- #1 Infinite Stars - The Visual Novel
97% matchVery Positive89% of 95 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 21.9% ★, Cyberpunk 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 16.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #2 ERROR143
96% matchVery Positive92% of 4,810 reviews2022
Dev: Jenny Vi Pham
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
Why similar: Romance 18.3%, Visual Novel 18%, Otome 16.7% ★, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #3 Gilded Shadows
96% matchVery Positive95% of 192 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 22.7% ★, Romance 20.1%, Cyberpunk 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #4 Trinoline All Ages Version
95% 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: Romance 19.7%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #5 Synthetic Lover
94% matchVery Positive86% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: HeartCoreDev
Windows
In the future a biot working as a companion and without free will, encounters a device that makes him feel human. Self-discovery, hardships, and romance may follow. A BL/Yaoi visual novel.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.8%, Romance 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #6 Arcade Spirits
94% matchVery Positive92% of 622 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 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: Romance 22.8%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Otome 17.9% ★, Choices Matter 12.5%, Cute 10.7%
- #7 Starlight Drifter
93% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Create your own character and explore the universe in this sci-fi space game allowing you to choose where to explore and what to do, where your decisions will affect the universe and the ending you experience.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Cute 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 9.8%
- #8 Drops of Death
91% 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: Visual Novel 19.1%, Romance 17.8%, Otome 17.7% ★, Choices Matter 12%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #9 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,518 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Choices Matter 24.3%, Multiple Endings 20.3%, Story Rich 12.2%, LGBTQ+ 11.5%
- #10 2064: Read Only Memories
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,665 reviews2015
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Cyberpunk 29%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #11 Emberfate: Tempest of Elements
89% matchVery Positive98% of 140 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 22.1% ★, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Romance 12%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #12 Band Camp Boyfriend
88% matchVery Positive97% of 119 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 23.7% ★, Romance 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #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 75.6%, Story Rich 7.3%, LGBTQ+ 5.2%, Romance 4.7%, Multiple Endings 4.6%
- #14 Arcadia Fallen
86% matchVery Positive94% of 508 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 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 19.9% ★, Romance 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #15 Love Shore
87% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 43.6%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Text-Based 18.4%, Colorful 5.3%, Visual Novel 4.2%
- #16 Lost Connections
85% 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: Visual Novel 19.9%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Cute 8.2%, Emotional 8.1%
- #17 Enamored Risks
86% matchVery Positive86% of 204 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 24.4% ★, Romance 21.6%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%, LGBTQ+ 6.5%
- #18 Friendsim 2
84% matchVery Positive88% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: Studio June
Windows · Mac
In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Cyberpunk 16.6%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #19 Times and Galaxy
82% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Copychaser GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.2%, Choices Matter 19%, Cute 12.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, LGBTQ+ 10.3%
- #20 VIDEOVERSE
82% matchVery Positive96% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, Choices Matter 18%, Romance 17.6%, Story Rich 12.5%, Emotional 10.5%
- #21 Criminally Yours
81% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Meant to Bee Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A superhero-themed yandere romance visual novel. He's your coworker, your crush, and the villain you need to stop? Make choices to be with your supervillian ex, or move on to a new hot superhero.
Why similar: Romance 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #22 Alone With You
84% 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 36%, Visual Novel 31%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #23 A Field of Flowers and Stars
83% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: Watercress
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Field of Flowers and Stars is a simple mouse or keyboard-based visual novel.
Why similar: Romance 33.9%, Visual Novel 32.2%, LGBTQ+ 6.9%, 2D 6%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #24 Reviver
81% 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: Clicker 23.4%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Romance 19.5%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Emotional 8.4%
- #25 her tears were my light
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 796 reviews2022
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
a love story between time and space
Why similar: Romance 28.8%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, LGBTQ+ 10.7%, Cute 9.3%
- #26 Arcadie: Second-Born
79% matchVery Positive95% of 385 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: Romance 26.4%, Text-Based 23%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13%, LGBTQ+ 8.8%
- #27 RGB GlitchGazer
76% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.1%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Emotional 14.6%, 2D 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #28 The Divine Speaker
78% matchVery Positive96% of 436 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: Romance 22.8%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Text-Based 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #29 Backstage Pass
80% 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: Otome 44.9% ★, Visual Novel 35.9%, Romance 19.2%
- #30 Millennium Whisper
78% matchMixed67% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Parable Studios
Windows · Linux
Millennium Whisper is a next-gen dating-sim set in 1999 at the fictional Escafeld College with an AI trained by real actors portraying the cast! Who will you confess your feelings to at the end of the millennium?
Why similar: Romance 35.4%, Visual Novel 34.7%, Text-Based 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Casual 6.9%
- #31 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
75% 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: Visual Novel 28.3%, Romance 21%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #32 Tender: Creature Comforts
77% 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: Visual Novel 30.4%, Romance 19.7%, Cute 12.7%, 2D 8.7%, LGBTQ+ 7.4%
- #33 Lilycle Rainbow Stage!!!
77% matchVery Positive92% of 167 reviews2019
Dev: ParticlePub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 243.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In this yuri visual novel featuring an all-star cast, you follow one main love triangle as they navigate their budding romance and the pursuit of their goals, unlocking new, heartwarming events to view from the perspectives of each cute girl in six other precious couples as well.
Why similar: Romance 22.6%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Linear 8.7%, Cute 8.7%
- #34 Dreambound
74% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Romance 23.4%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Emotional 9%, LGBTQ+ 8.5%
- #35 Departed Away
72% matchVery Positive90% of 546 reviews2024
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Romance 19.4%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #36 7 summer days: Youth sky
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 126 reviews2020
Dev: Sanati Tales
Windows · Linux
A visual novel that takes place in the same universe as "7 summer days".
Why similar: Romance 28.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #37 Choice of Robots
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 48.5%, Choices Matter 31.8%, Story Rich 9.3%, Romance 6.9%, LGBTQ+ 3.5%
- #38 Lady in Mystery
73% matchVery Positive94% of 163 reviews2021
Dev: nolsoft
Windows
Welcome to a small detective agency in old Seoul. Lady in Mystery is a Yuri mystery visual novel set in 18th-century Joseon. Choose one of four women to grow closest to Heesoo, the disguised detective. Your choices may lead to love, revenge, or darker paths than you imagined.
Why similar: Romance 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Text-Based 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #39 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is a story-rich adventure and the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories. Explore the rich world with an intuitive point-and-click interface as you take on the role of a young psychic agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious antagonist hiding in people's memories.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 31%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #40 Cybersex: Lust Story
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Octo Games
Windows
Welcome to the world of Cybersex: Lust Story – an enthralling visual novel for adults, where you become the architect of your own destiny, interacting with a mysterious android being that encapsulates uniqueness and distinction.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.6%, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Cute 7.9%
- #41 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
69% 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: Romance 26.8%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Otome 15.3% ★, Choices Matter 11.5%, LGBTQ+ 8.2%
- #42 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
72% matchVery Positive94% of 253 reviews2021
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.4%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #43 //TODO: today
71% 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: Visual Novel 39.5%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Cute 15.1%, Casual 6.6%
- #44 Growing Up
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,558 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Visual Novel 19.7%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Emotional 11%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #45 Planet Stronghold
76% matchMixed59% of 117 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Planet Stronghold is a sci-fi role-playing game with a turn-based combat system. You take the role of a young, new recruit that somehow gets assigned to the most well-known, and well-defended, human outpost in the whole galaxy: Planet Stronghold.
Why similar: Romance 29.5%, Otome 25.8% ★, Visual Novel 25.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%, LGBTQ+ 9.1%
- #46 LoveChoice
68% 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: Romance 33.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Cute 8.4%
- #47 OmOneko
69% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: TaleChaser
Windows · Mac · Linux
“A story about cat girls … with bite.” Nekos have evolved in the shadows of human society. Beautiful. Mysterious. Chaotic. And now, three of them live with you. Will you be able to get past the stigma and grow closer to them? OmOneko is a tale of cat and mouse... and rats.
Why similar: Romance 19.9%, Visual Novel 17%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Text-Based 10.8%, Choices Matter 9%
- #48 Heaven Will Be Mine
71% matchVery Positive92% of 754 reviews2018
Dev: Pillow Fight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
HEAVEN WILL BE MINE is a visual novel about making terrible life decisions in the midst of a hot-blooded battle between giant robots. Select one of three terribly behaved girls to fight and/or make out with each other in their struggle for the fate of space.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.8%, Romance 31%, LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #49 Tomorrow's Love Puzzle
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,169 reviews2024
Dev: 柚元(上海)文化传媒有限公司
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Play as 'Ming Tian' in a romantic game, where you meet six unique women. From dominant to innocent, mysterious, dignified, cheerful, to clingy, your choices determine Ming Tian's love story. Who will he choose? You decide.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 33.2%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Story Rich 10.9%, Emotional 9.3%
- #50 Love Thyself - A Horatio Story
70% matchVery Positive91% of 643 reviews2019
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
In a society where everyone is a clone of the Emperor, can you survive long enough to find out who you truly are? Try out the brand new visual novel set in the Endless Universe!
Why similar: Visual Novel 87.5%, Casual 12.5%
- #51 Until Then
64% 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: Visual Novel 30.1%, Romance 17.3%, Emotional 12.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Linear 6.7%
- #52 KANADE
67% matchVery Positive84% of 343 reviews2025
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
A visual novel about becoming lovers with Kanade—a half-human, half-alien girl. Enjoy a tender relationship with Kanade and witness how love blossoms into a song that saves the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.3%, Cute 17.8%, Linear 13.3%, Emotional 12.1%, Casual 7.1%
- #53 My New Memories
69% matchVery Positive83% of 459 reviews2021
Dev: Killer7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Memories...One of the most important things in our lives. But what happens if you forget who you are? If you don't remember anything? Then you can only hope that the people that do know who you are help you out...This is your journey...On your way to finding new memories...
Why similar: Romance 31.6%, Visual Novel 27.3%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, LGBTQ+ 8.2%
- #54 Blossoms Bloom Brightest
71% matchMixed70% of 207 reviews2017
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
A sci-fi, yuri visual novel with a dollop of mystery.
Why similar: Romance 26.9%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Text-Based 9.8%, LGBTQ+ 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #55 Last Resort
68% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Aleksey Izimov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into the mysterious world of the "Last Resort", a non-linear visual novel where past and future are woven together. His life’s breaking under the weight of life problems. Unable to fight any further, He decides to take his final journey. Will it change anything? Or will it lead Him to the end?
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.9%, Romance 18.3%, Cute 12.2%, Text-Based 11.8%, 2D 9%
- #56 Because I Love Her
67% matchVery Positive82% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: The Typist
Windows · Mac · Linux
Because I Love Her is a choice-driven adult Visual Novel that focuses on character relationships over time. Play out the lives of two main protagonists while learning about other love interests and uncover the mystery that surrounds your new neighbors in this zero grind Visual Novel.
Why similar: Romance 18.9%, Visual Novel 18%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Choices Matter 15.4%
- #57 MUSICUS!
68% 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: Visual Novel 19.1%, Romance 18%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #58 The Symbiant Re:Union
66% matchVery Positive92% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: HeartCoreDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a deep dive into Danya’s and Brahve’s heat and romance in The Symbiant Re:Union. The events take place after two Endings of The Symbiant’s main game.
Why similar: Romance 30.8%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Choices Matter 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #59 S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
63% 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: Immersive Sim 28.5%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Story Rich 9.7%