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2024PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified89 % positive4.99 €

You run a diner serving the last customers while the world ends outside. Between flipping burgers and talking with guests, a quiet, reflective story about time and human psychology unfolds.

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Coffee Talk: Episode 2 - Hibiscus & Butterfly

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2023PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified96 % positive14.79 €

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You run a late-night coffee shop in an alternate Seattle, brewing drinks for fantasy creatures and listening to their troubles. A calm, warm visual novel with lo-fi music and pixel art where conversation takes center stage.

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Emily is Away

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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.

Coffee Talk

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You run a late-night coffee shop in an alternate Seattle full of elves, orcs and vampires, mixing drinks and listening to your customers. Gentle, heartfelt conversations, lo-fi music and pixel art make for a calm, warm experience.

The Red Strings Club

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A dense cyberpunk narrative game where you work as a bartender, potter and phone impersonator to steer people and expose a corporate conspiracy. It raises thoughtful questions about fate, happiness and the ethics of technology.

That Dragon, Cancer

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A deeply personal, poetic narrative game about a family's fight to save their young son from cancer. Short and intimate, it centers on faith, hope and loss, and is emotionally powerful.

Half Past Fate

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A romantic narrative adventure in a hybrid 3D pixel-art world, following three love stories among six characters over eight hours or eight years. The focus is on characters, relationships and gentle everyday decisions.

Stay

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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.

Buddy Simulator 1984

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A retro 1980s-style computer game pastiche in which a seemingly friendly AI buddy leads you through mini-games while an unsettling secret gradually unfolds. A short, surprising experience that plays with your expectations.

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