- #1 你就是缘由
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 空亡月隈
Windows
Death, redemption, distortion, love, and... you are the reason.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Emotional 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Dark 13.2%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #2 The Way We All Go
96% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A remake of the 2015 visual novel The Way We All Go. A yandere story with over 20 endings set in the sleepy Japanese countryside. Can you reconnect with your old friends, or will you meet a grisly ending?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Dark 11.2%, Emotional 11%, Anime 9.9%
- #3 WHERE SAFETY ENDS *R*
96% matchPositive91% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: CHRONOPHOBIA
Windows · Mac
What does it take to be SAFE? Maybe it's all about a person who will come to your rescue no matter what. Or maybe it has to do with a place that you know inside and out. OR, perhaps, (just maybe) a room full of strangers with no entrance might just do the trick.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, RPG 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #4 Fallstreak 2: Traum
95% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Humanity and the fae. This is a story of those who make kindling of their home to reach for the stars and the curses of those left behind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Emotional 16.6%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Anime 10.3%
- #5 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
94% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Dark 9.4%
- #6 Lucia Journey
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fumoku Labs
Windows
A psychological story-driven RPG where your choices shape Lucia’s fate. Confront distorted inner voices in turn-based hallucination battles and navigate a fragile mind where reality slowly begins to fracture.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, RPG 12.4%
- #7 Turn Illness into a Weapon
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: enderverse
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a high school hidden within a centuries-old castle, terror strikes as a sinister force begins hunting the students. You must use your skills and wits to survive, evade the relentless villain, and find a way to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Anime 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #8 DR3AMy
92% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: ph0ton
Windows · Mac
"Players, please break the chains of Amy's nightmares with DR3AMy!" Break free from nightmares with the lovely DR3AMy android and Amy. This game contains visual and auditory horror elements. It is not recommended for the elderly or those with a weak heart.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Dark 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Anime 11%
- #9 Persona 3 Portable
91% matchVery Positive80% of 5,476 reviews2023
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
If I say there’s an hour “hidden” between one day and the next... would you believe me? Master the power of the heart, Persona, and uncover the tragic truth of the Dark Hour.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23.2%, Emotional 11.1%, Female Protagonist 11%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Anime 9.7%
- #10 The Dagger of Hisei
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sword of Dew Studio
Windows
After the revolution, Kikoku is plunged into chaos. Takekosen joins the secret organization Hiseido, facing her final trial. She must abandon her name, wear the mask, and forge her path through fate. A fantasy visual novel set in an ancient Eastern world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Emotional 12.9%, Anime 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #11 Billionaire Lovers
90% matchVery Positive95% of 3,744 reviews2021
Dev: Ayacat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You’re a broke college graduate. Your rich, distant uncle has just shown up and given you 100 million dollars! And right at this moment, four handsome men come into your life. Could this be… the romance you’ve been waiting for!? But wait, there’s something behind their smiles that says otherwise…
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Emotional 13.5%, Anime 8.9%
- #12 I'll Do It Tomorrow
89% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Luca Morotti
Windows
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Anime 11.2%
- #13 Loving You Fully
89% matchPositive90% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: Kristi Jimenez
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, free visual novel about body positivity and learning to love yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Emotional 19.5%, Anime 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Cute 9.6%
- #14 120 Yen Stories
88% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: NekoNeko SoftPub: iMoe Games
Windows
In 120 Yen series, each season has a unique heroine. By using the four seasons of Japan to tell the story of two people meeting and getting along through the keyword "120 yen".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Emotional 18.7%, Story Rich 12.4%, RPG 8.1%
- #15 The Songbird Guild
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yurisoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Songbird Guild is a Yuri RPG/Visual Novel hybrid about magical girls falling in love. Investigate the secrets of a corrupt fantasy world and fight creepy (yet somehow adorable?) monsters in turn-based battles, all to pay the bills in this world where being a magical girl is a regular 9-5 job.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Emotional 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #16 【NekoGakuen】《MatthiolaReverieVerse:LostIsland》
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: NekoGakuen
Windows · Mac
This is a love story about a girl who is bullied and how she survives in this seemingly isolated world. Players can experience the situation of an isolated student and how she interacts with others at school.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Dark 12%, Cute 9.1%
- #17 姬恋~缚羽的欠片 纯净中文版
86% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Chained-lily
Windows
本游戏是纯净中文版。
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, Anime 13.5%, Casual 7%
- #18 Reunions with you billions of times
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zhuzi1
Windows
This is a short, romance-focused visual novel where you play as a student. As you fall in love with your classmate Qiu, you become trapped in a time loop and die again and again. Together with Qiu, you must search for a way to break the loop, with your choices leading to different endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Emotional 18.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, RPG 9.4%
- #19 夏日事件簿 Summer Fantasy
84% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Summer Fantasy
Windows
It is a story of going forward together with childhood sweetheart monsters and saving each other, accompanying each other to experience those sparkling youthful times that are both troublesome and joyful. There is unparalleled passion and warmth in the daily life of fighting and teasing each other.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Anime 16%, Story Rich 11.9%, RPG 10.8%
- #20 光与影之恋 Chiaroscuro Lovers
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组
Windows
A story-driven visual novel about psychological trauma and memory.In a world where reality, dreams, and recollections intertwine, face what you once lost—but never truly said goodbye to.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Emotional 19.2%, Story Rich 8.8%, Female Protagonist 6.6%
- #21 Rattenwalzer -Песня о борьбе и жизни человеческой-
83% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: EydasPub: Amorje Productions Ltd.
Windows
The visual novel Rattenwalzer is a story about the human willpower that regardless of sufferings and terrors lasting thousands of years has kept its beautiful nature.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Female Protagonist 12%, Emotional 11.6%
- #22 B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA
82% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: PQube
Windows
Become the A&R of the famous B-Project in this unforgettable idol Visual Novel. Support a group of 14 idols from their humble beginnings through to fame. Befriend them, influence their music and help them through turbulent times as they follow their dreams
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Emotional 12.3%, Anime 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
- #23 Re:Call
82% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Re:Start
Windows · Linux
Re:Call is a deeply emotional visual novel exploring the fragile nature of memory, the weight of forgotten promises, and the healing power of friendship. Set in a nostalgic Japanese high school, it follows Kaito Nakamura as he learns his ordinary life’s built on fragments of a past he can’t remember
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.6%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Emotional 11.2%, Cute 9.9%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #24 欧派大作战
81% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Laoyin
Windows
"OuPaiWar" is a first-person visual novel game developed by Eagle, where you will meet nearly 30 characters and explore over 400 CG images.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.4%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Emotional 15.6%, Anime 13.1%, Story Rich 7%
- #25 Magical Massage
79% matchVery Positive99% of 96 reviews2026
Dev: Pop Elephant StudioPub: Cyberisle
Windows
Extreme Life-and-Death Massage! Enjoy magician's look of agony and cure embarrassing ailments! From hemorrhoids that cause earthquakes to rhinitis that make huge explosion...nothing too fancy that you can't handle. However, if your skills fall short, these powerful, unclothed magicians may kill you.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Anime 9.5%
- #26 机影:夏夜梦寻
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 卯月游戏(MaoyueGame)
Windows
"Start your dream-seeking journey in the future city!" - In the game, players will play the role of "Park Bo-myeong", the deputy director of the AI Inspection Bureau, and travel through the summer night of the future city "Golden City" with their assistant robot "Dill".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Emotional 13.9%, Anime 11.3%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #27 𝄢Gaia's Melody II: ECHOED MEMORIES
80% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Echo607
Windows · Linux
Echoed Memories is a dark psychological love story, with character development, understanding and acceptance at its core. It holds a balance of bright and cheerful to emotional and depressing, and follows the protagonists as they come to terms with their traumas.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.8%, Emotional 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Dark 9.1%
- #28 XorceD - Sashiro's Laedrum
81% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Xorcerox
Windows · Mac · Linux
World-line Laedrum: Play as Sashiro Kobata, a World-Peacemaker (WPM) officer with an incredible dual-wielding pistol skill, in an undercover mission! His WPM-group has found out information about a terrorist group. The information: A highschool student is supposed to be the leader of that terrorist group!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Dark Comedy 26.2%, Anime 14.9%, Dark 9.7%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #29 浮生若梦-蜀宫
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 南瓜马车制作组
Windows
建安十二年,日渐衰落的东汉王朝在长期的军阀混战下早已名存实亡。为了攫取更多的权力,将天下纳入自己的囊中,诸多姓氏的野心家们开始了无休止的争斗,纷争无休的乱世就此展开。 这一年,怀着同样对争夺天下的渴望,长期处在四处奔逃的困境中的军阀刘备决意前往隆中拜访名士诸葛亮。同年,刘备之妾甘氏为其诞下一子。故事就此这里开始……
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Visual Novel 21.5%, RPG 12.5%, Emotional 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11.4%
- #30 让我支配你
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: 不吃炸鸡只吃薯条UKPub: LoveCraft
Windows
这是一部以“女性支配”为主题的短篇视觉小说。你首次登录这款游戏,发现自己竟是被班上校霸的早古女主,于是你放飞自我,拳打霸凌咔校霸(纪文川),脚踢不听话跟踪狂学生会长(林子莫),故事由此展开……(内涵囚禁、暴力、公调等元素)
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.4%, Visual Novel 27.5%, RPG 18.3%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #31 Ashes
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Story Rich 12.9%, Emotional 11.7%
- #32 HS-014
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 风高更繁工作室
Windows
这是一款结合了AVG和RPG的软科幻悬疑乙女游戏。您将扮演一位失忆的舰长,需要召回因为船体爆炸而失散的船员——这些人的到来将会引发新的事件。您会在扫地机器人“萝卜”的陪伴下,靠您的“洞察力”和与他们互动来找出真相——而一切线索最后都将会指向导致船体爆炸的真凶。您可以自由与您的船员们发展情感关系(友谊/爱情),了解他们有助于您找到最后的真凶;他们也将作为您观察的透镜,映射出这个您“完全不记得”的世界。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, RPG 12.2%, 2D Platformer 8.7%
- #33 Empire of Angels IV
78% matchMixed66% of 438 reviews2016
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This is a SLG game that developed by SOFTSTAR in Taiwan. Is a dramatic, beautiful painting, use full-time vocal and funniest 3D game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.6%, Anime 12%, Strategy 11.1%, Cute 9%
- #34 Project Vostok: Episode 1
76% matchVery Positive83% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: Natrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Altai mountains. Uncover the story full of drama, horrors and decide the fate a of various cast of heroes in this free visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Dark 12.1%, Emotional 10.6%
- #35 Axia and The Grim Reaper
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reverent Games
Windows
Axia and The Grim Reaper is a turn-based RPG where you must balance your social and college life, while also fighting crime in your pursuit for vengeance.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 29.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Emotional 12.9%, RPG 12.3%, Anime 10.9%
- #36 Ticy Adventure Club
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,234 reviews2022
Dev: YEZHI
Windows
本作是2d剧情向角色扮演恐怖游戏。在本作设定中,玩家将扮演灵异探险社的社员,分工调查被委托的事件,探索场景,寻找线索,并最终解决委托中灵异作祟的问题。
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Cute 9.7%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #37 夜空色的魔法少女 - Nightsky Blue Magical Girl
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 柚原堂
Windows
You will play Wong YukChan, a high school student in Shenzhen. While enjoying campus life, you should investigate the monsters and seal them. In addition, you will act together with the cute girl Pak HoLing to defeat the monster, and develop a romantic relationship with her during this process.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
- #38 我亲爱的妹妹 Happy Sisters Life
73% matchMostly Negative20% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: 梅涅_Menelaus.A
Windows
那天,你出生了,就有妹妹。 那天,父母再婚,天降妹妹。 那天,小区偶遇,竟是妹妹。 太好了,是妹妹!我们有救了!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Emotional 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Anime 13.1%, RPG 13%
- #39 I Offered You the Crown
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Winter Twilight Productions, LLC
Windows
A drama/comedy visual novel about how holding a relationship together and surviving a deadly blizzard may not be all that different.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Emotional 10.8%, Dark 10.7%
- #40 暮雨流花+
72% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Salty_AreaS
Windows
"What's happiness?" No response. I knelt down to you ,praying for little comfort. Even if it's just a moment,I will capture it. This is My World:Third-Rate Romance Novels.But because it's me,it's fate,it's a childhood story written with my own hands. So,watch us:go far away,starting from that cliff—
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Emotional 14.5%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #41 The Window Box
75% matchVery Positive80% of 82 reviews2019
Dev: Sundew Studios
Windows · Mac
Wander from room to room in this whimsical and dark visual novel as you follow five friends trapped during a freak storm. Listen while they have hard conversations and tough realizations as they confront the conflict in their lives. For what is a house but a box with windows?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 33.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Emotional 14.9%, Female Protagonist 9%, Dark 8.6%
- #42 Sympathy for the Wicked: Hindsight
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zeenhil
Windows
Hindsight is a Visual Novel with themes of romance and horror, in which the player takes control of three key individuals at different points in time, and must help them to survive their trials in order to truly understand their stories.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 32.1%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Female Protagonist 14%, Casual 3.4%
- #43 Consume Me
70% matchVery Positive92% of 922 reviews2025
Dev: Jenny Jiao HsiaPub: Hexecutable
Windows · Mac
did you feel stupid, fat, lazy, and ugly in high school? well i did...but at least i made a life-simulation RPG about it!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 39.6%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Emotional 9.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #44 Graveyard Girls
71% 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: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 19%, Emotional 15.6%, Dark 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #45 Kiss the Demiurge
72% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: YuriEureka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kiss the Demiurge is a yuri visual novel about love, delusions, and magic. Follow Minori, a mage tasked with keeping magic a secret, as she investigates a group of delusional girls who mistakenly believe themselves to have magic of their own. Will Minori destroy their magic club, or fall in love?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.8%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Anime 7.9%
- #46 Operation Eventide
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: kolulu
Windows
Adelle, a former magical girl, wakes up in a robotic body. Still picking up the pieces after her untimely demise, she seeks the truth of her new life. Experience as this 'love song' resounds in the rift of magic and logic in this nostalgic, thrilling yuri sci-fi visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Female Protagonist 16%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Emotional 12.2%, Anime 11.9%
- #47 Normal Person
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dexter ManningPub: Manning Media
Windows
Normal Person is a single player horror, first person Visual Novel where your choices matter! Will you be able to escape or will you be stuck in a limbo with the man who claims to be a "Normal person"
Why similar: Dark Comedy 44.6%, Visual Novel 29%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, Casual 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #48 Five Stages of Pink
71% matchVery Positive98% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: Kaffein
Windows · Mac · Linux
Horror mystery about a boy who desperately wants a Normal life in the most abnormal city in the world. Help Timor understand his cruel life in this supernatural city while trying to survive one more day. In a universe where Sleep is an illness. This is a visual novel with point and click features.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Visual Novel 21%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Emotional 13%, Anime 9.7%
- #49 Miya Might Break
68% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Anime 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #50 Abulia
69% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Burros Aburridos
Windows · Linux
Abulia is an Type-write battle RPG and Visual Novel adventure based on the mind of a special girl that is trying to find herself in the world and struggling to understand our complex world.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15%, Emotional 10.4%, Dark 9.9%
- #51 我的美味丈夫 My Tasty Husband
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 劳斯麦斯Rolls-Mice
Windows · Mac
你将扮演主角芽,跟随她的视角展开一段关于美食和爱的故事。奇怪的丈夫、莽撞的快递员、尽职尽责的警察……一桩又一桩的杀人案在悄无声息中改变了你的生活,而你甚至分不清那是真实还是虚幻。你做出正确的选择,迎来自己的结局。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, RPG 15.1%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #52 Dirt
69% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: 海边的taku
Windows
Fight for the freedom. In this pixel-art JRPG, you will play as a young boy who has lost all his memories. Embark on a journey to become a hero and save the world, fight against the absurd fate that governs you, and ultimately uncover the truth about both this world and yourself.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Emotional 8.9%
- #53 黄莓C HuangmeiC
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 悖论软件(ParadoxSoft)
Windows
《HuangmeiC》: a cute, laid-back modern daily visual novel. Play as a new grad, enjoying funny daily life in another world—a light, silly romance! Stress-free job, little to do, great coworkers. No dark stuff or bad endings; just love, growth! Worldview not real—don’t use 3D logic!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Anime 12.8%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, RPG 8.8%
- #54 DEAD LAMB WALKING
67% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Cute 8.2%
- #55 The Last Waltz
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DigitallyDownloaded.net
Windows
The Last Waltz is a full-scale visual novel about an incredible niche sport; the first visual novel to be based on Dancesport. Featuring Over 30 stunning CGs, a soundtrack of more than 35 pieces of authentic Dancesport music, and integrating real footage of professional dancers and competitions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Emotional 18.6%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Anime 13.9%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #56 Mobius’ Radio Waves
68% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: 獭獭社Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
刚入学的大一新生伊琳,却在一个风雨交加的夜晚,听到了来自杂物间内部的来电铃声……这通神秘电话究竟来自何人?杂物间为何会成为禁忌?伊琳手臂上的无限印记又意味着什么?文字冒险推理游戏《莫比乌斯的电波》,就此展开!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Emotional 13.8%, RPG 12.4%
- #57 Digi: Cyber Angel
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vintner Enterprise
Windows
Digi: Cyber Angel is a visual novel where you play as Digi, a newly born angel joining a council to balance humanity's reliance on technology and divine forces. Make choices that affect relationships, plot, and the fate of both heaven and earth in this branching narrative.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, RPG 6.3%
- #58 Delete the World
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chu! & Blu?
Windows
Delete the World is a completely normal visual novel… unless you decide to kill everyone.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Emotional 13.3%, Anime 12.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #59 The Mermaid of Zennor
67% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Emotional 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Dark 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.7%
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65% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: WatermelonOwl
Windows
Leviathan receives an order from the Fortress: infiltrate Pandemonium and eliminate Wrath, the ruthless traitor. Prove yourself, sea dragon. (Short adventure RPG / visual novel)
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 20.5%, RPG 10.6%, Anime 10.2%