- #1 The Ripe Blood Anthology: This World Is Just for the Two of Us
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Роман Ветер-Пурпурный
Windows · Linux
A visual novel where your choices matter. Derek has a job, a beloved boyfriend, friends, and… “piranha thoughts.” Everything was perfect until his younger sister Rina returned to town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Romance 9.3%
- #2 Saraab: Beyond The Veil
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rooted Elevation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about healing and destiny. When her brother disappears, Elham's desperate search plunges her into a world of haunting visions, buried truths, and battles against dark forces. Will she find her true calling and embrace the light? or will she succumb to darkness
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Supernatural 11.3%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #3 com__et
96% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Margarita Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A queer romance/horror visual novel about being locked into a path, and having _______ words hidden from You. Find Your way to discover what's missing and reach Your ____ End.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 12.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Romance 9.2%
- #4 if you stay
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YukimiSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Winter 1999. Kicked out of your house after being outed by your closest friend, you plan to leave your hometown. Your girlfriend, Mika, wants to see you one more time. Decide whether or not you'll stay together.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Romance 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #5 Dreamwalker
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a man who discovers the existence of another dimension hidden in dreams. Explore and learn the rules of a new reality, meet fellow dreamwalkers and solve the mystery of a disaster in the past. Make decisions, build relationships and strive to reach the best ending!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Supernatural 13.4%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #6 The Lattice Grimoire
94% 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: Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
- #7 Reflection Of Feelings
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mind Shift
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alex, a mid-level manager from the big city, is forced to return to his home village following a family tragedy. A temporary visit soon becomes a deeply emotional trial. He will have to confront a mystical lake, put his friendships to the test, and find true love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dynamic Narration 14% ★, Comic Book 11.5%, Romance 9.6%
- #8 Camp Palut
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Bearly Playing Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Supernatural 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Romance 10.7%, Mystery 9.3%
- #9 Death by Begonia
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Talia JettPub: Paper Moon Studios
Windows
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Romance 9.2%
- #10 Along the Edge
91% matchVery Positive83% of 863 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Female Protagonist 12%, Romance 10.9%
- #11 I Can Never Love Another
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Love Every Soul Studio
Windows · Mac
A realistic visual novel based on a true story. As a lawyer trying to save a rock singer from her toxic family, you uncover the suffocating truth of "Codependency." Will you leave, sink into the abyss, or g◼︎ai◻︎n the c#our%ag◼︎e to f◼︎ac◻︎e the p#ai%n? Your choices decide.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #12 Ravel the Frays
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Margarita Games
Windows
A sci fi mystery on a ship drifting through space. Solve dialogue puzzles to help the ship's computer AILISH sift through possible timelines to find which one of them can prevent an impending disaster. What disaster? For some reason, AILISH won't actually tell you...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Romance 11%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #13 May
89% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: Manul Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sudden tragic event shook up Yun’s routine: his friend is balancing between life and death. Doctors are not being supportive, not to mention that something feels shady. Would young man be able to help Max through?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Drama 11.7%, Romance 11.2%, Psychological 10.1%
- #14 DEVIL'S LIMINAL
87% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Interlude
Windows
DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona before college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade at work, romance an enigmatic new girl, and stop the occult plot to take Margo's life.
Why similar: Supernatural 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Romance 8.8%
- #15 Melancholy Love
88% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
Windows · Mac
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Romance 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #16 Pet
86% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: beepsoft industries
Windows
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #17 Artificial Instincts
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #18 Moth Cry
84% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Harbinger Arts
Windows
Moth Cry is a non-linear visual novel about life and its consequences. Experience life alongside the main character. His fate is in your hands.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 14.7% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Romance 9.3%, Drama 9.2%
- #19 Asphyxia
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 273 reviews2015
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Romance 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #20 Across the Grooves
84% matchVery Positive93% of 127 reviews2020
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your choices affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past. Travel across European cities, meet colourful characters and solve the mystery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Dynamic Narration 10% ★, LGBTQ+ 9.5%
- #21 Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 461 reviews2025
Dev: NITRO ORIGINPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Supernatural 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological 10%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #22 Flowers -Le volume sur automne-
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 756 reviews2020
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 105.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 20.3%, LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Romance 13.9%, Mystery 9.3%
- #23 Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
81% matchVery Positive86% of 5,787 reviews2025
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Dynamic Narration 10.2% ★, Romance 9.8%
- #24 Project Aphotic
82% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: MuYou
Windows
Players assume Lucien's perspective, unraveling the truth behind his coma and amnesia, while cultivating a relationship with Hugh. Throughout the game, choices shape the narrative, leading to diverse storylines and multiple endings.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Drama 9%
- #25 Return to Ash
80% matchVery Positive98% of 115 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 19.1%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #26 Greed and Fear and the Rest
81% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are ready to say goodbye to life, but are you prepared to face your life's truth? Navigate a grad student's life between greed and fear in his final 6 hours (and beyond) in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #27 Everlasting Snooze
79% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 15%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Psychological 9.4%
- #28 Flowers -Le volume sur printemps-
79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,846 reviews2016
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 133.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Romance 11.3%, Drama 9.3%
- #29 Trauma - Visual Novel
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KyleKun
Windows · Linux
Welcome to Trauma, a free-to-play short visual novel full of mysteries. Will you ever be able to smile again?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological 12.7%, Romance 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
- #30 Amarantus
78% matchVery Positive82% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: ub4q
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.6%, Romance 12.5%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Mystery 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #31 the Death of the Video Star
77% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: K Van Martin
Windows · Mac
The Death of the Video Star is a visual novel about dealing with the aftermath of killing God, and maybe having to kill Her again.
Why similar: Supernatural 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #32 Truer than You
77% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Transcenders Media AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Overcome your past and become someone new in Truer than You. A choice-driven narrative adventure about love, loss and being lost in life. You're hired as a gig-working actor to play roles in real-life situations. Have conversations, get a good rating and follow the rules. All good?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #33 Fearbonding
75% matchVery Positive97% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Supernatural 13.6%, Romance 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #34 Kindred [SnowBound]
76% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this dark romance, horror visual novel, a brutal attack on your village leaves you stranded and vulnerable. Making matters worse is your run-in with the beast of the nearby woods. Will you find a way to escape your demented captor, or will you earn his trust? Choose a side; Don't look back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Romance 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #35 Whispers of Gold
76% 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 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
- #36 Zero-Sum Heart
74% matchVery Positive95% of 226 reviews2024
Dev: Citreat Studio
Windows · Mac
"I" make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? ————————————————————————— In this short visual novel, make choices and answer the question: is love a zero-sum game?
Why similar: Supernatural 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Female Protagonist 10%, Romance 9.7%
- #37 Hardships Of A Vampire
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saitoki
Windows · Linux
A BL Visual Novel about an unlucky modern day Vampire who work the night shift at a convenience store. Will a mysterious co-worker and a flirty regular customer change his life to the better or worse?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Supernatural 11.8%, Romance 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #38 Good Bones
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: RETCON Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Supernatural 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #39 Silver Blue
74% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Bunbosoup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Silver blue is a BL visual novel 15+ with anime style, containing adventure fantasy content.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Supernatural 12.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Drama 9.1%, Romance 8.7%
- #40 AIXIN: Goddess' Love
71% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: 7th Ascension
Windows
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Drama 13.3%, Romance 12.1%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #41 Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind
73% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Ulisses Digital
Windows
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 15.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
- #42 Victorian Debutante
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid Darkness
Windows · Mac
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11%
- #43 Parallels: Year One
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Resquita Productions
Windows
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #44 The kind Blacksmith
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sidney Düring
Windows
The kind Blacksmith is a Visual Horror Novel set in ficticious medieval Italy. In a land ravaged by war and sickness, you take on the roll of the Blacksmith - a lonely man that happens to take in a sick Knight of the invading forces. The Knight's fate is in your hands. To be kind is your choice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #45 Open Spaces SE
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Queenship Game StudioPub: Queenship Game Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Psychological 12.6%, Visual Novel 12%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #46 Ghost of the Quadrangle
71% 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 22.4%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Romance 13.4%, Drama 11.1%
- #47 Life is Strange Remastered
70% matchVery Positive91% of 9,009 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Romance 9.6%
- #48 A Singular Portrait
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Electric Doll Pub: Electric Doll
Windows · Linux
At what point does a simple desire become an obsession? This is one of the dilemmas faced by Beatrice, a photography student as bitter as reality itself. Within a tangle of unfolding mysteries, she will discover that the most beautiful manifestation of the past holds a chaotic future.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Drama 11.2%
- #49 A Great Hunger
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: GoldieClaws
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short Visual Novel where a demon offers a woman a terrifying proposal: to kill the man she once loved.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Drama 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #50 Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered
69% matchVery Positive84% of 3,927 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Romance 11.1%
- #51 Flowers -Le volume sur ete-
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,290 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 178.9 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: LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Romance 13.2%, Mystery 10.3%
- #52 Burn the Midnight Oil
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foxglove Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve crimes and steal hearts in this supernatural neon-noir romance visual novel. Featuring six different romance options, some more monstrous than others.
Why similar: Supernatural 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Romance 11%
- #53 Girl Werewolf Hamlet Saves Christmas
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stegaloaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Guide Hamlet (now a Girl *and* a Werewolf) as she deals with a murder mystery, a usurped throne, and a cursed sledding competition. Her emotions are your stats, so.... emote wisely. Or impulsively. Or with shame. It’s her kingdom. Everyone else is just tolerated in it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%
- #54 Sisterly Bliss ~Don't Let Mom Find Out~
66% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: eyephonPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 19.3%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Female Protagonist 14%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Romance 10.1%
- #55 Heartless Corporation
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cheery Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on an enthralling journey into the corporate world with "Heartless Corporation," a visual novel dating sim. Immerse yourself in a gripping narrative filled with drama, romance, and ethical dilemmas as you guide Liam through the twists and turns of corporate life.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Romance 12.1%, Drama 11.9%
- #56 The Last Rose
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RJ FernPub: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kuri Rose was dead, until she wasn't. Now she stands in defiance to a world that is slowly disappearing in this apocalypse adventure visual novel.
Why similar: Supernatural 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Romance 10.3%, Psychological 9.6%
- #57 Night Shift: 1999
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Georgina OwassapianPub: Winter Schloss Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Supernatural 10.2%, LGBTQ+ 9.7%
- #58 Lachesis or Atropos
66% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #59 Ashen Reverie
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Supernatural 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #60 Fire of Life: New Day
65% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Darken Visuals
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Supernatural Visual Novel covering Fae, Demons, Mages, Vampires, Shifters, and sometimes..humans.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.2% ★, Visual Novel 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Comic Book 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%