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Games like We Know the Devil

2015PC, Nintendo Switch93 % positive5.69 €

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.

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

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In short: Games like We Know the Devil

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes We Know the Devil special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Doki Doki Literature Club!

95 %Match

2017PC, Steam Deck playable96 % positivefree

Brings what grabs you about We Know the Devil: emotional impact, dread and tension as well as a strong story.

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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Scarlet Hollow

Choices with consequences

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.

The Chrono Jotter

Choices with consequences

You play Ran Ibuki, a high-school student racing against the clock to find the killer of her classmates and avenge her girlfriend. A dark, suspenseful visual novel full of mystery and revenge.

Slay the Princess

Dread and tension

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.

Steins;Gate

Emotional impact

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.

Mediterranea Inferno

Dialogue and role-playing

A heavily stylized, narrative-driven visual novel set in Southern Italy about three estranged friends reuniting after a traumatic event. Surreal imagery and dialogue choices explore desire, guilt and queer identity.

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.

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.

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