- #1 Menhera Maiden
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MOONHERA
Windows
A ‘Landmine × Yuri’ Visual Novel. To complete your master's thesis, you are forced to interact with these landmine girls—a decision that may well prove to be the most disastrous of your life. Your dialogue and choices will not only shape your relationships with the heroines, but also your thesis.
Why similar: Word Game 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Dating Sim 20.4%, Otome 13.8% ★, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #2 Yoshiwara Higanbana
96% matchVery Positive90% of 483 reviews2021
Dev: MariaCrownPub: Beijing Happy Entertainment Technology
Windows
--Whether I end up after falling in love, in your arms or in a scarlet prison? It's up to you to make my vow of higanbana fall or wither-- Even if it's only for one night, I want to be held by you...
Why similar: Word Game 24%, Otome 23% ★, Dating Sim 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #3 與魔共舞
96% matchPositive85% of 46 reviews2022
Dev: RejetPub: Beijing Happy Entertainment Technology
Windows
Dance with Devils is a romance visual novel. To be a human or a devil? A young girl's ordinary life is gradually distorted by the sweet temptations and lies of the devil. Make a different choice from the animation and follow different endings with the devils.
Why similar: Word Game 30.7%, Dating Sim 19.4%, Otome 19.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 7.4%
- #4 Vampires and Afternoon Tea
95% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: 不眠鸟制作组
Windows
Crossing Death and Achieving the End
Why similar: Word Game 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Otome 16.5% ★, Dating Sim 15.5%, Visual Novel 3.8%
- #5 风起长安:驭骨人
94% 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 28.3%, Dating Sim 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Otome 9.5% ★
- #6 Marriage in Withdrawal
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 电子冰块Cybertech
Windows · Linux
A dark otome VN where you will walk a perilous tightrope between desire and morality. Will you melt the ice of your frozen husband, or fall into the gentle trap of the boy next door? Will you sink into a tangled, three-way descent, or break free from everything to claim your ultimate freedom?
Why similar: Word Game 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Dating Sim 20.8%, Otome 12.6% ★, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #7 天朝相亲图鉴
93% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a realistic, high-freedom text-based romance simulation game with life simulation elements.You will experience a real, touching yet heartbreaking, ridiculous yet addictive blind date adventure, encounter more than a dozen blind dates with distinct personalities.
Why similar: Word Game 29.2%, Dating Sim 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Otome 13.4% ★, Visual Novel 7.1%
- #8 Miss Mantis 螳螂小姐
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bouilli Studio
Windows
It is a female-perspective romance visual novel, in which you will play a marriage fraudster who is trapped between three different men, and it's up to you to decide whether you want to put your interests first or fall in love.
Why similar: Word Game 23%, Dating Sim 22%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Otome 13.3% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #9 Upside Down Tales of the Grotesque
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 嘤嘤怪工作室(Yingying Studio)
Windows
A gender-reversed ancient-style AVG of the grotesque.When sheholds the brush, shewields the sword, and sheshatters the chains—how will familiar legends be rewritten?Step into a world where demons roam free yet women steer fate, and pen their own legend
Why similar: Word Game 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Dating Sim 19.5%, Otome 15.3% ★, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #10 Aonatsu Line
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,013 reviews2022
Dev: GIGAPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
《青夏轨迹》是日本美少女游戏资深大厂GIGA/Entergram出品的一部青春题材的视觉小说。本作由知名插画家U35负责原画与角色设计,人气声优小鸟居夕花、夏和小、和实羽优希为本作女主角献声。本作发售后赢得市场普遍赞誉,并荣获萌系游戏大赏年度剧本金奖等诸多奖项。
Why similar: Word Game 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Dating Sim 22.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Cartoony 6%
- #11 春日落幕爱物语Spring's Finale:Tales of Love
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 金平糖kompetio_同人社团
Windows · Mac
This spring, your campus life is quietly changing. You start to ponder what the relationships between you all really mean. The throbbing of youth, the intimate bonds, and the hidden feelings are intertwined, waiting for your choices.
Why similar: Word Game 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Dating Sim 19.7%, Otome 16.1% ★, Visual Novel 10%
- #12 Sunlit remedy
89% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MygrationPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
Sunlit remedy is a visual novelYou will meet a girl who belongs only to you, and through your long days together, you will find courage, companionship, and love—slowly stepping out of your room to embrace the bright sunlight outside. Come and date the girl who is most dear to you!
Why similar: Word Game 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Dating Sim 24.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Indie 1%
- #13 Diamond Runway
89% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
"Diamond Runway" is an interactive RPG where you play as Lindsay, an aspiring supermodel. Starting as a novice in a NYC competition, you'll face rivalry, friendships, romance, and growth. Your choices shape relationships, career, and endings in a journey through the glamorous yet dark fashion world.
Why similar: Word Game 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Dating Sim 22.2%, Otome 11.7% ★, Visual Novel 8.3%
- #14 候鸟
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,971 reviews2023
Dev: KIDFansClubPub: Syawase Works China
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
你知道候鸟吗?候鸟有夏候鸟和冬候鸟之分。夏候鸟就是「春天来北方,秋天去南方」的鸟,他们一年四季都生活在很温暖的环境里,而冬候鸟……则是春天就飞向北方,飞到又远又冷的地方生活,冬季才返回的鸟。尽管它们可能会在同一个地方各自度过一生中一半的时光——却从来没有机会在一起。
Why similar: Word Game 39.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Dating Sim 23.1%, Visual Novel 8.3%, 2D 3.1%
- #15 钟塔
87% matchVery Positive95% of 138 reviews2026
Dev: 可味玩KawayiPlay
Windows
It is said that when the bell of molten gold rings across the sky, the world beyond will take the place of this shore.The clock’s marks sum up life’s course. Moving its hands changes fate.The girl prays to the gods:“May happy days never fade. May the destined bloom never wither.”
Why similar: Word Game 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Dating Sim 22.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Cartoony 5.7%
- #16 游郭惊梦
86% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: 做完散伙制作组
Windows
一款乙女向恋爱视觉小说。一个发生在游郭,关于爱与亲情的故事。即使所托非人,是否也能换得真心相待?
Why similar: Word Game 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Dating Sim 20.8%, Otome 14.1% ★, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #17 Algorithm Prescription
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shochiku
Windows
Xenoria, a city run entirely by AI Trust, occupation, romance, everything in life is pre-determined by "Empathy Score" which reveals a person's personality. Cocoro will unravel the secret of this city, and pursue the truth about herself. An indulging love suspense.
Why similar: Word Game 25.9%, Dating Sim 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Otome 12.6% ★, Visual Novel 11%
- #18 副作用之瞳-Tlicolity Eyes-
85% matchMixed64% of 161 reviews2021
Dev: IDEA FACTORYPub: JoyMoe Interactive Entertainment Limited
Windows
啟用超人氣畫師以及豪華聲優陣容的「三角計劃」第一部──《副作用之瞳 (Tlicolity Eyes)》帶著豪華周邊套餐和超甜的戀愛推出中文版!同時也將首次橫跨Android、iOS、PC等多平臺。還有中文版獨佔周邊不容錯過!談一場甜蜜的戀愛吧!
Why similar: Word Game 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Dating Sim 17.6%, Otome 17.5% ★, Visual Novel 10%
- #19 The Grand Praetor
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ColaCatGames
Windows
As the seventh heir to the Empress, you have been appointed Grand Praetor to investigate a string of serial murders.Will you seek the truth and expose the conspiracy—or indulge in pleasure and power, doing as you please?
Why similar: Word Game 28%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Dating Sim 16.9%, Otome 15.2% ★, Visual Novel 10%
- #20 魔帝1 Magic Emperor1
84% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Yimi Game
Windows
The Magic emperor is a heroine is a female emperor love word game, lazy play, rich plot of interactive visual novel game. Can guide the male leading role for five, exclusive custom set up painting, to bring you a beautiful love story visual feast.
Why similar: Word Game 26.6%, Otome 21.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Dating Sim 16.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #21 冬日树下的回忆
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,296 reviews2023
Dev: 午后零时Pub: 黎羽科技LICOGAME
Windows · Mac · Linux
《冬日树下的回忆》是由制作人xwu创立的社团「午后零时」推出的首部免费原创视觉小说,并由其旗下小组『MagicaLuv』运营。 我的梦想是成为一名教师或者医生,在学业结束后我收到了来自医院的第一份工作实习邮件。在这所医院里我将担任实习治疗师(sensei)的工作,而我负责的是一位叫“言叶”的女孩……
Why similar: Word Game 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Dating Sim 21%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Otome 5.3% ★
- #22 Love in the distance
83% matchMixed65% 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 44.1%, Dating Sim 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Indie 2.7%
- #23 无妄之都:求解的莫比乌斯 The City of Unforeseen Fates
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 无妄万事屋
Windows
《无妄之都:求解的莫比乌斯》是一款乙女向恋爱AVG游戏。您将扮演一位陷入纷争漩涡的少女,以“世界所偏爱之人”的名义在银蓝市生活,并与四位谜团重重的男主角相遇,和他们一同解明此世的真相,共赴扑朔迷离的命定终局。
Why similar: Word Game 25.6%, Otome 22.5% ★, Dating Sim 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #24 失败作 Wrecked
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 山工程-ShanProject
Windows
失败作 Wrecked is a visual novel game developed and published by ShanProject. Players advance the story by clicking key points on the screen. Featuring multiple routes and rich narratives. The game is music-themed, telling a fateful journey full of unforeseen twists.
Why similar: Word Game 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Dating Sim 19.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Female Protagonist 4.9%
- #25 The Love Between Litchis and Elms
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
A high school romance game about love, friendship, and growth. Play as a girl in an international school, bonding with three boys—a cold senior, a kind genius, and a cheerful childhood friend. Your choices shape a nostalgic story with meaningful details and bonus content.
Why similar: Otome 29.6% ★, Word Game 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Dating Sim 18%, Visual Novel 6.1%
- #26 月华辉映之刻
78% matchVery Positive89% of 4,698 reviews2025
Dev: 侠客狗工作室
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
——这是由阴阳两面的夹缝中,诞生的深刻羁绊。世人只言开封繁华,歌舞升平,却难以看到那,被隐藏起来的黑暗背面。粉饰的美好,残酷的真相。生者的思念,亡者的祝福。所以,你要止步当前,还是深究一切?
Why similar: Word Game 24.1%, Otome 22.4% ★, Dating Sim 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #27 释梦之祩
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 白露社
Windows
都市奇幻题材解谜类橘味AVG游戏。玩家将扮演一名情感缺失且无法做梦的哲学系大四学生,在一次次于他人梦境的冒险中逐渐理解“人”的真正含义。
Why similar: Word Game 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Dating Sim 23.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Cute 3.8%
- #28 Queen's Revolution ~ the romance in upheavals ~
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shoen Project
Windows
Romance game for girls. You, a high school student, become a worthless queen with zero magic ability. When the turbulence of Magic Empire inevitably comes, you decide to take up your last resort, a weapon named "science".
Why similar: Word Game 25.7%, Otome 22.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Dating Sim 16.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #29 The Witch and the Wish
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 不眠鸟制作组
Windows
Keep choosing until you reach the outcome you desire
Why similar: Word Game 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Dating Sim 24.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Female Protagonist 3.6%
- #30 Tiny Shadows Interwoven Hearts
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 3,713 reviews2025
Dev: 土豆花制作组
Windows · Linux
Programmer Lin Mo is tired of his monotonous life. One day, he meets a mysterious girl at a café who hides many secrets. As lies and true feelings intertwine, can this chance encounter save him from his numb existence? A visual novel filled with "love and hope".
Why similar: Word Game 28.3%, Dating Sim 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Cartoony 5.1%
- #31 不和我推谈恋爱就会死?!
78% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: 叁鬼工作室
Windows
不和我推恋爱就会死?!
Why similar: Word Game 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Dating Sim 20.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Female Protagonist 5.9%
- #32 Critical Attraction
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 扯拐工作室
Windows
Critical Attraction is a 2D side-scrolling otome simulation romance RPG visual novel. When the player’s older sister suddenly goes missing, they embark on a journey to find her. Along the way, they meet 4 companions with distinct personalities, grow through various life experiences.
Why similar: Word Game 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Dating Sim 19.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Female Protagonist 5%
- #33 灾厄黑龙与谎言公主
75% matchVery Positive90% of 3,776 reviews2025
Dev: 莓夜工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
这是身为人类的公主,教会了强大而冷漠的黑龙,何为「爱」的故事。玩家将扮演故事中的女主角——一名人类国度的公主,与一头黑龙建立羁绊,融化与温暖它的心灵,为自身谋得生存希望。令人啼笑皆非的生活开始啦!
Why similar: Word Game 22.6%, Otome 20.9% ★, Dating Sim 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 10%
- #34 琴覆天下
77% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: 闪艺互动
Windows
《琴覆天下》是一部甜撩恋爱向作品,但是仔细看会发现其实是推理解密向。
Why similar: Word Game 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Dating Sim 20.2%, Otome 15.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #35 Animal Trail ☆ Girlish Square
76% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: WhirlpoolPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Magical girl idols are here! Get ready for the performance of a lifetime from the idol group Animal Trail ☆ Girlish Square! Gao~!
Why similar: Word Game 31.6%, Dating Sim 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Cute 3.6%
- #36 wonderful florescence
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 梦花火
Windows
Winter is drawing near.As a girl from the Lower City, you'll journey to Midcity and meet the people who will change your life—and whose lives you'll change in return. Experience a heartfelt story of dreams, growth, and unexpected encounters.
Why similar: Otome 23.8% ★, Dating Sim 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Word Game 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%
- #37 The Dawning Letters -Sunrise-
74% matchVery Positive95% of 166 reviews2025
Dev: 戏幻言制作组
Windows · Mac
In 1927, Lu Yanhe, a daughter of a royal family of the Qing dynasty decided, to run away from home. Under the changing times and the subtle influence of new thoughts, she began to seek possibilities beyond her destiny......
Why similar: Word Game 25.7%, Otome 22.3% ★, Dating Sim 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #38 拉克夏家的女仆
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anifee
Windows · Mac
「The Maid of Luxia」is an otome visual novel.Rebirth. Redemption. Rewriting tragedy. Facing the truth of the heart.Experience not only the twisted love of seven masters poured upon you at once, but also a journey of self-growth.
Why similar: Word Game 37.6%, Otome 21.3% ★, Dating Sim 21.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 5.8%
- #39 Neverland永无乡
73% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Roastfish
Windows
Waking up on a strange island, you find yourself transformed into the appearance of a child. You could make new friends, have fun, and explore the island. Depending on your choices, you may even become one with the darkside of the island.
Why similar: Word Game 38.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Dating Sim 20.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Cute 2.8%
- #40 Your Love Story 被你忘记的那个夏天
72% matchVery Positive85% of 148 reviews2022
Dev: Mingyu Information Technology Shanghai Co., Ltd.
Windows
This is a AVG with love as the theme. No matter how old you grow, every summer when cicadas sing, you can still remenber of your childhood dreams, childhood friends with whom you share memories, and those pure and shining love like crystal.
Why similar: Word Game 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Dating Sim 23.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Cute 3.1%
- #41 拂晓之诗Dawn's Poem
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 一期一会工作室Pub: STARSEA GAME LIMITED
Windows
A sci-fi otome AVG game where players will take on the role of the "Spark" of a new world, encounter 6 male protagonists, and unlock different endings through puzzles and choices. Uncover the mystery behind your parents' death and discover the truth of the world.
Why similar: Word Game 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Dating Sim 21.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Female Protagonist 5.9%
- #42 蔚蓝月下的回忆~SAPPHIRE MOON-FOREVER MEMORIES
72% matchVery Positive82% of 331 reviews2022
Dev: 星愿游戏制作组
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Dating Sim 24.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, 2D 3.4%
- #43 Pen Pal Princess
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ceschiiiPub: Compact
Windows · Mac
A queer romantic comedy visual novel about knights, dragons, and online dating.
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Visual Novel 16%, Otome 14.3% ★, Female Protagonist 5.1%
- #44 Lost in Secular Love
73% matchVery Positive87% of 543 reviews2016
Dev: YETU GAME
Windows
Median: 4.2 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: Word Game 24.2%, Otome 23.8% ★, Dating Sim 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #45 The Ghost's Guide to the Afterlife
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 西瓜恐龙Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
"The Ghost's Guide to the Afterlife" is a sci-fi visual novel with a multi-threaded ensemble narrative. You are already dead— and yet, your journey has only just begun. Become a ghost. Step into a strange and dazzling world beyond life, and witness a tale where love and death entwine.
Why similar: Word Game 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Otome 16.5% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Cute 5%
- #46 Dragon Raja the farewell passage
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Escaping across Japan with Kagari Eri on a "grand flight toward sunlight" to forge their shared fate. This multi-choice/multi-ending game adapts the original storyline while letting players rewrite its tragic conclusion for a better outcome – fulfilling fans' decade-long wish.
Why similar: Word Game 33.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Dating Sim 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Otome 9.8% ★
- #47 溺光症 Photophobia
68% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: ZeroZen工作室
Windows
午夜叩响大门的奇怪玩偶熊,班上突然出现的神秘转校生,随着两位陌生的少女闯入你的世界,你平静的生活有了翻天覆地的变化。但没有任何关于她们记忆的你却发现,你好像对她们总是有莫名的熟悉感。经历这一切的你能否能平衡时间的天平,勘破真相,找到你心中的答案呢?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Word Game 27.3%, Dating Sim 22.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Otome 5.7% ★
- #48 obi3011-prologue
69% matchVery Positive92% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: 火鸡头工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
This is a cyberpunk-themed pixelated psychological horror, romance, and adventure game. Amidst a chance encounter in the rain and a forced gathering, an unexpected journey unfolds—a humorous romance and adventure story between you, a robot, and your furry companions.
Why similar: Word Game 33%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Dating Sim 23.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Cute 4.4%
- #49 Liar Moon Shangri-La
71% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: RejetPub: Beijing Happy Entertainment Technology
Windows
A sad tale of lies and understanding. Even if it's your lie, I'm willing to accept it. As a romance visual novel game, this work uses the labels 'lie', 'moon' and 'tale of woe' throughout the main story. The love story between the heroine and the charming but sinful heroes is depicted.
Why similar: Word Game 31.8%, Otome 25.6% ★, Dating Sim 20.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 6%
- #50 Night of her vanishing in fireworks
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 心室二
Windows
The Night She Disappeared in the Fireworks is a short visual novel set in a small Chinese city and centered on esports. You play as Liu Lan, a high school esports player, as he faces three life-changing matches and, together with two heroines, witnesses a fate rewritten by fireworks.
Why similar: Word Game 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Dating Sim 23.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Cartoony 6.2%
- #51 Crown of the Nile: Cleopatra's Choice
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Butterspire
Windows
Become Cleopatra VII in a historical romance visual novel of power, betrayal, and forbidden desire. Reclaim your throne, navigate Rome’s ambitions, and rewrite the fate of Ancient Egypt through your choices
Why similar: Otome 22.5% ★, Dating Sim 21.4%, Word Game 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #52 黄油罐头 The Butter Can
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 48 reviews2026
Dev: 烂荔枝
Windows
异世界恋爱文字冒险游戏——玩家将扮演一名四处奔波的酒贩兼猎人,寻找传说中的永生之酒,展开奇妙的冒险故事。
Why similar: Word Game 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Dating Sim 22.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Cartoony 6.2%
- #53 The Mikado Birdgirl in Taichung
70% matchVery Positive91% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
Wang Cheng-En escaped the Miaoli emperor's clutches with Pisuka. This time, they follow Mika to a holy city Taichung State. What awaits him? Will he eat lead, end up being buried as a bloated corpse in a ditch in the middle of Taiwan, or lead an ordinary daily life together with young girls?
Why similar: Word Game 35.1%, Dating Sim 30.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Cute 5.3%
- #54 错过的暑假可以放第二次吗?
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,264 reviews2026
Dev: 麻溜完结制作组
Windows
游戏内容: 这是一款以绘画为主题、描述了成年人对于过往错过的人与事的灵魂之旅,兽人向的纯视觉小说游戏。 故事讲述了25岁的狸花猫兽人“启诚”,在被公司辞退后回到老家的城市。作为曾没能通过联考的美术生,在青梅竹马“未乾”,以及好朋友【熙和】、【望舒】、画室的“学弟”【烈烈】的帮助下,慢慢寻回了自己曾失去的那个暑假,那个他命中注定的人……
Why similar: Word Game 34.3%, Dating Sim 22.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Cartoony 6.6%
- #55 A Small Favor from the Boss
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 风车坊
Windows
睁开眼,面前是一张符纸,一条闹鬼的巷子,一个委托,以及…一位不靠谱的无良老板。躲藏、交涉、收集线索,在谎言中寻找真相,诙谐与惊悚交织。当死亡也成为武器,一次次带着轮回的记忆重新来过,而这次,你走向的结局是…?
Why similar: Otome 31.6% ★, Dating Sim 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #56 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,752 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Dating Sim 37.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Otome 18% ★, Visual Novel 15.2%, Female Protagonist 3.3%
- #57 ChuChu
66% matchVery Positive90% of 154 reviews2025
Dev: 爱的氧气罐制作组
Windows
【乙女x轻喜剧x吻】讲述了身为社畜的主人公意外去世后,却被死神告知,想要活下去,就得想办法每三天和帅哥亲吻来续命的都市奇幻爱情轻喜剧。前男友,憧憬的人,陌生美青年,哎呀,真难选啊!
Why similar: Otome 25.7% ★, Word Game 24.1%, Dating Sim 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
- #58 MC not romancing LIs
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 橘垰Juka
Windows · Mac
"MC not romancing LIs" is a short visual novel. The story follows Tong Ren, the game's MC, who can see her "affection levels" with each of her "targets." But as an anime fangirl, she just wants to ship, not date! Faced with their advances... will she hold her ground, or fall into a romance?
Why similar: Word Game 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Dating Sim 20.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Female Protagonist 5.9%
- #59 放开那个喉结罩
66% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: LivaGames
Windows
Break free from a reversed-gender world in this free visual novel. Meet four distinct male leads, make choices that shape affection and branching endings, and uncover the truth behind a society where men conceal their Adam's apples beneath throat covers.
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Otome 21.1% ★, Visual Novel 13.8%, Female Protagonist 4.2%