- #1 Heileen 3: New Horizons
97% matchMixed63% of 89 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Traveling with pirate Morgan, Heileen seeks her lost friends, aiming to reunite. This is just the start, as the story unfolds with a fixed game time to secure a romantic or career ending. The Virtues/Sins system from the second game is incorporated, with each choice molding Heileen's character.
Why similar: Pirates 31.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Romance 7.8%
- #2 Heirs And Graces
96% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2016
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Marcel and determine whether or not he has the skills to become Lord Sandor's heir and whether or not he forms a romantic attachment to one of four potential love interests: an ex-gladiator turned gardener, a perfectionist butler, the local doctor, or a mischievous elven Lord.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.8%, Dating Sim 18.5%, Romance 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Comedy 8.5%
- #3 Bunkered with Femboy
95% matchVery Positive91% of 303 reviews2025
Dev: Pink Twilight
Windows · Mac · Linux
A “routine” earthquake drill locks you underground with Riley, a shy femboy graphic-designer. Cook, flirt, and gently unlock his guarded heart as the two of you plan what life might look like when the door finally opens.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Dating Sim 15.3%, Romance 15%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #4 Tomai
96% matchVery Positive89% of 147 reviews2020
Dev: DarkChibiShadow
Windows · Linux
With just 15 days of summer left, will Tomai pursue romance or responsibility?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #5 Heartspell: Horizon Academy
94% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Dire Kitten Games
Windows
Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.7%, Romance 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #6 Every Letter
93% matchVery Positive95% of 278 reviews2023
Dev: Violet Fairy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Write letters with your typewriter on behalf of others in this cozy single-player game. Compose everything from simple hellos to theater scripts and love letters, express each client’s emotions, and find your own meaning to letter writing.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #7 Heileen 1: Sail Away
94% matchMixed55% of 135 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Embark with Heileen in a unforgettable voyage to the New World! Met with old friends, and make new ones. Find romance, avoid dangers and life your life to the fullest!
Why similar: Romance 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Historical 13.4%, Dating Sim 12.3%
- #8 Letters From a Rainy Day -Oceans and Lace-
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 955 reviews2021
Dev: Lily SpinelPub: HUBLOTS
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Luscious artwork brings the beautiful streets of Kamakura in June to life in this bittersweet sapphic story of a romance that begins with blackmail... This is a yuri adventure game based on the theme of love between girls at a lady's school in Kamakura, Japan.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.8%, Dating Sim 20.3%, Visual Novel 20%, Romance 13.1%, Anime 7.6%
- #9 Tender: Creature Comforts
92% matchVery Positive90% of 106 reviews2021
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac
Tender is a narrative game that explores connection and rejection in the era of swipe culture. It’s a story told by and through the modern interface for finding love.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
- #10 Fragile Feelings
91% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sweet, slow burn yuri / lesbian visual novel about an anxious young teacher being swept off her feet by the cool, competent school nurse.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Romance 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 13.4%, Anime 10%
- #11 My Dear Prince
90% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sweet and light lesbian / yuri visual novel about an airheaded daydreamer and a cheerful tomboy set on a quaint Japanese island filled with cute bunnies.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Text-Based 15.4%, Romance 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Anime 8.6%
- #12 Sentimental Trickster: Yaoi BL Gay Visual Novel
89% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: Y Press Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A slice-of-life visual novel with darker twists hiding within! Haru Amari wasn't looking for love, just a new beginning far from his past. Instead he finds himself in complicated relationships where he must decide between his needs and those of the men around him.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30%, Dating Sim 18.6%, Romance 16%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Anime 7.8%
- #13 Wet Sand
89% matchVery Positive94% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Likho GamesPub: TinyHat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
An erotic point-and-click adventure featuring VN & dating sim elements. Follow the adventures of Fabian Brook and his crew in Savage Waters as they explore the world, meet unique sea creatures, and indulge in sexual shenanigans.
Why similar: Pirates 34.3% ★, Sailing 23.7% ★, Romance 14.4%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Visual Novel 11%
- #14 Life After Magic
88% matchVery Positive98% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: Team StarlightPub: Chirashi Games
Windows · Linux
Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26%, Dating Sim 20.4%, Romance 16.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Cute 8%
- #15 Dear Devere
86% matchVery Positive96% of 333 reviews2020
Dev: Jasmine Osler
Windows · Mac · Linux
A romance/mystery visual novel set in 1930s Scotland, told through a letter correspondence.
Why similar: Historical 21.8%, Romance 20.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Magic 11.4%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
- #16 Yearning: A Gay Story
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: bobcgamesPub: Project Ensō
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yearning: A Gay Story (YAGS) is a realistic coming-out-focused character-driven slice-of-life visual novel where you play as a gay man starting his freshman year of college at a generic university somewhere in the midwestern United States.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.3%, Dating Sim 19.8%, Romance 18.2%, Text-Based 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%
- #17 ERROR143
84% matchVery Positive92% of 4,892 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: Dating Sim 22.9%, LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Romance 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Cute 5.6%
- #18 Forbidden Fruit
86% matchMixed65% of 89 reviews2022
Dev: Lustration Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
A nonlinear visual novel where you find yourself on an island of temptation and mystery. Flirting, dangerous adventures, and charismatic furries, every dialogue can turn into a romance, and every choice you make shapes the story ❤️
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 14%, Romance 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%
- #19 The Pirate's Fate
85% matchVery Positive89% of 332 reviews2018
Dev: T.F. WrightPub: FoxWright Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Embark on a swashbuckling adventure in The Pirate's Fate, a visual novel experience with a unique twist: the story, the crew, and who you are transform based on your choices. Seek treasure, find love, and choose your fate.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.3%, Visual Novel 30.8%, Pirates 30.2% ★, Casual 4.7%
- #20 Fling with a Tiefling
83% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Kristi Jimenez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fling with a Tiefling is a short fantasy romance visual novel that follows you, an adventurer whose journey is about to come to an end. With tonight potentially being the last night with your treasured Tiefling companion Karrus, how will you spend it with him?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.7%, Romance 18.6%, Dating Sim 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
- #21 Rivalhearts
81% matchVery Positive91% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Spiritus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join Noah in his first year of university as he decides to overcome his heartache, pursuing either a tomboy classmate, gorgeous doctor, or junior-year goth!
Why similar: Romance 18.4%, Dating Sim 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Funny 8.9%
- #22 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,479 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.6%, Romance 20.6%, Dating Sim 19%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%
- #23 We should talk.
84% matchMixed57% of 165 reviews2020
Dev: Insatiable CyclePub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Text-Based 17.8%, Romance 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%
- #24 Beyond Eden: Dear Edward
82% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Studio Pieplus
Windows · Mac
Spun off from 'Beyond Eden', 'Beyond Eden: Dear Edward' is a Boys’ Love Life simulation game starring Edward, a naïve young aristocrat. Hone his skills as detective, psychic, or gambler, seek fortune and adventure in the streets and salons of 1890s London, and romance two desirable young men!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.5%, Dating Sim 30.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Anime 10.9%, Simulation 5.3%
- #25 Princess Evangile All Ages Version
82% matchVery Positive90% of 235 reviews2015
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 65.5 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: Romance 19.5%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 10.3%, Anime 9.5%
- #26 Arcade Spirits
81% matchVery Positive91% of 627 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.5%, Dating Sim 20.9%, Romance 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Cute 9.7%
- #27 Voice Love on Air
79% matchVery Positive87% of 529 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
A BL dating sim with elements of studio management and interactions with voice actors! Follow Aki, a newbie voice director who has to complete the recordings for several BL dramas, and interact with the charming voice actors. Come give voice to the language of love!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.5%, Dating Sim 24%, Romance 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Anime 8.4%
- #28 Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
79% matchVery Positive89% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Romance 14.4%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
- #29 Emberfate: Tempest of Elements
78% matchVery Positive98% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Wind Chimes Games Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
An immersive MMORPG-simulation chatroom based romance / otome visual novel. You are the leader of a raiding guild in the world's hottest MMORPG, Emberfate. Will you lead your guild to success in the newest raid — and perhaps find love along the way among your guildmates?
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Romance 12.4%
- #30 Sisterly Bliss ~Don't Let Mom Find Out~
76% matchVery Positive94% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: eyephonPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
A light admonishment from Mom sparks the realization that these twin sisters care for each other in more than a familial sense. In this dramatic & romantic yuri Visual Novel, it's up to you to navigate the forbidden tension between the sisters so their love can flourish without growing one-sided.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.4%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Romance 15.5%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Anime 10.6%
- #31 Love Craft
75% matchVery Positive99% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Toiu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join the Crafting Club, where the glue is strong and the feelings stronger! Craft chaos, flirt fearlessly, and make some very bad romantic decisions! Find your project partner in this elimination-based Dating Sim!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Dating Sim 16.1%, Romance 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Funny 10.4%
- #32 All the Words She Wrote
77% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cutely comedic lesbian / yuri visual novel about a grumpy, socially awkward writer and her cheerful, happy-go-lucky fan set in the Japanese countryside.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.1%, Romance 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Anime 11.1%, Cute 9.7%
- #33 The Femboy Next Door Thinks I'm Cute
77% matchVery Positive79% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: owlyboi
Windows
Coming home on a Saturday from the grocery store with little expectations, your roommate informs you that the femboy next door was looking for you...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.7%, Dating Sim 20.5%, Romance 16%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #34 Date Everything!
72% matchVery Positive94% of 7,103 reviews2025
Dev: Sassy Chap GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: LGBTQ+ 27.1%, Dating Sim 22.7%, Romance 16.8%, Visual Novel 8%, Comedy 7%
- #35 Curtain Call
76% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Dramatis Personae GamesPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
"Curtain Call" is a visual novel about (literally) breaking through social masks by forming meaningful connections with incredibly deep personalities. Whether you’re looking to make new friends or something more, there’s a whole cast of characters just dying to meet you!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Romance 14.1%, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #36 Signed and Sealed With a Kiss
78% matchMixed67% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Raise" your own perfect boyfriend in this visual novel-stat raiser. Will you fall in love or will you say goodbye?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Dating Sim 19.2%, Romance 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Anime 9.6%
- #37 UncleOffice:uncle Dating Simulator
75% matchMixed62% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: GameUncle
Windows · Mac
You can play as a newcomer, start a new life, and date 12 uncles
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Anime 10.6%, Cute 8.9%
- #38 The Divine Speaker
73% matchVery Positive96% of 437 reviews2022
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-rich tale of breaking the bonds of fate... and meeting some cute guys along the way!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.6%, Dating Sim 17%, Romance 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Magic 10.3%
- #39 Plenty of Fish in the Sea
73% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Nullblade Studios
Windows
Plenty of Fish in the Sea is a cozy narrative-driven dating sim where you engage in heartfelt conversations with charming salmon and take them on delightful underwater dates.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.5%, Dating Sim 22.8%, Romance 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #40 Spread The Love
71% matchVery Positive88% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: jamms
Windows · Mac
A silly dating sim where your flavor decides your fate. Customize your profile, flirt with six lovably unique characters, and try to survive your first date!
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Romance 16.8%, Cute 7.9%, Anime 7.6%
- #41 ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area
74% matchMixed64% of 143 reviews2022
Dev: Veritable Joy StudiosPub: Veritable Joy Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
ValiDate is a romantic visual novel about 13 adults in Jercy City navigating new relationships and the harsh realities that come alongside them.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.9%, Dating Sim 21.2%, Romance 20.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 13.8%
- #42 UC Love
72% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Plush Cat Studios
Windows
A humorous and wholesome anime-style dating simulator based on personified University of California schools + more ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)! Romance 2D-girls (or guys) with 3D personalities in a cute and funny visual novel format! There are various locations to visit, minigames to play, and secrets to find!
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Romance 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Funny 8.8%
- #43 Courtin' Cowboys
71% matchVery Positive95% 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 23.8%, Text-Based 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Romance 9.6%
- #44 Trouble Comes Twice
71% matchVery Positive87% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Foxglove Games
Windows
Play as twins Hazel and Jace in this wholesome romcom visual novel. After a silly bet is made, the protagonists must find a boyfriend or girlfriend before their twin beats them to it!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Dating Sim 20.2%, Romance 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #45 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
68% matchVery Positive90% of 6,618 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Why similar: Dating Sim 24%, Romance 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%
- #46 To Have and to Hold
70% matchVery Positive90% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
A short boys love / yaoi / gay visual novel about a couple of cousins whose paths cross at a family wedding. They both get a little drunk, emotions run high, and things take a surprisingly steamy turn.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Romance 17.1%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Anime 9.5%
- #47 Sleepover: reWake
68% matchVery Positive93% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: BLits Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sleepover: reWake is a Gay Adult/Yaoi Visual Novel featuring the story of Kano and Aki, two best friends who have drifted apart over the years. Help Kano navigate the two’s changed relationship, and create a special bond with Aki to last forever. One night is all it takes!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.6%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Romance 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
- #48 Asphyxia
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 277 reviews2015
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Romance 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Dating Sim 12.3%, Anime 9%
- #49 Millennium Whisper
70% matchMixed67% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Parable Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Millennium Whisper is a next-gen dating-sim set in 1999 at the fictional Escafeld College with an AI trained by real actors portraying the cast! Who will you confess your feelings to at the end of the millennium?
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.3%, Romance 23.8%, Visual Novel 21.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #50 //TODO: today
69% matchVery Positive93% of 426 reviews2021
Dev: Boys Laugh +
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about figuring out life with the help of an AI. //TODO: today is a pastel colored slice-of-life story that let's you freely choose your pronouns and romantic preferences!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.4%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Dating Sim 20.8%, Cute 10.4%, Anime 4.3%
- #51 England Exchange
74% matchMixed52% of 126 reviews2017
Dev: HanabiraPub: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
An International Affair! Play as a (male or female) American college student spending a semester abroad in London. Build a new future by living, studying, working, and dating in England. Both straight and same-sex romances are available, but not all loves may have a happy ending...
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Dating Sim 21.8%, Romance 20.4%, Anime 9.2%
- #52 Paper Kite: Threads of Longing
66% matchVery Positive96% of 221 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: Romance 22.2%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Funny 11.6%, Cute 10.9%
- #53 Emily is Away <3
67% matchVery Positive91% of 6,663 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
Why similar: Dating Sim 36%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Romance 18.7%, Cute 11.9%, Simulation 9.8%
- #54 Please Be Happy
67% matchVery Positive99% of 382 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A comfy yuri VN about the foxgirl Miho and her quest to find the person who's most important to her. This emotional visual novel features two different heroines to choose from, and a story that will make you both laugh and cry!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Romance 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Cute 8.4%
- #55 Trivia About You
65% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: Raccoon NestPub: Novatia Entertainment Ltd.
Windows
"Trivia About You" is a romance visual novel about furry characters sharing meaningful moments in Carol’s House. After moving into the shop, you become roommates with three charming furry characters. Through daily life, from spring to autumn, you slowly build deeper connections with them.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.7%, Dating Sim 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Romance 13.1%, Simulation 4.3%
- #56 Marshmallow All the Way Home
67% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: MarmaladePub: Shiravune
Windows
Find friendship, love, and pastries in the most unexpected places in this cute visual novel about baking a home.
Why similar: Romance 21%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Comedy 13.2%, Cute 12.5%, Funny 12.4%
- #57 My Ghost Roommate
66% matchVery Positive100% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Murky GamesPub: Saikey Studios
Windows
A romantic comedy visual novel where you move in with Juno, a shy ghost bound to your new apartment. Share awkward dinners, heartfelt moments, and maybe spark a supernatural romance in this short, charming story of love and letting go.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Romance 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Anime 10.5%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #58 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,103 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.7%, Dating Sim 21%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Romance 13.7%, Text-Based 6.7%
- #59 Sand Castle
69% matchVery Positive94% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Alice NowakPub: Unusual Meaning
Windows · Mac · Linux
A date on the beach, small talk, a little bit of nostalgia and an important decision. All of that taking place to the accompaniment of the summer breeze.
Why similar: Romance 19.3%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #60 Bokuten - Why I Became an Angel
70% matchVery Positive86% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: OVERDRIVEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Bokuten is a dramatic, emotional visual novel where you must play cupid and decide if the relationships you witness are worth rekindling, or if letting them fall apart would result in greater happiness. The decisions you make will echo into the course of your own love life.
Why similar: Romance 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Dating Sim 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Anime 11.1%