After running into issues with Steam, video game publisher MangaGamer is teaming up with the digital store's biggest rival, GOG, to sell visual novels.

Doki Doki Literature Club is a free visual novel that presents itself as a totally normal game, where you'll meet some cute girls at an after school club. There's more than meets the eye to this one, though.

2017 has been so relentless in the release of top-tier games that it's hard to justify spending time with stuff that is merely "good". Why settle for anything less than "great"? Despite the incredible competition facing it, Butterfly Soup, a game about queer Asian women who play baseball, still shot right into my top five games of the year so far.

Ladykiller in a Bind is a visual novel by Christine Love. It's about affection, sex, consent, manipulation and expression. Video games can often be a vector for experimentation and escapism. Playing Ladykiller in a Bind has taught me a surprising amount about myself.

Brian let you all know about SC2VN, the crowdfunded game that communicates some of the real-life experience behind professional StarCraft in South Korea. It's since been made available on Steam for free and is only a ~458mb download, which isn't too bad for what is probably an easier introduction into StarCraft than most streams.

Starship: Eclipse may sound like a title for a run-of-the-mill sci-fi game involving spaceships, but don't let the name fool you. It's actually way steamier than that.

When you think of the term "visual novel", you probably think of dating simulators stuffed full of anime tropes and hentai scenes. I am here to convince you that this is wrong.

Maybe you haven't heard of lewd visual novel Sakura Spirit, which is currently available on Steam. That's OK, because Sakura Spirit's Steam reviews are here to help.