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A job gone wrong traps lawyer R. M. Renfield at Castle Dracula. Sacrifice—others, or your own humanity—to survive, or risk it all for love in this romantic horror visual novel. But Renfield isn’t the only one looking for a way out. Who, if anyone, can you trust?

Why similar: Vampires 19% ★, Gothic 14.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Romance 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8%

When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.

Why similar: Vampires 20.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Romance 11.1%, Dark Humor 10.2%, Gothic 9.6% ★

A dark yuri horror visual novel inspired by a classic gothic novella. When the enigmatic Carmilla arrives, Laura is swept into a fever dream of obsession. Is this stranger the cure for her loneliness or a herald of corruption? And what caused the mysterious deaths of two girls in the nearby village?

Why similar: Vampires 17% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Gothic 12.6% ★, Romance 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

An LGBTQ+ Vampiric Visual Novel. One Night. Three vampires. Make a deal with death or die trying.

Why similar: Vampires 21.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Romance 11.7%, Dark Comedy 9.5%, Dark Humor 8.2%

Fall in love with your worst enemy in this gothic vampire romance BL visual novel about two men pushed to the edges of society learning to trust each other.

Why similar: Vampires 33.1% ★, Gothic 19% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Romance 10.5%, Visual Novel 6.2%

A yuri visual novel about a vampiress and a monster hunter falling in love in Victorian England.

Why similar: Vampires 28.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Gothic 20.1% ★, Romance 13.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%

A supernatural horror visual novel where vampires compete to save their eternal unlives in a high-stakes reality show.

Why similar: Vampires 30.7% ★, Dark Comedy 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Romance 9.7%, Visual Novel 7.5%

If you crossed a vampire, would you protect humanity or embrace the blood? Guide Mark Delaware's choices in this visual novel as he navigates this dangerous world.

Why similar: Vampires 31.6% ★, Gothic 16.1% ★, Gore 8.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%, Romance 7.9%

Kirsa is a young girl who moved in a house with many supernatural creatures living under its roof! What secrets could they be hiding?

Why similar: Vampires 21% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Romance 11.6%, Dark Humor 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

Lose your heart in this dark fairy-tale romance! Once upon a winter night, you enter the woods in search of a beast. But the hunter you find is so charming and sweet–is he truly the monster you seek?

Why similar: Vampires 23.2% ★, Gothic 21.1% ★, Romance 12.5%, Visual Novel 7.8%, Dark Fantasy 7.6%

Fall in love with tall, hot vampires!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Dark Comedy 14.8%, Romance 14.1%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Dating Sim 9.8%

After you are unable to find a patron to provide you with a magic bond, you stumble into the abandoned temple of the Passion goddess - with four patrons waiting for you. Yet, as you grow closer to gaining magic, something else is drawn to this power...

Why similar: Romance 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Gothic 15.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 14%, Visual Novel 10.8%

Oliver, coming from a small town to London, seeks to improve his life and help his mother, who had an accident months ago. At the new newspaper, he discovers his creative and investigative potential, diving into a complex story. There, he grows closer to his enigmatic boss. Is he trustworthy?

Why similar: Vampires 26.5% ★, Gothic 21% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Romance 11.5%, Visual Novel 11%

Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampires need a shoulder to cry on when a neck to bite just won’t do.

Why similar: Vampires 25.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Dark Comedy 13.5%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Gothic 11.4% ★

A Gothic-Punk yuri visual novel about a magician on the run and her mysterious vampiric guardian. Journey by airship across a war-torn Europe and search for a legendary flower with the power to destroy nations.

Why similar: Vampires 32.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Gothic 16% ★, Romance 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 7.2%

Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.

Why similar: Vampires 32.2% ★, Gothic 16.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Romance 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%

Meet Mina! She's a landmine girl! That means she's cute on the outside, but dangerous on the inside! But maybe she's the kind of danger you've always been looking for. This is a rogue fast-love dating sim. And the only sim that teaches you to be nice to girls. Or else.

Why similar: Dark Humor 16.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Romance 12.3%, Dark Comedy 11.1%

You're James, a middle-aged office worker who just so happens to be a vampire. Someone stole your lunch. Find the thief, feed your goldfish, explore the building and DO. NOT. KILL. ANYONE. Easy!

Why similar: Vampires 33.3% ★, Dark Humor 18.1%, Dark Comedy 14.4%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Gore 7.2%

There's love in deathーdeath in eternity. Rosebound is a fully voiced visual novel set in a world of vampires, high-tech mercenaries, magical priests, and man-made horrors.

Why similar: Vampires 37.6% ★, Romance 15.4%, Gothic 12.2% ★, Visual Novel 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%

A normal graveyard shift at a dingy diner in San Francisco... until a mysterious customer arrives, bringing with him a war between vampires.

Why similar: Vampires 39.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 27.8%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Dating Sim 8.2%

A horror-romance visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Romance 13.6%, Emotional 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Horror 8%

DARKNESS WILL FALL is a queer romance visual novel set in the modern world of vampires. After a fateful encounter you are tasked with revealing the identity of a reaver - a monsterous vampire eating vampire - in the city or your human life is forfeit. It should be easy enough, right?

Why similar: Vampires 37.2% ★, Romance 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Dating Sim 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%

Hotel Tutwin is a visual novel designed for horror / romance lovers, but can also be quirky and cute. Each story line is quick and to-the-point, but there are many to discover. Prepare for inevitable deaths.

Why similar: Vampires 26.7% ★, Dark Humor 13.4%, Gothic 13.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Romance 11.9%

Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?

Why similar: Vampires 35.1% ★, Romance 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Dating Sim 7.4%

To Kill Eros is a drama-filled BL Visual Novel exploring the flavors of love and the depth between people who join hands — while also blaming Eros for everything, of course!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Romance 16.2%, Dating Sim 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Emotional 8.7%

Case 00: The Cannibal Boy is a half-hour visual novel partly based on a true story, written by a writer with a background in psychology. It is a psychological horror story with an urban legend theme.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Dark Comedy 16.5%, Dark Humor 15.9%, Romance 11.5%, Visual Novel 9%

A girl detective faces her darkest mystery yet, in this horror-romance visual novel with stickers, fashion, and bad ends.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Romance 14.5%, Gothic 13.5% ★, Dating Sim 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%

A dark romantic comedy where every match brings you closer to love… or something far more dangerous. Meet monsters, go on dates, and shape your relationships through meaningful choices. But behind every perfect date lies a secret: You’re not looking for love. You’re trying to bring love back.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Romance 13.3%, Dating Sim 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Dark Humor 10.4%

An existential horror visual novel where you explore how immortality affects your relationships through a variety of dialogue options and paths.

Why similar: Dark Humor 19.4%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Emotional 16.1%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Romance 9.8%

A teenage vampire getting hooked on blood in a world that traded it for energy. See the absolute worst of what humans do to one another in every drop. It destroys you. You hate it. And yet, crawl back for more. A narrative adventure about a rather short eternity.

Why similar: Vampires 28.6% ★, Dark Humor 16.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Emotional 7.6%

A lowkey, low stakes yuri story about a young woman and a mysterious maid. Who is the engimatic Magdalena, and is there more to her than meets the eye?

Why similar: Vampires 24.9% ★, Gothic 21.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 18%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Romance 10.8%

Welcome to the Special Administrative Region "Aqua Eden", an artificial island off the coast of Japan where casinos and more are legal.

Why similar: Vampires 39.4% ★, Romance 17.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Emotional 9.8%, Story Rich 7%

TO ESCAPE FROM THE WORLD OF GAL GAME, YOU MUST BE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILDHOOD FRIEND AND BEST FRIEND, MAYUMU.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Dark Humor 16.9%, Dark Comedy 16.5%, Romance 13.1%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

Guide the misanthropic witch Morrigan as she creates a homemade friend of her very own in this short and sweet sapphic visual novel!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22%, Gothic 14.6% ★, Romance 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%

In this haunting visual novel, you become Salem - torn between forbidden love and regime loyalty. Make split-second decisions that transform his personality in a solarpunk dystopia. With multiple paths and endings, your choices define who Salem becomes in a world where being different is dangerous.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Romance 13%, Emotional 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

Object Ward is a dark comedy visual novel about the various misadventures of a man who sees everyone with an inanimate object for a head. What is real, and what is a hallucination?

Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.8%, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Romance 14.6%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Visual Novel 8.4%

Rose Bullet is a Retro, Comic Style, Horror RPG! Play as a vampire hunter on his way to kill the count and avenge his lost lover.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Vampires 18.5% ★, Romance 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%

An overworked office lady discovers a sludge girl abandoned in a box in an alleyway and takes her home. A poisonous and fluffy romance begins. Experience the most toxic love story the world has ever seen.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.8%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Romance 13.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

Two engaging and sexy FNAF-inspired Visual Novels combined into one, each set across 14 nights in a night club where the animatronics are harboring deep secrets. Can you save everyone, or will they be fated to something perhaps worse than death?

Why similar: Dark Humor 18.6%, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Romance 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

An emo-inspired narrative rhythm game exploring growing pains, addiction, romance and music. Scream with Ash as he makes the transition from baby bat to elder emo, guide him through his crash outs and help him navigate his (teenage) dirtbag life through music.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.2%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Gothic 15.4% ★, Romance 11.6%, Emotional 8.9%

Play as EVE, an immortal assassin cursed with the kiss of death, as she turns on her (literal) evil corporate overlords in an attempt to break free of her iron-clad contract in this LGBTQ+ dark comedy, supernatural visual novel.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.3%, Dark Comedy 20.1%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%

This VISUAL NOVEL continues the life of the girls in the Cindy universe, even at different ages. This way you can explore all kind of kinks and pleasures and topics.

Why similar: Vampires 36.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 21%, Romance 14.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Dating Sim 8.2%

A young girl, a vampire and last of her kind, wakes up after a thousand years to a modern world. A story focused visual novel with adult elements. Mystery, betrayal, loss and violence await! Shape the future of the protagonist and the world itself!

Why similar: Vampires 23.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Romance 12.9%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.3%

Wander from room to room in this whimsical and dark visual novel as you follow five friends trapped during a freak storm. Listen while they have hard conversations and tough realizations as they confront the conflict in their lives. For what is a house but a box with windows?

Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.7%, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Emotional 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Dark Humor 11.4%

In this dark fantasy yuri visual novel, follow the events that lead up to the fateful meeting of two young women. Accompany Sofia, a human revolutionary, and Vlatka, the vampire princess, as they navigate political upheaval, forbidden romance, and the ugliness of war.

Why similar: Vampires 22.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Gothic 17% ★, Romance 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 9%

A 400 year old vampire wakes up in a band's basement with a stake hole in her chest and nowhere to go. She strikes a deal, front the band, win the Battle of the Bands, figure out what a dollar is. A story driven visual novel about music, found family, and a heart that forgot it could feel.

Why similar: Vampires 15.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Romance 12.1%, Gothic 11.7% ★, Dating Sim 11%

Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Romance 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Horror 9.5%

A dating simulator based on personality rather than gender or appearance.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Dark Comedy 19%, Romance 17.6%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Visual Novel 9.9%

Vincent the Vampire is part cathartic animated story and part point and click adventure. Talk to the locals and collect and combine items to solve puzzles as you travel through this unique world.

Why similar: Vampires 27.4% ★, Dark Comedy 24.5%, Dark Humor 21.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Story Rich 5%

"Spellbound Hearts" is a visual novel where Lycos, a trapped vampire, meets Zephyros, a wizard seeking his blood to save a village. Together, they journey through trust, redemption, and love.

Why similar: Vampires 35.8% ★, Romance 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Dating Sim 10%, Visual Novel 8.8%

A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.

Why similar: Vampires 28.7% ★, Gothic 19.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Romance 12.2%, Emotional 9.4%

You are the Nomad — an elder vampire awakening from a century-long slumber, new to the modern nights. Trapped in your Blood is a stranger’s voice. This entity, a vampire detective known as Fabien, will be your guide to 21st-century Seattle.

Why similar: Vampires 70.4% ★, Gore 9.8%, LGBTQ+ 8.5%, Dark Fantasy 3.9%, Horror 3.1%

An Adult Vampire Hunter RPG! Will you take down the creatures of the night, or will you turn into one yourself...?

Why similar: Vampires 34.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Romance 13.6%, Gothic 13.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 7.8%

Dive into a world of fleeting hope in this thrilling dark romance visual novel! Feel the fear, survive the hunt and navigate through danger on a daunting quest for freedom.

Why similar: Vampires 24.1% ★, Romance 13.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Emotional 10.9%, Gothic 10.8% ★

MAHOU SHOJO REVENGE! is a visual novel where you follow an ex-magical girl on a quest of revenge against her former squad mates that betrayed her.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.9%, Romance 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%

You killed him once before. Don't make the same mistake twice. A melancholic boys love visual novel about killing cults and your past confronting you.

Why similar: Gothic 25.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Visual Novel 8.8%

Deliver Us From Evil: Masquerade is a short and sweet BL visual novel. Keldran and Ace are two centuries-long friends with benefits. What starts off as a fun haunted house trip soon turns sinister and If they cannot conquer their fears, they may find themselves wandering the halls forever.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Dark Comedy 20.4%, Romance 15.3%, Dating Sim 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%

This isn’t your typical dating sim. Here, you’ll find the love of your life… or she’ll find you first. Every choice matters. Every word you say reveals who you really are. And while you think you’re getting to know the characters… they’re getting to know you too.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Dark Humor 15.6%, Romance 14%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Dating Sim 11.5%

A psychological horror story, with a spiking sense of danger and gentle melancholy. An out of this world adventure, revolving around books, memories and mortality. Along the way, perhaps you shall pick up pieces of a long forgotten heart, or some unlikely companions that you never knew you needed.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Romance 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Dating Sim 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%

Slasher U is an 18+ character-driven RPG dating sim, set in the open-world campus of America’s Horniest Horror Movie University!

Why similar: Gothic 22.7% ★, Dark Comedy 19%, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Dating Sim 10.6%, Horror 7.8%