60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Choices Matter, Romance.
Bright Oak is a heavily character-driven visual novel with elements of science fiction. Discover the tragic secrets behind Bright Oak’s preternatural dilemma; find friendship, or possibly love; save the town and make your way home--and if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!
Dullpain
Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.
Dead Man's Rest
A Wild West BxB story of love, murder, and revenge. Play as Lee "Blackjack" McCarthy on his hunt for the elusive Wild Bill—until a mysterious killing shatters all his plans.
Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.
Why similar: Time Travel 23.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Romance 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Emotional 10.2%
A Wild West BxB story of love, murder, and revenge. Play as Lee "Blackjack" McCarthy on his hunt for the elusive Wild Bill—until a mysterious killing shatters all his plans.
Why similar: Western 27.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Romance 12.6%, America 8.5% ★
A time-travel mystery visual novel about found-family, connections, and hope in dark times.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 9.4%, Emotional 9.3%
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
Why similar: Time Travel 30.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%
A visual novel where your choices matter. Derek has a job, a beloved boyfriend, friends, and… “piranha thoughts.” Everything was perfect until his younger sister Rina returned to town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Romance 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%
a love story between time and space
Why similar: Time Travel 36% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Romance 14.1%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
Talewarden is a weird west adventure visual novel. Restore time on a planet where the sun never sets as you explore locations, talk, romance, and bond with your companions. Find the source of the voice in your head and discover why you all fell here from different worlds.
Why similar: Western 20.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Emotional 7.7%
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Romance 12.7%, Choices Matter 8%
A dark yuri visual novel about a quiet university student who discovers blood magic in the depths of her grief. Stepping into a world she little understands, Honoka finds unexpected love, and inadvertently sets in motion a deadly series of events.
Why similar: Time Travel 23.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Romance 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12%
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+ 19%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Romance 13%, Emotional 12%
Chronotopia: Second Skin is a unique rewriting of the Donkeyskin fairytale, a darker variation of Cinderella. Follow Kionna into a painful but ultimately rewarding search for her true self.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Otome 8.5% ★, Romance 7.5%
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+ 19.2%, Romance 15%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%
A sci fi mystery on a ship drifting through space. Solve dialogue puzzles to help the ship's computer AILISH sift through possible timelines to find which one of them can prevent an impending disaster. What disaster? For some reason, AILISH won't actually tell you...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Romance 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Romance 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Adrian Heart is a reclusive composer dragged into the world of the entertainment industry by his famous sister to become the new personal assistant to one of the elite talents who calls the agency home. He is none to happy about it.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Romance 19.5%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Story Rich 6.4%
A breathtaking visual novel that will make you live through two eras filled with love, terrifying mysteries, and bullets. Follow Jake as he travels back and forth between the 90s and the Prohibition era of the 20s, and make choices that will determine his fate.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.9% ★, Romance 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Drama 8.8%
A time travel project. A group of students. A cat that eats too much. Can you rewrite fate without losing what matters most?
Why similar: Time Travel 40.7% ★, Visual Novel 20%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Choices Matter 7.6%
A choice-driven romance-mystery visual novel set in the Wild West. Choose your partner and investigate the town's secrets to uncover the Eldritchian horror that plagues Cortez Creek.
Why similar: Western 37.2% ★, Romance 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%, LGBTQ+ 7.9%
Overcome your past and become someone new in Truer than You. A choice-driven narrative adventure about love, loss and being lost in life. You're hired as a gig-working actor to play roles in real-life situations. Have conversations, get a good rating and follow the rules. All good?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Emotional 9%
Who do you think of when you're about to win it all? Slipstream Daydreams is a y2k inspired retrofuturistic visual novel about antigravity racing and messy queer romance. Play as Orion, cheeky rising star driver, and make split second race choices that affect which of your romances you reminisce on.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Romance 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Emotional 9.5%
You are an intergalactic bounty hunter leading a team of bickering misfits as you track down targets with your words and your weapons to find your missing mom. Make every choice count in this reactive, visual novel love letter to Cowboy Bebop.
Why similar: Western 24.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
This game is a bishoujo game developed and published by Kawayi Play.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Emotional 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
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%, Romance 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
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+ 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Emotional 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Romance 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.7%
A poet ponders queer life and love after his happily ever after.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Romance 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Emotional 9.9%
Em um piscar de olhos, chega lá... mas nem faz ideia do porquê. Hibridya é uma Visual Novel episódica de fantasia, romance e slice of life onde você acompanhará uma narrativa cheia de emoções, descobertas e reviravoltas, customizando a história da protagonista de algumas maneiras!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Otome 11.6% ★
Kody, a modern gym rat gets zapped by strange lightning and time-travels to 1898. A BARA, choices matter, alternate history, Visual Novel Musical set in the East Coast of USA. LGBTQ+ with romance options.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 24%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Romance 6.1%
You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Emotional 8.1%
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+ 24.1%, Visual Novel 20%, Romance 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Emotional 8.1%
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.2% ★, Visual Novel 21.4%, Story Rich 9.8%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Choices Matter 6.9%
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+ 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Romance 11.2%, Emotional 8.7%
STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.
Why similar: Time Travel 45.9% ★, Visual Novel 23.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Story Rich 7.7%, Romance 5.7%
Take control of a therapist in a mysterious, never-ending therapy session. Can you unravel the truth behind your patient's lies, and live to tell the tale? A psychological mystery developed by a psychologist.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Emotional 7.8%
An autopsy of a queer relationship.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
A story-driven visual novel about psychological trauma and memory.In a world where reality, dreams, and recollections intertwine, face what you once lost—but never truly said goodbye to.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Emotional 14.5%, Romance 12.8%
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 7.8%
When everyone hides a deadly obsession, can you trust - or love - those who get close? Play as junior researcher Sky. Navigate romance, betrayal, and impossible choices across secret-filled Science City and post-apocalyptic lands. Recreate the lost medicine before your trust costs lives.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Everyone's heard of Mothman– the moth creature that haunts the outskirts of Point Pleasant, West Virginia– but no one's heard of it like this! In some random idyllic Midwestern town, you meet Artemis (aka Mothman) at your favorite coffee shop and begin an agonizingly slow burn romance with them.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Romance 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Sent to Klodan as a royal envoy, the youngest prince of Fescilia expects diplomacy—not a land of fear and silence. With a trusted friend at his side, he is drawn into court intrigues and an encounter with a masked stranger. Six paths lie ahead, each leading to a different fate. Which will he choose?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Romance 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%
When your beloved wants to abandon his personality and become an absolutely ordinary person, what do you do? Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man is an young adult romantic story about transgender identity, exploration of masculinity, and mutual understanding.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Emotional 11.5%, Romance 11.4%
One of them is visiting a friend in Chicago. The other wants to shake things up in New York City. It starts in San Francisco, but where this relationship goes is all up to you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.6%, Romance 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%
An exciting adult Visual Novel with a unique intriguing story featuring Sci-Fi, Time Travel, Romance, Sex, Humor, Character Development and some fun references.
Why similar: Time Travel 33% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Romance 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Emotional 7.8%
Jackie Shields wakes up to find everything in her world a little different than she remembers it. Trapped between her own dimension and a parallel one, she soon realizes that nothing can remain unchanged in her life. Especially not herself...because the other dimension has a Jackie of its own!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Romance 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.3%
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.7% ★, Visual Novel 21.7%, Romance 10.2%, Story Rich 9.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%
After immediately being caught in your mission to kill a corrupted king, you must earn the trust of the king's court and spare yourself from execution. However, the longer you stay, the clearer it becomes there is something much darker is lurking in the castle - and latching onto your own mind.
Why similar: Romance 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.1%, Choices Matter 8%
Three loves. One week. Merry Crisis is an intimate, character-driven romance visual novel about love, loss, and belonging—is home what you left behind, or where you’re headed?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Romance 11.1%, Emotional 9%
A modern fantasy BL Visual Novel following a young mans journey into a hidden world of gods and magic to recover the past he's lost, and find his missing family. Alongside 3 attractive romance options, Myka Riley delves into the unknown.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Romance 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%
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 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Emotional 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 10.8%, Drama 10.4%
Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 15%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Romance 10.7%
Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.
Why similar: Romance 17.4%, Choices Matter 14%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Drama 8.7%
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?
Why similar: Time Travel 22.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Romance 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.6%, Romance 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Emotional 13.5%, Choices Matter 8.1%
A political intrigue visual novel with romanceable elements. Player decisions weigh heavy as consequences can easily lead to hurt and trouble.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Romance 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Otome 11% ★, Emotional 10.9%
You can't save him... but what if you could meet him again? Unquiet Grey is a heartbreaking timeloop visual novel about a troubled young woman and the kind-hearted musician she loves through countless lifetimes.
Why similar: Time Travel 25.1% ★, Romance 20.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Emotional 13.9%, Otome 9.7% ★
Fall in love with marbles and learn to believe in yourself again.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Romance 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%
Play through this loved-filled adventure. Find friends, lovers, or enemies at every turn. Some “friends” are not as they seem. Danger lurks here! Unravel the mystery and find love before time runs out in 8 Days of School.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Romance 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%, LGBTQ+ 9.7%
A queer Victorian romance visual novel in which a gentleman running from the past and a poet hiding from the future collide through a lonely hearts ad. Suddenly, their lives can blossom—if you choose to change them.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Romance 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%
A Field of Flowers and Stars is a simple mouse or keyboard-based visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Romance 19.7%, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
