- #1 Sucker for Love: First Date
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,024 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.6%, Romance 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Comedy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines comedic dating sim tropes with lovecraftian cosmic horror and creepy entities.
- #2 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
96% matchVery Positive95% of 1,353 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' Avoid the fanatical cultists and survive dangerous rituals to escape the Black Woods with your life in this 90’s anime inspired visual novel!
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Anime 9.1%, Romance 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the bizarre blend of horror and dating simulation with a terrifying new entity to romance.
- #3 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,549 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 84.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.1%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Romance 12.7%, Anime 8%
Why You'll Like It: A seemingly cute visual novel that spirals into psychological horror, mirroring the genre-subverting tone of the seed.
- #4 A Date with Death
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,957 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Why similar: Dating Sim 36.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Romance 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy yet supernatural visual novel where you interact and romance a formidable cosmic being.
- #5 Monster Prom
94% matchVery Positive93% of 14,340 reviews2018
Dev: Beautiful GlitchPub: Xelu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.
Why similar: Dating Sim 46.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Comedy 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer dating sim featuring supernatural monsters, dark humor, and high-stakes comedic choices.
- #6 Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,143 reviews2020
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp" brings you more of the world's best (and maybe only?) multiplayer dating sim; but in a way you've never expected!
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Romance 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Text-Based 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the monster dating formula with new characters, locations, and twisted survival-adjacent scenarios.
- #7 Romancelvania
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 322 reviews2023
Dev: The Deep End GamesPub: 2124 Publishing
Windows
Bite into Romancelvania, a darkly comic genre mashup, combining side-scrolling action and tongue-in-cheek romance into one completely absurd and unforgettable adventure.
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.6%, Romance 22.5%, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Comedy 10.8%, Funny 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a metroidvania twist where you must slay and date a cast of eccentric monsters in a spooky castle.
- #8 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,320 reviews2022
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Embark on a road trip like no other in this co-op narrative survival adventure. Visit fun locations, meet wacky characters, and manage your resources wisely. And yes: you still can date some hot monsters ;)
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Romance 10%
Why You'll Like It: Takes the beloved monster cast on a road trip filled with absurd humor and survival-choice mechanics.
- #9 Purrfect Date - Visual Novel/Dating Simulator
92% matchMixed61% of 471 reviews2017
Dev: Bae TeamPub: Bossa Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
As Cat Island’s newest arrival, it’s not long before you realise something’s seriously amiss, or should we say… amorous! A blend of mystery, intrigue and wickedly black humour, will you discover your Purrfect Date before it’s too late? Remember, curiosity killed the cat...
Why similar: Dating Sim 35%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Romance 11.7%, Memes 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A satirical dating sim where you romance characters on a mysterious island with hidden dark secrets.
- #10 Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
91% matchVery Positive92% of 6,270 reviews2017
Dev: Game Grumps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. Are you ready? Hi ready, I'm Dad.
Why similar: Dating Sim 36.3%, LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Romance 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Memes 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on witty writing, relationship building, and deeply realized character paths.
- #11 Date Everything!
89% matchVery Positive93% of 7,795 reviews2025
Dev: Sassy Chap GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Date Everything! is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, featuring 100 fully voice acted datable characters! Let the romance flow between your bed, smoke alarm and… Overwhelming Sense of Existential Dread? Are you ready to Date Everything?
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.2%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Romance 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A massive sandbox dating sim where you can romance unique personalities attached to everyday objects.
- #12 Dead by Daylight
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 936,551 reviews2016
Dev: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 35.6 hrsMean: 370.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.
Why similar: Horror 46.4%, Psychological Horror 44.2%, Comedy 7.6%, LGBTQ+ 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: The original multiplayer horror game that birthed the iconic killers featured in the seed game.
- #13 Pinewood Island
90% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Jaime Scribbles Games
Windows · Mac
Find love, solve a murder, and prevent more death in this murder-mystery horror otome | visual novel.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.1%, Romance 18%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-infused narrative game where choices matter and romance intertwines with deadly peril.
- #14 Killer Chat! - Original Edition
86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,678 reviews2025
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Romance 13%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features conversational mechanics and dark horror themes focused on interacting with dangerous personalities.
- #15 BAD END THEATER
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,071 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Romance 13%, Choices Matter 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, choice-driven visual novel where you guide various characters through tragic horror and dark comedic fates.
- #16 Coming Out on Top
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,400 reviews2017
Dev: Obscurasoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The acclaimed gay dating sim. Have a sweet, sexy, or bizarrely comedic adventure with the man of your choice!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.4%, Dating Sim 25.2%, Visual Novel 9%, Romance 8.5%, Choices Matter 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: An indie dating sim featuring mature themes, distinct character routes, and sharp comedic writing.
- #17 Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,141 reviews2025
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Can you find love at the nerdiest convention ever? "Monster Con" goes back to the multiplayer dating sim formula: go through absurd and funny situations as you find love among six sexy monsters! Who will you romance? The mimic who cosplays? The idol clown? Or the eldritch cutie? (There's also Liam)
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, LGBTQ+ 10.7%, Text-Based 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Brings back the iconic monster dating formula with brand new characters and convention-themed chaos.
- #18 The Casting of Frank Stone™
86% matchMixed62% of 6,021 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.4%, Choices Matter 22.1%, Horror 6.9%, Story Rich 6%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic narrative horror game set in the Dead by Daylight universe where your choices dictate life or death.
- #19 Hatoful Boyfriend
85% matchVery Positive94% of 7,583 reviews2014
Dev: MediatonicPub: Epic Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
Why similar: Dating Sim 36.5%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Romance 12.2%, Anime 10.8%, Comedy 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deceptively absurd visual novel that hides a deeply dark and psychological narrative underneath its humor.
- #20 Class of '09
84% matchVery Positive95% of 9,128 reviews2021
Dev: SBN3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is the anti-visual novel. Instead of playing as some guy magically able to score with beautiful anime girls, YOU play the anime girl and create mass chaos in the lives of your potential "suitors". Earnest comedy, social accuracy, and late 2000's aesthetic await you in Class of '09!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.4%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Comedy 17.8%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, 2D 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark comedy visual novel featuring cynical humor and wild social dynamics.
- #21 Doki Doki Literature Club!
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 228,468 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Dating Sim 24.4%, Visual Novel 18%, Romance 11.3%, Anime 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: The original psychological horror visual novel that subverts dating sim conventions.
- #22 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,471 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Dating Sim 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Romance 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel driven by conversation, difficult choices, and shifting dynamics with an entity.
- #23 missed messages.
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,554 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Romance 18%, Psychological Horror 18%, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric visual novel touching on heavy themes with multiple narrative choices.
- #24 Scarlet Hollow
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,335 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.2%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven horror visual novel with rich narrative branching and deeply unsettling supernatural mysteries.
- #25 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
81% matchVery Positive90% of 1,778 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Dating Sim 52%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Romance 14.9%, Anime 5.1%, Horror 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark indie dating simulator blending romance tropes with horror and psychological elements.
- #26 Drops of Death
79% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Romance 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery visual novel where critical choices lead to dark consequences and romance elements.
- #27 PockeDate! - Pocket Dating Simulator
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,665 reviews2024
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend.
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.1%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Romance 16.6%, Anime 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A compact visual novel mixing cute aesthetics with unexpected horror twists.
- #28 Yuri Dating Agency
80% matchVery Positive88% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Dating Sim 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven visual novel that mixes dating sim elements with psychological horror and dark humor.
- #29 Slasher U: An 18+ Horror Movie Dating Sim, Act 1
79% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Andi Santagata
Windows
Slasher U is an 18+ character-driven RPG dating sim, set in the open-world campus of America’s Horniest Horror Movie University!
Why similar: Dating Sim 41%, LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Story Rich 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends classic slasher movie tropes with dating sim mechanics and dark comedy.
- #30 Find Love or Die Trying
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!
Why similar: Dating Sim 32%, Romance 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #31 Halloween: The Game
75% matchMixed67% of 15,447 reviews2026
Dev: IllFonicPub: IllFonic Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
On Halloween night, 1978, no one is safe from Michael Myers. Become the Boogeyman or fight back against the face of evil itself in Halloween.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 61%, Horror 33.2%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #32 Love Esquire - RPG/Dating Sim/Visual Novel
78% matchVery Positive90% of 1,140 reviews2019
Dev: Yangyang Mobile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You usually play as the hero… but not this time! You're a lowly squire who's on an epic quest to get laid. Here's the catch: you've only got a few months left to find the girl of your dreams before you're shipped off to war. So git gud, get laid, and find man's greatest pleasure in Love Esquire!
Why similar: Dating Sim 54.3%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Anime 8.7%, Romance 7.8%, Comedy 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A romantic comedy RPG where dating is just as important as surviving perilous fantasy scenarios.
- #33 Lover's Trophy
77% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Mrfishess
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Horror Dating Sim, Lover's trophy throws you into the arena with two love interests using you for their own personal amusement. With a completely customizable main character, go on a terrifying journey into the psyce of these two very dangerous men, and have the ride of a life time.
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.4%, Text-Based 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Romance 11.2%
- #34 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
76% matchMixed66% of 23,731 reviews2023
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Gun Interactive
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 63.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 50.7%, Horror 49.3%
- #35 SCP: Doki Doki Anomaly
76% matchVery Positive92% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Flightyfelon Games Inc.
Windows
SCP-8008-1 IS A HORROR DATING SIM WHERE THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS SURVIVAL. SMOOCH SCP-173, SCP-682 AND EVEN SCP-096. DO NOT RUN THIS SOFTWARE WITHOUT CLASS-4 AUTHORIZATION.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.2%, Psychological Horror 21%, Romance 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Anime 9.1%
- #36 Bewitching Sinners
73% matchVery Positive95% of 536 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Romance 13.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #37 Tri City Monsters
72% matchVery Positive96% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Romance 13%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #38 Island of Hearts
74% matchMixed58% of 101 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: Dating Sim 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Romance 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.5%
- #39 Chair F*cking Simulator
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,124 reviews2020
Dev: SoSorrySoft
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Use our innovative patented funky fresh ChairF*cker simulation tech to meet the chair of your wildest dreams.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.2%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Romance 16.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Memes 13.4%
- #40 Find Love or Die Trying: Til Death Do Us Part
73% matchMixed67% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Linux
The afterstory to Find Love or Die Trying is here! Continue your romance with your chosen partner in the world beyond the killer dating show. Will your love survive, when the world turns against you?
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.6%, Romance 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Anime 8.2%
- #41 Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,257 reviews2022
Dev: DirectDoggo
Windows
If you've ever wanted to romantically pursue a phone, then hot DARN, do I have just the game for you.
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.2%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Comedy 11.5%
- #42 ERROR143
71% matchVery Positive92% of 5,376 reviews2022
Dev: Jenny Vi Pham
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Romance 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%
- #43 Soul Mates
69% matchVery Positive98% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You’re trapped inside a haunted house, stalked by angry ghosts. To survive, you’ll have to run, hide, strategize, give gifts, chat, flirt… Wait, what kind of game is this? Oh right, it’s a point-and-click survival horror dating sim!
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.9%, Romance 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Anime 8.8%, Comedy 6.4%
- #44 Hush Hush - Only Your Love Can Save Them
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,653 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 85.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A Visual Novel with a twist - improve skills, charm girls, and learn dangerous secrets... by any means necessary.
Why similar: Dating Sim 36.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Romance 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Anime 8.3%
- #45 Speed Dating for Ghosts
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 546 reviews2018
Dev: Copychaser Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Romance 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #46 Sucker for Love: Prelude
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 530 reviews2021
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Preform a series of scary rituals to win over an eldritch cutie and win a smooch!
Why similar: Dating Sim 88%, Horror 8%, Casual 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #47 What the Fog
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,389 reviews2024
Dev: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
What the Fog?! You’ve been sucked into a cursed boardgame! Now you and a friend will need to work together to survive. Run, jump, dash, and shoot to escape swarms of angry monsters in this chaotic co-op roguelite from the world of Dead by Daylight.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #48 Serial Lover
67% matchVery Positive91% of 182 reviews2026
Dev: Sugar Slip
Windows
A dating sim rhythm game where you seduce serial killers!
Why similar: Dating Sim 58.7%, Visual Novel 31.9%, Casual 9.4%
- #49 Hydrangea
68% matchVery Positive92% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Romance 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%
- #50 Kill or Love
70% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Romance 19.2%, Anime 13%, Dating Sim 4.9%
- #51 Bloodcrave
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Blue Fiend StudiosPub: TinyHat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror dating sim featuring six love interests, two dozen side characters, animated scenes, and decision-driven storytelling. Will you lead your companions down the path of virtue or succumb to the lure of darkness?
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Romance 15.2%, Anime 8.7%
- #52 Courtin' Cowboys
68% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Mrfishess
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's 1863 and you, the player, are traveling through the small western town of Summerfair. Meet up to 7 love interests and discover their deliciously dark pasts... as well as their current horrifying misdeeds.
Why similar: Dating Sim 30.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 15.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, LGBTQ+ 9.8%
- #53 Blush Blush
69% matchVery Positive86% of 7,621 reviews2020
Dev: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 102.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
You are responsible somehow for a curse that befalls 12 unfortunate hawt dudes. Now you have to find them and break the curse with your love!!
Why similar: Dating Sim 39.8%, LGBTQ+ 31.4%, Romance 13.6%, Visual Novel 6.3%, Anime 6.1%
- #54 A Killer Chat! Christmas
66% matchVery Positive100% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this festive standalone addition to the satirical dating chatsim Killer Chat! series, journey through the serial killer server’s past, present & future to learn more about the gang and find the true meaning of Christmas. What's the worst that could happen?
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Comedy 9.7%
- #55 Doomsday Paradise
67% matchVery Positive91% of 251 reviews2023
Dev: Lemonade Flashbang
Windows
Can you get a date before the end of the world? Doomsday Paradise is a goofy, multiplayer dating sim about finding love before the apocalypse. With over 130 different endings and 12 different singles to woo- no two games will ever be the same.
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.4%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #56 I Hate My Waifu Streamer
64% matchVery Positive93% of 969 reviews2025
Dev: Nozori Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Get the streamer's attention at any cost before someone else does. Write comments, chat, and make donations to your waifu, but do not dare to hate her!
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Romance 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%
- #57 Heartbeat House: Hong Kong
64% matchVery Positive98% of 194 reviews2026
Dev: Genuine Studio
Windows
Heartbeat House: Hong Kong is a dating reality visual novel. Live with eight participants in a shared villa and make romantic choices. Your decisions are remembered, and relationships will change. If the screen flickers or something feels off—please relax and keep dating. The show is still ongoing.
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.1%, Romance 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #58 From Madness with Love
67% matchVery Positive90% of 530 reviews2023
Dev: JamsanpoidPub: VampireK.K.
Windows
This is a dating sim with guys you will never be on the same page with! For some reason, you just can't communicate with the guy you like... An unusual yet extraordinary experience with a cute pixel art style, fully voiced in Japanese.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Romance 15%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #59 Lovingly Evil
69% matchVery Positive86% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Lizard Hazard GamesPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unleash your inner villain and head over to the Villain Conference, the one and only interdimensional business event for evildoers! Who knows, maybe you'll even find a partner - whether it's in crime or love…
Why similar: Romance 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Dating Sim 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Comedy 10%
