- #1 Doki Doki Literature Club!
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.9%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Anime 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Romance 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: This iconic title masterfully subverts the dating sim genre with psychological horror and meta-narrative elements similar to the seed game.
- #2 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
96% matchVery Positive90% of 6,572 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Why similar: Dating Sim 30.4%, Romance 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game directly mirrors the 'killer dating show' premise by forcing players to romance dangerous entities to survive.
- #3 Sucker for Love: First Date
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,933 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.3%, Romance 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Anime 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines the absurdity of dating eldritch horrors with the high-stakes tension of potentially catastrophic outcomes.
- #4 YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,464 reviews2020
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 128.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story is the visual novel medium in its purest form. Will Shinichi choose Miyuki, the beautiful queen bee of the school, or the endearingly awkward misfit Aoi? With art by Tsuji Santa, these beautifully rendered romances will stay with you forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Romance 15.1%, Sexual Content 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Dating Sim 10%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological visual novel that challenges the player's perception of romance through intense, reality-bending consequences.
- #5 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
94% matchVery Positive95% of 53,234 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Sexual Content 20.4%, Anime 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the chaotic, anime-inspired psychological horror of managing a high-pressure relationship with life-altering consequences.
- #6 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,866 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Anime 20.1%, Psychological Horror 17%, Story Rich 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the 'death game' genre, forcing players to make difficult choices that determine who lives and who dies.
- #7 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
93% matchVery Positive95% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' Avoid the fanatical cultists and survive dangerous rituals to escape the Black Woods with your life in this 90’s anime inspired visual novel!
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Anime 12.4%, Romance 9%, Sexual Content 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel continues the blend of Lovecraftian horror and dating simulation, maintaining the high-stakes humor of the original.
- #8 A Date with Death
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,259 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Dating Sim 45.3%, Romance 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 5.1%, Anime 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This supernatural dating sim features high-stakes romance with a character who holds the power of life and death over the player.
- #9 Kill or Love
92% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Romance 19.6%, Anime 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Sexual Content 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the intersection of romance and survival in a dangerous, high-stakes environment.
- #10 REFLEXIA Prototype ver.
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,295 reviews2022
Dev: MAHOUMAIDENPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
REFLEXIA's story starts out as a parody of its genre and ends as a psychological drama.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 15.8%, Emotional 9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror dating sim that uses cute aesthetics to mask a darker, more unsettling narrative experience.
- #11 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,609 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.2%, Anime 28.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Story Rich 12.1%, Comedy 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential death game visual novel where social interaction and character relationships are vital to surviving a deadly situation.
- #12 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,488 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 79.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Romance 13.2%, Sexual Content 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: An expanded version of the psychological horror classic that adds more depth to the original's meta-narrative.
- #13 GNOSIA
89% matchVery Positive94% of 4,733 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.9%, Anime 25.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Story Rich 14.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends social deduction with visual novel storytelling, forcing players to navigate relationships in a life-or-death sci-fi loop.
- #14 Find Love or Die Trying: Til Death Do Us Part
88% matchMixed69% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Linux
The afterstory to Find Love or Die Trying is here! Continue your romance with your chosen partner in the world beyond the killer dating show. Will your love survive, when the world turns against you?
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.9%, Romance 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Emotional 10.1%, Anime 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel provides more of the same high-stakes dating show drama found in the original title.
- #15 missed messages.
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,420 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Romance 24.5%, Emotional 17.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Sexual Content 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, impactful visual novel that explores themes of life, death, and connection through branching narrative choices.
- #16 LoveChoice
85% matchVery Positive92% of 35,756 reviews2021
Dev: Akaba Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.9%, Romance 27.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Story Rich 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A unique visual novel that focuses on the weight of romantic decisions and their impact on the story's outcome.
- #17 Monster Prom
86% matchVery Positive93% of 14,244 reviews2018
Dev: Beautiful GlitchPub: Xelu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.
Why similar: Dating Sim 57%, Visual Novel 17%, Sexual Content 10.2%, Comedy 9.8%, Story Rich 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A comedic dating sim where the pressure of the upcoming prom creates a high-stakes environment with many ways to fail spectacularly.
- #18 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
86% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Sexual Content 12.4%, Anime 11.1%, Mature 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A branching narrative horror game where every choice you make for the characters can lead to their gruesome demise.
- #19 Helltaker
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 126,940 reviews2020
Dev: vanripper
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
Why similar: Sexual Content 22.2%, Dating Sim 21.6%, Anime 18.9%, Comedy 9%, Visual Novel 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A stylish, anime-inspired puzzle game about romancing demons that balances humor with the risk of failure.
- #20 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
84% matchVery Positive93% of 6,967 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.8%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Anime 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Story Rich 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: An intense death game visual novel that relies on complex puzzles and branching paths to determine the survival of its cast.
- #21 DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation
84% matchVery Positive95% of 3,724 reviews2019
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 138.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Show the Spirits the power of love and save the world in this romantic visual novel!
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Anime 13.9%, Romance 13.6%, Sexual Content 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: An anime-style dating sim that incorporates sci-fi elements and high-stakes narrative pressure.
- #22 Hush Hush - Only Your Love Can Save Them
81% matchVery Positive94% of 1,619 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 82.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A Visual Novel with a twist - improve skills, charm girls, and learn dangerous secrets... by any means necessary.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.6%, Sexual Content 20.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Romance 9.8%, Anime 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dating sim where the player must romance various characters to prevent a catastrophic event, blending survival with romance.
- #23 Carpe Diem
82% matchVery Positive89% of 8,560 reviews2015
Dev: Moonlit Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Seize the day
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Dating Sim 23.5%, Anime 22.1%, Sexual Content 8.1%, Romance 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, anime-style visual novel that emphasizes the importance of choices in a time-sensitive romantic scenario.
- #24 Fatal Twelve
82% matchVery Positive92% of 995 reviews2018
Dev: LYCORISPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Shishimai Rinka was a high schooler who ran a small café named Lion House in place of her grandmother. She lived her life much like any other person her age, but one day, she was caught up in an explosion while returning home on the train alongside her friend, Hitsuji Naomi.
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.3%, Visual Novel 25%, Anime 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Story Rich 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A death game visual novel where twelve participants must compete in a ritual to determine who survives.
- #25 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,520 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.6%, Anime 23.1%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Story Rich 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural mystery visual novel with branching paths where player choices are critical to solving the deadly curse.
- #26 Tricolour Lovestory
81% matchVery Positive81% of 28,032 reviews2017
Dev: HL-GalgamePub: SakuraGame
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 48.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Time flies and never comes back. But with an incredible 1-million-word script and 100+ original CGs, this game will take you back to when you were young, simple and pure. Go and get the love of your life back, start something new, or end everything in flame, that's for you to decide!
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Sexual Content 13%, Mature 11.8%, Anime 8%
Why You'll Like It: A mature visual novel that explores complex relationship dynamics with a focus on emotional stakes.
- #27 Gaokao.Love.100Days
80% matchVery Positive90% of 8,191 reviews2015
Dev: 高考恋爱委员会Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Getting a girl-friend before National College Entrance Exam, I know it's crazy, but from today, we will face everything together.
Why similar: Dating Sim 36.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Romance 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Mature 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dating sim that captures the immense pressure of academic success, where failing to balance love and study has consequences.
- #28 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
76% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Dating Sim 16.6%, Anime 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #29 Everlasting Summer
79% matchVery Positive95% of 77,204 reviews2014
Dev: Soviet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Romance 14.6%, Anime 13.4%, Dating Sim 12%, Mature 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological visual novel with a Soviet-era setting that features multiple endings and dark, surreal undertones.
- #30 Selene ~Apoptosis~
77% matchVery Positive88% of 5,451 reviews2023
Dev: Viscum keyPub: Nupu Neko Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A beautiful stranger appears at your doorstep. Will you let her in? Dive into a captivating nightmare and decide the fates of those around you in this free mystic thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Sexual Content 25%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mature 14%, Romance 10.3%, Anime 9.6%
- #31 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
78% matchVery Positive82% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
Why similar: Visual Novel 75.2%, Anime 24.8%
Why You'll Like It: A horror visual novel where characters are marked for death and must solve mysteries to survive their final days.
- #32 Crush Crush
77% matchVery Positive89% of 27,908 reviews2016
Dev: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 96.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to Crush Crush - the Idle Dating Sim! Meet, flirt, and fall in love with a motley cast of girls in this heartfelt and hilarious game.
Why similar: Sexual Content 26.2%, Dating Sim 25.2%, Mature 11.1%, Anime 9.4%, Nudity 8.8%
- #33 Date Everything!
73% matchVery Positive94% of 6,867 reviews2025
Dev: Sassy Chap GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Date Everything! is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, featuring 100 fully voice acted datable characters! Let the romance flow between your bed, smoke alarm and… Overwhelming Sense of Existential Dread? Are you ready to Date Everything?
Why similar: Dating Sim 30.9%, Sexual Content 17.2%, Romance 17.1%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #34 Corpse Party
78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,369 reviews2016
Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Why similar: Anime 26.7%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Mature 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A legendary horror visual novel that focuses on the desperate survival of students trapped in a supernatural nightmare.
- #35 Sucker for Love: Prelude
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 515 reviews2021
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Preform a series of scary rituals to win over an eldritch cutie and win a smooch!
Why similar: Dating Sim 70.9%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Sexual Content 9%, Casual 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #36 Monster Girl2
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,933 reviews2023
Dev: jksoftPub: Jksoft
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Monster Girl2 is a spot-the-difference game with branching stories and multiple endings.Uncover secrets, make choices, and decide the fate of alluring demon girls.Will you conquer them—or save them? Your decisions shape their destiny.
Why similar: Sexual Content 29.5%, Mature 24.8%, Hentai 11.8%, Romance 11.6%, Nudity 11.6%
- #37 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
76% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Anime 20.7%, Romance 13.7%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Sexual Content 12.1%
- #38 PockeDate! - Pocket Dating Simulator
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,324 reviews2024
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend.
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.6%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Romance 17.3%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, Anime 7%
- #39 Flower girl 2
74% matchVery Positive81% of 2,139 reviews2022
Dev: 9Garden
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 31%
《Flower Girl 2 》It is a game of beautiful girl + elimination + plot combination. The story is the story of players stealing sacred objects and fleeing the flower demon country with the tears of the flower god.
Why similar: Sexual Content 35.3%, Mature 21.4%, Nudity 12.2%, Hentai 10.1%, Visual Novel 6.7%
- #40 Dream Date
74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,615 reviews2020
Dev: ADOG
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Date, communicate, enhance feelings and record good memories with girls!
Why similar: Sexual Content 32.3%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Nudity 11.5%, Hentai 10.2%, Visual Novel 7.1%
- #41 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,598 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Dating Sim 49.2%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Romance 15%, Anime 6.5%, Multiple Endings 6%
- #42 Hey Stranger! I Dare You to Love Me!
70% matchVery Positive89% of 213 reviews2025
Dev: Pound Cake WorkshopPub: Kupaa Games
Windows
In this saucy 2D visual novel, you find yourself in a strange new town in which all of its residents are promiscuous and eager to get to know the newcomer! The story will depend entirely on your own choices. Will you give in to passion and accept the locals' blatant advances?
Why similar: Sexual Content 21.8%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Anime 8.4%, Mature 7.3%
- #43 BAD END THEATER
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Multiple Endings 19.3%, Romance 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #44 Highschool Romance
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 590 reviews2015
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Can you find love as the only boy in an all-girls school? Find out, in this slice-of-life visual novel game with multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Romance 15.3%, Mature 15.2%, Dating Sim 15%, Sexual Content 11.6%
- #45 Killer Chat! - Original Edition
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 913 reviews2025
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.3%, Romance 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #46 花妖物语/Flower girl
70% matchVery Positive83% of 2,647 reviews2021
Dev: 9Garden
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
" Flower Girl " is a "Sexy Flower Elf+ Flower Match-3 game + GALGAME" combination of casual games. You will play a mission as a "Royal Spirit Master". In order to save your lover, you will go to the legendary land of flower elf, and encounter all kinds of flower elf on the way......
Why similar: Sexual Content 33%, Mature 20.3%, Nudity 11%, Hentai 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #47 ERROR143
68% matchVery Positive92% of 4,810 reviews2022
Dev: Jenny Vi Pham
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Romance 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%, Emotional 6.5%
- #48 Come Home
68% matchVery Positive93% of 4,827 reviews2021
Dev: R.J. Rhodes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An adult visual novel with 20 romanceable characters, each with their own individual, optional, storylines. Plenty of sex, laughs, and romance awaits you as you navigate the different relationships, while trying to solve the mystery of your missing father.
Why similar: Sexual Content 34.2%, Dating Sim 22.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Nudity 11.1%, Mature 7.7%
- #49 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,847 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.4%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Romance 15.5%, Multiple Endings 6.5%, Emotional 5.9%
- #50 Purrrfect Love
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Dark Light StudioPub: Mango Party
Windows
♥Sometimes she's naughty and sometimes she's cute... sometimes she's sexy and enthralling to boot. Create your own story of true, throbbing love...♥ A beautiful, visual novel of love... straight from the soul. You're just dying to get those heartstrings plucked, aren't you?
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.1%, Sexual Content 14.5%, Romance 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Anime 10.8%
- #51 Kid,napper: Gosh, I'm Kidnapped by a Pupil
69% matchVery Positive88% of 4,449 reviews2018
Dev: Catnip
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
I had to admit, the only thing that is more scary than a murder weapon, is that girl, who is not even supposed to hold it
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Sexual Content 17.2%, Anime 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Mature 12%
- #52 CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,308 reviews2016
Dev: FerventPub: Afterthought Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
"Love is both poison and cure, both knife and remedy." Set in 18th Century France, this is a gothic romance tale about loss, revenge and the different faces of love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Sexual Content 24.7%, Mature 13.6%, Romance 11.5%, Nudity 8.7%
- #53 Our Lovely Escape
71% matchMixed66% of 79 reviews2019
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your life is a peaceful one. Each day, you work alongside your (otherwise?) all-female workforce in the pursuit of creating otome games. Will you complete your life with a cute girlfriend? Will you be doomed to a life of normalcy? Or...? Find out in this (mostly...?) normal visual novel!
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.4%, Romance 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Sexual Content 12.7%, Anime 9.9%
- #54 Moe Era
69% matchVery Positive88% of 4,830 reviews2020
Dev: Comfy Company
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Moe Era, the era of cute things! It has everything but a hero to help four adorable girls. You're the one they're waiting for!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Sexual Content 15%, Anime 11.9%, Romance 9.6%
- #55 ATRI -My Dear Moments-
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 22,459 reviews2020
Dev: FrontwingPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 106.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Dating Sim 19.8%, Romance 16.4%, Anime 10.5%, Emotional 7.4%
- #56 Vampires' Melody
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,697 reviews2020
Dev: AsicxArtPub: SakuraGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
3 centuries have passed after sleeping for one night!? On a rainy night filled with thunderstorms, a young chef Raylan encountered a mysterious girl who resembled Sleeping Beauty in a huge tree hole, but everything suddenly went black before he could find out what happened...
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.1%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Anime 11.8%, Romance 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #57 Action Taimanin
68% matchVery Positive83% of 19,199 reviews2020
Dev: LiLithPub: Infini-Brain inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
An intense, gorgeous hack-and-slash action RPG from the Taimanin fame!
Why similar: Sexual Content 42.7%, Mature 25.1%, Nudity 12.5%, Hentai 11.6%, Anime 7.7%
- #58 Drops of Death
64% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Dating Sim 32.4%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Romance 18.6%, Anime 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
