
A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Choices Matter, LGBTQ+.

A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.

Lost Connections
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.

Return to Ash
“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.”
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+ 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Emotional 13.1%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%
“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+ 22.6%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Emotional 14.5%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
A choice-based visual novel game about science, division, and the false ideology of knowledge. Each and every one of your choices will determine whether the disciplines will end in unity or complete division. The key to eternal knowledge is in your hands.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Philosophical 10.8%, Emotional 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
Project Subtrahend is a choose-your-own-adventure visual novel, where you have the chance to get to know the stories, lore, and personalities of nine unique characters. Choices matter in this game, and it's up to you who lives or dies as you explore what it means to be human.
Why similar: Philosophical 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12%, LGBTQ+ 11.1%, Emotional 9.6%
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Emotional 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 10.7%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
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: LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Philosophical 10.6%
Guide Hamlet (now a Girl *and* a Werewolf) as she deals with a murder mystery, a usurped throne, and a cursed sledding competition. Her emotions are your stats, so.... emote wisely. Or impulsively. Or with shame. It’s her kingdom. Everyone else is just tolerated in it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%
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+ 22.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Emotional 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
"I" make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. ——————————————————————————Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? In this short visual novel, make choices and answer the question: is love a zero-sum game?
Why similar: Philosophical 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 11.4%, Emotional 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.6%
Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Emotional 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Philosophical 9.4%
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+ 14.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Emotional 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
"The day I put that uniform on, I saw myself in the mirror for the first time. And I dared to think, maybe, just maybe..." A free VN about standing up to the world to be yourself. Part of the NOISZ series, and prequel to NOISZ STΔRLIVHT.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Emotional 8%
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+ 25%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Female Protagonist 14%, Emotional 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%
An apprentice. A healer. A warrior. Breathe, pull, and choose your way through their stories in this dark yet comforting narrative game about healing the worlds inside us.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Emotional 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Female Protagonist 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
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+ 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Emotional 12%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Road Trip to the End of the World is a visual novel about the death of a friendship. When Andy and her imaginary friend Fishy set off on a road trip to crash their ex-best friend’s wedding, will they know when to hit the brakes?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Emotional 15.3%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Story Rich 8.5%
A visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Mostly realistic, with a werewolf twist. Your choices determine the heroine's fate—caught between envy and longing, will she claim her place in the system, or burn it all down for a dream no one values?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Hand-drawn 14%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Emotional 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Emotional 15.7%, Philosophical 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%
A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Philosophical 14%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
Discover magical creatures while exploring a fantasy world in this whimsical, art-filled visual novel!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Lore-Rich 10.6%
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: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Hand-drawn 8.3%
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+ 19.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Emotional 8.5%
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+ 18.9%, Emotional 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
The curse wove your fates together. Now their thoughts and feelings influence you and your actions determine their fates. Will you be able to break the curse? Or will their dark pasts drag you into an inescapable despair? And can a fresh start really erase the past?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Emotional 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
You know the feeling of struggling to get out of bed? In A Heavy Morning, you will play as a young girl battling with her own mind. Your only objective? Get out of bed and get to work on time.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
A gripping seaside adventure following the connection of two young souls, each unknowingly helping the other make sense of a world that seems senseless. Complemented by breathtaking artwork and an addictive soundtrack, this charming tale will definitely suck you in and leave a lasting impression!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
Welcome to the Ace & Aro Meetup! Everyone is accepted here – whether you’re a-spec yourself or just curious to learn more. Meet the members, try a cocktail (or two) and unwind with some arcade games. Let’s have a heart-to-heart!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Hand-drawn 7.8%, Emotional 6.9%
This is a visual novel about loneliness and fantasy. You will play a student in a closed boarding school for girls, feeling lonely and alienated, communicating with an imaginary friend every day.Your choices will lead to an ending of either redemption or downfall.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.7%, Visual Novel 20%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Emotional 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
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+ 26.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Emotional 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
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+ 16.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Emotional 9.6%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
From the first day of spring, to the last day of winter, wear seven shoes of seven characters and live their most intimate moments. Explore their thoughts, choose their steps and shape their paths in a mumblecore narrative game where the most extraordinary setting is ordinary life itself.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.8%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Emotional 8.1%
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+ 22.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Emotional 13%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
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: LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Emotional 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.2%
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+ 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Emotional 13.7%, Female Protagonist 10%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Comet Angel is a sci-fi yuri narrative adventure with point and click puzzles. Join teenagers Izzy and Nat on an emotional journey of self-discovery and acceptance as they make humanity's first-ever alien contact.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Philosophical 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
The hapless, love-struck Ichika made a big mistake, and she might have ruined her friendship with Hana forever. With the help of her classmate Ayumi, can she work her own feelings out in time to show Hana how she really feels? A soft, comedic romance with big personalities and a tinge of melodrama.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
Visit a variety of water attractions with Jasmin, Celia and Brianna as they strive to have a day of fun together in this Fun yuri/lesbian LGBTQ+ visual novel game.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Hand-drawn 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Philosophical 9.7%
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+ 22.7%, Emotional 15.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
The kind Blacksmith is a Visual Horror Novel set in ficticious medieval Italy. In a land ravaged by war and sickness, you take on the roll of the Blacksmith - a lonely man that happens to take in a sick Knight of the invading forces. The Knight's fate is in your hands. To be kind is your choice.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Emotional 11.2%, Choices Matter 10%
An autopsy of a queer relationship.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
Piece by piece, you pour your soul into the monster. This is your burden and you bear it willingly. Your friends think that this is unhealthy.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Emotional 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
"What's happiness?" No response. I knelt down to you ,praying for little comfort. Even if it's just a moment,I will capture it. This is My World:Third-Rate Romance Novels.But because it's me,it's fate,it's a childhood story written with my own hands. So,watch us:go far away,starting from that cliff—
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Emotional 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
The imperial family's advisor is a witch, a hag, the devil in disguise. A historical drama yuri visual novel set during a time of political tumult wherein an immortal finds both love and suffering.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Female Protagonist 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Emotional 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.4%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Emotional 15.8%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Choices Matter 6.3%
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Philosophical 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 9%
A realistic visual novel based on a true story. As a lawyer trying to save a rock singer from her toxic family, you uncover the suffocating truth of "Codependency." Will you leave, sink into the abyss, or g◼︎ai◻︎n the c#our%ag◼︎e to f◼︎ac◻︎e the p#ai%n? Your choices decide.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%
Welcome to MONSTER LUV RADIO, where you play a radio DJ giving dating advice to a host of supernatural creatures! Keep your ratings up by giving sound advice and following the rhythm of your DJ mix board, and make sure your boss doesn't shut down your show!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
《发现姐姐是妹控的我今后该如何是好》是一款短篇百合视觉小说,主要描述了主人公樱自从看见了那个场景之后,对姐姐态度的变化,心灵不断成长最后happy end的故事。
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.6%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Emotional 11.2%, Story Rich 6.2%
Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts is a brief and cozy narrative game that lets you explore a character via thoughts and momentos you find in stages of their life. Its an introspective game, meant to share some experiences a peer-group of neurodivergent queers, including the dev, had growing up.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Emotional 12.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.5%
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+ 24.7%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Emotional 11%, Stylized 7.6%
Distant Oceanic Getaway— A visual novel for sapphics! Will you be able to find true love while sailing the seven seas?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Lore-Rich 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
“Signed Mary”, a psychological horror visual novel, in which not your choices of action will determine the story’s end, but the choices of how to perceive your reality.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Choices Matter 8%
Cherry's Dungeon is a one-handed adult adventure where you must satisfy the desires of dominant women to descend deeper. Puzzles, battles, dialogue trees, choices, and 50+ illustrated encounters await.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Lore-Rich 9.9%