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2021PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified87 % positive39.99 €

A noir-flavored otome visual novel where you investigate murders in a crime-ridden city while growing close to dangerously charming men. Mystery, romance and slick stylish presentation take center stage.

  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Choices with consequences
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for Bustafellows are Steins;Gate, Hatoful Boyfriend and Anonymous;Code. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Bustafellows special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Steins;Gate

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2009PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable97 % positive26.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Bustafellows: a strong story, choices with consequences and a relaxed difficulty.

A celebrated visual novel about a self-styled mad scientist in Akihabara who accidentally sends messages into the past and gets tangled in shifting timelines. Its playful, nerdy humor gradually turns into a gripping, emotional sci-fi thriller.

Hatoful Boyfriend

Choices with consequences

An absurd pigeon high-school dating sim where you are the only human among cooing classmates. Behind the comedy lie surprisingly dark twists and many branching endings.

Anonymous;Code

Strong, story-driven narrative

A Science Adventure visual novel from the Steins;Gate team in which a hacker can alter reality by saving and loading the world, drawing him into a conspiracy. The twisty sci-fi story takes center stage, with decisions leading to different endings.

Steins;Gate Elite

Strong, story-driven narrative

A visual novel remake about a group of amateur inventors who send messages to the past and tangle with time itself. The Elite version swaps the static art for animated footage from the anime, keeping the gripping, emotional time-travel story intact.

Collar x Malice

Strong, story-driven narrative

An otome visual novel thriller set in Shinjuku: with a poison collar around your neck, you investigate the X-Day incident alongside former police officers while romance and conspiracy unfold.

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Dark, serious atmosphere

You step into the shoes of an investigator in a labyrinthine Tokyo ward and untangle cases through text, interrogations and careful detective work. The story is dense, strange and stylishly staged, and your decisions shape where it leads and how it ends.

The Fruit of Grisaia

Dark, serious atmosphere

A Japanese visual novel where you play Yuji Kazami, living at a special academy alongside five heroines. It blends comedy, romance and dark drama across individual character routes.

The Wreck

Strong, story-driven narrative

A mature, narrative-driven 3D adventure about grief, motherhood and sisterhood, following Junon through the most pivotal day of her life. Flashbacks and dialogue choices shape her story, with the storytelling clearly taking priority over gameplay.

Steins;Gate 0

Strong, story-driven narrative

A dark, emotional visual novel sequel to Steins;Gate in which Okabe struggles with trauma and guilt in a timeline without time travel, torn over whether to change the past again. Your choices lead to different endings in a dense, time-travel-driven story.

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