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Adventure 02 July 2016

An unusual adventure game, in which you play as a personal photographer of a beginning pop idol dreaming about a show-business career. Sonicomi was developed by Japanese company Nitroplus, specializing in visual novels. They are also known as the creators of e.g. Steins;Gate and Guilty Crown. The protagonist, Super Sonico, is the developer's mascot and has her own anime and comic book series, and appears on a multitude of gadgets.

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Adventure 20 July 2018

The Miskatonic is a side-scrolling adventure game with visual novel elements, inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The game offers a rather comical twist on the concepts created by the Loner from Providence. The players assume the role of a young witch, who gets admitted to the titular university of Miskatonic. She wants to use the knowledge gained over the course of her studies to summon one of the Outer Gods, Shub-Niggurath.

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Party 15 December 2015

A narrative adventure game that uses the visual novel convention. It is a sequel to the Hatoful Boyfriend game released in 2011 in Japan, or more specifically to its remastered edition which was released few years later on the Western market. Developed in cooperation between the Mediatonic studios with the publisher, Devolver Digital, the game once again shows an undefined future in which the world was overrun by birds.

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Adventure 07 December 2017

A puzzle-adventure game by Grey Alien Games, creators of many browser and puzzle games, which combine visual novel mechanics with CCG elements. It’s set in 18th century England, with players acting as a young aristocrat, one Lady Cornelia Darkmoor, who in her spare time transforms into a masked robber, the titular Shadowhand. The game is a narrative adventure game, so we move between locations and learn the story of the heroine.

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Adventure 27 March 2015

A visual novel/adventure game taking place in a fantasy universe. An Octave Higher takes us to Overture, the capital city of a mighty empire which has quickly grown in stature thanks to the employment of magic. The will to research this phenomenon led to the introduction of a new social system that divides people based on their magical abilities. As the system destroys the class balance, the country, as well as Overture, is in imminent threat of a nation-wide uprising.

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Adventure 09 April 2015

XBlaze Lost: Memories is a visual novel adventure game that takes place in the same universe as the BlazBlue fighting game series. In terms of the plot, XBlaze Lost: Memories complements the story from XBlaze Code: Embryo. The game shows the events of Embyro from many different points of view, and at the same time adds new plot threads. A pink-haired mysterious hero known as Me is our new protagonist. She searches for her younger sister who got lost in the Phantom Field.

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Adventure 18 September 2009

Eden* is a visual PC novel by the Minori team. The campaign takes place in the distant future and tells the story of the last year of Earth's existence before it is extinct. The game is about following stories and making important decisions at key moments, which have far-reaching consequences for the further development of history.

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Adventure 27 June 2017

An RPG text adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world, designed by the creators of the MISERY mod for the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. The action of the game takes place on the territory of today’s Russia, now a country devastated by an ecological cataclysm that wiped most of humanity out of the face of Earth. During the game, the player gets to discover the true reasons behind the cataclysm and attempts to help in rebuilding the human civilization.

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Action 07 August 2014

The next edition of the Senran Kagura series, which is 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. A novelty in the cycle is the possibility of playing multiplayer in co-op mode.

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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.

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Adventure 09 June 2016

Another installment in the legal thriller adventure game series by Japanese studio Capcom, created for Nintendo 3DS. As always, the game's protagonist is the reputable lawyer Phoenix Wright, who this time leaves Japan and travels to a fictional country, the dominant religion of which is based on spirit worship. Upon arrival Phoenix gets involved in a series of crimes and has to defend the unfairly accused in court.

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Adventure 25 August 2015

An adventure game, enriched with visual novel elements, in which the player plays Emetha - a robot operating on board the OPUS ship. The task, which rests on his shoulders, is to find the Earth, which for millions of years of the cosmic journey of mankind has gradually fallen into oblivion, becoming a kind of myth.

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Adventure 16 May 2013

A classic visual novel adventure, a prelude to Muv-Luv Alternative, which presents a completely new story and characters. Players take on the role of the test pilot of a new generation of experimental models of mosses built to repel invasions of aliens, who have been effectively taking control of the Earth for several decades.

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Adventure 20 September 2018

Steins;Gate Elite is a classic visual novel adventure game. It is a complex remake of the original Steins;Gate, a game that debuted in 2009.

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Simulation 21 December 2017

Another installment in The Idolmaster series (popular especially in Japan). Similar to the previous installments, Stella Stage mingles together elements of manager titles, rhythm games, and visual novels. The player again takes on the role of a beginner music producer and their job is to manage the careers of thirteen teenage idols in a way that will allow them to perform at the legendary Stella Stage concert.

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Adventure 28 February 2018

An adventure game made in a visual novel style with elements of dating sims and jRPGs, created by Pure Wish studio. The story of Song of Memories is focused on two high school students: Minato Kamishiro who is raising his sister and his friend, Kanon Hiiragi. The lives of those two gain unexpected momentum when the world suffers from a dangerous virus that increases violence in women that are infected by it.

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Arcade 04 December 2018

Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight belongs to a spin-off rhythm games series featuring the music from the Persona series. The game features several gameplay modes, including a visual novel story campaign that takes place in Persona 3 universe.

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Arcade 04 December 2018

Another entry in the series of action music-rhythm games that utilize the soundtrack from the main entries of the jRPG Persona series developed by Atlus. The gameplay mechanics are based on simple principles and – similarly to other music games – focus on pressing buttons at the right time, when their symbols appear on the screen. Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight features several gameplay modes, including a visual novel story campaign that takes place in Persona 5 universe.

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Simulation 15 May 2014

The next installment of The Idolmaster series, popular in Japan. We play the role of a music producer whose task is to direct the career of thirteen teenage idylls. The title abandons many of the predecessor's complex managerial options, including a fixed time limit for fun, offering more adventure elements and interaction with the heroines instead.

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Simulation 28 July 2016

A new installment of The Idolmaster – a popular series developed by Bandai Namco. Similarly to the previous installments in the series, the game mixes elements seen in managers, visual novels, and rhythm games. The player assumes the role of a producer, whose mission is to lead the careers of thirteen young idols that were sent to a special training camp. The game begins with the choice of a leader, while gameplay itself was divided into several segments.

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RPG 27 September 2017

The sixth major installment in the series of jRPGs enriched with elements of strategy, visual novel and dating simulation game, which was first launched in 2000. Summon Night 6: Lost Borders tells of three characters, each having their own companion: a flying creature with unique abilities. When strangers literally fell from the skies into the world of Fillujah, the protagonists decided to learn the secret they hide. The gameplay is based on two pillars.

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Adventure 10 October 2013

A suite of two refreshed and improved parts of the popular visual novel adventure series that were released on PSP in 2010 and 2012. In both titles, players take on the role of a high school student who tries to find the perpetrators of murders committed in his class, imprisoned in a secluded place by the sadistic headmaster of the school.

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Adventure 16 June 2016

An adventure game/visual novel developed by Kadokawa Games. The action of Root Letter takes place in present-day Japan, with players taking control of a thirty-something man who discovers long forgotten letters that he had exchanged fifteen years ago with a penfriend named Aya Fumino. Her last letter contains a murder confession, and states that she has to atone for her sin. After that, she suddenly broke off all contact.

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Adventure 25 July 2013

Ace Attorney 5 is Capcom's legal adventure. The most famous hero of the cycle, Phoenix Wright, the lawyer, returns there. The game is about defending the wrongly accused. To this end, we conduct our own investigation and interview witnesses, and then use the evidence gathered in this way during the hearings.

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