- #1 Greed and Fear and the Rest
97% matchPositive100% of 20 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+ 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Conversation 10.2%, Psychological 7.1%
- #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: LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Conversation 11.1%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #3 Until Then
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,382 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Emotional 12.2%, Psychological 10.9%, Drama 10.1%
- #4 Open Spaces SE
95% 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+ 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Psychological 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #5 Fishbowl
94% matchNo user 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 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Conversation 12.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological 11.4%
- #6 The Afterlife Cafe
94% matchNo user reviews
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: Conversation 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 16%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #7 Irrational
93% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: M.A. Starling
Windows
An emotional story portraying the struggles of anxiety—the paralyzing thoughts and irrational fears. Join Lucy on her journey to find solace, alongside her supportive yet puzzled roommate. A heartfelt narrative delving into the complexities of anxiety and the challenges of empathy.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Psychological 15%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Emotional 11.4%
- #8 Truer than You
92% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Transcenders Media AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Overcome your past and become someone new in Truer than You. A choice-driven narrative adventure about love, loss and being lost in life. You're hired as a gig-working actor to play roles in real-life situations. Have conversations, get a good rating and follow the rules. All good?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Conversation 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Drama 9.2%
- #9 魔女低语时
91% match6 user reviews67% of 6 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 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, RPG 16.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Drama 8.9%
- #10 欢迎加入奇趣社
91% matchVery Positive81% of 149 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 13.5%, Conversation 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological 10.6%, Drama 9.4%
- #11 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,622 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Conversation 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #12 Flavor Favor
89% 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 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological 9.6%, Conversation 9.2%
- #13 Yuika My Bestie
89% 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+ 17.9%, Conversation 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Emotional 10.1%
- #14 Return to Ash
87% matchVery Positive98% of 115 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+ 24.9%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Emotional 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Psychological 9.4%
- #15 Dissecting Love
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Disco:very StudioPub: TBD
Windows · Mac
An autopsy of a queer relationship.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, LGBTQ+ 22%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #16 120 Yen Stories
86% 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 23%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Emotional 13.1%, Cartoon 10.6%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #17 Entropic Float: This World Will Decay And Disappear
86% 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 21.6%, Visual Novel 21.3%, LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #18 The Final Fragment
85% 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+ 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Conversation 11.2%, Emotional 8.6%
- #19 Graveyard Girls
84% 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 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological 12.5%, Emotional 10.4%
- #20 A Week in Paradise
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EtrikiaPub: Soft Serve Games
Windows
A Week in Paradise is an interactive narrative mystery. Discover the unusual circumstances of your arrival to a bar called Paradise, and drink through the night with the bar's charismatic regular. Each night, unravel the threads holding back memories in your dreams.
Why similar: Conversation 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Emotional 9.4%
- #21 Melancholy Love
84% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
Windows · Mac
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Emotional 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Drama 10.1%
- #22 Chymicalia
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Awkwardly
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cause chaos in a small Yorkshire town with unlicensed alchemy!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Conversation 20.9%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Drama 12.6%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #23 浮生若梦-蜀宫
82% 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 23%, Visual Novel 17.1%, RPG 14.5%, Cartoon 8.7%, Emotional 8.1%
- #24 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
81% matchVery Positive94% of 87 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+ 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological 14.2%, Mystery 8.7%
- #25 Kamilia
81% matchNo user reviews
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%, Conversation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Emotional 10.5%
- #26 The Ripe Blood Anthology: This World Is Just for the Two of Us
80% matchNo user reviews
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+ 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #27 Friendsim 2
79% matchVery Positive88% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: Studio June
Windows · Mac
In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Conversation 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #28 飞花剑
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 双色巷道
Windows · Mac
A yuri martial arts story set in a fictional setting. Players take on the role of a knight roaming the martial arts world, where you'll encounter exciting duels and encounters with diverse characters, all waiting for your exploration.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Drama 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #29 After the Wane
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 15%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Psychological 9.4%
- #30 Detours
79% 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 26.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Conversation 14.1%, Story Rich 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #31 Masquerade: Hell Academy
76% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Pil/SlashPub: JAST BLUE
Windows
A Boys Love visual novel set around a pulse-pounding hostage situation. Can Numata make it out of things unscathed? Every choice matters! Fully translated into English with the original Japanese voice acting intact.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Drama 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #32 Draconite
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Draconite Studios
Windows
Draconite is a Furry-themed side-scrolling adventure game focused on exploration and storytelling. As a security team member of the Draconite Research Institute, you'll carry out security duties during the summit and gradually uncover the turbulent undercurrents hidden beneath the calm facade.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, RPG 12.7%, Story Rich 7.1%, Drama 7%
- #33 Death by Begonia
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Talia JettPub: Paper Moon Studios
Windows
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Drama 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #34 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: Interactive Fiction 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Psychological 10.7%, Conversation 9.9%, Emotional 9.9%
- #35 The Lattice Grimoire
77% 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+ 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Drama 8%, Emotional 7.3%
- #36 Beek: Familiar Spirit - Remastered
74% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Klondike AustraliaPub: Studio Klondike
Windows · Mac
A call for help within a mysterious messaging app. Someone lost and wandering through a forest in a faraway place. And their destiny in your hands.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Conversation 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #37 The Archipelago
75% matchVery Positive90% of 110 reviews2022
Dev: Never Done Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Archipelago is a visual novel about brewing tea. The teas you choose determine who you encounter in the midst of a vibrant and changing world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Conversation 9.9%, Emotional 8.5%
- #38 Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man
73% matchPositive92% of 26 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+ 21.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Emotional 11%, Psychological 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #39 Spirit Talk - Cozy Visual Novel
73% matchNo user reviews
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: Conversation 19.3%, Visual Novel 17%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Emotional 12%
- #40 荆棘落尘埃 Dust On Thorn
73% matchPositive95% of 19 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+ 23.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #41 CamGirls: Sophie X Rias
74% 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+ 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Conversation 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #42 This Warm Place
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wundev
Windows
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Conversation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Emotional 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #43 State of Presence
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harmony Frontiers
Windows · Mac
Waking up in a stranger's apartment is a jarring experience, even worse is learning you're there because you died. Phase between memories, the liminal plane, and current day to uncover your demise. Both the dead and living can help you on this journey. Will you play it safe or take risks?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Conversation 12.6%, Psychological 12.4%, Drama 10.2%
- #44 Lost Connections
71% matchVery Positive96% of 76 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%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Emotional 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #45 Stiff Neck
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 伤官制作组Pub: 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+ 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological 10.7%, Drama 8.3%
- #46 We Need Space
71% 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 21.1%, LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Conversation 14%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #47 Doce Fim ~sweetend placebo~
70% 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+ 22.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Emotional 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #48 The Painting
69% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Drama 14.2%, Emotional 13.7%, Mystery 9.5%
- #49 Dragon Island
70% matchMixed47% of 178 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+ 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Drama 9.6%, Emotional 8.3%
- #50 あなたに花束を
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: abyss good games
Windows
“Flowers for You” is a gentle adventure game where you create custom bouquets based on each customer’s story as a florist. Set in modern Japan, listen to faded memories and craft floral arrangements that bring color back into their lives.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Conversation 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Emotional 9.8%
- #51 CHERI BLANC : Mystery Shelter
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STUDIO WILLS
Windows
9 kids who wake up in a mysterious shelter with lost memory. Investigate the signs of intruders and murders and discuss them with your colleagues to move towards the truth! Listen to everyone's statements and use your counter-arguments to uncover the truth behind someone's lies!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Conversation 10.1%, Psychological 9.5%
- #52 The kind Blacksmith
69% 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+ 24.3%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Emotional 9.1%
- #53 if you stay
68% 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+ 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Conversation 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #54 BlueLine
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The BlueLine Team
Windows
A visual interactive story about Blue, who is expected to be successful at work, be a good boyfriend, and at the same time... be happy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Drama 13%, Psychological 12.5%, Conversation 12.2%
- #55 Nothing Can Stop Us (Encore)
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demigiant
Windows · Mac · Linux
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Emotional 11.5%, Conversation 11%
- #56 The Wreck
67% matchVery Positive89% of 273 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 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Conversation 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #57 万圣节之眼Halloween Eye
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 环形电CIRCUIT
Windows
Halloween Eye is a text-based adventure game set in a modern alternate-history city with light fantasy elements. Through the perspective of the protagonist, Grey, players will witness the kindness and harshness of human nature, as well as the evolution and fate of the city.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.2%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Drama 10.8%, Story Rich 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #58 Asterism
68% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Kotachi can see monsters other people can't. During the day, he goes to high school- but at night, he fights off specters, monsters that lurk in shadows and can harm people.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Drama 13.5%, RPG 9%, Mystery 9%
- #59 The Divine Speaker: The Sun and the Moon
66% matchVery Positive100% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The story-rich 18+ prequel to The Divine Speaker. Follow alongside Aemyl and Lucius in a two-sided story about the past and the future.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Drama 9.6%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #60 栖霞日记
64% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: 片川文化
Windows
The Qixia Diary is an original Visual Novel inspired by the food culture of Hangzhou, China. You play as Sheng Sheng—a first-year art student at Yunqi University. Through her eyes, you'll step into a unique university life brimming with warmth and local charm beside the West Lake.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Drama 16.9%, RPG 16.1%, Conversation 11.2%, Mystery 8.3%