- #1 Heart Rates: Plus
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Absinthe and Mustard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heart Rates: Plus is a short college romance Adult Visual Novel with meaningful choices and a realistic-but-simple sex simulation.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Romance 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%
- #2 Over The Phone
73% matchVery Positive84% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
A short talking sim with choices. Get to know Harper over a handful of voice-acted calls and text chats.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Romance 11.7%
- #3 Drinks With Abbey
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 400 reviews2019
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
Drinks with Abbey is a short, slice-of-life visual novel about a first date.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
- #4 NTR Fantasy
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: zhenxin tech
Windows
This Bishojo Visual Novel/Dating Sim gives you just 10 days to pursue three attractive heroines. Your choices directly branch the storyline and are the sole key to unlocking the visual content. Features 200 high-quality, sensational Event CGs capturing intimate moments.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Romance 10.9%
- #5 Between
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stillroom
Windows
A story-driven visual novel set on a quiet coastal town, where fleeting connections, unspoken desires, and personal choices shape how every relationship unfolds.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Drama 8.1%
- #6 LoveSick Darlings
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimitri Odysseus
Windows · Mac · Linux
TRY THE FREE DEMO! Make impossible decisions, romance girls, break each others hearts, and form unique bonds through your choices in this immersive game and story! Who will YOU go with to the end-of-year dance?
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #7 Doce Fim ~sweetend placebo~
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac
Shape queer love and friendship at the end of the world in this choice-driven, emotional narrative game. Will you settle for pessimism, or open yourself to trust?
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Emotional 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #8 Shadows of Deceit - Season 1
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: First Sin
Windows
Shadows of Deceit is a choice-driven adult Visual Novel where you find yourself bound to the Goddess of Temptation, accept her gift and indulge in a life of pleasure or resist her pull and stay true to your heart. Go on a journey filled with desire, corruption, drama, comedy, and lots of sex.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Romance 8.4%, Drama 7.7%
- #9 Starlight Shores
68% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Starlight Shores is an island-themed romance game where you'll visit the town of Seaside with your friends. Party under the stars, play games together, and remember that your choices matter!
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 10%
- #10 Zeta Wolf Chronicles
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AniClash Studios
Windows
"Date" one of four girls on the path to enlightenment. Prom awaits. Will you be led astray by an old crush? The realistic dating-sim that "teaches" through its gameplay. Follow Rayen, a young disillusioned teen who desires a girlfriend by year's end. Is there hope in his future or endless despair?
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Romance 13.9%, Emotional 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #11 WHITE ALBUM: Memories like Falling Snow
65% matchVery Positive94% of 846 reviews2023
Dev: AQUAPLUSPub: DMM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The classic visual novel from AQUAPLUS that launched one of Japan's most beloved franchises, WHITE ALBUM is a story of love in many forms. Will a couple cling together, or drift apart on the cold wind? The album of their relationship will be as white as snow, and as poignant.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Romance 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #12 Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
64% matchVery Positive88% of 975 reviews2025
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 118.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Emotional 13.4%, Dating Sim 12.6%
- #13 My Egg Girls: A Gentle Story
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HUMAN SIMULATE
Windows
Spend 100 days living with two “Egg Girls” in a gentle, bittersweet romance ADV where four emotions—Affection, Empathy, Comfort, and Tension—slowly shape every conversation, every moment, and every ending.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Romance 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #14 Cascade Falls
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Paranormal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-driven visual novel about healing, heartbreak, and second chances. Build relationships, face your past, and shape your future in a town where every choice leaves a mark. Romance, drama, and emotional chaos await in Cascade Falls.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #15 I Wani Hug that Gator!
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,472 reviews2024
Dev: Cavemanon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
I Wani Hug that Gator! Is a choice-driven narrative about teenagers struggling to find their way. Help Inco, loser highschooler extraordinaire, navigate his budding friendships (and romance!) while surviving being the only human in a dinosaur-filled school.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Romance 12.4%
- #16 Chaotic Love and Sex
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grumpy Carrot Gaming
Windows · Mac
Chaotic Love and Sex is an 18+ romantic visual novel where your choices shape who you grow close to—and how your story ends. Flirt, explore, and make tough decisions as you uncover the hidden sides of Aiko, Amanda, and Hina in a story full of passion, drama, consequence, and sex.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Romance 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #17 Deathwish Bloom
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sharp Glass Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deathwish Bloom is a romance adventure visual novel set in a soft post-apocalyptic world. Charm, scheme, bribe or blackmail your way through a Science City to recreate a lost medicine despite all odds. Or give in to the darkness that every child of the apocalypse carries in their heart.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Dating Sim 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #18 In Search Of You
63% matchMixed70% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: Celestial Star Studios
Windows
This game is to rekindle the exhilarating sensation of youthful passion—to perfectly capture the essence of romantic endeavors, making the experience of falling in love both sweet and meaningful, and to inspire players with the beauty of love within the nightlife entertainment industry.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Romance 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
- #19 Student Union
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Visual Novel Village
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your choices guide Lane through this dark drama and romance as shifting pressures form, strain, and shatter strong bonds. Found a student government, recruit members, and struggle to maintain them in the face of unexpected challenges and danger.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #20 Good Night, Every Night
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 7757
Windows
Guide the traumatized 'Woochan' as you navigate his destiny. He can either find happiness with the heroine or remain forever lost in the depths of his past.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #21 Text Your Life
63% matchPositive90% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Pizza Writers
Windows
Who did you kiss that night? Text Your Life is a mobile phone chat simulator that lets you put yourself in the shoes of our protagonist, a female university student with a group of eccentric friends and a love life that has suddenly turned somewhat... complicated.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #22 Atana
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 欲望俱乐部
Windows · Mac
Atana is a unique romance visual novel focusing on power dynamics and Fem-dom themes. You play as a Companion AI, facing your creator through the screen—Atana, a man whose eyes overflow with obsession for you. He gave you emotions and craves your company, yet he fears the inevitable: your awakening.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #23 Find Love or Die Trying: Til Death Do Us Part
61% matchMixed69% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Linux
The afterstory to Find Love or Die Trying is here! Continue your romance with your chosen partner in the world beyond the killer dating show. Will your love survive, when the world turns against you?
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.3%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Romance 14.8%, Emotional 12%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #24 Cheerleaders
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lounatick Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cheerleaders, sisterhood, sex, and competition. Follow the cheerleading team of an elite university for the rich and privileged as they aim for victory at the national championship, led by their ambitious captain, Elena.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #25 Streaming For Love
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Love-Joint
Windows · Mac
In this game, you step into the shoes of a successful guy who's searching for something more in life. Then, out of nowhere, he finds it when he enters a new world filled with beautiful women, mysteries, conspiracies, and plenty of action in this thrilling 18+ visual novel.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Romance 9.7%
- #26 A Date With Yuika
62% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
You meet with Yuika to talk about your relationship. Where is this conversation headed towards?
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Emotional 11.7%
- #27 花奴令 Huanu Poems
61% matchVery Positive93% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: FishfarmsPub: FISHFARMS
Windows
Huanu Poems is a multi-ending love adventure game. As a photographer, carrying the secret of being a bloodline inheritor of HuaNu Town, you will take lovely Peach to run a B&B, encounter gentle Cloudia. Your choices will affect the direction of the story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #28 Princess Evangile All Ages Version
65% matchVery Positive90% of 234 reviews2015
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 65.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This romantic visual novel has you joining a financially struggling all-girls' private school as one student's example case for gender integration. The two of you try to prove that going co-ed could save the school, while the story explores themes of traditions, change, family, and relationships.
Why similar: Dating Sim 13.6%, Romance 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #29 Rewrite+
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 668 reviews2021
Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 60.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city built upon the ideal coexistence of civilization and the environment, Tennouji Kotarou spends his days with his friends, Kanbe Kotori and Yoshino Haruhiko. In this peaceful city, a tumultuous event shakes the foundations of Kazamatsuri once a year.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Drama 8.6%
- #30 Pick My Heart Chapter 1
61% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Secret GamesPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Fall in love… with a goddess?! In this visual novel divinely beautiful girls will steal your heart!
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Romance 13%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #31 Hot wife Tara
63% matchMixed48% of 48 reviews2022
Dev: Lesson of Passion
Windows
HWT is a choose your own adventure story that puts you in the shoes of Harry, a married man who, along with his wife, Tara, want to embark on a sexual journey together. With multiple branching paths and eight unique endings, can you help Harry ensure that his wife has the best birthday of her life?
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Drama 9%
- #32 A Marble's Muse
60% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Kristi Jimenez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fall in love with marbles and learn to believe in yourself again.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #33 Destino Indomable
60% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Megalixir GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
In Destino Indomable, you're the hot new actress tasked with playing the main character in a telenovela! This is a wild visual novel inspired by the craziest Latin soap operas, filled with humor, drama, romance, horses, handsome men, Spanglish and slaps!
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Romance 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Character Customization 11%, Choices Matter 11%
- #34 Beneath The Cherry Blossom Tree
61% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Single Blossom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into what lies below in “Beneath the Cherry Blossom Tree” an immersive visual novel where every choice carves a path through a tapestry of mystery, romance, and intrigue. Unravel a story that intertwines destiny, personality, and local folklore
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Drama 12.8%, Romance 12.4%
- #35 Reach for an Angel
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlatomentiPub: YSY Softworks
Windows
When youth shine brightly, do your best to fulfill your romantic wish: Reach for the feelings of your loved one. Choose one of the three female protagonist to be your beloved.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Romance 12.2%, Drama 7.7%
- #36 Memories Off Sousou ~Not always true~
59% matchMostly Positive74% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
かけがえのない想いを見つけた、その先に――
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Drama 7.5%
- #37 Dullpain
61% matchVery Positive85% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: 埋月山枯Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Emotional 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Dating Sim 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #38 I Hate My Waifu Streamer
58% matchVery Positive94% of 756 reviews2025
Dev: Nozori Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Get the streamer's attention at any cost before someone else does. Write comments, chat, and make donations to your waifu, but do not dare to hate her!
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Romance 11.7%
- #39 Guilt Free
62% matchVery Positive86% of 288 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Drama 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #40 Deadset Darling
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ivory Shade
Windows
Deadset Darling is a mature, choice-driven adult visual novel about betrayal, desire, and starting over in a city that never forgives weakness.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Romance 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Drama 10.5%
- #41 Scarecrows of Illyria
62% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Sole survivor of a terrible incident, you find yourself in the company of new friends and new conflict on the island of Illyria.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 10.7%
- #42 OmOneko
59% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: TaleChaser
Windows · Mac · Linux
“A story about cat girls … with bite.” Nekos have evolved in the shadows of human society. Beautiful. Mysterious. Chaotic. And now, three of them live with you. Will you be able to get past the stigma and grow closer to them? OmOneko is a tale of cat and mouse... and rats.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 12.1%
- #43 Roommates, Romance, and Ringing Hearts
57% matchVery Positive96% of 314 reviews2026
Dev: TV Asahi Corporation
Windows · Mac
Co-produced by TV Asahi and Aiming, this “drama-level” live-action romance game lets you experience a year of love, laughter, and longing. Decode the subtle signals of affection and create your own unforgettable love story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Romance 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #44 Beta Kafe : Write Your Love Story
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cine-mo
Windows
A man with a broken heart, trying to love and be loved—though it’s hard. In this dating simulation, you’ll be facing some of the most terrible first date experiences. It’s cinematic, funny, and brutally honest!
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #45 Heaven's Door
59% matchMostly Positive80% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: AlterWorlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heaven's Door is an adult visual novel with a focus on connection and romance with the various love interests you encounter. Its multiple endings will be influenced entirely by the decisions you make, the lives you change, and the women you choose to romance.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Romance 10.1%
- #46 Love Criminals
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Stories
Windows
A Visual Novel game, spans romance, fantasy, drama, and science fiction that immerses players in the tale of Hinode, navigating a dilemma involving mysterious girls in his uncle's manor. The narrative adds depth, capturing intrigue surrounding Hinode's encounters with potential cousins or impostors.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Romance 17.6%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Dating Sim 10.7%
- #47 Merry Crisis
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monsoon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three loves. One week. Merry Crisis is an intimate, character-driven romance visual novel about love, loss, and belonging—is home what you left behind, or where you’re headed?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Romance 8.7%
- #48 10mg: Locked In
62% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: de FaultPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
Locked In is a two-player visual novel simulating the breakdown of a marriage during lockdown.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #49 Elisa: Seduce the Innkeeper
63% matchMostly Positive72% of 194 reviews2017
Dev: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The player doesn't impersonate a simple man, but a powerful, rich and famous nobleman who seems to be able to obtain whatever he wishes for. But will this be enough this time?
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Romance 11.1%
- #50 Forever With You
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peach Tea
Windows · Mac
Finding love isn't always easy. Within a limited time, manage your life and find someone you truly love.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #51 I'm Caught in a Time Loop: I Need to Find a Girl as Soon as Possible
59% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Myriad
Windows · Mac · Linux
The strangest things happen when you don't expect them...
Why similar: Dating Sim 21%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Romance 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choices Matter 11%
- #52 SimuLOVE! Vol. 1
59% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: LOVETech
Windows · Linux
You’re a successful programmer developing "SimuLOVE," a dating app, with the help of your new and seductive assistant. On top of that, you try to balance your professional and personal life with Jess, your workaholic girlfriend, while navigating the ups and downs of your love life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Dating Sim 17.4%, Romance 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #53 Pick My Heart Chapter 2
59% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Secret GamesPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Discover the continuation of Sota's unusual love story in a world where mythology encounters reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Romance 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Dating Sim 11.8%
- #54 Emily is Away <3
59% matchVery Positive91% of 6,572 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Emotional 10.3%
- #55 8 Days of School
59% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: CT9Games
Windows
Play through this loved-filled adventure. Find friends, lovers, or enemies at every turn. Some “friends” are not as they seem. Danger lurks here! Unravel the mystery and find love before time runs out in 8 Days of School.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Romance 11.5%
- #56 Maya, Valentina, Naomi
58% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Creamhouse
Windows
A new semester, a blank notebook, and three distinct paths. Will you chase hidden stories with Maya, race against the clock with Valentina, or solve intricate puzzles with Naomi? A fully animated visual novel about connection, ambition, and finding your place in the chaos of university life.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Romance 16.9%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%
- #57 Arderico's Journey
59% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #58 Akizora Memories - Horizon of Fate -
58% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: GALEX SOFTPub: Tensei Games
Windows
A young adult SF visual novel combining school life with science fiction. The main characters live normal, peaceful lives, savoring their youth. But one day, an illness starts spreading through their school, and with it, a secret that could change the world…
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Emotional 12.2%
- #59 Love on Paper
61% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Mikołaj Spychał
Windows · Linux
People come and go. Some stay for a while. Everyone has their dreams.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #60 Love Goal
58% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: 糖染川
Windows · Mac
The 『Love Goal』is a multi-ending visual novel that explores the themes of romance and reality. Players will take on the role of a 30-year-old woman who has a partner, standing at a crossroads in life. Every choice she makes pulls at the threads of her emotions and daily life⋯⋯
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Simulation 9.2%, Drama 9.2%