- #1 Junko's Part Time Job !!
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: dokiDebug
Windows
"Your choices have always mattered, please don't forget that." - A creepy-cute otome visual novel where you follow a loyal group of friends' descent into anomalies, magical girls and more! ♡
Why similar: Otome 19.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Text-Based 11.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #2 Forever N Ever
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lost Sanity Games
Windows
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 30.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #3 lovebyte.exe
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nochi Studios
Windows · Mac
A chat dating sim game inspired by Mystic Messenger, VTuber communities, and internet spam
Why similar: Otome 25.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Visual Novel 9%
- #4 Stay Alive For Me
95% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Thriller 8.6%
- #5 Boyfriend Exorcist
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pouncing TigerPub: Pouncing Tiger
Windows
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 25.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 13%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #6 Trapped with Jester
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Otome 27.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #7 Reanimation Scheme
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wind Chimes Games Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Text-Based 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #8 TELLURICENE
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Love is deception, germinated in desperation.
Why similar: Otome 22.4% ★, Alternate History 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Point & Click 10.3%, Text-Based 10%
- #9 TOY BOX
91% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Text-Based 14.9%, Point & Click 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #10 Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder
91% matchVery Positive97% of 148 reviews2022
Dev: Square Weasel Studio
Windows · Linux
A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.
Why similar: Otome 25.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #11 Sweet Valentine Chocolatier
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VeryFatCat and FriendsPub: Virtual Frontier Media LLC
Windows · Mac
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 33% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, LGBTQ+ 10%
- #12 Talk About Something in the Nowhere
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Rhoddon-Byte
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short horror visual novel where you get to know your brand new self-aware in-game boyfriend and explore your relationship through Talking About Something in the Nowhere.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #13 GEMINI SYNDRXME
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
GEMINI SYNDRXME is a strange story about two twin girls: Mei and Aoi. Despite external similarity, their characters are absolute opposites.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Psychological 6.9%
- #14 VT Harmony
88% matchMixed61% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Play as VT, a lonely TV-boy who seeks solitude until the sudden message from a strange bunny named IV. Discover the different endings of this cozy visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 15.5%, Point & Click 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #15 Love & Legends
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UNICO INC.Pub: Voltage Inc.
Windows
In a heartbeat, the ordinary becomes legendary. Transported to a magical world and accused of being the Evil Witch Queen, you must choose your protector from 7 heroes. A fantasy romance Visual Novel featuring complete Main Stories through Season 5.
Why similar: Otome 25.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #16 Fetch Re;Quest
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: HollowmendPub: Soft Source
Windows · Linux
After successfully leading her friends through a one-shot TTRPG campaign, part-time barista and full-time gamer Flora now faces a new challenge… How can she possibly muster up the courage to tell her DM that she likes him?!
Why similar: Otome 29.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #17 Drops of Death
85% 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: Otome 25.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Thriller 8.4%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #18 Romance of a Demon Kingdom's Fall
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LuxStreetlight
Windows
In a fantasy world, play as a girl who rebelled against a group of demonic rulers, searching for all truths about the royal House, and about her heart.
Why similar: Otome 36.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
- #19 Glitch
84% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Bulbo Games
Windows
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 15.7%, Point & Click 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #20 Folie Fatale
83% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Otome 34.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Thriller 8.5%
- #21 Emberfate: Tempest of Elements
84% matchVery Positive98% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: Wind Chimes Games Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 33.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #22 Love You To Pieces
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: SoulsofteaPub: Soulsoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Love You To Pieces" is a Horror/Slasher Visual Novel thematically centered around Valentine's Day. Featuring elements of grind-house, choose-your-own-adventure and mystery. Can you or any of your friends survive this bloody love fest?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #23 WITCHHUNTER.exe
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noah Dundas
Windows
Witches hide amongst the townsfolk and the Devil whispers through your screen. Explore branching paths as you investigate, interrogate, and condemn the guilty. Be warned: the inquisition is not without its horrors.
Why similar: Alternate History 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 10.7%
- #24 TAISHO x ALICE episode 2
82% matchVery Positive86% of 685 reviews2020
Dev: PrimulaPub: pencil
Windows
DUALICE(TAISHO x ALICE episode II) is a fairytale visual novel in which YOU must save your Prince Charming! You will take on the role of the fairytale heroine in order to rehabilitate your chosen love interest and guide him to his "happily ever after"!
Why similar: Otome 48.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Anime 6.9%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #25 Pre-Odyssey: Love at First Quack
80% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
She’s a princess beloved by ducks. He’s a notorious king of schemes. A romantic fragment from a 3000-year old EPIC, retold as an Otome visual novel… but with ducks somehow added to the mix.
Why similar: Otome 34.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #26 Sibling Souls
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Lola Piaoliang
Windows · Mac · Linux
Year 2147: In a city where androids and vampires rule, you're caught in the crossfire. Searching for your lost twin, who will you trust - and what are you willing to sacrifice? Every choice decides your fate - for better or worse - within this dark visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Otome 28.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Text-Based 9.1%, Horror 7.8%
- #27 Memories of Tomorrow
81% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Digital Bard Games
Windows
A Slice-of-life Anime Visual Novel about 4 friends trying to recapture old feelings. Has multiple story branches and endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Horror 9.1%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #28 Comet Angel
78% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Cross Couloir
Windows · Mac · Linux
Comet Angel is a sci-fi yuri narrative adventure with point and click puzzles. Join teenagers Izzy and Nat on an emotional journey of self-discovery and acceptance as they make humanity's first-ever alien contact.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19%, Point & Click 15.1%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #29 Sifting Thyme - an otome game inspired by culinary shows
79% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Nochi Studios
Windows · Mac
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 32.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.2%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.2%
- #30 HeartWare
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Sabiá Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yours decisions matters, leading to multiple unique endings that reflect your influence on Iris’s fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Point & Click 16.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Text-Based 15.6%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #31 Alaris
77% matchPositive100% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Crescence Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #32 Make Moku Proud
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Point & Click 12.1%, Horror 10.9%
- #33 The Elevator Game with Catgirls
77% matchVery Positive100% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Linux
Kirin plays the elevator game and disappears. Will her girlfriend, Asahi, be able to find her? The Elevator Game with Catgirls is a horror visual novel with point-and-click elements, inspired by the Korean urban legend, Elevator to Another World.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Point & Click 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
- #34 右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HaraPeko部
Windows
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Text-Based 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Alternate History 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #35 3Paths
75% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Trturist
Windows
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #36 1999TOKOYO Building
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 常夜不動産Pub: KODANSHA
Windows
1999. The protagonist, a boy named Akira, finds himself lost in the TOKOYO Building—an indoor amusement park filled with secrets and eerie rumors. There, he begins living and working alongside its peculiar staff, but... Did you know? People disappear in the TOKOYO Building.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Point & Click 16.2%, Horror 8.4%, Psychological 7.4%
- #37 Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth
74% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: EVERIUM
Windows · Mac
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 32.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 8.5%, Anime 5.9%
- #38 OdiChat
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LEAP Game Studios
Windows
Join a cozy chat server created by Odi! Share stories, laugh, make friends... or fall in love? ♡
Why similar: Otome 29.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #39 NO MORE WORK FOR ITO
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Poética Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror visual novel with light adventure elements, about a group of office workers grinding through an intense all-nighter. Just do your job and.... don’t ask about Ito… nothing happened to him... everything is fine.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Point & Click 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Psychological 11%
- #40 Samuda Interval
73% matchNo user reviews2030
Dev: Tomuwa Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Samuda Interval is a visual novel, slice-of-life, murder mystery & supernatural game. You play the daily life of Park Haewon or Park Sae-il, a college freshman attending classes, working part-time jobs, and meeting new people. Solving the serial kidnapping & murder case is your highest priority.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Point & Click 14.3%, Otome 14.2% ★, Visual Novel 13.3%
- #41 A Place Where Summer Rain Falls
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: RebecausePub: Bulhwa
Windows
In a place where summer rain falls, some memories refuse to stay buried⸺ Nine students are trapped inside a school. A psychological thriller begins as the sound of rain entangles their past.
Why similar: Otome 15.6% ★, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Thriller 10.2%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #42 C.V. 私と私の中の人 The Fourth Insider
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: blooming spectrum
Windows · Mac
「私には『中の人』がいるらしい」 「声優×メタフィクション」新感覚ビジュアルノベル、開幕!ゲームの世界を認識している高校1年生・五月山さつきと、その親友・真野ユイ。そして二人の声を演じるのは声優・宮白桃子。キャラクターと「中の人」が交わるとき、物語はどこへ向かうのか。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #43 Arcadia Fallen II
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this sequel to the award-winning roleplay visual novel, Arcadia Fallen, you play as a senior student at the Seven Winds Academy. Choose from three different magical disciplines, and let your choices shape the personality of your character as you navigate school life during a time of great change.
Why similar: Otome 30.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #44 Morse Academy
71% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Thriller 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Horror 10.1%
- #45 私のリアルは充実しすぎている フルボイス版
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,177 reviews2022
Dev: TetraScopePub: HotchPotch K.K.
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
顔良し、頭良し、性格良し。 完全無欠のリア充女子が送るドタバタラブコメディ!(たぶん)
Why similar: Otome 40.7% ★, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
- #46 Karamu Trilogy
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ChattercapPub: Chattercap LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A trilogy of dark, horror romance visual novels about a girl who tries to break up with her (obsessive) boyfriend who really doesn't want to break up. He's hiding secrets, but you've got a few of your own. Unravel your shared pasts and try to make it out of this relationship (alive).
Why similar: Otome 36.5% ★, Visual Novel 11.2%, Horror 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%, Text-Based 7.5%
- #47 MindMindMind
69% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: ChattercapPub: Chattercap LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!
Why similar: Otome 28.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological 9.3%
- #48 BRXKEN INSIDE
69% matchVery Positive85% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Psychological 7.5%
- #49 There Is No Next Stop
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HANPAGE
Windows
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #50 Lone Bird in the Tree
67% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Aosolagame
Windows · Mac
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #51 Alternate Tales of Ryukyu:Bonds of the Red Sakura Trees
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: ASHIBI COMPANY Co.,Ltd.
Windows
A Heartfelt Romance Set Amid the Skies and Seas of Ryukyu. Witness the stories of bittersweet love and men defying fate, set in Okinawa.
Why similar: Otome 31.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 13%, Multiple Endings 5.3%
- #52 Let's MEAT Adam
70% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: SoulsofteaPub: Soulsoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Let's MEAT Adam is a Bara, BxB visual novel set in a neon NIGHTMARE of an escape-room-turned-death-game. Muscles, Blood, Escape, Trust, Betray, MEAT.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Thriller 11.4%, Horror 10.3%
- #53 The Trials - Chapter Two
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #54 BBirthday - Visual Novel
69% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Help Bianca to relive the 15 years of her life, but from another perspective 👁️. Enjoy this dreamcore style visual novel with escape room elements and hints of horror. Unlock different endings. ✨
Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Point & Click 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #55 For Mother Matron
68% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #56 The Confines Of The Crown
70% matchVery Positive89% of 255 reviews2015
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Madeleine Valois is a prince's companion. It is her responsibility to keep him out of trouble - not to let him walk blindly into a political minefield, not to let him get arrested for a crime he didn't commit, and definitely not to let him fall in love with her...
Why similar: Otome 36.5% ★, Visual Novel 16.9%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #57 Starbright Agency
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thoughtful Bread
Windows
Can you top the Scout charts of Neo Seattle? Take control of unranked hero Wishbright’s fate as you fake-date your choice of star-powered personalities. Uncover secret identities, question the ethics of capitalism, and maybe fall in love in this queer, citypop-styled visual novel!
Why similar: Otome 26% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #58 My Wife is a Spy?!
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Transparent Games
Windows
In this otome isekai visual novel you're thrown into an arranged marriage with the cold Duke of the North. Explore political tension, shifting loyalties, and two routes: romance or rebellion. Support your husband or betray him like a true villainess and take control of your fate.
Why similar: Otome 35.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 6%
- #59 Apple of my Eye
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LeilanixPub: Niko Wright
Windows
Sometimes you need to be strong to the core to stand out from the rotten apples in society. Being an outcast is not easy, but is it worth indulging in a comfort that may bite? Play as Appril the apple snail through her everyday life in this RPG styled Psychological horror where your choices matter.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #60 Love the Guard, Be the King - A Visual Novel
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ligia NunesPub: Ursa em Percurso
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Visual Novel game filled with romance, action, and intrigue. Create your Dragon Commander, befriend or romance the future King, and find the courage to save the Kingdom.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Text-Based 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Otome 8.7% ★