- #1 Hello Lady! - Complete Edition
97% 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 46.6%, Romance 23.9%, Casual 10.1%, Anime 10%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #2 Sankaku Renai: Love Triangle Trouble
96% matchVery Positive94% of 256 reviews2019
Dev: ASa ProjectPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Meet Sousuke. He's just your average student, living in a rural town. Ever since his father remarried when he was young, he's been living together with his little sister Nanaru. Together with his childhood friend Maho and their other friends, they have fun geeking out in the Otaku Club.
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.8%, Anime 17.1%, Simulation 13.9%, Casual 8.9%, Romance 7.3%
- #3 Fureraba ~Friend to Lover~
96% matchVery Positive98% of 387 reviews2018
Dev: SmeePub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 66.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Springtime. The season of the cherry blossoms, and a time of new beginnings, new encounters, and new people. For Aoba Kyousuke, this new season marks the start of his second year in high school, and also the year he resolved himself to finally fulfill his long-cherished dream: finding a girlfriend.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.5%, Romance 18.8%, Simulation 15.3%, Anime 12.4%, Casual 7.2%
- #4 Love Begins With Goodbye
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 982 reviews2025
Dev: 大王工作室
Windows
As a male exchange student at Norway's University of Bergen, you live with three girls: Chinese student Luo Xue'er, mysterious landlady Laya, and Inora, a Norwegian learning Chinese. Weave your love story with them over six months, starting from a "goodbye."
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.9%, Romance 38.6%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #5 Making*Lovers
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 652 reviews2020
Dev: SmeePub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Making*Lovers A story about the way love can bloom after dating begins. The focus in Making*Lovers is on the things that come after a relationship's beginning. With "start dating, then fall in love" as the concept, you will work towards the moment when love truly blooms.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.9%, Simulation 24.8%, Romance 14.5%, Casual 13.3%, Anime 9.4%
- #6 Kinkoi: Golden Time
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 821 reviews2022
Dev: Saga PlanetsPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 78.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Noble Private Academy, an institution that cultivates the wealthiest, most well-connected students in all of Japan! At this boarding school, one must be willing to accept all of its refined and dignified teachings or be met with strict opposition!
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.8%, Romance 25.3%, Simulation 14.3%, Anime 12%, Story Rich 3.6%
- #7 The Fruit of Grisaia
94% 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 53.3%, Anime 17.3%, Romance 17.2%, Story Rich 7.6%, Casual 4.7%
- #8 Katawa Shoujo
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,256 reviews2024
Dev: Four Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.5%, Romance 23.7%, Anime 11.6%, Simulation 10.1%, Casual 7.3%
- #9 Sabbat of the Witch
91% 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 59.1%, Romance 12.7%, Anime 12.3%, Casual 7.1%, Simulation 6.1%
- #10 Japanese School Life
91% matchVery Positive83% of 327 reviews2016
Dev: code:jpPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Welcomed by the fluttering of cherry blossom, the main character, Brian, starts a new high school life in Japan. Brian soon starts to get along with two girls in the same class after they start to talk to him. With their help, Brian gradually learns Japanese culture and customs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 62%, Anime 20.6%, Casual 17.3%
- #11 淑女同萌!
90% 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 77%, Anime 23%
- #12 Princess Evangile All Ages Version
88% matchVery Positive90% of 234 reviews2015
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 65.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This romantic visual novel has you joining a financially struggling all-girls' private school as one student's example case for gender integration. The two of you try to prove that going co-ed could save the school, while the story explores themes of traditions, change, family, and relationships.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.9%, Romance 29.6%, Anime 15.4%, Casual 9%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #13 Say Goodbye
89% matchMixed52% of 229 reviews2017
Dev: morojenoe's empire
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This visual novel about an ordinary man with his typical problems. Suddenly, you got a report that your distant cousin died in a car crash. Fortunately, her daughter wasn't with her. You take the girl under your wing. But soon, something starts to go wrong...
Why similar: Visual Novel 68.6%, Casual 18.3%, Anime 13.1%
- #14 Sounds of Her Love
86% matchVery Positive91% of 761 reviews2017
Dev: ds-sans
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In the midst of their hearts, something is blossoming between two students. Both of whom go about their daily lives at an international school in Tokyo. Just what is flowering? Of course, it's love. Starting your new life after transferring into an international school, you find yourself dismayed when it turns out to be the same as any...
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.9%, Romance 25.3%, Anime 16.3%, Casual 8.5%
- #15 Momoiro Closet
86% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Momoiro Closet is a visual novel exploring the unlikely romance of an average joe and the student council president. Experience the otaku mecca of Akihabara firsthand as you court your anime-obsessed cosplayer schoolmate, through either a tender love story or a passionate tale of lust.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.1%, Romance 21.9%, Anime 16.3%, Casual 10.8%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #16 ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE
85% matchVery Positive91% of 653 reviews2020
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 38.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Thanks to the rising popularity of the PhoneDroid—a device which features augmented reality (A.R.)—the age of advanced technology has finally reached Tanegashima. On that island, Central Tanegashima High's "Robot Research Club" is about to have their club disbanded.
Why similar: Visual Novel 73.7%, Anime 16%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #17 Tsundere Idol
87% matchMixed64% of 95 reviews2018
Dev: NornPub: Cherry Kiss Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Tsundere Idol is a story of Kota, a mild-mannered student in Japan and idol sensation Rui Kurumizaka. Odd circumstances lead Kota to come to Rui's aid and shield her from an embarrassing situation. Rui now knows who Kota is, and is now indebted to the young man. How could she make it up to him?
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.2%, Romance 21.1%, Anime 15.7%, Casual 12.2%, Simulation 6%
- #18 ANONYMOUS;CODE
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 513 reviews2023
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hack Into God
Why similar: Visual Novel 68.3%, Anime 21.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #19 Da Capo 3 R
84% matchVery Positive97% of 150 reviews2017
Dev: CircusPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 156.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Da Capo 3 R is a visual novel set in a secret magic school hidden beneath the city of London. This slice-of-life story will blossom into a tale of love, romance, and friendship as the students overcome the magic trials that await.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.4%, Romance 26.9%, Anime 15%, Casual 8.6%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #20 True Love ~Confide to the Maple~
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,600 reviews2016
Dev: SP-time
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 29.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Guo Hengyi and Yao Fengyi are childhood sweetheart. But their relationship goes far gradually after divided into different classes and the great college entrance exam pressure. Tang Haiyin and Yao Fengxi came to his life as well. An unexpected accident had involved them together.
Why similar: Visual Novel 69.4%, Casual 13.8%, Anime 12.6%, Story Rich 4.2%
- #21 LOOPERS
82% matchVery Positive87% of 1,020 reviews2023
Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: VisualArts
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Tyler is a high schooler on a mission. He's going to use every minute of summer vacation to go on as many GPS-assisted scavenger hunts as possible. After running into some old friends during one of these hunts, strange things start happening: The day resets and today plays out exactly like yesterday
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Simulation 24.8%, Casual 14.4%, Romance 10.5%, Anime 10.1%
- #22 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
82% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.5%, Romance 23.4%, Simulation 16.7%, Anime 13.3%, Story Rich 6%
- #23 Aoi Tori
80% 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%, Romance 30.6%, Story Rich 10.7%, Anime 5%, Casual 3.8%
- #24 Last Resort
81% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Aleksey Izimov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into the mysterious world of the "Last Resort", a non-linear visual novel where past and future are woven together. His life’s breaking under the weight of life problems. Unable to fight any further, He decides to take his final journey. Will it change anything? Or will it lead Him to the end?
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.8%, Simulation 30.1%, Anime 13.7%, Romance 12.5%
- #25 Sister's Curriculum
79% matchVery Positive98% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: WAZAZAK
Windows
The Story of Tutoring Top 1% Repeat Students Sisters
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Simulation 32.9%, Romance 14.5%, Anime 10.8%, Story Rich 3.6%
- #26 Nanairo Reincarnation
79% 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 50.6%, Romance 22.9%, Anime 15.2%, Casual 7.7%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #27 My Life as a Maiden
81% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2018
Dev: RhinoGearz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Having been enrolled into an all-girls school by his mother due to severe bullying for his feminine appearance, a 17-year-old boy spends the remainder of his high school life dressed as a girl to avoid being found out. He quickly becomes popular with many of the girls, much to his surprise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.4%, Simulation 30.2%, Casual 15.9%, Anime 13.5%
- #28 Raspberry Cube
78% matchVery Positive97% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: madosoftPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Azuma Satoru has sworn a life to do good on others with the lofty goal of one good deed a day. Upon his return to his hometown, things are going well as he helps the girls at his school but soon his life is about to get a little more chaotic...
Why similar: Visual Novel 46%, Romance 22.7%, Casual 16.3%, Anime 15%
- #29 My Academy's Special Place
78% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: fengPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Our hero's homeroom teacher is also his big sister, Yaeka. She's popular with the students, but at home, she's a slobbish drunk. There's Maika, an exchange student and Akiba nerd. She's always asking him to go to Akiba with her. But Maika is told to return home. Two love stories are about to begin!
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.7%, Romance 24.3%, Anime 14.8%, Casual 14.2%
- #30 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life
76% matchVery Positive91% of 132 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.9%, Romance 25.4%, Simulation 15.3%, Anime 14.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #31 Kare wa Kanojo
77% matchVery Positive83% of 75 reviews2019
Dev: JMF Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
One boy, three girls, what could possibly happen? Summer of Heisei period 9 (1997), you play as a young boy who just moved to a small village near Osaka. You will meet three girls in this new school. One of them keeps a really deep secret… What secret? Well, if you can decode the title, you’ll guess it…
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.9%, Romance 27.2%, Anime 15.4%, Simulation 15.4%
- #32 Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World-
74% 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 48%, Romance 33.4%, Story Rich 11.6%, Casual 6.9%
- #33 Trinoline All Ages Version
76% matchVery Positive89% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When tragedy sparks the advancement of science, a sentient android is created. Now, in this heart-wrenching, romantic, and beautiful visual novel, you will explore whether or not it's possible for man and machine to truly love each other.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.5%, Romance 26.6%, Anime 17%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #34 Clover Day's Plus
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 882 reviews2023
Dev: ALcotPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 68.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Bottled-up emotions... An everlasting oath... Heartfelt desires... An enduring regret... And a childhood promise. Yuuto was abandoned by his parents and raised in an orphanage in Britain before a trading merchant by the name of Takakura Yoshiomi adopted him and brought him to Japan.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.9%, Romance 27.4%, Anime 12.3%, Casual 11%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #35 Campus Notes - forget me not.
77% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2016
Dev: 4th clusterPub: Dogenzaka Lab
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A novel game set in the University of Tsukuba. Play as Yuta Kiriha and join the group "Bertha's Knights" to solve a mysterious case of being forgotten every day.
Why similar: Visual Novel 77.5%, Anime 22.5%
- #36 Layover Lovers
73% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: Moonlit Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
A terminal love story
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.6%, Romance 22%, Casual 18.6%, Anime 13.6%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #37 Renai X Royale - Love's a Battle
73% matchVery Positive90% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: ASa ProjectPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
I, transfer student Hanamaru Mari, love you, Komachi Hiro-kun! Please go out with me! Our protag, Komachi Hirotaka. Every day, he goes through the motions-- dodging his cunning underclassman's advances, accidentally hitting on the student council president, and chasing idols.
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.9%, Romance 27.9%, Anime 11.8%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #38 My Lady
75% matchVery Positive82% of 164 reviews2016
Dev: Michaela Laws
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 1.0 hrs≥1hr: 21%
You are Miss Bauxmont, the heiress to the Bauxmont estate. With your mother always away on business trips, you find yourself infatuated with your personal butler. For several years, you have vied for his attention, but to no avail. However, you are now 17 and your mother has plans for you involving a certain suitor who has come into town.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Simulation 28.4%, Casual 19.2%, Romance 16.6%
- #39 Love Language Japanese
74% matchVery Positive81% of 172 reviews2019
Dev: Papurika.moePub: Initiative Media
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Enter your first year at Koto Gakuen and discover Japanese language through easy to learn lessons and compelling mini games. Meet new friends and unveil their story and maybe find love through your adventures.
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.5%, Simulation 21.5%, Anime 17.7%, Casual 12.3%
- #40 SerendipityMorningMist: Dawn, Tobacco, Your Scent
68% matchVery Positive97% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: NekoGotoStudio
Windows
Your girlfriend Chisa Tsukiyama suddenly decides to leave to study overseas. Each lingering touch, each sharp intake of breath, each faint sting left behind becomes a quiet proof that you still exist to one another. You mark each other in your room, until the countdown reaches zero.
Why similar: Romance 36.3%, Simulation 31%, Casual 17.7%, Anime 15.1%
- #41 她毕业了 So Long, My Youth
70% matchMixed68% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: 煎饼工作室 PanCakeStudio
Windows
I am Pancake. On the last day of college, I met her – How are you my dear?(Can't run, please turn off the antivirus system!)
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.3%, Romance 27.6%, Casual 11.4%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #42 The Afterglow of Grisaia
73% 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 57.9%, Anime 19.7%, Casual 15.3%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #43 Last Days of Spring Visual Novel
75% matchMixed58% of 134 reviews2015
Dev: Sapphire Dragon Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Last Days of Spring is a YA (Young Adult) Otome Visual Novel following a group of high school seniors in their last week of school as they come to terms with questions about love, life and destiny. Follow the steps of Yuka Kishimoto as she navigates across her final week as a high school student and sees her life come to a complete...
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.7%, Simulation 17.9%, Casual 13.6%, Anime 10.7%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #44 The Language of Love
71% matchVery Positive96% of 169 reviews2019
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Mitsuki, an aimless young man studying to take his university entrance exams, falls for a young single mother who lives in his apartment complex. A relationship develops between these mismatched social outcasts, and then...
Why similar: Visual Novel 41%, Romance 26.9%, Anime 14.2%, Casual 11.7%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #45 Sunrider Academy
72% matchVery Positive83% of 1,140 reviews2015
Dev: Love in SpacePub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You are Kayto Shields, an ordinary man thrown into an extraordinary adventure. Control Kayto's day to day life as well as his responsibilities as club manager in this stat management sim.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.2%, Anime 22.6%, Simulation 14%, Romance 12.9%, Casual 6.4%
- #46 IxSHE Tell
71% matchVery Positive92% of 141 reviews2020
Dev: HooksoftPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
At long last - we, the student council, have won you your freedom to love! The moment I declare these words, my classmates come surging forward, surrounding me in a circle of cheers that echo across the entire campus.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.5%, Simulation 25.2%, Casual 14.2%, Anime 10.4%, Romance 10.2%
- #47 Days with My Lonely Teacher
67% matchVery Positive90% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Mr. CucumberPub: Playmeow
Windows
Study Miss Si’s routine and create "chance" encounters with her! As a student failing in all subjects and having rent and credit card bills due every week, you have to do everything you can to win over the beautiful teacher before graduation, making her leave her boyfriend and become your lover!
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.8%, Romance 17.6%, Anime 16%, Simulation 13%, Casual 10.7%
- #48 Love in the distance
71% matchMixed66% of 334 reviews2021
Dev: Level-Buster Studio
Windows
A word adventure game based on a long-distance relationship. On high school and college campuses, pick up memories that belong only to that time. Ideal and reality, if we can chose it again, can we not have regrets?
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.4%, Anime 21.6%, Story Rich 16.1%, Casual 11.9%
- #49 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.2
70% 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 46.4%, Romance 18.3%, Anime 14.8%, Casual 12.9%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #50 School Days
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,352 reviews2026
Dev: 白雨工作室
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
《学生时代》是一款可自由构筑的校园人生模拟器。你将在高度还原的中国校园中,从入学一路走到高考,与多个性格鲜明的同学一起成长,互相陪伴。你的养成和选择,不但会决定你的人生,也会影响到朋友们的未来。
Why similar: Visual Novel 48%, Romance 26.5%, Casual 15.4%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #51 Under One Wing
70% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2019
Dev: HarmorisePub: Sol Press
Windows
Fairy Fight - A large-scale dogfight, utilizing the finest warplanes the world has ever known. Sasaki Junichi is the grandson of a legendary FF Pilot. He arrives at the student dormitory of a legendary FF academy known as Shouou Academy, only to find... every other tenant is a woman!!
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.6%, Romance 21.1%, Anime 19.3%, Story Rich 8%
- #52 Tokyo School Life
69% matchVery Positive93% of 668 reviews2015
Dev: M2 Co.,LTDPub: Dogenzaka Lab
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"Tokyo School Life" is the story of your trip as an exchange student in Tokyo and the three girls you meet there. Live the everyday life you love from anime and manga! Vocal opening song/Japanese voices/English text
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.1%, Romance 22.9%, Anime 21.9%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #53 An Adventurer's Gallantry
68% matchVery Positive90% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: Zetsubou
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disgraced knight-in-training Oren gets a second chance at life as an adventurer in this fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.4%, Simulation 23.8%, Casual 14.1%, Anime 12.4%, Story Rich 3.3%
- #54 Chemically Bonded
69% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2019
Dev: ds-sans
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enter the melancholic life of a Japanese high school student, as you soon become entwined in the dispute between two female students. Learn more about their past as you piece together their relationship and mend their bond, all whilst forming bonds of your own.
Why similar: Visual Novel 62.5%, Casual 21.4%, Anime 16.1%
- #55 9-nine-:Episode 1
67% 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 60.8%, Anime 16.3%, Simulation 9.8%, Casual 8.3%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #56 Paper Kite: Threads of Longing
64% matchVery Positive96% of 212 reviews2025
Dev: 依露琳(武汉)品牌管理有限公司Pub: 北京黎羽科技有限公司
Windows
After the grueling college entrance exams in June, Shen Luoying and Chen Yanqing—newly confessed lovers—are forced to attend universities in separate cities (Beijing and Jiangcheng) due to parental expectations and academic score......
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.5%, Romance 25.8%, Anime 11.3%, Casual 9%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #57 Gaokao.Love.100Days
67% matchVery Positive90% of 8,191 reviews2015
Dev: 高考恋爱委员会Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Getting a girl-friend before National College Entrance Exam, I know it's crazy, but from today, we will face everything together.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.4%, Romance 19.3%, Simulation 12.8%, Anime 8.3%, Casual 6.2%
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64% matchVery Positive90% of 1,179 reviews2024
Dev: Reborn Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
After the pandemic Covitch69, you lost your job as a space aviation expert and now become a teacher in a small town. Luckily, every cloud has a silver lining as you are stepping into a world where love blooms unexpectedly and leads you to captivating ladies with immersive romantic tales.
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66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,010 reviews2020
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Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 81.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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