- #1 AIXIN: Goddess' Love
96% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: 7th Ascension
Windows
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Cinematic 16.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Romance 13.1%, Anime 10.8%
- #2 Synthetic Dreams: Falling
96% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Recnil
Windows
Synthetic Dreams: Falling is a science-fiction visual novel about human feelings, friendship, love and memories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Investigation 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological 12.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #3 SYNESTHESIA
95% matchPositive100% of 45 reviews2023
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
🌀 Is there an escape to the endless spiral?🌀 『SYNESTHESIA』 is an emotive, character driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Join a group of college students with strange cognitive powers, who soon discover something is amiss at the institute sworn to help them...
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological 11.1%, Anime 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Romance 10%
- #4 The Call of Darkness
94% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Ace_Games_
Windows · Mac · Linux
A war veteran and newly minted starship captain faces ancient cosmic horrors as his dreams become reality. Navigate romance, mystery, and sacrifice in this sci-fi adult visual novel where every choice echoes beyond the stars. Optional graphic adult content via free DLC.
Why similar: Cinematic 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological 9.7%, Romance 8.6%
- #5 The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons
94% matchVery Positive89% of 319 reviews2023
Dev: LaplacianPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
2061, Japan. Mankind has lost the sky, and with it, its connections. All of it was taken away by birds... ...By countless artificial pigeons flying through the sky.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Romance 13.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Anime 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #6 Reflection
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Rainbow
Windows
In a world where the USSR leads in science and space, Sergei, a student of rocket engineering, loses his parents in the “Zarya” station disaster. Years later, he discovers his university's link to the project and sets out to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Anime 14.7%, Romance 11.3%, Futuristic 8.1%
- #7 Loop
92% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Gulbrandr Studio
Windows · Mac
Loop is a visual novel set in a dark Irish Forest. Deirdre is set to find her husband who was sworn to become the Forest King. But it’s not easy for a human to walk in the magical realm. What will Deirdre learn about this other world? What will she find out about herself?
Why similar: Mythology 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Emotional 9.9%, Supernatural 8.3%
- #8 My Murder
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Second Heart Studio
Windows · Mac
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 20%, Psychological 13%, Anime 11%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #9 I'd Like to Know More About You
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bauta Studio
Windows
You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Romance 13.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Mystery 8.4%
- #10 Color of My Sound - Volume 1
90% matchVery Positive86% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Gallant Trombe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Color of My Sound is an enthralling visual novel that combines elements of science fiction, espionage, drama, and eroticism. Immerse yourself in a captivating mystery as you navigate through the intricate web of character agendas, ambitions, and personal struggles.
Why similar: Cinematic 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Romance 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.6%
- #11 My Adorable Ghost Story
89% matchVery Positive100% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Mado games
Windows · Mac
A cowardly ghost needs your help to find peace. Complete his final wishes, get closer to him, and unravel the mystery of his death as you search for your own freedom in this short, story-driven adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Romance 13.5%, Psychological 12.8%, Emotional 11%, Anime 10.4%
- #12 We Are OFK
89% matchVery Positive92% of 304 reviews2022
Dev: OFK
Windows · Mac
Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!
Why similar: Cinematic 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Romance 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Emotional 10.1%
- #13 Akizora Memories - Horizon of Fate -
88% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: GALEX SOFTPub: Tensei Games
Windows
A young adult SF visual novel combining school life with science fiction. The main characters live normal, peaceful lives, savoring their youth. But one day, an illness starts spreading through their school, and with it, a secret that could change the world…
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Romance 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Anime 13.8%, Emotional 10.4%
- #14 青羽沉梦-终霰篇
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 青羽Traum
Windows
Dreams in Azure:The Dawn Arc is a multi-worldline narrative adventure game, with each playthrough lasting approximately 6 to 10.5 hours.Currently available: Chapter One — "Dawn of the Nuo Jade Record"
Why similar: Cinematic 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Emotional 10%
- #15 流る星 -a wish star-
86% matchVery Positive92% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: NANACANPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 68.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
俺はあの日、『カミサマ』を拾った。人気イラストレーターななかまいが送る、“カミサマ”の女の子と忘れられないひと夏を過ごすビジュアルノベルです。
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Anime 17.1%, Romance 15.8%, Mythology 13.8%, Emotional 12.5%
- #16 Forgotten Paths
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bronixia
Windows · Mac
Awaken in a ruined world with no memory. A second chance to redeem yourself, but survival is a daily challenge. Aid survivors, manage madness with a black cat's help, and uncover your true purpose.
Why similar: Cinematic 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Investigation 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #17 Cadulium
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Osgoode Media
Windows
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Cinematic 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Investigation 11.2%, Psychological 9.3%
- #18 DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate - Dual Edition
84% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: IzanagiGames
Windows
Solve an impossible murder case in the far-flung future in this VR & Non-VR investigation action adventure! Multi-awarded title DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate - Dual Edition contains all three episodes from the acclaimed trilogy.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.8%, Investigation 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Anime 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #19 Kairos: Until the Dawn Breaks
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mokomuku
Windows
A melancholic fantasy visual novel. Kairos, the last twilight hunter of a clan abandoned by its god, walks to the Temple of Dawn chasing the truth of a silent goddess — and what he lost along the way. They were taught to fear the night. It was the light that burned them.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Mythology 13%, Romance 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Anime 10%
- #20 The Name Tide Left
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eternal Dream
Windows
At school, I keep running into a mysterious girl. Her gestures as she reads alone feel strangely familiar... yet I do not even know her name. Led by the tides, I draw closer to her secret. Can I shake the feeling that something isn't right? Everything lies hidden in the unfathomable sea.
Why similar: Mythology 19.6%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Emotional 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Psychological 10%
- #21 BURIED STARS
82% matchVery Positive84% of 2,268 reviews2021
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Cinematic 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological 10.8%
- #22 Memory Ember
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Echofall StudioPub: Sing Lan Ltd.
Windows · Mac
A cinematic interactive narrative game. Follow a memory investigator as he uncovers the hidden consequences of implanted experiences and confronts a question that could redefine humanity: what separates a life truly lived from a memory merely copied?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Cinematic 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Emotional 7.7%
- #23 Relics of Wayne: Greymoor
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackroot GamesPub: TinyHat Studios
Windows · Mac
An EROTIC POINT & CLICK ADVENTURE inspired by the classic detective games of the 90s. Explore, investigate, and form intimate relationships as you uncover the truth behind a town's dark secret.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Investigation 13.5%, Psychological 10.8%, Romance 9.8%
- #24 Eternal ONE
81% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: HOONDAHL STUDIOS LTD
Windows
Eternal ONE is a visual novel game of futuristic fantasy genre, learning about secret of the city while resolving various request of Lucio City.
Why similar: Investigation 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Cinematic 13.7%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Anime 9.4%
- #25 Artificial Nexus
79% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Too Many Teeth Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Susan has woken up in a strange, coffin-like device, with no memory of who or where she is. Uncover the answers in this visual novel as you solve puzzles to escape in a stunning sci-fi mystery investigation!
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Investigation 12.5%, Sci-fi 12%, Anime 10.5%
- #26 氷華の雪化粧/Snow Veil
80% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: JlooPub: Sub:06
Windows
A visual novel depicting the daily life of a high school boy continuously tormented by guilt on a winter's day. It features layered music played on string instruments and piano, characterized by serious, deep psychological portrayals.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Psychological 21.4%, Cinematic 19.7%, Emotional 13.5%, Anime 10.3%
- #27 Hope in the City
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc.
Windows
17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry... until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family's mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.
Why similar: Cinematic 16.6%, Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Psychological 11.7%, Choices Matter 8%
- #28 泥舟と罪人
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NONALCOHOL.
Windows · Mac
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Cinematic 12.4%, Investigation 12.3%, Psychological 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #29 ROBOTICS;NOTES DaSH
79% matchMixed67% of 298 reviews2020
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Half a year after the events of ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE, Kaito Yashio is introduced to Itaru Hashida through Nae Tennouji. Unsettling incidents start occurring all around them, harbingers of an event that will again plunge the world into chaos.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Sci-fi 20.8%, Story Rich 19.3%, Anime 18.5%, Mystery 11%
- #30 A Field of Flowers and Stars
77% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: Watercress
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Field of Flowers and Stars is a simple mouse or keyboard-based visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Romance 17.1%, Anime 16.1%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #31 Where Control Ends
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Romance 12.8%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Puzzle 8%
- #32 Falling Ever
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Lucas Vacari Gomes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hundreds of years later, humans and Heflites coexist on a hidden planet near Earth. Finding a mate is the goal, but will something like that really help her break free from the deep darkness she experienced as a child? "...This feeling...is not an obsession..."
Why similar: Cinematic 19.7%, Romance 14.6%, Psychological 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #33 Station 21
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daze Gallery
Windows
What traps us is not time, but our faith in it.
Why similar: Investigation 14.2%, Cinematic 13.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Stylized 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #34 The Wreck
75% matchVery Positive89% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Cinematic 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Psychological 10.1%
- #35 Beyond The Mist: Beginnings
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Intimidating Puffin Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A romance-driven narrative about destiny, devotion, and the dangerous pull of belonging, set against the ruins of a long‑lost city calling you home.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Romance 14.6%, Psychological 14.5%, Supernatural 8.2%
- #36 Ever 17 - The Out of Infinity
73% matchVery Positive85% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
To the promise we once made and the place we must return
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Anime 17.2%, Romance 16.8%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #37 Omni Link
76% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: RoenciaPub: Roencia Game Creators
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Omni Link is a hybrid visual novel featuring exploration, real-time space combat, and choices that affect gameplay and story. Find love across the stars, and become a hero in an epic adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Anime 20.8%, Sci-fi 19.6%, Romance 15.8%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #38 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
74% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Romance 14.6%, Anime 13.8%, Psychological 12.1%
- #39 Blue Blood Love Song
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: HouKkin
Windows · Mac
A multi-ending visual novel blending romance, sci-fi, and mystery. A perfect reunion gradually gives way to unsettling inconsistencies. As your relationship with him deepens, you must choose between trust and doubt—and every decision may change your bond and the ending that awaits you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Romance 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #40 Yukizuki no Seisou
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VODALES
Windows · Mac
High school student Kusaka Sousuke, who has faint precognition, visits Yukizuki during winter break—a town haunted by rumors of ghosts and mysterious disappearances. In the snow-covered town, he meets the mysterious girl he saw in a dream… An adventure-type visual novel from VODALES.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Anime 14.6%, Sci-fi 13%, Romance 11.5%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #41 Imperfect Miracle
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 天灵zpPub: 白星独立
Windows
She has known you long, yet you meet her for the first time. A white‑haired girl smiles, confesses affection and calls you "Chen You" — yet you remember never meeting her. This meeting should’ve been the start of a romance visual novel. The sky grows restless; this world is far from "normal".
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Romance 16.3%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Mystery 8.6%
- #42 Haunted Record
72% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Heathersward
Windows
A 20 minute story about a mysterious ghost and an even more mysterious journalist.
Why similar: Investigation 20.5%, Cinematic 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Supernatural 12.2%, Mystery 9.4%
- #43 井底-与奇迹邂逅的井底之人
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 井底游戏制作组Pub: 黎羽科技LICOGAME
Windows
《井底》是一款2024年3月立项的文字类galgame,题材是“超能力悬疑推理故事”,画风是日系校园风格的 故事主要讲述了游戏女主王语韴作为一个业余“侦探”,遇到各种疑难问题,并在侦探事务所所长天翔及其妹妹天音的帮助下,解决案件的故事。 游戏主要使用鼠标点击来推进剧情
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Anime 15.2%, Romance 10.8%, Emotional 9.6%
- #44 Open Roads
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 362 reviews2024
Dev: Open Roads TeamPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
Why similar: Cinematic 22.3%, Investigation 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Story Rich 10%, Stylized 8.4%
- #45 COLIVING
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Taiwan Computer Graphics Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Windows
COLIVING is an interactive narrative adventure where you play as a hard-boiled detective and a relentless journalist on two distinct paths. As their cases converge on a shared apartment, your choices shape a complex, branching story. Trust no one—the real danger lives right behind the wall.
Why similar: Cinematic 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Investigation 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #46 Never 7 - The End of Infinity
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Save me from this cage of infinity
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Romance 18.9%, Anime 17.3%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Adventure 10.1%
- #47 ef - the first tale. (All Ages)
71% matchVery Positive95% of 211 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 273.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
What starts with a conversation between two long lost friends spills out into a captivating visual novel about four youths struggling to pursue their dreams and find their place in the world as love complicates everything.
Why similar: Cinematic 21.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Romance 15.8%, Emotional 12.9%, Anime 11.5%
- #48 Avatar Zero
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AnylightPub: Anvil Studio
Windows
Avatar Zero is a text-based interactive narrative centered around “choice.” Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, you become the subject of a secret experiment. Your entire gameplay consists solely of sequential binary choices. Through continuous choices, you will uncover the truth behind the experiment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 17%, Psychological 10.2%, Adventure 8.5%
- #49 The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
70% matchVery Positive87% of 299 reviews2021
Dev: Trinitite Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Investigation 15.1%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Psychological 12.8%, Anime 12%
- #50 Odysseus: Homecoming
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Luca Games
Windows
Become Odysseus, the king who brought down Troy, and survive the cursed voyage home. Every choice is remembered, and every death becomes a clue for your next attempt. A narrative survival adventure with no hidden dice — where even your first instincts are woven into the song.
Why similar: Mythology 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Cinematic 13.2%, Visual Novel 11%
- #51 魏识的夜晚
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GOOD NEWS Editorial Department
Windows · Mac
Wei Shi becomes your reflection in your senior year. Drifting without a fixed self, they set out into oblivion—or piece together fragments of an unfamiliar youth. With your friends, they tend each other's restless hearts and share what it takes to find happiness.
Why similar: Cinematic 17%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #52 Myosotis: My Life Is Not Yours to Take
67% matchPositive85% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Try_Froggery
Windows
Haunt your murderer /slash/ ex-boyfriend and discover the truth behind his actions in a visual novel about finding peace when all you want is vengeance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Romance 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Anime 8%
- #53 BAD STUDENT LOVE
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: REALIZE NOVA
Windows
Labeled a “troublemaker,” you transfer to the worst high school. There, you become entangled in dangerous relationships driven by desire, jealousy, and manipulation. Will you get closer, be used, or get hurt— your choices will determine how your story with them ends.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Cinematic 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Anime 10.5%, Adventure 8%
- #54 Ending the Happy Route
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Water Phoenix
Windows
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Cinematic 17.1%, Romance 16.2%, Emotional 11.9%, Mystery 10%
- #55 UNBIASED
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: The Otherworld Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?
Why similar: Investigation 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological 17.2%, Anime 17%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #56 Frog & Blade
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: StarGazer
Windows
Killed by the villain Frogman, you awaken to the same morning. A mysterious drink, "Soma," grants power to those with strong desires, plunging the city into chaos. Fight the emerging villains, solve the case, and uncover the truth. A multi-ending, battle-packed, looping supernatural suspense ADV.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological 16%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Romance 9.7%, Supernatural 9.6%
- #57 BUSTAFELLOWS season2
66% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: NIPPON CULTURAL BROADCASTING EXTEND INC.Pub: PQube
Windows
The hit series BUSTAFELLOWS continues with an all-new season! Fight for love and fight against crime, in this romantic, mystery, visual novel!
Why similar: Cinematic 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Romance 13.2%, Anime 10.9%
- #58 Ashen Reverie
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Anime 12.3%, Psychological 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #59 Until Then
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 19,464 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Emotional 15.3%, Psychological 14.3%, Story Rich 10.9%