- #1 The Sun Shines Over Us
97% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Eternal DreamPub: Soft Source Pte. Ltd.
Windows
An award-winning visual novel that dives into the lives and minds of high school students. While focusing on the stories of victims of bullying, The Sun Shines Over Us also explores the social, mental and emotional issues facing modern teenagers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Female Protagonist 20.5%, Drama 16.4%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #2 Poisoned Path
96% match3 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Inspiration Overload Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Poisoned Path is a deep visual novel set in a mysterious atmosphere, where your choices determine the story's fate. Uncover dark secrets and chart your own course.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.3%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Drama 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
- #3 Everglow
96% matchVery Positive93% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: 7CoreLoops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the story of Glow, a young and naive furry heroine caught between two empires' interplanetary ambitions, forged in tragedy and conspiracy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Story Rich 13.7%
- #4 Wish You All The Best
95% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: happiness临时制作组Pub: 灵虚之幽
Windows
On a winter afternoon, she sees that familiar face again. But what does it matter? He was never hers to keep...
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Drama 25%, Hand-drawn 24.7%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Casual 8.9%
- #5 Sweet Girl Gurumelo
94% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Hamokalt
Windows
Amanita is feeling down lately. She lost her best friend and she can't do anything about it. Could you listen to her story, and maybe help her out?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Drama 24.2%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
- #6 ストレイ・メモリア
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: ルピナスパレット
Windows
A contemporary juvenile mystery about young boys and girls who grow up confused and troubled, and adults who harbor secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Multiple Endings 20.6%, Mystery 19.7%, Story Rich 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.3%
- #7 谁偷了我的女朋友
93% matchVery Positive95% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: 86岁按时吃饭
Windows
----------------------快跑!!!
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Hand-drawn 33.1%, Mystery 20.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #8 原灵·深海遗梦 Medusa the Origin ~ Lost Dream of the Deep
92% matchVery Positive95% of 116 reviews2022
Dev: 原灵·深海遗梦制作组
Windows
The story begins in Zhijiang in June 2022.The idol group A-SOUL. This work has designed more than 20 different scenes and 10 special events with CG, and created scripts with more than 80000 Chinese characters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Drama 23.5%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
- #9 Flowers -Le volume sur printemps-
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,867 reviews2016
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 131.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Suoh Shirahane, a shy girl with a mysterious past, will begin her first year of high school at Saint Angraecum Academy, where she hopes to find a new beginning. She will navigate friendships and mysteries at her new school, and discovers that love can come in many forms.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Drama 16.7%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #10 Whispers of Gold
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Hand-drawn 20%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Mystery 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%
- #11 Ending the Happy Route
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Water Phoenix
Windows
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Drama 16.1%, Mystery 14.5%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.3%
- #12 屌丝变美女:夺命轮回
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 豆包工作室
Windows
外卖骑手刘诞过着标准的社畜生活,每天早出晚归努力工作,偶尔与好友撸个串儿、开个黑、刷刷小视频就是他的全部日常。然而,一天夜里刚刚送完单准备收工,突然被一辆电动车撞倒……白开水一般平淡的生活彷佛被倒入滚烫的油锅,奇怪的事情就此展开……
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Drama 16.4%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Mystery 13%, Hand-drawn 12.5%
- #13 Yakuza Cats
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bivium GamesPub: Bivium Games
Windows
Yakuza Cats is a graphic adventure set in a 100% feline Tokyo. This original world mixes Ukiyo-e art with Gen Z aesthetics. It is a coming of age story that puts the player through different ethical choices while tackling themes such as identity and prejudice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Hand-drawn 25%, Drama 19.4%, Mystery 9.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #14 JAS: Job App Sux!
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yoruneko Studio
Windows · Mac
JAS: Job App Sux! Is a coming-of-RAGE story about Rose, an aspiring art professional fighting to pave her path in the industry.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Hand-drawn 25.2%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #15 Hello Lady! - Complete Edition
87% matchVery Positive86% of 419 reviews2022
Dev: AKATSUKI-WORKSPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
It's the Dawn of a New Age- The 21st century has brought about its own slew of problems for society at large. Asa result, the most promising youths from around the world have been gathered and enrolled in Amakawa Noble Academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Drama 24.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Story Rich 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #16 The Far Rings: A Space Opera Visual Novella
86% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: TFR Team - Heiden, aMira, Debbie, and morePub: The Far Rings Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Doctor Athena, a passionate young woman with mixed alien heritage—and the sole survivor of refugee camp ITOH. Three days remain on the trip 'home'—with only the ship's unsettlingly polite Captain Odysseus and the cryptic alien war criminal Chiron for company. But is everything really as it seems?
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.4%, Drama 27%, Mystery 14.4%, Story Rich 13%, Casual 7.5%
- #17 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Hand-drawn 18.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
- #18 Jessica's Choices - Forced [Episode 1]
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoAdventures
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your story continues right where Origins left off. Whether Jessica finds herself wandering the streets alone, caught in George’s web of deceit, or trapped in the unsettling confines of Margaret Thatuals under Professor Trounch’s watchful gaze and the orderlies, every choice matters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Multiple Endings 17%, Drama 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%
- #19 Dreamy Golden Snow
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 可食用蓝墨水
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dreamy Golden Snow is a fantasy mystery-themed visual novel that tells a story among high school girls. The story appears in an ordinary high school. After the incident, the protagonist is also affected, and players will guide her through numerous choices to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Drama 19.1%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #20 Guilt Trip
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made With Squares
Windows
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Mystery 14.5%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #21 Murder in Crayontopia
83% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Purple Basil Games
Windows · Linux
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Drama 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Mystery 12.5%
- #22 Memories Off
82% matchVery Positive92% of 245 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 「メモリーズオフ」シリーズ1作目 1999年に登場した恋愛アドベンチャーゲーム「メモリーズオフ」をフルHD移植。
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Drama 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #23 Aurans
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Pixelsplosion Studios
Windows
Aurans is a kinetic visual novel about coming of age, learning to believe in yourself, and finding out what really matters to you. Everything is fully hand drawn, and is the first visual novel project of Pixelsplosion Studios.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Drama 16.6%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Story Rich 12%
- #24 After the Stream Went Dark
81% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Joe Kerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the world of Nyx, a VTuber whose online persona begins to blur with something far more unsettling. After the Stream Went Dark is a short psychological horror visual novel exploring identity, self-perception, and the fragile boundary between performance and reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Hand-drawn 21.9%, Drama 20.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #25 小学生はませている。
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: NOLAS project
Windows
いじめの犯人探しに抜擢された主人公。 彼が描く推理、その結末は必ずしも正しいとは限らない。 あなたが選んだ結末次第で、 誰かを苦しめるのかもしれない……
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Drama 20.8%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Mystery 11.4%
- #26 Remembering Emily - Mystery visual novel
79% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Tortita Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive Thomas’s memories in this mystery-filled visual novel. What really happened to Emily? Make choices, explore different versions of events, and uncover two complementary endings that reveal the full truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Drama 21.8%, Mystery 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
- #27 POPULARITY CONTEST
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 17.6%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #28 请在正确答案处咬下
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 别的工作室 Autre Studio
Windows · Mac
A visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Mostly realistic, with a werewolf twist. Your choices determine the heroine's fate—caught between envy and longing, will she claim her place in the system, or burn it all down for a dream no one values?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Hand-drawn 26.3%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Story Rich 9%
- #29 Memories Off Sorekara
78% matchVery Positive93% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 浜咲学園に通う高校3年生「鷺沢一蹴」 彼には同学年の彼女、「陵いのり」がいた。 何もかも順調だった。 しかし、それは唐突に訪れる……。 卒業も間近に控えた雨の日のバレンタインデー……。 いのりからデートに誘われた一蹴は、いのりから告白された想い出の場所に連れて行く。 そこで渡されるチョコレートと一緒に渡されたのは…… いのりからの一方的な別れ話。 果たして別れの訳は……一蹴といのりの関係は……!?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Drama 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #30 Return to Ash
77% matchVery Positive98% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Hand-drawn 21%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #31 Omoide Ni Kawaru Kimi Memories Off
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. なんとなく大学生になった主人公、「加賀正午」。 それなりに一人暮らしの大学生活を楽しんでいる一方で、彼は漠然とした憂鬱さを感じていた。 その原因は数年前、理由も告げず突然消えた恋人、「黒須カナタ」だった。 カナタとの唐突な別れは彼の心に大きな傷をつけていたのだ……。 それから数年後── 偶然にもカフェで再会するカナタと正午。 失ったと思っていたカナタとの再会で彼の心は乱れてしまう。
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Drama 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #32 Change the World
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Multiple Endings 20.9%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Story Rich 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #33 Melancholic Night
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Witches Hat
Windows
A visual novel about returning home. That is, trying to get home. After all, your home is no longer there. You could say that it is actually about drinking in a bar and talking to strange people.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Hand-drawn 19.1%, Drama 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #34 Memories Off6 T-wave
74% matchVery Positive97% of 161 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 神奈川県澄空市────。 秋は深まり、枯葉が道を彩っている。 「塚本志雄」は、幼なじみの「遠峯りりす」と歩く通学路でしみじみと思い起こしていた。 後から付いてくる感じだった幼い頃のりりす。 しかし、数年の間を経て再会したりりすは随分と我侭になっていた。 そして、志雄はいつしか下僕のような扱いに……。 その日、同級生の「箱崎智紗」をりりすに紹介される。 地味だった智紗は、大胆にイメージチェンジをしていた。
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Drama 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #35 夜の名前
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ヨアケラボ
Windows
We were completely different, but back then we were both obsessed with the same thing in the same place... “The Name of the Night” is a text-based adventure game that explores the arcade music game culture of 2000 through the story of two girls' delicate emotions.
Why similar: Drama 27.2%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Hand-drawn 26.4%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #36 Dark Reflections - Shiori no Kotoha
76% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
A series of murders and bizarre incidents occur in a private library that has become inescapable. Eventually, the food runs out and the library becomes filled with madness... This work is a visual novel of the survival suspense genre, set in a private library.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%
- #37 Memories Off Yubikiri No Kioku
74% matchVery Positive93% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 今年もここ、神奈川県藤川市にある藤林高等学校にも春が訪れた。 教室の窓から差し込む暖かい日差しにまどろみながら「芹澤 直樹」はいつも願う。 「ちなつは、なおくんの嫁なのです!」 そんなことを恥ずかしげもなく言える幼なじみの「天川 ちなつ」や学校の仲間たちと、ずっと楽しく過ごせればいいのに──。 しかし、その願いは唐突に打ち砕かれる。 突如として現れた謎の少女「南雲 霞」 そして始まった霞と秘密の同棲生活。
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Drama 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #38 十三月のふたり姫/The 13th month
75% matchMostly Negative33% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Kobayashimaru LLC
Windows
The famous fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty” is completely reimagined and redesigned as Visual Novel… With a demonic imagination and originality.
Why similar: Drama 29.5%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Story Rich 14.8%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7%
- #39 Memories Off #5 Togireta Film
73% matchVery Positive89% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 千羽谷大学の2年生「河合春人」は、映画作りという夢を目指して、小さな映画サークルに所属している。 だが春人は、1年前に親友「日名雄介」の死をきっかけに、その夢をあきらめかけていた。 そんな春人の前に突如現れた謎の女「仙堂麻尋」 彼女の登場で、「日名あすか」をはじめとする仲間たちとの間に、微妙な変化が訪れる……。 立ち止まったままの春人の胸にかけがえのない想いが宿るとき、途切れたフィルムは静かに回り出す。
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Drama 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #40 The Traded Groom
72% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: maneki-mushiPub: Ya & Que Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A short adult otome about an arranged marriage and the many forms your new relationship can take.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Multiple Endings 18.7%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #41 Flowers -Le volume sur ete-
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,300 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 178.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Summer has arrived early to Saint Angraecum Academy, and with it comes change. Follow the story of Erika in the second game in the Flowers series.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Mystery 14%, Multiple Endings 14%
- #42 Myriad Hotel
73% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Artchokers
Windows · Mac · Linux
A silly hotel-management visual novel. Impress clients, earn money, and resolve issues for your staff to keep the hotel from going under.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.5%, Hand-drawn 25.8%, Drama 16.2%, Story Rich 15.1%, Casual 7.5%
- #43 Heart of a Bird in a Cage
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SnowyYANGPub: 逐夏
Windows
warmth, bitterness, longing, compromise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Hand-drawn 29%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Story Rich 15%, Casual 3.8%
- #44 Flowers -Le volume sur hiver-
71% matchVery Positive81% of 725 reviews2022
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Suoh finally uncovers the the truth behind Saint Angraecum Academy in this emotional conclusion to the Flowers visual novel series.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Drama 18.4%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Mystery 9.3%
- #45 選べ!メロス!~選択肢をミスるとセリヌンティウスが処刑~
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dotoe
Windows
Comical visual novel: Run as Melos to save your friend from execution! Solve mysteries, reminisce, and conquer dance, puzzle, and rock-paper-scissors mini-games with smart choices.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 29.7%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, Drama 16.9%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #46 Devil Apartment
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: L.S. Frei
Windows
Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.
Why similar: Drama 22.6%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #47 异世界超级战争 序章 P1
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimension VoyagersPub: 黎羽科技LICOGAME
Windows
一场阴谋正在渐渐浮出水面。艾莲,娜薇拉,伊莉莎,高斯,三位少女和一位少年前往四季山开始了他们高中毕业后的露营。然而,当艾莲和娜薇拉醒来的时候,她们才发现自己身处一处未知的卧室而非露营用的帐篷里,而和她们同行的二人也不见踪影。作为多年搭档的艾莲和娜薇拉决定一起找到高斯和伊莉莎并探明回去的路。然而随着探索的愈发深入,她们也察觉到了自己所处境地的不同寻常。而一些完全超出她们认知的,和异世界相关的远古真相将被她们揭开。
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Drama 17.2%, Story Rich 14.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #48 Gothic Murder: Adventure That Changes Destiny
71% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: orange
Windows · Mac
A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.8%, Mystery 22.3%, Multiple Endings 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
- #49 右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HaraPeko部
Windows
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Multiple Endings 19.7%, Drama 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #50 The Mask Game
69% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Ghost Clown
Windows · Linux
Which is worse: a toxic friend or a literal demon?
Why similar: Drama 24.4%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Story Rich 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #51 Too Real
67% match9 user reviews100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: partingZSSII
Windows
A short, hand-drawn narrative about memory, loss, and final conversations. Explore the quiet streets of the past and decide what you're ready to let go.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Hand-drawn 24.6%, Story Rich 13.1%, Drama 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #52 Demonophobia Company
68% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MILKYPub: MILKY FACTORY
Windows · Mac
'Angel of glory, Gloria' joined the 'Demonophobia Company' with disguising herself as 'Demon of vanity, Burbary.' Could Burbary finish her mission and go back to her home?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Multiple Endings 20%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #53 Ghost of the Quadrangle
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VNhub
Windows · Mac
A choice-driven visual novel set at Blackthorn Academy, where you uncover hidden secrets, shape relationships, and influence rival factions through branching decisions in a dark story of mystery, romance, revenge, and multiple possible outcomes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Drama 21.7%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Story Rich 15.2%, Mystery 10.6%
- #54 Scarpone Scamps
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pepperjack Productions
Windows
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Drama 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.9%
- #55 The Lattice Grimoire
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Sat-Yuga Studios
Windows · Mac
The curse wove your fates together. Now their thoughts and feelings influence you and your actions determine their fates. Will you be able to break the curse? Or will their dark pasts drag you into an inescapable despair? And can a fresh start really erase the past?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #56 Flowers -Le volume sur automne-
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 766 reviews2020
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 106.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the summer heat fades, Suoh Shirahane is just one step away from unraveling the mystery of why her beloved Amitie partner left in the spring.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
- #57 降雪的日子
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 亚细亚鳕鱼
Windows
2011年,世界在下雪。我们站在无法前进亦无法后退的雪原上。 明天就会是世界末日,关于所有不寻常的叙事与抒情,面对结局与奇观化,一个关于我们的过错,我们的自我与他人的故事。
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Drama 24.9%, Mystery 17.7%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #58 Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FUF Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Mystery 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13%, Drama 12.1%
- #59 Memories Off 2nd
66% matchVery Positive92% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 主人公「伊波健」は、私立の高校に通う高校3年生。 ずっと変わらないと、信じていた。 半年前から交際している同級生の「白河ほたる」との幸せな状況も、2人の関係も。 しかし、ある出来事を境に変化が訪れる。 些細な誤解。すれ違う心……。 小さな変化は、やがて取り返しのつかないところまで膨らんで……。 そんな最中、2人の間にある数え切れぬほどの想い出を振り切ってでも、一緒にいたいと思える女性が現れたとしたら……。
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Drama 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.1%