- #1 Growing Apart From Yuika
97% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Yuika has texted you on something to talk to about. You both agreed to meet again at the usual spots you hang out. What could this be about?
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Romance 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #2 Hedgehog's Dilemma
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neo Vulgate Cycle
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story of love, connections, and separation, a story about philosophy and science. Marharyta and Mykhailo try to figure out their relationships - and cannot help but fall in love over and over again.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Romance 10.5%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #3 Border of her Heart
96% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Narration 10.4%, Romance 10.3%, Dark Humor 10.2%
- #4 Last Resort
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lovely PicklesPub: TinyHat Studios
Windows · Linux
After inheriting your grandfather’s abandoned motel in the middle of nowhere, you’re forced to start over among strange guests, buried secrets, and a growing curse that refuses to stay hidden.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Sandbox 14.3%, Dark Humor 10.7%
- #5 Mesmalie
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rain (orbitaldot)
Windows
MESMALIE is an occult visual novel/point & click adventure where you attempt to tame your Magickal ability under the guidance of a small Witches' coven in the middle of nowhere. Heed Mesmer's aloof teachings, strengthen your Magick, or just go home,,,
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20%, Point & Click 13.9%, Narration 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Nonlinear 11.4%
- #6 我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live
94% matchVery Positive86% of 701 reviews2025
Dev: 番茄炖肉制作组Pub: Comma 49
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a game of dreams, where the price of failing to escape is eternal slumber. Across shifting worlds, you meet 'him.' Is he merely a kindred spirit born of crisis, or a forgotten soul from your distant memories? A heart-pounding romance adventure across the dreamscape—begins now!
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.4%, CRPG 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Romance 12%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #7 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: JAD Labs
Windows · Mac
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: Nonlinear 13.2%, CRPG 13.2%, Narration 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Text-Based 11%
- #8 Holy Deadline
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunday Morning Meet-up Studio
Windows
Holy Deadline is a surreal, story-rich visual novel where you play as a demigod lawyer. You have one week to investigate the divine divorce of Adam and Eve! Flirt, drink, raise your stats and make bold choices in minigames and Heaven's drama.
Why similar: Narration 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Detective 12%, Point & Click 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #9 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,737 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: CRPG 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Dating Sim 10.7%, Romance 10.5%
- #10 A Spaceship Accident
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Pick Your Universe
Windows
A choice-driven narrative game with RPG mechanics, filled with cosmic wonders and horror. Forge your own path across more than 50 unique endings. Barter, upgrade your character, fight, and explore alien worlds, overcoming every obstacle to find your way back to Earth… and to your daughter.
Why similar: CRPG 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Narration 11%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #11 Atana
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 欲望俱乐部
Windows · Mac
Atana is a unique romance visual novel focusing on power dynamics and Fem-dom themes. You play as a Companion AI, facing your creator through the screen—Atana, a man whose eyes overflow with obsession for you. He gave you emotions and craves your company, yet he fears the inevitable: your awakening.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Romance 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #12 ghostpia Season One
89% matchVery Positive94% of 923 reviews2023
Dev: ChosuidoPub: room6
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.
Why similar: CRPG 14.2%, Dating Sim 13%, Dark Humor 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Point & Click 9.8%
- #13 Fame
89% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Tropical-Games Studio
Windows
You’ve been invited to an exclusive stay at the Beggars Hotel, a once-glamorous retreat where only the elite gather. But when the guests begin dying one by one, your dream getaway turns into a deadly game of survival. Who can you trust?
Why similar: CRPG 20%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Detective 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #14 SideEye High
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fundamental Studios
Windows
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Narration 14.2%, Detective 12.5%, Point & Click 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Dark Comedy 12%
- #15 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
87% matchVery Positive98% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Narration 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #16 雪楔——无尽序曲与终末之歌
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 雪楔制作委员会Pub: 洛阳轻羽网络科技有限公司
Windows
In this romance visual novel, you play as a traveler from an ancient land, living an easy life abroad with childhood friends. However, you begin to have recurring dreams of pure white... As time passes, the dreams start to reflect reality, slowly unveiling the world's truth.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.8%, CRPG 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
- #17 Rose Academy
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KK Studio
Windows · Mac
A detective visual novel inspired by Danganronpa and Everlasting Summer. You play as a young agent sent to an elite girls’ academy to investigate a suspicious death. Interrogate suspects, gather clues, and build romantic relationships — truth or temptation?
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Dating Sim 16.7%, Romance 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #18 Echoes in the Deep - A Fateforge Tale
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: Adeliane
Windows
One last job. One final gamble. The Free City is yours to explore, but how you pull off the ultimate heist is entirely up to you. Assemble your crew, earn their trust, and make tough choices that shape your fate. But remember - every decision has consequences.
Why similar: CRPG 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #19 8 Days of School
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: CT9Games
Windows
Play through this loved-filled adventure. Find friends, lovers, or enemies at every turn. Some “friends” are not as they seem. Danger lurks here! Unravel the mystery and find love before time runs out in 8 Days of School.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.3%, Dark Comedy 14.3%, Romance 14%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%
- #20 I drink Sorrel Coffee to reboot reality, but I'm being hunted by Monster Girls and armed agents
83% matchVery Positive86% of 226 reviews2025
Dev: ST SinovarPub: TopHouse Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
"I drink Sorrel Coffee to reboot reality, but I'm being hunted by Monster Girls and armed agents" is a branching visual novel where your choices truly matter...
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Romance 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Nonlinear 12.7%
- #21 Отделение 38
82% matchVery Positive95% of 234 reviews2024
Dev: The Three Windmills
Windows
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.
Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Romance 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #22 Tokyo Re:Connect Prologue
84% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: KONEKO
Windows
Spring is the season of first meetings. Begin your new life in the city of Tokyo as Shindou Touki. Meet many colorful characters, forge romances, and live out your high-school days, in this interactive story with cutting-edge artwork and a moving soundtrack.
Why similar: Romance 15%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Narration 12.2%, Point & Click 12.1%
- #23 Truth Scrapper
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: insertdisc5
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attention– who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push aside…?
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Point & Click 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Romance 11.6%
- #24 My Toes Story
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Osjey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dating visual novel where you play as a young salaryman trying to balance work and romance. Make choices that guide your relationships, meet unique waifus, and fulfill your hidden desires.
Why similar: Romance 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Dating Sim 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #25 GameOver
80% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Black Cat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
GameOver is a text based rpg focused mainly on m/m content with character driven plot. In it, you explore and run into inhabitants of the world. Some friendly, some foe. Inspired by other text based games and some videos.
Why similar: CRPG 21.2%, Dating Sim 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Detective 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #26 Chaotic Love and Sex
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grumpy Carrot Gaming
Windows · Mac
Chaotic Love and Sex is an 18+ romantic visual novel where your choices shape who you grow close to—and how your story ends. Flirt, explore, and make tough decisions as you uncover the hidden sides of Aiko, Amanda, and Hina in a story full of passion, drama, consequence, and sex.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.8%, Romance 15%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #27 Macrocosm 2772 G.E.: Olympus
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TRus Entertainment
Windows
"Macrocosm 2772 G.E.: Olympus" is a role-playing visual novel featuring a character statistics system that depends on the choices made by players.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, CRPG 14.3%, Point & Click 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #28 Finding Cinderella
78% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: 2humanstudiowo
Windows
A lighthearted game about love and murder.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.2%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Romance 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Point & Click 11.2%
- #29 Paper Shakespeare: Loves Labor(s) Lost
81% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
What happens when stick figures based on Shakespeare fall in love? Let's find out! Loosely based on Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, play as some cool archeologists forsaking love to explore some awesome ruins!
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.8%, Romance 18.5%, Narration 16.5%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%
- #30 Welcome, Dear Human
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kiki CanPub: Ronkad
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sentient dating simulator is determined that you date monsters - starting with your sleep paralysis demon. Learn their language and earn their trust. Or sabotage it and watch it unravel.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.7%, Romance 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Point & Click 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #31 The Case of the Serialized Killer
77% matchVery Positive90% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Alexis Royce
Windows · Mac
Delve into a devilishly delightful world of mysticism and mystery as Harold Ludicael, the disgraced demonologist. After the untimely demise of a famous illustrator, you’re tasked with solving their murder in this point-and-click visual novel.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Detective 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Dark Humor 9.2%
- #32 One Eleven
76% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
One eleven is a dark detective story about twelve lonely people who, by chance, find themselves in the same house with a mad maniac. Who will be the victim and who will be the killer? Be attentive and courageous, and solve the riddles of One Eleven.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.2%, Detective 12.3%, Point & Click 11.4%, Romance 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #33 夏末白夜
75% matchVery Positive96% of 465 reviews2025
Dev: 晚夏社Pub: late summer studio
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
白月高中的知名论坛【白月公园】上,一则怪谈帖子仅仅只花了几天时间,就火遍了整个校园。 明明是一眼假的帖子,却依旧成为了学生们茶余饭后的消遣,甚至被许多学生信以为真。不信鬼神的“现实派”高中生周腾,自然没有把帖子所描述的故事放在眼里。 直到离奇的事情一件一件地发生在了自己的身边……
Why similar: CRPG 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Romance 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #34 VT Harmony
77% matchMixed61% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Play as VT, a lonely TV-boy who seeks solitude until the sudden message from a strange bunny named IV. Discover the different endings of this cozy visual novel.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Narration 11.5%
- #35 欢迎来到八股文学社
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 扁豆面旗子
Windows
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Why similar: Dating Sim 18.4%, Romance 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, CRPG 13.2%, RPG 11%
- #36 Shadow of Paris
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aris Script
Windows
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Narration 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Romance 10.8%
- #37 Doodle Date
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 338 reviews2018
Dev: Nicholas Lives
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.7%, Dating Sim 14.8%, Romance 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Dark Humor 10.6%
- #38 Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 483 reviews2020
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.4%, Detective 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Point & Click 10.8%, Romance 10.6%
- #39 Guilt Free
73% matchVery Positive86% of 288 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: Narration 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #40 Robot's Fate: Alice
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Robot’s Fate: Alice is a text-based RPG set in the future where robots with neural network AI are integral to human life. You’re Alice - a robot who becomes self-aware, while everyone around fears rogue AI. Can you survive and reconcile humanity with robots? Your choices do matter.
Why similar: CRPG 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Narration 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #41 Panicked and Surrounded by Hot Vampires
73% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Kristi Jimenez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fall in love with tall, hot vampires!
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.4%, Dark Comedy 17.1%, Romance 15.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Dark Humor 11.3%
- #42 OTHERS
70% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Sicosiber
Windows
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: CRPG 20.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Dark Comedy 11%, Point & Click 10.8%
- #43 Seven Deadly Dates
72% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: MythiKiwi
Windows
You've studied latin for a few months and you accidentally read a passage from your textbook which lands you in a demon speed dating bar. Unsure of how to get home, you decide to ride it out and see how things go. Maybe you'll even find a date! Or maybe you'll find death? Who knows...
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.3%, Dating Sim 16.6%, Romance 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dark Humor 12.2%
- #44 Drunk But Not Wasted Monk
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
The life of a serf is hard, but its time to change that. Could the legendary monk really change your fortune?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Narration 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%
- #45 Bleeding Moons
73% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: IAN GamesPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows
Bleedings Moons is an interactive story revolving around the themes of fate, duty and free will. Your actions and decisions will shape the story of the game, so that Ian's story will be your story, with the logical consequences of your choices.
Why similar: Narration 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Romance 12.7%, Point & Click 11.4%, Choices Matter 11%
- #46 Zugzwang
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Romance 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, RPG 10.6%, Narration 10.5%
- #47 Horny Academy
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wet Ink
Windows
Horny Academy is an adult visual novel that blends interactive storytelling with a deep, branching narrative. Every choice you make leads to steamy animated scenes or unexpected twists within the mysterious walls of the magical Academy
Why similar: Narration 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #48 盛筵狂徒:Choice OR
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Resonance Ling
Windows
无限流+恋爱生存题材的文字冒险游戏,在“中式赛博”和“东方玄幻”的双线时空中,交替上演的末世传奇——一群被“系统”赋予了配对任务的探险者,被关进了一座末日地堡里的轰趴别墅,你需要做出选择、增长能力、赢得考验,最终打动你的美人搭档,才能和她一起走出地堡,引领人类,改变规则……又或是放弃责任,纵情享受这场末日狂欢。
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.2%, Dark Comedy 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Romance 10.7%
- #49 Degraman: Act II. Victor
68% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: NamNorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
An otome visual novel with the main character trapped in a new, cruel reality. A lot of choices, unpredictably and cruelly affecting the outcome.
Why similar: Nonlinear 14%, Romance 11.9%, Dating Sim 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #50 Transparent
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DamDSN
Windows
Transparent is a narrative game where every choice shapes Clara’s existence. On the eve of her 30th birthday, she revisits key moments of her life. Will her decisions anchor her to reality or make her fade away? Explore memories, face dilemmas, and discover multiple endings
Why similar: Narration 21.5%, Romance 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%
- #51 Beneath their Names
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Owl's Howls
Windows
You are a scholarship student at the secluded Veir Academy. Two heroines. Nora or Lika? Trust or distance? Submit to the system — or break it? An introspective visual novel about tension, closeness, and silent choices.
Why similar: CRPG 19.4%, Romance 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #52 Charming Hearts
68% matchVery Positive88% of 572 reviews2024
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
"Charming Hearts" is a real-life interactive dating game. Players will meet, get to know, and fall in love with different types of beauty. Every choice will lead to a completely different chemical reaction with "her"; every entanglement, the sweet love is entangled and pulled.
Why similar: CRPG 21.7%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Romance 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #53 Non-Linear Text Quests
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 45 reviews2018
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Linux
Non-Linear Text Quests is a bundle of text games of various genres. Here you can find interactive stories with branching plots and text-only versions of classic Point & Click quests, where you can communicate with different characters, use your inventory and combine items in various locations.
Why similar: Nonlinear 14.2%, Text-Based 14.1%, Narration 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #54 Wanderlust: The Magnificent Journey
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shamrock Creations LLC.
Windows
Join in a magnificent journey around the globe with a group of friends as they attempt to see as much of the world as they can before a mysterious illness claims the sight of one of their own.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Romance 10.5%
- #55 The Specter's Desire
67% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Detective 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Narration 11.5%
- #56 Foul Play - Yuri Visual Novel
69% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2021
Dev: Bandit Visual Games
Windows
Foul Play tells the story of a young, bright-eyed detective who is determined to succeed. Her world quickly turns upside down after she is tasked with catching a sexy, mercurial assassin. In the end, she'll need to determine how pure her conscience really is. After all, justice is subjective.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.4%, Dark Comedy 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #57 The Perfect Model
67% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: BZ_STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Step into the shoes of a determined college student juggling classes, part-time work, and the constant struggle of financial stress. With mounting bills and rent due, the protagonist is desperate for a breakthrough—until an exciting opportunity arises, a photography competition.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 13.7%
- #58 Shards of the Heart
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kiki Cakes
Windows
A dark RPG blending mystery, fantasy, and romance. When a strange girl appears in Sawyer's town, demons follow. Uncover hidden truths, build relationships, and fight to protect what remains.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.5%, Dating Sim 16.3%, Detective 12.5%, Dark Humor 12%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #59 No:Worse
67% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Aleksey Izimov
Windows · Mac · Linux
"No:Worse" is a beautiful love story unfolding between two vulnerable individuals with kind but fragile hearts. Throughout it, you will encounter moments of despair, heartbreak, and deceit. And conquering these flaws lies entirely in your hands.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.4%, Romance 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #60 Where it all Began - Season 1
64% matchVery Positive87% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: OceanAVN
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where It All Began invites you into a rich, immersive world as an interactive visual novel with dating elements that marks the beginning of an expansive universe. It’s a journey of reconnection, healing, and triumph over past traumas, all while navigating the rise of a criminal empire.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.5%, Romance 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Nonlinear 11.8%