片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish (2025)

Developer: 斜塔ソンブレロ
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Rating: 5.0 of 5, 181 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 2.2 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A brief, introspective visual novel where you quietly follow a high schooler's emotional journey through conversations and static art.

visual novelemotionalreflectivehand-drawnatmosphericcasualtext-basedsingleplayer

What players say

Players describe this as a short, sweet visual novel about a school election where the theme is 'reverse trend', deliberately going against the grain. It has no choices, no voice acting, but lots of CG art and a built-in mini-game. The ending is abrupt but leaves a lingering impression, like a French film.

Screenshots

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