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2022PCSteam Deck verified94 % positivefree

You play a sarcastic bard stuck in an abandoned castle with a vampire who is less hungry than bored. Each midnight, a new ballad decides how long you survive, and the witty dialogue carries the experience.

  • Choices with consequences
  • Fantasy setting
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Lots of humour
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The closest matches for Ballads at Midnight are Rose of Winter, Ruler by Default and Tsukihime. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Ballads at Midnight special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Rose of Winter

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2016PCSteam Deck playable91 % positive7.39 €

  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Fantasy setting

You pick one of four princes to accompany you on a fairy-tale journey, and your decisions shape which of several endings you reach. It is a charming visual novel that blends adventure, romance and heartbreak.

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Ruler by Default

Choices with consequences

A visual novel where a young man is accidentally summoned to a fantasy world and crowned heir to an evil overlord. The story blends comedy with drama.

Tsukihime

Choices with consequences

A classic visual novel about Shiki, who can see the "lines of death" after an accident and gets drawn into a world of vampires, mages and dark secrets. Multiple routes and endings put the story front and center.

Death and Taxes

Lots of humour

You play the Grim Reaper stuck in an office job, deciding each day who lives or dies. A humorous, narrative-driven visual novel and choice game with a stylish 2D look and a mystery about your own origins.

Starlight Vega

Accessible and relaxed

You play Aria in this visual novel, choosing whether to pursue romance with the seductive demon girls Lyria and Scherza or your best friend Melody. Your choices decide the fate of the spellbound heroine.

Seduce Me the Otome

Choices with consequences

A comedic otome romance where you play Mika caught among incubi, intrigue and flirtation. Stat management and your choices shape which romance and ending you get.

Speed Dating for Ghosts

Lots of humour

You chat your way through branching speed dates with phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists, where every hard choice shapes how each encounter turns out. It blends quirky humor with light spooky atmosphere in a visual-novel style packed with offbeat characters.

Fxxx Me Royally!! Horny Magical Princess

Accessible and relaxed

An erotic, comedic visual novel in which a princess from a sex-positive magical world lands in Japan hunting for a husband. Players steer her flirtations and decisions toward different romance routes.

Mask of the Rose

Choices with consequences

A Failbetter Games visual novel set in the stolen city of Fallen London, where you pursue romance while untangling a murder. Your choices shape relationships and how the story ends.

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