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✨ magical girls ✨

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the lightly-fictionalized account of a club of magical girl kouhais… and the sparkling senpais they chase

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cat kouhai*.txt @kouhai8/7/2023, 5:31 AM

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adrienne @insertdisc58/7/2023, 1:01 AM

so you have a friend who wants to try playing visual novels...

...and they're queer and it's their first time hearing about visual novels and they love reading real books so you want to give them a wide range of different VNs so they can discover what VNs have to offer?!? WELL DO I HAVE THE POST FOR YOU (HOPEFULLY)
(this just happened to me so here's the list i gave them. ok)

talking to my dad

A dad simulator! Hahaha!!!!!! Short and sweet. Please play it it's so good. For your friend who likes sad queer lit.
Free.
Playtime: 20mn or so.

Escape Velocity

This one is just very fascinating. Feels more like a poetic graphic novel than a visual novel. Kind of sad and melancholic. For your friend who likes poetry and graphic novels.
Free.
Playtime: 20mn.

The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo

The coolest, spookiest game im listing. "You are 11 years old. You are sleeping over at your best friend's house. You and your friend like videogames. Your friend has a lot of cool games. And, believe it or not, an uncle who works for Nintendo. And he's coming to visit at midnight." This has a couple endings so i def recommend replaying it multiple times. This is the one i probably recommend the most on this list, it is such an interesting experience! For your friend who likes spooky creepypasta, and also good stories.
Free.
Playtime: 4h maybe?

Queers In Love At The End of the World
oh my god i am always thinking about this game it is in my blood my brain my bone marrow. free to play. For all your friends, especially those who like Art with a capital A.
Free.
Playtime: literally 10 seconds.

Butterfly Soup

It's just a good queer game about gals being pals. the end. For your friend who loves cozy books
Free.
Playtime: 3-4h

We Know The Devil

Teens go to a summer scout outing and have to spend 12 hours in an empty cabin. there definitely isn't a devil there. Queer as hell! For your friend who likes spooky queer stories.
Playtime: 3-4 hours

Slay the Princess (Demo)

Ok it's a demo but it is just delightful to play through. Spooky scary game about saving a princess. OR IS IT? For your friend who likes fantasy.
Playtime: 2-3h

Scarlet Hollow

Same creators as above. your aunt recently died, and you're going to her funeral in the town of Scarlet Hollow. This town definitely doesn't have many secrets. This game is queer as hell. For your friend who likes scary towns and mysteries. Episode 1 is free!
Playtime for episode 1: 4 hours

dream daddy

A dating game. youre a dad that dates dads. it's very cute and chill! a delightful little game. and all the dads are hot. For your friend who likes romcoms and YA.
Playtime: depends if you go for all the dads or just stick to one. Maybe 4h per dad?

Umineko: When They Cry

Maybe you can tell that your friend is a little bit of a freak. or maybe you just really want your friend to start their visual novel journey with the longest visual novel ever made or whatever
Playtime: 100 hours

there. this is what i sent my friend.
those are my personal picks though! are there any visual novels you'd recommend for someone who reads a lot and is interested in art, but doesn't play video games so you cant give them The Weird Stuff right away? please comment in the comments and like and subscri

#video game recs #video game recommendations #writing #video games #video game #game recs #recs #talking to my dad #Escape Velocity #the uncle who works for nintendo #queers in love at the end of the world #butterfly soup #we know the devil #dream daddy #Umineko #i didnt add super meta shit like ddlc or even hatoful boyfriend because its like. no lets not add some meta anime stuff. thats for later #me: so i played a vn yesterday friend: whats a vn? me: (eyes light up

tebicat&@binarycat8/7/2023, 4:45 AM

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cat kouhai*.txt @kouhai8/7/2023, 5:31 AM

a year of springs

trans, real, but not depressing

I liked it enough to buy it again (and reverse engineer completion for a specific event that I accidentally uncompleted because reasons)

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Gait the Binturong @Gaitsnipe8/7/2023, 2:17 AM

Another good free one that's a mix of VN and a point-and-click adventure is Purrgatory, it's about you landing in aforementioned cat-punned afterlife and you talk with a group of others who have been there for who knows how long. It's funny, sad, and queer. Always my first recommendation to folks who want to dip a toe into VN style games and also enjoyed things like Freddi Fish or Pajama Sam.

funwalker @funwalker8/7/2023, 3:40 AM

Ooooh, thank you for this. I like shorter vn experiences so I'm glad there are some on this list. I'm weak and if I can't finish a route in one or two sittings, I'll just drop it because screens hurt my eyes... TT_TT
Also, I do have a friend who's a little bit of a freak who started me off reading umineko and I was afraid to read visual novels for years after that for fear that they would All Be Like That.

NekoRaita @NekoRaita8/7/2023, 5:08 AM

Wow, Talking to my dad was a great surprise!!

cat kouhai*.txt @kouhai8/7/2023, 6:24 AM

I’ve rechosted with this recommendation already, but I’ll add it here in the replies for visibility: a year of springs is a collection of four short visual novels featuring transness. All four are real, but they aren’t depressing.

Smog @Smog8/7/2023, 12:50 PM

ITS NOT ALL ABOUT YOU, 'DAD'

Poison The Being that Just Is @CuteChallenger8/18/2023, 2:11 PM

I'd like to recommend Spare Parts, a very well written Visual Novel about 4 robots learning to become more human with the help of a human who got roped into everything by coincidence. Not only is there oblivious lesbians (being the MC and the first robot she meets) but also trans and nonbinary characters as well as a coming out theme for one of the other robots. It's up to three parts, with the third part not finished yet. I really enjoy it's focus on the humanization of the robotic characters, showing them slowly become more human with their own wants and goals. Even the one that doesn't want change to occur.