- #1 Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo
97% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: FUF Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Anime 12.5%, Mystery 12%, Romance 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #2 A Totally Normal Love Story
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Something Hippo
Windows · Mac
Made for people who love Hallmark movies — and people who love to hate them. A totally normal love story in a perfectly ordinary small town, where nothing weird ever happens…or so you’re told.
Why similar: Thriller 20.8%, Romance 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Mystery 10.8%
- #3 The Lyra Signal
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: ESTREA
Windows
The Lyra Signal is a story-driven visual novel about memory, mystery, and the echoes of the past. Follow Leo as he uncovers a strange recording left by his father and begins searching for the meaning behind a name that refuses to disappear: Lyra.
Why similar: Narrative 23.3% ★, Mystery 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #4 A Quiet Place Between Us
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Papersoul Games
Windows · Mac
A story-rich romance visual novel where every choice shapes your relationships, memories, and journey. Experience an emotional anime story of love, loss, and unforgettable characters, with meaningful choices that lead to different paths and multiple endings.
Why similar: Narrative 22.8% ★, Romance 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #5 They’ll Hang You for That Face
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NITOPU
Windows
Tomorrow, you burn at the stake as a "Werewolf". To save your family, you gladly accept a false execution. But after death, you witness them being ravaged in a living hell. Through a time loop triggered by your absolute despair, you must weave the world's kindest lie.
Why similar: Thriller 17.4%, Narrative 17.2% ★, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Mystery 8.4%
- #6 Time For Changes
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wedared Game Studio
Windows
During exam prep, Semyon faces a family crisis that leads to failure and a transfer to a troubled class. There, he encounters not only hostility but also makes new friends and meets girls who change his outlook on life. He must make tough choices between friendship, dreams, and harsh reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Romance 17.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Anime 10.7%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #7 SweetCanvas
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GlossPub: JAST
Windows
An untimely transfer. An unexpected encounter. A chance meeting between two students sets in motion a chain of events that will fundamentally change both of their lives... Or, perhaps, just their love life!
Why similar: Romance 13.6%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Anime 9.4%, Mystery 9.2%
- #8 Happiness! Sakura Celebration!
92% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Windmill OasisPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Once every ten years, the cherry blossoms stay in bloom longer than usual, and the seasonal festivals are much more grandiose. This year is known as the Year of the Cherry Blossoms. With the arrival of the Year of the Cherry Blossoms once more, various people begin to feel various feelings sprout up again.
Why similar: Romance 21.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Magic 12%, Multiple Endings 11%, Anime 8.3%
- #9 Shine On, My Little Sun
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Forpixie StudioPub: TERNOX
Windows
When the Sun fell, darkness covered the world. In the snowy wasteland, the town of Svargo thrived under its faint light. But the Sun did not go out. The small Sun sleeps atop a grim lighthouse. What happens when the Sun awakens, seeking a few days of simple childhood?
Why similar: Narrative 37.1% ★, Visual Novel 14.6%, Anime 11.4%, Emotional 8.9%, Multiple Endings 5.2%
- #10 Spelltech
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jubei Games
Windows
A brilliant engineer from MIT, Ren Shale is summoned to another world, where he analyzes and combines magic and science to pioneer the new field of Spelltech and joins his companions to defend the kingdom against the sinister Demon King, his powerful Archdukes, and their demon armies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Romance 11%, Magic 10.1%
- #11 Innocence Rewrite
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Charlotte's Oak
Windows
"Innocence Rewrite" captures the summer before and after the college entrance exam.As old bonds mend and distant feelings return, it's a season of healing amid chaos.No need for correction fluid — just feel, and slowly rewrite the innocence of youth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Romance 18.2%, Anime 13.1%, Emotional 11.5%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #12 Click Start
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tech-AM Studio
Windows
Click Start is a visual novel about relationships, boundaries, and consequences. Make choices that shape conversations, relationships, and multiple endings—because what matters is not only who you choose, but how you treat others along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Romance 16.9%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Anime 9.3%
- #13 Ubel
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regularjax
Windows
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Thriller 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Anime 14%, Mystery 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #14 Re:Fragment ~Absolute Ambition~
87% matchVery Positive94% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: AstralSeal
Windows · Mac · Linux
We all dream of a bright future ahead, but life doesn't always turn out how we expect. Yuuma, the protagonist, lives a peaceful life until the student council president proposes a new controversial policy that changes everything they once knew forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Romance 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Anime 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #15 Da Capo 3 R
89% matchVery Positive97% of 164 reviews2017
Dev: CircusPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 150.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Da Capo 3 R is a visual novel set in a secret magic school hidden beneath the city of London. This slice-of-life story will blossom into a tale of love, romance, and friendship as the students overcome the magic trials that await.
Why similar: Romance 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Anime 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #16 Tamayura Mirai
86% matchVery Positive93% of 232 reviews2023
Dev: AzuritePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 41.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
There is a girl, searching for something she lost... Tamayura Mirai is a midsummer fantasy visual novel of humans, spirits, and sorcerers that's won several industry awards in Japan.
Why similar: Romance 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Anime 10.1%, Emotional 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #17 Paper Enchantress
86% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: SCA studio
Windows
Paper Enchantress - это романтическое приключение полное магии, судьбоносных решений и прекрасных принцев. Что откроется за таинственной дверью?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Romance 18.4%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Magic 8.3%
- #18 Floral Flowlove
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SAGA PLANETSPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Floral Flowlove is a romance adventure game created by the Japanese game brand SAGA PLANETS. It won many awards in the art, music, and character categories in the year of its release in Japan.
Why similar: Romance 22%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #19 Bokuten - Why I Became an Angel
85% matchVery Positive85% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: OVERDRIVEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 22.9 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 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Anime 11.6%, Emotional 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.7%
- #20 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life
84% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Narrative 25.8% ★, Romance 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Anime 9.4%, Emotional 9.4%
- #21 Kairos: Until the Dawn Breaks
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mokomuku
Windows
A melancholic fantasy visual novel. Kairos, the last twilight hunter of a clan abandoned by its god, walks to the Temple of Dawn chasing the truth of a silent goddess — and what he lost along the way. They were taught to fear the night. It was the light that burned them.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Romance 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #22 Daydream and Her Lonely Isle
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Daydream Studio
Windows
Spend a full school year on a remote island, growing closer to four heroines while confronting the secrets hidden in their dreams. Plan each day, build shared memories, and make your choices before an ordinary youth begins to unravel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Narrative 13.5% ★, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #23 Closer than Allowed: After the Bell
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EXPECTACLE
Windows
A mature romance visual novel about getting close and deciding what comes next. Meet four heroines in Greenfield's adult transfer program, keep or break your promises, and follow three complete episodes to 16 endings. All romanceable characters are 18+.
Why similar: Romance 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Anime 9.7%
- #24 Bound Between Desks
79% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Romance 12.9%, Anime 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #25 Ghost of the Quadrangle
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VNhub
Windows · Mac
A choice-driven visual novel set at Blackthorn Academy, where you uncover hidden secrets, shape relationships, and influence rival factions through branching decisions in a dark story of mystery, romance, revenge, and multiple possible outcomes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Romance 17.7%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #26 Saraab: Beyond The Veil
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rooted Elevation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search pulls her through visions and entities rooted in Arabian folklore, and family secrets that should have stayed buried.
Why similar: Narrative 23% ★, Visual Novel 12.1%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Emotional 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #27 Trinoline All Ages Version
81% matchVery Positive87% of 167 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Anime 11.7%, Emotional 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #28 Irotoridori No Sekai HD - The Colorful World
79% matchVery Positive96% of 277 reviews2024
Dev: FAVORITEPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 125.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
When he was a child, Yuuma received a special power from the “translucent magician”, Shinku. Just by touching someone with his hand, he is able to cure all of their wounds in return for some of his memories.
Why similar: Romance 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Emotional 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Anime 9.8%
- #29 Summer Snow Day
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happy Ghost Studio
Windows
Spend your summer in a small snowy town in this Dating-Sim Murder Mystery. Meet new people and perhaps fall in love! A series of grisly murders throw a wrench into the romance, and now YOU have to solve them! Make FREQUENT choices and play mini games to catch the killer and fall in love!
Why similar: Thriller 17.7%, Romance 17%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #30 Katawa Shoujo
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,247 reviews2024
Dev: Four Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
Why similar: Narrative 20.1% ★, Romance 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Emotional 9.2%
- #31 My Camp of Memories
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniil Tarasau
Windows · Mac
A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Anime 11.9%, Emotional 10.1%, Mystery 8%
- #32 The Countess from Moscow
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RODRIK LTD
Windows
Modern-day Muscovite Anna awakens in the body of Countess Elizaveta Orlova. Explore the Northern Crown Academy, uncover the secrets of its mirrors, choose your allies, and decide Anna's fate in a visual novel about magic, trust, and two worlds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Romance 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Mystery 8.2%
- #33 Quantum Suicide
77% 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: Narrative 20.4% ★, Romance 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #34 The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons
76% matchVery Positive89% of 319 reviews2023
Dev: LaplacianPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
2061, Japan. Mankind has lost the sky, and with it, its connections. All of it was taken away by birds... ...By countless artificial pigeons flying through the sky.
Why similar: Romance 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 15.1%, Emotional 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #35 恋语星缘
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 广大Gal制作组Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Rokuyo, a Chinese calendar system legendarily created by Zhuge Liang, marks daily fortune. Those with Rokuyo powers can wield special abilities. Yet every gift from fate has a hidden price. What happens when a divination boy meets a mysterious girl?
Why similar: Romance 13.5%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Mystery 9.8%
- #36 PARQUET
74% matchVery Positive95% of 2,414 reviews2021
Dev: YUZUSOFTSOURPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 94.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In the near future, a technology called Brain-Machine Interface connects the brain and machines. This technology brings about a new paradigm and opens the gates to the digitization of human memory itself. From these new discoveries, "he" is born.
Why similar: Romance 22.7%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Anime 15.8%, Story Rich 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #37 Aeon on Mosaic: Anemone 时间碎片:奇迹
75% matchVery Positive93% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Fantasia Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five stories, a life. In an accident, the man named "Miracle" met the girl he hit, and the trajectory of his life has changed since then. Ten years, in the scattered fragments of time, witness together his precious memories.
Why similar: Romance 21.4%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 13.8%, Anime 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #38 Dawn Awaits
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Platomenti
Windows
Dawn Awaits is a 2D narrative adventure that creates an experience akin to controlling an anime movie. The story follows Li Han, a young noodle shop delivery man, whose heart is caught between a school friend and a female teacher to whom he is betrothed in repayment of a debt of gratitude.
Why similar: Narrative 33.8% ★, Romance 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Anime 11.3%, Emotional 8.2%
- #39 EULA ~2026 Human Creativity Report~
72% matchNo user reviews98% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: MoEater
Windows · Linux
An image created by AI — is it yours? An AI art tool is placed before a nameless illustrator. To accept, or to refuse. A visual novel that tells the same story in different forms. Your choices shape the ending - there is no right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 32% ★, Visual Novel 17%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #40 Time Crack
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MelTheMelPub: Nightfall Narratives
Windows
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.8%, Thriller 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #41 Riddle Me Bunny: Nonogram
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Midnight Cupcakes
Windows
A cozy nonogram puzzle adventure wrapped in a storybook world. Solve gentle picture-logic puzzles to reveal hand-crafted pixel art, and slowly bring color back to a village that has quietly faded away.
Why similar: Romance 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Emotional 10.1%
- #42 Anemorie
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: InnGamez StudioPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
A girl with a fragile heart. A gift to see forgotten memories. Dive into Anna’s world where every object holds a story—and one memory may change her life forever.
Why similar: Narrative 27.6% ★, Romance 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Emotional 7.9%
- #43 Poison Noir: Desire, Time & Gangsters
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Brunomir
Windows
A breathtaking visual novel that will make you live through two eras filled with love, terrifying mysteries, and bullets. Follow Jake as he travels back and forth between the 90s and the Prohibition era of the 20s, and make choices that will determine his fate.
Why similar: Romance 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Thriller 11.3%, Anime 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #44 Fate/stay night REMASTERED
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,934 reviews2024
Dev: TYPE-MOONPub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 50.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Seek the root of the Fate franchise. Return to where it all began.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Anime 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Magic 8.8%, Romance 8.8%
- #45 KEPT
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Silk Dagger
Windows
You wake into a perfect life you don't remember choosing — warm, loving, and sealed shut. She knows everything about you. The one door has never opened. KEPT is a short psychological romance-horror visual novel with six endings, gated by how much of the truth you can bear to know.
Why similar: Romance 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Thriller 11.5%, Anime 9.1%, Mystery 7.7%
- #46 Beneath The Cherry Blossom Tree
71% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Single Blossom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into what lies below in “Beneath the Cherry Blossom Tree” an immersive visual novel where every choice carves a path through a tapestry of mystery, romance, and intrigue. Unravel a story that intertwines destiny, personality, and local folklore
Why similar: Romance 17.8%, Multiple Endings 14%, Mystery 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%
- #47 END OF SUMMER
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CUBEPub: Shiravune
Windows
On his way to his countryside home, Yuji makes an unlikely acquaintance in Mio, a bedraggled young woman on her way to the sea. Watch over the two as they slowly grow closer in this touching visual novel by CUBE!
Why similar: Romance 21.5%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Emotional 15.9%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #48 Memory Girl +
69% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Romance 15.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Mystery 9.6%, Anime 9.5%
- #49 Ending the Happy Route
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Water Phoenix
Windows
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Why similar: Romance 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Mystery 13.5%, Emotional 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #50 Talewarden: Riders of the New Day
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Bucket Hat Cat
Windows · Mac
In this adventure visual novel, you travel across an alien planet stuck in an endless sunset. Shape the fates of 7 companions from different worlds. Uncover the truth about anomalous locations, hidden corridors, and a child who aged in a day. See what remains of a world abandoned by its creators.
Why similar: Narrative 33.1% ★, Visual Novel 11.1%, Romance 9.2%, Mystery 9.1%, Emotional 7.3%
- #51 Sign: Broken Kether
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 猫猫毛工坊Nekonoke
Windows · Mac
Sign is a visual novel series that blends fantasy, urban life, and adventure. The story follows Lyra, a high school girl who encounters Cygnus, a witch from another world. Together, they embark on a journey to reclaim the witch’s lost powers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Anime 15.2%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Magic 10.2%
- #52 AIXIN: Goddess' Love
67% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: 7th Ascension
Windows
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Romance 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Emotional 12.1%, Anime 11.2%, Mystery 8.9%
- #53 Luminescence
71% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: Genetic Studio
Windows
"Let's make a deal, if you can prove that urban legend is a lie, I won't bother you anymore." Rena is annoying student. She always show up wherever Ady is. Until one day, they make a deal. If Ady can prove that urban legend is a lie, she promise to leave Ady alone. Can Ady prove it ?
Why similar: Romance 19%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Anime 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #54 The Doll Shop
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Atelier Sentô
Windows
The Doll Shop is a hand-drawn narrative game – part romance, part horror – set in the Japanese countryside. Play as a young dollmaker who reunites with his childhood friend in an eerie snowbound village. Will you dare confess your secret?
Why similar: Narrative 17.4% ★, Emotional 12.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #55 The Game of Fourtune
68% matchPositive97% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Anime 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #56 One Night Liar
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShironoRPub: 346lab Localization
Windows
【一夜限りの騙し合いADV】 殺された女性のふりをして豪華客船での同窓会に潜入して"嘘"を武器に事件を解決する。
Why similar: Thriller 20.7%, Romance 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #57 Per My Last Email
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows · Mac
You are the new hire. The account you inherited is not new — it belonged to E. Vale, who is no longer with the company. Ten business days of email in which you choose what you say, then choose who sees it. The routing is permanent. Someone is still reading.
Why similar: Narrative 22.7% ★, Thriller 20%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Mystery 10%
- #58 Trust Me, Not Her
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NerdyBird Studios
Windows · Linux
Lost in a secluded forest, you encounter two mysterious girls. One Good. One Evil. But which is which? And who will you Trust in this thrilling, choice-driven Visual Novel?
Why similar: Thriller 15.6%, Romance 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Mystery 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #59 Veils of the Past
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TangoScarMike Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Narrative 24.3% ★, Thriller 12.1%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Mystery 8.5%
- #60 纸上的魔法使
64% matchVery Positive91% of 266 reviews2026
Dev: UGUISUKAGURAPub: TamaMako Gaming
Windows
莺神乐的知名作品,在Steam中高清化上架! 与书本坠入爱河,畅游在书本与魔法的世界中吧!
Why similar: Romance 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 10.1%, Emotional 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%