Games Like Carpe Diem

A visual novel about a memory that a boy named Mark tries very hard to forget, and a girl named Myra who unearths it.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Anime 28%, Dating Sim 20.2%, Cute 8.3%, Romance 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A poignant and emotional visual novel that focuses on memories and romance with a distinct anime art style.

The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

Why similar: Visual Novel 45.8%, Anime 28.9%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Romance 5.6%, Cute 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A top-tier free-to-play otome game that features strong character development and multiple romantic paths.

A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.7%, Dating Sim 28.7%, Cute 7.6%, Romance 6.6%, Casual 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly immersive, free-to-play slice-of-life visual novel that excels at building deep, long-term romantic connections.

A romantic comedy visual novel centered around a girl named Mika Anderson, who gets entangled in the affairs of incubi.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Anime 24.1%, Dating Sim 21.1%, Nudity 9.4%, Sexual Content 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic free-to-play dating sim that offers a variety of supernatural romantic interests and engaging dialogue.

Having moved away from her friends and family to attend community college, Allison Merlo is a fresh student struggling with the day to day challenges of life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Anime 23.4%, Dating Sim 16.8%, Cute 7%, Sexual Content 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This short, high-quality visual novel captures the same cozy, romantic atmosphere found in Carpe Diem.

One day, Ciarán starts receiving enigmatic emails from a mysterious sender, turning his everyday life into a mess of a romantic comedy with psychological themes mixed in. What lies beyond the mystery he's been presented with? In the words of Harry H.: "If you want to know the truth, go find it".

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.8%, Anime 37.7%, Casual 4%, Romance 3.9%, Indie 2%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich visual novel that blends mystery with romance, perfect for fans of character-focused narratives.

Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!

Why similar: Visual Novel 45.6%, Anime 30.5%, Dating Sim 8.5%, Nudity 5.4%, Romance 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential free-to-play visual novel that offers a deep, branching narrative with a nostalgic anime aesthetic.

The (mis)adventures of Vinty, a nobody who thinks she's somebody!

Why similar: Anime 48%, Visual Novel 42.6%, Cute 4.8%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A gentle and cute visual novel that follows a female protagonist through a slice-of-life journey.

Manga are comics created in Japan. The problem for most people is, as they're made in Japan they're only produced in Japanese; someone has to translate them to English! Is one man able to accomplish this? Is there more to his team's relationships other than business? Can everything in a translator's life be simple and clear?

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.8%, Anime 41.8%, Nudity 9.1%, Indie 2.2%, Casual 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, casual visual novel that mirrors the lighthearted dating-sim mechanics of the seed game.

Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!

Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Dating Sim 24.2%, Anime 22.7%, Sexual Content 8.2%, Romance 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous and romantic visual novel that leans into the dating-sim genre with a fun, anime-inspired style.

Follow the story of a young boy, Cantus as he meets Maris, the mysterious girl by the sea - an experience that will change his life forever.

Why similar: Visual Novel 47.3%, Anime 41.4%, Cute 4.6%, Casual 2.8%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, relaxing, and charming visual novel that focuses on the friendship and romance between two characters.

Juniper's Knot is a short (~30 mins) kinetic novel about the meeting of a demon and a boy. A kinetic novel is a game that uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story.

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.2%, Anime 27.8%, Casual 9.3%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric, and beautifully written visual novel that explores a unique bond between two characters.

It's been a year since Semyon returned from "Sovyonok" and met the girls from the camp in the real world. But it's New Year at hand! And it needs to be celebrated!

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.4%, Anime 37.8%, Dating Sim 9.6%, Indie 2.7%, Casual 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play visual novel that delivers a sweet and simple romantic story.

This short Visual novel can be considered as a little introductory episode of the game Elisa the innkeeper. Enjoy our Art and Soundtrack as you begin to shape Elisa's destiny for the better or the worse!

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Anime 26.8%, Dating Sim 10.6%, Cute 7.5%, Sexual Content 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed visual novel that provides a charming and romantic narrative experience.

Max and his girlfriend Ann are very happy together. They have no arguments, they enjoy spending time with each other, they are in love. What else can they wish? Well, Max, you will get a big surprise this evening...

Why similar: Visual Novel 59.8%, Anime 29.4%, Indie 6.7%, Romance 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, singleplayer visual novel that offers a cozy and casual romantic encounter.

Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.1%, Anime 37.4%, Dating Sim 7.5%, Sexual Content 5.8%, Romance 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, anime-style visual novel that offers a fun and engaging narrative experience.

Welcome to Moe Era, the era of cute things! It has everything but a hero to help four adorable girls. You're the one they're waiting for!

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Anime 25.2%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Sexual Content 8.5%, Cute 4%

Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that combines anime aesthetics with a variety of character-driven stories and romantic choices.

In the midst of their hearts, something is blossoming between two students. Both of whom go about their daily lives at an international school in Tokyo. Just what is flowering? Of course, it's love. Starting your new life after transferring into an international school, you find yourself dismayed when it turns out to be the same as any...

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Anime 32.6%, Dating Sim 7.8%, Nudity 7%, Sexual Content 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, emotional visual novel that centers on music and romance in a classic anime style.

‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

Why similar: Visual Novel 58.7%, Anime 13.2%, Psychological Horror 6%, Romance 5.8%, Sexual Content 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, modern visual novel that explores themes of romance and connection through a unique lens.

Welcome to Crush Crush - the Idle Dating Sim! Meet, flirt, and fall in love with a motley cast of girls in this heartfelt and hilarious game.

Why similar: Anime 26.5%, Dating Sim 22%, Sexual Content 19.7%, Nudity 14.1%, Visual Novel 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A casual dating-sim that provides a fast-paced, humorous approach to the genre.

Just because it crashed doesn't mean it's over

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.3%, Anime 39.3%, Casual 8.9%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The updated version of the seed game, offering a polished experience for fans of the original.

This visual novel game tells the tale of a cute little Santa Clause appearing

Why similar: Visual Novel 46.3%, Anime 36.9%, Cute 9.4%, Casual 3.8%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cute and casual visual novel that fits the lighthearted tone of the seed game perfectly.

This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".

Why similar: Visual Novel 59.2%, Anime 35.7%, Indie 2.2%, Story Rich 1%, Casual 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A highly regarded, story-rich visual novel that focuses on emotional depth and character relationships.

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Anime 28.6%, Dating Sim 16.9%, Cute 7%, Psychological Horror 5.7%

"Love is both poison and cure, both knife and remedy." Set in 18th Century France, this is a gothic romance tale about loss, revenge and the different faces of love.

Why similar: Visual Novel 46.9%, Anime 16.9%, Sexual Content 15.8%, Nudity 11.8%, Romance 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A romantic visual novel that delivers a straightforward dating-sim experience with anime aesthetics.

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Why similar: Visual Novel 42.4%, Dating Sim 24.9%, Indie 7.8%, Singleplayer 7.1%, Casual 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic, choice-driven visual novel that focuses on the complexities of early digital romance.

Play through a timeless adventure as Yasu or Rin Fujimoto and discover the origins of Eternal Hour! Eternal Hour: Golden Hour is a fun, emotional, and story-driven Visual Novel that takes place before the events of Eternal Hour.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Anime 29.2%, Sexual Content 15.1%, Nudity 10.1%, Romance 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play visual novel that offers a romantic and character-driven story.

A group of girls are having their vacation, alone. What would a group of girls do on a dark Christmas night? Of course, fortunetelling! Unfortunately for them, their boyfriends are not about to leave them alone and their sudden visit totally ruins their plans for fortune telling, turning it into a scary story contest.

Why similar: Visual Novel 67.6%, Anime 27.7%, Nudity 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, singleplayer visual novel that provides an intimate look into a character's life.

Thoughts and expectations ARPG

Why similar: Anime 79.8%, Cute 6.2%, Visual Novel 3.4%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%

You are an up and coming summoner and a lover of monster girls. Earn money to gather up summoning materialsand summon monster girls!

Why similar: Anime 40.9%, Sexual Content 24.3%, Nudity 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Casual 2.2%

Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

Why similar: Anime 37%, Cute 14.5%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Sexual Content 11.7%

Kawaii Neko Girls — it's a relaxing anime puzzles with cute kawaii neko girls. Solve puzzles, and collect full images. Enjoy high quality artworks.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Anime 24.6%, Dating Sim 17.4%, Sexual Content 9.1%, Nudity 7.7%

The story takes place after school, when Willie decides to confess his love to the girl of his dreams, Liza. Afraid of being refused, he hesitated for a while. Should he summon up his courage and confess his love to her?

Why similar: Anime 48.3%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Cute 7.8%, Dating Sim 5.7%, Romance 5.4%

The latest entry in the Sakura series is more action-packed than ever before! Sakura Clickers is a fast-paced, exciting adventure, full of content, in which you defeat your foes with the power of your mouse!

Why similar: Anime 55.7%, Nudity 19.3%, Sexual Content 17.2%, Casual 2.1%, Dating Sim 1.8%

Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.

Why similar: Visual Novel 56.6%, Anime 21.6%, Sexual Content 11.3%, Psychological Horror 5.7%, Indie 2.9%

A short lesbian / yuri visual novel set in England. Our heroine, Toma Andrews, meets a ghost girl wearing an old-fashioned nightgown in a graveyard who calls herself Emmeline. Just who is she, and how did she die?

Why similar: Visual Novel 48.6%, Anime 26.6%, Cute 5.6%, Casual 4.3%, Romance 3.9%

Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.

Why similar: Visual Novel 52%, Anime 38.9%, Casual 3.5%, Psychological Horror 2.3%, Indie 1.8%

Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.

Why similar: Anime 60.4%, Cute 16.4%, Indie 10%, Casual 9.2%, Psychological Horror 2.3%

A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.

Why similar: Indie 50.5%, Casual 31.3%, Singleplayer 14.9%, 2D 3.2%

Date, communicate, enhance feelings and record good memories with girls!

Why similar: Sexual Content 24.3%, Anime 18.5%, Nudity 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Dating Sim 13.1%

A heartbreaking kinetic novel about the meeting of a depressed thirty years old man with a lost little girl he takes in his house.

Why similar: Visual Novel 54.6%, Anime 33.1%, Casual 6.3%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Lost in a weird city in the middle of the desert and surrounded by strange creatures that keep staring at you. This is a game about exploring the unknown and solving puzzles... lots of them! Don't be fooled by the looks, this isn't a point & click adventure.

Why similar: Indie 44.9%, Casual 30.6%, Singleplayer 14.6%, 2D 9.9%

Humanity Must Perish is a short, comedic visual novel in which the fate of humanity is placed in the hands of a witty, pessimistic android.

Why similar: Visual Novel 49.8%, Anime 35.7%, Casual 7.6%, Indie 6.8%

Short experimental 3D game collection about sexuality and masculinity. Spanking, sucking, driving, showering.

Why similar: Dating Sim 36.9%, Sexual Content 24.3%, Nudity 17.6%, Romance 7.4%, Indie 6%

Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

Why similar: Visual Novel 83%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Singleplayer 5.1%, 2D 2.7%, Story Rich 2.3%

In a small inn located in the snowy Japanese mountains, an unlikely relationship blossoms between a once-popular poet and the daughter of the inn's proprietress.

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Anime 32.4%, Sexual Content 10.5%, Nudity 9.4%, Romance 3%

Gary is caught in a strange dream and now he must overcome the adversities on his path or perish in the attempt. In this adventure you will meet 3 children in dream-like scenarios, next to a mysterious girl who talks about a promise.

Why similar: Visual Novel 59.1%, Anime 31.1%, Casual 5.1%, Indie 4.7%

We invite you to experience this chillingly sweet romance.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Anime 21.5%, Dating Sim 19.6%, Cute 7.8%, Sexual Content 6.4%

A machine ponders its loneliness. It scans the radio spectrum for an answer to its question.

Why similar: Casual 39%, Indie 34.6%, Singleplayer 17.8%, 2D 8.6%

The Lost Mythologies is a Chinese styled action game with intense combat. Use various skills to defeat loads of enemies, explore the ruins of the fallen empire and finally face the notorious ancient weapon - the Black Rakshasa.

Why similar: Anime 78.1%, Nudity 18.9%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.

Why similar: Indie 89.2%, Singleplayer 10.8%

An interactive story about a painfully introverted college student who must find a way to make some oatmeal in the communal kitchen of her dorm. One simple task, can you help her complete it?

Why similar: Visual Novel 66.7%, Indie 10.7%, Cute 9.9%, Casual 9.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%

SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.

Why similar: Visual Novel 54.9%, Anime 37.1%, Casual 4.3%, Indie 3.7%

Explore Mandagon, a world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. With a focus on life and death, discover what it means to make a true sacrifice . . .

Why similar: Indie 38.6%, 2D 22.4%, Casual 17.1%, Singleplayer 13.9%, Story Rich 8%

The hero Ivry wakes up from a nightmare and finds himself in a weird room. To escape from fear and darkness, he has to search and explore on his own until he discovers the truth and finds his sister Iva.A puzzle game 《PRICE》

Why similar: Anime 56.2%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Indie 5.4%, Casual 5.2%, Psychological Horror 4.4%

404Sight is a free game made in support of net neutrality. It’s a 3D playground runner influenced by parkour running with the addition of a special ping ability that reveals areas that can speed the player up or slow them down.

Why similar: Indie 81.5%, Singleplayer 18.5%

I had to admit, the only thing that is more scary than a murder weapon, is that girl, who is not even supposed to hold it

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Anime 28.8%, Cute 10.1%, Sexual Content 8.5%, Psychological Horror 4.6%

If one’s imagined world of nightmare and the real world unite…. The hide-and-seek game of death in the world of nightmare begins. Discover hints and save yourself from the nightmare!

Why similar: Visual Novel 45.4%, Anime 42.3%, Casual 4.5%, Psychological Horror 4.3%, Indie 3.6%