Games Like Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man

Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16%, Emotional 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Otome 8.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%

Under Heaven Or Hell is a Dark Romance Visual Novel where love, danger, and temptation intertwine. Step into Hell and navigate a world of deadly intrigues, alluring devils and a mysterious angel. Each decision carries weight, shaping your fate, desire and the hearts bound to it.

Why similar: Otome 21% ★, Visual Novel 10.9%, Emotional 9.9%, LGBTQ+ 9.4%, Romance 8.4%

Go on a cross-country tour with your band in pursuit of fame, success, and happiness in this drama visual novel set during the summer of 2007.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Otome 14.6% ★, Visual Novel 11.4%, Emotional 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%

If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Emotional 14.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

Winter 1999. Kicked out of your house after being outed by your closest friend, you plan to leave your hometown. Your girlfriend, Mika, wants to see you one more time. Decide whether or not you'll stay together.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Romance 10.3%, Emotional 8%, Choices Matter 8%

High Elo Girls is a Visual Novel set in the esports scene where you play as the latest recruit for a new all-girls team. Can you help your squad achieve their true potential, or will you only squander your own?

Why similar: Otome 16.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Emotional 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Romance 8.1%

A GxG coming-of-age visual novel. Nina sucks at choosing. But when a mysterious incident happens at the arts academy, will she muster the courage to choose–or will she let someone else decide on her behalf?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Emotional 10.7%, Romance 9.8%, Female Protagonist 7.5%

Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Emotional 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%

Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Emotional 11.9%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Female Protagonist 7.3%

A light admonishment from Mom sparks the realization that these twin sisters care for each other in more than a familial sense. In this dramatic & romantic yuri Visual Novel, it's up to you to navigate the forbidden tension between the sisters so their love can flourish without growing one-sided.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Emotional 8.8%

Symbiotic Love is a coming-of-age Yuri Visual Novel set in an All Girls' High School. What has fate in store for love so perfect, so symbiotic, that they could only live, and perish together?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Romance 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Emotional 8.9%

Face the nightmares of your childhood and unveil the truth behind your summoning to the realm of Limbo. Fight your way back home with the help of seven deities sworn to be your protectors. Will love be the key to your freedom, or the first chapter of your downfall?

Why similar: Otome 24.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 10.3%, Emotional 10.2%

Aeterna: Rubra Plena is a visual novel otome game about happy romance, and dealing with depression, anxiety, and trauma. You play a beautiful young noblewoman dealing with her current and past experiences while finding love.

Why similar: Otome 23% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Romance 9%, Choices Matter 8.7%

In Ashes is a medieval fantasy adventure where you must balance heroism and survival with rest, burn out, and trust. In this choice-driven visual novel, you must build a hero who can overcome the weight of their legacy. When faced with a choice, what kind of hero will you be?

Why similar: Otome 21.2% ★, Visual Novel 11.1%, LGBTQ+ 10%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Romance 8.1%

Hearts in Orbit is a fantasy romance visual novel that follows two stars who fell in love and have reincarnated as humans. Will they remember their origins? Will they fall in love again? That's for you to decide.

Why similar: Otome 20.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Romance 13.3%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

Fishbowl is a slow and tender narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.

Why similar: Emotional 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological 10.1%, Choices Matter 9%

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+ 14.8%, Emotional 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Psychological 10.3%, Romance 6.7%

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+ 19.9%, Emotional 12.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Romance 10.7%, Female Protagonist 8.6%

After successfully leading her friends through a one-shot TTRPG campaign, part-time barista and full-time gamer Flora now faces a new challenge… How can she possibly muster up the courage to tell her DM that she likes him?!

Why similar: Otome 22.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%

Fling with a Tiefling is a short fantasy romance visual novel that follows you, an adventurer whose journey is about to come to an end. With tonight potentially being the last night with your treasured Tiefling companion Karrus, how will you spend it with him?

Why similar: Otome 22.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Emotional 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Romance 9%

A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Romance 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Anime 7.8%

Play as twins Hazel and Jace in this wholesome romcom visual novel. After a silly bet is made, the protagonists must find a boyfriend or girlfriend before their twin beats them to it!

Why similar: Otome 21.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 11.5%, Female Protagonist 8.1%

Start your new life as a teacher! You worked hard to get here, but nothing prepared you for a lounge full of charming single teachers. Each has secrets, and your choices can change everything. Will you find love in this school romance?

Why similar: Otome 25.1% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Romance 9.5%, Emotional 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.6%

A political intrigue visual novel with romanceable elements. Player decisions weigh heavy as consequences can easily lead to hurt and trouble.

Why similar: Otome 21.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Emotional 12.3%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Romance 8.7%

Spend 4 days with 2 boy failures in this otome visual novel. Will you choose Julian, the lost tourist with golden retriever energy, or Riku, the quietly intense guy in a bear suit, to steal your heart in this short & sweet romance?

Why similar: Otome 30.1% ★, Visual Novel 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Romance 8.6%, Emotional 7.6%

Shape queer love and friendship at the end of the world in this choice-driven, emotional narrative game. Will you settle for pessimism, or open yourself to trust?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Emotional 15%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Romance 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

In this hand-drawn romance-mystery visual novel set in a quake post-apocalypse, play as Sky, an impostor scientist racing to recreate a cure only she knows existed. Shape delicate bonds with characters whose harboured obsessions can end your pursuit, just as you can theirs. Unless...

Why similar: Otome 18.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Psychological 10.2%, Emotional 9.5%

A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!

Why similar: Otome 20.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological 10.8%, Romance 7.3%

When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.1%, Emotional 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Romance 13.5%, Female Protagonist 7.8%

“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Emotional 16.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%

Meet cheerful Kaori Sawai, fresh out of nursing school, as she joins Yurigahama Hospital. Surviving a near death experience as a child left her with a desire to become a nurse and "healing hands" that let her relieve pain in patients just by touching them.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

Low Effort Romance is an otome visual novel about two tired adults who accidentally fall for each other between quarterly reports. Can you juggle deadlines, nosy coworkers, group projects, and a romance that keeps almost happening on company property?

Why similar: Otome 26.9% ★, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Emotional 8.3%

A sweet winter themed Otome Visual Novel about a princess of a tower who just wants a hero. … Except she ends up with a tone-deaf bard for a roommate, a sassy demon for a butler and no hero. Still stuck in a tower though.

Why similar: Otome 27.9% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Romance 10.1%, Female Protagonist 7.4%

Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.

Why similar: Otome 19% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Romance 8.7%

‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Emotional 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Romance 10.8%

A romantic visual novel set in an enigmatic counseling center under the moonlight. As a Finder, listen to the stories of charming characters, heal their hearts, and uncover hidden secrets. Your choices will determine your destiny and love. Will you find your true connection amidst the nightmares?

Why similar: Otome 19.8% ★, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Romance 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10%, Visual Novel 9.8%

Madeleine Valois is a prince's companion. It is her responsibility to keep him out of trouble - not to let him walk blindly into a political minefield, not to let him get arrested for a crime he didn't commit, and definitely not to let him fall in love with her...

Why similar: Otome 26.8% ★, Visual Novel 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Romance 8.3%

A sci-fi otome game where your choices shape love — and the future of society.

Why similar: Otome 29.2% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Romance 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Psychological 8.9%

Luna has been working too hard, fortunately as she finishes up each night she manages to find her way to a hidden out of the way cafe, one where the gals all dress up like different animals. It could be a place for dreams to come true, or just for Luna to blow off some steam and relax each night.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Romance 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

Bokuten is a dramatic, emotional visual novel where you must play cupid and decide if the relationships you witness are worth rekindling, or if letting them fall apart would result in greater happiness. The decisions you make will echo into the course of your own love life.

Why similar: Emotional 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Romance 11.3%, Anime 8.8%

You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'

Why similar: Emotional 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Psychological 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

A dark boys love / boys hate visual novel set in a 1001 Nights inspired world full of political intrigue. Yuel, once the King of Indra, is deposed by his older cousin, Tavi, during a coup and imprisoned within the palace. An uneasy relationship between them grows, and then...

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Emotional 10.7%, Anime 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%

After hearing about a number of student couples forming at her school, Himeka Uchida decides to look for a girlfriend of her own. As she gets wrapped up in the daily lives of her friends and classmates at Solana Academy, will she find the romance she seeks?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.5%, Emotional 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 13.2%, Female Protagonist 10.8%

An anime, choice-driven expedition visual novel where you bond and interact with fellow coworkers and three romance-able characters to unlock group chats & romantic scenarios in the story! Choose daily actions to experience branching routes based on your answer choices and relationships (GxB or GxG)

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Otome 12.8% ★, Visual Novel 10.6%, Emotional 8.9%, Romance 8.6%

BL/Otome fantasy adventure with RPG elements. Manage an alchemical workshop, create potions, and raise your stats. Engage in a fantasy story in the Ukrainian setting.

Why similar: Otome 21.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Romance 10.2%, Anime 6.9%

After taking a pc from someone's garbage, a girl discovers she can chat with handsome guys every day, but something is not quite right about it. Reveal the secrets behind this game, unlock all endings, solve memory games to gain points, and make the best decisions in this short romance story.

Why similar: Otome 20.4% ★, Romance 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Emotional 10.4%

Upon finding a mysterious social media account, Alex sets out to find the origins of the photos and meets three urban explorers, each of them unearthing something new and unfamiliar in her heart.

Why similar: Otome 25.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Romance 10.8%, Choices Matter 7.3%

Trapped in a time loop as the Saintess of the Golden Bow, every choice matters and every death is a second chance. Use knowledge from past timelines to unlock new paths and strengthen bonds in this otome visual novel. Can you rewrite fate, or are you bound to relive despair forever?

Why similar: Otome 25.1% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Romance 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 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: Otome 17.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological 10.9%, Emotional 10.6%

A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.

Why similar: Otome 21.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Emotional 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%

Get messy on social media, smooch hot heroes and top the charts in this intricately crafted, route-based visual novel & social media sim. Every choice matters, whether to send haters to your DMs, leak your secret identity to the press, or turn your fake date into a genuine connection.

Why similar: Otome 19.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Romance 8.3%, Female Protagonist 7.4%

In the blink of an eye, she gets there... but has no idea why. Hibridya is an episodic fantasy, romance and slice-of-life visual novel where you will follow a narrative full of emotions, discoveries, and plot twists, customizing the main character’s story in some ways!

Why similar: Otome 24.8% ★, Visual Novel 13.2%, Emotional 12.5%, Romance 11%, Choices Matter 10.6%

Embrace the monster within to free yourself from a curse in this dark fantasy visual novel, a standalone introduction to the characters and setting of Sigh of the Abyss.

Why similar: Otome 21.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Visual Novel 9%, Romance 8.7%, Emotional 8.7%

She’s a princess beloved by ducks. He’s a notorious king of schemes. A romantic fragment from a 3000-year old EPIC, retold as an Otome visual novel… but with ducks somehow added to the mix.

Why similar: Otome 26.9% ★, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%

Follow Sophie as she embarks on her latest adventure in making money, working alongside the enigmatic Rias as they put on a special yuri/lesbian camgirl show for their viewers.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Romance 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

A horror-romance visual novel where your choices affect everything — and everyone. Keep your stalker in check and stay ahead of a killer who’s getting closer. Manipulate, protect, or dispose of your friends. Who can you trust when obsession and death are always watching?

Why similar: Otome 26.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 13%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Romance 9.1%

The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Emotional 11.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Female Protagonist 8.5%

Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.2%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Emotional 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery⁠—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Emotional 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological 10.2%, Romance 9.9%

The job I barely managed to get is in a dungeon filled with vampires? What would you do, if you had to work together with dangerous and mysterious vampires who hate humans? Experience the secret romance in interactive otome game with these ikemen vampires, in Blood Kiss!

Why similar: Otome 21.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Emotional 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Romance 9.6%