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I Write Games Not Tragedies

An emo-inspired narrative rhythm game exploring growing pains, addiction, romance and music. Scream with Ash as he makes the transition from baby bat to elder emo, guide him through his crash outs and help him navigate his (teenage) dirtbag life through music.

★ VIVID/STASIS ★ UNBEATABLE ★ SET YOURSELF ON FIRE ★ HOME ★ FLEDGLING MANOR ★ SYMPHONIC RAIN ★ IN FALSUS ★ VIDEOVERSE ★ HARMONY: THE FALL OF REVERIE ★ AME NO MARGINAL -RAIN MARGINAL- ★ MESMALIE ★ DISSOLUTION OF MY SELF ★ WE ♥ IT 
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vivid/stasis

94% 👍 OF 4.0K
About This Game

Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Investigate a Disappearance
  • …Crack Cipher Puzzles
  • …Hit Two-Lane Notes
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UNBEATABLE

92% 👍 OF 7.7K
About This Game

UNBEATABLE is a rhythm adventure where music is illegal and you do crimes. Follow the story of Beat and her band on the run, in a narrative experience full of big emotions powered by arcade-flawless rhythm gameplay.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Play Two-Button Charts
  • …Stage Runaway Concerts
  • …Outrun Music Police
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Symphonic Rain

97% 👍 OF 1.2K
About This Game

The reborn HD edition, Remastered by Siro! Set in Piova, the city of music and endless rain. Guide Chris Vertin on the path to become a master musician in a harmonious fusion of Visual Novel and Music-based gameplay.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Choose a Vocal Partner
  • …Rehearse Fortelle Songs
  • …Perform Graduation Duets
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In Falsus

88% 👍 OF 248
About This Game

In a world bound by truths: connect. In Falsus is a mesmerizing rhythm game tied to an intricate card system brought together through a layered narrative. Taking place in a near-future world, traverse an atmospheric soundscape through the eyes of 5 interconnected protagonists.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Play rhythm charts with one hand shifting across keyboard lanes while the other controls mouse movement in a separate aerial field.
  • …Meet story characters through song encounters, where card effects and rhythm performance both contribute to the battle.
  • …Fit colored shapes into card-specific Blueprint grids, choosing which stat boosts or bonuses to prioritize when a layout cannot fill every area.
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VIDEOVERSE

95% 👍 OF 253
About This Game

Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…

Player reviews say you can…

  • …draw fan art right on the console and post it to the community for other users to react to.
  • …watch the old network slowly die as a new console takes over, with posts thinning out and trolls flooding in while moderators drift away.
  • …DM friends and do webcam-style chats where portraits and video-call avatars make the conversations feel uncomfortably intimate.
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Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal-

87% 👍 OF 428
About This Game

The latest visual novel by Tomo Kataoka, the author of Narcissu 1st & 2nd, has arrived! An empty world with endless rain and only one person. Here there is no hunger, sickness or even death. Just what story does this world's one occupant have?

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Mesmalie

99% 👍 OF 1.4K
About This Game

MESMALIE is an occult adventure game. A magickal incident in your personal life brings you to a small witches' coven in the middle of nowhere. Here, you'll learn to tame your ability... though, not without some bumps along the way.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Test Magick on Objects
  • …Explore the Coven House
  • …Play Three Training Sessions
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Dissolution of My Self

95% 👍 OF 364
About This Game

A prince who has lost his kingdom and everything else. His uncle and aide-de-camp, unable to leave him. In a cramped rented room abroad, click on objects and piece together a codependent relationship filled with brutality and endurance. Watch helplessness turn into violence, tenderness into torture.