1 backlog, 100 visual novels
so… i really like visual novels. and as most people on this site, i often bite more than i can chew when it comes to buying games. combining these two facts, i have accumulated a large amount of unread VNs. i knew this, but i didn’t know the exact number, or how bad it truly got. i only figured this out recently, while making a steam collection for pending VNs. the grand total amounted to around 100, and i thought, “damn, i really need to get to reading”. so here we are, logging progress on BLAEO!
The List
this is the starting list of 100 VNs. note that a small amount of them aren’t on Steam, they’re Switch exclusives
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2064: Read Only Memories
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7'scarlet
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Blackberry Honey
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Blankspace
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CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
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Chasing Tails -A Promise in the Snow-
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Crypterion
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The Fairy's Song
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Fatal Twelve
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Femboys of the Phalanx
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds
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Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
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Hashihime of the Old Book Town
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Highway Blossoms
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The Imperial Capital Burns - Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse
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Japanese School Life
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KARAKARA
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KARAKARA2
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Kindred Spirits on the Roof
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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A Kiss For The Petals - Remembering How We Met
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The Letter
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Leveling up girls in another world
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Lilycle Rainbow Stage!!!
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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LINGERING
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Lovingly Evil
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Lucy Got Problems
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Memory's Dogma CODE:01
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Muv-Luv
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Muv-Luv Alternative
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Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse
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Muv-Luv photonflowers*
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Muv-Luv photonmelodies♮
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My Girlfriend’s Special Place
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My Vow to My Liege
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Ne no Kami - The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Ne no Kami - The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto Part 2
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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NEKOPARA Extra
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NEKOPARA Vol. 2
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NEKOPARA Vol. 3
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NEKOPARA Vol. 4
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Nie No Hakoniwa - Dollhouse of Offerings
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Night Cascades
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Nightshade
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Ninja Girl and the Mysterious Army of Urban Legend Monsters! ~Hunt of the Headless Horseman~
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Omni Link
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OshiRabu: Waifus Over Husbandos
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Our Fate Forsaken
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Our World Is Ended.
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Perfect Gold
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Please Be Happy
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Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly
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Red Embrace
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Saku Saku: Love Blooms with the Cherry Blossoms
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Sakura Agent
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Sakura Alien
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Sakura Alien 2
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Sakura Bunny Girls
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Sakura Forest Girls
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Sakura Forest Girls 2
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Sakura Forest Girls 3
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Sakura Gamer 2
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Sakura Gym Girls
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Sakura Knight
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Sakura Knight 2
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Sakura Knight 3
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Sakura Melody
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Sakura MMO
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Sakura MMO 2
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Sakura MMO 3
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Sakura MMO Extra
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Sakura Nova
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Sakura Space
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Sakura Succubus
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Sakura Succubus 2
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Sakura Succubus 3
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Sakura Succubus 4
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Sakura Succubus 5
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Sakura Succubus 6
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Sakura Succubus 7
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Sakura Succubus 8
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Sakura Swim Club
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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SeaBed
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Sky in your eyes
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Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
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Spirit Hunter: NG
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STEINS;GATE
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Summer With You
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sweet pool
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The Symbiant
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[TDA00] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 00 REMASTERED
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[TDA01] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 01 REMASTERED
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[TDA02] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 02 REMASTERED
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[TDA03] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 03 REMASTERED
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Tokyo Onmyoji -The Tale of Rei Tengenjibashi-
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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We Know the Devil
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Winter With You
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夢游仙境ロマネスク: Chronicles of Refugia
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Collar X Malice
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Cupid Parasite
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Paradigm Paradox
and that’s 100! (there’s actually a handful more i didn’t list….). the idea is to report back at the start of each month with progress made within this list. i thought it could be a fun “challenge”! the objective isn’t to clear the entire list, as i feel like that would be unrealistic, but i would at least like to get it down to 50, for a start. after that, we’ll see! i will have probably obtained a bunch of new novels by then…. ahahah…..
and with this, i shall return next month to report on progress! until then, see ya and have a good backlog hunt! 💛
Well at the very least the Sakura Games (and really anything by Winged Cloud) are pretty short and straightforward. So, you should be able to crank those out pretty quick. Suppose most VNs aren’t too problematic when it comes to completions, though I know some will require some serious time investment Highway Blossoms being one of them.
Hoping you enjoy Blackberry Honey, 2064 ROM, and the Nekopara series. Well, I hope you enjoy as many of these as you can, but those in particular were some of my favorites. Best of luck in your visual reading ventures. :salute:
yeah, most of these are luckily on the shorter side :’) i’m more concerned with the ones on the otome (reverse harem) on the list. the one I’m currently reading, Collar X Malice, is currently at around 50h… and i’m not even finished with it!
funnily enough, the next one on my list is Blackberry Honey! looking forward to it and i’ll keep your recommendations in mind :D
Last time “100 VNs” got mentioned on this site, it was probably me getting discouraged from trying to complete a hundred VNs in the span of a year. …as if there aren’t enough to go around!
So to subvert that, I’ll say: good luck, fellow otome lover! I’ll be curious to read your thoughts!
thank you! 💛
Good luck with your list and if you haven’t already, you absolutely must read The House in Fata Morgana and Clannad.
From your list, I can recommend 2064 Read Only Memories and Momory’s Dogma CODE 01. I also own (and have mostly read) the Nekopara games but they make me a little uncomfortable.
oh Clannad is such a classic! and i’ve heard very good things about The House in Fata Morgana. i’m sure they’ll end up in my library eventually! 2064 seems to be widely recommended, so i can’t wait to get to it!
nekopara is definitely a strange beast x3 i’ve read the first one and the prequel, and they require a lot of suspension of reality to play them. their production value is quite high so they’re enjoyable, but if you think too much about the real life implications of the story you’re definitely going to get the ick, lol
I’ve been trying to get into visual novels more! Most of these don’t look like my cup of tea, but I’m still excited to see your thoughts! Especially “We know the devil” and “Death Mark” those look interesting.
I can recommend Steins Gate. That one starts off slow and I didn’t like the characters at first, but it gets better and better and eventually becomes great!
Steins Gate is such a classic! i’m excited to see what it has to offer too!
oh boy, good luck! That’s quite the list
thank you! :’) it is a hefty task i’ve got ahead of me indeed