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Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters
Adventure 10 April 2014
An original combination of a visual novel adventure with a turn-based strategy game. Players play the role of an employee of a small occult publishing house in Tokyo. Apart from official activities, the company's representatives are also engaged in exorcism and hunting for various ghosts and supernatural phenomena.
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend
Fighting 23 April 2015
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend is an expanded version of the 2013 BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma that was released on PlayStation 3. In terms of mechanics, Chrono Phantasma Extend combines elements of classic 2D fighting games and visual novels, a genre very popular in Japan. We follow the game's plot through dialogues and artworks. Once in a while we have to fight with the enemies we encounter, and results of those fight have impact on the plot.
Mind Zero
RPG 01 August 2013
A jRPG game set in contemporary Japan, strongly inspired by the Shin Megami Tensei series: Persona. The plot of the title tells the story of a group of teenagers who have entered into contracts with magical beings called MIND. With their help, they explore the hidden spiritual dimension, trying to solve the mystery of mysterious disappearances and death.
Exogenesis: Perils of Rebirth
Adventure 20 April 2019
An adventure game enriched by elements characteristic of visual novels. Exogenesis: Perils of Rebirth takes place in post-apocalyptic Japan. The player assumes the role of a member of a treasure hunter group, who searches for an ancient artifact that can resurrect his dead sister. To find the treasure, the protagonist has to gather a team of similar adventurers, and embark on the dangerous journey. The developers were mainly inspired by games such as Zero Escape or the Ace Attorney series.
Persona 4: Dancing All Night
Arcade 25 June 2015
A rhythm game developed by Atlus and Dingo. The story of Persona 4: Dancing All Night begins six months after the events of Persona 4 — Rise Kujikawa went back into show-business, but soon a rumor spreads, saying that there is a mysterious music video, which sweeps those, who watch it at midnight to the “other side.” The gameplay is based on dance battles, and the story is shown in the cutscenes between them.
Senran Kagura Burst
Action 30 August 2012
Expanded with a new campaign and options version of Senran Kagura, a three-dimensional action production with adventure elements. Players take on the role of heroines attending a secret ninja school and carry out missions assigned to them, fighting enemies using special techniques and fighting styles.
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Adventure 16 February 2010
The next installment of the Ace Attorney series, this time with Miles Edgeworthe in the lead role. The youngest prosecutor in history investigates several extensive court cases, interrogates witnesses and suspects, finds evidence and proves guilt.
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II
Fighting 31 March 2011
Extended version of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, a two-dimensional fight by Arc System Works. The production had previously been released on arcade slot machines, celebrating triumphs in gaming salons.
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin
RPG 14 April 2011
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin is a jRPG port for PlayStation Portable users. The title was originally published on Playstation in 1999. As a high school student from Sumar City, players have to stop a powerful demon brought into the human world.
Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi
Adventure 24 November 2011
A two-dimensional visual novel adventure, set in 19th century Japan on the verge of the Meiji Revolution. Players play the role of a young woman named Chizuru, who is looking for a lost father in Kyoto. The game is extended by new chapters of the version published on PSP Hakuouki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom.
Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu!
Adventure 25 March 2010
A Japanese adventure, part of the visual novel sub-genre. It is a side title of Chaos;Head published in 2008. Unlike him, he is not a science-fiction thriller, but a romantic comedy in which the protagonists of the original play the main roles.
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Adventure 16 February 2012
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward is an adventure game produced by Chunsoft development studio, which is the second edition of the Zero Escape series after 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. The player takes on the role of one of nine participants in a bizarre game and tries to get out of an abandoned warehouse solving a number of more or less complicated puzzles.
Solstice
Adventure 23 March 2016
A mystery adventure game from the visual novel genre, developed by small Polish developer team, MoaCube. It takes us to a fictional city in the middle of a desolate ice desert, cut off from the rest of the world. One day, the local archaeologist disappears. A pair of young people, a bored doctor on a contract and a young women who arrived with the last dog sled, decide to investigate the truth behind the event.
Dunamis15
Adventure 15 September 2011
A visual novel adventure game, set in the near future and focusing on the theme of the time loop that the player needs to complete. In this way, the title refers to several extremely popular productions, such as The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
Special Report Division
Adventure 23 September 2012
An adventure game in which we play the role of investigative journalists working for a television program dealing with the description of supernatural phenomena. The task of the players is to collect testimonies of witnesses and evidence of inexplicable events and to come to the truth, which will be shown to the viewers on a small screen.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Adventure 25 January 2024
A remastered compilation of three lawyer adventure games. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy has us playing as attorneys trying to prove our clients' innocence, investigating the scene of the crime and defending them in a trial.
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Adventure 2024
The second installment in a series of adventure games starring a pair of chicken detectives. Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! is a noir crime story, featuring elements of a point & click game and a visual novel.
Dokyusei: Bangin' Summer
Adventure 26 February 2021
Dokyusei: Bangin' Summer is a remake of a romantic adventure game from 1992. It has elements of visual novel and the mechanics of a dating simulator, allowing players to try to pick up one of fourteen girls.
Needy Girl Overdose
Adventure 21 January 2022
Visual novel with simulation elements, in which we direct the fate of an ambitious streamer. In Needy Girl Overdose we not only give direction to our protégée's career, but we also have to take care of her state of mind. With time we learn more and more about heroine.
Moonbriar
Adventure October 2024
Moonbriar is a fantasy visual novel. Its protagonist is Fern, a young rabbit tasked with saving her community from disaster.
Mizen Tantei: The Protea Cases
Adventure 28 July 2022
Mizen Tantei: The Protea Cases is a game with elements of adventure game and visual novel, set in modern Tokyo, in the Shinjuku district. The plot combines detective and romantic plots.
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
Adventure 04 August 2022
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll is a narrative adventure game inspired by Japanese visual novel games. The game tells the story of the son of Soviet immigrants attending a private high school in the Land of the Cherry Blossom.
We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe
Adventure 01 May 2023
Ticket to Europe is a visual novel, in which we play as a novelist writing a book about refugees. Pretending to be one of them, the protagonist attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea by boat.
Coffee Talk
Adventure 29 January 2020
Atypical visual novel from the independent studio Toge Productions. As a café employee, we serve the population of the alternative city of Seattle (which includes races known from myths and legends and aliens) and learn about the stories of other heroes. Their fate is not influenced by dialogue issues, but by the way they prepare and serve hot drinks to their customers.