Games Like A Date with Death 2: REMNANTS

Create your protagonist and inherit a house in Caelmere, a coastal village where hot romance, mystery, and bad decisions come bundled together. Investigate your uncle’s death, flirt with 15 love interests, uncover hidden mermaids, and choose whether the sea or forest turns you into one of them.

Why similar: Otome 16.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Romance 9.7%, Dating Sim 9.5%, Visual Novel 7.7%

Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

Why similar: Otome 20.9% ★, Dating Sim 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Romance 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.2%

A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?

Why similar: Otome 19.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 14%, Dating Sim 10.7%, Romance 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.2%

Upon finding a mysterious social media account, Alex sets out to find the origins of the photos and meets three urban explorers, each of them unearthing something new and unfamiliar in her heart.

Why similar: Otome 26.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Romance 11.2%, Dating Sim 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.1%

A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!

Why similar: Otome 21.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Dating Sim 11%, Supernatural 9%, Visual Novel 8.2%

Camp Palut is an otome-style mystery that can be completed in 2-4 hours. Play as Jess, a high school senior attending summer camp for the first time. Luckily there are cuties ready to get to know you! Choose between the four unique love interests or play them all to piece together the whole story.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16%, Otome 15.2% ★, Supernatural 13.2%, Romance 11.6%, Dating Sim 9.7%

Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!

Why similar: Otome 23.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Dating Sim 11%, Character Customization 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.2%

A cozy, heartwarming visual novel in which you take a familiar face (boy or girl) on a romantic spring festival date. Customize your player character (femme or masc) and play several low-stakes mini games!

Why similar: Otome 25.6% ★, Romance 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Dating Sim 9.8%

An otome with strong, independent protagonist and hints of spicy scenes! The healer Thalia has developed magical powers and the gods of her world think she might be a new goddess they can marry. Poor Thalia just wants to do her work.

Why similar: Otome 30.6% ★, Romance 12.3%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Choices Matter 6.5%

An anime, choice-driven expedition visual novel where you bond and interact with fellow coworkers and three romance-able characters to unlock group chats & romantic scenarios in the story! Choose daily actions to experience branching routes based on your answer choices and relationships (GxB or GxG)

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Otome 13.4% ★, Dating Sim 10.4%, Romance 9.2%, Visual Novel 7.8%

An otome-fantasy visual novel. Play as Alto, a fearless knight, and enter a world of magic and myths with secrets waiting for you to unveil.

Why similar: Otome 29.2% ★, Romance 11.8%, Dating Sim 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%

Fling with a Tiefling is a short fantasy romance visual novel that follows you, an adventurer whose journey is about to come to an end. With tonight potentially being the last night with your treasured Tiefling companion Karrus, how will you spend it with him?

Why similar: Otome 25% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Romance 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Character Customization 8.7%

A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Otome 16.5% ★, Romance 13.9%, Character Customization 12.2%, Dating Sim 11.1%

Discover secrets long forgotten, and nurture relationships waiting to bloom. In a game inspired by the lore of Dragon and Fae, make choices that can shape your story, relationships, and even personality. Will you be brave, kind, wise, charismatic? Only you know the answer to your fate.

Why similar: Otome 24.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Romance 10.1%, Dating Sim 9.6%, Character Customization 7.6%

An otome horror visual novel set in a mysterious sharehouse filled with strange rules. Forge bonds with your fellow housemates as you unravel the secrets hidden within the house, where breaking the rules may mean losing more than your life.

Why similar: Otome 20.1% ★, Dating Sim 11.6%, Romance 11.3%, Supernatural 10.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%

A Library that's falling apart, an Empire on the brink of war, and a dangerous magical mystery you've been tasked to solve.

Why similar: Otome 25.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Dating Sim 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Romance 9.2%

In Ashes is a medieval fantasy adventure where you must balance heroism and survival with rest, burn out, and trust. In this choice-driven visual novel, you must build a hero who can overcome the weight of their legacy. When faced with a choice, what kind of hero will you be?

Why similar: Otome 24% ★, Romance 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.8%, LGBTQ+ 8.1%, Dating Sim 7.4%

After successfully leading her friends through a one-shot TTRPG campaign, part-time barista and full-time gamer Flora now faces a new challenge… How can she possibly muster up the courage to tell her DM that she likes him?!

Why similar: Otome 25.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Life Sim 8.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Romance 7.9%

Madeleine Valois is a prince's companion. It is her responsibility to keep him out of trouble - not to let him walk blindly into a political minefield, not to let him get arrested for a crime he didn't commit, and definitely not to let him fall in love with her...

Why similar: Otome 29.3% ★, Visual Novel 11.7%, LGBTQ+ 11.4%, Romance 9.2%, Female Protagonist 7.5%

Take the throne and save your Kingdom by reviving ancient magic that's been lost to your family for generations.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Otome 16% ★, Romance 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Character Customization 10.9%

You might’ve accidentally found out that your scary roommate, your childhood best friend, and your project partner are obsessed with you and are willing to kill for you. A romance visual novel filled with yanderes with looks to die for.

Why similar: Otome 21% ★, Dating Sim 14.1%, Romance 13.3%, Character Customization 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%

Spirited Heart is a fantasy life simulation game. Create your fantasy alter ego choosing between an apparently normal human, a cute elf and a wicked demoness. Run your life in a virtual fantasy world: choose a job from the 20 different ones available, raise your stats, and maybe even find romance!

Why similar: Otome 22.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Dating Sim 9.3%, Romance 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.2%

You're dead. But your love life is just beginning! Reborn in the Spirit Realm, take over a crumbling hot spring inn and partner with a brooding masked god who hides more than his face. Explore secrets, rebuild the inn, and flirt through simmering tension in this point-and-click romance visual novel.

Why similar: Otome 23.2% ★, Dating Sim 12.4%, Romance 12.4%, Supernatural 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%

An otome visual novel about a librarian and a pop star without a head.

Why similar: Otome 29.1% ★, Supernatural 13.6%, Romance 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Choices Matter 6.4%

Once upon a time, a girl, her pet dog, and three companions made a journey to meet a great wizard who could grant their wishes. But what if the girl hadn’t believed that “there’s no place like home”? Explore a fairytale world through a dozen routes and 20+ endings!

Why similar: Otome 25.2% ★, Romance 10.4%, LGBTQ+ 9.9%, Dating Sim 9.1%, Visual Novel 7.7%

Play as twins Hazel and Jace in this wholesome romcom visual novel. After a silly bet is made, the protagonists must find a boyfriend or girlfriend before their twin beats them to it!

Why similar: Otome 24.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Romance 13.2%, Dating Sim 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%

Nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Otome 32.3% ★, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Dating Sim 9.3%, Mystery 6.8%

An immersive MMORPG-simulation chatroom based romance / otome visual novel. You are the leader of a raiding guild in the world's hottest MMORPG, Emberfate. Will you lead your guild to success in the newest raid — and perhaps find love along the way among your guildmates?

Why similar: Otome 28.6% ★, Dating Sim 11%, LGBTQ+ 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%

You were meant to exorcise the ghost, not flirt with him! Choose your soulmate from ghost enthusiasts – dead or alive – and unravel the conspiracy lurking beneath the haunting in this exorcist dating sim.

Why similar: Otome 22.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 12%, Romance 10.7%, Supernatural 10.6%, Dating Sim 10.2%

Find love, solve a murder, and prevent more death in this murder-mystery horror otome | visual novel.

Why similar: Otome 25.9% ★, Romance 10.2%, Dating Sim 9%, Character Customization 8.6%, Investigation 7.8%

1 broken down car, 2 weeks in a hidden seaside town, and 7 men waiting to sweep you off your feet. Will you follow the threads of destiny in Brine Bay?

Why similar: Otome 20.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Romance 10.2%, Dating Sim 9.1%, Character Customization 8.4%

In this sequel to the award-winning roleplay visual novel, Arcadia Fallen, you play as a senior student at the Seven Winds Academy. Choose from three different magical disciplines, and let your choices shape the personality of your character as you navigate school life during a time of great change.

Why similar: Otome 23.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Dating Sim 9.9%, Romance 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%

Face the nightmares of your childhood and unveil the truth behind your summoning to the realm of Limbo. Fight your way back home with the help of seven deities sworn to be your protectors. Will love be the key to your freedom, or the first chapter of your downfall?

Why similar: Otome 29% ★, LGBTQ+ 15%, Romance 12.2%, Dating Sim 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%

The remote town of Okunezato is shaped like a crescent moon and shrouded in dark myths and legends. Take on the role of a brave young woman journeying into the unknown to uncover dangerous truths and locate her missing brother with her childhood friend.

Why similar: Otome 33.6% ★, Romance 11.5%, Dating Sim 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Female Protagonist 6.7%

Amy is desperate! Her boyfriend Aaron doesn't remember her anymore after a car accident! Will you be able to make him remember again? Or perhaps it's time to move on. Maybe Amy will fall in love with someone else? It's up to you to decide. Play this life simulation game with dating sim elements and shape Amy's destiny.

Why similar: Otome 26.3% ★, Dating Sim 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Romance 10%, Life Sim 8.5%

Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.

Why similar: Otome 24.4% ★, Dating Sim 10.2%, LGBTQ+ 10%, Romance 9.6%, Character Customization 9.6%

College Craze is a female gaze adult dating and life simulation game. Find endless sexy possibilities for your own college experience at Sugardale U with your custom female MC, the branching story structure, and +25 love interests. No fade-to-black scenes here, so enroll today!

Why similar: Otome 23.8% ★, Dating Sim 11.4%, Romance 11.3%, Life Sim 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%

An otome game and romance visual novel. Step into the shoes of the necromancer, Raenelle. Meet a colorful cast of characters, fail to summon the spirits of the dead, unravel mysteries, and maybe — just maybe — fall in love.

Why similar: Otome 27.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Dating Sim 9.9%, Romance 8.5%, Visual Novel 8.3%

Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?

Why similar: Otome 18.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Romance 11%, Dating Sim 10.9%, Character Customization 8.7%

Join Max or Anne in Latin House for their first college year! They'll juggle classes, jobs, and social life with four dorm mates, potentially sparking some extracurricular fun. As Anne you can romance Max, Isabella, Dominic and Rakesh. As Max, romance Anne, Isabella, Sally and Rakesh.

Why similar: Otome 18.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Dating Sim 11.7%, Romance 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.5%

The fairy tale is over. The Hero won. But the story is just beginning. Explore the web of intrigue in this mystery/fantasy romance visual novel featuring hundreds of animated illustrations.

Why similar: Otome 31.4% ★, Romance 12.3%, Dating Sim 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Anime 6.2%

A visual novel about a girl who wishes to escape her fate and those who follow closely behind her. Features both GxB and GxG routes.

Why similar: Otome 35.2% ★, Romance 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 9.6%, Visual Novel 6.4%, Dating Sim 6.2%

A horror-romance visual novel where your choices affect everything — and everyone. Keep your stalker in check and stay ahead of a killer who’s getting closer. Manipulate, protect, or dispose of your friends. Who can you trust when obsession and death are always watching?

Why similar: Otome 29.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 10.3%, Romance 10.2%, Dating Sim 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%

A fantasy-themed otome visual novel with stat-building and mini-games.

Why similar: Otome 29.7% ★, Dating Sim 10.8%, Romance 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Character Customization 8.8%

The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.

Why similar: Otome 28.6% ★, Romance 12.1%, Dating Sim 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%

You're leading an ordinary life in sunny California when suddenly you get kidnapped by LA's most wanted gang! Thrown into the extravagant life of these stylish but dangerous gangsters, you must choose one of them to watch over you.... but who can you trust?

Why similar: Otome 23.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Dating Sim 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%

Spell Candle is your grief coping mechanism in a 2D romance visual novel. Take on the role of a foreign correspondent turned investigator of magical crimes to uncover the culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of a sleeping God.

Why similar: Otome 27.6% ★, Romance 11.6%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.3%, LGBTQ+ 8.2%

In a heartbeat, the ordinary becomes legendary. Transported to a magical world and accused of being the Evil Witch Queen, you must choose your protector from 7 heroes. A fantasy romance Visual Novel featuring complete Main Stories through Season 5.

Why similar: Otome 22.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%

New responsibilities, budding romance! Astra Vale has been asked to take charge in making improvements to Café Bloom. Problem is, she can't quite decide who to ask for help. Her ice-cold coworker, the charming local artist, her best friend, or the mysterious new regular~

Why similar: Otome 29.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Romance 11.8%, Dating Sim 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%

Intrigue, betrayal, deaths! An Otome / BxB survival Raising Simulation in a high-fantasy royal court setting with RPG elements.

Why similar: Otome 29.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Dating Sim 10.7%, Romance 10%, Visual Novel 9.5%

Infinite Stars is a visual novel filled with romance, mystery & roleplaying elements where you choose how the adventure unfolds. Establish your character & personality through the hundreds of choices presented in this interactive fiction inspired by stories like Dune, The Expanse & Mass Effect.

Why similar: Otome 24.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Dating Sim 9.3%, Cyberpunk 8.8%, Romance 8.7%

You've been invited to a Halloween party! Yay! Music! Food! Drinks! Vampires! Wait. VAMPIRES!? Velvet Bite: Softly, With Teeth is a Romantic Visual Novel featuring 6 romanceable vampires.

Why similar: Otome 28.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 17%, Dating Sim 14.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Female Protagonist 6.5%

Excited to join her first choice school, Nicole discovers a disturbing series of disappearances on campus upon moving into the university dorms. Three girls have vanished, and she might be next, deviating from her ideal college experience.

Why similar: Otome 28.4% ★, Dating Sim 10.4%, Investigation 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Romance 7.5%

A trilogy of dark, horror romance visual novels about a girl who tries to break up with her (obsessive) boyfriend who really doesn't want to break up. He's hiding secrets, but you've got a few of your own. Unravel your shared pasts and try to make it out of this relationship (alive).

Why similar: Otome 31.4% ★, Romance 12.4%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Supernatural 7.4%

A delightful, delicious, devilish erotic visual novel.

Why similar: Otome 38.6% ★, Romance 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Dating Sim 6.5%, Multiple Endings 5.7%

My Love for You is Evermore is an interactive office-romance visual novel. Customize your character, explore branching dialogue choices, and experience voice calls from your suitors as you pursue multiple endings in a star-studded love story.

Why similar: Otome 36.8% ★, Romance 12.8%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Visual Novel 8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.4%

Romance supernatural bachelors and investigate humanity’s dark wishes!

Why similar: Otome 25.3% ★, Supernatural 10.7%, Dating Sim 10.4%, Romance 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.6%

The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

Why similar: Otome 40.8% ★, Romance 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Female Protagonist 7%, Dating Sim 6%

Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?

Why similar: Otome 25.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Romance 10.5%, Dating Sim 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.2%

A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.

Why similar: Otome 27.3% ★, Romance 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Dating Sim 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%