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2019PC, Steam Deck playable96 % positivefree

A short, text-message-driven visual novel where you chat with a mysterious goth girlfriend through a phone. It blends romance, memes and horror, and hinges on a surprising shift in perspective.

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  • Emotional impact
  • Companions and relationships
  • Dread and tension
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In short: Games like Missed Messages.

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

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Doki Doki Literature Club!

98 %Match

2017PC, Steam Deck playable96 % positivefree

Brings what grabs you about Missed Messages.: emotional impact, dread and tension as well as companions you grow fond of.

What starts as a sugary anime dating sim about a school poetry club gradually turns into unsettling psychological horror that breaks the fourth wall and even toys with the game's own files.

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Emotional impact

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We Know the Devil

Dialogue and role-playing

A short, unsettling visual novel about three teens at a summer camp who must face the devil. It focuses on fraught friendship, exclusion and identity, presented in a bold blue-and-red art style.

Echo

Emotional impact

You return to the desolate desert town of Echo as Chase, reuniting childhood friends while digging into a past case of mass hysteria. This slow-burn visual novel thrives on its atmosphere and buried memories of a shared tragedy that still weighs on everyone.

The Fruit of Grisaia

Companions and relationships

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Scarlet Hollow

Dialogue and role-playing

A story-driven horror visual novel set in a North Carolina mining town, where your choices and relationships with the locals decide who survives. Folk-horror dread, a creeping mystery and a hand-drawn look define the experience.

Slay the Princess

Dialogue and role-playing

A psychological horror visual novel where you are sent to slay a princess in a cabin while a cast of voices in your head keeps commenting. Every choice sends the story spiraling into new branches, and the hand-penciled art and superb voice acting make each loop eerie and surprising.

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