Games Like Carpe Diem

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 51.5%, Dating Sim 29.2%, Cute 7.7%, Romance 6.5%, Casual 1.8%

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 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 32.7%, Anime 28.3%, Dating Sim 20.5%, Cute 8.4%, Memes 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 46.1%, Anime 28.9%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Romance 5.4%, 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 romantic comedy visual novel centered around a girl named Mika Anderson, who gets entangled in the affairs of incubi.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.5%, Anime 23.6%, Dating Sim 20.5%, Nudity 9.5%, Sexual Content 8%

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 28.1%, Anime 22.8%, Dating Sim 16.3%, Cute 6.8%, 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 51%, Anime 37.6%, Casual 4%, Romance 3.8%, 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 45.3%, Anime 30.2%, Dating Sim 8.3%, Nudity 5.5%, Romance 2.8%

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 48.2%, Visual Novel 42.5%, Cute 4.7%, 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 44.4%, Anime 41.8%, Nudity 9.5%, 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 29.4%, Dating Sim 23.5%, Anime 22.1%, Sexual Content 8.1%, Romance 3.5%

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 47.4%, Anime 41.3%, 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 52.3%, Anime 27.7%, Casual 9.2%, Indie 8.4%, 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 37.7%, Dating Sim 9.5%, 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 28.6%, Anime 25.9%, Dating Sim 10.2%, Cute 7.3%, Sexual Content 7.1%

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 59.9%, Anime 29.3%, Indie 6.8%, Romance 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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

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 32.7%, Anime 25.2%, Dating Sim 15%, Sexual Content 8.6%, Cute 4%

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

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 37.3%, Dating Sim 7.5%, Sexual Content 5.9%, Romance 2.1%

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

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 58.8%, Anime 13.1%, Psychological Horror 6%, Romance 5.6%, 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.

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 40.8%, Anime 32.4%, Dating Sim 7.8%, Nudity 7.2%, Sexual Content 4.9%

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

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.4%, Anime 39.2%, 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 46.4%, Anime 36.8%, 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.

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 24.9%, Dating Sim 20.6%, Sexual Content 18.7%, Nudity 13.6%, Visual Novel 8.5%

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

"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 45.3%, Anime 16%, Sexual Content 15.6%, Nudity 11.9%, Mature 3%

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

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 32.2%, Anime 28.1%, Sexual Content 14.8%, Nudity 10%, Mature 3.2%

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

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 16.8%, Cute 7%, Psychological Horror 5.8%

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 59.3%, Anime 35.6%, Indie 2.2%, Story Rich 0.9%, Casual 0.9%

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

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 42.7%, Dating Sim 24.7%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 7.3%, Casual 6.2%

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

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 27.6%, Nudity 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%

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

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 38.9%, Sexual Content 23.5%, Nudity 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mature 2.6%

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 24.3%, Anime 23.3%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Sexual Content 8.8%, Nudity 7.6%

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 51.8%, Nudity 18.6%, Sexual Content 16.3%, Mature 4.9%, Casual 1.9%

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 60.3%, Cute 16.3%, Indie 10.1%, Casual 9.2%, Psychological Horror 2.3%

A beautiful stranger appears at your doorstep. Will you let her in? Dive into a captivating nightmare and decide the fates of those around you in this free mystic thriller visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.2%, Anime 24.2%, Sexual Content 17.1%, Nudity 10.9%, Mature 3.4%

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 21.3%, Cute 7.8%, Dating Sim 5.7%, Romance 5.2%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 56.3%, Anime 21.5%, Sexual Content 11.6%, Psychological Horror 5.8%, 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 49.7%, Anime 27.1%, Cute 5.7%, Casual 4.4%, Indie 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 52.2%, Anime 38.8%, Casual 3.6%, Psychological Horror 2.2%, Indie 1.8%

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

Why similar: Sexual Content 23%, Nudity 17.7%, Anime 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Dating Sim 12.2%

Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

Why similar: Anime 36.6%, Cute 14.3%, Dating Sim 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Sexual Content 11.6%

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

Why similar: Indie 50.7%, Casual 31%, Singleplayer 15%, 2D 3.2%

«The Last Weekend» - This weekend you'll never forget.

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.5%, Sexual Content 25.1%, Nudity 22.3%, Casual 4.7%, Indie 4.4%

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 30.3%, Singleplayer 14.7%, 2D 10.1%

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 54.7%, Anime 33%, Casual 6.3%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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

Why similar: Casual 38.7%, Indie 34.6%, Singleplayer 17.9%, 2D 8.7%

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 42.2%, Casual 4.5%, Psychological Horror 4.3%, Indie 3.6%

A free collection of three short experimental games (Hurt Me Plenty, Succulent, and Stick Shift) about male sexuality, punishing, eating, and driving.

Why similar: Sexual Content 54.7%, Nudity 30%, Mature 10.9%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%

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 33.5%, Anime 28.1%, Cute 9.8%, Sexual Content 8.3%, Psychological Horror 4.6%

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 82.9%, Psychological Horror 7%, Singleplayer 5.2%, 2D 2.7%, Story Rich 2.2%

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 49.9%, Anime 35.6%, Casual 7.6%, Indie 6.8%

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 35.5%, Anime 32.3%, Sexual Content 10.6%, Nudity 9.8%, Romance 2.9%

We invite you to experience this chillingly sweet romance.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Anime 21.1%, Dating Sim 19.2%, Cute 7.6%, Sexual Content 6.4%

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 58.7%, Anime 31%, Casual 5.3%, Indie 5%

Getting a girl-friend before National College Entrance Exam, I know it's crazy, but from today, we will face everything together.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.4%, Dating Sim 28.1%, Anime 14.6%, Nudity 4.8%, Cute 3.6%

HuniePop is a unique sim experience for PC, Mac and Linux. It's a gameplay first approach that's part dating sim, part puzzle game, with light RPG elements, a visual novel style of presentation, an abrasive western writing style and plenty of "plot".

Why similar: Anime 32.2%, Dating Sim 22.5%, Nudity 17.9%, Sexual Content 13.9%, Mature 4.5%

Thoughts and expectations ARPG

Why similar: Anime 80.4%, Cute 6.2%, Visual Novel 3.4%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 3%

A simple match-2 puzzle game where you unlock images of “happy” memories between you and your sweet lover, Sunny

Why similar: Sexual Content 22.4%, Anime 22.2%, Dating Sim 19.8%, Nudity 18.1%, Mature 3.8%

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 55%, Anime 37%, Casual 4.3%, Indie 3.8%

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 81.4%, Singleplayer 18.6%