- #1 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,656 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Choices Matter 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Romance 12%, Story Rich 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title features a highly reactive meta-narrative where your choices drastically alter the path and lead to a wide variety of distinct, often dark endings.
- #2 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,431 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 82.9 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 28.5%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Romance 13.2%, Story Rich 9.9%, Anime 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It subverts the cute visual novel aesthetic to deliver a psychological horror experience that relies on player choices and meta-commentary.
- #3 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
96% matchVery Positive94% of 56,574 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 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 26.5%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Anime 10%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, simulation-heavy visual novel that forces you to manage the life of a streamer, leading to numerous chaotic and tragic endings.
- #4 OneShot
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 63,597 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.7 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 21.5%, Choices Matter 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Cute 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game breaks the fourth wall and uses meta-narrative elements to create a deeply emotional connection between the player and the protagonist.
- #5 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,869 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 8.0 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 65.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Anime 11.4%, Story Rich 10.8%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and highly experimental visual novel that explores psychological distress through a unique and unsettling lens.
- #6 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,226 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 31.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Story Rich 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Anime 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This death-game visual novel features complex branching paths and high-stakes decision-making where the survival of characters depends entirely on your choices.
- #7 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,924 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 39.9%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Story Rich 12.7%, Choices Matter 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel expands on the surreal, psychological themes of the original with more complex branching and deeper character exploration.
- #8 Who's Lila?
92% matchVery Positive94% of 3,686 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Multiple Endings 22.8%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Story Rich 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: An experimental, pixel-art psychological horror game that uses a unique facial expression system to influence the branching narrative.
- #9 GNOSIA
91% matchVery Positive94% of 4,951 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 15.4 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+ 37.6%, Visual Novel 29.7%, Story Rich 16.3%, Anime 9.9%, Simulation 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A social deduction game that uses a time-loop mechanic to force players to experience dozens of different outcomes and character interactions.
- #10 Little Goody Two Shoes
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,440 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.0 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+ 39.5%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Story Rich 8.1%, Romance 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, fairy-tale inspired horror game that blends dating-sim elements with multiple endings based on your survival and choices.
- #11 The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
90% matchVery Positive94% of 35,341 reviews2022
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 48.3%, Choices Matter 36.2%, Story Rich 13.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential meta-narrative game that rewards players for exploring every possible path and defying the narrator's instructions.
- #12 a new life.
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,412 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+ 42.5%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Romance 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A heartfelt, short visual novel that focuses on LGBTQ romance and the emotional weight of small, life-changing decisions.
- #13 her tears were my light
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 835 reviews2022
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
a love story between time and space
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Romance 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, short visual novel about time travel and romance that utilizes unique mechanics to tell a poignant story.
- #14 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,967 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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A charming and surreal visual novel that uses a choose-your-own-adventure structure to explore the mundane and magical aspects of office life.
- #15 Ib
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,206 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Story Rich 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: This classic pixel-art horror game features multiple endings based on your actions and the relationships you build with other characters.
- #16 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,383 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 31.2 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+ 27.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Choices Matter 13%, Story Rich 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: While more atmospheric, it shares the focus on character-driven storytelling where your choices (in this case, drinks served) influence the narrative flow.
- #17 Coffee Talk
86% matchVery Positive95% of 12,424 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 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%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, conversation-based visual novel that focuses on the lives of fantasy creatures, emphasizing the impact of your listening and serving choices.
- #18 Scarlet Hollow
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,946 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 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 26.4%, Choices Matter 23.6%, Multiple Endings 22.3%, Story Rich 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven horror visual novel where your personality traits and decisions significantly alter the story and the relationships you form.
- #19 Long Live The Queen
85% matchVery Positive95% of 7,142 reviews2013
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Anime 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Choices Matter 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A punishing simulation game where you must manage a young queen's education, with almost every choice potentially leading to a gruesome and sudden death.
- #20 Folie Fatale
83% matchVery Positive86% of 2,591 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Multiple Endings 18%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror otome game that emphasizes dark themes and branching paths where your choices can lead to obsession or demise.
- #21 Heaven Will Be Mine
84% matchVery Positive92% of 773 reviews2018
Dev: Pillow Fight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.3 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+ 50.5%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Romance 10.3%, Story Rich 7.7%, Female Protagonist 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A stylish, queer-focused visual novel that explores complex relationships and mecha-combat through a highly stylized narrative.
- #22 DRAMAtical Murder
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,797 reviews2021
Dev: Nitro+CHiRALPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 12.3 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+ 42.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Romance 9%
Why You'll Like It: A well-known LGBTQ visual novel that features a dark, cyberpunk setting and multiple branching paths leading to various romantic and tragic ends.
- #23 The House in Fata Morgana
82% matchVery Positive95% of 6,401 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Romance 11%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply tragic and story-rich visual novel that uses multiple perspectives and timelines to unravel a complex, emotional mystery.
- #24 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
81% matchVery Positive93% of 4,390 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Multiple Endings 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art adventure that focuses on high-stakes puzzles and multiple endings, requiring careful decision-making to survive.
- #25 Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
80% matchVery Positive93% of 1,684 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 33.3%, Pixel Graphics 23.3%, Anime 13.9%, Stylized 10.4%, Colorful 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal horror RPG that focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving, with multiple endings tied to the player's discoveries.
- #26 A Date with Death
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,246 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 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+ 36.3%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Romance 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modern dating-sim with a supernatural twist that uses branching dialogue to determine the fate of your relationship with the Grim Reaper.
- #27 Inscryption
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 146,532 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Story Rich 69.4%, Pixel Graphics 25.3%, 2D 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, meta-fictional card game that constantly subverts player expectations and forces you to engage with its unsettling narrative layers.
- #28 Demonheart
82% matchVery Positive91% of 756 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+ 23.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Demons 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy visual novel that allows you to play as a villainous protagonist, with your choices directly impacting the world and your romantic interests.
- #29 Our Bad Ending
77% matchVery Positive100% of 51 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+ 31.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Romance 10.1%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #30 Undertale
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 328,921 reviews2015
Dev: tobyfox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 30.1%, Choices Matter 25.7%, Story Rich 19%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Cute 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A genre-defining game that uses meta-narrative and player choices to dictate the morality of the world and the final outcome of the story.
- #31 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
76% matchVery Positive93% of 21,072 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 17.4 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 31.8%, Multiple Endings 23.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Cute 8%
- #32 AI: The Somnium Files
78% matchVery Positive92% of 9,294 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Story Rich 15.9%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Anime 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A detective visual novel that uses branching paths and surreal dream-world exploration to uncover the truth behind a series of murders.
- #33 OMORI
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 87,256 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 32.1%, Story Rich 28%, Pixel Graphics 21.9%, Anime 4.3%, Stylized 4%
- #34 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
75% matchVery Positive88% of 6,076 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 36.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Story Rich 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Choices Matter 7%
- #35 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,203 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.7 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 22.5%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Demons 17.4%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Story Rich 13.3%
- #36 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+ 21.6%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #37 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,250 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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+ 43.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9%, Romance 8%
- #38 Sucker for Love: First Date
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,984 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 19.4%, Romance 15%, Story Rich 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #39 q.u.q.
73% matchVery Positive95% of 1,907 reviews2023
Dev: motijanPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
q.u.q. is a surreal visual novel about a somewhat crude girl that wanders a desert.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Multiple Endings 23.9%, Story Rich 10.8%, Anime 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #40 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,592 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 22.9%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Story Rich 16.6%, Anime 10%
- #41 Date Everything!
70% matchVery Positive93% of 7,437 reviews2025
Dev: Sassy Chap GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Date Everything! is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, featuring 100 fully voice acted datable characters! Let the romance flow between your bed, smoke alarm and… Overwhelming Sense of Existential Dread? Are you ready to Date Everything?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Romance 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #42 Melancholy Love
74% 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+ 26.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Romance 10%
- #43 Graveyard Girls
72% matchVery Positive98% of 164 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+ 25.2%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #44 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,307 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+ 12.9%, Story Rich 12.3%, Anime 9.8%, Romance 7.9%
- #45 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
71% matchVery Positive88% of 3,455 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 33.5%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Story Rich 14.9%, Anime 10.3%, Female Protagonist 4.7%
- #46 BAD END
75% 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 25.9%, Multiple Endings 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Story Rich 13.1%, Anime 9%
- #47 Magical Girl Witch Trials
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,147 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 34.0 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 27.1%, LGBTQ+ 24.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Cute 8.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #48 Class of '09
71% matchVery Positive95% of 8,827 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 30.9%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Multiple Endings 22.8%, Story Rich 7.4%, Female Protagonist 4.5%
- #49 My Loving Wife
73% 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+ 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #50 Heart Cage
68% matchVery Positive97% of 352 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 27.9%, Multiple Endings 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, Anime 6.7%
- #51 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
70% matchVery Positive87% of 3,737 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #52 Blood Lily Ghoststories
67% matchVery Positive95% of 114 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+ 30.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #53 Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,530 reviews2025
Dev: Ferry // Nopanamaman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 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 43.2%, LGBTQ+ 26.7%, Story Rich 12.5%, Anime 5.6%, Female Protagonist 4.8%
- #54 Find Love or Die Trying
69% 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 28.6%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Romance 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #55 Until Then
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,815 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.0 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 28.8%, LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Story Rich 14.6%, Romance 9.6%
- #56 Otome Legends
69% matchVery Positive91% of 116 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 41.6%, Story Rich 17.3%, Anime 13.9%, Cute 13.8%, Simulation 6.3%
- #57 Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
68% matchVery Positive95% of 9,329 reviews2019
Dev: Baroque DecayPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 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 24.2%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Story Rich 14.2%, Cute 9.3%
- #58 Lachesis or Atropos
68% matchVery Positive88% of 72 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+ 28.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Choices Matter 13%, Romance 7.9%
- #59 Bewitching Sinners
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 524 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+ 26.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Romance 9.2%
