- #1 A Potion For Chamomile
97% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Kyanite Heart
Windows · Linux
One day, Chamomile shows up to Lavender's house with a special potion recipe. She wants a transformation potion! Sadly she only has the recipe for a temporary one, so the two witches set out on a wild adventure to gather the ingredients for a permanent transformation potion!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Comedy 12.2%, Emotional 11.2%
- #2 you're just imagining it
96% matchVery Positive96% of 454 reviews2024
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Life Sim 22.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Emotional 8.7%, Simulation 8.5%
- #3 We Are OFK
96% matchVery Positive92% of 300 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: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Emotional 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #4 Battle Live! The Idol School Collection
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: solarProtagPub: solarprotag
Windows · Linux
Welcome to Pride Park! Experience six main stories and several bonus stories centered around the staff and students of this eclectic idol school in this episodic, slice-of-life visual novel!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Simulation 11.3%, Comedy 11.1%
- #5 Connected Fates
94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: GeorgeLifo
Windows
Connected Fates is a surreal top down Puzzle Adventure game where you guide a child through a dying world and help him return home. The game knows you exist, and you are able to influence it through unconventional means.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Comedy 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.1%, Emotional 9.5%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #6 Rockin' Racket
94% match1 user reviews50% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Pop Punk Paws Productions LLC
Windows
Rockin’ Racket is a narrative driven, fast paced, pop punk band management game with an undercurrent of teenage angst as you try to hold together a band of rowdy younger siblings, keep the crowd happy, and manage your frugal earnings while booking larger venues to rocket your band to stardom!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Comedy 11.6%, Emotional 10.2%
- #7 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
93% matchVery Positive88% of 3,694 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: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Emotional 11.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #8 All Seasons With You
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anna HideyukiPub: Anna Hideyuki
Windows
All Seasons With You is a romantic comedy about a nosy bartender and a lonely executive whose paths cross on an ordinary night — and from that moment on, nothing goes quite the way it should. Choose which character to play each day and decide who’s telling the truth!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Comedy 11.9%, Simulation 11.9%
- #9 Yuika My Bestie
91% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
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+ 22%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Emotional 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Life Sim 11.8%
- #10 Dissecting Love
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Disco:very StudioPub: TBD
Windows · Mac
An autopsy of a queer relationship.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Emotional 7.3%
- #11 The Mysterious Thief; Forget Me Not
90% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: solarProtag
Windows · Linux
A story-rich, girl's love visual novel about the titular phantom thief, Forget Me Not, and the famous ballet troupe that visits the city with its precious jewel and a certain ballerina that they fall for.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Emotional 10.4%, Simulation 8.4%
- #12 Short Short Fictions
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: room6
Windows
A short short mix tape of one story that connects three shorter stories. On the NewWave, a magical game console that is retro but new, enjoy DON'T SAY YES, TO:NORTH, and a secret tale nobody yet knows. Welcome to a slightly fantastical and nostalgic world of painful, toilful, and beautiful stories!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Emotional 12.1%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #13 Under the Rainbow - Prologue
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chasing the Cool
Windows
Under the Rainbow Prologue is a short adventure game telling the story of the relationship between two best friends, Kara and Dahlia. Play as Kara Evans in a melancholy tale detailing the interactions and horrible events leading up to her best friends death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Life Sim 13.4%, Emotional 12%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #14 Who dies first
88% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: AmyBeryl
Windows
The darkest game in 2022 , depends not only on how dark it is, but also on how dark readers can imagine it. The goal of the game is not to kill dragons, but to control "which character releases skills" and "which character dies first" to obtain different game endings.
Why similar: Emotional 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Comedy 14%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #15 My Child New Beginnings
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sarepta Studio
Windows
My Child New Beginnings is a parenting simulator where you go through everyday life of growth. After a series of traumatic events that you and your child went through, you now get to rebuild life together in a new region of Norway.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Life Sim 28.4%, Simulation 16.6%, Emotional 12.9%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #16 Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou 2
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 539 reviews2025
Dev: NavelPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 35.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
《近月少女的礼仪2》是由日本美少女游戏资深大厂 Navel 制作的超人气女装系列作品的第三部。国际中文版除收录游戏本篇中的内容外,也将包括Limited Edition追加的『樱小路露娜接后日谈的后日谈《对好答案后是美妙的问候》以及『堂兄妹理论及其中心』两个特别篇内容以及全角色语音内容。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Comedy 10.6%, Emotional 9.1%
- #17 Newfound Courage
86% matchVery Positive94% of 338 reviews2019
Dev: Cafe Empty
Windows · Mac
You're a young man named Alex who arrives in the cliffside town of Silverpine. Explore the town's many mysteries and meet its colourful townsfolk, while you grow closer to a kind-hearted local named Jake. Can the two of you save the town from the impending doom brewing inside the mysterious Vault?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Emotional 13%, Story Rich 7.5%, Simulation 7.3%
- #18 Until Then
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,524 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Emotional 19.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #19 A hundred kinds of your smile
85% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: myigloo
Windows
A fun and causal girl's love RPG game, with some puzzles to solve. An adventure to save the lover through many parallel worlds.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Comedy 13%, Emotional 7.7%
- #20 Worst Coach in the World Part I
84% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Mark Leung
Windows
Ready to leave skating forever, Valentina starts her first job at a resort, only to be reassigned as its rink manager.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Comedy 18.8%, Story Rich 8.1%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%
- #21 Annoy This Guy
82% matchVery Positive94% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel Leigh
Windows
Annoy this guys time in this comedic piece of interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Comedy 21.8%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Story Rich 8.3%, Point & Click 6.4%
- #22 Crown Delights Deli
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: baconeggandcheese
Windows · Mac
Crown Delights Deli is a visual novel with multiple dialect/language choices. As the cashier at a Brooklyn bodega, choose to talk in English, AAVE, or Spanish to a diverse cast of characters as you try to maintain a five-star rating for your boss.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.4%, Life Sim 22.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.9%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #23 A Marble's Muse
82% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Kristi Jimenez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fall in love with marbles and learn to believe in yourself again.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Comedy 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Emotional 7.4%
- #24 GOBLR: Goblin Date Night Simulator
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SunS3b
Windows
A bite-sized visual novel about going on dates with some absolutely disastrous goblins.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Emotional 10.2%, Simulation 7%
- #25 Alien Snap
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JoStorys
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore an alien planet, snap pictures of wildlife and build relationships with your crewmates in this heartfelt sci-fi Point & Click - Visual Novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Point & Click 7.1%
- #26 Plenty of Fish in the Sea
79% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Nullblade Studios
Windows
Plenty of Fish in the Sea is a cozy narrative-driven dating sim where you engage in heartfelt conversations with charming salmon and take them on delightful underwater dates.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Life Sim 14.8%, Emotional 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #27 No Longer Home
80% matchMixed63% of 432 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Emotional 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 7.8%
- #28 Ryugaku Ren'ai
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yuri Kissaten
Windows · Linux
A narrative RPG adventure game about coming of age as a foreigner in Japan. Vee Urban moves to quiet suburban Japan and learns that life’s not exactly the exciting manga she expected. But with culture differences, high school problems, language barriers, and blossoming romance–maybe it is?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Life Sim 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Exploration 7.1%
- #29 Tales of Klodan
78% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Voodoo Sisterhood
Windows · Mac · Linux
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+ 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Comedy 12.9%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #30 Emi - Long Road Home
77% matchVery Positive84% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: CellStudios
Windows · Mac
The story of Emi continues as she takes the Long Road Home back to The Cabin, where she'll face the consequences of New Beginnings. What will the road hold? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Point & Click 7.5%, Comedy 6.9%
- #31 Tomai
78% matchVery Positive89% of 147 reviews2020
Dev: DarkChibiShadow
Windows · Linux
With just 15 days of summer left, will Tomai pursue romance or responsibility?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Comedy 10.3%, Emotional 9.1%
- #32 this game will end in 205 clicks.
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,271 reviews2025
Dev: insertdisc5
Windows · Mac · Linux
What does a SUPERVILLAIN do, when he is forbidden from doing anything evil for the day? WARNING: This is not the type of game where you can make meaningful choices.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40.5%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Story Rich 9%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%
- #33 Targeted By Her
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hotwatermelon
Windows
You've been at the new school for a while now, but you still don't seem to have fully adapted. At least your test scores haven't improved, and to make matters worse, a popular classmate seems to be targeting you...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Life Sim 16.1%, Comedy 15.9%
- #34 Home Sweet Homecoming
74% matchPositive100% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: HooksoftPub: Shiravune
Windows
After years abroad, Ryoutarou returns to his Japanese hometown to reconnect with old friends—and maybe find new love?! It's up to you to make this homecoming as sweet as can be in this rom-com visual novel from studio Hooksoft.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Funny 7.8%, Emotional 7.8%
- #35 FLIES FLIES FLIES
76% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: NQNStudios
Windows · Mac · Linux
6-episode visual novel. One day, Finn Flynn wakes up in the body of a housefly. Without the use of his voice, he'll have to enlist his prankster ex-boyfriend, and his dads, an insectophobic mad scientist and a punk rocker, to solve the mystery of his transformation, and maybe get his life back?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Comedy 13.8%, Emotional 11.5%
- #36 Pixel Puzzle Makeout League
76% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Rude GhostPub: Skymap Games
Windows · Mac
Solve pixel puzzles, date superheroes, and save the day! Dating sim meets puzzle game in this romantic comedy adventure.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Comedy 14%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #37 I Told You So!
75% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dubiously-canon Heart of the Woods spinoff, focusing on Tara's webshow.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Comedy 12%, Funny 9.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #38 错过的暑假可以放第二次吗?
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 915 reviews2026
Dev: 麻溜完结制作组
Windows
游戏内容: 这是一款以绘画为主题、描述了成年人对于过往错过的人与事的灵魂之旅,兽人向的纯视觉小说游戏。 故事讲述了25岁的狸花猫兽人“启诚”,在被公司辞退后回到老家的城市。作为曾没能通过联考的美术生,在青梅竹马“未乾”,以及好朋友【熙和】、【望舒】、画室的“学弟”【烈烈】的帮助下,慢慢寻回了自己曾失去的那个暑假,那个他命中注定的人……
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Emotional 7.4%, Comedy 7.4%
- #39 The Last Gift
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: God's Games
Windows
Here is a short story about little Lisa, who wants to congratulate her mother on her birthday. But the child has no money for a present. Lisa has to look for ways to earn money for a present all day. But is there any sense in this? Maybe the girl shouldn't strain herself so much for such a mother?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Life Sim 23.5%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Emotional 9.6%, Exploration 7.9%
- #40 Winter Dream
74% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Conor Hehr
Windows · Mac · Linux
When Caron visits his uncle during his winter vacation, he meets three interesting girls with tragic pasts and a hidden connection to him.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Life Sim 22.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Comedy 11.7%, Emotional 11.1%
- #41 Odd Adventure of Chub, Color, 23 and You
73% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2020
Dev: Axel Sonic
Windows
Very funny, very short and very sweet text adventure game about Chub, Color, 23 and You.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Comedy 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Emotional 13.8%, Funny 11.3%
- #42 Hell Boba Café
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Organ Machine
Windows
Get ready to mix drinks and date demons! Prepare delicious boba tea with demonic ingredients. Make dialogue choices and flirt with a devilish cast of customers and build new relationships. Enter the cute & spooky world of Hell Boba Café!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Comedy 9.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #43 Tomorrow for Mar
73% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: HeidenGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pass your final, graduate university and... finally confess?! Tomorrow for Mar is a 2.5D VN about crushes, tricky finals and starting a new chapter of your life.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.1%, Comedy 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Point & Click 8.9%, Funny 6.1%
- #44 光与影之恋 Chiaroscuro Lovers
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组Pub: 北京黎羽科技有限公司
Windows
A domineering CEO-like older sister who’s gentle only to her sister, a childhood friend who became her doctor, and a cheerful girl only she can see… Who was Chu Hebai before losing her memories, and how did she become entangled with them? A melancholic yuri AVG about regret and unspoken love.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Emotional 18.2%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #45 あなたに花束を
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: abyss good gamesPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
“Flowers for You” is a gentle adventure game where you create custom bouquets based on each customer’s story as a florist. Set in modern Japan, listen to faded memories and craft floral arrangements that bring color back into their lives.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Emotional 13%, Dialogue Heavy 7%
- #46 Scientifically Accurate Dinosaur Mating Simulator 2021
71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
It's just another day in the life of a dinosaur college student at Heck Creek University.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Comedy 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Life Sim 10.7%, Funny 8%
- #47 GOOD LUCK BABY!
70% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Noodletub Games
Windows
An out of this world yuri visual novel about falling in love, defeating an evil Empress, and finding a magic baby on your crush’s doorstep.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29%, Comedy 15.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Emotional 12.8%
- #48 Invisible Wings: Chapter One
71% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Audune
Windows
Help Dawn, a young woman of faerie descent, with her first steps into loving and accepting who she is in a modern world where faeries and humans were supposed to live in harmony.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 12.5%, Point & Click 7.5%
- #49 My Little Sister Callie
69% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Ryclaw Games
Windows
My Little Sister Callie is a visual novel about a brother helping his little sister to adapt to life outside of a refugee camp. How far will you go to bring her home?
Why similar: Life Sim 34.8%, Emotional 23.3%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Simulation 7.8%, Funny 5.4%
- #50 Dragon Island
69% matchMixed47% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Kulplant
Windows · Mac
Henry Heimlich, a shark dragon lifesaver suddenly received a ticket to Dragon Island, the famous resort. Follow Henry to the island, and create some unique memory on the long shore with 6 other dragons!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Comedy 12.1%, Emotional 11.1%
- #51 WTC : Relentless Protagonist [SxS]
69% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Triority Interactive Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grendel Jinx and her "friend" must work together to find a way out of a strange school, where pupils and teachers alike are being killed in mysterious circumstances. Can they both stay alive long enough to work out what is going on and escape ?
Why similar: Life Sim 22.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Comedy 10.9%, Simulation 9.1%
- #52 Margaret's Little Shop of Wonders
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Possum 5Pub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Gardening and magic are meeting in Margaret’s Little Shop of Wonders. Play as Margaret, a young witch who just opened her own flower shop, and fulfill the peculiar requests of her strange customers!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Emotional 12.2%, Comedy 11.6%, Point & Click 8%
- #53 Dating Life 2: Emily X Miley
70% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Play as Emily as she goes on her second date with Miley, after they unexpectedly hit it off from a strange and wonderful night before. Is love in the air or just a bit of lust between the two. Can Emily find something special or is this just another night of fun among many.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Comedy 10.3%, Emotional 9%
- #54 Meet Her There
68% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Sinisthesis
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Story Rich 9.1%, Emotional 8.7%
- #55 Ashes
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Story Rich 13.3%, Emotional 11.5%, LGBTQ+ 8%
- #56 if you stay
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YukimiSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
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+ 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Emotional 9.4%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #57 Field School
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shelf Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 3D narrative adventure featuring, humour, Italian desserts and authentic archaeology.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Comedy 16.8%, Funny 9.1%, Dialogue Heavy 6.9%
- #58 Cuckold Life Simulator 😳🔞
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 194 reviews2023
Dev: Octo Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Cuckold Life Simulator 😳🔞 is a story about paying enough attention to your other half or she will find someone else. An office slave named Slavik (Slavek) comes home early one day and catches his wife and her new fitness trainer having sex.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Comedy 12.5%, Emotional 12.4%
- #59 SOMETHING AMAZING ROOM
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tidal C
Windows
This game is not normal. It has no traditional gameplay loop or world format. In the game, you walk through a room. Each one is just as different as the last. You learn about the people who inhabit the world, known as Meeples, and you learn about the dark secret behind the world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Comedy 14.7%, Exploration 8.2%, Adventure 6.4%
- #60 The Afterlife Cafe
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Guava Pixel Studios
Windows · Linux
Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-fi fantasy visual novel, your choices impact the living, the departed, and your own path forward.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.6%, Emotional 8%