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2004PC

A famed visual novel about delinquent student Tomoya, who helps classmates through their personal troubles. It blends everyday humor with deeply emotional drama across branching routes.

  • Companions and relationships
  • Emotional impact
  • Dialogue and role-playing
  • Strong soundtrack

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In short: Games like Clannad

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

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Little Busters!

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2007PC

Brings what grabs you about Clannad: companions you grow fond of, emotional impact and dialogue where you play your role.

A Key visual novel that blends slice-of-life comedy with friendship and deeply moving, tearjerking routes. Riki and the Little Busters form a baseball team and uncover the secrets of the girls and the world around them.

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Katawa Shoujo

Companions and relationships

A story-driven visual novel set at a school for disabled students, where you live through five distinct romance routes as Hisao. It focuses on heartfelt character drama, with choices steering you onto each heroine's path.

Arcade Spirits

Strong, story-driven narrative

A funny, warm-hearted visual novel about working at an arcade in a world where the 1983 video game crash never happened. You build friendships and romances with a colorful cast of coworkers and customers.

If My Heart Had Wings

Strong, story-driven narrative

A visual novel about school life and the dream of flight: as Aoi, you build a glider with your classmates and grow closer to one of them. The story is heartfelt, mixing romance, friendship and youthful ambition.

Steins;Gate

Companions and relationships

A celebrated visual novel about a self-styled mad scientist in Akihabara who accidentally sends messages into the past and gets tangled in shifting timelines. Its playful, nerdy humor gradually turns into a gripping, emotional sci-fi thriller.

Steins;Gate Elite

Emotional impact

A visual novel remake about a group of amateur inventors who send messages to the past and tangle with time itself. The Elite version swaps the static art for animated footage from the anime, keeping the gripping, emotional time-travel story intact.

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