- #1 Coffee Talk
97% matchVery Positive95% of 12,156 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 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: Conversation 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Emotional 10.9%
- #2 Until Then
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,382 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Drama 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%
- #3 Goodbye Volcano High
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,797 reviews2023
Dev: KO_OP
Windows
Median: 6.3 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+ 16.9%, Comic Book 12.9%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Emotional 9.9%
- #4 ef - the first tale. (All Ages)
95% matchVery Positive96% of 189 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 286.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 16.6%, Romance 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Drama 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #5 a new life.
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,375 reviews2020
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32%, Romance 16.4%, Emotional 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #6 LoveChoice
94% matchVery Positive92% of 35,756 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 23.3%, Romance 20.2%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #7 We Are OFK
93% matchVery Positive92% of 292 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+ 18.7%, Emotional 13.3%, Romance 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Drama 10%
- #8 Florence
92% matchVery Positive93% of 15,716 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 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Drama 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #9 Life After Magic
91% matchVery Positive98% of 264 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 8.2%
- #10 I Write Games Not Tragedies
90% matchVery Positive100% of 50 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 21.3%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #11 Trinoline All Ages Version
91% matchVery Positive89% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 26.8 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 14.1%, Dating Sim 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Romance 11.7%, Drama 10.9%
- #12 What Comes After
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,011 reviews2020
Dev: PikselnesiaPub: Rolling Glory Jam
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.4 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 37.4%, Conversation 20.6%, Emotional 14.9%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #13 Find Love or Die Trying: Til Death Do Us Part
89% matchMixed69% of 162 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 24.7%, Romance 16%, Emotional 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Anime 9.1%
- #14 A Taste of the Past
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,768 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 22%, Hand-drawn 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Drama 14%, Anime 11.1%
- #15 Symphonic Rain
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,136 reviews2017
Dev: KOGADO STUDIOPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.1 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 18.1%, Romance 9.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Dating Sim 8.7%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
- #16 When The Past Was Around
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,309 reviews2020
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 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 26.9%, Hand-drawn 22.8%, Romance 22.4%, Cute 13.7%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #17 花奴令 Huanu Poems
85% matchVery Positive93% of 139 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 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 11%, Emotional 10%, Drama 9.9%
- #18 Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
86% matchVery Positive89% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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+ 16.6%, Dating Sim 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Romance 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #19 Heartbeat in Thailand
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,047 reviews2025
Dev: RainbowGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 23.6%, Romance 17.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #20 A Space For The Unbound - Prologue
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,317 reviews2020
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 25%
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 40.6%, Story Rich 22.5%, Anime 19.8%, Adventure 12.5%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #21 HARMONIC REFLECTIONS
83% matchVery Positive91% of 63 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 23.9%, Emotional 23.2%, Romance 13.9%, Dating Sim 12.2%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #22 If Found...
84% matchVery Positive90% of 2,276 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+ 40.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Emotional 11.6%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #23 Voice Love on Air
82% matchVery Positive87% of 523 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+ 23.1%, Dating Sim 18.3%, Romance 12.6%, Drama 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #24 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,335 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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+ 22.4%, Dating Sim 16.9%, Romance 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #25 Coffee flavor of love 咖啡甜恋
81% 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 16.5%, Comic Book 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Emotional 9.1%
- #26 Graveyard Girls
79% matchVery Positive98% of 158 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 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Emotional 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #27 Find someone else
81% 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 26.5%, Indie 15%
- #28 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,622 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Conversation 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Emotional 9.7%
- #29 Necrobarista
80% matchVery Positive83% of 1,424 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 30.9%, Anime 19%, Story Rich 19%, Drama 13.2%, Cute 11.2%
- #30 A YEAR OF SPRINGS
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 925 reviews2021
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 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+ 21.2%, Emotional 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Romance 7.8%
- #31 The Last Summer 那年夏末
76% matchVery Positive92% of 108 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%, Comic Book 11.2%, Dating Sim 11%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
- #32 Sand Castle
77% 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 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Romance 9.9%, Dating Sim 9.4%, Modern 9.2%
- #33 MUSICUS!
77% matchVery Positive96% of 101 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 14.4%, Emotional 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Romance 10.3%, Drama 10.1%
- #34 Pine: A Story of Loss
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 209 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 21.6%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Romance 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #35 Reviver
74% matchVery Positive92% of 217 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 21.1%, Hand-drawn 18.7%, Emotional 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 11.5%
- #36 Lost Connections
75% matchVery Positive96% of 76 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+ 18.8%, Emotional 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #37 S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
72% matchVery Positive91% of 2,490 reviews2025
Dev: U0U GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a modern adventure of young adults seeking love and meaning. Return to 2011's Castor Yard, tap on your keyboard, and make those letters dance: Use your online persona to make meaningful decisions for your clients and yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Drama 16%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
- #38 Sentimental Trickster: Yaoi BL Gay Visual Novel
76% 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+ 26.8%, Dating Sim 16%, Romance 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #39 Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain
72% matchVery Positive98% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: SWEET&TEAPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Is one life worth the price of another? A bittersweet visual novel about life and death, trust and bonds, and promises made. Brought to you by popular Japanese bishojo game developer SWEET&TEA. Winner of the Moe Game Awards 2016's "New Brand Award"!
Why similar: Conversation 14.8%, Emotional 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Romance 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #40 Emily is Away <3
73% matchVery Positive91% of 6,586 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 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 18.1%, Emotional 13.1%, Choices Matter 12%, Conversation 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #41 Melancholy Love
74% 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+ 18.6%, Romance 12.2%, Emotional 12%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Drama 8.7%
- #42 Why do you love me?
71% matchVery Positive98% of 214 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 16.5%, Romance 13.7%, Emotional 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #43 Repurpose
73% matchVery Positive92% of 59 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 23.9%, LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Drama 13%, Anime 10.8%
- #44 Closer the Distance
71% matchVery Positive90% of 277 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 32.8%, Drama 26.6%, Choices Matter 20.8%, Story Rich 17.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #45 Perfect Tides: Station to Station
69% matchVery Positive99% of 169 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 15.9%, Emotional 15%, Romance 14.3%, Conversation 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
- #46 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 21%, Interactive Fiction 17%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.7%
- #47 Pandemic Love
70% matchVery Positive93% of 232 reviews2021
Dev: Red Skald
Windows
A short visual novel about isolation. You try to search for comfort in the lonesome people around you. Keeping the darkness at bay with small embers of light. Will you let the fear change you?
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.3%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Modern 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Emotional 11.3%
- #48 Alone With You
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 101 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 24.1%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Adventure 16.4%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Story Rich 12.3%
- #49 Maid Cafe on Electric Street
68% matchVery Positive86% of 692 reviews2024
Dev: Adventurer's TavernPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Maid Cafe on Electric Street is a leisurely maid cafe adventure set in the otaku haven of Nipponbashi, Osaka.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.4%, Romance 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #50 Sisterly Bliss ~Don't Let Mom Find Out~
67% 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: LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Dating Sim 9.7%, Romance 9.5%, Emotional 8.3%
- #51 //TODO: today
69% 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+ 34%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Dating Sim 17.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Cute 7.9%
- #52 Young Hearts
68% matchVery Positive93% of 91 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 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Drama 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #53 Last Day of June
69% matchVery Positive87% of 4,640 reviews2017
Dev: OvosonicoPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?
Why similar: Romance 20.2%, Drama 18.6%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Story Rich 16.6%, Adventure 10%
- #54 Bokuten - Why I Became an Angel
70% matchVery Positive86% of 149 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 12.8%, Romance 11.3%, LGBTQ+ 11.1%, Dating Sim 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #55 Shanghai Summer
67% matchVery Positive91% of 444 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Romance 10.3%
- #56 ATRI -My Dear Moments-
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 22,459 reviews2020
Dev: FrontwingPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 106.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Dating Sim 15.4%, Romance 14.5%, Emotional 9.6%, Anime 9.5%
- #57 Andromeda Six
64% matchVery Positive97% of 63 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 21.7%, Visual Novel 20%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Cute 9.6%
- #58 Home
63% matchVery Positive100% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Spoon
Windows
A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles. Enjoy live acoustic sounds and a story that feels like a musical film!
Why similar: Rhythm 33.6%, Emotional 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Drama 10.8%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #59 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,847 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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+ 33.4%, Dating Sim 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 9.6%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #60 Backstage Pass
68% matchVery Positive86% of 278 reviews2016
Dev: sakevisual
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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: Dating Sim 32%, Visual Novel 31.5%, Romance 16.4%, Anime 16.3%, Indie 3.4%