- #1 Everlasting Snooze
97% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #2 Artificial Instincts
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Psychological 9.3%
- #3 Greed and Fear and the Rest
96% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are ready to say goodbye to life, but are you prepared to face your life's truth? Navigate a grad student's life between greed and fear in his final 6 hours (and beyond) in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #4 Zugzwang
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #5 Return to Ash
94% matchVery Positive99% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
“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: Visual Novel 20.2%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Emotional 12%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #6 Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced
94% matchPositive100% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: zorkie studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Work as a body modification consultant in a dystopian future. Talk to clients, make recommendations, and decide how much to upsell them. Balance helping others with earning enough to save your sick rabbit. Make decisions and change lives.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dystopian 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #7 Fishbowl
93% matchVery Positive95% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a slow and tender narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Emotional 11.4%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #8 欢迎加入奇趣社
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 150 reviews2023
Dev: Dream CrackerPub: 2P Games
Windows
Tired of a suffocating college routine? Yearning for something more? Join the Qiqu Club! We promise unforgettable experiences beyond your wildest dreams. But beware, our club is extremely exclusive. Only those daring enough to seek adventure will be admitted...
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Word Game 10.9%, Psychological 9.9%, Emotional 9.8%
- #9 The Afterlife Cafe
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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: Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #10 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: Dialogue Heavy 18%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #11 Avalon Gates: 1 Million D
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KingsAvalon Studio
Windows
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 18.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #12 Spirit Talk - Cozy Visual Novel
88% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Tortita Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cozy visual novel about a lovely witch who’s able to talk to spirits in a fantasy setting. Using her powers, Julia helps her neighbors in their daily whereabouts. Craft potions, find the right time to use them and get to know both spirits and clients to find their peace.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #13 Open Spaces SE
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Queenship Game StudioPub: Queenship Game Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Psychological 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #14 Lost Connections
89% matchVery Positive96% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Amber Pearl
Windows
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: Visual Novel 17.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Emotional 12.4%
- #15 LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team BONA
Windows
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Emotional 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Psychological 11%
- #16 Kamilia
86% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Emotional 10.4%
- #17 The Wreck
86% matchVery Positive88% of 283 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Emotional 8.7%
- #18 時折記 -Tokioriki-
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Psychological 11.7%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #19 Divine Diner
84% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Ambrosia Interactive LLC
Windows
A Greek Myth-based, heartfelt narrative game where you're a demigod named Aelius trying to find your godly father and re-forge your family.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #20 Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man
83% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: VNDI
Windows · Linux
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+ 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Emotional 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
- #21 AN IOU
84% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Red Room Games
Windows · Mac
AN IOU is the debut visual novel by Davey Cadaver. The music, backgrounds, & characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. The user takes the POV of the protagonist to experience a memorable story with an incredible soundtrack and multiple endings.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Emotional 11.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #22 Friendsim 2
82% matchVery Positive89% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: Studio June
Windows · Mac
In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%
- #23 Diomedea Keep
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dryden Thomas Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Balance sleuthing and romance to solve the murder of a Duke who... pretty much deserved it. Both the Empire and your love are at stake!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Mystery 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
- #24 Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
81% matchVery Positive89% of 1,761 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #25 Living on Plain Pasta
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Granité Works
Windows · Mac
A conversation adventure where you spend the worst, best summer visiting your booze-loving senpai, making weird food, and sneaking out together at midnight.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #26 LifeSimOS
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #27 Bifröst: Prelude to the Storm
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: eccentric studio
Windows · Mac
Bifröst: Prelude to the Storm is a BL visual novel set in an epic fantasy world — told through 8 POV characters, 30+ fully illustrated cast members, accompanied with 40+ soundtracks and 50+ event CG's. The story branches based on your decisions, shaping relationships, loyalties, and personal fates.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #28 Alcyone: The Last City
78% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Artifice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Dystopian 9.2%
- #29 CamGirls: Sophie X Rias
80% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Follow Sophie as she embarks on her latest adventure in making money, working alongside the enigmatic Rias as they put on a special yuri/lesbian camgirl show for their viewers.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #30 Until Then
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,965 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Visual Novel 22.4%, Emotional 16.2%, Psychological 12.3%, LGBTQ+ 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #31 魏识的夜晚
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GOOD NEWS Editorial Department
Windows · Mac
Wei Shi becomes your reflection in your senior year. Drifting without a fixed self, they set out into oblivion—or piece together fragments of an unfamiliar youth. With your friends, they tend each other's restless hearts and share what it takes to find happiness.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological 13.9%, Emotional 7.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
- #32 Lone Bird in the Tree
76% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Aosolagame
Windows · Mac
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an adventure game 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+ 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #33 Pasajeros
77% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: GameLoop
Windows
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11%, LGBTQ+ 9.8%
- #34 Silverblood
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tidehead Studios
Windows
Years after leaving her family to join the Sisters of the Whiterock Coven, Edith is anxious to finally return home. But first she has to pass her Trial of Ascension, a harrowing task bestowed by her patron deity. Together, Edith and her bully must complete the trial, no matter the consequences.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%
- #35 Jester / King
76% matchVery Positive94% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests. Will you seek the truth, help the others, or try to escape?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
- #36 The Zoo
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
Windows · Mac
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #37 After the Wane
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Emotional 11.1%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #38 Nothing Can Stop Us (Encore)
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demigiant
Windows · Mac · Linux
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Emotional 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #39 Guilt Free
74% matchVery Positive85% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Emotional 10.1%
- #40 The kind Blacksmith
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sidney Düring
Windows
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: Visual Novel 22.5%, LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Emotional 9.4%
- #41 if you stay
72% 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+ 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #42 Solstice
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 191 reviews2016
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Dystopian 10.4%
- #43 This Warm Place
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wundev
Windows
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: Dialogue Heavy 20.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Emotional 14%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #44 Whispering Memories
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #45 clear cherry ice.
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: blush.exe
Windows
Did I really save this pretty boy ten years ago...? A fresh summer youth BL visual novel about memory, promises, and mutual salvation. [clear cherry ice.] Get closer to Jiwon and Chaehyun, and see whether your bond becomes friendship—or something more.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #46 无人归家
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 码码不在家
Windows
Read immersive dialogue sequences, make crucial choices to shift the storyline, and unlock multiple distinct endings in this story-focused visual novel. Your decisions alter character relationships and rewrite the fate of every role.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Word Game 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #47 Stiff Neck
68% matchVery Positive83% of 1,122 reviews2026
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team UranianPub: Tailtone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Word Game 10.9%, Psychological 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #48 A Week in Paradise
68% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: EtrikiaPub: Soft Serve Games
Windows · Linux
A Week in Paradise is a narrative mystery where you find yourself in a bar called Paradise. Have a drink each night with its mysterious regular and discover how deeply your stories connect. Hunt down clues in your dreams to find out why you end up here every day, and what keeps you coming back.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #49 Guilt Trip
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made With Squares
Windows
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Mystery 9%, Story Rich 8%
- #50 Do 11
71% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #51 Project Aphotic
70% match4 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: MuYou
Windows
Players assume Lucien's perspective, unraveling the truth behind his coma and amnesia, while cultivating a relationship with Hugh. Throughout the game, choices shape the narrative, leading to diverse storylines and multiple endings.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Word Game 11.1%, Psychological 9.3%
- #52 Darkly Glass
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BioSignosis
Windows · Linux
Trade your soul for digital fame in this psychological visual novel. As fallen tech mogul Doran White, navigate a treacherous social media landscape. Your choices shape his fate in this hand-drawn, neuroscience-inspired reimagining of Oscar Wilde's classic.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.1%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Psychological 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
- #53 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
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: Visual Novel 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #54 They’ll Hang You for That Face
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NITOPU
Windows
Tomorrow, you burn at the stake as a "Werewolf". To save your family, you gladly accept a false execution. But after death, you witness them being ravaged in a living hell. Through a time loop triggered by your absolute despair, you must weave the world's kindest lie.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #55 Syntherapy
69% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2020
Dev: Crowned Daemon StudiosPub: V Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
If an AI were sentient, how would you know if they were malfunctioning, or experiencing a mental health problem? A story-rich game that explores mental health and AI ethics in the form of therapy sessions with a sentient AI.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Emotional 10.1%
- #56 透明的她与真实的我
66% matchVery Positive90% of 202 reviews2025
Dev: 可味玩KawayiPlay
Windows
This game is a bishoujo game developed and published by Kawayi Play.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Emotional 14.6%, Word Game 10.2%
- #57 荆棘落尘埃 Dust On Thorn
67% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: 可食用蓝墨水
Windows · Mac
这是一部包含百合要素的视觉小说,讲述了在封闭的都市中,少女展开冒险的故事。
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Word Game 13.4%, Multiple Endings 13.2%
- #58 Graveyard Girls
67% matchVery Positive98% of 166 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Psychological 12.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
- #59 Creepy Crypt Critters
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #60 Tonight’s Special
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 隐者灯工作室
Windows · Mac
Explore Serenpt with 9 love interests in this multi-ending JRPG. You are one of the successors chosen by the influential Godmother, recently entrusted with running a bar and handling Cheleamon’s Family affairs. However, she has set a condition—within six weeks, you must prove that you are worthy.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Word Game 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%