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2026PC

A narrative indie adventure set in Tokyo in 1998, where endless rain frames the story of two lonely young people. Your choices shape their fate and possibly the world around them.

  • Emotional impact
  • Dialogue and role-playing
  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

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In short: Games like Rain98

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Rain98 special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star

93 %Match

2020PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified83 % positive14.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Rain98: emotional impact, dialogue where you play your role and choices with consequences.

A visual novel about a dysfunctional, abusive romance over one summer, with branching paths and unexpected twists. Its standout mechanic lets you choose sensory interactions with the protagonist's boyfriend.

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Bury me, my Love

Emotional impact

A text-messaging adventure about Syrian refugee Nour's journey to Europe, where you play her husband Majd advising her through a chat app. Your advice shapes the trip and leads to many different, emotionally powerful endings.

Katawa Shoujo

Emotional impact

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.

Emily is Away

Emotional impact

A nostalgic interactive story told entirely through an early-2000s instant messenger, where your chat replies over several years shape a bittersweet relationship with Emily.

Façade

Dialogue and role-playing

An experimental interactive drama where you visit a quarreling married couple and type free-form text to talk with them. AI-driven characters react in real time, so each conversation unfolds differently and can save or wreck their marriage.

Fragments of Him

Strong, story-driven narrative

Fragments of Him is a first-person narrative game about a fatal accident and the lives it touches before and after. You move through places and memories as a spirit or inner voice of the characters, and your choices nudge the story forward in quiet, lingering ways.

Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

Strong, story-driven narrative

You work as an investigator for a government surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles of citizens and deciding which information to pass on. It makes the moral cost of mass surveillance tangible within a gripping thriller story.

The Devil on G-String

Strong, story-driven narrative

A dark visual novel about a gangster's son drawn into a cat-and-mouse game with a powerful underworld boss. Psychological tension, scheming and Bach-inspired music define the story.

Asphyxia

Emotional impact

A short, story-driven visual novel about two former best friends. You have one day to mend a broken friendship, with the focus on emotion and dialogue decisions.

Stay

Emotional impact

You talk with an abducted man trapped in an abandoned house, trying to help him through text conversation and light puzzles. Your choices and the time you take shape multiple endings in this tense, emotional tale.

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