- #1 The Radiants
97% matchVery Positive86% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: Rose Arcana Games
Windows · Mac
The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.
Why similar: Otome 26.5% ★, Dating Sim 12.3%, Romance 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
- #2 OZMAFIA!!
96% matchVery Positive82% of 686 reviews2016
Dev: Poni-Pachet SYPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enjoy a dramatic romance in this fairytale otome visual novel. Who will you decide to trust and fall in love with in this mysterious town where fairytales have become warring mafia famiglia? Explore this exciting world through a dozen routes and 20+ endings!
Why similar: Otome 24% ★, Dating Sim 9.9%, Romance 9.1%, LGBTQ+ 8.9%, Visual Novel 6.9%
- #3 Of Frost and Flowers
96% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Elseth GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
An otome-fantasy visual novel. Play as Alto, a fearless knight, and enter a world of magic and myths with secrets waiting for you to unveil.
Why similar: Otome 29.6% ★, Dating Sim 12.1%, Romance 11%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
- #4 Demonheart
95% matchVery Positive91% of 758 reviews2017
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.
Why similar: Otome 25.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Dating Sim 10.9%, Romance 9.9%, Visual Novel 7.8%
- #5 Arcadia Fallen
94% matchVery Positive95% of 580 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Why similar: Otome 24.8% ★, Dating Sim 11.7%, LGBTQ+ 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Romance 9%
- #6 Arcadie: Second-Born
94% matchVery Positive95% of 400 reviews2022
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac
In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 11%, Dating Sim 10.9%, Romance 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #7 Arcadia Fallen II
93% matchVery Positive99% of 188 reviews2026
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this sequel to the award-winning roleplay visual novel, Arcadia Fallen, you play as a senior student at the Seven Winds Academy. Choose from three different magical disciplines, and let your choices shape the personality of your character as you navigate school life during a time of great change.
Why similar: Otome 24.2% ★, Dating Sim 11.5%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Romance 8.4%
- #8 The Divine Speaker
91% matchVery Positive96% of 447 reviews2022
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-rich tale of breaking the bonds of fate... and meeting some cute guys along the way!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Romance 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Magic 8.5%
- #9 Magical Diary: Horse Hall
92% matchVery Positive90% of 1,019 reviews2012
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You have been invited to attend a magical school. You can make new friends, learn spells, face exams, run for class office, and try to find a date for the May Day Ball.
Why similar: Otome 19.6% ★, Dating Sim 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Magic 7.7%, Romance 7.6%
- #10 Arcadie II: Cold Lands
91% matchVery Positive86% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this character-driven interactive tale.
Why similar: Romance 10%, Dating Sim 10%, LGBTQ+ 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #11 Cinders
90% matchVery Positive87% of 794 reviews2014
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.
Why similar: Otome 27.5% ★, Dating Sim 12.2%, Romance 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #12 Infinite Stars - The Visual Novel
89% matchVery Positive89% of 96 reviews2022
Dev: Wraiith303Pub: IF THEN ELSE Interactive Fiction
Windows
Infinite Stars is a visual novel filled with romance, mystery & roleplaying elements where you choose how the adventure unfolds. Establish your character & personality through the hundreds of choices presented in this interactive fiction inspired by stories like Dune, The Expanse & Mass Effect.
Why similar: Otome 23.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Dating Sim 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Romance 7.7%
- #13 Emberfate: Tempest of Elements
88% matchVery Positive98% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Wind Chimes Games Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
An immersive MMORPG-simulation chatroom based romance / otome visual novel. You are the leader of a raiding guild in the world's hottest MMORPG, Emberfate. Will you lead your guild to success in the newest raid — and perhaps find love along the way among your guildmates?
Why similar: Otome 26.5% ★, Dating Sim 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 8.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #14 Sigh of the Abyss
87% matchVery Positive96% of 190 reviews2024
Dev: Rascal Devworks
Windows
Embrace the monster within in this dark fantasy visual novel with inclusive romances. Befriend charming allies, defy bitter rivals, fall in love. Your choices will save or condemn mortals, shaping the fate of a city as beautiful as it is cruel.
Why similar: Otome 23.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Lore-Rich 8.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
- #15 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,661 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.4 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+ 16.7%, Otome 16.6% ★, Romance 12.9%, Dating Sim 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #16 Spirited Heart Deluxe
89% matchMixed46% of 90 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Spirited Heart is a fantasy life simulation game. Create your fantasy alter ego choosing between an apparently normal human, a cute elf and a wicked demoness. Run your life in a virtual fantasy world: choose a job from the 20 different ones available, raise your stats, and maybe even find romance!
Why similar: Otome 24.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Dating Sim 11.5%, Romance 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #17 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,335 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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+ 29.2%, Dating Sim 16.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 10.3%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #18 A Pinch of Magic
86% matchVery Positive84% of 240 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!
Why similar: Otome 23.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 14%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Visual Novel 7.7%, Magic 7.3%
- #19 Yukar From The Abyss
85% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: LocaGames
Windows
A fantasy otome game based on the myths and legends of Hokkaido, Japan. Meet and fight with unique Gods, overcome fierce trials together, and discover what happens when you pursue forbidden love with the divine..
Why similar: Otome 26.5% ★, Dating Sim 11.8%, Romance 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #20 Demonheart: The Ice Demon
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
Why similar: Otome 26.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.6%, Dating Sim 11.7%, Romance 10.1%, Visual Novel 8%
- #21 Errant Kingdom
84% matchMixed67% of 158 reviews2023
Dev: Lunaris Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Kingdom of Novus has been thrown into disarray and It's up to you to decide if you’ll help to bring peace, or if you’ll stoke the fires of chaos. Pick a side, and meet your match.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.5%, Dating Sim 20.3%, Romance 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Fantasy 7.5%
- #22 My Vow to My Liege
81% matchVery Positive91% of 4,101 reviews2020
Dev: YETU GAMEPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
《My Vow to My Liege》is a visual novel dating game. Players get to play as a girl disguised as the King of Ng, a man. The 4 dateable characters are: the guide, the enemy, the minister and the guard.Will they choose the man over the country? Love over hate? Who will they finally end up with?
Why similar: Otome 44.4% ★, Romance 17.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Text-Based 3.6%
- #23 Drops of Death
78% matchVery Positive93% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: Otome 21.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Romance 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #24 Demonheart: Hunters
80% matchVery Positive84% of 298 reviews2020
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you. Romance your companions in this RPG with an emphasis on conversation choices and character interactions.
Why similar: Otome 30.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 14%, Dating Sim 12.8%, Romance 11%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #25 Amber's Magic Shop
82% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as the dark elf Amber in this dating sim with optional crafting gameplay. 3 otome (Bernard, Daniel, Lair), 1 yuri (Ruby) and 2 poly (Lynn, Cosmina) romance routes.
Why similar: Otome 28.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Dating Sim 12.9%, Romance 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #26 Sword Daughter
82% matchMixed53% of 137 reviews2015
Dev: HanabiraPub: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Choose a path to adventure! Will you sneak into the dragon's lair, or challenge the beast openly? Will you fight for vengeance or for glory? Will you be tempted by elven romance? Will you be buried underground forever? Relive classic 1980s fantasy in this remastered gamebook.
Why similar: Otome 28.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Romance 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Magic 8.2%
- #27 Band Camp Boyfriend
77% matchVery Positive97% of 123 reviews2023
Dev: Lovebird Game Studios
Windows
Will you lead your marching band to victory as drum major? Explore band camp and attend rehearsal alongside an unforgettable cast of characters, where every choice matters. Find love or face tragedy in 7 routes with 35+ different endings in this colorful, musically-rich otome visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 29.4% ★, Dating Sim 13.7%, Romance 10.2%, Visual Novel 7.8%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #28 ARISEN - Chronicles of Var'Nagal
79% matchVery Positive83% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: Maratus
Windows
ARISEN is a narrative card game where you use your emotions to create your own story in a dark fantasy universe.
Why similar: Otome 19.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Romance 9.6%, Dating Sim 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #29 Heirs And Graces
79% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2016
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Marcel and determine whether or not he has the skills to become Lord Sandor's heir and whether or not he forms a romantic attachment to one of four potential love interests: an ex-gladiator turned gardener, a perfectionist butler, the local doctor, or a mischievous elven Lord.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Romance 12.5%, Otome 10.9% ★, Visual Novel 10%
- #30 Mythic Love: Iberian Legends
74% matchVery Positive94% of 242 reviews2026
Dev: Platonic Games
Windows · Mac
Think you can handle a little romance with creatures from Spanish folklore? ❤️🔥 Careful: your love life isn’t the only thing at stake at Mythic Love: Iberian Legends.
Why similar: Otome 30.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Romance 12.4%, Dating Sim 12.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #31 Enamored Risks
78% matchVery Positive87% of 210 reviews2020
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Upon finding a mysterious social media account, Alex sets out to find the origins of the photos and meets three urban explorers, each of them unearthing something new and unfamiliar in her heart.
Why similar: Otome 29.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #32 Made Marion
77% matchVery Positive92% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Velvet Cupcake Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A romantic action-adventure visual novel based on Robin Hood lore. Play as Lady Marion and choose what kind of leader and lover you want to become. Join Robin's rowdy rebels in Sherwood or tackle the political pitfalls of the Sheriff's Nottingham. Fight for freedom and fall in love!
Why similar: Otome 27.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Romance 10.9%, Dating Sim 9.1%, Visual Novel 7.9%
- #33 Gilded Shadows
76% matchVery Positive95% of 197 reviews2022
Dev: Steamberry Studio
Windows
A GxB visual novel that explores a whimsical, yet dangerous world which blends the solarpunk and cyberpunk aesthetics into a unique adventure. As you follow the MC on her journey, pursue various love interests in a stand-alone story unique to that route.
Why similar: Otome 35.3% ★, Romance 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Character Customization 7.2%
- #34 Amnesia™: Memories
76% matchVery Positive93% of 4,421 reviews2015
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?
Why similar: Otome 46.1% ★, Dating Sim 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 11.4%, Female Protagonist 5.5%
- #35 Sisterly Bliss ~Don't Let Mom Find Out~
73% matchVery Positive95% of 94 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+ 23.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Romance 11.9%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #36 Arcade Spirits
75% matchVery Positive91% of 631 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Why similar: Otome 20.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Romance 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #37 Heart Fragment
74% matchVery Positive92% of 337 reviews2021
Dev: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Can you collect all the fragments to reach your happy ending? Or will your attempts only end in tragedy? Find out in this psychological otome game as you sort your way through the secrets & lies.
Why similar: Otome 31.9% ★, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Dating Sim 11.3%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%
- #38 Life After Magic
73% matchVery Positive98% of 283 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+ 22.4%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #39 Bokuten - Why I Became an Angel
75% matchVery Positive85% of 158 reviews2019
Dev: OVERDRIVEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Romance 14.1%, Dating Sim 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #40 Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds
73% matchVery Positive93% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: Rascal Devworks
Windows
Embrace the monster within to free yourself from a curse in this dark fantasy visual novel, a standalone introduction to the characters and setting of Sigh of the Abyss.
Why similar: Otome 25% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Romance 9.6%, Lore-Rich 8.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
- #41 Growing Up
71% matchVery Positive88% of 3,684 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19%, Dating Sim 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Visual Novel 11%
- #42 Cinderella Phenomenon: Evermore
72% matchVery Positive96% of 220 reviews2021
Dev: Dicesuki
Windows · Mac · Linux
What happens after Happily Ever After…?
Why similar: Otome 32.2% ★, Dating Sim 14%, Romance 14%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
- #43 Winds of Change
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 592 reviews2019
Dev: Klace
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Romance 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Dating Sim 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #44 Andromeda Six
69% matchVery Positive97% of 88 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: Otome 21.5% ★, Romance 19.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #45 Loren The Amazon Princess
72% matchVery Positive82% of 614 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Loren The Amazon Princess is a fantasy epic combining intricate turn-based battles with a heroic tale of overcoming evil - with a twist! In this tale, you play as a loyal servant of the hero rather than the hero herself.
Why similar: Otome 19.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Romance 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #46 Faulty Apprentice
70% matchVery Positive81% of 190 reviews2019
Dev: AGL studios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In this world of magic, monsters, and mystery, the fate of Stars Reach Castle will be determined by you, the Faulty Apprentice! A story-rich visual novel/dating with Light Ecchi on the side. (Free 3 DLCs)
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.4%, Romance 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #47 Bewitching Sinners
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 527 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: Otome 24% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Romance 8.4%, Visual Novel 7.8%
- #48 7'scarlet
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 879 reviews2019
Dev: IDEA FACTORYPub: Intragames
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The remote town of Okunezato is shaped like a crescent moon and shrouded in dark myths and legends. Take on the role of a brave young woman journeying into the unknown to uncover dangerous truths and locate her missing brother with her childhood friend.
Why similar: Otome 38.7% ★, Dating Sim 13.7%, Romance 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.3%
- #49 Mizuchi 白蛇心傳
68% matchVery Positive97% of 119 reviews2020
Dev: Aikasa Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mizuchi 白蛇心傳 is a heartfelt and philosophical yuri visual novel inspired by the Legend of the White Snake and multiple folklores. Follow Linh's journey with a beautiful shape-shifting temptress and a resourceful warrior nun, and experience a story of friendship, love, transformation, and belonging.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Romance 13%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Dating Sim 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #50 Fling with a Tiefling
66% matchVery Positive92% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: Kristi Jimenez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fling with a Tiefling is a short fantasy romance visual novel that follows you, an adventurer whose journey is about to come to an end. With tonight potentially being the last night with your treasured Tiefling companion Karrus, how will you spend it with him?
Why similar: Otome 24.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Romance 9.1%, Dating Sim 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
- #51 Mushroom Musume
64% matchVery Positive96% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Mortally Moonstruck Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Raise a mushroom from a spore into a fine young woman, then discover the twists and turns her life may take in this creepy-cute fairytale life simulation game.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Text-Based 14.8%, Romance 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #52 Elisa: the Innkeeper
70% matchMixed70% of 164 reviews2017
Dev: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Inspired by the Italian culture and taking place in a western Fantasy setting, our visual novel introduces the story of Elisa, a beautiful owner of an inn, struggling with the amorous proposal of honorable Knights, high born Princes and rich Merchants.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Romance 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #53 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
64% matchVery Positive88% of 3,751 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #54 Lair Land Story
68% matchVery Positive86% of 234 reviews2020
Dev: CIRCLE Ent.Pub: PQube
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Decide a mysterious girl's fate in this stunning visual novel raising sim!
Why similar: Romance 17%, Dating Sim 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Magic 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #55 Heralds of the Avirentes - Ch. 1 Wings of Change
65% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: TellerySpyro_GTX
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heralds of the Avirentes is a visual novel, which brings you into the “Crystal punk” fantasy setting, where the world of Nanraas in which the dragon race lives. The game combines a visual novel, role-playing game elements, social simulator, a turn-based combat system.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #56 Wylde Flowers
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,741 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Drydock Pty Ltd
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 79.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.2%, Dating Sim 19.7%, Magic 15.8%, Romance 14%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #57 Always Remember Me
70% matchMixed61% of 271 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Amy is desperate! Her boyfriend Aaron doesn't remember her anymore after a car accident! Will you be able to make him remember again? Or perhaps it's time to move on. Maybe Amy will fall in love with someone else? It's up to you to decide. Play this life simulation game with dating sim elements and shape Amy's destiny.
Why similar: Otome 29.6% ★, Dating Sim 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Romance 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 6.6%
- #58 X-note
71% matchMixed51% of 253 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
X-note is a blend between Visual Novel and Dating Sim. Follow the story of Essi as she pursues the truth of her mother's death.
Why similar: Otome 39.7% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Dating Sim 6.3%, Female Protagonist 6.1%, Romance 6%
- #59 Fields of Asphodel
65% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Character Customization 14.3%, Romance 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.6%