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A tale told with vivid colors and rich sound in a classic TYPE-MOON visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.7%, Magic 16.9%, Drama 16.5%, Anime 14.1%, Emotional 7.3%

A fantasy visual novel set in a magic school where humans and mages mingle. Will their differences lead to conflict, or to friendship? Enjoy the story of growth in a world of unbridled fantasies! Character designs by Oyari Ashito, and proudly developed by Frontwing.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Magic 20.7%, Anime 18.6%, Adventure 11.7%, Emotional 8.7%

“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Drama 18%, Anime 17.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Emotional 8.5%

「万般皆是命，半点不由人。」被决定的命运，无法战胜，也无法改变。比起抗拒，对命运一无所知或许才是幸福。超长篇文字游戏《终暮黎明》，在6篇不同的故事中经历她们的人生，迎接命运的到来。

Why similar: Drama 20.8%, Adventure 19.3%, Magic 18.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Anime 14.3%

"The Other Side of the Sky" is a short text adventure game with an alternate fantasy setting in a single-line ending narrative mode.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Anime 23.9%, Drama 16.8%, Adventure 12.8%, Story Rich 10.3%

正田崇とＧユウスケが送る"神座万象シリーズ"再始動作品・第一弾『黒白のアヴェスター』。 善と悪に分けられた二元論の世界で、殺戮の荒野を行く男の冥府魔道の物語！

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Magic 21.5%, Anime 18.3%, Adventure 16%, 2D 6.4%

《维罗瓦年代记：绯红之狼》是一款文字冒险游戏，你将会跟随维罗瓦帝国学院的教师——朔尔的视点，以魔法学院为舞台，卷入这个牵扯到国家多个势力的政治旋涡以及私人恩怨。

Why similar: Magic 29.3%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Anime 23.8%, Fantasy 7.9%, Story Rich 6.7%

My name is Jeremy. I can bring things to life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Drama 22.6%, Anime 16.5%, Emotional 9.8%, Horror 9%

In this visual novel, experience the story of Ethan Syfran, who by an accident got him and his family caught in a whirlpool of crime in a catastrophe-swept world. How would he struggle to get out and save everything he cherished... or carry up all the sins he'd done and keep going?

Why similar: Drama 29.1%, Visual Novel 28.6%, Anime 21.1%, Adventure 10.6%, Story Rich 7.8%

A fantasy Galgame. Play as Kashus, join former knight Candide to defeat the Demon King. Encounter the innocent Holiness in a coastal city. This journey weaves a tale of fantasy, fierce battles, and triumph—an experience that truly feels like playing an RPG!

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.9%, Drama 24.7%, Anime 18.3%, Adventure 13.1%, Fantasy 4.9%

The first game of Sorcerer’s Records Series Season 3 is here! Check out the story of Sorcerer's Records, which is more mature than ever! This game is a standard lower window novel game for men of all ages.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Drama 29.7%, Adventure 18.3%, 2D 7.1%, Story Rich 6%

In a mysterious school where day and night are two separate worlds, a mismatched trio work to resolve magic-related incidents. A world of magic, intrigue, mystery and the occult awaits you!

Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Anime 33.7%, Magic 14.5%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 5%

"My love for you began with that kiss." Ex-Kendo practitioner Kanemori Tōya, comes across Saya who seals demonic blades. Saving him from his murderous impulse curse is a kiss from Saya!? The two begin living together, battling with demonic blade in hand. Break the curse with a kiss from this beauty!

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Drama 24.1%, Anime 18%, Adventure 15.5%, Emotional 10.3%

Iris Odyssey is a text-based adventure game. In the heart of Shibuya, an orphaned girl searching for her family and a magical crime investigator are brought together by fate. Their journey will challenge them and spark a battle against unimaginable forces. A modern fantasy adventure begins.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Drama 19.5%, Anime 14.8%, Magic 11.1%, Emotional 9.5%

We Carry the Fire is a fantasy-adventure visual novel about four people embarking on a dangerous quest to save a small village from an apocalyptic curse.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Drama 23.3%, Adventure 14.6%, Magic 14.5%, Emotional 10.1%

After the revolution, Kikoku is plunged into chaos. Takekosen joins the secret organization Hiseido, facing her final trial. She must abandon her name, wear the mask, and forge her path through fate. A fantasy visual novel set in an ancient Eastern world.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Drama 16.3%, Anime 16%, Emotional 9.3%, Adventure 9%

fault - StP - LIGHTKRAVTE is the latest entry in the fault series, which has shipped over 500,000 copies worldwide. LIGHTKRAVTE presents its story through the eyes of Khaji Oberg, an ordinary and unremarkable teenaged boy who finds himself reaching for a dream that slips ever further away from him.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Anime 21.9%, Magic 16.3%, Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 7.6%

A fan visual novel where you join Nana at Japari Park as new caretaker. Fun and food await in adventures with an energetic serval cat and an always hungry fox!

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Anime 22.7%, Drama 19.1%, Adventure 12.2%, 2D 6.4%

A Visual Novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. This is a continuation of Chapter 1. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to chose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Anime 19.5%, Magic 19.3%, Adventure 9.7%, Linear 7%

The cinematic adventure novel series "Fault" has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide, and the latest title in the series is now available after six years!

Why similar: Visual Novel 39%, Anime 24.5%, Adventure 16.1%, Story Rich 10.3%, Fantasy 6.1%

Co-developed with ebi-hime, this is a fairytale-inspired yuri visual novel full of magic. Follow Paige, a struggling writer, as she moves into a spacious home in the English countryside, where she meets the mysterious Faye.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Anime 20.7%, Magic 15.8%, Emotional 11%, 2D 7.1%

Every Hue of You follows the deeply personal and thoughtful journey of Twyla: A jeweller battling grief who awakens the power to enchant her creations with the energy of emotions.

Why similar: Philosophical 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Anime 14.4%, Drama 13%, Story Rich 6.9%

Read through this visual novel that will soothe the loneliest of hearts.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Drama 26.1%, Anime 19.6%, Magic 17.1%, Story Rich 4.9%

Last Stanza is a slice of life, dramatic visual novel that deals with the consequences of a tragic event from different perspectives.

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.3%, Anime 26.2%, Drama 24.9%, Story Rich 5.4%, Indie 3.2%

Aurans is a kinetic visual novel about coming of age, learning to believe in yourself, and finding out what really matters to you. Everything is fully hand drawn, and is the first visual novel project of Pixelsplosion Studios.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Drama 16%, Adventure 11.5%, Philosophical 10.8%, Linear 8.5%

This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".

Why similar: Visual Novel 52.4%, Anime 26.5%, Drama 8.6%, Story Rich 5%, Emotional 4.5%

After the assassination attempt on Countess Maria de Fernandez, it was decided to find the best guard in the entire Kingdom for the Countess, and the choice fell on Manuel Vermonad, a former knight who had renounced his lineage.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Magic 18.9%, Anime 16.3%, Demons 15.3%, Adventure 9%

Ford Gillia Kingdom, where the ancient magicians' legend still remains. On a certain day Adelite, belonging to the kingdom's chivalric order was cast a death-promising curse by a man who identifies himself as a "magician". The feud between knights and magicians is beyond epochs...

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Drama 18.5%, Anime 16.5%, Adventure 13.7%, Magic 11.8%

The Days Without Gods is a text-based DND fantasy ADV in which the player takes on the role of Mori Granson, an apprentice and subordinate of Hysso, the president of the Magic Association, and meets Coccinea, a young girl he rescued years ago, and other characters in the mage capital of Tylin.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Magic 21.6%, Drama 19.8%, Adventure 8%, Fantasy 5.6%

「透明人間」のクロと、「透明人間しか見えない・聞こえない」豹馬。平穏を望む２人に、世界は恐るべき牙を剥ける。何度でも。ただ、豹馬の望みが絶たれるまで。

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Drama 19.6%, Emotional 14.1%, Adventure 12.6%, Anime 10.9%

Step into the world of Nyx, a VTuber whose online persona begins to blur with something far more unsettling. After the Stream Went Dark is a short psychological horror visual novel exploring identity, self-perception, and the fragile boundary between performance and reality.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Drama 20%, Anime 17.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Emotional 9.9%

A story about a guy, a girl he met, and their adventure. Freelance IT specialist Semyon meet a girl from Dagestan on the Internet. However, their relationship quickly grow over the regular chatting - he decides to help her run away from home. That is how their amazing adventure begins.

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Drama 18.9%, Anime 16.9%, Adventure 12.6%, 2D 6%

You lost Bun, a cheerful orphan girl, who was the only joy for you in this cruel world. Tired of the harsh life, she went to Paradise, but you didn't accept it. At great cost, you dragged her back into the place she desperately wanted to escape. “How Much is Happiness” is a story of joy and despair.

Why similar: Philosophical 26.1%, Drama 22.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Anime 10.2%, Story Rich 6.8%

Intense rehearsals before the live show. Searching for inspiration for their next song. Performing on stage at the school festival. A story of youth and inner conflict told through the melodies of the band “Re:sonance.” A visual novel that captures the days they spend facing music—and themselves.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Drama 19.9%, Anime 14.7%, Adventure 11.8%, Emotional 9.6%

The latest visual novel by Tomo Kataoka, the author of Narcissu 1st & 2nd, has arrived! An empty world with endless rain and only one person. Here there is no hunger, sickness or even death. Just what story does this world's one occupant have?

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.5%, Anime 34.7%, Emotional 7%, Story Rich 5.6%, Indie 3.2%

At last, an all-out war is at hand. The battle against the religious organization, The Fatal Answer (TFA), has entered its final phase, with CIRS and SORD preparing to send all of their troops into TFA's stronghold.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Anime 20.3%, Drama 17.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Emotional 8.1%

Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Anime 16.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Emotional 9.1%, Magic 7.2%

In this adventure game, play as a young boy, Boku, who accidentally releases vengeful spirits from a local shrine. To fix his mistake, he must collect the ancient treasures to repair the seal. But the freed Youkai have their own plans for him and won’t make it easy. Can he resist their deadly lure?

Why similar: Anime 22.3%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Horror 12.9%, Drama 11.3%, Demons 8.8%

Spring has come, and our protagonist, Yukinari, returns home after 7 years. Between his second cousin Sakura, who meets him outside in a full maid outfit, Hotaru, a half-Japanese beauty with a sharp tongue, and the lazy scheming witch Alice - life just got way more interesting!

Why similar: Visual Novel 41.5%, Anime 36.2%, Adventure 22.3%

Set 150 years before the events of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, XBlaze Code: Embryo is a visual novel that follows Touya Kagari, a high school student whose world is turned upside down when he is attacked by a seemingly otherworldly being and saved by a mysterious girl named Es.

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.9%, Anime 37.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Story Rich 8.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%

A remote island worships light energy as the source of all life. When that faith begins to fail, three protagonists must confront a changing world in this story-driven visual novel featuring alternative rock style original soundtracks.

Why similar: Visual Novel 42.2%, Anime 23.2%, Adventure 14.2%, Story Rich 10.4%, 2D 9.1%

In Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane, you play as a defense attorney who practices law in a world of fantasy and wizards. You must defend clients accused of various crimes committed using magic and use the rules of magic to prove them innocent.

Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Anime 24.1%, Magic 21.8%, Story Rich 8%, Fantasy 6.7%

Tilia, who turns 20 this year, is a bit of a tomboy. One day, while Tilia was working as per her master's orders, a mysterious man appeared in front of her. As one of the servants, he will serve in the royal palace of the Kingdom of Birbarad. Will the truth behind Tyria's parents' death be revealed?

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Drama 21.3%, Anime 16.4%, Magic 14.1%, Adventure 9.2%

《Isle Echo》 is a slice-of-life fantasy visual novel with multiple endings. Play as a college student on Hainan Island, meet several heroines with distinct personalities, and shape stories through your choices.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Drama 27.3%, Anime 20.4%, Emotional 17.1%, Indie 1.3%

planetarian HD is an engaging and emotional visual novel from legendary game studio, Key. A sub-brand of VISUAL ARTS, Key are also famed for creating Kanon, AIR, CLANNAD, Little Busters!, Rewrite, Angel Beats!, and Summer Pockets.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Anime 26.4%, Drama 17.8%, Adventure 7%, Emotional 5.9%

Deep inside a forest, a voice calls out to the hero. It is there that he crosses paths with Omaylas, the Dark Magic Queen. Imprisoned in the forest, she offers to swear an oath to the hero in exchange for her freedom, but is there a secret agenda to her actions?

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Magic 23.3%, Anime 21.9%, Adventure 10.6%, Fantasy 6.9%

For the first time in years, Sonny meets a person he knows inside of his lucid dreams and, to his surprise, Sonny discovers that what he says and does in his dreams directly affects the people he dreamed about.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Drama 26.9%, Anime 19.9%, Adventure 15.7%, Fantasy 5.3%

Sign is a visual novel series that blends fantasy, urban life, and adventure. The story follows Lyra, a high school girl who encounters Cygnus, a witch from another world. Together, they embark on a journey to reclaim the witch’s lost powers.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, Anime 20.5%, Magic 18.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Story Rich 9%

This is a Yandere Yuri horror game where character sprites and still images move smoothly, created using Live2D and TyranoScript. If you enjoy Yandere Yuri horror filled with obsessive love, we highly recommend giving it a try.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Anime 20.8%, Magic 16%, Adventure 15%, Horror 9.9%

In this visual novel with E-mote animated sprites by veteran studio ANIM, after trying and failing to have children, the Kajiuras decided to attend a relationship seminar to fix the problem. There they meet the Sonadas and as the sessions continue, their lives begin to entwine more and more...

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.1%, Drama 29.3%, Anime 25.1%, Choices Matter 4.7%, 2D 4%

All the heroines are miko! Fighting miko! Working miko! Moe miko! A girl's love that pierces through time. A tragic fate imposed upon these fighting shrine maidens. And the darkness who seek to rampage through the world of night... With those strong feelings, will Yuuya and Akiha be together?!

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Drama 26.7%, Anime 20.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 6.7%

You wake in an unfamiliar “Preparation Area”, surrounded by strangers. The system declares: “New mission, commencing immediately.” Mission after mission, where life and death hang in the balance. Only by earning points can you reclaim freedom. An adventure with no retreat—move forward or vanish.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Drama 17.8%, Anime 17.5%, Adventure 13.6%, Story Rich 7.6%

Jaksaljabi is a kinetic novel that you can experience unique set-up and story.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Anime 23.1%, Magic 18.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Story Rich 4.6%

Seek the root of the Fate franchise. Return to where it all began.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Anime 19.2%, Magic 16.5%, Emotional 9.4%, Story Rich 7%

VTuber Connect is a love letter to VTubers as a medium. One that hides nothing, but embraces everything. Whether you’re a VTuber or a viewer, we all form connections in our own way. How will you connect?

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Drama 22.6%, Anime 17.1%, Emotional 14.6%, Story Rich 5.3%

Elezion is a visual novel about memory, war, and human connection, told across several intertwined timelines. Retro pixel art and original music frame a story where every choice explores what it means to exist.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Drama 29.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Linear 7.3%, 2D 7.3%

The story will develop into the year of 1947, where the players would face one of the most traumatic historical events in the history of Taiwan.Sorry,now there are only English interface, English subtitles are still being processed,we hope to complete as soon as possible.

Why similar: Visual Novel 49.2%, Anime 27.7%, Adventure 18.7%, Indie 4.4%

A visual novel about psychological exploration, family trauma, existential meditation. Linear, single ending. Goethe called Hamlet the kind of man in whom thinking too much kills the will to act. And here I stand, in Canton’s spring — am I not to sigh like a poet, watching a bird come and go?

Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Philosophical 23.9%, Anime 17.8%, Adventure 9.7%, Emotional 9.1%

Once. A certain village was destroyed by the hands of the devil. "Red Village Tragedy - " The only girl who survived the incident called that - Isla. Even though she was tormented by the memories of her past, she lived each day to the fullest.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Drama 18.5%, Anime 16.3%, Adventure 13.3%, Magic 12.1%