- #1 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,737 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Choices Matter 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Romance 11.8%, Story Rich 11.7%
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 30,488 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 79.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 28.2%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Romance 13.2%, Story Rich 10%, Anime 9.2%
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 Positive95% of 53,234 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 26.3%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Anime 9.9%
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 61,459 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.1 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 21.4%, Choices Matter 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Cute 11.8%
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 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,866 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Story Rich 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Anime 7.8%
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.
- #6 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 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%, Anime 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, 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.
- #7 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,266 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 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 39.8%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, 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 Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Multiple Endings 22.7%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Story Rich 11.4%
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 Little Goody Two Shoes
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,301 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.6%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Choices Matter 16%, Story Rich 8.2%, Romance 8%
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.
- #10 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 37,969 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.7%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Story Rich 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
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.
- #11 GNOSIA
90% matchVery Positive94% of 4,733 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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+ 37.5%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Story Rich 16.5%, Anime 9.9%, Simulation 5%
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.
- #12 The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
89% matchVery Positive94% of 34,321 reviews2022
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 48.1%, Choices Matter 36.5%, Story Rich 13.4%, 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.
- #13 her tears were my light
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 796 reviews2022
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
a love story between time and space
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Romance 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.8%
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 Ib
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Story Rich 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%
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.
- #15 a new life.
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,375 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+ 42.3%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Romance 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A heartfelt, short visual novel that focuses on LGBTQ romance and the emotional weight of small, life-changing decisions.
- #16 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,887 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"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 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.6%, 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.
- #17 Scarlet Hollow
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,469 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 26.1%, Choices Matter 23.7%, Multiple Endings 22.7%, Story Rich 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%
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.
- #18 Heaven Will Be Mine
86% 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: LGBTQ+ 50.3%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Romance 10.3%, Story Rich 7.8%, 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.
- #19 Coffee Talk
84% matchVery Positive95% of 12,156 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+ 24.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, 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.
- #20 Folie Fatale
82% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
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 Long Live The Queen
84% matchVery Positive95% of 7,115 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 9.7%, Choices Matter 6.9%
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.
- #22 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
82% matchVery Positive93% of 4,340 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Multiple Endings 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Story Rich 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art adventure that focuses on high-stakes puzzles and multiple endings, requiring careful decision-making to survive.
- #23 Demonheart
83% matchVery Positive91% of 752 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+ 27.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Romance 9.4%
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.
- #24 A Date with Death
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,259 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+ 36.4%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Romance 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 8%
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.
- #25 DRAMAtical Murder
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,466 reviews2021
Dev: Nitro+CHiRALPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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+ 41.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%, 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.
- #26 Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
80% matchVery Positive93% of 1,607 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 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%, Anime 13.8%, Stylized 10.6%, 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.
- #27 Inscryption
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,157 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.5 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 69.3%, Pixel Graphics 25.2%, 2D 5.5%
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 The House in Fata Morgana
81% matchVery Positive95% of 6,041 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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+ 24.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Romance 10.9%
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.
- #29 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
77% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Multiple Endings 24.1%, Story Rich 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Cute 8%
- #30 Undertale
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 318,586 reviews2015
Dev: tobyfox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 30.1%, Choices Matter 26%, Story Rich 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, 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 AI: The Somnium Files
78% matchVery Positive92% of 9,101 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%, Story Rich 15.8%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Anime 10%
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.
- #32 OMORI
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 85,929 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 24.5 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 32.1%, Story Rich 28%, Pixel Graphics 22%, Anime 4.2%, Stylized 4.1%
- #33 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
74% 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: LGBTQ+ 45.2%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Romance 7.6%
- #34 Magical Girl Witch Trials
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 29,650 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 28.1 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 27.2%, LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Cute 8.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #35 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+ 22.3%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Romance 9.2%
- #36 Find Love or Die Trying
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.6 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 19.3%, Romance 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #37 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
73% matchVery Positive95% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 27.5%, Story Rich 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Anime 9.8%, Choices Matter 8%
- #38 Melancholy Love
75% matchVery Positive94% of 71 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%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Romance 9.9%
- #39 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 36,042 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 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 27.1%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Story Rich 15.8%, Demons 13.7%
- #40 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,133 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 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%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Story Rich 16.5%, Anime 9.9%
- #41 BAD END
76% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Multiple Endings 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Story Rich 13.1%, Anime 8.9%
- #42 My Loving Wife
74% 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: Visual Novel 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Choices Matter 8%
- #43 Graveyard Girls
73% matchVery Positive98% of 158 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #44 Heart Cage
69% matchVery Positive98% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: RiceLoveCoffee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yandere x Otome x Mystery A mystery Otome game with all yandere love interest, play as a detective and find out the truth!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Multiple Endings 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, Anime 6.6%
- #45 Otome Legends
72% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Jagaimo Studios
Windows · Linux
Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.6%, Story Rich 17.3%, Anime 13.8%, Cute 13.7%, Simulation 6.4%
- #46 Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet
69% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #47 Sucker for Love: First Date
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,933 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 20.2%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Romance 14.8%, Story Rich 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #48 missed messages.
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,420 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.2%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Romance 11.7%, Story Rich 6%
- #49 Lachesis or Atropos
70% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Romance 7.8%
- #50 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
68% matchVery Positive87% of 3,646 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 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+ 21.9%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 10%
- #51 Drops of Death
67% 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: LGBTQ+ 27.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Romance 9.4%
- #52 Demonheart: Hunters
71% matchVery Positive84% of 292 reviews2020
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you. Romance your companions in this RPG with an emphasis on conversation choices and character interactions.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.2%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 10.2%, Demons 8.6%
- #53 Bewitching Sinners
67% matchVery Positive96% of 487 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+ 26.2%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Romance 9.2%
- #54 The Final Prize is Soup
67% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Romance 7.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #55 Yuri Dating Agency
68% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #56 Cute Bite
70% matchVery Positive83% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A vampire raising sim! Train the Little Mistress in skills so she can bite her way through obstacles. She might hunt criminals for their blood, become a celebrity and feed on her fans, raise a dark army to threaten the world, or many other possible outcomes!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Romance 6%
- #57 Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
68% matchVery Positive95% of 9,094 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 26%, Choices Matter 21%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Story Rich 15.1%, Cute 9.9%
- #58 Hydrangea
65% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Romance 8.8%, Cute 6.7%
- #59 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
66% matchVery Positive89% of 3,231 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 33.8%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Story Rich 14.9%, Anime 10.3%, Stylized 4.7%
