- #1 ISLAND
97% matchVery Positive95% of 1,748 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 154.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Romance 16.3%, Story Rich 13.8%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Sexual Content 10.3%
- #2 ATRI -My Dear Moments-
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 22,459 reviews2020
Dev: FrontwingPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 106.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Romance 21.7%, Emotional 12.7%, Story Rich 10.6%, Dating Sim 9.2%
- #3 Trinoline All Ages Version
96% matchVery Positive89% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When tragedy sparks the advancement of science, a sentient android is created. Now, in this heart-wrenching, romantic, and beautiful visual novel, you will explore whether or not it's possible for man and machine to truly love each other.
Why similar: Emotional 18.7%, Romance 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Story Rich 9.5%, Sci-fi 8%
- #4 Dreamin' Her - 僕は、彼女の夢を見る。-
95% matchVery Positive98% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: LIFE0
Windows
From the creators of Seven Days and LOST:SMILE, LIFE0 presents their third game: 「Dreamin' Her」. In his dreams, the ideal girlfriend appears taking the form of his childhood friend. Is she really just a dream, or is she something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Emotional 16.4%, Romance 13.4%, Dating Sim 12.3%, Sexual Content 8.8%
- #5 ef - the first tale. (All Ages)
94% matchVery Positive96% of 189 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 286.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
What starts with a conversation between two long lost friends spills out into a captivating visual novel about four youths struggling to pursue their dreams and find their place in the world as love complicates everything.
Why similar: Emotional 21.3%, Romance 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Story Rich 9.3%, Cinematic 7.6%
- #6 PARQUET
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,374 reviews2021
Dev: YUZUSOFTSOURPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In the near future, a technology called Brain-Machine Interface connects the brain and machines. This technology brings about a new paradigm and opens the gates to the digitization of human memory itself. From these new discoveries, "he" is born.
Why similar: Romance 29.9%, Visual Novel 26%, Story Rich 12.7%, Cute 6.6%, Futuristic 5.3%
- #7 Tamayura Mirai
93% matchVery Positive94% of 200 reviews2023
Dev: AzuritePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 43.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
There is a girl, searching for something she lost... Tamayura Mirai is a midsummer fantasy visual novel of humans, spirits, and sorcerers that's won several industry awards in Japan.
Why similar: Romance 20.7%, Emotional 19.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Dating Sim 11%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #8 KANADE
92% matchVery Positive84% of 343 reviews2025
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
A visual novel about becoming lovers with Kanade—a half-human, half-alien girl. Enjoy a tender relationship with Kanade and witness how love blossoms into a song that saves the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Emotional 23.1%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Cute 8.5%, Adventure 6.6%
- #9 Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
91% matchVery Positive88% of 989 reviews2025
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 118.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!
Why similar: Emotional 24.9%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Story Rich 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Dating Sim 8.3%
- #10 Dreamlike Love with Seira
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,549 reviews2024
Dev: るび様崇める会Pub: JAST
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 56.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enjoy the memories with a beautiful maid in your dreams and heal your fatigue in reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Romance 24.9%, Sexual Content 23.8%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, 2D 5.1%
- #11 Irotoridori No Sekai HD - The Colorful World
90% matchVery Positive97% of 257 reviews2024
Dev: FAVORITEPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 131.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
When he was a child, Yuuma received a special power from the “translucent magician”, Shinku. Just by touching someone with his hand, he is able to cure all of their wounds in return for some of his memories.
Why similar: Romance 27.3%, Emotional 25.1%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Story Rich 11.9%, Cute 7.4%
- #12 Himawari - The Sunflower -
91% matchVery Positive91% of 204 reviews2016
Dev: blank-note & FrontwingPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 85.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
After jointly founding the so-called Space Club, Youichi and his friend Amamiya Ginga, the son of Amamiya Daigo, spent their school days building a rocket -- until one fateful night, a mysterious young girl called Aries crash-lands near them, her memories also lost from the shock of the landing.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Romance 15.4%, Emotional 13.1%, Science 11.9% ★, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #13 Sisters: Last Day of Summer
89% matchVery Positive85% of 408 reviews2024
Dev: JellyfishPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A fully-animated visual novel about a boy who wakes up in an unknown house with two beautiful sisters, their mother, and an unspoken truth.
Why similar: Romance 21.8%, Emotional 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Dating Sim 10.4%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #14 LUNARiA -Virtualized Moonchild-
87% matchVery Positive95% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Genius gamer T-Bit rakes in the prize money in VR races day after day. One day, after experiencing a network error mid-race, he ends up in Lunar World, a moon-based server. There, he meets an AI avatar by the name of Lunar-Q. A love story spanning the 384,400 km between the Earth and moon begins!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Romance 18.7%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Emotional 9.3%
- #15 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
88% matchVery Positive93% of 2,444 reviews2017
Dev: KeroQPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 168.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".
Why similar: Visual Novel 35%, Romance 20.1%, Sexual Content 18.4%, Story Rich 16.1%, Cute 4.5%
- #16 蔚蓝月下的回忆~SAPPHIRE MOON-FOREVER MEMORIES
86% matchVery Positive82% of 331 reviews2022
Dev: 星愿游戏制作组
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The story will be accompanied by three heroines, and everyone will find their own love in this real and imaginary world. Is it the dark-skinned school girl who is available, the cold and mysterious girl, or the afterimage that I have been unable to reach in my memory?
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Emotional 26%, Dating Sim 21.6%, 2D Platformer 10%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #17 Adabana Odd Tales
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,033 reviews2020
Dev: Liar-softPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 52.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"This is a tale of 'flowers' that never bloom." Shirohime, a girl who has lost her memory, and Kurofude, a mysterious boy, traverse through classic Japanese fairy tales within the land of Adabana, a realm of illustrated books. What awaits them after they mend the distorted tales?
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.3%, Story Rich 27.2%, Adventure 19.4%, Casual 11.2%
- #18 花落冬陽 Snowdreams -lost in winter-
84% matchVery Positive97% of 262 reviews2022
Dev: 觀象草圖 Astrolabe DraftPub: 觀象草圖 Astrolabe Draft
Windows
《花落冬陽》是一款以「夢想」與「思念」為主題的文字冒險遊戲。故事講述主角謝子臣在追尋作家之夢的過程中遭遇的困境,以及與夏芊帆、雪見兩名少女的戀愛故事。豐富的劇情、精緻的插畫、悠揚的音樂、搭配全中文語音,帶你體驗一段動人的台北冬季戀曲。
Why similar: Emotional 21.9%, Visual Novel 21%, Romance 19.6%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #19 HARMONIC REFLECTIONS
84% matchVery Positive91% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
A boy who can no longer hear the piano, living in the shadow of his gifted younger brother; a karate girl who is more than a friend but not yet a lover; and a girl with future memories. As past and future entwine, where will this triangle lead in this fleeting, bittersweet summer love story?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Emotional 19.8%, Romance 13.4%, Story Rich 10.1%, Cinematic 5.9%
- #20 Your Diary +
86% matchVery Positive85% of 335 reviews2018
Dev: CubePub: Hyper'sthene
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 59.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Your Diary + is a visual novel game that explores the seven ways humans experience happiness in the stories of its seven heroines. What does it mean to be useful to someone? To be loved? To trust someone with your heart? Rediscover the importance of these everyday joys.
Why similar: Romance 23.8%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Sexual Content 13.8%, Story Rich 11.7%, Dating Sim 11%
- #21 9-nine-:NewEpisode
83% matchVery Positive94% of 713 reviews2022
Dev: PALETTEPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 184.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Enjoy short after stories for the heroines of the 9-nine- series in 9-nine-:NewEpisode!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Romance 13.4%, Dating Sim 13%, Emotional 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #22 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
82% matchVery Positive95% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: 株式会社ヘッドロックPub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
The story is set in future Tokyo, where human’s endless desires have consumed finite resources. In this world that is gradually approaching its end, the streamer girls continue to sing, while embracing dreams and despair in their hearts...
Why similar: Emotional 23.6%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Futuristic 11.4%, Dating Sim 10.5%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #23 Yumeutsutsu Re:Master
82% matchVery Positive89% of 353 reviews2019
Dev: KOGADO STUDIOPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Yumeutsutsu Re:Master is a girls-love adventure game set in a small game studio.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Romance 19.2%, Sexual Content 14.6%, Dating Sim 10.3%, Mature 8.6%
- #24 Amazing Grace -What color is your attribute?-
81% matchVery Positive94% of 146 reviews2024
Dev: Cabbage SoftPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
“A holy night with no dawn, my dear...” You awaken in a strange town full of art, blanketed in snow, and enclosed by a massive wall. On Christmas, it all burns down—and the girl who loves it most rewinds time to the start of Advent. Find the truth in the loop and paint it on this canvas of a town!
Why similar: Emotional 32%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Story Rich 16.1%, Cute 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #25 さよならナイト・キャップ
81% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: PIGORIS
Windows
目が覚めると、見知らぬゲームセンターにいました。 あなたを知る謎の女の子と行動を共にし、不思議な世界を探検しましょう。
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Adventure 10.2%, 2D 6.2%
- #26 RGB GlitchGazer
79% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Emotional 26.7%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Futuristic 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #27 The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons
80% matchVery Positive91% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: LaplacianPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
2061, Japan. Mankind has lost the sky, and with it, its connections. All of it was taken away by birds... ...By countless artificial pigeons flying through the sky.
Why similar: Romance 20.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Emotional 17%, Story Rich 10.8%, Futuristic 7.6%
- #28 Fantastic Dream
79% matchVery Positive96% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Ercheng
Windows
I dreamed of a girl. From then on, I saw her every day in my dreams. I don't know why it happened. I can only keep telling myself that it is all false, all illusion. But on the other hand, I fell in love with it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Emotional 32.6%, Text-Based 13.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Casual 4.1%
- #29 Yunashi no Yume
78% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: The Yunashi Archive
Windows
A fractured dream of a girl who tried to make something beautiful, and was silenced before she could finish it. Now, her voice resurfaces. A quiet story of memory, loss, and reclaimed authorship—told through fragmented exploration and stark, fragile spaces.
Why similar: Sci-fi 52.5%, Story Rich 42.2%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #30 Moonless Moon
78% matchVery Positive93% of 299 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Emotional 21.7%, Story Rich 14.9%, Text-Based 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
- #31 Café Stella and the Reaper's Butterflies
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,560 reviews2022
Dev: YUZUSOFTPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 175.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Takamine Kousei was living a carefree college life until, one day, he tragically died in an accident. But then, the bizarre happened: Takamine Kousei opened his eyes again. And what's more, when he woke up, it was the morning of the very day, he had died.
Why similar: Romance 28.7%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Sexual Content 17.9%, Story Rich 11.7%, Emotional 6.7%
- #32 Clover Day's Plus
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 882 reviews2023
Dev: ALcotPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 68.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Bottled-up emotions... An everlasting oath... Heartfelt desires... An enduring regret... And a childhood promise. Yuuto was abandoned by his parents and raised in an orphanage in Britain before a trading merchant by the name of Takakura Yoshiomi adopted him and brought him to Japan.
Why similar: Romance 23.4%, Emotional 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #33 My New Memories
77% matchVery Positive83% of 459 reviews2021
Dev: Killer7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Memories...One of the most important things in our lives. But what happens if you forget who you are? If you don't remember anything? Then you can only hope that the people that do know who you are help you out...This is your journey...On your way to finding new memories...
Why similar: Romance 25.5%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Sexual Content 16.4%, Story Rich 12.7%, Mature 10.3%
- #34 日日夜夜
76% matchVery Positive91% of 328 reviews2020
Dev: PEARFLOWERPub: GameCreator
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
本游戏是一款通过点击画面推进游戏进程的AVG,某天傍晚,你走在回去的路上,突然从天而降的银发女性打乱了你平静的生活。心地善良的你决定救下这名无名女性。遥远的记忆开始苏醒,你不得不面临着选择。
Why similar: Romance 26%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Story Rich 12.2%, Cute 7.4%
- #35 AMNESIA
77% matchMixed67% of 1,051 reviews2022
Dev: Super Alex
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
After a series of events now shrouded in mystery, our protagonist - a young man - fell into a coma, losing all recollection of the person he used to be. He is given a clean slate. All that’s left to do now is to carefully and thoroughly investigate every facet of your former self.
Why similar: Sexual Content 24.9%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Romance 16.1%, Mature 15.6%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #36 Memory Girl +
73% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Romance 22.2%, Emotional 17.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #37 SeaBed
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 960 reviews2017
Dev: PaleontologyPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 94.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
SeaBed is a yuri-themed psychological mystery visual novel told through the perspectives of three separate characters: Sachiko, Takako and Narasaki.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.1%, Romance 36.1%, Story Rich 6.8%, Cute 5.8%, Adventure 5.5%
- #38 Loca-Love My Cute Roommate
76% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Aoi Ichitaro has had a crush on his cute coworker, Kojika Hiwa, for quite some time. When he's presented with the opportunity to move in with her, all his wildest dreams may finally be coming true...!
Why similar: Romance 22.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Emotional 13.2%, Sexual Content 10.2%, Dating Sim 8.7%
- #39 Amairo Chocolate
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,010 reviews2020
Dev: Cabbage SoftPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 81.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Autumn. With the leaves just starting to change color, a boy arrives at Yunagi Village. The first person he meets is a girl handing out flyers -- a cute, cat-eared waitress.
Why similar: Romance 26.8%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Sexual Content 20.8%, Cute 10.5%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #40 Hello Lady! - Complete Edition
74% matchVery Positive86% of 416 reviews2022
Dev: AKATSUKI-WORKSPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's the Dawn of a New Age- The 21st century has brought about its own slew of problems for society at large. Asa result, the most promising youths from around the world have been gathered and enrolled in Amakawa Noble Academy.
Why similar: Romance 30.4%, Visual Novel 29.6%, Story Rich 17.4%, Sexual Content 6.9%, Dating Sim 5.4%
- #41 AMANATSU ~Perfect Edition~
71% matchVery Positive95% of 384 reviews2024
Dev: AZARASHI SOFTWAREPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Japanese coming-of-age VN from hit developer AZARASHI SOFTWARE. After moving to a sleepy seaside town, Haruto befriends three unforgettable heroines, each with unique traits—and a surprise confession. Navigate your own summer of love on this sugar-sweet journey of romance and discovery.
Why similar: Romance 22.8%, Emotional 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Story Rich 9.7%, Dating Sim 8.5%
- #42 Kakenuke★Forward to Our Sparking Youth!
70% matchVery Positive95% of 464 reviews2024
Dev: SAGA PLANETSPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 61.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
What does "youth" mean to you? Is it a time in your life meant for having fun? For devoting yourself to a cause? For Yuu Tono, it's meant earning money and studying to build a brighter future for him and his family. But maybe the new (or maybe old?) friend who's come into his life will change that.
Why similar: Romance 28%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Emotional 13.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Sexual Content 8.3%
- #43 Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows Refrain
72% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Liar-softPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the meaning of memories in this mysterious fairytale where fantasy and reality intertwine. The story unfolds from the perspectives of two women: one who travels in the ruins of Engine City New York, and one who finds herself in an underground world with an eldritch, violet sky.
Why similar: Emotional 25.5%, Romance 23.5%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Story Rich 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%
- #44 COSPLAY LOVE! : Enchanted princess
73% matchVery Positive100% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: ConfiturePub: iMel
Windows
A lonely young lady who cosplays alone. A young, rookie designer chasing his dream. When these two meet, they open a brand new path through "cosplay"! A slightly erotic, young romance story between two people brought together by cosplay.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Romance 18.1%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Sexual Content 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #45 Black Lily's Tale
71% matchVery Positive87% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: 1000-REKA
Windows
Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Emotional 20.3%, Story Rich 14.3%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Romance 6.8%
- #46 Dreamy Planet
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
An atmospheric lesbian / yuri VN set in an abandoned theme park, focused on a rekindled relationship between a pair of estranged childhood friends.
Why similar: Romance 23.3%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Emotional 13.4%, Mature 9.8%, Sexual Content 9.2%
- #47 Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,383 reviews2019
Dev: spritePub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 136.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In a world where flying through the sky is as simple as riding a bicycle, the sport "Flying Circus" is all the rage. Following the discovery of anti-gravitons, special shoes that allow an individual to fly, Anti-Graviton Shoes, took the world by storm.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.9%, Romance 25.1%, Story Rich 12.2%, Dating Sim 10.6%, Mature 6.5%
- #48 GINKA
68% matchVery Positive91% of 2,764 reviews2023
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
"Return to that summer with you..." Ryusei returns to the small island of his younger years, where time flows by gently, to spend a fairy-tale summer vacation with his childhood friend who was spirited away.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Emotional 24.1%, Romance 21%, Story Rich 10%, Dating Sim 7.8%
- #49 Little Green Girl
68% matchVery Positive95% of 372 reviews2023
Dev: Ufo-teamPub: Moonworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
One day the protagonist meets an alien girl and the story turns...
Why similar: Romance 46.5%, Emotional 41%, Visual Novel 9%, Sci-fi 2.2%, Adventure 1.2%
- #50 Robot girl's dream -RobotBattleChampionship-
67% matchVery Positive97% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: DeskClub Games
Windows
This game is an RPG game that follows the growth of a robot girl who has lost her memories. Players can aim for victory in the robot battle tournament, the main objective, and also enjoy interactions with both humans and robots.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.1%, Adventure 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Cute 11.3%, 2D 6.2%
- #51 Omoide Ni Kawaru Kimi Memories Off
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. なんとなく大学生になった主人公、「加賀正午」。 それなりに一人暮らしの大学生活を楽しんでいる一方で、彼は漠然とした憂鬱さを感じていた。 その原因は数年前、理由も告げず突然消えた恋人、「黒須カナタ」だった。 カナタとの唐突な別れは彼の心に大きな傷をつけていたのだ……。 それから数年後── 偶然にもカフェで再会するカナタと正午。 失ったと思っていたカナタとの再会で彼の心は乱れてしまう。
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Emotional 19.8%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Story Rich 12.8%
- #52 The Ethereal Dream
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 285 reviews2025
Dev: 鸭子与葱制作组Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
乙女向多结局AVG——在蓝色的月夜里,邂逅那些已逝之人的灵魂吧。
Why similar: Dating Sim 36.3%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Story Rich 15.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%
- #53 The Witch's Love Diary
70% matchVery Positive94% of 112 reviews2019
Dev: QoobrandPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 136.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Spring is here and love awaits, an oasis just over the horizon, a beautiful story waiting to be told. Join Takumi and Alice in a tale of fleeting cherry blossoms and forgotten first love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.9%, Romance 18.6%, Story Rich 12.4%, Mature 11.3%, Cute 6.2%
- #54 YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 360 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Takuya Arima receives a package from his supposedly deceased father. It contains the mysterious Reflector Device which allows the user to travel between parallel worlds. Takuya must unearth the mystery of his father's legacy to prevent a calamity threatening to envelop reality itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.1%, Sexual Content 18.6%, Story Rich 16.3%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Adventure 8%
- #55 Dream Catcher
71% matchMixed56% of 102 reviews2020
Dev: TW PotatoPub: Mature Games
Windows
A lonely guy meets a lot of strange girls in his dream. Let's solve the puzzle to see the girls more clearly.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Sexual Content 28%, Dating Sim 19.7%, Cute 12.1%, 2D 6.2%
- #56 AQUARIUM
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 536 reviews2023
Dev: ENTERGRAM,INC.
Windows
This is the summer story of Aqua - a beginning maid carrying a secret - and her master (the player) who lost part of his memory. This is the pure summer love story of two individuals from completely different walks of life.
Why similar: Romance 29.2%, Dating Sim 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Story Rich 11.4%, Cute 8.9%
- #57 Kunado Chronicles
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 173 reviews2023
Dev: Purple SoftwarePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The dragon is already dead. Help what's left of humanity learn how to live in this post-apocalyptic fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Romance 20.7%, Emotional 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Dating Sim 10.5%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #58 Denpa Nightmares
64% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: 不重要Pub: 千鳥豚工作室
Windows
No matter how long you’re gone, there will always be a girl waiting for you in the same place. This is a story about forgetting, and about waiting. After countless restarts and countless memories lost… how long will you stay with her this time?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 76.8%, 2D 16.8%, Singleplayer 6.4%
- #59 Hookah Haze
63% matchVery Positive93% of 1,294 reviews2024
Dev: ACQUIRE Corp.Pub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
It's the year 2xxx. The inexperienced Toru Sumiki lands a job managing Hookah Haze, a new hookah lounge on the outskirts of Akihabara, where they meet three eccentric girls. The story unfolds as the girls gradually open up to them, connecting through their fondness for hookah...
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Emotional 17.8%, Dating Sim 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Futuristic 9.4%
- #60 Sani Yang's Laboratory
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 717 reviews2025
Dev: TALESSHOP Co., Ltd.Pub: Smilegate
Windows
You wake up in the world of anthropomorphic creatures. After finding you've been the subject of a certain lab's experiments, you must find the ulterior goals hidden from sight. Is this lab secretly a threat to the human world? Or is there more to it that you simply cannot understand?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Emotional 17.2%, Dating Sim 15.2%, Romance 13.9%, Text-Based 8.8%