- #1 Greed and Fear and the Rest
97% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are ready to say goodbye to life, but are you prepared to face your life's truth? Navigate a grad student's life between greed and fear in his final 6 hours (and beyond) in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Psychological 7.8%
- #2 Artificial Instincts
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Psychological 8.6%
- #3 欢迎加入奇趣社
96% matchVery Positive80% of 150 reviews2023
Dev: Dream CrackerPub: 2P Games
Windows
Tired of a suffocating college routine? Yearning for something more? Join the Qiqu Club! We promise unforgettable experiences beyond your wildest dreams. But beware, our club is extremely exclusive. Only those daring enough to seek adventure will be admitted...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological 10.6%, Emotional 9.2%
- #4 Fishbowl
95% matchVery Positive96% of 130 reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological 11.4%
- #5 Until Then
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,524 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Emotional 13.8%, Psychological 12.2%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%
- #6 Divine Diner
93% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Ambrosia Interactive LLC
Windows
A Greek Myth-based, heartfelt narrative game where you're a demigod named Aelius trying to find your godly father and re-forge your family.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, RPG 9%
- #7 Open Spaces SE
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Queenship Game StudioPub: Queenship Game Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Psychological 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #8 The Afterlife Cafe
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Guava Pixel Studios
Windows · Linux
Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-fi fantasy visual novel, your choices impact the living, the departed, and your own path forward.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #9 Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced
91% matchPositive100% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: zorkie studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Work as a body modification consultant in a dystopian future. Talk to clients, make recommendations, and decide how much to upsell them. Balance helping others with earning enough to save your sick rabbit. Make decisions and change lives.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #10 The Final Fragment
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: mahousparkle
Windows
A GxG coming-of-age visual novel. Nina sucks at choosing. But when a mysterious incident happens at the arts academy, will she muster the courage to choose–or will she let someone else decide on her behalf?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Emotional 8.8%
- #11 Flavor Favor
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Malosi
Windows
Flavor Favor is a soft sci-fi visual novel where you take on the role of a captive fumer, a form of advanced AI humanoid, on the remote island of Tuinu. Your captors insist on having liberated you, but as you gradually recover your memories, a more complex story starts to unfold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Psychological 9.7%
- #12 Return to Ash
89% 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+ 25.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Emotional 13%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Psychological 9.6%
- #13 Graveyard Girls
89% matchVery Positive98% of 163 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 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological 12.6%, Emotional 10.5%
- #14 荆棘落尘埃 Dust On Thorn
88% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: 可食用蓝墨水
Windows · Mac
这是一部包含百合要素的视觉小说,讲述了在封闭的都市中,少女展开冒险的故事。
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Word Game 9.9%
- #15 Dissecting Love
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Disco:very StudioPub: TBD
Windows · Mac
An autopsy of a queer relationship.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, LGBTQ+ 22.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #16 光与影之恋 Chiaroscuro Lovers
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组Pub: 北京黎羽科技有限公司
Windows
A domineering CEO-like older sister who’s gentle only to her sister, a childhood friend who became her doctor, and a cheerful girl only she can see… Who was Chu Hebai before losing her memories, and how did she become entangled with them? A melancholic yuri AVG about regret and unspoken love.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Emotional 13.7%, Word Game 7.2%
- #17 浮生若梦-蜀宫
86% 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 22.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, RPG 14.3%, Cartoon 9.3%, Emotional 8.3%
- #18 The Wreck
85% matchVery Positive89% of 279 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Psychological 9.9%
- #19 時折記 -Tokioriki-
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #20 Yuika My Bestie
84% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Emotional 10.9%
- #21 The Ripe Blood Anthology: This World Is Just for the Two of Us
83% 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+ 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #22 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,691 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.6%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #23 Dragon Island
82% matchMixed47% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Kulplant
Windows · Mac
Henry Heimlich, a shark dragon lifesaver suddenly received a ticket to Dragon Island, the famous resort. Follow Henry to the island, and create some unique memory on the long shore with 6 other dragons!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Word Game 9.8%, Emotional 8.4%
- #24 Stiff Neck
80% matchVery Positive84% of 943 reviews2026
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team UranianPub: Tailtone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological 10.7%, Word Game 8.4%
- #25 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
81% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Simon Herbig
Windows · Mac
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological 14.3%, Mystery 8.9%
- #26 Detours
81% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Mismatched GamesPub: Code Coven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Daniella as she moves across the country with only the help of her ex.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Story Rich 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #27 Presidential Shaman
79% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.2%, Visual Novel 19%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #28 Spirit Talk - Cozy Visual Novel
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tortita Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cozy visual novel about a lovely witch who’s able to talk to spirits in a fantasy setting. Using her powers, Julia helps her neighbors in their daily whereabouts. Craft potions, find the right time to use them and get to know both spirits and clients to find their peace.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Emotional 12.1%
- #29 Tonight’s Special
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 隐者灯工作室
Windows · Mac
Explore Serenpt with 9 love interests in this multi-ending JRPG. You are one of the successors chosen by the influential Godmother, recently entrusted with running a bar and handling Cheleamon’s Family affairs. However, she has set a condition—within six weeks, you must prove that you are worthy.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Word Game 8.1%
- #30 Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man
77% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: VNDI
Windows · Linux
When your beloved wants to abandon his personality and become an absolutely ordinary person, what do you do? Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man is an young adult romantic story about transgender identity, exploration of masculinity, and mutual understanding.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Emotional 11.1%, Psychological 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #31 Ignited in Cavern
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,279 reviews2024
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team Uranian
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the waning years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, a rumor circulates about a stone statue that bestows blessings in the mortal realm. Lured by the rumor, Anu and Chu Qingqing, a Xianbei General and her Han captive, are led to Dunhuang to face their fates.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Word Game 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #32 Kamilia
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Emotional 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #33 CamGirls: Sophie X Rias
78% 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+ 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #34 Zugzwang
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, RPG 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #35 Lost Connections
75% 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+ 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Emotional 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #36 Lost in Love: Berlin
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lake System
Windows · Mac
Swipe, date & survive Berlin’s wild winter nights in this story-rich horror dating sim. Help Nora find herself — balance Energy, Cash & rising Pain while sex clubs, techno raves, and a messy ex tear your heart apart. Merry Christmas! Your choices decide who you wake up as.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Emotional 10.3%
- #37 We Need Space
74% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Winter Twilight Productions, LLC
Windows
A romantic comedy visual novel with a sci-fi tilt. If you've ever wanted to blast someone into space, this may very well be for you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #38 Talewarden: Riders of the New Day
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Bucket Hat Cat
Windows · Mac
Talewarden is a weird west adventure visual novel. Restore time on a planet where the sun never sets as you explore locations, talk, romance, and bond with your companions. Find the source of the voice in your head and discover why you all fell here from different worlds.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Emotional 8.6%
- #39 Triopticon三昧
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: MuYou
Windows
The story of this visual novel begins with a winter night crime. Detective Yu-chi Fang discovered that the anomaly at the crime scene was related to his own hidden secret. What is abnormal and what is normal? In the end, Yu-chi Fang must face his true feelings and make a choice.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Emotional 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%
- #40 金鱼症候群 Goldfish Syndrome
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: California Beef Noodle
Windows
In this post-pandemic psychological visual novel, players embody psychotherapist Honda, drawn into a neural imaging project targeting teens. There, Honda meets Natasha, a mysterious girl whose "world" unfolds like a spider's web, disrupting Honda's "calm" life. "Don't you think so, Dr. Honda...?"
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Psychological 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, RPG 12.7%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #41 Entropic Float: This World Will Decay And Disappear
73% 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: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 22.3%, LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #42 The kind Blacksmith
72% 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+ 24.6%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Emotional 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #43 Coffee Talk Tokyo
70% matchVery Positive93% of 150 reviews2026
Dev: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #44 LifeSimOS
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #45 Project Aphotic
72% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: MuYou
Windows
Players assume Lucien's perspective, unraveling the truth behind his coma and amnesia, while cultivating a relationship with Hugh. Throughout the game, choices shape the narrative, leading to diverse storylines and multiple endings.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Psychological 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #46 if you stay
71% 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+ 21%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #47 Three Days to Chicago
70% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Chris SchroyerPub: Austin Ivansmith Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
One of them is visiting a friend in Chicago. The other wants to shake things up in New York City. It starts in San Francisco, but where this relationship goes is all up to you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #48 Ice Cream Truck
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stormev
Windows
Screech, halt! Max and his ice cream truck reach an unfamiliar universe never seen before. Continue making your way as you go after the little kid’s balloon. Solve mysteries with emotion-flavored ice cream. Will you be able to retrieve the kid’s lost balloon?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Cartoon 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #49 Metahorror Therapy Session
69% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Meiri GamesPub: ZNT Productions
Windows · Mac
Take control of a therapist in a mysterious, never-ending therapy session. Can you unravel the truth behind your patient's lies, and live to tell the tale? A psychological mystery developed by a psychologist.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Psychological 14%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Choices Matter 8%
- #50 2064: Read Only Memories
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,665 reviews2015
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #51 Ashen Reverie
68% 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 15.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #52 120 Yen Stories
69% matchVery Positive98% of 85 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 24.3%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Emotional 14.2%, Cartoon 12.2%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #53 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
66% matchVery Positive82% of 255 reviews2026
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Word Game 10.7%, Psychological 10%
- #54 Uberich: Advent Sinners
67% matchVery Positive84% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
Windows
The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Word Game 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #55 透明的她与真实的我
67% matchVery Positive90% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: 可味玩KawayiPlay
Windows
This game is a bishoujo game developed and published by Kawayi Play.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Emotional 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%
- #56 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
68% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Visual Novel 17%, RPG 11.7%, Choices Matter 7%
- #57 魔女低语时
69% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
这是一款悬疑推理类文字冒险AVG,玩家扮演一名初出茅庐的侦探王朝阳,进入迷雾重重的学园,和各位可爱的女性角色互动,以找出诡异案件的真相!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, RPG 18.1%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #58 Coffee Talk
68% matchVery Positive95% of 12,298 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Emotional 7.5%
- #59 Ravel the Frays
67% 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+ 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #60 Doctor Visit
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological 15.3%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 11%