Games Like Dream & Sugar

An otome game and romance visual novel. Step into the shoes of the necromancer, Raenelle. Meet a colorful cast of characters, fail to summon the spirits of the dead, unravel mysteries, and maybe — just maybe — fall in love.

Why similar: Otome 23.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Romance 7.7%, Visual Novel 7.4%

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: Otome 26% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Dating Sim 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 5.3%

Play as twins Hazel and Jace in this wholesome romcom visual novel. After a silly bet is made, the protagonists must find a boyfriend or girlfriend before their twin beats them to it!

Why similar: Otome 22.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Romance 12.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%

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: Otome 26.3% ★, Dating Sim 13%, LGBTQ+ 9.2%, Visual Novel 7.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%

Heileen soon discovers a deck of tarot cards representative of the seven deadly sins and the seven heavenly virtues. The cards have the power to change both her dreams and her reality, and will help Heileen discover hidden things from her past, and what she wants to be. A saint, or a sinner?

Why similar: Otome 21.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Dating Sim 12.2%, Romance 12%, Visual Novel 9%

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: Otome 22.7% ★, Dating Sim 21.3%, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Romance 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%

A chat dating sim game inspired by Mystic Messenger, VTuber communities, and internet spam

Why similar: Otome 22.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Romance 10%, Dating Sim 8.3%, Visual Novel 6.9%

My Love for You is Evermore is an interactive office-romance visual novel. Customize your character, explore branching dialogue choices, and experience voice calls from your suitors as you pursue multiple endings in a star-studded love story.

Why similar: Otome 33.2% ★, Dating Sim 14.6%, Romance 12.1%, Visual Novel 7.4%, Anime 6.6%

A horror-romance visual novel where your choices affect everything — and everyone. Keep your stalker in check and stay ahead of a killer who’s getting closer. Manipulate, protect, or dispose of your friends. Who can you trust when obsession and death are always watching?

Why similar: Otome 27.4% ★, Dating Sim 11.4%, Romance 9.9%, LGBTQ+ 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%

You've been invited to a Halloween party! Yay! Music! Food! Drinks! Vampires! Wait. VAMPIRES!? Velvet Bite: Softly, With Teeth is a Romantic Visual Novel featuring 6 romanceable vampires.

Why similar: Otome 25.8% ★, Dating Sim 17.4%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Anime 6.4%

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+ 17.2%, Otome 16.3% ★, Romance 14.2%, Dating Sim 14%, Visual Novel 10.9%

A fantasy-romance visual novel featuring a not-quite-human cast, shown with animated sprites and painted backgrounds.

Why similar: Otome 24.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Dating Sim 11.5%, Romance 8.5%, Visual Novel 8.3%

A cozy, heartwarming visual novel in which you take a familiar face (boy or girl) on a romantic spring festival date. Customize your player character (femme or masc) and play several low-stakes mini games!

Why similar: Otome 27.7% ★, Romance 13.4%, Dating Sim 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, LGBTQ+ 8.6%

Upon finding a mysterious social media account, Alex sets out to find the origins of the photos and meets three urban explorers, each of them unearthing something new and unfamiliar in her heart.

Why similar: Otome 27% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Dating Sim 14.1%, Romance 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.4%

Everyone's heard of Mothman– the moth creature that haunts the outskirts of Point Pleasant, West Virginia– but no one's heard of it like this! In some random idyllic Midwestern town, you meet Artemis (aka Mothman) at your favorite coffee shop and begin an agonizingly slow burn romance with them.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Romance 13.3%, Otome 13.3% ★, Visual Novel 8.9%

1 broken down car, 2 weeks in a hidden seaside town, and 7 men waiting to sweep you off your feet. Will you follow the threads of destiny in Brine Bay?

Why similar: Otome 20.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Romance 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%

Discover secrets long forgotten, and nurture relationships waiting to bloom. In a game inspired by the lore of Dragon and Fae, make choices that can shape your story, relationships, and even personality. Will you be brave, kind, wise, charismatic? Only you know the answer to your fate.

Why similar: Otome 24.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.9%, Dating Sim 12.2%, Romance 10.5%, Visual Novel 7.6%

Follow the story from different points of view and make choices to decide your future on five different routes and discover the mystery behind this magical adventure as you find love with one of the appliances of your kitchen.

Why similar: Otome 28% ★, Dating Sim 13.6%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Text-Based 6.4%

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: Otome 23.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Dating Sim 13%, Romance 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.2%

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+ 18.1%, Romance 13.6%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

Choose your own story as you take over a beach resort, of course it's not all fun and games but at least the park is filled with an array of beautiful women to distract you. Your choices will determine the story and whether romance is in the air and how your beach visit will end.

Why similar: Dating Sim 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, 2.5D 11%, Romance 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%

When an alien boy named Enoch lands on your balcony one fateful Sunday evening, your life is changed forever. Can you keep your alien roommate a secret from the world?

Why similar: Otome 21.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Romance 8.8%, Visual Novel 7.8%

A comedy-mystery otome (GxB) visual novel full of dad jokes, cringe puns, and an unexpected mystery! Come and join the pun!

Why similar: Otome 27.4% ★, Dating Sim 13.6%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Romance 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%

You were meant to exorcise the ghost, not flirt with him! Choose your soulmate from ghost enthusiasts – dead or alive – and unravel the conspiracy lurking beneath the haunting in this exorcist dating sim.

Why similar: Otome 22.3% ★, Dating Sim 12.7%, LGBTQ+ 11.8%, Romance 10.9%, Visual Novel 8.5%

A slice-of-life visual novel with darker twists hiding within! Haru Amari wasn't looking for love, just a new beginning far from his past. Instead he finds himself in complicated relationships where he must decide between his needs and those of the men around him.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.3%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Anime 7.2%

Start your new life as a teacher! You worked hard to get here, but nothing prepared you for a lounge full of charming single teachers. Each has secrets, and your choices can change everything. Will you find love in this school romance?

Why similar: Otome 27.2% ★, Dating Sim 13%, Romance 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%

Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?

Why similar: Otome 25.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Dating Sim 12.3%, Romance 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.5%

A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.

Why similar: Otome 20% ★, Dating Sim 15.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Romance 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.5%

Stellifier - an otome game inspired by older idols An idol drama game about an older group making a comeback from retirement, featuring a GxB/BxB/non-binary romance!

Why similar: Otome 28.7% ★, Dating Sim 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 9%

A romantic comedy otome visual novel where you play as a heroine prankster.

Why similar: Otome 31% ★, Dating Sim 15.5%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Anime 6.3%

Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!

Why similar: Otome 24.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Romance 7.7%

You just wanted a familiar to join a mage guild. Instead, you got a flirty, cursed catboy with trust issues. Now he says he can help you, if you help him. Can you trust him? Probably. (Send help.) Make the right choices in this cute ALL x Catboy romance visual novel.

Why similar: Otome 26.9% ★, Dating Sim 11.7%, Romance 11.1%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%, Visual Novel 8.1%

An otome visual novel where you choose your romance with an attractive boy in culinary school. A perfectly delectable romance for foodies.

Why similar: Otome 26.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Dating Sim 8.4%, Text-Based 6.3%

A Library that's falling apart, an Empire on the brink of war, and a dangerous magical mystery you've been tasked to solve.

Why similar: Otome 25.5% ★, Dating Sim 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Romance 9.8%

Join a cozy chat server created by Odi! Share stories, laugh, make friends... or fall in love? ♡

Why similar: Otome 24.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Romance 10.4%, Visual Novel 7.6%

Run a beautiful bathhotel, uncover drama, and befriend (or romance) a fabulous cast in this Nordic fairytale-inspired visual novel!

Why similar: Otome 21.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 16%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%

A light-hearted lesbian romance between a tired office lady and a gyaru foxgirl. Make choices as Sasami and pursue a relationship with the cheerful Mirai, or risk ruining it.

Why similar: Dating Sim 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%

In this otome-style visual novel, journey from the depths of the jungle to the royal halls of Castle Krondolee. Young Serafina must uncover the dark secrets of her past and choose whom to trust in this dramatic adventure of romance and intrigue.

Why similar: Otome 28.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Romance 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.9%

Sarah’s an aspiring actress and finally got her big break! Productions come with their challenges and romances, but Sarah never thought her big break would bring a ghost! Will this supernatural hiccup ruin everything Sarah's worked for? Help her solve the mysteries, and she may also find love!

Why similar: Otome 24.9% ★, Dating Sim 15.4%, Romance 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.9%

Plastic Trick - an otome game inspired by mannequins An absurd, comedy game about plastic mannequins that have come to life and are fighting each other for your kiss, featuring a GxB/GxG romance!

Why similar: Otome 28.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 14%, Dating Sim 13.1%, Romance 11.9%, Visual Novel 8.7%

A romance otome visual novel set in Ancient Greece that follows the myth of Psyche as she falls in love with her mysterious husband. Navigate fickle gods and Psyche's looming tragic fate by making meaningful choices that affect the story and its ending.

Why similar: Otome 27.2% ★, Dating Sim 12%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 8%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%

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: Otome 21.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Dating Sim 14.8%, Romance 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%

Date the small holiday town's cute local carpenter and help Noel rekindle her relationship with her family in this emotional Christmas themed otome visual novel!

Why similar: Otome 21.5% ★, Dating Sim 14.1%, Romance 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%

Your blind date invades Earth!?

Why similar: Otome 34.1% ★, Romance 13.4%, Dating Sim 13%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Comedy 6.6%

A 20% chance is all you have to survive the surgery. Will love give you the strength to continue this life or will you be singing with the angels? The choice is yours.

Why similar: Otome 30% ★, Dating Sim 12.7%, Romance 12.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%

A mysterious program called “Cupid’s Chatroom” suddenly appears on your PC, transporting you into a private chatroom. You find yourself joined by five others, who have also been dragged into the server—and it turns out they’re your potential bachelors?!

Why similar: Otome 27.9% ★, Dating Sim 17.2%, Romance 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%

Join Max or Anne in Latin House for their first college year! They'll juggle classes, jobs, and social life with four dorm mates, potentially sparking some extracurricular fun. As Anne you can romance Max, Isabella, Dominic and Rakesh. As Max, romance Anne, Isabella, Sally and Rakesh.

Why similar: Otome 17.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Dating Sim 14.4%, Romance 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.3%

Low Effort Romance is an otome visual novel about two tired adults who accidentally fall for each other between quarterly reports. Can you juggle deadlines, nosy coworkers, group projects, and a romance that keeps almost happening on company property?

Why similar: Otome 30.1% ★, Dating Sim 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 9.5%, Choices Matter 6.9%

The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.

Why similar: Otome 27.8% ★, Dating Sim 14.6%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%

The hapless, love-struck Ichika made a big mistake, and she might have ruined her friendship with Hana forever. With the help of her classmate Ayumi, can she work her own feelings out in time to show Hana how she really feels? A soft, comedic romance with big personalities and a tinge of melodrama.

Why similar: Dating Sim 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Romance 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.7%

Love Cult - an otome inspired by Cult of the Lamb. A dark romance game about saving the world with your cult followers to spread love, featuring a GxB/GxG romance!

Why similar: Otome 26.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.3%, 2.5D 8.3%

Grab your guitar and rock along to this hilarious boy band dating sim!

Why similar: Otome 24.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Dating Sim 12.8%, Visual Novel 7.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7%

Fling with a Tiefling is a short fantasy romance visual novel that follows you, an adventurer whose journey is about to come to an end. With tonight potentially being the last night with your treasured Tiefling companion Karrus, how will you spend it with him?

Why similar: Otome 26.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Romance 11%, Dating Sim 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%

Will you lead your marching band to victory as drum major? Explore band camp and attend rehearsal alongside an unforgettable cast of characters, where every choice matters. Find love or face tragedy in 7 routes with 35+ different endings in this colorful, musically-rich otome visual novel.

Why similar: Otome 27.2% ★, Dating Sim 14.3%, Romance 10.7%, Visual Novel 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7.6%

Aeterna: Rubra Plena is a visual novel otome game about happy romance, and dealing with depression, anxiety, and trauma. You play a beautiful young noblewoman dealing with her current and past experiences while finding love.

Why similar: Otome 26.3% ★, Dating Sim 12%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Romance 10.9%, Visual Novel 7.9%

A comfy yuri VN about the foxgirl Miho and her quest to find the person who's most important to her. This emotional visual novel features two different heroines to choose from, and a story that will make you both laugh and cry!

Why similar: Wholesome 22.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Dating Sim 11.4%, Romance 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.4%

A quiet coming-of-age story about how photography changed the lives of three people in a rainy small town and the paths in life they took with it.

Why similar: Otome 31.5% ★, Romance 11.6%, Dating Sim 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Embark with Heileen in a unforgettable voyage to the New World! Met with old friends, and make new ones. Find romance, avoid dangers and life your life to the fullest!

Why similar: Otome 25.7% ★, Romance 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Dating Sim 9.2%

The fairy tale is over. The Hero won. But the story is just beginning. Explore the web of intrigue in this mystery/fantasy romance visual novel featuring hundreds of animated illustrations.

Why similar: Otome 31% ★, Dating Sim 13.1%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Anime 7.1%

Are you really the only woman at the ten year reunion for your religious all-girls high school?! Catch up with your old graduating class and maybe learn a thing or two about yourself in a hilarious weekend romp at a posh vineyard. What could possibly go wrong?

Why similar: Otome 26.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Romance 11.6%, Comedy 6.3%, Hand-drawn 5.6%