- #1 Who Is The Red Queen?
97% matchVery Positive95% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: 4nokiPub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alice, Alice, the Red Queen is missing. The queen has been dismembered and Alice must find all her pieces. A horror-fantasy yuri visual novel filled with death, love, and forgotten memories.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Romance 11.3%, Dark 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, LGBTQ-focused visual novel that effectively blends horror themes with a tense, romantic mystery.
- #2 The House in Fata Morgana
96% matchVery Positive95% of 6,041 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic, dark fantasy visual novel that excels in building psychological tension and emotional weight through its haunting, multi-layered story.
- #3 Doki Doki Literature Club!
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 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: Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Anime 13.2%, Romance 10.4%, Horror 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential psychological horror visual novel that subverts the cute anime aesthetic to deliver a deeply disturbing and meta-narrative experience.
- #4 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,737 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Romance 15.9%, Horror 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a dark, psychological narrative with shifting realities and intense, choice-driven horror elements that mirror the unsettling atmosphere of the seed game.
- #5 Lachesis or Atropos
94% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Romance 8.8%, Anime 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, horror-tinged visual novel featuring a female protagonist and strong LGBTQ themes that align closely with the seed game's tone.
- #6 Kill or Love
94% 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: Visual Novel 27.7%, Psychological Horror 21.6%, Anime 15.7%, Romance 15.7%, Horror 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play psychological horror visual novel that captures the same dangerous, romantic tension found in the seed game.
- #7 Fearbonding
92% matchVery Positive97% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Romance 12.4%, Dark 8%
Why You'll Like It: A recent psychological horror visual novel that focuses on the intense, often terrifying bonds between its LGBTQ characters.
- #8 missed messages.
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,420 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.9%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Romance 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, impactful free-to-play visual novel that explores themes of mental health and romance through a haunting, choice-based narrative.
- #9 Lake of Voices
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 620 reviews2018
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Choices Matter 8%, Romance 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric visual novel where choices matter significantly, leading to various grim outcomes in a supernatural setting.
- #10 Crimson Gray
90% matchVery Positive96% of 442 reviews2017
Dev: Sierra Lee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Anime 12.3%, Horror 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title leans heavily into the yandere trope, exploring the psychological complexities and dangers of a volatile, obsessive relationship.
- #11 Graveyard Girls
89% matchVery Positive98% of 158 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Dark 9%, Romance 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines dating-sim mechanics with dark, emotional storytelling that resonates with the seed game's somber tone.
- #12 The Elevator Game with Catgirls
89% matchVery Positive100% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Linux
Kirin plays the elevator game and disappears. Will her girlfriend, Asahi, be able to find her? The Elevator Game with Catgirls is a horror visual novel with point-and-click elements, inspired by the Korean urban legend, Elevator to Another World.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Horror 11.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that uses a unique premise to build dread and suspense in a way that feels both cute and terrifying.
- #13 We Know the Devil
88% matchVery Positive94% of 1,141 reviews2016
Dev: Pillow Fight
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other--but one always gets left out.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.9%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Psychological Horror 5.8%, Horror 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cult-classic indie visual novel that explores the anxieties of youth and supernatural horror through a distinct, stylized lens.
- #14 A Tithe in Blood
86% matchVery Positive88% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark yuri visual novel about a quiet university student who discovers blood magic in the depths of her grief. Stepping into a world she little understands, Honoka finds unexpected love, and inadvertently sets in motion a deadly series of events.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Romance 12.5%, Anime 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy visual novel that weaves romance into a grim, high-stakes narrative filled with supernatural tension.
- #15 Amelie
87% matchVery Positive92% of 442 reviews2021
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Horror 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror story that focuses on a female protagonist navigating a dark, unsettling reality with LGBTQ themes.
- #16 Her Love, Like Poison
85% matchVery Positive96% of 234 reviews2025
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 9.5%, Anime 9.3%, Dark 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A casual visual novel that explores the darker, more toxic sides of romance through a stylized, text-heavy narrative.
- #17 Hydrangea
83% matchVery Positive93% of 123 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: LGBTQ+ 25.3%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Romance 10.8%, Anime 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction piece that uses a minimalist 2D style to tell a focused, intimate story.
- #18 Solstice
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Romance 11%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich visual novel that utilizes time-loop mechanics and branching paths to explore dark, psychological consequences.
- #19 Lonely Yuri
84% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2018
Dev: Night-time SheepPub: DLsite
Windows
"First with a kiss... the girl is etched in the protagonist's mind. It was first year in high school. The budding of summer. Fusa Konno met a shut-in girl named Seri. Persecuted by her yearning eyes, her heart gradually opened... Night-time Sheep presents a highly atmospheric romance yuri visual novel"
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46.2%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Anime 9.2%, Romance 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward but effective yuri visual novel that captures the specific aesthetic and romantic focus of the seed game.
- #20 a new life.
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,375 reviews2020
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Romance 14.9%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Choices Matter 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: An emotional, character-driven visual novel that focuses on the nuances of LGBTQ relationships and personal growth.
- #21 Blossoms Bloom Brightest
84% matchMixed70% of 207 reviews2017
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
A sci-fi, yuri visual novel with a dollop of mystery.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Romance 11%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A gentle but poignant adventure that highlights the importance of connection and character-driven storytelling in a yuri context.
- #22 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,866 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.8%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Dark 20%, Anime 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A masterful psychological horror visual novel that forces players to make impossible choices while navigating a cast of complex, often dangerous characters.
- #23 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,520 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Anime 18%, Text-Based 17.8%, Horror 16.2%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A gripping horror mystery that uses a unique visual style to deliver a tense, supernatural story with deep psychological roots.
- #24 Asphyxia
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 273 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+ 27.1%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Romance 12.4%, Anime 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie visual novel that focuses on the internal struggles of its female protagonist within a dark, simulation-style narrative.
- #25 The Witch in the Forest
81% matchVery Positive83% of 114 reviews2020
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
A young woman who lives alone in the forest one day meets another woman- a real witch!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Anime 12.5%, Cute 8.5%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, indie visual novel that hides a deeper, more atmospheric story beneath its charming exterior.
- #26 The Wilting Amaranth
82% matchVery Positive80% of 70 reviews2018
Dev: Reine WorksPub: Top Hat Curios & Oddities
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Wilting Amaranth is a short yuri (GxG) romance visual novel based very loosely on a familiar fairy tale. It features 2 character routes, 13 endings, and 3 to 5 hours of gameplay.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Romance 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark dating-sim that explores themes of decay and romance, fitting well within the niche of dark, choice-based visual novels.
- #27 Fatal Twelve
80% matchVery Positive92% of 995 reviews2018
Dev: LYCORISPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Shishimai Rinka was a high schooler who ran a small café named Lion House in place of her grandmother. She lived her life much like any other person her age, but one day, she was caught up in an explosion while returning home on the train alongside her friend, Hitsuji Naomi.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.7%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Anime 9%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural thriller featuring a high-stakes death game and deep, complex relationships between its female cast.
- #28 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,847 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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+ 40.4%, Female Protagonist 19%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 8.5%, Choices Matter 5%
- #29 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
79% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Horror 17.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Anime 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A branching narrative horror game that emphasizes character relationships and the psychological toll of a supernatural curse.
- #30 千面 Melancholy Love
78% matchVery Positive95% of 2,209 reviews2020
Dev: 白露社Pub: PeriScope Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 69.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
《千面》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏，讲述了在前作时间线十年之后，聆花女子学院中的“优等生”与“不良少女”间的甜蜜纠葛。
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43.7%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Anime 6.9%, Romance 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that explores the darker, more emotional side of romance with multiple endings that reflect the player's choices.
- #31 Saihate Station
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,177 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.1%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 8.1%, Anime 6.3%
- #32 Kimi to Kanojo no LILYVAGANZA
76% matchVery Positive82% of 498 reviews2024
Dev: 赤月めう
Windows
This is a Yandere Yuri horror game where character sprites and still images move smoothly, created using Live2D and TyranoScript. If you enjoy Yandere Yuri horror filled with obsessive love, we highly recommend giving it a try.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.3%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Anime 12.2%, Horror 8.6%
- #33 Without a Voice
77% matchVery Positive95% of 341 reviews2020
Dev: L³Pub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the depths of a forest, an exiled princess whiles her time in solitude. One day, a mysterious, beautiful maiden appears, throwing her world out of its alignment. A dark fantasy visual novel following the intertwining paths of these two women. In seven days, the wheel of fate will splinter...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.9%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Anime 9%, Casual 4.6%
- #34 Rituals in the Dark
77% matchVery Positive85% of 192 reviews2019
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Romance 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Anime 8.6%
- #35 BAD END THEATER
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.2%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Romance 8.9%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #36 The Final Prize is Soup
75% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Anime 9.3%, Dark 8.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #37 Dread Weight
74% matchVery Positive87% of 177 reviews2024
Dev: Deer Dream Studios
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Anime 8.6%
- #38 Melancholy Love
75% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
Windows · Mac
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Romance 14.1%, Female Protagonist 14%, Anime 8.6%
- #39 slime feet
71% matchVery Positive98% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: Nadia Nova
Windows · Mac · Linux
slime feet is a linear visual novel, a love story for everyone who has ever had to love through a keyboard. slime feet is about the body horror of an inevitable drawn out death, and the lesbian slime feet cybersex that comes with it.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Romance 11.1%
- #40 Seraphim Slum
72% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2024
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Psychological Horror 13%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Romance 10.5%
- #41 Heart of the Woods
73% matchVery Positive95% of 955 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 76.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A fantasy yuri visual novel filled with magic, fairies, and a ghost girl. When Maddie and her best friend, Tara, journey to a remote forest village to investigate rumors of the supernatural, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Romance 10.2%
- #42 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
72% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 11.3%, Anime 8.6%
- #43 Yuri Dating Agency
71% matchVery Positive89% 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: LGBTQ+ 30%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #44 Criminally Yours
68% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Meant to Bee Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A superhero-themed yandere romance visual novel. He's your coworker, your crush, and the villain you need to stop? Make choices to be with your supervillian ex, or move on to a new hot superhero.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Romance 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #45 Eye of Saccharine
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: SasDeRiderPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Mac · Linux
A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #46 BlueberryNOVA
73% matchMixed65% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Nova B12
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
BlueberryNOVA is a yuri visual novel about a girl who is transferred to new place of study.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Anime 9.9%
- #47 Demonheart: The Ice Demon
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Romance 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%
- #48 Her Last Piece
67% matchVery Positive98% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: SpiceMerchantsPub: SpiceMerchantsGames
Windows
A choice-based dark gothic romance Visual Novel... Trapped alone in her castle, can you survive a dark yandere queen's schemes? Or will you fall for her charms? Remember... She lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.6%, Dark Fantasy 29.8%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Horror 8.7%, Romance 7.7%
- #49 BRXKEN INSIDE
67% matchVery Positive85% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Anime 8.9%, Text-Based 7.7%
- #50 Bad Faith
69% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Anime 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Horror 11.4%
- #51 Creature Romances: For the Ladies
70% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: NostalgiaPub: Sekai Project
Windows
An original mystery horror love story! This work contains many disturbing, grotesque images and images of non-human creatures. Please be aware of this if you decide to buy this game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Romance 16.9%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Anime 11%, Horror 8%
- #52 GEMINI DISORDER
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: ReallySPub: SAD GIRLS GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
GEMINI DISORDER is a strange story about two twin girls: Mei and Aoi. Despite external similarity, their characters are absolute opposites.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.9%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Anime 10.6%
- #53 If Found...
67% matchVery Positive90% of 2,276 reviews2020
Dev: DREAMFEELPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 48.5%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Casual 4.8%, Great Soundtrack 4.8%
- #54 Tiny Bunny
63% matchVery Positive83% of 29,932 reviews2025
Dev: SaikonoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 13%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #55 The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
69% matchVery Positive90% of 893 reviews2016
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A short lesbian / yuri visual novel set in England. Our heroine, Toma Andrews, meets a ghost girl wearing an old-fashioned nightgown in a graveyard who calls herself Emmeline. Just who is she, and how did she die?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.3%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Romance 11.3%, Anime 8.1%
- #56 Folie Fatale
65% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.4%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Anime 10.8%, Choices Matter 9%
- #57 My Yandere is a Futanari
68% matchVery Positive85% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: owlyboi
Windows
A girl from work seems to have a crush on you. Well, to be perfectly honest, it's a little more than that. Careful, there might be a surprise waiting for you around any corner.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.5%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Romance 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Anime 9.1%
- #58 Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth
68% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: EVERIUM
Windows · Mac
You've been invited to a Halloween party! Yay! Music! Food! Drinks! Vampires! Wait. VAMPIRES!? Velvet Bite: Softly, With Teeth is a Romantic Visual Novel featuring 6 romanceable vampires.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.9%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Anime 8.9%, Romance 6%
- #59 Heart Fragment
66% matchVery Positive92% of 325 reviews2021
Dev: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Can you collect all the fragments to reach your happy ending? Or will your attempts only end in tragedy? Find out in this psychological otome game as you sort your way through the secrets & lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Romance 15%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Anime 8.4%
