- #1 Drops of Death
97% matchVery Positive93% of 86 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 41.8% ★, Visual Novel 24.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Simulation 7%, Female Protagonist 5.8%
- #2 X-note
96% 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 43.4% ★, Visual Novel 26.6%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Simulation 7.6%, Casual 5%
- #3 Heart Cage
94% matchVery Positive98% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: RiceLoveCoffee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yandere x Otome x Mystery A mystery Otome game with all yandere love interest, play as a detective and find out the truth!
Why similar: Otome 55.3% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Mystery 9%, Simulation 5.7%
- #4 dUpLicity ~Beyond the Lies~
96% matchMixed39% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
dUpLicity ~Beyond the Lies~ is a romance mystery visual novel with romancable guys. Different with the usual dating sims, the main purpose of the game is to find out the truth hidden in the past.
Why similar: Otome 54.8% ★, Visual Novel 26.8%, Simulation 8.5%, Casual 6.1%, Indie 3.8%
- #5 Pinewood Island
95% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Jaime Scribbles Games
Windows · Mac
Find love, solve a murder, and prevent more death in this murder-mystery horror otome | visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 50.2% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Simulation 5.9%
- #6 Folie Fatale
93% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Otome 50.6% ★, Visual Novel 19.5%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Mystery 9.3%, Simulation 5.4%
- #7 CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
94% matchMixed63% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
What will you do if you can redo the last 7 days before you died? Try this unique supernatural mystery visual novel!
Why similar: Otome 38% ★, Visual Novel 35.3%, Female Protagonist 8%, Mystery 7.4%, Casual 6.7%
- #8 vivid/stasis
91% matchVery Positive94% of 3,373 reviews2025
Dev: Team VividstasisPub: Hajimeli
Windows
Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?
Why similar: Visual Novel 64.2%, Female Protagonist 26.7%, Casual 6%, Indie 3.1%
- #9 SoulSet
92% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2017
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SoulSet is a mystery/romance visual novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with five other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust?
Why similar: Otome 34.9% ★, Visual Novel 30.1%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Mystery 9.5%, Casual 6.9%
- #10 Amnesia™: Memories
90% matchVery Positive92% of 4,125 reviews2015
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.4 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 63.2% ★, Visual Novel 22%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Mystery 3.8%
- #11 Pink Rage Otome
91% matchMixed58% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: cyboheart
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Comedy visual novel. Try yourself as a tsundere girl!
Why similar: Otome 47.8% ★, Visual Novel 23.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Casual 10.1%, Indie 6.3%
- #12 Heart Fragment
89% matchVery Positive92% of 325 reviews2021
Dev: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 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 42.7% ★, Visual Novel 20.2%, Simulation 16.2%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Indie 8.1%
- #13 Analogue: A Hate Story
89% matchVery Positive93% of 2,291 reviews2012
Dev: Love Conquers All Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A dark visual mystery novel featuring transhumanism, traditional marriage, loneliness, and cosplay. Two pursuable characters. Five endings. Welcome to the future.
Why similar: Visual Novel 85.7%, Indie 7.7%, Female Protagonist 3.6%, Mystery 3%
- #14 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
87% matchVery Positive85% of 252 reviews2022
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.2%, Mystery 21.7%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Simulation 14.2%, Casual 4.4%
- #15 BAD END
88% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.5%, Mystery 30.4%, Indie 10.8%, Casual 6.3%
- #16 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
85% matchVery Positive91% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Otome 49.6% ★, Visual Novel 19.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10%, Simulation 4.7%
- #17 Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons
86% matchVery Positive82% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: Aeon Dream Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
During your first year of university, immense magical powers are forced onto you, thus revealing the supernatural world hidden within ours. But you must learn to control your powers with the help of a partner or risk destroying everything around you. Will your new fate be one of tragedy or serendipity?
Why similar: Otome 47.7% ★, Visual Novel 27%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Simulation 6.1%, Casual 4.8%
- #18 BAD END THEATER
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 74.9%, Simulation 16.9%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
- #19 MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
86% matchVery Positive82% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: Michael LongPub: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect! Explore the mansion, search for clues, and interrogate the other guests as you strive to unmask the killer in this open-ended mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.8%, Casual 22.1%, Mystery 21.4%, Indie 14.7%
- #20 Degraman: Act I. Vincent
84% matchVery Positive84% of 190 reviews2021
Dev: NamNorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
An otome visual novel - play a powerless victim of a terrifying, unfair world. 200+ choices, 50+ endings, 20+ hours of play - and only one way to escape.
Why similar: Otome 53.2% ★, Visual Novel 21%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Casual 6.4%, Mystery 4.2%
- #21 Lachesis or Atropos
84% 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: Visual Novel 41.7%, Female Protagonist 24.4%, Mystery 22.4%, Casual 8%, Indie 3.5%
- #22 Yet Another Killing Game
81% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.6%, Mystery 30.2%, Female Protagonist 22.1%
- #23 CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel
82% matchVery Positive87% of 1,308 reviews2016
Dev: FerventPub: Afterthought Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
"Love is both poison and cure, both knife and remedy." Set in 18th Century France, this is a gothic romance tale about loss, revenge and the different faces of love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.9%, Otome 19.3% ★, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Simulation 8%, Indie 5.4%
- #24 Hate Plus
81% matchVery Positive84% of 589 reviews2013
Dev: Love Conquers All Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own.
Why similar: Visual Novel 84.3%, Indie 8.6%, Female Protagonist 4.3%, Mystery 2.7%
- #25 Love ritual
82% matchMixed59% of 106 reviews2019
Dev: Xand arts
Windows
Visit a beautiful fantasy city as an occult scientist where a forbidden ritual was performed. Unravel the mystery with your detective skills as the plot thickens around you, and all while two handsome advocates vie for your attention and your heart.
Why similar: Otome 53.7% ★, Visual Novel 16.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9%, Casual 6.7%
- #26 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
79% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 70.5%, Simulation 10.2%, Casual 8.7%, Indie 5.4%, Mystery 5.2%
- #27 Lucid9: Inciting Incident
79% matchVery Positive90% of 1,038 reviews2016
Dev: Fallen Snow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.1%, Mystery 22.4%, Simulation 13%, Casual 9.2%, Indie 3.3%
- #28 The Edge Of
80% matchMixed68% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Hangover Cat Purrroduction
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Edge Of is a Mystery NTR visual novel with a tense atmosphere and a story that will keep you on the Edge of your seat. Play as either Sam as he grapples with the fact that his wife might be cheating on him, or Beth, the lovely wife who couldn't possibly be cheating... or is she?
Why similar: Visual Novel 42%, Mystery 25.9%, Female Protagonist 24.7%, Casual 7.3%
- #29 Darkness Revenge
78% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Hematite
Windows
Choose between a male or female character and take revenge on your killers as a vampire!
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.9%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Mystery 19.2%, Indie 4%
- #30 Kill or Love
77% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 65.4%, Mystery 16.6%, Casual 10.5%, Indie 7.4%
- #31 Quantum Suicide
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Cotton Candy Cyanide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quantum Suicide is a game of betrayal, deception and romance in the cold depths of space.
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.2%, Mystery 34.8%, Indie 9%
- #32 The Radiants
76% matchVery Positive86% of 85 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 54.5% ★, Visual Novel 23.2%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Casual 5.2%, Mystery 4%
- #33 Crimson Gray: Dusk and Dawn
77% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2018
Dev: Sierra Lee
Windows · Mac · Linux
A slice of life visual novel with the emphasis on the slicing. Play as a mentally unstable young woman with blood on her hands trying to adapt to a normal life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.7%, Simulation 21.1%, Casual 15%, Indie 10.2%
- #34 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
71% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 93.7%, Indie 6.3%
- #35 Deluge: Sermon for the Dead
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.3%, Mystery 30.1%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Indie 6.8%, Simulation 6.1%
- #36 Murder on the Marine Express
76% matchVery Positive94% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: 1564 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.4%, Mystery 23.9%, Female Protagonist 23.8%, Casual 6.7%, Indie 2.1%
- #37 Deliver Us From Evil (DUFE)
75% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Galen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Romance supernatural bachelors and investigate humanity’s dark wishes!
Why similar: Otome 52.5% ★, Visual Novel 22.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Simulation 5.6%
- #38 Repurpose
74% 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: Otome 50.3% ★, Visual Novel 37%, Casual 12.7%
- #39 9-nine-:Episode 1
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,894 reviews2019
Dev: PALETTEPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 145.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Help Miyako and Kakeru track down a superpowered serial killer before they strike again.
Why similar: Visual Novel 67.1%, Mystery 14%, Casual 9.9%, Simulation 9%
- #40 Otome Legends
73% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Jagaimo Studios
Windows · Linux
Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?
Why similar: Otome 56.6% ★, Visual Novel 23.9%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Indie 1.8%
- #41 12 Hours to Die
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 65.1%, Mystery 30.5%, Indie 4.4%
- #42 Gothic Murder: Adventure That Changes Destiny
73% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: orange
Windows · Mac
A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Otome 30.6% ★, Mystery 25.5%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
- #43 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
72% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.6%, Mystery 28.1%, Simulation 23.3%
- #44 1 to 1 humanoid edible toys
69% matchVery Positive93% of 2,339 reviews2024
Dev: 汉谟拉比炒面Pub: 无
Windows · Mac
A story about Ambiguous Affection, Appetite, and Tantalizing Desires.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.2%, Female Protagonist 27.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Casual 4.7%, Indie 3.4%
- #45 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
71% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.9%, Simulation 26.9%, Female Protagonist 20.2%
- #46 outside the door
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 543 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.9%, Mystery 16.7%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Casual 11.1%, Indie 4.8%
- #47 Graveyard Girls
69% 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: Visual Novel 60.2%, Female Protagonist 26.8%, Casual 6.7%, Indie 6.3%
- #48 Asphyxia
72% 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 38%, Female Protagonist 21.5%, Simulation 15.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Casual 7.3%
- #49 SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
71% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: Gosatsu Visual Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.9%, Mystery 26.9%, Female Protagonist 19.8%, Indie 7.3%
- #50 Royal Alchemist
69% matchVery Positive94% of 320 reviews2020
Dev: Nifty VisualsPub: Nifty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intrigue, betrayal, deaths! An Otome / BxB survival Raising Simulation in a high-fantasy royal court setting with RPG elements.
Why similar: Otome 51.6% ★, Visual Novel 20.8%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
- #51 The Specter's Desire
68% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.9%, Strategy 24.3%, Mystery 15.7%
- #52 Winter Polaris
70% matchVery Positive94% of 96 reviews2019
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows
A mysterious global pandemic is making people disappear into thin air. A mysterious glass object carried by a girl found adrift at sea. Two stories that set two pairs of protagonists off on separate journeys around the world. What does it mean to live, make mistakes, and live again?
Why similar: Casual 54.1%, Visual Novel 45.9%
- #53 My Vow to My Liege
67% matchVery Positive92% of 4,072 reviews2020
Dev: YETU GAMEPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
《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 57% ★, Visual Novel 21.1%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Casual 4.3%, Indie 1.9%
- #54 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
65% matchVery Positive90% of 1,598 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Otome 48.2% ★, Visual Novel 35.4%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Simulation 5.4%, Indie 2.2%
- #55 London: Echoes of the Past
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 242 reviews2025
Dev: Stellar Artificer Games
Windows · Mac
A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces. Between a gloomy student girl and a glamorous ex-girlfriend, the clues are intertwined, who is the mastermind behind the scene? Play as a detective heroine in 1935 London, embark on a journey of love and growth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Mystery 26.4%, Female Protagonist 25.9%, Casual 7%
- #56 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
67% matchVery Positive99% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.4%, Mystery 24.4%, Simulation 20.6%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Casual 4%
- #57 Sunlight Scream
68% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.1%, Mystery 30.2%, Simulation 9.6%, Casual 7.1%
- #58 Our Lovely Escape
70% matchMixed66% of 79 reviews2019
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your life is a peaceful one. Each day, you work alongside your (otherwise?) all-female workforce in the pursuit of creating otome games. Will you complete your life with a cute girlfriend? Will you be doomed to a life of normalcy? Or...? Find out in this (mostly...?) normal visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.9%, Female Protagonist 21.8%, Simulation 21.1%, Casual 8.9%, Indie 4.3%
- #59 How to Take Off Your Mask
70% matchVery Positive84% of 179 reviews2015
Dev: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A cute fantasy romance visual novel. One day you discover the other side of your partner you had never known. What is the truth beneath the masks?
Why similar: Otome 51.1% ★, Visual Novel 23.7%, Simulation 9%, Casual 6.4%, Female Protagonist 5.7%
- #60 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
68% matchVery Positive83% of 265 reviews2020
Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 73.2%, Mystery 26.8%