Games Like Gender Dysphoria

A slice-of-life visual novel about the hardships and joys of a trans girl transformed into a zombie.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.2%, Narration 24.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 11.1%, Female Protagonist 8%

memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.6%, Emotional 15.7%, Narrative 14.9% ★, Visual Novel 14.1%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

He Fucked The Girl Out Of Me is a semi-autobiographical narrative visual novel about trauma and sex work made for the gameboy. The author explains how sex work impacted her life and changed her perception of the world. The game takes approximately 40 minutes to play from start to finish.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41.6%, Emotional 20.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Female Protagonist 9%, Story Rich 7%

If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 10%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Story Rich 5.7%

When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.6%, Emotional 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Indie 4.5%

"non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.9%, Emotional 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 16%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?

Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

A short lesbian / yuri visual novel set in England. Our heroine, Toma Andrews, meets a ghost girl wearing an old-fashioned nightgown in a graveyard who calls herself Emmeline. Just who is she, and how did she die?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.8%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Emotional 12%, Text-Based 10.4%

Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Emotional 10.1%, LGBTQ+ 8.2%

A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.

Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Emotional 17.8%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 10.7%

Morph Girl is a Japanese horror inspired FMV game about loss, depression and the supernatural.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Story Rich 7.2%

A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

Why similar: Text-Based 37.6%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, Female Protagonist 3%

Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29%, Narration 15.4%, Emotional 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.2%

Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.

Why similar: Emotional 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 18.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Female Protagonist 10.2%

A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Text-Based 12%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.1%, Text-Based 29.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Story Rich 6.8%

A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Text-Based 23%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

MALCATRAS' MAIDEN is a toxic yuri visual novel for adults about trauma, bonds, family, and sisterhood.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.4%, Text-Based 20.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

A short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, a once-celebrated painter now paralyzed, as she struggles to accept her new reality and its effects on her relationship. Argue with your Prefrontal Cortex, insult an art critic, befriend the elderly.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.7%, Text-Based 16.7%, Emotional 16.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Female Protagonist 11.2%

slime feet is a linear visual novel, a love story for everyone who has ever had to love through a keyboard. slime feet is about the body horror of an inevitable drawn out death, and the lesbian slime feet cybersex that comes with it.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.4%, Text-Based 20%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%

Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.7%, Text-Based 19%, Emotional 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Female Protagonist 10.3%

This is a story about Iris, a nobody who didn't have a Happy Ending and now suffers the consequences of their own (lack of) actions all alone in the most northern city in the world. A depressing story and a melancholic lesson teached in life's hard way awaits you.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.3%, Emotional 20%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Narration 11.8%

An adventure game about old computers, community, creativity, fandom, gender, and the internet. Alex Cole is a teenage trans girl in 1999 who has yet to figure herself out. She spends much of her free time on the internet, browsing a fan forum for her favorite magical girl show, and chatting with her friends.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 71.9%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Visual Novel 7.3%, Indie 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Kirin plays the elevator game and disappears. Will her girlfriend, Asahi, be able to find her? The Elevator Game with Catgirls is a horror visual novel with point-and-click elements, inspired by the Korean urban legend, Elevator to Another World.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Narration 15%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.8%

TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

Why similar: Text-Based 37.6%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Casual 6.2%

Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.

Why similar: Text-Based 32.8%, LGBTQ+ 23.5%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Story Rich 3.5%

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+ 39.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Emotional 15.2%, Story Rich 7.3%

A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27%, Text-Based 20%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Emotional 12.2%, Female Protagonist 10.9%

A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Narrative 18.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%

A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.1%, Female Protagonist 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Story Rich 8%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.2%, Text-Based 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Female Protagonist 7.2%

halfmoon is a short adventure game set in an information center for the dead before they move on.

Why similar: Visual Novel 53.1%, Story Rich 19.3%, Atmospheric 19%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Weird gay sex, utter confusion, heart wrenching panic and life altering trauma. A kinetic visual novel about a bunch of tgirls on a week-long journey on a world famous transcontinental train.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.5%, Text-Based 24.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Story Rich 6.4%

A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Text-Based 21.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Emotional 12.6%, Psychological Horror 7%

You are a transgender therapist. The patients you encounter might regret transitioning. Your job is to protect them from that.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 48.8%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Indie 13.4%

‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.7%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Emotional 16.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Female Protagonist 10%

A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.

Why similar: Emotional 30.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Story Rich 11.4%

Follow a girl through the last day of her life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Female Protagonist 32.6%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Indie 3%, Casual 2.9%

Until Oblivion is an atmospheric narrative game that follows 17 year old nobody Emma Wilson as she tries to rekindle a dying relationship in a dying world. Join her in an increasingly nightmarish Halloween party and find out if anything (or anyone) is worth anything at all.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.9%, Text-Based 23.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Female Protagonist 23.1%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Atmospheric 16%, Story Rich 12.7%

Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.8%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Indie 4.4%, Story Rich 3.8%

An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.9%, Text-Based 22.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Emotional 12.2%, Psychological Horror 7.2%

You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Text-Based 15.6%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Story Rich 11.1%

select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46.7%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Story Rich 10.9%, Female Protagonist 3.4%

(val)iant is a single-player narrative game about pelvic pain. play as val, a nonbinary college student struggling with their relationship to their body, as well as their relationship with sex. this game is fundamentally about how we as a society learn (or don't learn) about sex.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.9%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Emotional 20.7%, Story Rich 11.5%, Casual 5.7%

GEMINI DISORDER is a strange story about two twin girls: Mei and Aoi. Despite external similarity, their characters are absolute opposites.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Atmospheric 7%

WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other--but one always gets left out.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43.6%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Psychological Horror 6.3%, Atmospheric 4.9%

Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Emotional 26.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Female Protagonist 12%, Story Rich 9.8%

Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.

Why similar: Narrative 38.1% ★, Emotional 18%, Narration 13.8%, Female Protagonist 13%, Story Rich 8.1%

Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.2%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Story Rich 11.7%, Atmospheric 11.5%

An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Text-Based 11.2%

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: LGBTQ+ 46%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Emotional 14.6%, Psychological Horror 2.3%

Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.

Why similar: Emotional 34.9%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Story Rich 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.7%, Text-Based 23.3%, Emotional 15%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Story Rich 7%

This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Text-Based 25.6%, Psychological Horror 25%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%

It feels like your life isn't going anywhere--like there's some kind of mental block. You take the first step towards making an improvement and set up an appointment with a therapist in your local area.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 47.4%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Story Rich 7.1%, Casual 2.4%

A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.

Why similar: Text-Based 40.5%, Visual Novel 36%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Story Rich 6.8%, Indie 2.9%

Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.2%, Emotional 17.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%