- #1 Coffee Talk
97% matchVery Positive95% of 12,298 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Emotional 9.5%
- #2 Goodbye Volcano High
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,819 reviews2023
Dev: KO_OP
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Comic Book 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
- #3 Until Then
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,524 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Emotional 20.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Romance 9.6%
- #4 a new life.
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,402 reviews2020
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.2%, Romance 16.5%, Emotional 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #5 Life After Magic
94% matchVery Positive98% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: Team StarlightPub: Chirashi Games
Windows · Linux
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+ 23.2%, Dating Sim 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Romance 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #6 I Write Games Not Tragedies
94% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Studio WifePub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows
An emo-inspired narrative rhythm game exploring growing pains, addiction, romance and music. Scream with Ash as he makes the transition from baby bat to elder emo, guide him through his crash outs and help him navigate his (teenage) dirtbag life through music.
Why similar: Rhythm 21.1%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #7 What Comes After
93% matchVery Positive90% of 1,025 reviews2020
Dev: PikselnesiaPub: Rolling Glory Jam
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.2%, Emotional 18.6%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Story Rich 8.3%, Adventure 6.7%
- #8 LoveChoice
91% matchVery Positive92% of 36,143 reviews2021
Dev: Akaba Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23%, Romance 20.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #9 Trinoline All Ages Version
92% matchVery Positive89% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When tragedy sparks the advancement of science, a sentient android is created. Now, in this heart-wrenching, romantic, and beautiful visual novel, you will explore whether or not it's possible for man and machine to truly love each other.
Why similar: Emotional 14.6%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Romance 12.2%, Anime 8.5%
- #10 A Taste of the Past
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,773 reviews2022
Dev: Sondering Studio
Windows
What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Hand-drawn 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Emotional 15.9%, Anime 10.4%
- #11 Find Love or Die Trying: Til Death Do Us Part
91% matchMixed69% of 166 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 25.8%, Romance 16.6%, Emotional 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Anime 9.5%
- #12 When The Past Was Around
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,352 reviews2020
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Hand-drawn 21.7%, Romance 21.4%, Cute 13%, Story Rich 11%
- #13 Florence
89% matchVery Positive93% of 15,963 reviews2020
Dev: MountainsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.
Why similar: Romance 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Story Rich 10.4%, Dating Sim 9.4%
- #14 电波奇缘~与时音相会的日子
87% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: 黎厘星游戏工作室
Windows
架空都市题材的视觉小说文字冒险游戏,玩家扮演社畜阿诚为失忆“女鬼”找回记忆。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Romance 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dating Sim 12.7%, Comic Book 11.6%
- #15 ef - the first tale. (All Ages)
88% matchVery Positive95% of 191 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 279.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
What starts with a conversation between two long lost friends spills out into a captivating visual novel about four youths struggling to pursue their dreams and find their place in the world as love complicates everything.
Why similar: Emotional 18.4%, Romance 15.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #16 Coffee Talk Tokyo
86% matchVery Positive93% of 150 reviews2026
Dev: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Emotional 10.8%
- #17 The Last Summer 那年夏末
86% matchVery Positive91% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Seven Tales StudioPub: WindField Games
Windows
这是一个关于遗憾与成长的故事。男生的思绪不断回到17岁的夏天,在一次次回忆与抉择中徘徊,是去尝试弥补遗憾?还是在释然间体会成长的意义?回忆中的她会在那等我吗?
Why similar: Emotional 13.7%, Comic Book 12%, Dating Sim 11.7%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #18 Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
85% matchVery Positive89% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Dating Sim 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11%, Romance 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #19 Graveyard Girls
84% matchVery Positive98% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Dating Sim 13.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Emotional 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #20 If Found...
84% matchVery Positive90% of 2,299 reviews2020
Dev: DREAMFEELPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Emotional 11.3%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #21 Reviver
82% matchVery Positive93% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.
Why similar: Comic Book 20.8%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Emotional 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 11.3%
- #22 We Are OFK
82% matchVery Positive92% of 300 reviews2022
Dev: OFK
Windows · Mac
Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Emotional 14.5%, Romance 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #23 HARMONIC REFLECTIONS
81% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
A boy who can no longer hear the piano, living in the shadow of his gifted younger brother; a karate girl who is more than a friend but not yet a lover; and a girl with future memories. As past and future entwine, where will this triangle lead in this fleeting, bittersweet summer love story?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Emotional 22.2%, Romance 13.4%, Dating Sim 11.9%, Story Rich 11%
- #24 Heartbeat in Thailand
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,067 reviews2025
Dev: RainbowGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Freshly graduated, you head to Bangkok’s Chinatown to find your uncle—only to lose contact. Seeking a steady job, you’re mistaken for a gang boss and thrown into chaos. Along the way, you meet a sweet cousin, cold widow, mysterious performer, quirky ghost, and even... someone unexpected.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.1%, Romance 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #25 花奴令 Huanu Poems
81% matchVery Positive93% of 140 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 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 12%, Emotional 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #26 No Longer Home
83% matchMixed63% of 432 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20%, LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Emotional 13.3%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #27 A YEAR OF SPRINGS
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 952 reviews2021
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Emotional 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Romance 7.7%
- #28 Emily is Away <3
79% matchVery Positive91% of 6,663 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 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 17.8%, Emotional 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #29 MUSICUS!
78% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: OVERDRIVEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
MUSICUS is a visual novel that takes a deep dive into the lives of musicians and explores what drives people to create music despite the great sacrifices it often takes.
Why similar: Modern 15.8%, Emotional 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Romance 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #30 A Space For The Unbound - Prologue
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,319 reviews2020
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Prologue chapter of A Space For The Unbound, an upcoming slice-of-life adventure game with beautiful pixelart set in the late 90s rural Indonesia that tells a story about overcoming anxiety, depression, and the relationship between a boy and a girl with supernatural powers
Why similar: Emotional 35.6%, Story Rich 20%, Anime 17.6%, Adventure 11.2%, 2D 7.6%
- #31 Why do you love me?
76% matchVery Positive98% of 216 reviews2024
Dev: Alkinoy
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short romantic novel about modern relationships. We took some situations from life and tried to answer the question "why do people love each other?".
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.3%, Romance 13.4%, Emotional 13%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
- #32 Necrobarista
78% matchVery Positive82% of 1,447 reviews2020
Dev: Route 59
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In a back-alley cafe, the dead are granted one last night to mingle with the living. Necrobarista follows a dynamic and diverse cast of characters as they navigate Melbourne's hipstery coffee culture, the questionable ethics of necromancy, and the process of letting go.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Anime 22%, Story Rich 21.9%, Cute 12.9%, Indie 5.8%
- #33 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,691 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Emotional 8.6%
- #34 Find someone else
77% matchVery Positive92% of 130 reviews2018
Dev: Red Skald
Windows
A visual novel about the ever-changing nature of relationships and the hardships of dealing with loss.
Why similar: Visual Novel 58.4%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 14.9%
- #35 Lost Connections
75% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: Amber Pearl
Windows
If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Emotional 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #36 Stories of Mara
76% matchVery Positive81% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Dive into the charming Stories of Mara, an episodic slice of life tale about a diverse cast of characters. Get to know your neighbours and bond with them, but… Could you make them stick together to help each other?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
- #37 Voice Love on Air
73% matchVery Positive87% of 529 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
A BL dating sim with elements of studio management and interactions with voice actors! Follow Aki, a newbie voice director who has to complete the recordings for several BL dramas, and interact with the charming voice actors. Come give voice to the language of love!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.7%, Dating Sim 20.2%, Romance 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Anime 7%
- #38 Symphonic Rain
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,170 reviews2017
Dev: KOGADO STUDIOPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 32.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The reborn HD edition, Remastered by Siro! Set in Piova, the city of music and endless rain. Guide Chris Vertin on the path to become a master musician in a harmonious fusion of Visual Novel and Music-based gameplay.
Why similar: Rhythm 19.4%, Romance 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Dating Sim 9.3%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
- #39 Bokuten - Why I Became an Angel
75% matchVery Positive86% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: OVERDRIVEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Bokuten is a dramatic, emotional visual novel where you must play cupid and decide if the relationships you witness are worth rekindling, or if letting them fall apart would result in greater happiness. The decisions you make will echo into the course of your own love life.
Why similar: Emotional 14%, Romance 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Dating Sim 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #40 Sentimental Trickster: Yaoi BL Gay Visual Novel
74% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: Y Press Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A slice-of-life visual novel with darker twists hiding within! Haru Amari wasn't looking for love, just a new beginning far from his past. Instead he finds himself in complicated relationships where he must decide between his needs and those of the men around him.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.7%, Dating Sim 16%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #41 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,103 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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+ 30.7%, Dating Sim 18%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Romance 10%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #42 Fishbowl
69% matchVery Positive96% of 130 reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.
Why similar: Emotional 15%, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #43 Sand Castle
72% matchVery Positive94% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Alice NowakPub: Unusual Meaning
Windows · Mac · Linux
A date on the beach, small talk, a little bit of nostalgia and an important decision. All of that taking place to the accompaniment of the summer breeze.
Why similar: Emotional 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Romance 10.6%, Dating Sim 10.1%, Modern 9.9%
- #44 Perfect Tides: Station to Station
68% matchVery Positive99% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: Three Bees
Windows · Mac
A narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while attempting to find your place in the world.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.8%, Emotional 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Romance 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
- #45 Melancholy Love
71% matchVery Positive95% of 75 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+ 20.2%, Romance 13.2%, Emotional 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #46 Coffee flavor of love 咖啡甜恋
71% matchVery Positive95% of 206 reviews2021
Dev: P.G.制作组Pub: 33ParadoX&igstore
Windows · Mac
Sweet love begins in the coffee shop. Office romances of coffee shop employees. This is a visual novel game with two endings.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.6%, Comic Book 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Emotional 9.6%
- #47 //TODO: today
70% matchVery Positive93% of 426 reviews2021
Dev: Boys Laugh +
Windows · Mac · Linux
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+ 33.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Dating Sim 17.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Cute 7.9%
- #48 Repurpose
70% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Repurpose Studios
Windows · Mac
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: Dating Sim 27.5%, LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Anime 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #49 Tender: Creature Comforts
71% matchVery Positive90% of 106 reviews2021
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac
Tender is a narrative game that explores connection and rejection in the era of swipe culture. It’s a story told by and through the modern interface for finding love.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Hand-drawn 12.3%
- #50 Pine: A Story of Loss
69% matchVery Positive80% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Made Up GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Why similar: Emotional 20.8%, Hand-drawn 18%, Romance 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #51 Alone With You
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 103 reviews2017
Dev: BancyCo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Alone With You is a bittersweet sci-fi adventure game that goes right for the heart. Escape a doomed space colony with the help of your troubled AI companion and four chatty holograms in this unique blend of adventure & visual novel storytelling.
Why similar: Romance 24%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Adventure 16.6%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Story Rich 12.3%
- #52 Fragments of Him
72% matchVery Positive84% of 147 reviews2016
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Emotional 13.2%, Romance 11.8%
- #53 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,479 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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+ 23.3%, Dating Sim 17.5%, Romance 16%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #54 Young Hearts
67% matchVery Positive91% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Sky SeekersPub: Evening Studio
Windows
‘Young Hearts’ is a visual novel in the genres of romance and slice of life, telling stories about the everyday life of a student company living in a warm southern town: stories about their secrets, dreams, love, their problems and ghosts of the past…
Why similar: Romance 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #55 Andromeda Six
66% matchVery Positive97% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Wanderlust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Andromeda Six is a sci-fi inspired visual novel, with romance elements and an immersive, choice based story. Take on the role of a lost Traveler and uncover the truth of your past. Fight for a future for both yourself, and those you grow close to throughout your journey.
Why similar: Romance 20.8%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Cute 9.2%
- #56 Maid Cafe on Electric Street
66% matchVery Positive86% of 704 reviews2024
Dev: Adventurer's TavernPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Maid Cafe on Electric Street is a leisurely maid cafe adventure set in the otaku haven of Nipponbashi, Osaka.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.8%, Romance 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #57 Closer the Distance
66% matchVery Positive90% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Skybound Games
Windows
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
Why similar: Emotional 44.7%, Choices Matter 28.2%, Story Rich 23.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Indie 1.4%
- #58 1bitHeart
68% matchVery Positive91% of 906 reviews2017
Dev: △○□× (Miwashiba)Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to 1bitHeart―the latest title from Alicemare and LiEat developer △○□× (Miwashiba). In this unique and endearing adventure game, take on the role of Nanashi, a lonely, agoraphobic boy, as you solve a slew of mysteries around town while also making friends.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Dialogue Heavy 22.4%, Anime 18.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Story Rich 8%
- #59 Amairo Chocolate 3
63% matchVery Positive100% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Cabbage SoftPub: Sekai Project
Windows
It's been about one year since a young man came to Yunagicho. And in this town, he's met quite a few people. This is the story of his loving relationships with the wonderful women he has met. Let's do our best today, with both our familiar friends, and our new ones, too! ♪
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Emotional 11.4%, Anime 8.4%
- #60 Always The Same Blue Sky...
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 243 reviews2015
Dev: NeoNight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A gripping seaside adventure following the connection of two young souls, each unknowingly helping the other make sense of a world that seems senseless. Complemented by breathtaking artwork and an addictive soundtrack, this charming tale will definitely suck you in and leave a lasting impression!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Romance 9.8%