Gore Screaming Show

Coming from a completely unknown author, Kusakabe Matsuri (草壁祭), Gore Screaming Show is a horror visual novel centered on a creepy little girl terrorizing a rural town with her (hilarious)…

Sumaga

The second work of one of the lesser known NitroPlus writers, Shimokura Baio (下倉バイオ), Sumaga is a mix of mystery, comedy and horror set in a quirky world on a…

Satsuriku no Django

Satsuriko no Django (Django of Massacre) is a tribute to spaghetti western films, namely the Dollars trilogy, in a visual novel form. Needless to say, you haven’t read anything of…

Tsuyokiss

Tsuyokiss (Strong Kiss) is likely the most cherished Takahiro’s (タカヒロ) romantic comedy in Japan, though his other work, Maji Koi, seems to be better known in the west. Anyway, the…

Cross†Channel

The defining work of the highly esteemed ‘literary’ visual novel writer Tanaka Romeo (田中ロミオ), Cross Channel is an odd hybrid of slice of life school drama and existential horror thriller.…

Akatsuki no Goei

While Akatsuki no Goei (Dawn Safeguard) is the third visual novel written by Kinuga Sashougo (衣笠彰梧), it is the first one where he finally appears to go all out at. It…

Cannonball

Written by as many as seven people from Liar Soft, Cannonball is a wacky sci-fi racing visual novel where the protagonist competes for the price of the biggest race in…

Clannad

Clannad is probably the most famous coming of age drama of the Key’s Maeda Jun. Learning from his past mistakes in Kanon and Air, Maeda manages to keep the fantasy…

MinDeaD BlooD

Izumi Banya is a very odd writer, for while he mostly works on nukige, most of his pieces are lauded for having a very good story. A prime example of…

Narcissu

While Kataoka Tomo (片岡とも) is a fairly prolific writer in the visual novel scene, I don’t think I ever seen him work alone; and most of his collaboratives in NekoNeko…