- #1 Boyfriend Dungeon
97% matchVery Positive92% of 2,683 reviews2021
Dev: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Date your weapons! Romance swords, daggers, and polearms to level them up in this “shack-and-slash” dungeon crawling adventure.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Romance 22.7%, Comedy 15.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Story Rich 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines dungeon-crawling action with a focus on dating and building romantic relationships with your weapons.
- #2 Unravel Two
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 9,133 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwood InteractivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. Build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 82.3%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful cooperative platformer where two characters are physically tethered together, mirroring the inseparable bond found in Haven.
- #3 Eternights
96% matchVery Positive86% of 3,454 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Sai
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Eternights is a dating action game where you try to make the most out of life during the apocalypse. Monday: Go on a date. Tuesday: Clear dungeon. Friday: Freak out! The clock is ticking!!
Why similar: Romance 32%, JRPG 24.1%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Story Rich 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: An action-packed RPG that balances fast-paced combat with deep dating-sim mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #4 It Takes Two
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 268,553 reviews2021
Dev: Hazelight StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 68.7%, Story Rich 12.1%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 5.6%, Atmospheric 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive cooperative experience that, like Haven, centers entirely on the evolving relationship between two protagonists.
- #5 Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
94% matchVery Positive95% of 53,173 reviews2020
Dev: Thunder Lotus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 48.1%, Story Rich 23.1%, Exploration 15.9%, Atmospheric 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: An emotional, story-rich game that focuses on the connections you form with others while exploring a beautiful, melancholic world.
- #6 Coffee Talk
94% matchVery Positive95% of 12,534 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 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: LGBTQ+ 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, dialogue-heavy experience that focuses on the personal lives and relationships of the characters you serve.
- #7 A Way Out
93% matchVery Positive88% of 102,642 reviews2020
Dev: Hazelight StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 49.2%, Story Rich 16.5%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Third Person 9.1%, Sexual Content 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strictly cooperative narrative adventure that requires two players to work together to escape and survive.
- #8 Florence
92% matchVery Positive93% of 16,387 reviews2020
Dev: MountainsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.
Why similar: Romance 52%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Story Rich 18.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, poignant interactive story that perfectly captures the highs and lows of a blossoming romantic relationship.
- #9 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,802 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi life-sim that features deep character relationships, romance, and choices that significantly impact the story.
- #10 The Red Strings Club
91% matchVery Positive93% of 14,255 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 41.1%, LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 12.1%, Atmospheric 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk narrative game that focuses on dialogue, human emotion, and the consequences of your choices.
- #11 Journey
90% matchVery Positive94% of 38,336 reviews2020
Dev: thatgamecompanyPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.
Why similar: Atmospheric 38.7%, Exploration 35.7%, Story Rich 15.7%, 3D 6.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric masterpiece that emphasizes wordless connection and shared exploration with another player.
- #12 Sable
89% matchVery Positive86% of 6,432 reviews2021
Dev: ShedworksPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.
Why similar: Open World 17.1%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Story Rich 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the joy of exploration and personal discovery in a vast, atmospheric, and beautifully stylized open world.
- #13 A Space for the Unbound
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,774 reviews2023
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the end of the world. Explore a crumbling town and help friends face their inner demons, which could be the key to stopping reality itself disintegrating. And don’t forget to pet the cats.
Why similar: Story Rich 31.8%, Action-Adventure 24.6%, Exploration 21.3%, Atmospheric 17.7%, Singleplayer 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional, story-rich adventure that explores themes of love and trauma through a nostalgic lens.
- #14 Cloudpunk
89% matchVery Positive87% of 15,433 reviews2020
Dev: ION LANDS
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 34.4%, Open World 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Third Person 8.4%, Story Rich 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an immersive, atmospheric cyberpunk world that rewards exploration and narrative engagement.
- #15 GRIS
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 96,134 reviews2018
Dev: Nomada StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Why similar: Atmospheric 54.5%, Story Rich 26.1%, Exploration 11.6%, Singleplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning game that uses its atmospheric world to tell a powerful, emotional story about healing.
- #16 Planet of Lana
86% matchVery Positive93% of 10,461 reviews2023
Dev: WishfullyPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.
Why similar: Sci-fi 49.9%, Atmospheric 38%, Singleplayer 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic puzzle-adventure that emphasizes the bond between two companions traversing a gorgeous, alien landscape.
- #17 Heaven Will Be Mine
86% matchVery Positive92% of 797 reviews2018
Dev: Pillow Fight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Heaven Will Be Mine is a visual novel about making terrible life decisions in the midst of a hot-blooded battle between giant robots. Select one of three terribly behaved girls to fight and/or make out with each other in their struggle for the fate of space.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Romance 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Sexual Content 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi visual novel that centers on the complex romantic and political tensions between three pilots.
- #18 Love Shore
84% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 36.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choices Matter 16.5%, RPG 12%, LGBTQ+ 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk RPG that places a heavy emphasis on character-driven stories and meaningful romantic choices.
- #19 No Longer Home
85% matchMixed63% of 444 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Romance 13.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Exploration 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, story-rich game that captures the intimacy and uncertainty of two partners navigating a transition in their lives.
- #20 ANNO: Mutationem
83% matchVery Positive81% of 6,610 reviews2022
Dev: ThinkingStars
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
ANNO: Mutationem is an action-adventure game with RPG elements set in a cyberpunk world, featuring a unique mix of pixelated 2D & 3D graphic style with a rich, dark and bizarre plot.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 39.6%, RPG 13.8%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Story Rich 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A stylish cyberpunk RPG that features a strong female lead and a focus on narrative exploration.
- #21 The Symbiant
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 856 reviews2023
Dev: HeartCoreDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Symbiant is a BL / Yaoi / Gay visual novel about two men, both from vastly different worlds, embracing their sexuality and their newfound romance. It is also a tale of interstellar friendship and being gay in space!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.1%, Sexual Content 25.9%, Romance 15.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Multiple Endings 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that explores romance and choices within a sci-fi setting, focusing on LGBTQ+ themes.
- #22 Degrees of Separation
84% matchVery Positive80% of 1,328 reviews2019
Dev: MoondropPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy and adventure.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 43.3%, Romance 26.2%, Story Rich 12.4%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer where two characters with opposing powers must work together to overcome obstacles.
- #23 Stardew Valley
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,034,074 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.9 hrsMean: 85.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: RPG 49.9%, Open World 42.9%, Singleplayer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a relaxing cooperative experience where building relationships and romance is just as important as managing your farm.
- #24 Alone With You
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 103 reviews2017
Dev: BancyCo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Alone With You is a bittersweet sci-fi adventure game that goes right for the heart. Escape a doomed space colony with the help of your troubled AI companion and four chatty holograms in this unique blend of adventure & visual novel storytelling.
Why similar: Romance 33.9%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Story Rich 12.6%, Exploration 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi adventure that focuses on the relationship between the player and a holographic AI companion.
- #25 Flower
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,090 reviews2019
Dev: thatgamecompanyPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience award-winning Flower, now available on PC. Flower lets you take control of the wind as you explore and navigate beautiful, lush environments.
Why similar: Open World 35.1%, Atmospheric 23.1%, Exploration 22.8%, 3D 13%, Singleplayer 6%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, atmospheric experience that focuses on the beauty of nature and the joy of movement.
- #26 Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
81% matchVery Positive94% of 41,280 reviews2013
Dev: Starbreeze Studios ABPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
Why similar: Story Rich 30.5%, Atmospheric 28.7%, Local Co-Op 26.1%, Third Person 9.9%, Singleplayer 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique control scheme that requires you to manage two characters simultaneously to solve puzzles and progress through an emotional journey.
- #27 The Artful Escape
79% matchVery Positive92% of 2,010 reviews2021
Dev: Beethoven and DinosaurPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A teenage guitar prodigy sets out on a psychedelic journey to inspire his stage persona and confront the legacy of a dead folk legend. Starring voice performances by Michael Johnston, Caroline Kinley, Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers.
Why similar: Sci-fi 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Story Rich 15.3%, Comedy 15.2%, Third Person 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the wonder of exploration and self-expression through a vibrant, musical, and surreal world.
- #28 Outer Wilds
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 106,959 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Why similar: Exploration 22.7%, Open World 22.1%, Story Rich 18.8%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Atmospheric 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more puzzle-focused, it captures the same sense of wonder and curiosity found in exploring a mysterious, fragmented sci-fi world.
- #29 Life is Strange - Episode 1
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 175,606 reviews2015
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28%, Story Rich 25.5%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Third Person 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A character-driven narrative game that excels at building deep, emotional connections between its protagonists.
- #30 CyberPimp 2069
77% matchVery Positive88% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Entropy Digital Entertainment
Windows · Mac
CyberPimp 2069 is an erotic open-world RPG set in a neon-soaked dystopia, blending raunchy humor, fast-paced combat, and filthy dialogue. As a washed-up P.I. with an overclocked libido hunting fragments of climax code, confront dangerous ex-lovers—each with their own grudges, demands, and pleasures.
Why similar: Sexual Content 21%, Cyberpunk 19%, Open World 11.6%, Romance 8.4%, JRPG 8.4%
- #31 Synthetic Lover
78% matchVery Positive86% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: HeartCoreDev
Windows
In the future a biot working as a companion and without free will, encounters a device that makes him feel human. Self-discovery, hardships, and romance may follow. A BL/Yaoi visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Romance 15.1%, Sexual Content 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #32 Hunky City
76% matchVery Positive81% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: Team R.P
Windows
You move to a new city to live with your "former" stepfather. Work, make friends, and explore the thrilling world of romance in this captivating game. Are you ready for the excitement? Let the journey begin!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40.7%, Sexual Content 15.1%, Romance 11.5%, Open World 8.9%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #33 LOST EMBER
77% matchVery Positive88% of 5,178 reviews2019
Dev: Mooneye Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.8%, Third Person 20.1%, Exploration 14.6%, Story Rich 14.6%, Atmospheric 12.9%
- #34 Andromeda Six
73% matchVery Positive97% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Wanderlust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Andromeda Six is a sci-fi inspired visual novel, with romance elements and an immersive, choice based story. Take on the role of a lost Traveler and uncover the truth of your past. Fight for a future for both yourself, and those you grow close to throughout your journey.
Why similar: Romance 29.8%, Cyberpunk 26.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, LGBTQ+ 8.4%
- #35 The Night Market
76% matchVery Positive84% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Zinnia DemitassePub: Lamplight Inc.
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the Night Market. Survive your journey while navigating a foreign land, rife with political intrigue, arbitrary rules and secrets designed to keep you distracted. Fall in love, explore a world with rich characters, and try to save the realm.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.8%, Romance 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 9%
- #36 Gray Haven : Witch's Garden
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 351 reviews2024
Dev: NINEHECTARE
Windows
The girls you meet in the nightmare will become your everything. Fight through twisted dungeons and rescue the lost girls. The ones you save will stay by your side, in your haven. Yuri Action RPG Gray Haven Explore, fight, and love.
Why similar: Sexual Content 25.2%, LGBTQ+ 23%, Romance 21.3%, Action-Adventure 12%, RPG 10.9%
- #37 HARDCODED
73% matchVery Positive92% of 342 reviews2024
Dev: Ghost Hug Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
HARDCODED - A non-linear delve through the lives and beds of the people of a cyberpunk city.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.2%, Sexual Content 25.3%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Romance 12.7%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #38 Nocturnals
72% matchVery Positive87% of 938 reviews2024
Dev: Cowboy Toad Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, choose your own adventure game about two boys that find each other in a lonely, post-apocalyptic town.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.3%, Romance 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #39 Desert Blossom
73% matchVery Positive97% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: ZH RPG制作组
Windows
In the deserts of the Baihe Continent, a girl named Mars was born, breaking the curse. -- Embarking on a journey, composing an epic adventure about courage, love and yuri.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.7%, JRPG 22.9%, Romance 13%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Comedy 9.4%
- #40 ERROR143
72% matchVery Positive92% of 5,302 reviews2022
Dev: Jenny Vi Pham
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.3%, Romance 19.2%, Sexual Content 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #41 Life is Strange Remastered
71% matchVery Positive92% of 10,972 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.1%, Romance 18.3%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #42 Life is Strange: Reunion
68% matchVery Positive89% of 5,574 reviews2026
Dev: Deck Nine GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.1%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Romance 14.4%, Third Person 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #43 The Technomancer
75% matchMixed68% of 3,024 reviews2016
Dev: SpidersPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Technomancer is a sci-fi RPG that offers players plenty of dynamic combat action based on 4 skill trees dedicated to 3 combat styles and the destructive electrical powers of the Technomancers.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.9%, RPG 15.3%, Open World 14.9%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Third Person 12.7%
- #44 Ashen
74% matchMixed67% of 3,846 reviews2019
Dev: A44Pub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ashen is an action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home.
Why similar: Open World 24.9%, Third Person 18.9%, RPG 16.7%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Exploration 10.6%
- #45 Island of Hearts
71% matchMixed58% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Titan Digital MediaPub: 4Divinity
Windows · Mac
After a rough breakup, you do what any reasonable person would: escape to a remote tropical island full of beautiful strangers. There, you’ll meet many captivating women, each with her own charm, secrets, and questionable taste in men. Your choices decide who you love, lose, or accidentally ghost.
Why similar: Romance 25.1%, LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #46 ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
70% matchVery Positive94% of 45,640 reviews2021
Dev: Live WirePub: Binary Haze Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 47.3%, Atmospheric 38.7%, Singleplayer 14%
- #47 Monospaced Lovers
70% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Scarlet String Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monospaced Lovers is an exploration-driven platformer about closeness and distance. Journey through a metafictional, fantasy-filled land and find the truth of your fragile world before it disintegrates.
Why similar: Romance 49.6%, Story Rich 17.1%, Exploration 16.4%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #48 Lake
71% matchVery Positive87% of 5,864 reviews2021
Dev: GamiousPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18%, Romance 14.6%, Open World 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #49 Always Sometimes Monsters
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,447 reviews2014
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 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: LGBTQ+ 30.6%, RPG 24.5%, Story Rich 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Romance 13.7%
- #50 Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered
69% matchVery Positive85% of 4,841 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.5%, Romance 21.7%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Third Person 10%
- #51 Wavetale
69% matchVery Positive88% of 2,823 reviews2022
Dev: Thunderful DevelopmentPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Surf the waters of a submerged city! Unravel the past, save the islanders from mysterious sea monsters and discover secrets hidden under the surface.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 35.1%, Third Person 28.1%, 3D 14.9%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #52 Third Crisis
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,849 reviews2024
Dev: Anduo Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 224.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Fight or fuck your way through the story. Choose friend or foe from the diverse cast. Stay pure or stray to the perverse. Explore Carceburgs town and conquer the wilderness. Outplay your opponents and get what you came here for.
Why similar: Sexual Content 20%, LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Romance 13%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #53 Stray
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 177,128 reviews2022
Dev: BlueTwelve StudioPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 38.4%, Third Person 13.4%, Exploration 11.4%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Atmospheric 11.2%
- #54 Half Past Fate
70% matchVery Positive92% of 303 reviews2020
Dev: Serenity ForgePub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Love is in the air, but work, life, and spicy Ramen keep getting in the way! From 8 hours to 8 years, this time-jumping saga will change the way you feel about fate forever.
Why similar: Romance 39%, RPG 35.3%, Comedy 14.8%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #55 Sayonara Wild Hearts
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,911 reviews2019
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Sayonara Wild Hearts is a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 52%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Story Rich 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, 3D 8.7%
- #56 Biped
68% matchVery Positive85% of 11,419 reviews2020
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Biped is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration between 2 players.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 66.9%, Open World 33.1%
- #57 Choice of Robots
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Choices Matter 22.6%, Sci-fi 12.7%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, RPG 9.7%
- #58 Dustborn
67% matchMixed66% of 756 reviews2024
Dev: Red Thread GamesPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.3%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Third Person 9%
- #59 Life is Strange: True Colors
66% matchVery Positive89% of 16,841 reviews2021
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29%, Romance 17.7%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #60 BOKURA
65% matchVery Positive92% of 12,967 reviews2023
Dev: tokoronyoriPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
BOKURA is a two-player puzzle adventure game. Play as two boys who ran away from their homes and work together to take yourselves somewhere far, far away. Relive the friendship of your childhood through the journey of two boys.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 33.2%, Action-Adventure 27.3%, Story Rich 23.9%, Atmospheric 15.6%
