I'm gonna be honest, I didn't do squat in terms of my plans for last month. I was sick for a good chunk of June (still am to some degree) and when I wasn't I was extremely busy. All in all, I had neither time nor energy to play things. Maybe this month? Please.
I do hope things will settle down a bit as I could really use some proper rest. Well, that and my backlog won't clean itself.
Edit: I completely forgot to mention that Project Mix, the VR visual novel I wrote about last month, was successfully funded on Kickstarter! While not all stretch goals were met we did manage to reach both handholding and Shoji Meguro so that's a win in my book.
If anyone is interested in the project it has a demo on Steam you can check out. Also the KS campaign is still open for late pledges... just sayin'. (⌐■_■)
It's kinda hard to suggest anything without knowing what you've already read. I'll go with some popular and safe choices for now.
If you don't mind long winded mystery novels with lots of slice of life moments then Higurashi and Umineko series are always a decent choice.
VA-11 HALL-A is a great low stakes story set in a cyberpunk future.
Go! Go! Nippon! has a tiny bit of romance depending on your choices but is mostly about visiting famous Japanese sightseeing spots.
I haven't played it myself but I've heard a lot of good things about Slay the Princess. It's more of a meta story with things changing each time you play.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a short but fun mystery story if you like the series. It's free too.