

Akagawa Jirou - Yasoukyoku 2 is the sequel to Akagawa Jirou - Yasoukyoku, a first person perspective adventure game that was also released later for the Nintendo DS console. This adventure game is also adapted from Akagawa Jirou's classic mystery novel Yasoukyoku and this sequel contains three separate detective stories. The stage is set in a Library, a mansion hidden in a small town where a collection of books related to death are stored.

Adventure / Visual Novel / Horror / Mystery
A visual novel adapted from the book Yasoukyoku ("Nocturne") by Jirou Akagawa, which contains two murder mysteries.

Shooter / Adventure / Visual Novel / Action / Science fiction
Policenauts is an interactive movie/graphic novel/adventure game with a hard science fiction storyline, written and directed by Hideo Kojima, and published by Konami. It was initially released for the PC-9821 computer platform in 1994, followed by remade versions for the 3DO in 1995, and the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996. The game has never been officially released outside Japan, despite plans for an English localization of the Saturn version. On August 24, 2009 (in honor of the 46th birthday of the game designer, Hideo Kojima), an unofficial English translation patch was released onto the internet. The game is set in a primarily first person perspective and uses a point-and-click interface: the player can move the cursor and have the protagonist (Jonathan Ingram) analyze objects around his environment or talk to other characters in the game. Like in Snatcher, the game features shooting segments where the player must defend their character from incoming enemies. The player can use the shooting trainer at the police department to test their reflex and accuracy. There are numerous puzzles in the game, including an event where the player must dismantle a bomb by following their partner's instructions. The console versions of the game all include support for their respective mouse peripherals. The Saturn version features light gun support for the shooting segments. The game was notable for being an early example of extensive voice recording in video games. It also featured a theme revolving around space exploration and occasional full-motion video cut scenes. The gameplay was largely similar to Snatcher, but with the addition of a point-and-click interface and some first-person shooter segments. Policenauts also introduced summary screens, which act to refresh the player's memory of the plot upon reloading a save, an element Kojima would later use in Metal Gear Solid. The PlayStation version of Policenauts could also read the memory card and give some easter egg dialogues if a save file of Konami's dating sim Tokimeki Memorial is present, a technique Kojima would also later use in Metal Gear Solid.

Kaze no Oka Kouen Nite is a first person adventure game in which the player takes the role of a young student that arrives at a town and begins the class in fall in a new high school when he will find 4 girls, that one of them can be the love of his live. The gameplay is about choosing at some times of the game between different answers that will lead that girl story in a way or another. The game let the player choose which girl story he wants to play (there are 4 possible ones, one for each main girl character) and the events and situations will be different in each girl story, but all the girls will appear in the other stories.

Adventure / Visual Novel / Action / Comedy
Himitsu Sentai Metamor V is a visual novel-style adventure game starring a cast of transforming magical girls. The game is divided into chapters and follows the five members of the Metamor V squad, all of them elementary school students and classmates of Sakie's. Much of the game consists of conversation sequences with other characters; the player's reactions and choices will affect Sakie's trust level with her squadmates, and through conversations the player will also learn different key words. Both of these are important during the battle sequences, in which the player must combine words in order to create the most effective special attacks. There is no lose condition, but the player is graded on how quickly they defeat opponents, which affects trust levels and ultimately the game's ending. The later PlayStation "Deluxe" version includes an extra bonus side scenario and additional voice acting, but is otherwise the same game.

Pocke-Kano - Yumi Aida is a sort of an adventure game with mini games in which the player start the game meeting Yumi Aida, a little girl that he finds in the park and soon he will discover that she is his neighbour. After that he will continue visiting her and during the game he will more or less appreciated by her depending of the results of the different mini games that the player can play in his PocketStation that will make him earn money to buy Yumi better presents. One different thing about the game is that you will see her raise from a little girl to a woman (the game last 7 years of the girl's lifetime). Bring up young Yumi Aida in this girl raising sim. Practice skills away from the PlayStation with the PocketStation memory unit.

Adventure / Visual Novel / Mystery / Romance
Prismaticallization is a dating sim, whose hero is a highschool senior named Shoji. He finds a strange object when he's invited to a summer resort by his classmate Akemi. The object causes him to repeat a day, but seems slightly different.

Simulator / Visual Novel / Romance
In Tokimeki Memorial 2, male players make their way through three years of high school, while trying to attract a female character from a pool of dateable characters. With 13 different girls to pursue, each with their own unique likes, dislikes, and characteristics, there's hours of dating fun to be had. Will you be able to win the affection of the girl of your dreams in this short time?

Tokyo 23-ku: Seifuku Wars is a visual-novel style adventure game with light RPG elements set in an alternate-universe Tokyo where uniforms are actually battle suits which grant special powers. After a series of conflicts that ultimately result in the destruction of the capital, all uniforms are brought under the control the oppressive organization "Heaven". At the same time, Ryuji Kizaki, the leader of the Uniform Freedom Organization "HELP", has gone missing. The main character is trying to track down Kizaki in order to end the rule of Heaven and restore freedom. The game plays out in a standard visual novel style, with the player choosing a location from a map and then reading through extended dialogue sequences which depict the story's events. Occasionally, there are card-based battles in which the player must defeat the opponent by selecting the proper alignment of attacks to counter the enemy's type.