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2016PC, Steam Deck playable83 % positive17.99 €

Solstice is a dystopian mystery thriller told in visual novel style, where small personal disasters snowball into much larger catastrophes. The focus is on narrative and atmosphere rather than combat.

  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Emotional impact
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Solstice special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

95 %Match

2016PEGI 12PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable90 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Solstice: a strong story, a dark atmosphere and a relaxed difficulty.

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.

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Dry Drowning

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Raging Loop

Calm and deliberate

A grim visual novel set in a fog-bound Japanese village, where a werewolf-style game of suspicion, logic and betrayal plays out. Its intricate, looping plot thrives on deduction and shocking twists.

Silicon Dreams

Emotional impact

You play an android interrogator in 2065, coaxing secrets out of disobedient androids by playing on their emotions. Your choices decide who is spared or scrapped, and they challenge your own loyalty to your creators.

Tiny Bunny

Emotional impact

A dark horror visual novel set in a remote Russian village and forest, where your decisions shape the story and its multiple endings. Its creeping dread and branching paths drive the tension.

Saya no Uta

Emotional impact

A short, disturbing horror visual novel from Nitroplus: after an accident a medical student sees the world as flesh and viscera, with only Saya appearing beautiful to him. It is a bleak, uncompromising blend of cosmic dread and tragic romance.

Ever17: The Out of Infinity

Accessible and relaxed

A classic visual novel about seven people trapped in a damaged underwater theme park. Famed for its intricate mystery plot and one of the genre's best-known twists.

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