- #1 ERROR143
97% matchVery Positive92% of 5,047 reviews2022
Dev: Jenny Vi Pham
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
Why similar: Otome 24% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Romance 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar blend of witty, modern dialogue and a high-tension, slightly unhinged romantic dynamic between the protagonist and their love interest.
- #2 Sucker for Love: First Date
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,984 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Romance 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Comedy 16.8%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, it subverts traditional dating sim tropes by introducing Lovecraftian horror elements and a distinct, colorful visual style.
- #3 Pixel Puzzle Makeout League
96% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Rude GhostPub: Skymap Games
Windows · Mac
Solve pixel puzzles, date superheroes, and save the day! Dating sim meets puzzle game in this romantic comedy adventure.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Romance 12.4%, Comedy 12.2%, Otome 10.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: It combines a cute, colorful pixel aesthetic with a quirky dating sim structure that forces the player to solve puzzles to win over their partners.
- #4 Monster Prom
95% matchVery Positive93% of 14,304 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: LGBTQ+ 32.2%, Comedy 22.1%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Funny 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the chaotic, high-stakes, and darkly comedic energy of dating supernatural beings in a high-pressure environment.
- #5 Trapped with Jester
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,544 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 30.7% ★, Dark Humor 16%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
Why You'll Like It: This title leans into the psychological and dark humor aspects of the seed game, focusing on a tense, intimate, and slightly dangerous relationship.
- #6 Coming Out on Top
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,400 reviews2017
Dev: Obscurasoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The acclaimed gay dating sim. Have a sweet, sexy, or bizarrely comedic adventure with the man of your choice!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 57.2%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Sexual Content 8.2%, Romance 6.7%, Multiple Endings 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A staple of the LGBTQ+ dating sim genre, it balances humor and romance with a distinct, character-driven narrative style.
- #7 Hatoful Boyfriend
92% matchVery Positive94% of 7,564 reviews2014
Dev: MediatonicPub: Epic Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
Why similar: Otome 30.4% ★, Visual Novel 26%, Comedy 11.2%, Romance 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic of the 'unusual dating sim' genre, it shares the seed game's commitment to absurd premises and unexpected narrative depth.
- #8 Date Everything!
89% matchVery Positive93% of 7,437 reviews2025
Dev: Sassy Chap GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: LGBTQ+ 27.5%, Romance 14.7%, Comedy 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game takes the concept of dating to an absurd level, matching the seed game's willingness to experiment with the boundaries of the genre.
- #9 Psycho地雷InLove : 싸이코지라이 인 러브
91% matchVery Positive96% of 285 reviews2022
Dev: 유진게임즈
Windows
A simulation of an outcast romance!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Romance 15.6%, Cute 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Colorful 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the 'yandere' or 'unstable' character archetype, providing the same kind of intense, high-stakes romantic communication found in the seed.
- #10 Doodle Date
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 339 reviews2018
Dev: Nicholas Lives
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
Why similar: Dark Humor 18%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Romance 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game embraces a low-fi, hand-drawn aesthetic and a dark, comedic tone that mirrors the unconventional nature of the seed game.
- #11 Speed Dating for Ghosts
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 545 reviews2018
Dev: Copychaser Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.8%, Dark Humor 24.1%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Romance 14.6%, Dating Sim 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique, supernatural twist on the dating genre with a heavy emphasis on dark humor and poignant, unconventional character interactions.
- #12 Folie Fatale
88% matchVery Positive86% of 2,591 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Otome 40.9% ★, Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title explores the darker, psychological side of romance through a visual novel format, appealing to fans of the seed game's more intense narrative paths.
- #13 Lovingly Evil
89% matchVery Positive86% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Lizard Hazard GamesPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unleash your inner villain and head over to the Villain Conference, the one and only interdimensional business event for evildoers! Who knows, maybe you'll even find a partner - whether it's in crime or love…
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Romance 19.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Comedy 15.4%, Cute 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a cute, colorful aesthetic while allowing players to date villains, capturing a similar 'romance with the dangerous' vibe.
- #14 I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator
87% matchVery Positive92% of 12,673 reviews2019
Dev: PsyopPub: KFC
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the most delicious dating simulator ever created. Do you have what it takes to be the business partner of and win the heart of the most famous chicken salesman of all time? Play to find out! Go ahead, Colonel Sanders is waiting.
Why similar: Visual Novel 60.2%, Dating Sim 21.1%, LGBTQ+ 8.4%, Casual 7.9%, Indie 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: It matches the seed game's commitment to pure, unadulterated absurdity and comedic, over-the-top dating scenarios.
- #15 PockeDate! - Pocket Dating Simulator
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,534 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: Visual Novel 27.9%, Romance 18.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Cute 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a cute, bite-sized dating experience that hides darker, horror-themed secrets beneath its surface.
- #16 Killer Chat! - Original Edition
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,408 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: Otome 19.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Dark Humor 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Romance 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses a chat-based interface to deliver dark, satirical, and suspenseful dating interactions that feel very modern.
- #17 Arcade Spirits
86% matchVery Positive91% of 630 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Why similar: Otome 20.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Romance 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a retro-inspired, colorful visual novel experience that focuses on building meaningful, diverse relationships in a unique setting.
- #18 Yuri Dating Agency
86% matchVery Positive88% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: Dark Humor 22.5%, LGBTQ+ 22%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes puzzle-solving with dark humor and psychological horror, creating a unique experience that feels tonally similar to the seed game.
- #19 Boyfriend Dungeon
85% matchVery Positive92% of 2,664 reviews2021
Dev: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Date your weapons! Romance swords, daggers, and polearms to level them up in this “shack-and-slash” dungeon crawling adventure.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.4%, Comedy 22.4%, Romance 19.1%, Cute 10.2%, Funny 10%
Why You'll Like It: It blends dating sim mechanics with action-oriented gameplay, offering a fresh and modern take on building relationships with unique characters.
- #20 Voice Love on Air
82% matchVery Positive87% of 542 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
A BL dating sim with elements of studio management and interactions with voice actors! Follow Aki, a newbie voice director who has to complete the recordings for several BL dramas, and interact with the charming voice actors. Come give voice to the language of love!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.5%, Romance 20.4%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Dating Sim 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the professional and romantic lives of voice actors, offering a grounded yet dramatic narrative that fans of visual novels will appreciate.
- #21 Find Love or Die Trying
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Romance 19%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Comedy 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features a high-stakes, comedic premise that forces the player to navigate dangerous dating scenarios to survive.
- #22 The Groom of Gallagher Mansion
81% matchVery Positive100% of 228 reviews2023
Dev: SnaccPop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt down a beheaded ghost to save your college club from losing funding! It'll be a piece of cake— wait, what do you mean he wants to marry you!? The Groom of Gallagher Mansion is spooky comedic romantic visual novel full of laughs and scares all around!
Why similar: Otome 25.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 16%, Dark Humor 14.9%, Comedy 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game balances comedy and emotional depth within a gothic setting, providing a unique flavor of romance.
- #23 Heirs And Graces
83% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2016
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Marcel and determine whether or not he has the skills to become Lord Sandor's heir and whether or not he forms a romantic attachment to one of four potential love interests: an ex-gladiator turned gardener, a perfectionist butler, the local doctor, or a mischievous elven Lord.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 12.3%, Comedy 10.4%, Otome 9.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: An indie title that offers a charming, LGBTQ-focused narrative with a fantasy twist.
- #24 Departed Away
79% matchVery Positive90% of 557 reviews2024
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Romance 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11%
Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art visual novel leans into psychological horror, perfect for those who enjoyed the darker narrative elements of the seed game.
- #25 Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
80% matchVery Positive92% of 6,254 reviews2017
Dev: Game Grumps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. Are you ready? Hi ready, I'm Dad.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.1%, Romance 15.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Dating Sim 7.5%, Multiple Endings 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished, character-focused dating sim that balances humor and genuine emotional heart, much like the best moments of the seed game.
- #26 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,605 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Otome 18% ★, Visual Novel 17.4%, Romance 15.1%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: While more cozy than the seed game, its high level of customization and focus on character growth make it a must-play for visual novel fans.
- #27 Yurikago
81% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2021
Dev: 喘葉の森
Windows
This is a game where you can escape if you do something "Yuri."
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Casual 8.9%, Comedy 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a pixel-art style and a choose-your-own-adventure format to tell a compelling, intimate story.
- #28 MindMindMind
79% matchVery Positive96% of 85 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 29.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Romance 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game explores the psychological complexities of its characters through a free-to-play visual novel format.
- #29 Bewitching Sinners
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 524 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: Otome 25.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Romance 9.9%, Dark Humor 9.3%
- #30 Mythic Love: Iberian Legends
76% matchVery Positive98% of 182 reviews2026
Dev: Platonic Games
Windows · Mac
Think you can handle a little romance with creatures from Spanish folklore? ❤️🔥 Careful: your love life isn’t the only thing at stake at Mythic Love: Iberian Legends.
Why similar: Otome 26% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Romance 11.4%, Comedy 9.8%
- #31 Doomsday Paradise
77% matchVery Positive91% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Lemonade Flashbang
Windows
Can you get a date before the end of the world? Doomsday Paradise is a goofy, multiplayer dating sim about finding love before the apocalypse. With over 130 different endings and 12 different singles to woo- no two games will ever be the same.
Why similar: Dark Humor 24.4%, LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Romance 10.9%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #32 Hookah Haze
76% matchVery Positive93% of 1,369 reviews2024
Dev: ACQUIRE Corp.Pub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
It's the year 2xxx. The inexperienced Toru Sumiki lands a job managing Hookah Haze, a new hookah lounge on the outskirts of Akihabara, where they meet three eccentric girls. The story unfolds as the girls gradually open up to them, connecting through their fondness for hookah...
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Dark Humor 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Cute 9.7%
- #33 A Date with Death
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,246 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: Otome 26.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Romance 13.4%, Dating Sim 6.6%
- #34 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
75% matchVery Positive95% of 1,307 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Visual Novel 29.1%, Comedy 14.1%, Romance 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.1%
- #35 Amnesia™: Memories
77% matchVery Positive92% of 4,343 reviews2015
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?
Why similar: Otome 46.5% ★, Visual Novel 18.5%, Romance 12.7%, Multiple Endings 6.3%, Psychological Horror 4%
- #36 Spread The Love
74% matchVery Positive88% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: jamms
Windows · Mac
A silly dating sim where your flavor decides your fate. Customize your profile, flirt with six lovably unique characters, and try to survive your first date!
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Multiple Endings 19.3%, Romance 15.9%, Dating Sim 8.9%, Casual 8.6%
- #37 Hush Hush - Only Your Love Can Save Them
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,632 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 82.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A Visual Novel with a twist - improve skills, charm girls, and learn dangerous secrets... by any means necessary.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Romance 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, LGBTQ+ 10%, Sexual Content 8.9%
- #38 Midnight Shifts with Femboy
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 266 reviews2026
Dev: icanfixthatgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this sandbox visual novel, you must survive your shifts at a convenience store while being watched by an obsessive admirer. Interact with your environment and build a delicate bond with a cute yandere femboy. Your choices will determine if you can help him heal or if his love will consume you...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41.3%, Dark Humor 17.8%, Romance 12.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Cute 7.2%
- #39 BAD END THEATER
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,804 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.6%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #40 Some Some Convenience Store
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,105 reviews2020
Dev: TALESSHOP Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A game about starting a relationship while working part-time at a convenience store
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Multiple Endings 16%, Dating Sim 11%, Cute 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #41 Signed and Sealed With a Kiss
75% matchMixed67% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Raise" your own perfect boyfriend in this visual novel-stat raiser. Will you fall in love or will you say goodbye?
Why similar: Otome 25.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 9.6%
- #42 My First Femboy Date
72% matchVery Positive85% of 328 reviews2022
Dev: owlyboi
Windows
You've matched with a cute femboy on an app. The date is set and you meet him at the amusement park.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.5%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Romance 18.2%, Sexual Content 4.7%, Adventure 4%
- #43 My Vow to My Liege
71% matchVery Positive92% of 4,093 reviews2020
Dev: YETU GAMEPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
《My Vow to My Liege》is a visual novel dating game. Players get to play as a girl disguised as the King of Ng, a man. The 4 dateable characters are: the guide, the enemy, the minister and the guard.Will they choose the man over the country? Love over hate? Who will they finally end up with?
Why similar: Otome 47.9% ★, Romance 21%, Visual Novel 20.3%, LGBTQ+ 4.4%, Casual 3.3%
- #44 Lost in Secular Love
73% matchVery Positive87% of 532 reviews2016
Dev: YETU GAME
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A Otome game about romancing monks?! All the romanceable characters are monks?! Sweet yet seductive! The untainted body and soul that only you can touch… PS: The game is set in an alternate history with an alternate religion.
Why similar: Otome 40.4% ★, Visual Novel 16.1%, Romance 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12%, Dating Sim 4.6%
- #45 Love Craft
68% matchVery Positive99% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Toiu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join the Crafting Club, where the glue is strong and the feelings stronger! Craft chaos, flirt fearlessly, and make some very bad romantic decisions! Find your project partner in this elimination-based Dating Sim!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Romance 13.6%, Comedy 10.3%, Funny 9%
- #46 Hey Stranger! I Dare You to Love Me!
68% matchVery Positive86% of 235 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: Visual Novel 24.2%, Comedy 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Romance 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%
- #47 Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 575 reviews2020
Dev: EyeguysPub: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A visual novel about an abusive relationship, idealization, and intimacy. Live a summer of dysfunctional love through branching storylines, twists, sudden changes, and an innovative mechanic where you choose which senses to use with your boyfriend.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.9%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Romance 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #48 Otome Legends
70% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2023
Dev: Jagaimo Studios
Windows · Linux
Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?
Why similar: Otome 40.2% ★, Visual Novel 19.4%, Comedy 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Cute 6.9%
- #49 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
67% matchVery Positive90% of 6,723 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.1 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: Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Romance 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #50 First Bite
69% matchVery Positive85% of 165 reviews2022
Dev: First Bite Games
Windows · Mac
An LGBTQ+ Vampiric Visual Novel. One Night. Three vampires. Make a deal with death or die trying.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 14%, Dark Humor 12%, Otome 11.5% ★
- #51 Bliss Valley
66% matchVery Positive97% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Amusement Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
While running errands, you'll meet three cute furry characters that you can potentially date, romance, and eventually seduce. This game contains explicit sexual content.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, LGBTQ+ 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Romance 10.7%, Casual 9%
- #52 Trap Legend
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 585 reviews2020
Dev: No StrikePub: Eroge Japan
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In the beginning, Crossdressers were the sun... And Goddesses too! A story of turmoil filled romance between man and crossdresser in modern times, brought back to the forefront by the Goddesses of legend! A hymn of love for the new generation of crossdressers!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Romance 11.6%, Comedy 9.5%, Casual 5.3%
- #53 Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,216 reviews2022
Dev: DirectDoggo
Windows
If you've ever wanted to romantically pursue a phone, then hot DARN, do I have just the game for you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.3%, Comedy 19.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Casual 9.2%
- #54 Amatarasu Riddle Star
70% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: softhouse-sealPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Daily life meets fantastical fairy tales in this slice-of-life romance Visual Novel. Pursue one of five unique and quirky heroines in this funny, charming tale of wishes, dreams, and love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Romance 15.5%, Comedy 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #55 Outside The Box
70% matchMixed56% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: The PoundryPub: Hardblush Interactive
Windows
An erotic Narrative Adventure- Outside the Box is jam packed with anthropomorphic twinks, environmental puzzles, and sizzling hot artwork! Experience one of Tokifuji's classic works, re-imagined as a videogame!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40.2%, Romance 21.8%, Colorful 7.2%, Sexual Content 6.5%, Dating Sim 5.4%
- #56 taking my Dark Knight Girlfriend to the corner store
64% matchVery Positive99% of 344 reviews2025
Dev: ForeverFuture Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A beautiful Dark Knightess from another world enlisted me in her quest to slay a rogue wizard, and now we're dating! But what if she finds out I have no idea who the Gray Wizard is?!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.2%, Romance 22.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Comedy 15.6%, Casual 4.6%
- #57 XOXO Droplets
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 357 reviews2017
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An otome dating sim about a humorously jerky young lady and her mission to woo one of multiple uniquely, but equally, obnoxious guys.
Why similar: Otome 36.4% ★, Visual Novel 18.5%, Romance 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Comedy 7.8%
- #58 Monstrous Love
65% matchVery Positive95% of 184 reviews2023
Dev: Ana PepperPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monstrous Love contains three adult short stories, focusing on women discovering their sexuality and freedom with gentle yet ferocious monsters. Be seduced by a world of love, sex, and claws in this sex-positive gaming experience!
Why similar: Otome 41.6% ★, Visual Novel 19.3%, Romance 16.5%, Dating Sim 5.6%, Sexual Content 4.9%
- #59 私のリアルは充実しすぎている フルボイス版
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,321 reviews2022
Dev: TetraScopePub: HotchPotch K.K.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 20.5 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 38.4% ★, Visual Novel 14%, Romance 12.6%, Comedy 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
