- #1 My Vow to My Liege
97% matchVery Positive92% of 4,072 reviews2020
Dev: YETU GAMEPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
《My Vow to My Liege》is a visual novel dating game. Players get to play as a girl disguised as the King of Ng, a man. The 4 dateable characters are: the guide, the enemy, the minister and the guard.Will they choose the man over the country? Love over hate? Who will they finally end up with?
Why similar: Otome 66.2% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Text-Based 3.9%, Dating Sim 3.5%
- #2 私のリアルは充実しすぎている フルボイス版
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,177 reviews2022
Dev: TetraScopePub: HotchPotch K.K.
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
顔良し、頭良し、性格良し。 完全無欠のリア充女子が送るドタバタラブコメディ!(たぶん)
Why similar: Otome 53.3% ★, Dating Sim 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Text-Based 8.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.5%
- #3 REPLAY BOYS
96% matchVery Positive95% of 119 reviews2023
Dev: Split Narrative Inc.
Windows · Mac
Band emergency! This was supposed to be Hannah’s day off, but now she’s been roped into managing The Replay Boys, an up-and-coming boy band. Make choices to stoke multi-timeline romances, keep the band from killing each other, and fight a resurrected ’80s pop star ghost. Can you manage?
Why similar: Otome 52% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 9.9%, Female Protagonist 6.6%
- #4 Sensei! I Like You So Much!
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,423 reviews2025
Dev: LaoO Studio (Shanghai Ou Ou Xi Network Technology Co. LTD)Pub: Erabit
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
"Sensei! I Like You So Much!" is a fandom business simulation game. You will play as a fanfic author, create & release your fanzine, join comicons, gather followers, and become a legend with your fellow fans around! You can buy goods of your pairing, build itabags, and decorate your room as well!
Why similar: Otome 44.6% ★, Comic Book 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Comedy 7.8%
- #5 Backstage Pass
95% matchVery Positive86% of 278 reviews2016
Dev: sakevisual
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A visual novel/sim game about life, love, and working in the entertainment industry. Play as makeup artist Sian Goodin as she navigates the world of showbiz. Make friends, forge business relationships, and maybe even find romance!
Why similar: Otome 59.3% ★, Dating Sim 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Female Protagonist 5.9%, Simulation 2.3%
- #6 Folie Fatale
94% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Otome 51.9% ★, Dating Sim 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
- #7 Lost in Secular Love
93% matchVery Positive87% of 521 reviews2016
Dev: YETU GAME
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A Otome game about romancing monks?! All the romanceable characters are monks?! Sweet yet seductive! The untainted body and soul that only you can touch… PS: The game is set in an alternate history with an alternate religion.
Why similar: Otome 56.2% ★, Dating Sim 20.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Female Protagonist 6.2%, Casual 3.1%
- #8 Under Maintenance
92% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2023
Dev: Hearty Soup Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
An everyday dramedy otome game that asks the tough question: When a game about love goes down for maintenance, can the game of love begin?
Why similar: Otome 56.6% ★, Visual Novel 13.9%, Casual 8.1%, Comedy 5.5%, Narration 5.3%
- #9 ERROR143
91% matchVery Positive92% of 4,810 reviews2022
Dev: Jenny Vi Pham
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
Why similar: Otome 40.3% ★, Dating Sim 25.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Narration 6.4%
- #10 Band Camp Boyfriend
91% matchVery Positive97% of 119 reviews2023
Dev: Lovebird Game Studios
Windows
Will you lead your marching band to victory as drum major? Explore band camp and attend rehearsal alongside an unforgettable cast of characters, where every choice matters. Find love or face tragedy in 7 routes with 35+ different endings in this colorful, musically-rich otome visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 46.7% ★, Dating Sim 19.3%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Text-Based 6.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6%
- #11 Emberfate: Tempest of Elements
89% matchVery Positive98% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: Wind Chimes Games Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
An immersive MMORPG-simulation chatroom based romance / otome visual novel. You are the leader of a raiding guild in the world's hottest MMORPG, Emberfate. Will you lead your guild to success in the newest raid — and perhaps find love along the way among your guildmates?
Why similar: Otome 49.5% ★, Dating Sim 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Text-Based 5.3%
- #12 XOXO Droplets
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 348 reviews2017
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An otome dating sim about a humorously jerky young lady and her mission to woo one of multiple uniquely, but equally, obnoxious guys.
Why similar: Otome 48.9% ★, Dating Sim 22.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Female Protagonist 5.6%, Casual 4%
- #13 Signed and Sealed With a Kiss
89% matchMixed67% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Raise" your own perfect boyfriend in this visual novel-stat raiser. Will you fall in love or will you say goodbye?
Why similar: Otome 51.5% ★, Dating Sim 18.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Comedy 5.5%, Female Protagonist 4.6%
- #14 Changeling
87% matchVery Positive93% of 167 reviews2019
Dev: Steamberry Studio
Windows · Mac
A dark, fantastical romantic comedy that focuses not just on falling in love, but rediscovering your past and the dangers of a supernatural world - where what's at stake is not just your heart, but also your life.
Why similar: Otome 69.9% ★, Visual Novel 11.2%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Casual 6%, Simulation 3.4%
- #15 Arcadia Fallen
86% matchVery Positive94% of 508 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Why similar: Otome 40.9% ★, Dating Sim 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Comic Book 10%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #16 My Butler
88% matchMixed55% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Dogenzaka Lab
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"My Butler" is a game where you can enjoy falling in love with your personal butler. Each butler is a celebrity; sometimes they'll approach you softly...and sometimes forcefully.
Why similar: Otome 86.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%
- #17 Dangerous Fellows: Otome Game
86% matchMixed44% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: Storytaco
Windows
Otome dating sim - make your choices and survive this thriller romance game!
Why similar: Otome 50.6% ★, Dating Sim 21%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.7%, Female Protagonist 4.2%
- #18 Otome Legends
84% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Jagaimo Studios
Windows · Linux
Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?
Why similar: Otome 51.2% ★, Dating Sim 18.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Comedy 5.7%, Text-Based 5.6%
- #19 Alice in Stardom - A Free Idol Visual Novel
85% matchVery Positive84% of 162 reviews2019
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Can you manage to beat your competitors to be the next top idol- and maybe even win their hearts in the process?
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.3%, Female Protagonist 22%, Casual 21%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #20 Trouble Comes Twice
82% matchVery Positive87% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Foxglove Games
Windows
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 46.6% ★, Dating Sim 21.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Female Protagonist 5.9%
- #21 A Pinch of Magic
83% matchVery Positive84% of 236 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!
Why similar: Otome 52.1% ★, Dating Sim 24.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Female Protagonist 5.2%, Casual 3.2%
- #22 C14 Dating
84% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2016
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
C-14 Dating is an otome dating sim that combines archaeology, friendships and love.
Why similar: Otome 47.7% ★, Dating Sim 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Female Protagonist 5.3%
- #23 Voice Love on Air
81% matchVery Positive87% of 523 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
A BL dating sim with elements of studio management and interactions with voice actors! Follow Aki, a newbie voice director who has to complete the recordings for several BL dramas, and interact with the charming voice actors. Come give voice to the language of love!
Why similar: Dating Sim 61.2%, Visual Novel 25%, Casual 8.2%, Simulation 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #24 Love x Debut
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 286 reviews2025
Dev: Astro Arc Games IncPub: Nutaku Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Live the life of an idol manager! Following a car accident, you’re transported into a video game world filled with great music and steamy h-scenes. Build your talent agency, train future stars and lead them to stardom in the music industry. Conquer their hearts one idol at the time!
Why similar: Dating Sim 72.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Casual 11.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #25 Drops of Death
80% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: Otome 43.7% ★, Dating Sim 23.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 3.5%
- #26 Let`s not stay friends
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 309 reviews2017
Dev: Violet FeaturePub: Vorobushek
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Friendship is a wonderful thing… unless you are friends with a girl who has no idea you have feelings for her! Inske, a student of magical arts, is troubled by the upcoming outdoors exam, and can't even imagine that someone might want to use the test as an opportunity to get close to her.
Why similar: Otome 59.6% ★, Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Female Protagonist 6.2%, Casual 4.6%
- #27 I Just Want to be Single!! Season One
79% matchVery Positive83% of 275 reviews2025
Dev: m.Pub: Tsundere Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
The anti-dating sim where you make friends instead of girlfriends! Balance between heartbreak and heartache! Will you graduate without a single friend? Or will you survive long enough to reject them all?
Why similar: Dating Sim 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 15.2%, Comedy 7.9%
- #28 V-LOVER!
77% matchVery Positive91% of 1,304 reviews2025
Dev: HentopiaPub: LewdLoco
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You have become a manager at a VTuber production by a twist of fate, tasked with the important mission of nurturing three VTubers. In order to help them reach the pinnacle of the VTuber world, you not only need to carefully manage their schedules but also fulfill their various ♂ needs...!?
Why similar: Dating Sim 47%, Visual Novel 34.3%, Casual 11%, Simulation 7.7%
- #29 Enamored Risks
79% matchVery Positive86% of 204 reviews2020
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
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 49.4% ★, Dating Sim 20.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%, Female Protagonist 4.6%
- #30 Ninki Seiyuu: How to Make a Pop Voice Actress
78% matchVery Positive92% of 225 reviews2021
Dev: MintCUBEPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A love comedy set in the voice acting industry, from the point of view of voice actresses, managers, and sound engineers... and it's, like, 78% accurate! Play it, and you might find out what this industry is all about!
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Comedy 8.6%
- #31 Bewitching Sinners
75% matchVery Positive96% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: Otome 44.3% ★, Dating Sim 19.2%, Comic Book 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%
- #32 Amnesia™: Memories
76% matchVery Positive92% of 4,125 reviews2015
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?
Why similar: Otome 66.1% ★, Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Female Protagonist 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #33 🌟K-POP STAR🌟
77% matchMixed44% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: K-POP Group
Windows · Mac · Linux
In her attempt to revive her career, she crosses lines that push her deeper into a world of sensationalism and scandal.
Why similar: Dating Sim 41.3%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Casual 7.7%, Simulation 5%
- #34 Always Remember Me
78% matchMixed60% of 270 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Amy is desperate! Her boyfriend Aaron doesn't remember her anymore after a car accident! Will you be able to make him remember again? Or perhaps it's time to move on. Maybe Amy will fall in love with someone else? It's up to you to decide. Play this life simulation game with dating sim elements and shape Amy's destiny.
Why similar: Otome 46.2% ★, Dating Sim 18.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%, Female Protagonist 5.3%
- #35 Idol Manager
74% matchVery Positive88% of 4,041 reviews2021
Dev: Glitch PitchPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary.
Why similar: Visual Novel 62.4%, Comedy 18.4%, Simulation 12.9%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Indie 3.1%
- #36 The Cloud Dream of the Nine
75% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Sesisoft
Windows
The vast love story of one female character with nine male characters Your choice changes his fate and creates a new ending.
Why similar: Otome 42.3% ★, Dating Sim 19.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Text-Based 7%
- #37 Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons
76% matchVery Positive82% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: Aeon Dream Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
During your first year of university, immense magical powers are forced onto you, thus revealing the supernatural world hidden within ours. But you must learn to control your powers with the help of a partner or risk destroying everything around you. Will your new fate be one of tragedy or serendipity?
Why similar: Otome 65.1% ★, Visual Novel 19.6%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, Casual 4.2%, Simulation 2.4%
- #38 Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,111 reviews2017
Dev: Dicesuki
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
Why similar: Otome 67.8% ★, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dating Sim 10%, Female Protagonist 6.2%, Simulation 1%
- #39 Hatoful Boyfriend
72% matchVery Positive94% of 7,550 reviews2014
Dev: MediatonicPub: Epic Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
Why similar: Otome 40.6% ★, Dating Sim 27.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Female Protagonist 7.2%, Comedy 4.7%
- #40 Idol Forging
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Sugar RushPub: EROLABS publishing
Windows
A time-management romance sim AVG. As a fan, you take in idol Momoka to start living together. Influence the relationship via daily schedules & dialogue choices: work, cheer at concerts, give gifts... Win her heart, make her open up, and unlock intimate scenes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.9%, Text-Based 37.7%, Casual 11.7%, Simulation 7.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #41 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
70% matchVery Positive91% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Otome 52.1% ★, Dating Sim 19.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%, Female Protagonist 5.1%
- #42 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
70% matchVery Positive93% of 4,340 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Otome 62.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Dating Sim 6.5%, Indie 0.9%
- #43 1 to 1 humanoid edible toys
68% matchVery Positive93% of 2,339 reviews2024
Dev: 汉谟拉比炒面Pub: 无
Windows · Mac
A story about Ambiguous Affection, Appetite, and Tantalizing Desires.
Why similar: Dating Sim 38.3%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Comic Book 12.3%, Simulation 4.2%
- #44 TAISHO x ALICE episode 1
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,331 reviews2019
Dev: PrimulaPub: pencil
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
DUALICE(TAISHO x ALICE episodeI) is a fairytale visual novel in which YOU must save your Prince Charming! You will take on the role of the fairytale heroine in order to rehabilitate your chosen love interest and guide him to his "happily ever after"!
Why similar: Otome 76.6% ★, Visual Novel 10.4%, Dating Sim 8.6%, Female Protagonist 4.4%
- #45 IdolDays
71% matchVery Positive88% of 142 reviews2021
Dev: iMelPub: qureate
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Can a delinquent girl transform into an idol?! A love-adventure game where you can enjoy the heart-pounding roommate life of a rookie producer and a delinquent girl turned idol.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.7%, Comic Book 30.9%, Text-Based 20.7%, Casual 6.2%, Indie 1.9%
- #46 Love Spell: Written In The Stars - a magical romantic-comedy otome
70% matchVery Positive93% of 227 reviews2020
Dev: Great Gretuski Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
After saving the life of a mysterious old woman, a young girl is gifted a magical spell book with the power to make anyone whose name she writes inside of it fall madly in love with her until the next full moon. "Love Spell" is a romantic-comedy otome game full of magic, laughs & cute penguins!
Why similar: Otome 52.6% ★, Dating Sim 18.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Narration 5.9%, Female Protagonist 4.7%
- #47 dUpLicity ~Beyond the Lies~
74% matchMixed39% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
dUpLicity ~Beyond the Lies~ is a romance mystery visual novel with romancable guys. Different with the usual dating sims, the main purpose of the game is to find out the truth hidden in the past.
Why similar: Otome 71.7% ★, Visual Novel 18.6%, Casual 5%, Simulation 3.3%, Indie 1.4%
- #48 Snowkissed Romance
68% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: LovelyInc LLC
Windows · Mac
It's 1994 in the mountains of Northern Japan - Are you ready to fall in love? Snowkissed Romance weaves addictive stat-building, day planning, and mini-games with captivating storytelling and plenty of ’90s shoujo charm.
Why similar: Otome 50.5% ★, Dating Sim 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 4.9%, Casual 4.6%
- #49 Heileen 1: Sail Away
73% matchMixed55% of 134 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Embark with Heileen in a unforgettable voyage to the New World! Met with old friends, and make new ones. Find romance, avoid dangers and life your life to the fullest!
Why similar: Otome 45.1% ★, Dating Sim 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Female Protagonist 6.1%
- #50 Pink Rage Otome
73% matchMixed58% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: cyboheart
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Comedy visual novel. Try yourself as a tsundere girl!
Why similar: Otome 66.4% ★, Visual Novel 17.2%, Casual 8.9%, Simulation 5%, Indie 2.4%
- #51 Arcade Spirits
69% matchVery Positive92% of 622 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Why similar: Otome 39.1% ★, Dating Sim 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Female Protagonist 4.3%
- #52 Star Ring
69% matchVery Positive88% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: 深海海鲜组Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
长篇×乙女向×模拟养成 欢迎来到星之诗学院!追求梦想的你,就是未来最璀璨的明星。——九种职业路线,七位可攻略角色,丰富的游戏系统,打造独一无二的演艺圈传奇。
Why similar: Otome 45.5% ★, Dating Sim 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Female Protagonist 6.5%
- #53 The Radiants
69% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Rose Arcana Games
Windows · Mac
The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.
Why similar: Otome 49% ★, Dating Sim 20.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Female Protagonist 5.8%
- #54 INtLOVErt Game Club
67% matchVery Positive95% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: じょせふPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows · Mac
A lot of unique Japanese nerds appear one after another! Let's enjoy the exciting daily life with him, a member of the nerds circle who is interested in you!
Why similar: Dating Sim 36.9%, Visual Novel 34%, Simulation 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #55 I've Fallen For You!
66% matchVery Positive89% of 771 reviews2024
Dev: LOVE MOOD STUDIO LIMITED
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Eight women simultaneously appear in your life, offering you unconditional love and support! Will you choose to uphold your beliefs and become a good man, or give in to human temptations and become a bad man?
Why similar: Dating Sim 55.1%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Simulation 5.7%
- #56 Yuri Dating Agency
68% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Comic Book 18.9%, Dating Sim 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 14.2%
- #57 Criminally Yours
66% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Meant to Bee Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A superhero-themed yandere romance visual novel. He's your coworker, your crush, and the villain you need to stop? Make choices to be with your supervillian ex, or move on to a new hot superhero.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.5%, Text-Based 24.8%, Narration 15.8%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Casual 9%
- #58 Phantom of the Twilight
67% matchVery Positive84% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Lumiere Entertainment Inc.Pub: Smilegate
Windows
Enjoy a sweet romance with vampires in this otome novel adventure.
Why similar: Otome 67.4% ★, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 5.2%, Female Protagonist 4.2%, Dating Sim 4%
- #59 Don't FOOL ME, Beauties!
65% matchVery Positive89% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: Storytaco
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Get out!!!" Kicked out in the dead of winter, you land a job at a shady hotel. But work’s not the only challenge, there’s the CEO’s cold-hearted granddaughter, a lazy senior, a diva model, and your childhood friend who makes you do her laundry?! Who will you charm in this chaotic love game?
Why similar: Dating Sim 47.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Simulation 5.6%, Female Protagonist 3.9%
- #60 Dangerous Relationship
72% matchMixed53% of 86 reviews2016
Dev: Dogenzaka Lab
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
"Dangerous Relationship" is a game where you can enjoy the dangerous world of dating a celebrity. Get seduced while you're on the job and try to keep your relationship a secret!
Why similar: Otome 78.6% ★, Visual Novel 12.1%, Female Protagonist 9.3%