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Generally playing whatever you think is cool and appeals to you is a good start, yeah. Although lower length (30 hours max) doesn't hurt. I find that immersive presentation also helps keep people's attention, it's partly why AA and DR are as popular as they are.

Anyway, my best recommendations will always be Chaos;Head Noah (when the good translation is out), Mahoyo/Tsukihime Remake (when...their translations are out), and most Nitroplus games like Saya/Kikokugai/Muramasa (although it's very long, and most of these aren't on Steam).

If you want something mystery related, I would very much recommend Remember11 (Uchikoshi worked on it, who created the ZE series), Raging Loop and Root Double. I also hear Cartagra /Kara no Shoujo series is very good, though I have no experience with it.

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You can start by checking out whatever is popular
https://vndb.org/v?f=&s=33w
Then read description and check out tags and screenshots.

Your reviews for VNs are very passionate and as someone who has only played AA, DR, and the 999/VLR/ZTD games. Do you have any advice for where I could start or look for VNs?
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Nice to meet you. thank you for last game.