- #1 The Wreck
97% matchVery Positive89% of 287 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: Choices Matter 10.3%, Emotional 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Cinematic 9.2%, Point & Click 8.3%
- #2 Life is Strange: True Colors
96% matchVery Positive89% of 16,903 reviews2021
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Emotional 9.6%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #3 Life is Strange: Reunion
96% matchVery Positive89% of 5,734 reviews2026
Dev: Deck Nine GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Cinematic 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Emotional 9.8%
- #4 Life is Strange: Double Exposure
95% matchMixed68% of 10,809 reviews2024
Dev: Deck Nine GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Emotional 8.8%
- #5 Ravens Imaginary Friends
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Wacol Studios
Windows · Linux
A Yuri Visual Novel about a girl named Raven who wakes up after an accident to a life changing surprise. Her imaginary friends from when she was little have appeared in the real world and are deeply in love with her! Now she has to make a tough choice to fix this complicated love triangle.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Point & Click 12%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #6 Return to Ash
94% matchVery Positive99% of 149 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+ 21.2%, Emotional 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #7 one night, hot springs
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,188 reviews2018
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Emotional 10.7%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #8 Last Broadcast
92% matchVery Positive80% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: The Disc JockeysPub: USC Games
Windows
An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #9 Lost Connections
91% matchVery Positive96% of 79 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+ 18%, Emotional 15%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #10 Life is Strange Remastered
91% matchVery Positive92% of 11,246 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.8%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Emotional 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11%
- #11 Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered
90% matchVery Positive85% of 4,957 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Emotional 10.9%
- #12 The Quiet Things
89% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Silver Script Games
Windows
Step into a fractured 00s childhood in the South of England. Inspired by the developer’s real diaries, this autobiographical narrative adventure invites you to uncover Alice’s story by piecing together evocative memories, and following in the footsteps of a young girl’s journey through adolescence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Emotional 13.6%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Mystery 7.8%
- #13 Ghost on the Shore
89% matchVery Positive83% of 224 reviews2022
Dev: like CharliePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.7%, Emotional 13.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #14 少女的幻想乐园
87% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: 残雨子
Windows
This is a visual novel about loneliness and fantasy. You will play a student in a closed boarding school for girls, feeling lonely and alienated, communicating with an imaginary friend every day.Your choices will lead to an ending of either redemption or downfall.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Emotional 14.9%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
- #15 Good Bones
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: RETCON Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Point & Click 10.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.7%, Mystery 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #16 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 296 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #17 Bruja
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Creepy Club Studios
Windows
Explore, investigate and unravel the secrets buried in time. As psychic Amber Lopez, navigate haunted grounds, decipher ancient runes, and piece together the puzzle of a decades-old murder, each discovery closing in on a truth she’s not ready to face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #18 My Dear Frankenstein -English Edition-
86% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: NUMBER7Pub: Moonchime Studios
Windows · Mac
Play as man-made boy, Adam, in this emotional adventure. Explore the city at night in search of the fragments of his heart!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Emotional 18.8%, Point & Click 18%, Mystery 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #19 BURN
84% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Convict Games
Windows
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short and replayable visual novel, where you play Nina BURN, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Cinematic 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #20 KUMANO
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: moly
Windows
KUMANO: Third District, Last Service is a 3D exploration narrative adventure. As a protagonist who has lost his memory, walk among the residents of an abandoned city, meet them, and choose. Experience a world you've never known, yet somehow remember.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Cinematic 12.4%, Emotional 7.3%, Exploration 7.3%
- #21 Good Morning My Darling
83% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Kova
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mailey wakes up and goes to make her morning tea. However, something strange is going on inside her house, and her housemate Derthan is nowhere to be seen. Perhaps, the answer lies somewhere in her memories?
Why similar: Emotional 15.3%, Point & Click 15%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, LGBTQ+ 9.2%
- #22 Vacuum Story
82% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: lampersandl
Windows
A vacuum cleaner, tied to his daily cleaning routine, passively experiences the events that affect the family that owns it.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Cinematic 12.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #23 Tell Me Why
82% matchVery Positive82% of 16,128 reviews2020
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Cinematic 10.8%, Emotional 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #24 Call Me Cera
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toadhouse GamesPub: Team Toadhouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Emotional 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #25 Broken Aperture
81% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Dinobyte Softworks LLC
Windows
In Broken Aperture, players explore Freya's emotional journey through beautifully crafted environments, solving puzzles to uncover hidden memories. This narrative-driven game delves into themes of grief, memory, and self-discovery,
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Mystery 9.6%, First-Person 9.3%, Stylized 9.1%
- #26 魏识的夜晚
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GOOD NEWS Editorial Department
Windows · Mac
Wei Shi becomes your reflection in your senior year. Drifting without a fixed self, they set out into oblivion—or piece together fragments of an unfamiliar youth. With your friends, they tend each other's restless hearts and share what it takes to find happiness.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Cinematic 11.9%, Emotional 9.3%
- #27 Letters of longing
79% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Break Bones
Windows
Unravel an epistolary romance between two men called up for military service, as you explore the ruins of an old town hall during the Spanish Civil War.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Cinematic 15.1%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Emotional 14.5%, Stylized 6.9%
- #28 South Fork
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lark Worlds
Windows
A summer vacation mystery set at the start of adulthood and on the end of Long Island. Spend time with family, reconnect with lost friends, pursue your music career, and solve the mystery of Montauk's missing kids.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Emotional 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Point & Click 8.5%
- #29 Banned Together
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Unquiet Games
Windows · Mac
A queer mystery game about book banning. Play as Ruby (they/them), a journalism major on a surreal, after-hours adventure to investigate the disappearance of books from their college library.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Emotional 13%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #30 tomorrow is my birthday
78% matchVery Positive99% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: rileylessthan9Pub: Lemon+Blood
Windows
"we don't have to do this. why don't we just leave?" asks you your bestfriend while you try to escape your hometown. and you start hating them. and you start hating yourself. can you pull through or will you choose to go home again? both decisions feel wrong but this time it's you who has to choose.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.1%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Emotional 8.3%
- #31 Echoes of Mora
76% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: Selkies Interactive
Windows
A boy went missing. A village drowned. And somehow, you can reach into the past. Dive into the sunken ruins of Mora's village, unlock portals to the days before the flood, and share what you find with Mora across time. What you uncover could change her fate, and that of everyone she loves.
Why similar: Emotional 15%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #32 Silent Trip: Until We Meet
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOGIC - Bawang Studio
Windows
A story-rich interactive fiction about two people who find comfort in each other, and the quiet things they never say out loud.
Why similar: Emotional 14.1%, Cinematic 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Point & Click 9.8%
- #33 I hope she's ok
77% matchPositive83% of 48 reviews2020
Dev: Inka Kamula
Windows
“I hope she’s ok” is a single-player first-person atmospheric mystery inspired by Nordic folklore. Set around a beautiful lakeside cabin in the heart of Finland during the midsummer solstice, the idyllic scene takes a turn for the worse when you discover that your friend is missing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Female Protagonist 11%, Mystery 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #34 Symbiotic Love - Yuri Visual Novel
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
Windows · Mac
Symbiotic Love is a coming-of-age Yuri Visual Novel set in an All Girls' High School. What has fate in store for love so perfect, so symbiotic, that they could only live, and perish together?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Emotional 9.9%
- #35 5-Minute Maid
74% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: おんねんちゃんねる
Windows
Rimu has lost her memory and become trapped in a looping phenomenon. Moreover, only a tiny fraction of her memories carry over between loops. Within each five-minute cycle, she must retain only the crucial “memories” while setting the necessary flags. Will Rimu ever regain her memories?
Why similar: Emotional 20.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #36 Hotwife Ashley
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: respirit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enter a seductive visual novel where love meets temptation. Explore hotwife, cuckolding, corruption, NTS and optional NTR paths.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Emotional 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #37 Pulse of Love
75% match9 user reviews40% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: SweetDreams
Windows
"Pulse of Love" is a captivating visual novel set in the vibrant world of the Korean K-pop scene drama. Experience the exhilarating journey of love, passion, and self-discovery as you navigate the highs and lows of fame.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Emotional 10.4%
- #38 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
73% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows · Mac
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Emotional 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #39 Ashes
72% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Emotional 11.2%, Mystery 10%
- #40 Fork in the Road
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pigeon in the Booth
Windows · Mac
In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Cinematic 10%, Emotional 9.9%
- #41 The Wishing Stone
73% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Dream Nyght Studio
Windows · Mac
A visual novel and point-and-click puzzle adventure game with challenging puzzles, a touching story, and multiple endings. In a world that deviates from reality, it's up to you to discover the truth and Ailsa's forgotten memory. Her fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Emotional 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Point & Click 11.8%, Mystery 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #42 Anachroma
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gravity Box GamesPub: Gravity Box Games
Windows
Anachroma is a 2D side scroller puzzle game where you play Ana, the young princess of the Mag Mell isles. She seeks to restore colors to a black-and-white world using a mysterious artifact, the Eye of Re.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Emotional 10%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, First-Person 9.1%
- #43 P R I S M - A Visual Novel
74% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: GoldieClaws
Windows · Mac · Linux
On her way to the city of opportunity, a young Freyja is trapped when a sudden fog descends upon the town known as Avon-On-Reach. Soon, she starts to wonder if there's more to the fog than meets the eye, and if it has a connection to the strange monstrous happenings around the town.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.7%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #44 We Are OFK
71% matchVery Positive92% of 304 reviews2022
Dev: OFK
Windows · Mac
Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Cinematic 16.6%, Emotional 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #45 After the Wane
71% matchNo user reviews2026
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: Emotional 14%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Mystery 10%
- #46 Meet Her There
71% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Sinisthesis
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Emotional 8.6%
- #47 Ending the Happy Route
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Water Phoenix
Windows
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Why similar: Emotional 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Mystery 12.8%, Cinematic 12.5%
- #48 VIGNETTE
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loxarc Inc.
Windows · Mac
A first-person point-and-click psychological horror game. Only the areas illuminated by your flashlight change in appearance. The game progresses through quiet unease and puzzle-solving, without relying on jump scares. A demo is now available (approx. 20 minutes).
Why similar: Point & Click 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #49 Echoes of the Court
69% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Affordance StudioPub: uOttawa
Windows
Step into the Supreme Court of Canada in a touching narrative adventure. Explore hidden rooms, hear untold stories that shaped the nation, and craft your own novel inspired by the people whose lives changed here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Emotional 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, First-Person 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #50 Harmony Haven
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: respiritPub: Satyr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Move to Harmony Haven and shape a couple’s new life through romance, temptation, sharing, and optional NTR paths in a choice-driven adult visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Emotional 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #51 Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet
68% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Female Protagonist 12.1%
- #52 Vossarium
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stilledly
Windows
Escape a twisted facility where reality bends around you. Sneak past The Guardian, use a camera with a reality shifting lens to break the laws of physics, befriend strange entities lurking inside, and uncover the dark truth of Mira Voss's life.
Why similar: Emotional 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #53 Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man
69% 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+ 20.8%, Emotional 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #54 Blood Lily Ghoststories
67% matchVery Positive92% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.3%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Emotional 10.8%
- #55 Project Vesperi
67% matchMixed46% of 35 reviews2026
Dev: Last Praetorian Interactive LLC
Windows
Project Vesperi is a branching narrative sci-fi game where you play as Doctor Evelyn Roth, sent to investigate a potential sign of life on Venus. When an intruder threatens the only habitable station on the planet, your choices will shape the fate of those around you—and humanity itself.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.3%, Emotional 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.5%
- #56 Bedtime Stories 4
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CodeRenderX
Windows · Linux
Dive deeper into Cindy's youthful adventures at SOFI in this immersive adult visual novel. Navigate rivalries, friendships, and thrilling new encounters with free exploration, interactive chats, and branching paths full of passion and choice.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Cinematic 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Emotional 10.7%
- #57 Dumpster Baby
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Josef Arnold
Windows
Dumpster Baby is a game about being queer and homeless, and the importance of community and friendship in hard times. You play as Bandit, an optimistic racoon meeting new friends as he tries to find people to be roommates with. A narrative focused single player experience.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Story Rich 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #58 A YEAR OF SPRINGS
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,003 reviews2021
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Emotional 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #59 LOOP SYNDROME
65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: TBCATGAMES
Windows
There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 19%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Emotional 10%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #60 The Lattice Grimoire
68% 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%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Emotional 10%