- #1 Charming Hearts
97% 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: Dating Sim 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Romance 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #2 A Date with Death
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,259 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.9%, LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
- #3 Heartspell: Horizon Academy
96% matchVery Positive96% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Dire Kitten Games
Windows
Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Romance 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #4 Date Everything!
94% matchVery Positive94% of 6,867 reviews2025
Dev: Sassy Chap GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Date Everything! is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, featuring 100 fully voice acted datable characters! Let the romance flow between your bed, smoke alarm and… Overwhelming Sense of Existential Dread? Are you ready to Date Everything?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26%, Dating Sim 21.8%, Romance 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #5 Over The Phone
95% matchVery Positive84% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
A short talking sim with choices. Get to know Harper over a handful of voice-acted calls and text chats.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Romance 13.2%, Conversation 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #6 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,335 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Romance 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.6%
- #7 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,847 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33%, Dating Sim 19%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 10.1%, Choices Matter 6.2%
- #8 Summer Meetings
93% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Mikołaj Spychał
Windows · Mac · Linux
We meet many people in our lives. Relationships with them are different and can be changed.
Why similar: Nonlinear 16.4%, Dating Sim 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #9 Angel Wings
91% matchVery Positive88% of 645 reviews2021
Dev: RumR Design
Windows
Upon answering a mysterious phone call, you awaken in an unfamiliar place filled with new faces… Through intricate relationships and thoughtful introspection, will you be able to unravel the reason you are here?
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Romance 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #10 Graveyard Girls
89% matchVery Positive98% of 158 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: Dating Sim 16.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #11 Doodle Date
90% 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: Dating Sim 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Romance 10.4%, Text-Based 10%
- #12 Speed Dating for Ghosts
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 544 reviews2018
Dev: Copychaser Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Conversation 10.6%
- #13 Plenty of Fish in the Sea
86% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Nullblade Studios
Windows
Plenty of Fish in the Sea is a cozy narrative-driven dating sim where you engage in heartfelt conversations with charming salmon and take them on delightful underwater dates.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Romance 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #14 Coming Out on Top
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,392 reviews2017
Dev: Obscurasoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The acclaimed gay dating sim. Have a sweet, sexy, or bizarrely comedic adventure with the man of your choice!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 56.7%, Dating Sim 16.1%, Romance 6.8%, Visual Novel 6.4%, Choices Matter 6.2%
- #15 We should talk.
89% matchMixed57% of 163 reviews2020
Dev: Insatiable CyclePub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Text-Based 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #16 Repurpose
86% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Repurpose Studios
Windows · Mac
You and several others have passed away. You have three options: either take the trials to earn your place in Heaven, live it up in Hell, or remain lost in Limbo for the rest of eternity. Repurpose is an LGBT+ positive dating sim about death, love, and finding your purpose.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #17 Lilycle Rainbow Stage!!!
85% matchVery Positive92% of 167 reviews2019
Dev: ParticlePub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 243.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In this yuri visual novel featuring an all-star cast, you follow one main love triangle as they navigate their budding romance and the pursuit of their goals, unlocking new, heartwarming events to view from the perspectives of each cute girl in six other precious couples as well.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Romance 13.5%, Dating Sim 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #18 Emberfate: Tempest of Elements
84% 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: Dating Sim 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #19 The Divine Speaker
83% matchVery Positive96% of 436 reviews2022
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-rich tale of breaking the bonds of fate... and meeting some cute guys along the way!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.7%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #20 Drinks With Abbey
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 400 reviews2019
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
Drinks with Abbey is a short, slice-of-life visual novel about a first date.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Romance 13.5%, Conversation 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #21 ERROR143
81% 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: LGBTQ+ 19.3%, Dating Sim 19.2%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #22 Tender: Creature Comforts
82% matchVery Positive90% of 106 reviews2021
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac
Tender is a narrative game that explores connection and rejection in the era of swipe culture. It’s a story told by and through the modern interface for finding love.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Romance 8.1%
- #23 Pixel Puzzle Makeout League
82% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2020
Dev: Rude GhostPub: Skymap Games
Windows · Mac
Solve pixel puzzles, date superheroes, and save the day! Dating sim meets puzzle game in this romantic comedy adventure.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Dating Sim 17.4%, Romance 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #24 Millennium Whisper
81% matchMixed67% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Parable Studios
Windows · Linux
Millennium Whisper is a next-gen dating-sim set in 1999 at the fictional Escafeld College with an AI trained by real actors portraying the cast! Who will you confess your feelings to at the end of the millennium?
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.7%, Romance 14.8%, Conversation 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #25 Departed Away
78% matchVery Positive90% of 546 reviews2024
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.3%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Romance 11.9%
- #26 Yuri Dating Agency
79% 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: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Dating Sim 9.5%
- #27 A YEAR OF SPRINGS
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 925 reviews2021
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Romance 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #28 Voice Love on Air
77% 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: LGBTQ+ 28.6%, Dating Sim 23.5%, Romance 16.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #29 Best Friend Forever
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 220 reviews2020
Dev: StarcoltPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Pat the dogs... and then their owners. Step into the world of Rainbow Bay in Best Friend Forever, a dating sim-meets-dog care sim where you pat, pamper and train your pup while you search for your own forever friend.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19%, Dating Sim 18%, Romance 13.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Conversation 10.4%
- #30 Signed and Sealed With a Kiss
80% 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: LGBTQ+ 28.4%, Dating Sim 23.8%, Romance 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Simulation 5.8%
- #31 Familiar Friends: What's Your Familiar?
76% matchVery Positive93% of 183 reviews2024
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
A cute and cozy Visual Novel experience with plenty of choices to make! Come find the Familiar truly meant for you by feeding The Conjuring Cauldron with a multitude of choices, all to a relaxing Original Soundtrack!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #32 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,273 reviews2022
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Embark on a road trip like no other in this co-op narrative survival adventure. Visit fun locations, meet wacky characters, and manage your resources wisely. And yes: you still can date some hot monsters ;)
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Dating Sim 16.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Romance 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #33 Bewitching Sinners
74% 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: LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Dating Sim 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Romance 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #34 Dating Simulator
77% matchMixed55% of 462 reviews2023
Dev: piratecat gamesPub: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Dating Simulator is a simulation game where you meet and interact with different people.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.7%, Romance 17.7%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #35 My Therapy
74% matchVery Positive96% of 332 reviews2022
Dev: Suvorov Mikhail
Windows · Linux
A visual novel about cute melancholic girls!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Romance 8.7%
- #36 Purrgatory
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,893 reviews2021
Dev: Niv
Windows
A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.4%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Cute 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #37 Come Home
73% matchVery Positive93% of 4,827 reviews2021
Dev: R.J. Rhodes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An adult visual novel with 20 romanceable characters, each with their own individual, optional, storylines. Plenty of sex, laughs, and romance awaits you as you navigate the different relationships, while trying to solve the mystery of your missing father.
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Romance 13.3%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #38 Spread The Love
72% matchVery Positive86% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: jamms
Windows · Mac
A silly dating sim where your flavor decides your fate. Customize your profile, flirt with six lovably unique characters, and try to survive your first date!
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Romance 13.3%, Immersive Sim 6.9%
- #39 Witches x Warlocks
73% matchVery Positive91% of 657 reviews2020
Dev: Nifty VisualsPub: Nifty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Witches x Warlocks is a cute and light-hearted Halloween Raising Sim; featuring a customizable protagonist and 4 love interests of different genders!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Dating Sim 20.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Text-Based 8%
- #40 Love, Ghostie
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 608 reviews2024
Dev: Janbeh Games, LLC
Windows · Mac
Become a wholesome ghost matchmaker and grow relationships between the manor’s residents! Gift items to lift their spirits, set them up on dates, and watch love bloom! Discover cute romances with a unique story between every pair of residents! How will love blossom in your manor?
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.1%, LGBTQ+ 19%, Romance 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #41 Heirs And Graces
75% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2016
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Marcel and determine whether or not he has the skills to become Lord Sandor's heir and whether or not he forms a romantic attachment to one of four potential love interests: an ex-gladiator turned gardener, a perfectionist butler, the local doctor, or a mischievous elven Lord.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.8%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Romance 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #42 Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,101 reviews2020
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
"Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp" brings you more of the world's best (and maybe only?) multiplayer dating sim; but in a way you've never expected!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Dating Sim 19.5%, Text-Based 11%, Romance 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #43 Bunkered with Femboy
69% matchVery Positive91% of 281 reviews2025
Dev: Pink Twilight
Windows · Mac · Linux
A “routine” earthquake drill locks you underground with Riley, a shy femboy graphic-designer. Cook, flirt, and gently unlock his guarded heart as the two of you plan what life might look like when the door finally opens.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Dating Sim 15%, Romance 13%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #44 Drops of Death
70% 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: LGBTQ+ 20.8%, Dating Sim 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 13%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #45 UncleOffice:uncle Dating Simulator
71% matchMixed62% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: GameUncle
Windows · Mac
You can play as a newcomer, start a new life, and date 12 uncles
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 18%, Cute 8.4%, Simulation 6.7%
- #46 EmyLiveShow: S&M story
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Team Emily
Windows · Mac
Discover the depths of your fetishes and kinks with EmyLiveShow stars Emy and Nia! Spend amazing hours in the company of beautiful v-tubers and find out their secrets!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Romance 10.4%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #47 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
69% matchVery Positive90% of 6,572 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.2%, Romance 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 11.8%
- #48 Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,038 reviews2025
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Can you find love at the nerdiest convention ever? "Monster Con" goes back to the multiplayer dating sim formula: go through absurd and funny situations as you find love among six sexy monsters! Who will you romance? The mimic who cosplays? The idol clown? Or the eldritch cutie? (There's also Liam)
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Dating Sim 16.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Romance 8.8%
- #49 Emily is Away <3
69% matchVery Positive91% of 6,586 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.7%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #50 Loser Named Hana
67% matchVery Positive95% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: Repurpose Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Loser Named Hana is a friendship-building visual novel. You respond to an ad advertising $100 a week to be the lonely college student, Hana, friend.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Immersive Sim 10.7%
- #51 Arcade Spirits
71% 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: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Dating Sim 18.1%, Romance 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #52 Love Craft
67% matchVery Positive99% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Toiu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join the Crafting Club, where the glue is strong and the feelings stronger! Craft chaos, flirt fearlessly, and make some very bad romantic decisions! Find your project partner in this elimination-based Dating Sim!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Dating Sim 17.1%, Romance 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #53 My Sweet Summer
68% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: W-I-WPub: Bow Studio
Windows · Mac
A romantic visual novel with interactive elements. Flirt, choose, and pour your charm into short but intense stories. Take control of the situation, meet new characters, and play through mini-games where every decision can change the course of the night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.5%, Conversation 20.1%, Simulation 18.8%, Text-Based 18.6%, 2D 5.9%
- #54 I Just Want to be Single!! Season One
67% 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: LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Text-Based 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #55 Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,682 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: LGBTQ+ 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Conversation 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
- #56 Backstage Pass
70% 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: Dating Sim 37.3%, Visual Novel 35.5%, Romance 19.6%, Simulation 7.6%
- #57 Tune in to the show
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: RobertDeadth Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tune in to the show is an adult visual novel with a focus on the story and characters. As a participant in a new TV show in which you'll be living with 7 strangers for a month, spend time with a cast of diverse and fun characters, investigate mysteries, and let the romance blossom!
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.4%, Romance 19.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%