based around twenty words selected by the player, which the girls will comment on and compare to previous poems.
Director: Dan Salvato | Star: Jillian Ashcraft
Votes: 2,112
2. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2010 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Family, Mystery
15 elite high school students are trapped in school and forced to participate in a sadistic killing game - Either remain in confinement forever or murder someone without being detected in order to escape, but risk death if they are caught.
Director: Tatsuya Marutani | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Makiko Ômoto, Takahiro Sakurai, Kôsuke Toriumi
Votes: 970
3. Blush Blush (2019 Video Game)
Comedy, Romance
You are responsible for a curse that befalls 12 unfortunate (hawt) dudes. Now you have to find them and break the curse.
Stars: Daniel Acosta, Phil Ava, Brotheroff, Jonathan David Bullock
Votes: 26
4. Five Dates (2020 Video Game)
M | Comedy, Romance
An interactive rom-com about the unpredictable world of digital dating. With five potential matches, Vinny explores whether compatibility, chemistry and connection is still possible in a world where physical touch is no longer an option
Director: Paul Raschid | Stars: Taheen Modak, Mandip Gill, Demmy Ladipo, Marisa Abela
Votes: 186
5. Summertime Saga (2019 Video Game)
Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Summertime Saga is a high quality dating sim game, Set in a small suburban town where a young man just entering college is struck by the death of his father, Until he realized that wasn't the only thing he should worry about..
Votes: 91
6. Class of '09 (2021 Video Game)
M | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
After her father commits suicide, a sociopathic girl enrolls into a new American high school in the late 2000's, intending to manipulate and bully her fellow students for status.
Director: Max Field | Stars: Elsie Lovelock, Kayli Mills, Anthony Sardinha, Sarah Ruth Thomas
Votes: 71
7. Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (2012 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
16 students from the famous Hope's Peak Academy are forced to live on an island, or kill each other in order to escape.
Director: Takayuki Sugawara | Stars: Minami Takayama, Megumi Ogata, Akira Ishida, Tomokazu Sugita
Votes: 887
8. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (2021 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Romance
A paid version of the base game Doki Doki Literature Club (2017) presenting extra content and high-definition visuals. Such content includes side stories for the characters set outside the ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Salvato | Stars: Jillian Ashcraft, Jamie Costa
Votes: 295
9. Plumbers Don't Wear Ties (1994 Video Game)
M | Comedy, Romance
John, an unattached plumber, meets and falls in love with Jane in an office parking lot, where she has turned up for a job interview.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Edward J. Fasulo, Jeanne Basone, Paul Bokor, Michael Anderson
Votes: 376
10. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (2017 Video Game)
M | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Monokuma's twisted killing game returns in a new school with a new cast of 16 ultimate students. However this time, the killing game will never end until only two or less remain alive.
Stars: Sayaka Kanda, Hikaru Midorikawa, Haruka Ishida, Hiro Shimono
Votes: 701
11. Snow Daze (2018 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Romance
A voiced interactive visual novel. you choose the path forward during the period of a snowed in week. In addition to the main five day story the game includes individual extended endings, character side stories, and blooper reels.
Votes: 34
12. Crush Crush (2016 Video Game)
T | Comedy, Romance
Hey hot stuff. Are you looking for a fun and flirty game to kill some time and make you laugh out loud? That's a crazy coincidence, because it's been looking for you. Welcome to Crush Crush - the Idle Dating Sim.
Stars: Cody Vigue, Morgan Long, Adrienne MacIain, Elissa Park
Votes: 44
13. YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story (2013 Video Game)
Adventure, Horror, Romance
A visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi?
Stars: Mai Gotou, Hitomi, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Hitomi Nabatame
Votes: 27
14. Steins;Gate (2009 Video Game)
M | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After discovering time travel, a university student and his colleagues must use their knowledge of it to stop an evil organization and their diabolical plans.
Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Asami Imai, Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Seki
Votes: 498
15. Goodbye Volcano High (2023 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Drama, Music
Fang is a typical 18-year-old dinosaur: they're more concerned about their band going viral than they are about what happens after graduation. But they're about to have much bigger problems. Will they find time to figure themselves out?
Directors: Saleem Dabbous, Kyle McKernan | Stars: Lachlan Watson, Abe Bueno-Jallad, Mark Whitten, Ozioma Akagha
Votes: 70
16. Katawa Shoujo (2012 Video Game)
M | Drama, Romance
A bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan. Hisao Nakai, a normal boy living a normal life, has his life ... See full summary »
Votes: 153
17. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (2019 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1980s Japan, thirteen high-schoolers are thrust into a futuristic war between giant robots called "Sentinels" and mechanical Kaiju as they must fight to prevent humanity's fate of unavoidable destruction.
Director: George Kamitani | Stars: Hiro Shimono, Maaya Uchida, Atsumi Tanezaki, Daisuke Namikawa
Votes: 243
18. Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp (2021 Video Game)
Adventure, Comedy
With an all-star dream lineup of characters from each Danganronpa game, gather Hope Fragments at a tropical resort. Explore Jabberwock Island and develop your Dangan characters.
Votes: 20
19. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2001 Video Game)
T | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a video game made by Capcom in which you play the role of Phoenix Wright, a funny, likeable defense lawyer who has to face countless and often bizarre court cases against ruthless prosecutors.
Director: Shu Takumi | Stars: David Crislip, Brandon Gay, Kou Hamasaki, Tatsuro Iwamoto
Votes: 614
20. Harmony: The Fall of Reverie (2023 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Directors: Trung Nguyen, Florent Auguy | Stars: Shala Nyx, Jennifer English, Jacqui Bardelang, Timothy Watson
Votes: 10
21. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2023 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Sonic the Hedgehog.. was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure.
Votes: 138
22. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies (2013 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The legal system has plunged into an unforeseen dark period. When a bombing occurs during a trial, attorney Phoenix Wright returns to the law after a seven year absence to bring it to an end.
Directors: Yasuhiro Seto, Takeshi Yamazaki | Stars: Orion Acaba, Troy Baker, Kyle Hebert, Kate Higgins
Votes: 278
23. 428: Fûsa sareta Shibuya de (2008 Video Game)
T | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
428 is a visual novel adventure game where players take part in events from the perspectives of multiple protagonists, all acting in parallel with no knowledge of each other. Set in the ... See full summary »
Directors: Takeshi Furuta, Jirô Ishii, Yasutaka Môri | Stars: Yôsuke Akimoto, Kôsei Amano, Robert Baldwin, Blake Crawford
Votes: 62
24. Max's Big Bust: A Captain Nekorai Tale (2017 Video Game)
Adventure, Crime
In Axon City lived two cops named Max and Brad. They were investigating a shady new drug that's been circulating the rough streets of town. With every drug bust that was made at any ... See full summary »
25. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (2021 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Director: Shu Takumi | Stars: Mark Takeshi Ota, Rina Takasaki, Ben Deery, Bradley Clarkson
Votes: 255
26. Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma (2016 Video Game)
M | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Nine people find themselves forced to play a deadly game in a nuclear bunker, where every 90 minutes their memories of recent events are erased. In order to escape, they must kill 6 people via various "decisions."
Director: Kotaro Uchikoshi | Stars: Tomokazu Sugita, Miyuki Sawashiro, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Aki Toyosaki
Votes: 187
27. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (2019 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.
Director: Shu Takumi | Stars: David Crislip, Kou Hamasaki, Ben Judd
Votes: 384
28. Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice (2016 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Crime
Renowned defense attorney Phoenix Wright travels to the Kingdom of Khura'in, a small highly religious country in Asia, to visit his friend, Maya Fey, who is in the country for her spirit ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Takeshi Yamazaki, Takuro Fuse | Stars: Orion Acaba, Kira Buckland, Masashi Ebara, Megumi Han
Votes: 154
29. Danganronpa 4K: Hopeless Rising (2021 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A young amnesiac boy named Minato Souta, awakens inside Ultimate Academy the 2nd within a developed new killing game series (within Team Danganronpa II alongside Torna between another ... See full summary »
Director: Kazutaka Kodaka | Stars: Zach Aguilar, Mai Fuchigami, Todd Haberkorn, Yumiri Hanamori
30. The Pillars of the Earth (2017 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, History
Based upon Ken Follett's best-selling book 'The Pillars of the Earth,' this point-and-click, choice-based adventure game tells different narratives of the story of corruption in politics in... See full summary »
Directors: Matthias Kempke, Kevin Mentz | Stars: Naomi Sheldon, Glen McCready, Alex Jordan, Dan Mersh
Votes: 193
31. Clannad (2004 Video Game)
T | Drama, Fantasy
Clannad follows the story of Tomoya Okazaki, a Highschool student living in a fictional Japanese town, struggling to find his place in this world. The plot branches of as he encounters and ... See full summary »
Director: Jun Maeda | Stars: Mai Nakahara, Kikuko Inoue, Ryôtarô Okiayu, Daisuke Sakaguchi
Votes: 126
32. YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World (1996 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Mystery, Romance
Following the death of his father, Takuya Arima discovers through his father's notes that there may be more to this world than he could have ever imagined.
Stars: Takeshi Aono, Takuya Eguchi, Aya Endô, Keiji Fujiwara
Votes: 28
33. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2012 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Professor Hershel Layton and his helper Luke Triton find themselves with Phoenix Wright and his friend Maya Fey in a world separate from both of theirs. In a strange medieval city known as ... See full summary »
Directors: Atsushi Kanno, Shu Takumi | Stars: Carina Reeves, Christopher Robin Miller, David Holt, Emma Tate
Votes: 139
34. Magic Kyun! Renaissance (2016– )
Animation, Music, Romance
A world where art becomes magic. In this world, people who can inspire passion with their Magic Arts are called Artistas, and are employed in show business. In Hoshinomori Private Magical ... See full summary »
Stars: Shiho Seki, Sayaka Senbongi, Katsuyuki Konishi, Yûichirô Umehara
Votes: 85
35. Umineko When They Cry (2007 Video Game)
Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Director: Ryukishi07
Votes: 200
36. Snatcher (1988 Video Game)
T | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Set in the mid-21st century, Gillian Seed and his trusty robot sidekick Metal Gear investigate the mysterious infiltration of deadly snatchers into the general population of Neo Kobe City.
Directors: Hideo Kojima, Shinya Inoue, Yoshinori Sasaki | Stars: Yûsaku Yara, Mami Koyama, Kikuko Inoue, Kaneto Shiozawa
Votes: 268
37. I Married a Monster on a Hill (Video Game)
18+ | Animation, Comedy, Romance | Pre-production
Be in it for the after story of the chase in "I Married a Monster on a Hill," an 18+ visual novel series. Engage with the lives of several characters - from married couples to potential ... See full summary »
Directors: Katya Stec, Tatiana Stec | Stars: Allanah Fitzgerald, Shaun Mendum, Branden Loera, Reece Bridger
38. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All (2002 Video Game)
T | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Phoenix Wright faces off in court against an expert prosecutor seeking revenge, while he begins to question the morality of his career.
Director: Shu Takumi | Stars: David Crislip, Kou Hamasaki, Janet Hsu, Tatsuro Iwamoto
Votes: 362
39. Zero Escape Volume 2: Virtue's Last Reward (2012 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
College Student Sigma is kidnapped and taken to a underground bunker, where he is forced to play a deadly variant of the prisoners dilemma against 8 others in order to win his freedom.
Director: Valerie Arem | Stars: Chiaki Omigawa, Ali Hillis, Peggy O'Neal, Laura Bailey
Votes: 273
40. Snatcher CD-ROMantic (1992 Video Game)
Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
June 6, 1996, A mysterious explosion destroys the Chernolton research facility near Moscow. Lucifer Alpha, a powerful biological weapon under secret development there is released into the ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideo Kojima, Shinya Inoue, Yoshinori Sasaki | Stars: Yûsaku Yara, Mami Koyama, Kikuko Inoue, Kaneto Shiozawa
Votes: 181
41. Witch on the Holy Night (2022 Video Game)
M | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A witch lives by herself in an old mansion. She gets two apprentices, and her closed world starts to open up.
Votes: 14
42. Higurashi: When They Cry (2002 Video Game)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A sound novel containing four arcs, known as the 'Question Arcs'.
Director: Ryukishi07
Votes: 109
43. Tsukihime (2021 Video Game)
M | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A teenage assassin with supernatural vision meets a vampire, and an unusual and unlikely romance develops.
Director: Kinoko Nasu | Stars: Ryosuke Kanemoto, Ikumi Hasegawa, Kaede Hondo, Kana Ichinose
Votes: 63
44. Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (2009 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A kidnapped college student must team up with eight other hostages to escape a sunken ship. But in doing so, he starts to unravel a sinister mystery.
Votes: 314
45. VA-11 Hall-A (2016 Video Game)
M | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A bartender in a cyberpunk dystopian town explores its people through their drinks and conversations.
Director: Fernando Damas
Votes: 99
46. Ring Out!! (1995 Video Game)
Adventure, Crime
When Aya got up this morning, she was an average Japanese college girl. Sold to the Yakuza to when her parents can't pay off their debts, she is forced into a sordid live of lesbian ... See full summary »
47. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (2007 Video Game)
T | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Apollo Justice, a rookie attorney, befriends a famous attorney who quit being one seven years earlier. Apollo solves four different cases as an attorney and also learns how and why that same attorney lost his badge.
Directors: Mitsuru Endo, Shu Takumi | Stars: Jean Pierre Kellams, Koutarou Ogiwara, Andrew Alfonso, David Crislip
Votes: 232
49. Fate/stay night (2004 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Drama
After the death of his foster father, Shirou Emiya finds himself getting drawn into a duel between powerful magicians who use summoned spirits from the past called "servants" to fight over a wish granting artifact; the holy grail.
Director: Kinoko Nasu | Stars: Noriaki Sugiyama, Ayako Kawasumi, Kana Ueda, Jun'ichi Suwabe
Votes: 180
50. Zero Escape: The Nonary Games (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen, and who can be trusted?
Director: Akihiro Kaneko
Votes: 50