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Summary

In the hot summer of 1954, Jimmy, Doug and Christine are spending their fourth vacation together at Varney Lake. Teenage crushes, pranks and card tricks, long days of adventure, a pipe dream of saving the local drive-in from demolition; they're kids, coming of age. Until they Find the Vampire. 1981. Lou Hill, paranormal investigator, has a lead on a mind-blowing case. Will he be able to convince the now 40-something trio to tell him the truth about that summer? Do they even know themselves? [From Steam]

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Saint Maker
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  • Highly Animated Sprites
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  • Protagonist with Voice Acting
Rating 6.6832 Users
First Bite
First Bite
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  • Black Comedy
  • Vampire
  • Text-only Sexual Content Only
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  • Only Avoidable Sexual Content
Rating 6.6420 Users
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Tales From Windy Meadow
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  • Slice of Life Drama
  • Disabled Protagonist
  • Mentor Support Character
  • Animals
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Rating 5.934 Users
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Lust Theory: Season 2
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  • Customizable Character Relations
  • Time Loop
  • Protagonist's Blood-related Mother as a Heroine
  • Protagonist's Full Sister as a Heroine
  • Blood-related Mother/Son Incest
Rating 5.8529 Users
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Slay the Princess
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  • Narrator as a Character
  • Lovecraftian Horror
  • Player as a Character
  • Selective Coloring
  • Philosophy
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Neo Cab
Neo Cab
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  • Driver Protagonist
  • Car
  • Cyberpunk
  • Journalist Hero
  • Future United States of America
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Paradise Killer
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  • Realtime 3D
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Rating 6.9149 Users
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
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  • Corporations
  • Alternate Dimensions
  • Transgender Support Character
  • Near Future
  • Deities
Rating 6.675 Users
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Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
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  • Cyberpunk
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  • Interactive Adventure Game
  • Science Fiction
  • Non-Japanese Voice Acting
Rating 0.004 Users
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  • Modern Day Europe
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  • Non-explicit Nudity Only
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Rating 7.0915 Users
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Mijesageon-eun Kkeutnaeya Hanikka
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  • Private Detective Protagonist
  • Detective Work
Rating 7.4017 Users
Wanderlust: Transsiberian
Wanderlust: Transsiberian
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  • Traveler Protagonist
  • Russia
  • Journey
  • 2010s
  • Trains
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Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
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  • German Protagonist
  • Germany
  • Point-and-Click Adventure Game
  • Brother Support Character
  • Modern Day Europe
Rating 0.002 Users
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Misericorde
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  • Nun Protagonist
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  • Middle Ages Europe
  • Past British Isles
  • Church
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BUSTAFELLOWS
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  • Determinant Antagonist
  • Fictional Modern Day Earth
  • Hikikomori Hero
  • Lawyer Hero
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Rating 7.86633 Users
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Red Embrace
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  • Urban Fantasy
  • Vampire Hero
  • Waiting Staff Protagonist
  • Modern Day United States of America
  • Hero with Tattoo
Rating 6.4465 Users
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Heaven Will Be Mine
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  • Space
  • Transgender Support Character
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Rating 7.3295 Users
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  • French Hero
  • French Heroine
  • France
  • Early Modern Period Earth
  • Priest Hero
Rating 6.7019 Users
OPUS: Longmai Changge
OPUS: Longmai Changge
NAN%
Tags
  • Science Fantasy
  • Spaceship
  • Singer Heroine
  • Japanese Voice Acting (For Non-OJLVNs)
  • Science Fiction
Rating 7.7687 Users
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
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Tags
  • Shopkeeper Protagonist
  • Urban Fantasy
  • Cafe
  • Social Networking Service
  • Musician Heroine
Rating 7.4169 Users
Coffee Talk
Coffee Talk
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  • Bartender Protagonist
  • Writer Heroine
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  • Werewolf Hero
Rating 7.16336 Users
Tavern Talk
Tavern Talk
NAN%
Tags
  • Bar
  • Found Family
  • Lots of Character Sprites
  • Protagonist's Pronoun Choice
  • Medieval Fantasy
Rating 0.005 Users
Cinders
Cinders
NAN%
Tags
  • Fairy Tale
  • Dialogue Based
  • Merchant Hero
  • Knight Hero
  • Royal Hero
Rating 7.03286 Users
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Whisperer in Darkness
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Tags
  • Cthulhu Mythos
  • Lovecraftian Horror
  • Literary Adaptation
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  • Kinetic Novel
Rating 0.002 Users

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Mothmen 1966
29%
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  • 60's
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Rating 83.9%0.06% Users
The Wreck
The Wreck
10%
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  • France
  • Mother Support Character
  • Modern Day Europe
  • Life and Death Drama
  • Writer Protagonist
Rating 80.9%0.06% Users
Misericorde
Misericorde
8%
Tags
  • Nun Protagonist
  • Nun Support Character
  • Middle Ages Europe
  • Past British Isles
  • Church
Rating 89.6%0.03% Users
Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
8%
Tags
  • German Protagonist
  • Germany
  • Point-and-Click Adventure Game
  • Brother Support Character
  • Modern Day Europe
Rating 68.1%0.06% Users
Wanderlust: Transsiberian
Wanderlust: Transsiberian
8%
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  • Traveler Protagonist
  • Russia
  • Journey
  • 2010s
  • Trains
Rating 63.0%0.05% Users
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Across the Grooves
7%
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  • Modern Day Europe
  • France
  • Non-explicit Nudity Only
  • Violence
  • Alternate Dimensions
Rating 82.5%0.03% Users
Mijesageon-eun Kkeutnaeya Hanikka
Mijesageon-eun Kkeutnaeya Hanikka
7%
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  • Private Detective Protagonist
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Rating 93.6%0.08% Users
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
7%
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  • Alternate Dimensions
  • Transgender Support Character
  • Near Future
  • Deities
Rating 69.8%0.04% Users
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Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
6%
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  • Cyberpunk
  • Robots
  • Interactive Adventure Game
  • Science Fiction
  • Non-Japanese Voice Acting
Rating 66.2%0.03% Users
Red Embrace
Red Embrace
6%
Tags
  • Urban Fantasy
  • Vampire Hero
  • Waiting Staff Protagonist
  • Modern Day United States of America
  • Hero with Tattoo
Rating 82.6%0.02% Users
Ambition: A Minuet in Power
Ambition: A Minuet in Power
6%
Tags
  • French Hero
  • French Heroine
  • France
  • Early Modern Period Earth
  • Priest Hero
Rating 79.6%0.10% Users
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
5%
Tags
  • Shopkeeper Protagonist
  • Urban Fantasy
  • Cafe
  • Social Networking Service
  • Musician Heroine
Rating 92.7%0.20% Users
Tavern Talk
Tavern Talk
5%
Tags
  • Bar
  • Found Family
  • Lots of Character Sprites
  • Protagonist's Pronoun Choice
  • Medieval Fantasy
Rating 86.0%0.06% Users
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Whisperer in Darkness
5%
Tags
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  • Lovecraftian Horror
  • Literary Adaptation
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  • Kinetic Novel
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Pale Spectrum - Part Two of the Book of Gray Magic
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  • Realtime 3D
  • Dialogue Based
  • Body of Water
  • Realistic-looking 3D
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Ascension: Transition and Silver
Ascension: Transition and Silver
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Rating 82.6%0.10% Users
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Rating 72.8%0.18% Users
VIDEOVERSE
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Dry Drowning
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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
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I Did Not Buy This Ticket
I Did Not Buy This Ticket
4%
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Rating 81.1%0.02% Users

Tags (4 total)

NameScoreImportanceWeight
80's2.002.735.46
Vampire2.002.214.42
Pixel Art2.501.774.41
ADV2.000.150.29

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