- #1 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,680 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.8%, Choices Matter 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Romance 12.1%, Story Rich 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, it features a highly reactive, meta-narrative structure where your choices lead to vastly different, often tragic, outcomes.
- #2 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 39,157 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 22.7%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Demons 17.3%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Story Rich 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures a similar dark, psychological tone with pixel-art aesthetics and high-stakes choices that define the characters' fates.
- #3 GNOSIA
96% matchVery Positive94% of 5,092 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38%, Visual Novel 29.7%, Story Rich 16.1%, Anime 9.8%, Simulation 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully uses a time-loop mechanic and social deduction to force players through dozens of unique, branching endings.
- #4 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,394 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Story Rich 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Anime 8%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes visual novel where every decision matters, leading to multiple branching paths and character-driven consequences.
- #5 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
94% matchVery Positive94% of 57,572 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Multiple Endings 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Anime 10%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the dark, psychological, and meta-commentary style of the seed game while focusing on managing a character toward various disastrous ends.
- #6 OneShot
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 64,754 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Story Rich 23%, Multiple Endings 21.6%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Cute 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-fictional experience that breaks the fourth wall and relies on player agency to determine the fate of its world.
- #7 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,130 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Romance 13.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Anime 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that subverts player expectations through meta-narrative shifts and branching paths.
- #8 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,183 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Multiple Endings 24.2%, Story Rich 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Anime 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This mystery visual novel uses a unique non-linear structure and meta-elements to uncover the truth behind its multiple endings.
- #9 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 34,252 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Visual Novel 65.9%, Anime 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: An experimental, short visual novel that explores psychological fragility with a distinct, unsettling aesthetic.
- #10 Little Goody Two Shoes
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,516 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Story Rich 8%, Romance 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines dating-sim elements with dark, horror-themed narrative branches and multiple potential fates.
- #11 Ib
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,289 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Story Rich 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 13%
Why You'll Like It: A classic horror-adventure game that relies on player choices to reach several distinct, often tragic, endings.
- #12 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,285 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.3%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Story Rich 12.6%, Choices Matter 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel expands on the surreal, psychological themes and pixel-art style of the original.
- #13 Scarlet Hollow
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,206 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Choices Matter 23.5%, Multiple Endings 22.2%, Story Rich 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep, branching narrative paths where your personality traits and choices significantly alter the story and character relationships.
- #14 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
89% matchVery Positive93% of 7,340 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Multiple Endings 23.7%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Story Rich 15.9%, Anime 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It is a quintessential example of a visual novel built entirely around exploring multiple timelines and endings to solve a central mystery.
- #15 OMORI
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 88,316 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 32.2%, Story Rich 28%, Pixel Graphics 22%, Anime 4.3%, Colorful 4%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological, story-rich RPG that uses pixel art to explore trauma and multiple narrative perspectives.
- #16 Coffee Talk
86% matchVery Positive95% of 12,534 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, dialogue-driven simulation that allows you to influence the outcomes of various characters' lives through your choices.
- #17 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
85% matchVery Positive88% of 6,230 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Story Rich 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that investigates supernatural occurrences with a focus on character-driven mystery and pixel-art aesthetics.
- #18 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,654 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.1%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the lives of others through dialogue-heavy interactions, creating a deeply atmospheric and story-rich experience.
- #19 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,786 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 23%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Story Rich 16.7%, Anime 10%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal horror adventure with a heavy emphasis on exploration, puzzles, and meaningful narrative choices.
- #20 a new life.
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,420 reviews2020
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Romance 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, emotional LGBTQ visual novel that explores the complexities of relationships through branching paths.
- #21 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
82% matchVery Positive88% of 3,550 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 33.6%, Visual Novel 26%, Story Rich 14.8%, Anime 10.3%, Female Protagonist 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, experimental adventure game that uses multiple endings to explore psychological themes.
- #22 Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
82% matchVery Positive93% of 1,722 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Delve into the enthralling world of Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum, the acclaimed RPG Maker gothic horror game that'll take you on a moving journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.1%, Pixel Graphics 23.5%, Anime 14%, Stylized 10.3%, Colorful 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric horror-adventure that features complex puzzles and multiple endings based on player actions.
- #23 Sucker for Love: First Date
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,007 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Romance 15%, Story Rich 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A humorous, romance-focused visual novel that subverts the dating-sim genre with Lovecraftian horror elements.
- #24 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
81% matchVery Positive88% of 3,767 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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+ 21.8%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive-fiction game where your choices determine your personality and lead to different narrative conclusions.
- #25 Save the Date
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Post Boredom Games
Windows
Time is broken, and only the Union's finest Temporal Mechanic can save it. Once he clocks in to work, that is. In this deep space precision platformer's Prologue Episode, manipulate time to overcome deadly obstacles in a race against the clock to reach the Mayan Temple and Save the Date.
Why similar: Story Rich 46.4%, Stylized 30.8%, Colorful 20.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, meta-narrative game that explicitly challenges the player to find ways to avoid a doomed outcome.
- #26 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
80% matchVery Positive93% of 4,411 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Multiple Endings 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich RPG that utilizes multiple endings and pixel art to present a challenging, character-focused narrative.
- #27 Find Love or Die Trying
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Romance 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Story Rich 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dating-sim that leans into the 'die trying' aspect, offering multiple endings based on your success or failure in romance.
- #28 Our Bad Ending
78% matchVery Positive100% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: FEVER FICTION
Windows · Mac · Linux
A ritual. A festering, unrequited love. Sink into a humid and visceral Southeast Asian horror about the pursuit of a doomed lesbian love. Is a bad ending better than no ending at all?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.1%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, Romance 10%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #29 her tears were my light
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 856 reviews2022
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
a love story between time and space
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Romance 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, romantic, and time-bending visual novel that explores themes of connection and fate.
- #30 暴杀残雨之夜
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 786 reviews2026
Dev: 茶斩刀制作组Pub: 无
Windows · Mac
On a rainy night, it's all up to you whether to show love or be cruel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Multiple Endings 25.4%, Romance 14.9%, Story Rich 12.3%, Anime 7.3%
- #31 Folie Fatale
77% matchVery Positive86% of 2,679 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Choices Matter 13%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #32 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
75% matchVery Positive93% of 21,931 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.2 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 31.9%, Multiple Endings 24%, Story Rich 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Cute 8%
- #33 My Loving Wife
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: Conor Hehr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Come home to see your wife who loves you a lot every day.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy visual novel that explores themes of love and choice within a cute, anime-inspired aesthetic.
- #34 Demonheart: The Ice Demon
77% 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: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 9%
- #35 Heart Cage
72% matchVery Positive97% of 379 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: Visual Novel 28.1%, Multiple Endings 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 12.7%, Anime 6.7%
- #36 Melancholy Love
76% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
Windows · Mac
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Romance 10%
- #37 q.u.q.
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,956 reviews2023
Dev: motijanPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
q.u.q. is a surreal visual novel about a somewhat crude girl that wanders a desert.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Multiple Endings 23.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Anime 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #38 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,384 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.4 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+ 44.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Romance 7.9%
- #39 Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
74% matchVery Positive95% of 9,487 reviews2019
Dev: Baroque DecayPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 24.3%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Story Rich 14.2%, Cute 9.3%
- #40 Demonheart
75% matchVery Positive90% of 759 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: LGBTQ+ 23.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Demons 10.4%
- #41 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
71% matchVery Positive95% of 1,325 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' Avoid the fanatical cultists and survive dangerous rituals to escape the Black Woods with your life in this 90’s anime inspired visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Story Rich 12.1%, Anime 9.7%, Romance 7.9%
- #42 BAD END
76% matchVery Positive83% of 398 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 26.1%, Multiple Endings 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Story Rich 13%, Anime 9%
- #43 Graveyard Girls
73% matchVery Positive98% of 166 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: LGBTQ+ 25.3%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #44 Magical Girl Witch Trials
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,789 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, LGBTQ+ 25.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Cute 8.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #45 DRAMAtical Murder
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,946 reviews2021
Dev: Nitro+CHiRALPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Aoba's vibrant cyberpunk world is one of contrasts: high-tech virtual reality battles versus street gang turf wars, ultra-exclusive luxury resorts and tiny junk shops. The choices you make will shape the path of Aoba's journey into the dark secrets lurking beneath the glossy sheen of the city.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Romance 8.8%
- #46 A Date with Death
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,657 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.4%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Romance 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #47 Heaven Will Be Mine
73% matchVery Positive92% of 797 reviews2018
Dev: Pillow Fight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: LGBTQ+ 35.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Romance 13%, Story Rich 12.1%, Choices Matter 11%
- #48 Class of '09
70% matchVery Positive95% of 9,055 reviews2021
Dev: SBN3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is the anti-visual novel. Instead of playing as some guy magically able to score with beautiful anime girls, YOU play the anime girl and create mass chaos in the lives of your potential "suitors". Earnest comedy, social accuracy, and late 2000's aesthetic await you in Class of '09!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Multiple Endings 22.7%, Story Rich 7.3%, Female Protagonist 4.6%
- #49 Otome Legends
71% matchVery Positive92% of 118 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: Visual Novel 41.8%, Story Rich 17.2%, Anime 13.9%, Cute 13.7%, Simulation 6.2%
- #50 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,996 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #51 Blood Lily Ghoststories
68% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #52 Until Then
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,965 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 28.6%, LGBTQ+ 20%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Story Rich 14.5%, Romance 9.8%
- #53 5omeday
66% matchVery Positive89% of 323 reviews2026
Dev: Indigo IngotsPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
You have been assigned to guard a dragon girl set to be executed at the end of 5 days and have the ability to kill her instantly at any time with the push of a button in this multi-ending visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #54 Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,907 reviews2025
Dev: Ferry // Nopanamaman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.9%, LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Story Rich 13.1%, Anime 5.1%, Female Protagonist 4.7%
- #55 Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis
65% matchVery Positive91% of 4,203 reviews2026
Dev: Alliance Arts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
“Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis” is a rhythm adventure game about a psychotic hikikomori girl - also an avid anonymous poster - who corrupts the world with her severe brain rot from listening to too many denpa songs. Yunyun all over this ♡♡♡♡ world with your degen otaku-posting.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 22%, Visual Novel 21.5%, LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Cute 9.3%, Anime 8.7%
- #56 Lachesis or Atropos
69% matchVery Positive86% of 73 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: LGBTQ+ 28.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Romance 7.8%
- #57 Bewitching Sinners
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 530 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: LGBTQ+ 26.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Romance 9.2%
- #58 Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet
65% matchVery Positive98% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #59 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,772 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.5%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Story Rich 9.5%
