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2019PCSteam Deck playable96 % positivefree

A short, text-message-driven visual novel where you chat with a mysterious goth girlfriend through a phone. It blends romance, memes and horror, and hinges on a surprising shift in perspective.

Dread and tension
Strong, story-driven narrative
Dark, serious atmosphere
Lots of humour

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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Missed Messages. special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Doki Doki Literature Club!

100 %Match

2017PCSteam Deck playable96 % positivefree

What starts as a sugary anime dating sim about a school poetry club gradually turns into unsettling psychological horror that breaks the fourth wall and even toys with the game's own files.

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Higurashi When They Cry Hou: Ch.4 Himatsubushi

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You follow Keiichi through a seemingly peaceful village whose calm surface hides a growing mystery. Music and artwork build tension as you piece together what is really going on in this fourth arc of the visual novel.

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A dark, story-driven RPG Maker horror about two siblings starving in a quarantined apartment. Your choices lead to disturbing, macabre and often darkly funny turns across many endings.

The Horrorscope

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The Horrorscope is a short horror visual novel where you answer a series of unsettling questions that reveal your possible fate. Its appeal lies in the uncomfortable questions and the nagging doubt over whether you really want the answers.

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Dread and tension

In Watanagashi you live through a visual novel where a seemingly peaceful village slowly reveals its dark secrets. Music and artwork build tension and emotion, while you work out the mystery piece by piece.

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You follow a visual novel where the village of Hinamizawa slides into dread, with music, backdrops and characters pulling you deep into the story. As the scenarios unfold, you piece together the mystery behind the events.

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Dread and tension

A short, unsettling visual novel in which you help a girl with the seemingly mundane task of buying milk. Beneath the everyday setup lies a disturbing psychological drama.

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