List of video games, filtered by Grouvee tag: Genre - Visual Novels / Text Heavy
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Sep 22, 2017
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★ 3.9
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Emily is Away
Nov 20, 2015
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★ 3.3
Sign In again. Remember a time before Facebook and Skype? When Windows XP was the next big thing and AIM was king. Relive that era with Emily is Away, an …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Citizen Sleeper
May 5, 2022
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★ 4.1
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility …
Mac
Nintendo Switch
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X|S
+4 more
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Jan 22, 2007
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★ 3.9
Take control of an interactive mystery novel and discover the secrets of Hotel Dusk. Who is Kyle Hyde- and what really happened in Room 215? Take stylus in hand and …
Nintendo DS
Emily Is Away Too
May 26, 2017
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★ 3.5
Emily is Away Too is the spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed original. Message both Emily and Evelyn as you determine the outcome of your senior year. Extend the story …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Venba
Jul 31, 2023
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★ 3.7
Venba is a narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom, who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players will cook various dishes and restore …
Beacon Pines
Sep 22, 2022
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★ 4.1
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure game within a magical storybook. You play as both the reader of the book and its main character, Luka. Explore the town …
Depression Quest
Feb 14, 2013
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★ 2.8
Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage …
Assemble With Care
Sep 19, 2019
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★ 3.6
From the studio that brought you Monument Valley, comes a story about taking things apart and putting ourselves back together. Assemble With Care tells its evocative story through meaningful, tactile …
Missed Messages.
May 1, 2019
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★ 3.6
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A romance/horror story about life, death, and memes. A shift in perspective can change everything.
If Found...
May 19, 2020
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★ 3.8
If Found… is an interactive visual novel from Dreamfeel about searching for connection. Find out who you really are.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou: Ch.2 Watanagashi
Nov 13, 2015
· Remaster
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★ 4.3
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
The World Next Door
Mar 28, 2019
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★ 3.0
The World Next Door is a narrative-driven, action adventure game that follows Jun, a rebellious teen girl trapped in a parallel world inhabited by magical creatures. Inspired by the emotional …
Mac
Nintendo Switch
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Cinders
Jul 20, 2012
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★ 3.6
Cinders is a mature take on a classic fairytale with a heavy emphasis on player choices and role playing.
Tangle Tower
Sep 19, 2019
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★ 4.0
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Freya Fellow has been murdered. The lead suspect? A …
Higurashi When They Cry Hou: Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
Jun 17, 2016
· Remaster
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★ 4.5
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Nov 16, 2020
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★ 4.2
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one-of-a-kind life. Our Life is a nostalgic visual novel where you create your own character and grow from childhood to adulthood …
The Letter
Jul 24, 2017
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★ 3.7
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go …
Android
Linux
Mac
Nintendo Switch
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Xbox Series X|S
+5 more
Dies Irae: Amantes Amentes
Jun 28, 2012
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★ 4.0
Night after night, the same dream of a guillotine. A headhunting serial killer. And the "knights" in black who follow soon after. Irrationality that defies the realm of common sense …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation Portable
I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin' Good Dating Simulator
Sep 24, 2019
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★ 3.2
From the same people who brought you the bucket of chicken, comes the world’s first Colonel Sanders dating simulator. I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sucker for Love: First Date
Jan 20, 2022
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★ 3.4
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Nintendo Switch
PC (Microsoft Windows)
The Monster Inside
Aug 1, 2017
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★ 2.7
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Juniper's Knot
Apr 13, 2012
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★ 2.9
Juniper's Knot is a short (~30 mins) kinetic novel about the meeting of a demon and a boy. A kinetic novel is a game that uses text, sound, and illustrations …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
A New Life.
May 15, 2020
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★ 3.9
A classic love story: Meet, marry, grow old. But when your loved one hurts you, what do you do? Is it better to love and be hurt, than never love …
One Night, Hot Springs
Mar 1, 2018
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★ 4.1
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but …
Android
Linux
Mac
Nintendo Switch
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X|S
+6 more
The Test
Feb 24, 2020
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★ 3.0
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Backstage Pass
Apr 5, 2014
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★ 3.3
A visual novel/sim game about life, love, and working in the entertainment industry. Play as makeup artist Sian Goodin as she navigates the world of showbiz. Make friends, forge business …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
We should talk.
Jul 16, 2020
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★ 2.6
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make players think carefully about the words they choose. Using …
Atri: My Dear Moments
Jun 18, 2020
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★ 3.4
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being …
Sucker for Love: Prelude
Dec 15, 2021
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★ 4.0
Perform a series of scary rituals to win over an eldritch cutie and win a smooch!
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Left on Read
May 19, 2020
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★ 2.8
It’s March of 2020; you were just sent home from college because of the coronavirus, you have a few small regrets, mainly not telling someone how you really feel.
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Cooking Companions
Oct 7, 2021
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★ 3.1
Solve the mystery deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you butter someone up first? Or will you wind up on the chopping block?
A Year of Springs
May 14, 2021
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★ 3.7
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Android
Linux
Mac
Nintendo Switch
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X|S
+6 more
Life After Magic
Mar 23, 2023
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★ 4.6
"Life After Magic" is a Y2K, queer WLW visual novel focused around retired magical girls! What's a magical girl to do when the teenage years are over, and there's no …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
//Todo: today
Oct 1, 2018
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★ 3.3
A visual novel about figuring out life with the help of an AI. //TODO: today is a pastel colored slice-of-life story that let's you freely choose your pronouns and romantic …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
The Witch Girls
Sep 1, 2025
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★ 3.5
A boyfriend was all you ever wanted, or thought you wanted, at least. But when your love spell goes wrong, you find yourself face-to-face with soulless husks, perfect parasites and …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
The Space in Between
Jan 18, 2021
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★ 3.0
What if you could create your own constellations? A love story about Asian American identity, mental health, and stargazing.
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Lovebirb
Mar 15, 2023
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★ 3.5
Lovebirb is a rhythm-based dating game about finding love one date at a time. Swipe right, chat on Bumbird, and impress your dates by playing all the right words to …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Katawa Shoujo
Aug 15, 2024
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★ 5.0
A censored Steam release of the romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Every Letter
Apr 17, 2022
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★ 3.0
Write letters on your typewriter based on people's requests in this cozy Violet Evergarden-inspired game.
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Fujiwara BitterSweet
Jul 19, 2020
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★ 3.0
Fujiwara Bittersweet is a GxB Otome/Visual Novel, slice of life, with cute but somehow dark theme.
PC (Microsoft Windows)
What in Carnation?!
May 3, 2022
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★ 3.0
A cute little visual novel with an all-autistic cast! Just when university is starting to feel a little too overwhelming, you stumble into the Botany Club where chill times and …
PC (Microsoft Windows)