This is cool but i don't like how some of the scenes in the game are locked behind a paywall to only be able to see them if you pay for Patreon. if you want to do something exclusive for people on patreon is fine but don't put it in the story like its a choice route we can do. Make it Separate content i missed half of the scenes in the game because I'm not subscribe.
i got you Cosy cafe, Ripples, Stray incubus, Companion of darkness, Cross realm, Projekt passion, Now & then, Pale carnations, The interim domain. Oppai odyssey, these are some really good story driven ones. 'Once in a lifetime' if you haven't already also The nexus, Between humanity, Fates collide, A house in the rift and My bully my lover you might also like. Didn't say eternum bc you might be playing that already.
yeah i tried not to mention the famous ones but you be surprise how many people haven't played eternum or once in a lifetime. i didn't even know about my bully my lover dev quitted i dropped it a long time ago. And no problem dude there are so many good ones out there that just doesn't get enough recognition enjoy
I would personally recommend that VN the story is really good, really emotional, and really well written; especially "Emma's ending" and her story. That one had me in tears literally and I am sure you would enjoy the game and love the story. I would recommend you finish Sicae first as a lot of characters from that game make their appearances in MBiML and Sicae lays the foundation of the story and the world on which MBiML is based on.
Its a good list of HS based games @chocolatedrop.
For 'apocalyptic games' 'Now and Then' and 'The interim Domain' author works on their next game TOXICity of the same theme. Also there is 'Contagion Crisis' with apocalyptic story but quite a rough content.
'Stray incubus' - While great one, note that its most probably abandoned - There are new dev's team now, but I don't hold hopes, they will be able to get even remotely close to Flint(My 2c). If going with abandoned games 'Evermore' and 'Unraveling August' are worth playing.
'Between humanity, Fates collide' - Those two are good - I'll recommend to add 'The New Horizon' to this group as well.
As part of your first list I would also recommend 'Realm Invader'.
For fantasy stories with Elves,etc(Similar to this one): 'Inanna Revenge'.
If NSFW is not a 'must have' and good story is appreciated as well then 'Lycoris Radiata' has very good story(Not finished).
I currently play 'City Devil - Restart'- The start seems promising, but can't yet tell on further episodes.
ooo yeah Evermore is pretty good i was caught up till the dev decide to abandoned it same with stray incubus. I'm afraid you might be right these new devs man months without any real updates about what going on with it and just have been saying the same thing since may that they were close to finishing it. I just discovered Inanna revenge i heard the story good . That also led me to their first game alwaysfans which I'm currently checking out. I don't play abandoned game bc i don't see the point but ill will checks these out Thanks for your recommendation .
I'm currently in middle of AlwaysFan(I think? xDDD) - Currently paused. The main LI(Emily - Albino girl) can be not for anyone(I think author shall make her eyes smaller), but fine for me. Author released an anniversary update(V 1.01 I think) just a few weeks ago with bugfixes.
While I play the good route in AlwaysFan I've heard it has two distinct paths - The good One and the Dark one, which change the game dramatically(Like two games in one). In the Dark one the MC is not much better than rich shady scums of the model business and some LIs are only available in this route.
The graphical quality diff btw AlwaysFan and Inanna Revenge is huge - Similar to 'Once in a Lifetime' vs 'Ethernum'.