- #1 Glass Hearts
97% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Aedian Glair
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Romance 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Visual Novel 8.5%
- #2 Siren's Call: Second Wind
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Romance 11%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #3 Fearbonding
96% matchVery Positive96% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Romance 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%
- #4 Yonder World: Interview with the Void
95% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Fluttering Abyss
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story, with a spiking sense of danger and gentle melancholy. An out of this world adventure, revolving around books, memories and mortality. Along the way, perhaps you shall pick up pieces of a long forgotten heart, or some unlikely companions that you never knew you needed.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Romance 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #5 Doce Fim ~sweetend placebo~
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac
Shape queer love and friendship at the end of the world in this choice-driven, emotional narrative game. Will you settle for pessimism, or open yourself to trust?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Romance 11%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #6 Bound Between Desks
94% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #7 The Ripe Blood Anthology: This World Is Just for the Two of Us
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Роман Ветер-Пурпурный
Windows · Linux
A visual novel where your choices matter. Derek has a job, a beloved boyfriend, friends, and… “piranha thoughts.” Everything was perfect until his younger sister Rina returned to town.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choices Matter 9%
- #8 Amarantus
91% matchVery Positive80% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: ub4q
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.
Why similar: Romance 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
- #9 Memory Girl +
91% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.9%, Romance 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #10 The Game of Fourtune
90% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 10%, Psychological Horror 9%, Mystery 8.8%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #11 Blackthorn Witch
89% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #12 Flora Parasocial
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #13 Stay Alive For Me
88% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #14 Midnight Witch
87% matchVery Positive92% of 351 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Romance 11.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #15 Neve
86% matchVery Positive100% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Romance 9%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #16 Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder
86% matchVery Positive95% of 152 reviews2022
Dev: Square Weasel Studio
Windows · Linux
A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Psychological Horror 9%, Romance 8.9%, Mystery 8.5%
- #17 Ashen Reverie
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Mystery 8.9%
- #18 From the Streets to the Script - A Carabanchel Story
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tijerín Art Studio
Windows
Create your character and experience a fun story in which you will meet friends, enemies and partners as you try to carry out a vital project with your friends: to create an anime before you finish your studies.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Romance 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #19 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
85% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Romance 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #20 DEVIL'S LIMINAL
82% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Interlude
Windows
DEVIL'S LIMINAL is a branching slow-burn horror and yuri romance visual novel. In a life of poverty and violence, Margo Silva has one last summer in Arizona before college. Make choices to maintain a normal facade at work, romance an enigmatic new girl, and stop the occult plot to take Margo's life.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Romance 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #21 The Doll Shop
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atelier Sentô
Windows
The Doll Shop is a hand-drawn narrative game – part romance, part horror – set in the Japanese countryside. Play as a young dollmaker who reunites with his childhood friend in an eerie snowbound village. Will you dare confess your secret?
Why similar: Mystery 10.4%, Hand-drawn 10%, Emotional 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #22 All Scars and Starlight
82% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark boys love / boys hate visual novel set in a 1001 Nights inspired world full of political intrigue. Yuel, once the King of Indra, is deposed by his older cousin, Tavi, during a coup and imprisoned within the palace. An uneasy relationship between them grows, and then...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Romance 9.6%, Anime 7.5%
- #23 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
81% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Romance 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #24 CamGirls: Sophie X Rias
81% 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+ 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Romance 10.5%
- #25 Dead Forest
79% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Manul Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Laki is an outcast: many beastmen have disappeared because of him. To break this curse, Laki travels to the Dead Forest, a place from which almost no one has ever returned. But what will be the key to the secrets of his fate and the mysteries of the forest?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Romance 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Mystery 9.3%, Dark 7.2%
- #26 Animal Cafe
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Luna has been working too hard, fortunately as she finishes up each night she manages to find her way to a hidden out of the way cafe, one where the gals all dress up like different animals. It could be a place for dreams to come true, or just for Luna to blow off some steam and relax each night.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Romance 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #27 Remnants of Dawn
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fiendish Fiction
Windows · Mac · Linux
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Mystery 9.2%, Visual Novel 9%
- #28 Talk About Something in the Nowhere
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Rhoddon-Byte
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short horror visual novel where you get to know your brand new self-aware in-game boyfriend and explore your relationship through Talking About Something in the Nowhere.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Emotional 6.1%
- #29 Entropic Float: This World Will Decay And Disappear
78% matchPositive92% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: Nico HPub: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #30 The Lattice Grimoire
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Sat-Yuga Studios
Windows · Mac
The curse wove your fates together. Now their thoughts and feelings influence you and your actions determine their fates. Will you be able to break the curse? Or will their dark pasts drag you into an inescapable despair? And can a fresh start really erase the past?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Mystery 8.1%
- #31 Where Control Ends
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #32 Lachesis or Atropos
76% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Romance 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #33 A YEAR OF SPRINGS
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 952 reviews2021
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 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+ 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Emotional 8.5%, Romance 7.9%
- #34 Let's MEAT Adam
76% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: SoulsofteaPub: Soulsoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Let's MEAT Adam is a Bara, BxB visual novel set in a neon NIGHTMARE of an escape-room-turned-death-game. Muscles, Blood, Escape, Trust, Betray, MEAT.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Thriller 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #35 Mermaids are Seafood
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lyyycaena
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel and management game set in a dystopian company that serves mermaids as seafood dishes. Bet your blood, navigate office drama, and trade ingredients. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 12%, Romance 11%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #36 Devil Apartment
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: L.S. Frei
Windows
Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Thriller 8.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #37 Ascension: Transition and Silver
75% matchVery Positive94% of 79 reviews2021
Dev: SulMatul
Windows · Linux
Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Romance 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #38 Who Is The Red Queen?
73% matchVery Positive95% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: 4nokiPub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alice, Alice, the Red Queen is missing. The queen has been dismembered and Alice must find all her pieces. A horror-fantasy yuri visual novel filled with death, love, and forgotten memories.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.5%, Romance 14%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Dark 8.5%
- #39 The Divine Speaker: A Bounty Hunter's First Christmas
73% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Chistmas themed afterstory to The Divine Speaker featuring Leos and Raen! Search for the elusive Mister Bells, spend the Winter Solstice together, and win at rock-paper-scissors against your favorite ex-assassin turned bounty hunter!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Romance 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 7.2%
- #40 Lost Connections
73% matchVery Positive96% of 77 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: LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Emotional 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #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+ 18.3%, Romance 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #42 Trauma - Visual Novel
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KyleKun
Windows · Linux
Welcome to Trauma, a free-to-play short visual novel full of mysteries. Will you ever be able to smile again?
Why similar: Romance 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Mystery 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #43 Return to Ash
70% matchVery Positive98% of 130 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: LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Emotional 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
- #44 The kind Blacksmith
71% 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: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #45 Dreambound
70% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Romance 11.6%, Mystery 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Emotional 8.8%
- #46 Garden of Roses: Summerset
71% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Outis Media
Windows · Mac
The prologue arc to the "Garden of Roses" story. A visual novel set in a world where monster girls walk among us. Take the role of Will Getz, a young man with a score to settle after 15 long years of being away from home.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Romance 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Mystery 8.4%
- #47 ELEGIES: Aya
71% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Squircle
Windows · Mac · Linux
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Thriller 9.8%
- #48 Paradise
69% matchVery Positive91% of 539 reviews2024
Dev: PIL/SLASHPub: JAST BLUE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paradise is a Boys Love visual novel and tells the story of a group of men who go on holiday on a deserted island. When things begin to go wrong, they realize to their horror that they are stranded. Turns out that’s only the start of their problems.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Mystery 10.6%
- #49 Our Wonderland
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CarrotPub: Project Ensō
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror-fantasy visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Romance 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #50 Evil Spirits
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Mystery 8.8%
- #51 Forgive My Sins & Desires, Father - Boys Love (BL) Visual Novel
69% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: ChaniMK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Emotional 8.1%, Anime 7.5%
- #52 Love You To Pieces
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: SoulsofteaPub: Soulsoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Love You To Pieces" is a Horror/Slasher Visual Novel thematically centered around Valentine's Day. Featuring elements of grind-house, choose-your-own-adventure and mystery. Can you or any of your friends survive this bloody love fest?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #53 Ravel the Frays
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Margarita Games
Windows
A sci fi mystery on a ship drifting through space. Solve dialogue puzzles to help the ship's computer AILISH sift through possible timelines to find which one of them can prevent an impending disaster. What disaster? For some reason, AILISH won't actually tell you...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Romance 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #54 Mi primer amor
67% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: MAGNA GAMES
Windows
A visual novel about first love, decisions, and the sweetness of a town where everyone knows each other. Join Haruto on his journey to discover what it truly means to love.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25%, Romance 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Anime 8%
- #55 Deep in the Forest
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ertal Games
Windows
A medieval fantasy BL Visual Novel in English and Spanish, Demo available
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
- #56 Parasite in Love
67% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Romance 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #57 Hydrangea
67% matchVery Positive92% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Romance 10.3%
- #58 Lone Bird in the Tree
65% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Aosolagame
Windows · Mac
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV 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+ 21.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
- #59 Drăculești
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fine Feathered Fiends
Windows
A job gone wrong traps lawyer R. M. Renfield at Castle Dracula. Sacrifice—others, or your own humanity—to survive, or risk it all for love in this romantic horror visual novel. But Renfield isn’t the only one looking for a way out. Who, if anyone, can you trust?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17%, Romance 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%