- #1 Growing Up
97% matchVery Positive88% of 3,623 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: Life Sim 18.4%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Dating Sim 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This life-sim captures the essence of the teenage experience through skill-building, education, and navigating complex social relationships.
- #2 Volcano Princess
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 47,893 reviews2023
Dev: 养蛋人 Egg Hatcher
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!
Why similar: Life Sim 28.1%, Dating Sim 16.8%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep life-simulation game that focuses on raising a child through various activities, stats, and choices that lead to multiple distinct endings.
- #3 Citizen Sleeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 10,020 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Futuristic 19%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven sci-fi RPG that uses dice-based mechanics to simulate the struggle of survival and personal growth on a space station.
- #4 The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
94% matchVery Positive93% of 5,966 reviews2023
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Story Rich 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative-heavy game features a unique card-based mechanic that influences the branching story and character relationships in a magical setting.
- #5 Long Live The Queen
95% matchVery Positive95% of 7,125 reviews2013
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Simulation 10.5%, RPG 9%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title features intense stat-based survival where every choice significantly impacts the protagonist's survival and the world's fate.
- #6 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
94% 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+ 24.3%, Dating Sim 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
Why You'll Like It: A heartfelt coming-of-age visual novel that allows players to experience the protagonist's life from childhood through adulthood with deep customization.
- #7 Wildermyth
92% matchVery Positive95% of 18,135 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Why similar: Choices Matter 41.8%, Story Rich 23.6%, RPG 13.7%, Turn-Based 9.6%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at procedural storytelling, allowing characters to age, grow, and develop unique histories through tactical combat and narrative choices.
- #8 Signs of the Sojourner
93% matchVery Positive88% of 250 reviews2020
Dev: Echodog Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.9%, Card Game 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative card game where your deck represents your personality and communication style, directly influencing how you connect with others.
- #9 Potionomics
91% matchVery Positive90% of 7,274 reviews2022
Dev: Voracious GamesPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You’ve inherited your uncle’s potion shop—and a huge debt. Better get brewing! Customize your store, hire heroes to gather ingredients, befriend (or romance) fellow vendors to learn new haggling strategies, and go head-to-head with competitors in this narrative-driven, deck-building shop simulator.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 26%, Dating Sim 21.8%, Card Game 13.1%, Life Sim 11%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deck-building mechanics with simulation and relationship-building to create a rewarding loop of growth and management.
- #10 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,772 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: Visual Novel 18%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Dating Sim 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative visual novel that uses branching paths and choices to explore complex themes, much like the time-loop elements of the seed game.
- #11 Roadwarden
90% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, RPG 16%, Choices Matter 11%, Visual Novel 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An illustrated text-based RPG that relies heavily on stat-checks and difficult decisions to shape the world and your character's journey.
- #12 BAD END THEATER
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,656 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative game that encourages exploring every possible outcome and failure to understand the full scope of the story.
- #13 Goodbye Volcano High
89% matchVery Positive89% of 1,819 reviews2023
Dev: KO_OP
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative-focused game captures the emotional turmoil of the final year of high school with a strong emphasis on character relationships and choices.
- #14 I Wani Hug that Gator!
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,578 reviews2024
Dev: Cavemanon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
I Wani Hug that Gator! Is a choice-driven narrative about teenagers struggling to find their way. Help Inco, loser highschooler extraordinaire, navigate his budding friendships (and romance!) while surviving being the only human in a dinosaur-filled school.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A character-driven visual novel that focuses on the emotional growth and social challenges of high school life.
- #15 Arcade Spirits
88% 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+ 20.3%, Dating Sim 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Futuristic 12%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that emphasizes personal growth and building relationships within a vibrant, supportive community.
- #16 GNOSIA
86% matchVery Positive94% of 4,865 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.8%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A loop-based social deduction game that rewards players for learning from past cycles to influence future outcomes and character interactions.
- #17 Dead in Antares
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 181 reviews2026
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Futuristic 12.6%, RPG 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-simulation game that forces players to make difficult choices to keep their colony alive in a hostile environment.
- #18 Choice of Robots
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Sci-fi 8.8%, LGBTQ+ 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based adventure that spans a lifetime, where your choices define the evolution of your creations and your own legacy.
- #19 Night in the Woods
84% matchVery Positive95% of 19,929 reviews2017
Dev: Infinite FallPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Why similar: Choices Matter 32.3%, Visual Novel 29.9%, Story Rich 23.9%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Singleplayer 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A poignant exploration of coming-of-age themes, focusing on the struggles of returning home and the weight of past choices.
- #20 Tender: Creature Comforts
84% 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%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Futuristic 10%
Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation game that uses a dating-app interface to explore themes of connection and loneliness.
- #21 Lakeburg Legacies
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,358 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take fate into your own hands in Lakeburg Legacies, a social-based village management sim where love is your favourite resource. Play matchmaker to create the most effective, and most loved up, couples and help your kingdom thrive. How long will it take you to crown a sovereign?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.8%, Dating Sim 27.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Life Sim 12.6%, RPG 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A social-based management game where you influence the lives and relationships of your villagers over generations.
- #22 Arcadia Fallen
82% matchVery Positive95% of 547 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 9%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy visual novel that allows for significant character customization and romantic development in a fantasy setting.
- #23 Suzerain
81% matchVery Positive93% of 11,339 reviews2020
Dev: Torpor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A political choice-driven game where managing stats and navigating complex relationships determines the survival of your nation.
- #24 Verdant Skies
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 421 reviews2018
Dev: Howling Moon Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Verdant Skies is a life simulation game born from a love for games like Harvest Moon and a desire to create something unique with modern gameplay and deep storytelling. Ensure the success of the colony as you make friends and pursue romance with a diverse cast of characters.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.9%, LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Story Rich 17.9%, RPG 16.8%, Simulation 15%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-building life-sim that focuses on terraforming and building deep personal connections with a diverse cast of characters.
- #25 Pentiment
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,325 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Story Rich 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A historical narrative game that spans years, forcing players to live with the long-term consequences of their early-game decisions.
- #26 Magical Diary: Wolf Hall
81% matchVery Positive91% of 215 reviews2020
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design your own wizard to attend a magical school. Learn spells, explore dungeons, make friends, and find a date for the May Day Ball. But be careful, everyone has secrets - including you!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.4%, LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, RPG 13%, Choices Matter 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A school-life simulation that uses stat-management and narrative choices to determine your success in a magical academy.
- #27 A Long Journey to an Uncertain End
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Crispy Creative
Windows
Explore the known and unknown galaxy with a ragtag crew of eclectic new friends in this narrative management space opera. You are a sentient spaceship, an outlawed commodity, and there's an entire galaxy between you and freedom…not to mention your abusive ex on your tail.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi narrative management game where you must balance resources and crew relationships while fleeing across the galaxy.
- #28 Emily is Away <3
78% 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 22.7%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation of early social media that uses branching dialogue to capture the fleeting, emotional nature of teenage relationships.
- #29 Choice of Life: Middle Ages
78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,800 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!
Why similar: Card Game 22.3%, Life Sim 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based life-sim where every decision impacts your survival and social standing in a medieval world.
- #30 Choice of Life: Samosbor
75% matchVery Positive89% of 213 reviews2025
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're just a simple inhabitant of the endless Gigastructure. The best you'll get is seven shifts at a machine and a bowl of feed concentrate, and that for good service to the party.... Is that it? Or do you have a choice?
Why similar: Life Sim 18.1%, Card Game 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #31 Arcadie: Second-Born
76% matchVery Positive95% of 389 reviews2022
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac
In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Dating Sim 16.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 13%
- #32 One Lonely Outpost
77% matchMixed59% of 645 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.
Why similar: Life Sim 40.5%, Dating Sim 23.3%, Sci-fi 12%, RPG 11.4%, Simulation 7.3%
- #33 Magical Princess
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,984 reviews2026
Dev: Neotro Inc.Pub: MAGI Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Raise your daughter while she attends a magical academy. Choose which classes she attends, jobs she does, training she undergoes, and more in a character raising sim packed full of story and over 50 endings to reach. How she grows up to be the world's cutest princess depends on you!
Why similar: Life Sim 23%, Dating Sim 17.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #34 Spirited Heart Deluxe
79% matchMixed46% of 90 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Spirited Heart is a fantasy life simulation game. Create your fantasy alter ego choosing between an apparently normal human, a cute elf and a wicked demoness. Run your life in a virtual fantasy world: choose a job from the 20 different ones available, raise your stats, and maybe even find romance!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Life Sim 16%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy life-simulation game that offers various paths and career choices to shape your character's future.
- #35 Doomsday Paradise
73% matchVery Positive91% of 247 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: LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Dating Sim 21.1%, Card Game 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #36 Office Life
71% matchVery Positive89% of 2,066 reviews2024
Dev: LeiYun GamesPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dive into a massive 2-million-word immersive life sim. Use card-based strategies to survive office politics, rise from a rookie intern to a business tycoon, and find true love. Career, Romance, Wealth—why choose when you can have it all?
Why similar: Life Sim 23.7%, Dating Sim 21.7%, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #37 Friendsim 2
74% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: Studio June
Windows · Mac
In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #38 ARISEN - Chronicles of Var'Nagal
75% matchVery Positive83% of 85 reviews2021
Dev: Maratus
Windows
ARISEN is a narrative card game where you use your emotions to create your own story in a dark fantasy universe.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Dating Sim 12.9%, Card Game 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
- #39 Takara Cards
72% matchVery Positive82% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Post Mortem PixelsPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Takara Cards is a unique tactical deck-builder RPG about chasing space dragons in a sci-fi fantasy universe. Create your deck as you explore sectors, fighting your way in deep puzzly combat. Every decision you make affects your Ship and Character: Each new adventure offers new surprises!
Why similar: Card Game 19.7%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%
- #40 Beyond Eden: Dear Edward
74% 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+ 27.3%, Dating Sim 24.5%, Life Sim 24%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Simulation 5%
- #41 Kamifuda
73% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2022
Dev: Realm Archive
Windows
Master the eldritch art of Kamifuda—channeling long dead powers within arcane cards—in this visual novel and deck builder game.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 20%, Card Game 17.6%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #42 Andromeda Six
70% matchVery Positive97% of 74 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: Visual Novel 32%, Choices Matter 24.1%, Multiple Endings 20%, Story Rich 12.1%, LGBTQ+ 11.8%
- #43 Island of Hearts
71% matchMixed61% of 85 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 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #44 Cattails: Wildwood Story
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,857 reviews2023
Dev: Falcon Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Become a cat! In this cozy life sim RPG, you'll lead your colony into the mysterious Wildwood. Hunt prey, harvest herbs, collect magical treasures, & defend your new home from intruders. Build a thriving town to recruit new cats. Get to know the residents, fall in love, & raise a litter of kittens!
Why similar: Life Sim 39.4%, LGBTQ+ 36.4%, RPG 13.4%, Simulation 10.8%
- #45 Planet Stronghold
76% matchMixed59% of 117 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Planet Stronghold is a sci-fi role-playing game with a turn-based combat system. You take the role of a young, new recruit that somehow gets assigned to the most well-known, and well-defended, human outpost in the whole galaxy: Planet Stronghold.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Dating Sim 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Futuristic 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #46 In Stars And Time
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,335 reviews2023
Dev: insertdisc5Pub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.7%, Story Rich 18.1%, RPG 16.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Hand-drawn 4.3%
- #47 Emily is Away
71% matchVery Positive89% of 32,252 reviews2015
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dating Sim 12.8%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #48 Hunky City
70% matchVery Positive81% of 172 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+ 40.4%, Dating Sim 19.3%, Life Sim 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%, RPG 6.8%
- #49 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
69% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #50 Winds of Change
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 592 reviews2019
Dev: Klace
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Dating Sim 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
- #51 Clonizer
66% matchVery Positive87% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: Juicy PlumePub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Clonizer combines Hex-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding! Play cards, manage clones, explore unique charming planets and outsmart aliens. Craft a powerful deck through your expedition and Clonize the universe to become employee of the month of CLONPO!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 45.4%, Card Game 34.5%, Simulation 10.6%, Turn-Based 9.6%
- #52 BOOK OF HOURS
65% matchVery Positive89% of 4,246 reviews2023
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.2%, Card Game 21.2%, Life Sim 19%, Choices Matter 12.4%, RPG 8.4%
- #53 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
68% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Harvest
Windows
You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Futuristic 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
- #54 Emberfate: Tempest of Elements
66% 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 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #55 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
63% 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+ 33.8%, Dating Sim 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #56 Battle Suit Aces
63% matchVery Positive90% of 339 reviews2025
Dev: Trinket Studios
Windows · Mac
Battle Suit Aces is a Saturday morning cartoon where you're at the helm! Grow your roster of charming mech pilots as you immerse yourself in thrilling story missions and charge into card combat. Suit Up!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21%, Card Game 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #57 Terraformers
65% matchVery Positive88% of 3,672 reviews2023
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
Why similar: Card Game 24.1%, Futuristic 19.3%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Simulation 10.2%
- #58 Titan Outpost
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: The Boar Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.
Why similar: RPG 26.8%, Simulation 21.3%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Story Rich 9.9%
