- #1 她毕业了 So Long, My Youth
97% matchMixed68% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: 煎饼工作室 PanCakeStudio
Windows
I am Pancake. On the last day of college, I met her – How are you my dear?(Can't run, please turn off the antivirus system!)
Why similar: Word Game 27.2%, Emotional 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Romance 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the bittersweet transition from campus life to adulthood with a strong focus on emotional narrative and character development.
- #2 School Days
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 7,522 reviews2026
Dev: 白雨工作室
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
《学生时代》是一款可自由构筑的校园人生模拟器。你将在高度还原的中国校园中,从入学一路走到高考,与多个性格鲜明的同学一起成长,互相陪伴。你的养成和选择,不但会决定你的人生,也会影响到朋友们的未来。
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.6%, Life Sim 26.3%, Emotional 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13%
Why You'll Like It: A classic choice-driven narrative that explores the complexities of high school relationships and social drama.
- #3 College Craze
96% matchVery Positive86% of 147 reviews2022
Dev: Pretty Ink
Windows · Mac · Linux
College Craze is a female gaze adult dating and life simulation game. Find endless sexy possibilities for your own college experience at Sugardale U with your custom female MC, the branching story structure, and +25 love interests. No fade-to-black scenes here, so enroll today!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.1%, Life Sim 21.2%, Romance 13%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation game shares the core loop of managing college life, academics, and social interactions.
- #4 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,479 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.6 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: Dating Sim 28.8%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Romance 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the essence of growing up and building meaningful relationships through a highly customizable life-simulation experience.
- #5 Growing Up
94% matchVery Positive88% of 3,623 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: Life Sim 23.6%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Emotional 12.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep life-simulation experience where players make choices that shape their character from childhood through their academic years.
- #6 High School Odyssey
94% matchVery Positive93% of 614 reviews2023
Dev: 傲雪小组
Windows
A campus simulation game full of tons of surprising interactive gameplay elements along the way.
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.6%, Life Sim 24.8%, Romance 12.2%, RPG 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines dating simulation with RPG elements in a school environment, closely mirroring the gameplay structure of the seed game.
- #7 我的高冷女友 MY COLD GIRLFRIEND
91% matchVery Positive85% of 299 reviews2025
Dev: SuiKa SoftPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
What's It Like to Have a Girlfriend with a Hidden Side? 💙A romantic comedy visual novel set in a modern campus, where a dare leads to an unexpected relationship with a cold beauty—and a sweet, chaotic cohabitation begins.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.8%, Word Game 18.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Romance 11.7%, Emotional 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A character-focused visual novel that emphasizes the development of specific romantic relationships.
- #8 Love in the distance
93% matchMixed66% of 335 reviews2021
Dev: Level-Buster Studio
Windows
A word adventure game based on a long-distance relationship. On high school and college campuses, pick up memories that belong only to that time. Ideal and reality, if we can chose it again, can we not have regrets?
Why similar: Word Game 34.6%, Dating Sim 24.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It explores the challenges of maintaining relationships, fitting well with the drama-heavy themes of the seed game.
- #9 Katawa Shoujo
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,524 reviews2024
Dev: Four Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Romance 13.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Text-Based 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A seminal visual novel that focuses on building deep, meaningful relationships within a school environment.
- #10 秋恋物语 Autumn Romance
92% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: 异度沸腾动漫社-沸腾工作室
Windows
这是个普通的故事,因为主角是个普通的阿宅,而情节是我们视而不见的日常;这是个值得怀念的故事,那是我们不会再有的时光。当平静到暗淡的大学生活因她们而掀起波澜,生活开始发生了变化。这是个氤氲着青涩懵懂的秋天,被时间和她们推着成长的你,会不会在多年以后感叹那些日子因为她们而灿烂。
Why similar: Word Game 25.5%, Dating Sim 20%, Drama 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Emotional 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the romantic and social aspects of campus life through a visual novel lens.
- #11 Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday
90% matchVery Positive81% of 2,142 reviews2024
Dev: intiny
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
在本作中,“你”化身为即将迎来毕业季的男主顾易,在对未来的迷茫与憧憬中,你将与六位性格迥异、各具魅力的女生发生一连串的故事,她们或是鬼马少女、或是温柔甜心、猫系娇女、豆腐西施,千娇百媚、亦幻亦真,敬过往。
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Emotional 9.8%, RPG 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar blend of interactive fiction and romantic simulation set in a relatable modern context.
- #12 Summer Pockets
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,831 reviews2020
Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: VisualArts
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 138.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
From the creators of Angel Beats! and CLANNAD, Key, comes their latest emotional, award-winning journey. Follow protagonist Takahara Hairi as he travels to the secluded island Torishirojima, where he rediscovers what it means to enjoy summer vacation.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Emotional 20.2%, Dating Sim 19.5%, Romance 11%, Story Rich 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at capturing the nostalgic, emotional atmosphere of youth and summer break through a rich, branching narrative.
- #13 CLANNAD
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,614 reviews2015
Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 106.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the world renowned visual novel studio Key, the highly rated story of CLANNAD is now available on Steam! Improved visuals, achievement integration, and Dangopedia make this the best version of CLANNAD to date.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Romance 18.3%, Dating Sim 16.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential school-life visual novel that explores themes of growth, friendship, and the passage of time.
- #14 Monster Prom
88% matchVery Positive93% of 14,278 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 58.7%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Life Sim 6.5%, Story Rich 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A humorous take on the college dating sim genre that features high replayability and diverse character paths.
- #15 Class of '09
87% matchVery Positive95% of 8,578 reviews2021
Dev: SBN3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is the anti-visual novel. Instead of playing as some guy magically able to score with beautiful anime girls, YOU play the anime girl and create mass chaos in the lives of your potential "suitors". Earnest comedy, social accuracy, and late 2000's aesthetic await you in Class of '09!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Multiple Endings 23.1%, RPG 19%, 2D 9.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a darker, more satirical look at the high school experience while maintaining a strong focus on choice-based outcomes.
- #16 花奴令 Huanu Poems
86% matchVery Positive93% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: FishfarmsPub: FISHFARMS
Windows
Huanu Poems is a multi-ending love adventure game. As a photographer, carrying the secret of being a bloodline inheritor of HuaNu Town, you will take lovely Peach to run a B&B, encounter gentle Cloudia. Your choices will affect the direction of the story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Emotional 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-rich game that relies heavily on player choices to determine the ultimate outcome of the story.
- #17 Doki Doki Literature Club!
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 221,125 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 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 39.7%, Visual Novel 29.9%, Romance 17.1%, Story Rich 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: While it subverts the genre, its core structure as a school-based visual novel is a staple for fans of the format.
- #18 Millennium Whisper
85% matchMixed67% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Parable Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Millennium Whisper is a next-gen dating-sim set in 1999 at the fictional Escafeld College with an AI trained by real actors portraying the cast! Who will you confess your feelings to at the end of the millennium?
Why similar: Dating Sim 30.2%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Romance 17.9%, RPG 12.7%, Text-Based 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a conversational, narrative-driven experience that complements the visual novel elements of the seed game.
- #19 Tiny Light
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: 青丘游戏Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
《荧火微光》是一款文字冒险(AVG)游戏,游戏将通过多人视角讲述一个成长故事,在游戏中,每一个选择都至关重要,众人的结局将由你来决定。
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Drama 13.4%, RPG 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A casual visual novel that focuses on the emotional journey of its characters.
- #20 我与她们的大学画相
82% matchVery Positive92% of 160 reviews2025
Dev: 月乃社
Windows · Mac · Linux
My College Picture with Them "is a short galgame game produced by Tsukino Shosha, which showcases the relaxed college life through the stories of two female protagonists and resolves the conflict between the" playing house style "within the student union and the club.
Why similar: Word Game 19.8%, Dating Sim 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 9%, Emotional 8.6%
- #21 Coffee Talk
83% matchVery Positive95% of 12,298 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Emotional 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Story Rich 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a relaxing, dialogue-heavy experience that focuses on listening to the stories of others, similar to the interactive fiction aspects of the seed game.
- #22 Always Sometimes Monsters
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,447 reviews2014
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.
Why similar: RPG 37%, Story Rich 21%, Romance 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A life-simulation game that forces players to confront the consequences of their choices, mirroring the branching paths of the seed game.
- #23 致命终局 Deadly Endgame
81% matchVery Positive87% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: 樱野悠Pub: 悠悠球工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
你将扮演一名转校的大学生,在全新的大学校园中,邂逅两位截然不同的女生,体验不同寻常的校园恋爱。在爱与恨的重重迷雾中,你将一步步走入她们的内心,抽丝剥茧地了解她们背后的故事,选出只属于你最终结局。
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.2%, Visual Novel 19.5%, RPG 15.9%, Emotional 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #24 恋爱吗?我家猫会后空翻
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,655 reviews2025
Dev: 光循花火工作室
Windows
Play as the protagonist – a university student with a "superpowered romance system" who attracts six captivating women. Your choices will shape relationships through a branching storyline, allowing you to choose between loyal love or multiple endings. Experience a transformative romantic journey.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Life Sim 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Romance 13.4%
- #25 Vanity Fair: The Pursuit
78% matchVery Positive88% of 4,501 reviews2024
Dev: 木焱工作室Pub: Wave Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Players follow Lu Yuan through important stages of his life and experience his growth trajectory from youth to maturity. It will take you to relive those decisions that you have never tried to make in reality, and feel the different life brought about by each choice.
Why similar: Word Game 19.2%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Life Sim 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, RPG 9.5%
- #26 Mr Right Simulator
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 874 reviews2026
Dev: 男神模拟器工作室Pub: 赤翎
Windows · Mac
A youth to his student era,, 、awakening a Temporal Love System. With wingman Tong Jincheng, he navigates campus innocence and corporate battles using future intel. Bonds with 7 girls across timelines—witness you from bike to AMG. Can spacetime's equation balance love and ambition?
Why similar: Word Game 20%, Dating Sim 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Emotional 9.3%
- #27 孟德大小姐与自爆少年THREE KINGDOM FANTASY
81% matchMixed68% of 385 reviews2023
Dev: 蓝铂工作室Pub: 旅人计划
Windows · Mac · Linux
《孟德大小姐与自爆少年》是一款文字冒险(AVG)游戏,完全原创剧情,将带给大家一段穿插了过去与未来的棋局与因缘。游戏中,玩家将扮演普通大学生郭风笑,开启一场独特的奇妙旅程。
Why similar: Word Game 19%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Emotional 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #28 蔚蓝月下的回忆~SAPPHIRE MOON-FOREVER MEMORIES
80% matchVery Positive82% of 331 reviews2022
Dev: 星愿游戏制作组
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The story will be accompanied by three heroines, and everyone will find their own love in this real and imaginary world. Is it the dark-skinned school girl who is available, the cold and mysterious girl, or the afterimage that I have been unable to reach in my memory?
Why similar: Word Game 21.1%, Dating Sim 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Drama 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #29 他人世界末 On-looker
79% matchVery Positive93% of 2,960 reviews2020
Dev: 8A studioPub: 昆布科技
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
这是属于不怎么开朗的我们,充满逃避、畏缩、胆怯、不切实际的单恋故事。 属于你的故事结局将会如何,由你的选择而定。
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Text-Based 14.5%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, RPG 7.6%
- #30 初遇时
77% matchVery Positive98% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: 悠悠球工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
懵懂青涩,小心翼翼的情窦初开总是不经意间萌发在我们的中学生涯中。茫茫人海里,两个人相遇的概率不过万分之一。如果能回到与她的初遇时,你会无论挫折与阻碍,都坚定不移地选择她吗?
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.6%, RPG 17%, Drama 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, 2D Platformer 11.2%
- #31 Campus Life
79% matchMostly Negative32% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: GameFormatic S.A.Pub: Frozen Way
Windows · Mac
In Campus Life you’ll experience your final year of college. Study, party and join campus events! Everything that happens during this one academic year will be entirely up to you.
Why similar: Life Sim 58%, Romance 17%, RPG 9.7%, Simulation 7.1%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #32 Office Life
76% matchVery Positive89% of 2,066 reviews2024
Dev: LeiYun GamesPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dive into a massive 2-million-word immersive life sim. Use card-based strategies to survive office politics, rise from a rookie intern to a business tycoon, and find true love. Career, Romance, Wealth—why choose when you can have it all?
Why similar: Life Sim 30.2%, Dating Sim 30%, Story Rich 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, RPG 7.4%
- #33 TIME TO STARⅡ偶像之路终极版
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: 随便做做游戏组
Windows · Mac
A female-led star training game where players aim to win the TTS Starlight King Award. Features include open-world exploration, unique romance systems, and diverse career choices.
Why similar: Word Game 27%, Life Sim 23.8%, Dating Sim 23.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Simulation 5.9%
- #34 我的26岁女房客:在云端(My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant)
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 889 reviews2025
Dev: 汤瑞兄弟(TR Brothers)
Windows
《我的26岁女房客》正式AVG游戏化!你将以昭阳的身份,走进属于你的天空之城,重温与她们相遇、相知的每一个瞬间。每一次选择,都是命运悄然的转折;每一句对话,都是通往心灵深处的回声。你可以拯救她,也可以补救曾经的遗憾。这不仅是一场恋爱游戏,更是一段关于青春、真爱和自由的旅程。
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Emotional 11%
- #35 Charming Hearts
74% matchVery Positive88% of 582 reviews2024
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
"Charming Hearts" is a real-life interactive dating game. Players will meet, get to know, and fall in love with different types of beauty. Every choice will lead to a completely different chemical reaction with "her"; every entanglement, the sweet love is entangled and pulled.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Romance 12.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #36 我在终点线等你
75% matchVery Positive92% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: DreaMory
Windows
一个讲述少年少女勇敢踏出追梦第一步的青春日常系故事。
Why similar: Word Game 24.3%, Dating Sim 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 10%, 2D Platformer 8.1%
- #37 Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 367 reviews2026
Dev: 九芽川 Ninth Leaf
Windows
You can play as a young martial artist entering Justice Academy. Train through various courses, customize your build with different weapons, skills, and inner techniques. Explore the jianghu, bond with companions, and shape your fate across branching stories and three romanceable heroines.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.9%, Emotional 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, RPG 10.8%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #38 风信楼
73% matchVery Positive94% of 3,659 reviews2021
Dev: Pingfang Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
昏君误国,怨声载道,无数野心家暗起反心。在京城一家青楼的掩饰下,你培养手下、积攒钱财、收集情报、建立人脉,等待兵变夺权的最好时机……《风信楼》是一部拥有海量选项和丰富剧情的高自由度养成游戏——百种不同结局,尽在你的选择之中。
Why similar: Word Game 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Romance 9.6%
- #39 我的机器人女友
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,162 reviews2026
Dev: 时娱游戏
Windows
This is a simulation game that combines nurturing with romance.You'll cultivate a one-of-a-kind robotic girlfriend while sharing romantic moments with multiple girls, each possessing distinct personalities.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Romance 12.1%, Dating Sim 10.4%, RPG 8.3%
- #40 Emily is Away <3
71% matchVery Positive91% of 6,663 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.6%, Emotional 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Romance 8.4%
- #41 Sparkling Memories
73% matchVery Positive85% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: 柿树文化
Windows · Mac
欢迎走进柿树学园,这座全市瞩目的学习殿堂。与同学们齐心协力,办好这里历史悠久的「烟火大会」的重任,即将被你背负在肩上。从高一至高二,在这段有笑有泪的时光中,你将收获毕生难忘的友情与成长。
Why similar: Drama 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #42 十五
72% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: 有杕之杜
Windows
This is a plot exploration game set in the 1990s. In the game, you will go back to the age of 15, make up for those regrets and mistakes, rewrite our story and destiny, and explore different life and destination!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Drama 15.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Story Rich 11.4%, RPG 9.9%
- #43 Sex Dorm🔞
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Play and Cum 💦
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sex Dorm🔞 – A visual novel where you play as a student from Japan who moves to the U.S. to experience college life. Explore new cultures, build relationships, work part-time, and dive into your hidden desires in the world of university life.
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.5%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Romance 16.2%, Emotional 14.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #44 云端之约
71% matchVery Positive93% of 528 reviews2021
Dev: White Star Studio
Windows
假如人工智能拥有了自我意识,你会怎样看待它们?或者说,他们。在信息技术高度发达的时代里,当人与人之间的交流只剩下屏幕的文字时,你的每一次选择,将带你揭开这个世界不一样的真相。科技与神话交织碰撞,邀你共赴一场云端之约。
Why similar: Word Game 19.4%, Drama 13.5%, Dating Sim 11%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Emotional 8.9%
- #45 锈翅 逃离我的家乡 Without Wings
69% matchVery Positive91% of 188 reviews2025
Dev: 埋月山枯Pub: Never Knows Best
Windows
玩家将以第一视角,扮演一名高中辍学的女孩,她被迫进入注塑厂打工。后来,她通过一款网络游戏,认识了大城市里的男孩阿澈,她义无反顾地向着有阿澈的未来奔去,也是向着能够逃离大山的未来奔去。在这跨越千里的鸿沟之间,她经历了期待、欣喜、意外、无助……最终,你将做出怎样的选择?
Why similar: Word Game 18.2%, Drama 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Dating Sim 10.2%, Emotional 8.8%
- #46 古代人生 Ancient Life
74% matchMixed48% of 158 reviews2021
Dev: Wingjoy Games
Windows
Ancient Life is a game that simulates the life of ancient people. The game contains various events that may have occurred in ancient times. Players can choose to farm, be an official, craftsman, be a hunter, be a merchant, and have different occupations.
Why similar: Word Game 23.4%, Life Sim 16.5%, Text-Based 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Visual Novel 9%
- #47 回忆画册~MemoriesAlbum~
72% matchMixed54% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: RubyHaruSoftware
Windows
This work adopts the story mode of double female owners. The two female owners have their own corresponding endings. The player can decide the route of the endings from the first person perspective through options.
Why similar: Word Game 25.1%, Dating Sim 21.1%, Romance 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #48 Love Begins With Goodbye
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,048 reviews2025
Dev: 大王工作室
Windows
As a male exchange student at Norway's University of Bergen, you live with three girls: Chinese student Luo Xue'er, mysterious landlady Laya, and Inora, a Norwegian learning Chinese. Weave your love story with them over six months, starting from a "goodbye."
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.6%, Drama 17.9%, Romance 11.8%, Emotional 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #49 恋爱猪脚饭
68% matchMixed49% of 415 reviews2025
Dev: likeyou游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
This is a text adventure game, in which players will play the role of the male protagonist "Huang Xia" and achieve different endings by making choices in the game, realizing their own counterattack life on the construction site.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Romance 17%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, RPG 9.5%
- #50 Lights and Shadow
67% matchVery Positive80% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Jiahe Studio 茄盒互动
Windows
The player will take on the role of Shen Hao, experiencing a journey from being a bullied student to dropping out and starting a live streaming career. The surge in digital currencies makes you an overnight millionaire. How will you choose your path and carve out a unique life story?
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.9%, Drama 22.7%, Emotional 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, RPG 9.3%
- #51 Girls on Campus, from Freshmen to Faculty, All Fall for Me!
68% matchMixed69% of 373 reviews2024
Dev: Girls on Campus, from Freshmen to Faculty, All Fall for Me!
Windows
In this exciting love interaction game, players act as a photography-loving sophomore who, after being knocked out during a shoot, finds themselves entangled in various indescribable scenarios with female seniors, juniors, and a married teacher!
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Romance 11.5%, Life Sim 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #52 恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
66% matchVery Positive94% of 2,200 reviews2022
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《恋爱绮谭~不存在的真相~》是一款文字冒险游戏。 初到江城的顾唯,意外成为了一起社会新闻的主人公。凶险的都市中,他需要在混乱的舆论和虚假的情报中找到唯一的真相,也需要在两名各有千秋的少女间完成自我的抉择。秋去冬来,覆盖城市的厚厚积雪下,究竟掩藏着什么样的秘密......
Why similar: Word Game 20.8%, Dating Sim 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Drama 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #53 风起长安:驭骨人
69% matchVery Positive81% of 293 reviews2021
Dev: 轻梨工作室Pub: 咕咕工作室
Windows
This is a Chinese style otome game!
Why similar: Word Game 22.3%, Dating Sim 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 9.5%, RPG 7.3%
- #54 Sweet Home
62% matchVery Positive95% of 9,271 reviews2025
Dev: 开心茶房Pub: Tailtone Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Sweet Home is a visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Parted friendships, ambiguous romances, tangled relationships, and flawed families... Are these just the pangs of adolescence—or something heavier? Step into the shoes of Zhao Ying, shape her choices, and uncover every possible path.
Why similar: Word Game 20.1%, Dating Sim 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Drama 10.7%
- #55 Magical Diary: Horse Hall
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,019 reviews2012
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You have been invited to attend a magical school. You can make new friends, learn spells, face exams, run for class office, and try to find a date for the May Day Ball.
Why similar: Dating Sim 37.7%, Visual Novel 30.5%, Romance 11%, RPG 10.5%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #56 University Days - Season 1
67% matchMixed62% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Greebo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the shoes of a Student at an all-but-ordinary University, where there seems to never be a dull day with hot women around every corner. Just so happens that you could just be the most wanted guy at this University... Who will you fall for?.. And who will fall for you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Dating Sim 21.7%, Emotional 11.4%, Romance 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #57 Magical Princess
61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,984 reviews2026
Dev: Neotro Inc.Pub: MAGI Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Raise your daughter while she attends a magical academy. Choose which classes she attends, jobs she does, training she undergoes, and more in a character raising sim packed full of story and over 50 endings to reach. How she grows up to be the world's cutest princess depends on you!
Why similar: Life Sim 25.9%, Dating Sim 21.6%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%, RPG 8.6%
- #58 Dullpain
67% matchVery Positive85% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: 埋月山枯Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Dating Sim 13.7%, Emotional 12.9%, Romance 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%