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10 Games Considered

10 Options ConsideredPriceSteam RatingGenre
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Overwhelmingly PositivePsychological Horror
Everlasting Summer
Overwhelmingly Positive–
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Very Positive–
MuvLuv Alternative
Very Positive–
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Very PositiveAdventure, Visual Novel
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Doki Doki Literature Club!

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Kristaps
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Completely original and innovative ideas

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Original ideas for a horror game. This even extends to the actual game files it runs on, which the player also has to keep a track of.
Kristaps
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Uniquely delivers the horror elements

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Unlike your regular psychological horror game, Doki Doki Literature Club doesn't show it head first to you. It delivers it as a form of glitches, or even disturbing imagery which captures the players' off-guard.
Kristaps
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Nails Horror

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If you think this is some happy, go-lucky dating game, well... you'll be surprised what hides. It nails horror and the feeling of helplessness, since in a dating simulator you don't have power. The game keeps you on your toes once you're past act one, and it's generally scary what h...
pe ka
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Can be used as animated wallpaper

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Kristaps
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Spoiler sensitive

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Even though it has a great story, it is prone to spoilers too which is very hard to avoid.
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Kristaps
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Overwhemingly has a mental impact on the player

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If you are disturbed easily, DO NOT play this game. Heed the game warnings.
Monika
pe ka
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Low replay value

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The game is linear, it doesn't allow you much choice and has a single ending.
pe ka
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Boring

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Nothing interesting is happening here. Spelling is dry, has a lack of words.
Specs
Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive
Genre:Psychological Horror
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Everlasting Summer

PositiveAnaideia
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A lot of mods

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PositiveAnaideia
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Beautiful and funny backgrounds

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PositiveAnaideia
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Good music

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PositiveAnaideia
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Some images, including hentai images, look very bad

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PositiveAnaideia
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Unrealistic characters behaviour

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PositiveAnaideia
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A lot of plotholes

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Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive
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Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

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Kristaps
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Interesting puzzles

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Most of the puzzles in this game are "escape a room" type of puzzles. The puzzle tasks vary from fixing a broken pipe to decoding an alien language. At times it might feel impossible, but if you persevere and complete one, it feels really rewarding.
Kristaps
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Suspensful atmosphere

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You truly feel like a prisoner, trapped in a jail where the wrong choice can lead to your death. Everyone seems really suspicious and it feels like you can't trust anyone.
Kristaps
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The story won't make sense without playing the previous 2 titles

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ZE: ZTD is the conclusion to a trilogy, answering most of the unanswered questions from the previous titles. If you haven't played those, it's best to avoid this game because it will just confuse you.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
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MuvLuv Alternative

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Kristaps
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Immersive story

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Plenty of tragedy and touching moments that will make you feel for the characters. Lots of action that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Kristaps
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No choices

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Only has a single route and one ending.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
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Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

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Yoshiyuki
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Quirky storytelling

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Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is a mish-mash of a visual novel, an adventure game, a colorful cast of anime characters like talking bears with varied creepy designs and a host of high school characters solving a murder mystery, all packed together as a competition of wits to investigate each cri...
Yoshiyuki
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Eccentric cast of characters

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The sixteen main characters in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony are all at the "ultimate" level of their specialties, such as the ultimate detective, the ultimate tennis-player-turned-convict, the ultimate artist, and many more. Their personalities shine through during debates as they arg...
Kristaps
Yoshiyuki
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Great music

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DRV3's soundtrack encompasses many genres, allowing you to enjoy a wide variety of instruments, which includes guitars, drums, brass instruments, synths and many others. The end result is a gritty, futuristic soundtrack with punchy, energetic songs that make the proceedings feel action-packed w...
Yoshiyuki
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Unique blend of different gameplay concepts

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Filled with heated debates, character bonding and relationships, whodunit murder mysteries, along with mini-games and dungeon-crawling, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is a blend of ideas and mechanics that manage to work as an unexpected, yet cohesive package. This is a game that sounds impossible...
Yoshiyuki
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Polarizing ending

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Love it or hate it, the ending is undoubtedly polarizing, with some fans enjoying the conclusion to the game's many twists and turns, with others left feeling disappointed or annoyed. Your experience will vary, so be prepared to fall on either end of the spectrum once you reach the end of your...
Yoshiyuki
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Questionable mid-story pacing

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Unfortunately, things begin to drag on toward the middle of the story, where the plot begins to feel tedious and repetitive. These crimes in the middle are more tedious and repetitive than anything, lacking the finesse and enjoyment of other parts of the game.
Specs
Steam Rating:Very Positive
Genre:Adventure, Visual Novel
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The Devil on G-String (G-senjou no Maou)

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Little Busters!

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Steins;Gate

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Kristaps
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Intriguing story about time travel

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It has all the good time travel tropes and a set of memorable characters with a bunch of unexpected twists.
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Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Katawa Shoujo

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Kevin P
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High replayability: decisions matter!

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You are presented with different choices while playing through the story. Some of your decisions are important, some don't, but you won't know which of them matter. Choosing to go to the backyard instead of to your room might be a trivial decision, or might change the entire storyline, bec...
Kevin P
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Well narrated hooking story

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The pacing of Katawa Shoujo's narrative is quite great, like a good book. You won't be jumping from one exciting event to another, but this realism in pacing is what makes it so good. Every non-important scene helps building up the atmosphere of the story by mixing trivial and important bi...
Kevin P
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Deep, yet subtle, psychological foundation

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The game takes place in a school for disabled children. Being a child with a disability is not easy, neither physically or psychologically, so everyone in the school has a traumatic background one way or another, and that reflects on their personality and how they interact with you. All five main g...
Kevin P
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Replaying it may be boring at the first stages of the game

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The first parts of the story are always the same, since you haven't taken any decision yet. This part can be a little bit boring until you get to take some real decisions and your story starts changing from your last playthrough.
Kevin P
Top Con

May be a little too dense

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Although the writing is great and you can usually read through the story like a breeze, the style can get a little bit dense for some people, specially if you play the game for long hours. Some conversations and interactions are long (even non-important ones) and tedious to follow. Others are fi...
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Genre:Adventure
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Recommended 4 months ago
Winner of the People's Choice Award PC Category at IGN and Nominated for "Defies Description Category" in the Steam Awards, This Visual Novel is a breath of fresh air from most Visual Novels in the market.
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