Games Like A Pinch of Magic

Help this girlfailure witch save her failing potion shop in this cute yuri visual novel!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Character Customization 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Magic 10.6%, Dating Sim 10.2%

Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Romance 7.9%, Female Protagonist 7.8%

After saving the life of a mysterious old woman, a young girl is gifted a magical spell book with the power to make anyone whose name she writes inside of it fall madly in love with her until the next full moon. "Love Spell" is a romantic-comedy otome game full of magic, laughs & cute penguins!

Why similar: Otome 30.1% ★, Dating Sim 13.2%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Magic 7.7%, Romance 7.6%

Enjoy a dramatic romance in this fairytale otome visual novel. Who will you decide to trust and fall in love with in this mysterious town where fairytales have become warring mafia famiglia? Explore this exciting world through a dozen routes and 20+ endings!

Why similar: Otome 24.4% ★, Dating Sim 11.5%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Visual Novel 7.6%, Magic 7%

You are Avery Grey, the newest employee at a popular cat cafe called A Cat's Paw. The coffee's good and the staff is friendly (and kinda cute!) but mysterious. One day, you find a strange book in the basement, with letters you can't quite read...

Why similar: Otome 23.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Anime 6%

Witches x Warlocks is a cute and light-hearted Halloween Raising Sim; featuring a customizable protagonist and 4 love interests of different genders!

Why similar: Otome 30% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Dating Sim 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Anime 6%

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 30.1% ★, Dating Sim 16.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Romance 8.2%, Female Protagonist 7.2%

Play as the dark elf Amber in this dating sim with optional crafting gameplay. 3 otome (Bernard, Daniel, Lair), 1 yuri (Ruby) and 2 poly (Lynn, Cosmina) romance routes.

Why similar: Otome 27.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Female Protagonist 7.2%

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 32.5% ★, Dating Sim 15.2%, Visual Novel 10%, Romance 8.4%, Multiple Endings 6.8%

The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

Why similar: Otome 41.7% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Romance 9.5%, Dating Sim 8%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

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 23.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Visual Novel 7.8%, Magic 7.3%

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 19.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Dating Sim 15.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Character Customization 8.6%

You’ve inherited your uncle’s potion shop—and a huge debt. Better get brewing! Customize your store, hire heroes to gather ingredients, befriend (or romance) fellow vendors to learn new haggling strategies, and go head-to-head with competitors in this narrative-driven, deck-building shop simulator.

Why similar: Dating Sim 34.8%, LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Romance 10.7%, Fantasy 8.8%

Play as an aspiring fashion designer with your own boutique and experience a heart pounding romance.

Why similar: Otome 41.3% ★, Visual Novel 12.6%, Character Customization 10.6%, Romance 9.5%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

Girl protag heartwarming slice of life with bittersweet twists!

Why similar: Otome 38.9% ★, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Dating Sim 8.8%, Female Protagonist 8.1%

You have two weeks to save the harvest festival! Tend your garden and collect plants for spells and rituals to help the villagers of Flora. After all, if magic isn't for solving everyday problems, what’s the point of a village witch anyway? A cozy story filled with chaos, friendship, and romance!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Character Customization 15.2%, Dating Sim 14.8%, Magic 14.6%

When your grandfather passes away and you inherit his café, it's a tall task for anyone. But with the help of 4 talented catboys, Cafe Kin'uan is ready for business in NEKOPARA - Catboys Paradise!

Why similar: Otome 44.9% ★, Dating Sim 17.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Anime 7.8%

You have been invited to attend a magical school. You can make new friends, learn spells, face exams, run for class office, and try to find a date for the May Day Ball.

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.8%, Otome 17.6% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Anime 9.4%, Female Protagonist 8.3%

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 26.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Romance 7%

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 27% ★, Dating Sim 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Character Customization 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%

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 31% ★, Dating Sim 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Character Customization 7.1%

Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.6%, Dating Sim 19.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Romance 7.2%

Live the day-to-day of a magic school student! Whimel Academy is a cozy magic school simulation game. Manage your time and balance between studying magic, part-time jobs, and befriending (or romance) classmates in this wholesome and enchanting world!

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.6%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Character Customization 12.7%, Visual Novel 10%, Magic 9.7%

Play as Marcel and determine whether or not he has the skills to become Lord Sandor's heir and whether or not he forms a romantic attachment to one of four potential love interests: an ex-gladiator turned gardener, a perfectionist butler, the local doctor, or a mischievous elven Lord.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Otome 10.6% ★, Romance 8.8%

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 21.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Romance 6.7%

Can you manage to beat your competitors to be the next top idol- and maybe even win their hearts in the process?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.1%, Visual Novel 24%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Anime 10.3%, Romance 8.1%

A silly dating sim where your flavor decides your fate. Customize your profile, flirt with six lovably unique characters, and try to survive your first date!

Why similar: Dating Sim 29.9%, Character Customization 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Romance 8.3%

"Raise" your own perfect boyfriend in this visual novel-stat raiser. Will you fall in love or will you say goodbye?

Why similar: Otome 27.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Dating Sim 13%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Character Customization 8.1%

Inherit a beloved but debt-ridden coffee shop and turn it into the city's hottest haven! Hire a lovable cast of femboys and futanari characters, master coffee and cuisine, and build deep connections through unique femboy and futa romance routes. Can you save your grandparents' legacy and find love?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37%, Dating Sim 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 12.1%, Anime 4.8%

Join Viola in this light-hearted yuri fantasy story set in the magical realm of Asaph, as she tackles her biggest challenge yet: working at a maid café.

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Anime 13.4%, Romance 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 7.2%

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 24.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.

Why similar: Otome 27.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Dating Sim 15.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Romance 6.6%

Think you can handle a little romance with creatures from Spanish folklore? ❤️‍🔥 Careful: your love life isn’t the only thing at stake at Mythic Love: Iberian Legends.

Why similar: Otome 29.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Romance 8.6%

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+ 20%, Otome 17.6% ★, Dating Sim 15.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Character Customization 11.9%

A visual novel/sim game about life, love, and working in the entertainment industry. Play as makeup artist Sian Goodin as she navigates the world of showbiz. Make friends, forge business relationships, and maybe even find romance!

Why similar: Otome 42.1% ★, Dating Sim 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Anime 9.2%, Female Protagonist 8.5%

In this yuri visual novel featuring an all-star cast, you follow one main love triangle as they navigate their budding romance and the pursuit of their goals, unlocking new, heartwarming events to view from the perspectives of each cute girl in six other precious couples as well.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Dating Sim 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Anime 10.9%, Romance 9.8%

Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.6%, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Magic 11.1%, Romance 10.8%

It's 1994 in the mountains of Northern Japan - Are you ready to fall in love? Snowkissed Romance weaves addictive stat-building, day planning, and mini-games with captivating storytelling and plenty of ’90s shoujo charm.

Why similar: Otome 32.4% ★, Dating Sim 18%, Character Customization 9%, Romance 8.9%, Multiple Endings 6.8%

Can you collect all the fragments to reach your happy ending? Or will your attempts only end in tragedy? Find out in this psychological otome game as you sort your way through the secrets & lies.

Why similar: Otome 29.5% ★, Dating Sim 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Romance 7.7%

Rose of Winter is a charming visual novel with adventure, romance, and heartbreak. Choose one of four princes to take on your adventure, and make decisions to unlock multiple endings.

Why similar: Otome 51.1% ★, Visual Novel 19.1%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Romance 8.3%, Casual 4.7%

You and several others have passed away. You have three options: either take the trials to earn your place in Heaven, live it up in Hell, or remain lost in Limbo for the rest of eternity. Repurpose is an LGBT+ positive dating sim about death, love, and finding your purpose.

Why similar: Otome 19% ★, Dating Sim 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Anime 9.3%

A visual novel about figuring out life with the help of an AI. //TODO: today is a pastel colored slice-of-life story that let's you freely choose your pronouns and romantic preferences!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.6%, Dating Sim 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Cute 6.2%

Raise your daughter while she attends a magical academy. Choose which classes she attends, jobs she does, training she undergoes, and more in a character raising sim packed full of story and over 50 endings to reach. How she grows up to be the world's cutest princess depends on you!

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.3%, Anime 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Female Protagonist 9.7%

Discover a world of magic, cute creatures and adventure in Alchemy Story, a casual farming simulation game! Grow your garden, brew potions, care for your pets and meet new friends!

Why similar: Dating Sim 26.8%, LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Magic 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Cute 9%

Wanting Wings is a cute and romantic, yuri visual novel about three girls living together and falling in love over the course of their daily lives. Your choices determine which two will ultimately pair together.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Anime 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

A comfy yuri VN about the foxgirl Miho and her quest to find the person who's most important to her. This emotional visual novel features two different heroines to choose from, and a story that will make you both laugh and cry!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Female Protagonist 7.7%

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 26.5% ★, Dating Sim 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Character Customization 8.8%

Help Philosia the Spider Witch in debt to run a magic boutique! Craft magic outfits by exploring the world and collecting mysterious magical materials. Earn money by completing missions and decorate your boutique!✨

Why similar: Magic 25.2%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Anime 15.7%, Cute 12.5%, Fantasy 10%

A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.5%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Female Protagonist 11%, Anime 6.6%

A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.

Why similar: Otome 24.8% ★, Dating Sim 17%, LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Romance 7.3%

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 30% ★, Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Anime 8.7%, Romance 7.4%

Try to find love while managing a Korean snack shop.

Why similar: Dating Sim 42%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Anime 15.2%, Cute 6.7%, Fantasy 5.9%

Winning Love by Daylight is a Visual Novel that puts you directly amongst the action as a High School student who slowly uncovers the secret that several of their classmates are actually magical girl super heroes!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.4%, Dating Sim 22.6%, Romance 11%, Magic 9.4%, Multiple Endings 6.2%

Manage your own cafe and become a donut therapist in this cozy dating/cooking sim. Cook mood-changing donuts, decorate your shop, and help customers navigate life, love, and heartbreak—one bite at a time.

Why similar: Otome 24.5% ★, Dating Sim 16.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Romance 6.9%

Everyone's heard of Mothman– the moth creature that haunts the outskirts of Point Pleasant, West Virginia– but no one's heard of it like this! In some random idyllic Midwestern town, you meet Artemis (aka Mothman) at your favorite coffee shop and begin an agonizingly slow burn romance with them.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Dating Sim 20.1%, Otome 15.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%, Romance 9.9%

Become the noble of a country on the brink of war.

Why similar: Otome 28.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 8%, Anime 6.9%

An inclusive, cozy, sci-fi cooking/dating sim about making friends, finding love, and running a diner in deep space.

Why similar: Otome 28.9% ★, Dating Sim 19.5%, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Romance 10.3%

A fantasy tea-brewing adventure. Listen to your customers' worries and brew them the tea that they didn't know they needed.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Magic 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Anime 9.9%

A light admonishment from Mom sparks the realization that these twin sisters care for each other in more than a familial sense. In this dramatic & romantic yuri Visual Novel, it's up to you to navigate the forbidden tension between the sisters so their love can flourish without growing one-sided.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Anime 10.3%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

Choose fate. Choose story. The fate of the witches is in your hands.

Why similar: Magic 19.3%, Romance 19.2%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Cute 9.3%