- #1 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.5
97% matchVery Positive96% of 134 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 88.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Murasaki's sister Yuuki has returned to Japan and begins bonding with the other members of Class A. Feeling out of place, Murasaki thinks back on when she first met Haruto. Where was the secret art Haruto sought out in her village really hidden?
Why similar: Assassin 24.8% ★, Visual Novel 21.7%, Anime 16.7%, Cute 10.7%, Female Protagonist 6.6%
- #2 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.3
96% matchVery Positive93% of 160 reviews2017
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 76.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
"Grisaia: Phantom Trigger" is a visual novel, specifically a kinetic novel (without branching routes). Returning character artist Akio Watanabe and writer Ryuta Fujisaki bring you the latest installment in the acclaimed Grisaia series.
Why similar: Assassin 26.3% ★, Visual Novel 21.6%, Anime 16.6%, Cute 10.9%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #3 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1
96% matchVery Positive92% of 352 reviews2017
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 53.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"Grisaia: Phantom Trigger" is a visual novel, specifically a kinetic novel (without branching routes). Returning character artist Akio Watanabe and writer Ryuta Fujisaki bring you the latest installment in the acclaimed Grisaia series.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Anime 19.8%, Cute 11.7%, Female Protagonist 7.8%, Dark 7.7%
- #4 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.2
95% matchVery Positive94% of 166 reviews2017
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 66.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A VIP disappears en route to Japan, and it's up to Mihama students Rena, Tohka, Chris, and Murasaki to help investigate, with the twins from Kyousen Sakuragaoka in tow. Recovering the VIP pushes their minds and bodies to the brink, and to top it all off, Rena and Haruto’s past is revealed as well!
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Anime 20.8%, Cute 13.5%, Dark 8%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #5 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.7
94% matchVery Positive88% of 120 reviews2020
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
As daily life goes on unchanged, the girls - and Haruto - continue to sharpen their fangs. They are summoned for a mission of unprecedented scale, against the religious organization "TFA", where Enishi and Kuroe await. What kind of hellish scenes will Arisaka have to face on the battlefield?
Why similar: Assassin 28.8% ★, Visual Novel 19.3%, Anime 15.3%, Cute 10.3%, Sexual Content 5.8%
- #6 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.4
94% matchVery Positive97% of 132 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 84.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Taiga is an elementary student applying to join Class A, the combat unit. Her transfer is approved, but there's one catch: Chris must supervise her. All is well until a terrorist attack breaks out, and Chris rushes off alone. SORD is powerless - what will they do?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Assassin 22.5% ★, Anime 18.4%, Cute 11.9%, Female Protagonist 5.3%
- #7 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.5.5
93% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2019
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 207.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Three months have passed since Arisaka Shiori started her somewhat special position as a teacher at Mihama Academy, the "school of assassins", when she is forced to take an objective look at herself. Does she want to continue in this job? Which world will she choose to live in?
Why similar: Assassin 24.2% ★, Visual Novel 22%, Anime 16.8%, Cute 11%, Female Protagonist 6.2%
- #8 The Afterglow of Grisaia
92% matchVery Positive96% of 122 reviews2016
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A side story to The Labyrinth of Grisaia, this game explores protagonist Kazami Yuuji's past, focusing on his life with Kusakabe Asako, the CIRS agent who rescued him at a young age from a terrorist organization. Secret passages of The Labyrinth of Grisaia are revealed within...
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Anime 23.7%, Cute 12.4%, Sexual Content 9.6%, Adventure 7.5%
- #9 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.8
91% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
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 30.2%, Anime 22.1%, Assassin 13.5% ★, Cute 12.4%, Adventure 8.9%
- #10 The Labyrinth of Grisaia
91% matchVery Positive88% of 159 reviews2016
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 580.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
“Are things OK as they are?” In every second of every minute of the life the young man had lived, the same thought recurred in his mind. Looking back on his past, the girls he’d met in this peaceful life made him feel guilty, and his heart was tormented with that guilt.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.5%, Anime 25.3%, Sexual Content 10.2%, Cute 8.6%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #11 The Fruit of Grisaia
90% matchVery Positive93% of 1,095 reviews2015
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 127.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
SIX FRUITS BARE THEIR FANGS AT THE WORLD. --The academy was their orchard. In this place of learning, protected by high walls from the outside world, there arrived a single young man who'd lost his purpose in life. He'd lost sight of what he wanted to protect.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.1%, Anime 28.7%, Story Rich 8.2%, Sexual Content 7.3%, Cute 6.9%
- #12 The Eden of Grisaia
89% matchVery Positive93% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 295.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The final chapter in the Grisaia series, featuring The Seed of Blanc Aile, the overarching story's grand conclusion and Prologue De La Grisaia, a prologue set before Yuuji's arrival at Mihama.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.5%, Anime 22%, Cute 13.9%, Sexual Content 11%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #13 The Melody of Grisaia
89% matchVery Positive94% of 90 reviews2016
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A side story for The Labyrinth of Grisaia, this episode takes place just after Kusakabe Asako officially names Kazami Yuuji her successor as number 9029, and details his globe-hopping exploits thereafter. Yet more secret passages of The Labyrinth of Grisaia are revealed within...
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Anime 25.1%, Cute 14.2%, Casual 8.2%, Adventure 7.9%
- #14 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 873 reviews2018
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 40.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 45.6%, Anime 29.2%, Story Rich 9%, Adventure 8.9%, Dark 5.4%
- #15 Ne no Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto
88% matchVery Positive87% of 185 reviews2016
Dev: Kuro Irodoru YomijiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 49.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
“Len, you are going to abandon this town... and die—today” Since her reunion with Shinonome, Len's life is thrust into an all new “reality,” and the curtain which hid the “truth” of this new world is been lifted.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Anime 16.1%, Sexual Content 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10%, Adventure 8.9%
- #16 The Leisure of Grisaia
86% matchVery Positive91% of 303 reviews2016
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 95.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This side story to "The Fruit of Grisaia" is a character-driven visual novel featuring some of the same characters. This time, it's Michiru who takes the lead role in this slapstick comedy. A laugh-out-loud side story detailing the Mihama girls' school hijinks.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Anime 23%, Cute 11.1%, Sexual Content 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #17 9-nine-:Episode 1
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,894 reviews2019
Dev: PALETTEPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 145.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Help Miyako and Kakeru track down a superpowered serial killer before they strike again.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.8%, Anime 24%, Sexual Content 13.2%, Cute 12%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #18 Nanairo Reincarnation
86% matchVery Positive96% of 165 reviews2019
Dev: Silky's Plus WasabiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Join spirit detective Kagami Makoto and his demon familiars as they hunt down the wandering ghosts disrupting the peace of his small town.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46%, Anime 29.8%, Sexual Content 7%, Adventure 6.1%, Casual 5.4%
- #19 Memories Off -Innocent Fille-
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,082 reviews2020
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 117.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
「メモリーズオフ」シリーズ史上最もライトで最もシリアスな二面性のあるシナリオが、切なくて儚い、ただ一つの想いを選ぶ“二者択一の恋物語”(オルタナティブ・ラヴストーリー)へとプレイヤーを誘います。
Why similar: Adventure 34.9%, Visual Novel 34.1%, Anime 25.7%, Sexual Content 5.3%
- #20 Flowers -Le volume sur automne-
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 756 reviews2020
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 105.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
As the summer heat fades, Suoh Shirahane is just one step away from unraveling the mystery of why her beloved Amitie partner left in the spring.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.4%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Anime 15.5%, Story Rich 7.7%, Adventure 6.9%
- #21 Nurse Love Syndrome
84% matchVery Positive94% of 302 reviews2019
Dev: KOGADO STUDIOPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 240.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Meet cheerful Kaori Sawai, fresh out of nursing school, as she joins Yurigahama Hospital. Surviving a near death experience as a child left her with a desire to become a nurse and "healing hands" that let her relieve pain in patients just by touching them.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Anime 23.3%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Sexual Content 8.4%
- #22 Fatal Twelve
82% matchVery Positive92% of 995 reviews2018
Dev: LYCORISPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Shishimai Rinka was a high schooler who ran a small café named Lion House in place of her grandmother. She lived her life much like any other person her age, but one day, she was caught up in an explosion while returning home on the train alongside her friend, Hitsuji Naomi.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.7%, Anime 22.1%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Story Rich 9.3%, Casual 6.3%
- #23 NEKO-NIN exHeart SPIN!
80% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: WhirlpoolPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Kikumaru's life was fairly normal until a gun wielding catgirl appears during his grandfather's funeral. Even his little sister suddenly sprouts tanuki-ears! A beautiful woman (with cat ears as well) comes to his rescue. The curtain rises on the latest chapter in the NEKO-NIN exHeart series. Nin!
Why similar: Visual Novel 40%, Anime 20.9%, Cute 18.5%, Casual 10.4%, Adventure 8.7%
- #24 Memory's Dogma CODE:01
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 371 reviews2016
Dev: Liz-ArtsPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Japan, 2030 A.D. Memories can now be digitized and archived, allowing people to communicate with the deceased. With only one week left before his best friend’s memories are deleted, can Hiroki uncover the truth behind Sorano’s death?
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.8%, Anime 33.7%, Adventure 7%, Casual 6%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #25 CROSS†CHANNEL: Steam Edition
81% matchVery Positive90% of 430 reviews2018
Dev: MoeNovel
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
"This is the Gunjo Broadcasting Club. Is there anyone left out there?” CROSS†CHANNEL is now available to the whole world for the first time ever. Eight students relive an eternally looping week as tensions rise. Can they mend their broken friendships, or are they too far gone to salvage...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 40%, Anime 24.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Casual 8.9%, Cute 8.1%
- #26 ef - the latter tale. (All Ages)
81% matchVery Positive97% of 123 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
In this direct continuation of "ef - the first tale", Yuu tells the tale of a young woman who has lost one of her eyes due to an accident, but who may have lost so much more beneath the surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Anime 24.6%, Adventure 14.6%, Sexual Content 14.5%, Story Rich 11%
- #27 Flowers -Le volume sur hiver-
79% matchVery Positive81% of 715 reviews2022
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Suoh finally uncovers the the truth behind Saint Angraecum Academy in this emotional conclusion to the Flowers visual novel series.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Anime 21.4%, Cute 12%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Adventure 9.9%
- #28 Liminal Border Part III
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Purple SoftwarePub: Shiravune
Windows
Following the events of Part II, Itsuki and the gang's "Rave" business is close to getting off the ground. Itsuki looks to Meryl Hathaway, a young girl often seen accompanying Kotoko, as a counter to the violence of the Umon-kai as he searches for a way to destroy them once and for all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Anime 19%, Cute 14.9%, Dark 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #29 9-nine-:Episode 2
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,889 reviews2019
Dev: PALETTEPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 184.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
It's Sora and Kakeru's time to shine when the action heats up in 9-nine-: Episode 2. Can they take down the murderer before it's too late for them both?
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.7%, Anime 23%, Sexual Content 18.3%, Cute 13.1%, Casual 4.5%
- #30 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,225 reviews2015
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 57.9%, Anime 30.6%, Story Rich 5.4%, Female Protagonist 2.5%, Casual 1.6%
- #31 ISLAND
77% matchVery Positive95% of 1,748 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 154.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.5%, Anime 26.7%, Cute 11.8%, Story Rich 8.3%, Sexual Content 7.2%
- #32 Muv-Luv Alternative
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,575 reviews2018
Dev: aNCHOR Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Playtime's over. Time for despair. Experience the definitive version of a masterpiece in the Muv-Luv trilogy's thrilling conclusion. Note: therapy not included.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Anime 24.1%, Sexual Content 11.7%, Cute 9.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #33 OneRoom ―Yui Hanasaka Memorial―
73% matchVery Positive92% of 410 reviews2025
Dev: 株式会社さかさうま工房Pub: Laplacian
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 16%
That pure love, that lovey-dovey moment again――A new, immersive animated novel game where you can experience the story of Yui Hanasaka, the main heroine of the popular short anime series OneRoom, from the protagonist’s point of view.Revisit her special moments in this innovative experience!
Why similar: Anime 29.9%, Visual Novel 29.7%, Cute 17.7%, Adventure 10.1%, Casual 7.9%
- #34 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
77% matchVery Positive83% of 265 reviews2020
Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.9%, Anime 29%, Dark 11.3%, Story Rich 10.2%, Adventure 8.8%
- #35 Lingering Fragrance
76% matchVery Positive92% of 596 reviews2018
Dev: BLESTWORKS
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
We walk together, play together, and do everything together. This is our last trip, our last memory. It is a short visual novel contains three story lines, after main story the other two will be unlocked. Which one is your side of story?
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.5%, Anime 27.7%, Sexual Content 12.2%, Casual 11.2%, Adventure 9.4%
- #36 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
75% matchVery Positive93% of 2,444 reviews2017
Dev: KeroQPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 168.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".
Why similar: Visual Novel 39%, Anime 17.4%, Sexual Content 11.4%, Story Rich 8.6%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
- #37 Putrika 1st.cut:The Reason She Must Perish
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 519 reviews2024
Dev: トトメトリ
Windows
"Even though I knew this love was forbidden..." While the tragedy is being told, the girl's true love is revealed! Enjoy this crazy pure love drama with beautiful visuals and cute characters!
Why similar: Visual Novel 39%, Anime 21.1%, Cute 16.4%, Adventure 9%, Casual 7.6%
- #38 Kara no Shojo
75% matchVery Positive92% of 439 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 165.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Anime 28.1%, Dark 13.1%, Sexual Content 12.5%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #39 Monobeno
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 652 reviews2018
Dev: LosePub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 88.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
This was a story about humans and monsters, disease and haunting, and the past and the future. It leads you to the unusual traditional Japanese culture.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Anime 30.4%, Sexual Content 14.2%, Adventure 10.4%, Cute 5.5%
- #40 Aoi Tori
71% matchVery Positive97% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: Purple softwarePub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 61.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Shiratori Ritsu, the sole male at Kirihara Academy for Girls and its priest, protects the school from demons but finds his sanity tested by the arrival of a new student, the one-hundred-year-old vampire Mary Harker, and a call from the devil, questioning his purpose in life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.8%, Story Rich 14.9%, Dark 11.8%, Anime 10.7%, Cute 9.2%
- #41 Kimagure Temptation
72% matchVery Positive97% of 184 reviews2021
Dev: Silky's Plus WasabiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Mysterious murders. A cursed apartment building. Cohabitating with a cute demon girl?! All in a day's work for diviner, Haruhisa but will he be able to solve the case and not be distracted by a demon girl only interested in him?
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.9%, Anime 19.6%, Cute 17.2%, Sexual Content 12%, Adventure 7.1%
- #42 Taimanin Asagi
71% matchVery Positive86% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: LilithPub: Shiravune
Windows
A classic visual novel about a demon-slaying ninja. Asagi was the strongest Taimanin in Tokyo, but after completing her last mission, she just wants to settle down and marry her lover Kyousuke. Her old nemesis has other plans, however, and creeps back from the dead to seek vengeance...
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Anime 20.8%, Sexual Content 13.8%, Cute 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.5%
- #43 The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart
73% matchVery Positive91% of 365 reviews2019
Dev: TOKYOTOON
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 88.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Once upon a time, after his mother passed away, a boy called Nora felt all alone in the world. He spent every day with his unique and kind hearted friends until one fateful day, he had a chance encounter with a princess from the Netherworld.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Anime 27.7%, Cute 17.2%, Sexual Content 13.5%, Adventure 8%
- #44 Yumeutsutsu Re:After
73% matchVery Positive88% of 104 reviews2020
Dev: KOGADO STUDIOPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
What happens "After?" Five stories to continue the possible endings of Yumeutsutsu Re:master.
Why similar: Adventure 32.6%, Visual Novel 29%, Anime 11.9%, Sexual Content 8.1%, Cute 7.1%
- #45 Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a Shooting Star- HD
72% matchVery Positive94% of 382 reviews2017
Dev: FavoritePub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A Japanese love adventure game, as you follow the story of Kogasaka You, his hometown and a promise he made.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.4%, Anime 20.2%, Cute 13.1%, Adventure 8.5%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #46 Adabana Odd Tales
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,033 reviews2020
Dev: Liar-softPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 52.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"This is a tale of 'flowers' that never bloom." Shirohime, a girl who has lost her memory, and Kurofude, a mysterious boy, traverse through classic Japanese fairy tales within the land of Adabana, a realm of illustrated books. What awaits them after they mend the distorted tales?
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.8%, Adventure 19.1%, Casual 16.9%, Anime 13.4%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #47 XBlaze Lost: Memories
74% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Arc System WorksPub: Aksys Games
Windows
XBlaze Lost: Memories is a visual-novel game based in the BlazBlue universe and the sequel to XBlaze Code: Embryo!
Why similar: Anime 37.8%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Cute 14.6%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #48 Winter Memories
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,262 reviews2024
Dev: Dojin OtomePub: Kagura Games
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
After the unforgettable summer memories you’ve made half a year ago, Yui, Rio, and Miyuki are back. With the change of seasons and the cold falling snow, a new page to your story is about to begin.
Why similar: Sexual Content 64.9%, Anime 15.2%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Cute 5.5%, Casual 3.1%
- #49 Hello Lady! - Complete Edition
70% matchVery Positive86% of 416 reviews2022
Dev: AKATSUKI-WORKSPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's the Dawn of a New Age- The 21st century has brought about its own slew of problems for society at large. Asa result, the most promising youths from around the world have been gathered and enrolled in Amakawa Noble Academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.3%, Anime 20.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, Casual 7.6%, Sexual Content 5.9%
- #50 Sabbat of the Witch
69% matchVery Positive93% of 2,370 reviews2018
Dev: YUZUSOFTPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 295.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hoshina Shuuji has a secret: He has a mysterious power that allows him to perceive the emotions of others. However, he is soon to find out that he is not the only one who has something he doesn't want others to find out about as Ayachi Nene, a classmate, likewise has a secret.
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.5%, Anime 23.4%, Cute 11.2%, Casual 4.8%, Adventure 4.6%
- #51 Muv-Luv photonflowers*
70% matchVery Positive93% of 274 reviews2019
Dev: aNCHOR Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
It's the best of both worlds! Jam-packed with twelve tales that expand upon the Muv-Luv multiverse, this compilation is sure to satisfy that series sweet tooth!
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.9%, Anime 30.1%, Sexual Content 8.6%, Story Rich 7.7%, Adventure 7.6%
- #52 Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World-
68% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2022
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 54.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Kaito wakes to find himself in a strange room, with no memories, and a taciturn girl named Yonagi by his side. Upon learning of his role, he immerses himself into three wondrous dream worlds with her. When all three stories meet a bitter end, Kaito recovers his memories, and the true story unfolds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.2%, Story Rich 14.6%, Cute 14.5%, Sexual Content 12.6%, Adventure 8.3%
- #53 G-senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String
69% matchVery Positive92% of 744 reviews2015
Dev: AKABEiSOFT2Pub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You play as Azai Kyousuke, the son of an infamous gangster. Kyousuke knows what he likes and lets nothing stand in his way in getting what he wants. Referred to as God by his classmates, he often enjoys listening to Bach and "working" part time for his stepfather.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.6%, Anime 23.6%, Story Rich 9.7%, Sexual Content 8.5%, Adventure 5%
- #54 I Walk Among Zombies Vol. 0
69% matchVery Positive87% of 148 reviews2020
Dev: SeacoxxPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 41.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Take a step into the shoes of Mitsuki, Tokiko and Sayaka and learn a bit more about their circumstances as well as their interactions with the protagonist in these short stories that take place in around each of the games in the series.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.7%, Anime 25.9%, Sexual Content 13%, Adventure 10.5%, Casual 4.8%
- #55 Liminal Border Part II
66% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Purple SoftwarePub: Shiravune
Windows
Unfairly saddled with crippling debt after the events of Part I, Itsuki Ninomae and the gang turn to fellow student and daughter of a crime lord Kotoko Teshigawara for help. An intertwined web of loyalties and desire awaits as Itsuki, Kotoko and the others fight for justice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, Anime 17.2%, Cute 12.3%, Dark 12.1%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #56 淑女同萌!
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 848 reviews2018
Dev: AKATSUKI-WORKSPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
HELLO LADY! is a Visual Novel game that tells a glory school story about youth, love, and revenge. The game is made by famous Japanese developer AKATSUKI WORKS. Welcome to cooperate, fight and fall in love with the young ladies!
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.7%, Anime 26.8%, Sexual Content 18.1%, Adventure 13.4%
- #57 Corona Blossom Vol.2 The Truth From Beyond
68% matchVery Positive98% of 183 reviews2016
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Breaking news! Space pirate-turned-maid Lily and her cohort Yunie have a nefarious plan to kidnap R-ne and sell her as raw materials! Can Keiji and our other heroes save the day, or is R-ne destined to be melted into scrap? And is there an even greater threat looming in the background?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Anime 23.8%, Cute 16%, Sexual Content 8.6%, Casual 6.4%
- #58 The Shell Part I: Inferno
64% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 110.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 54%, Anime 19.2%, Dark 14.4%, Adventure 7.1%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #59 Natsu no Iro no Nostalgia
67% matchVery Positive91% of 561 reviews2019
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 85.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
《追忆夏色年华》是由美少女游戏品牌MOONSTONE制作的一款奇幻恋爱题材作品。讲述了主人公与妹妹时隔三年一同返回故乡生活,并与曾经关系密切的三位女孩再度相见,并深入了解她们内心隐藏的爱意与黑暗的故事。本作由山风岚负责原画,吴担当剧本,solfa制作音乐,霜月遥献唱主题曲。
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Anime 22.1%, Sexual Content 19.8%, Adventure 7.5%, Casual 7.4%
- #60 Dark Light
65% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: UsagygyPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.4%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Story Rich 14.3%, Adventure 11.1%, Singleplayer 3%