My Dearest Direst Disaster (2026)

Developer: Water Phoenix
Publisher: KEMCO
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Rating: 5.0 of 5, 29 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 12 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A bleak, grim visual novel where two lonely souls face a recurring world-ending calamity, alternating between quiet melancholy and mounting dread as doom inexorably repeats.

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What players say

Players consistently praise the lengthy story, which many report taking 30 to 70 hours, and the bond between the two leads. The 2026 release is a remake of a 2018 visual novel with added routes and refined art, though some find the new character art less expressive than the original. It is Japanese-only, and several reviewers hope for more language support.

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