Visual novels: about the games
In this classic courtroom adventure, the player takes on the role of Phoenix Wright and fights in a court of law to save innocent clients. The collection gathers all 14 episodes from the first three games of the series in a single package. Every case hides an intriguing mystery to solve before the final truth is revealed. The series has sold over 6.7 million copies worldwide.
Date Everything! is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, offering 100 fully voice-acted characters you can pursue. After losing your job to AI despite holding a BFA in customer service, you receive magical glasses called ‘Dateviators’ from a mysterious stranger, which bring the objects in your house to life and make them datable. Each one has its own story and can become a lover, friend, or enemy. A detailed Who’s Who of voice actors accompanies the game.
Digimon Survive is a hybrid visual novel and tactical RPG set in a mysterious world full of dangerous monsters and deadly battles. After getting lost on a school trip, Takuma Momozuka finds himself in this world among ferocious foes and new allies, and he and his friends try to find their way home. Player choices shape bonds with other characters, the evolution of Digimon and the outcome of the adventure. Combat is turn-based, and opponents can be persuaded to join the team and then evolved.
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor Phoenix Wright in a collection of three adventure games. Together they hold 16 episodes – 14 from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, and 2 Special Episodes once available only as DLC. Bonuses include Orchestra Hall with music and orchestral arrangements, an Art Library of illustrations and the prologue anime, and an Animation Studio. Playable in several languages, among them English, French and Japanese.
Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, trying in a small godforsaken town to uncover the origin of the anomaly while facing his own mental challenges. The player shapes the protagonist's personality — from a cold loner who overthinks everything to a melodramatic loudmouth who trusts their gut — which drives the dialogues and the course of the story. Memories go into a graph that unlocks intentions and mindsets, quirky mindsets bring unexpected conversations, and status effects shift personality: alcohol makes you more outgoing, anxiety more sensitive. And since the loop restarts anyway, other answers and timelines can be tried.
This double pack brings together two adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke Naruhodo, ancestor of Phoenix Wright. Set in late 19th-century Japan and England, each title contains five murder-mystery episodes full of drama, humour and twists. You gather evidence, question witnesses and try to work out the culprit’s intent before heading to court, where you hear testimonies, cross-examine witnesses and present evidence. A assistance feature is available if your investigation hits a dead end.
The story unfolds in a near future where people's mental states and dispositions are measured and the data guides society. It follows detectives Nadeshiko Kugatachi and Takuma Tsurugi of Division 1 within the MWPSB, who handle cases where victims can turn into criminals and the truth itself may be distorted. Classed as an adventure, the game asks its detectives to keep their own mental health and a sense of justice while confronting the ugliest sides of humanity.
Monster Prom gives you three weeks to find a date for prom – and you are a monster, though at your high school everyone else is too. It is a competitive dating sim for one to four players sharing one screen, where personality quizzes set your stats and hundreds of events branch into more than a thousand situations. To win a classmate’s heart before anyone else does, you unlock items that improve your odds and make hard choices. The game features art by Arthur Tien and humor from Cory O’Brien, Maggie Herskowitz and Julián Quijano.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG with isometric pixel art that blends mechanics from RPGs, visual novels, adventure games and interactive fiction. You play as a brave stranger in a grim fantasy world, a roadwarden who guards travellers, links isolated villages, supports merchants and fights off creatures, bandits and undead. A powerful merchant guild sends you into the unknown regions of a mysterious peninsula, where you gather information and uncover the area’s secrets. The game features a 30-hour campaign, character creation, dialogues and sidequests with dozens of NPCs.
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game drawn from genuine philosophical papers. The player faces a series of impossible dilemmas, each offering only two bad answers, and those decisions determine the fate of millions. Every choice is challenged by The Narrator and can afterwards be compared with the picks of other players. Made by Samuel Read-Graves, executive producer of Gang Beasts, it delivers a self-contained story of roughly two hours, questions with references to the original papers, and Twitch integration that lets the audience help steer the decisions.
Detective Ito's partner has vanished, and what begins as a routine case soon turns into a twisted nightmare that forces her to face her past and doubt her own sanity. Players explore Tokyo, hunt for clues and solve puzzles in a point-and-click adventure, while the story is delivered in the manner of a visual novel. Every choice is tracked by the S.P.I.N system — sanity, professionalism, investigation and neurosis — which shapes how other characters react and which actions become available. The branching narrative leads to eleven different endings.
Coffee Talk has the player brewing coffee and listening to heartfelt conversations: you hear out the problems of fantasy-inspired modern people and help them by serving a warm drink made from the ingredients you have in stock. The tales unfold in an alternative Seattle where elves, orcs, mermaids and other fantasy races live alongside humans in a modern world that feels familiar. What branches the story is not the dialogue you pick but the way you serve your café customers. Pixel art visuals inspired by 90s anime, a chill colour palette and jazzy lo-fi music round off the late-night drinks and talks.