- #1 Battle Girls
96% matchVery Positive80% of 92 reviews2017
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
As the latest pilot to arrive in the Battle Mech training grounds a heavy burden is yours, to pilot a mech alongside one of several female co-pilots, with the aim of winning the Mech Wars.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Romance 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #2 Panzer Hearts - War Visual Novel
94% matchVery Positive82% of 133 reviews2018
Dev: HELYEES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Build the tanks, Date the girls, Choose your side. Live through the adventure and drama of an alternate universe World War 2.
Why similar: Visual Novel 54.9%, Anime 23.9%, Adventure 11.5%, Casual 9.7%
- #3 Bokuten - Why I Became an Angel
94% 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 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Dating Sim 12%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Emotional 10.7%
- #4 Princess Evangile All Ages Version
93% 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 15.7%, Dating Sim 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Anime 9%
- #5 Sweet F. Cake
92% matchVery Positive87% of 563 reviews2020
Dev: TexicPub: Bear in the Night
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A magical story of a virgin pioneer caught in the crossfire of love. This is a game for a real recluse!
Why similar: Romance 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Anime 9.7%
- #6 KamiYaba: Destiny on a Dicey Deadline
91% matchVery Positive92% of 384 reviews2022
Dev: HULOTTEPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 61.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
“If you don't tie the knot with the person of your dreams within the next year, you'll be in big trouble.” So forewarns Urara, the self-proclaimed Goddess of Matchmaking... kicking off a rowdy rom-com adventure!
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Emotional 11.5%, Cute 9.1%
- #7 Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows Refrain
90% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Liar-softPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the meaning of memories in this mysterious fairytale where fantasy and reality intertwine. The story unfolds from the perspectives of two women: one who travels in the ruins of Engine City New York, and one who finds herself in an underground world with an eldritch, violet sky.
Why similar: Steampunk 23.6% ★, Romance 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Emotional 9.6%
- #8 Trinoline All Ages Version
91% matchVery Positive89% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When tragedy sparks the advancement of science, a sentient android is created. Now, in this heart-wrenching, romantic, and beautiful visual novel, you will explore whether or not it's possible for man and machine to truly love each other.
Why similar: Romance 13.8%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Emotional 11.2%, Anime 9.7%
- #9 Wanting Wings
89% matchVery Positive99% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: BaseSonPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wanting Wings is a cute and romantic, yuri visual novel about three girls living together and falling in love over the course of their daily lives. Your choices determine which two will ultimately pair together.
Why similar: Romance 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dating Sim 11.9%, Anime 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #10 Muv-Luv
88% matchVery Positive94% of 1,987 reviews2018
Dev: aNCHOR Inc.
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
One of the most highly-acclaimed visual novel series arrives on Steam, newly revamped and officially in English! An interdimensional love story that takes high school romance on a roller-coaster ride through the depths of despair, culminating in a sci-fi grand finale of epic proportions.
Why similar: Romance 23.6%, Visual Novel 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Anime 14.6%, Cute 8.9%
- #11 Border of her Heart
89% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #12 Virtual Maid Streamer Ramie
87% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: monimePub: iMel
Windows
The Vtuber who came out of the screen was actually a maid!? Featuring the virtual maid who just wants to cheer the protagonist up. Follow this fluffy adventure with a little spice, full of charming moments and a few tears along the way.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Emotional 10.7%, Anime 10.2%
- #13 If My Heart Had Wings
86% matchVery Positive92% of 4,617 reviews2014
Dev: MoeNovel
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
An animated visual novel of a lovely and bittersweet tale of youth, you play as Aoi Minase in this romantic-comedy as he meets various young girls in his hometown and works together with them to revive their school’s glider-flying “Soaring Club” in order to realize their shared dream of flight.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.7%, Romance 20.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Anime 11%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #14 Ninki Seiyuu: How to Make a Pop Voice Actress
86% matchVery Positive92% of 225 reviews2021
Dev: MintCUBEPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A love comedy set in the voice acting industry, from the point of view of voice actresses, managers, and sound engineers... and it's, like, 78% accurate! Play it, and you might find out what this industry is all about!
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #15 Katawa Shoujo
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,524 reviews2024
Dev: Four Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.5%, Romance 13.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 9%, Emotional 8.8%
- #16 Faulty Apprentice
85% matchVery Positive82% of 190 reviews2019
Dev: AGL studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this world of magic, monsters, and mystery, the fate of Stars Reach Castle will be determined by you, the Faulty Apprentice! A story-rich visual novel/dating with Light Ecchi on the side. (Free 3 DLCs)
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.1%, Romance 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%
- #17 Rivalhearts
83% 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 16.1%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #18 Sakura, The Jirai-kei Magical Girl
82% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: monimePub: iMel
Windows
Strong and charming as she is, the magical girl can't handle anything besides combat! A logical protagonist and a sheltered, needy magical girl find themselves in a caregiving transformation battle romance, protecting the world and everyday serenity together.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 12.9%, Anime 8.9%
- #19 Flappatron
84% matchVery Positive95% of 146 reviews2019
Dev: Dexter ManningPub: Manning Media
Windows
Flappatron - A Quirky Action Game/Visual Novel Hybrid Flappatron combines fast, arcade action alongside a fully voice acted visual novel narrative from creative mind, Dexter Manning!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Romance 22.6%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 12.2%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #20 Nirvana Pilot Yume
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Dev9k
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nirvana Pilot Yume is the cure for your ‘80s sci-fi anime nostalgia: a retro-synthwave world with space races inspired by the DOS classic SkyRoads and a steamy visual novel of romance and redemption. Raise the volume and turn on the neon lights!
Why similar: Romance 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Anime 12.9%
- #21 Monospaced Lovers
82% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Scarlet String Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monospaced Lovers is an exploration-driven platformer about closeness and distance. Journey through a metafictional, fantasy-filled land and find the truth of your fragile world before it disintegrates.
Why similar: Romance 29.1%, Anime 18.6%, Emotional 12.6%, Cute 12.4%, Story Rich 11%
- #22 Arcadia Fallen
81% 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 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Romance 16.8%, Visual Novel 15%, Cute 6.5%
- #23 Gilded Shadows
80% matchVery Positive95% of 192 reviews2022
Dev: Steamberry Studio
Windows
A GxB visual novel that explores a whimsical, yet dangerous world which blends the solarpunk and cyberpunk aesthetics into a unique adventure. As you follow the MC on her journey, pursue various love interests in a stand-alone story unique to that route.
Why similar: Romance 27.7%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 10%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #24 Maid Cafe on Electric Street
78% matchVery Positive86% of 704 reviews2024
Dev: Adventurer's TavernPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Maid Cafe on Electric Street is a leisurely maid cafe adventure set in the otaku haven of Nipponbashi, Osaka.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Romance 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #25 RGB GlitchGazer
78% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Emotional 14.7%, Anime 13.3%, Mystery 11%
- #26 KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE
77% matchVery Positive95% of 511 reviews2025
Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
Answer the summons to the parallel world of "Kamitsubaki City" and meet a cast of colorful characters as you set out on a quest to save this city from the brink of destruction in this dark-fantasy sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Multiple Endings 21.5%, Anime 8.7%, Adventure 6.2%
- #27 The Radiants
79% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: Rose Arcana Games
Windows · Mac
The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.3%, Romance 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #28 Gal*Gun: Double Peace
77% matchVery Positive87% of 2,192 reviews2016
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.Pub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A rail shooter, with a difference, replacing bullets with pheromone shots, and enemies with giddy love-obsessed school girls. Every love letter and advancing kiss drains your energy! Repel them while upgrading your power ups and take part in outrageously lewd mini-games to find your true love!
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.2%, Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Romance 17.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Anime 11.8%
- #29 Tricolour Lovestory
76% matchVery Positive81% of 28,032 reviews2017
Dev: HL-Galgame
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 48.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Time flies and never comes back. But with an incredible 1-million-word script and 100+ original CGs, this game will take you back to when you were young, simple and pure. Go and get the love of your life back, start something new, or end everything in flame, that's for you to decide!
Why similar: Dating Sim 36.1%, Visual Novel 29.6%, Anime 13.1%, Romance 10.1%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #30 Sexy Iron Maidens
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Earl MarxPub: Horny Capybara Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
🔥 Sexy Iron Maidens is a small visual novel that will brighten up your evening with beautiful dieselpunk girls and shump-shooting. Your crew awaits your orders and ready to catch a grenade for you with their bare chests! 🔥
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Anime 19.7%, Shooter 18.2%, Adventure 5.8%
- #31 Dangerous Fellows: Otome Game
76% matchMixed45% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Storytaco
Windows
Otome dating sim - make your choices and survive this thriller romance game!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.2%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Romance 14%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Anime 7.5%
- #32 NEKOKORO
75% matchVery Positive87% of 89 reviews2018
Dev: Mikołaj Spychał
Windows · Mac · Linux
Meet cute and fluffy catgirl sisters from space in this lighthearted romance Visual Novel intertwined with comedy, a bit of drama, science-fiction and fantasy!
Why similar: Romance 18.4%, Dating Sim 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Anime 11.2%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #33 Your Diary +
74% matchVery Positive85% of 345 reviews2018
Dev: CubePub: Hyper'sthene
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Your Diary + is a visual novel game that explores the seven ways humans experience happiness in the stories of its seven heroines. What does it mean to be useful to someone? To be loved? To trust someone with your heart? Rediscover the importance of these everyday joys.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.7%, Romance 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Anime 10.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
- #34 Gal*Gun Returns
73% matchVery Positive84% of 343 reviews2021
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.Pub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The infamous ecchi rail-shooter is back! Fight back with pheromones as girls throw themselves at you and try to find true love in less than a day! Discover a beautifully reimagined version of the first game of the series that never came to the west!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Dating Sim 16.9%, Romance 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Shooter 11.4%
- #35 Arcade Spirits
73% 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: Dating Sim 21.5%, Romance 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #36 Polyarmory: High Calibre Love
69% matchVery Positive97% of 433 reviews2026
Dev: Scope CreepsPub: Stupendium Softworks
Windows
The world's only fully-loaded conspiracy theorist gun-nut dating simulation. As the prepper, take the mysterious pill Caliber™ to awaken an arsenal of alluring companions and fight against the dark forces determined to tear you apart!
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.3%, Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Shooter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #37 Snowkissed Romance
70% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: LovelyInc LLC
Windows · Mac
It's 1994 in the mountains of Northern Japan - Are you ready to fall in love? Snowkissed Romance weaves addictive stat-building, day planning, and mini-games with captivating storytelling and plenty of ’90s shoujo charm.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.1%, Romance 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #38 Yukar From The Abyss
72% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: LocaGames
Windows
A fantasy otome game based on the myths and legends of Hokkaido, Japan. Meet and fight with unique Gods, overcome fierce trials together, and discover what happens when you pursue forbidden love with the divine..
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Romance 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #39 Mirage Feathers
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,424 reviews2024
Dev: oyasumi Workshop
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
「Maybe one day, I won't have to fight when I fly.」
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Anime 23.2%, Cute 21.4%, Shooter 17.4%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #40 Lair Land Story
73% matchVery Positive86% of 228 reviews2020
Dev: CIRCLE Ent.Pub: PQube
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Decide a mysterious girl's fate in this stunning visual novel raising sim!
Why similar: Romance 18.1%, Dating Sim 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Anime 11.1%
- #41 无梦少女 DreamlessGirl
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: REZEROR STUDIOPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Light up your fantasy with extra lives ✈︎ ⋆。˚A new type of bishoujo game combining "bullet hell shooting" and "visual novel."
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Emotional 15.5%, Anime 15.2%, Shooter 12.9%
- #42 Folie Fatale
69% matchVery Positive86% of 2,531 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 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: Dating Sim 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Anime 9.4%
- #43 HoneyHoneyHoney!
72% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: Ouchi JikanPub: Shiravune
Windows
In a world where men and women are kept at arm's length by the law... With three beautiful girls breaking barriers to win your affections, who'll be flying into your arms in the end?
Why similar: Romance 26.3%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Relaxing 12.7%, Cute 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #44 Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,441 reviews2019
Dev: spritePub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 136.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In a world where flying through the sky is as simple as riding a bicycle, the sport "Flying Circus" is all the rage. Following the discovery of anti-gravitons, special shoes that allow an individual to fly, Anti-Graviton Shoes, took the world by storm.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Romance 19.1%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Anime 17.1%, Story Rich 8%
- #45 Finding Cinderella
71% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: 2humanstudiowo
Windows
A lighthearted game about love and murder.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Romance 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Anime 8.3%
- #46 Fading Hearts
75% matchMixed65% of 192 reviews2014
Dev: Sakura River Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 181.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Your choices changes the GENRE of the story!Almost EVERY NPC LIES to you at some point in the game!Live a life of adventure or a normal life! A game with true choices!An interactive story/game where you play the role of Ryou, a seemingly normal high school student in the land of Sorayama.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Romance 16%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #47 Landmine Princess
68% matchVery Positive95% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Jeistar
Windows
Meet Mina! She's a landmine girl! That means she's cute on the outside, but dangerous on the inside! But maybe she's the kind of danger you've always been looking for. This is a rogue fast-love dating sim. And the only sim that teaches you to be nice to girls. Or else.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.8%, Dating Sim 19.4%, Romance 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Cute 8.1%
- #48 C14 Dating
71% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2016
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
C-14 Dating is an otome dating sim that combines archaeology, friendships and love.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Romance 13.5%, Anime 10.6%
- #49 Sierra Ops - Space Strategy Visual Novel
69% matchVery Positive88% of 378 reviews2020
Dev: Innomen TeamPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 16.2 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Woefully ill-prepared, play as Captain Fahrenheit as they uncover long-lost secrets new and old, while fighting in an impossible war between Earth and Mars.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Dating Sim 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #50 Sky in your eyes
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Aleksey Izimov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Visual novel about the life in the post-soviet country. Cute artstyle, 10 animated CGs, 5 BGs and 5 chibi CGs in 4k, English voice-over for each heroine, animated live2d sprites, original OSTs and a dramatic story!
Why similar: Dating Sim 30.2%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Anime 15%, Cute 10.6%, Relaxing 7.3%
- #51 Drops of Death
65% matchVery Positive93% of 92 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 20.7%, Romance 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Mystery 9.1%
- #52 Psycho地雷InLove : 싸이코지라이 인 러브
66% matchVery Positive96% of 284 reviews2022
Dev: 유진게임즈
Windows
A simulation of an outcast romance!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Romance 12.6%, Emotional 9.4%, Cute 9.1%
- #53 AIR
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 659 reviews2025
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 56.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Summer stretches on endlessly. Beneath the vast blue sky. Beneath the air in which she awaits— AIR, the second game released by visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring the side story novel, "First Sky Chapter" and full voice support!
Why similar: Dating Sim 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Romance 11%, Anime 8.5%
- #54 Arcadie: Second-Born
66% 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: Romance 19.6%, Dating Sim 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #55 KANADE
65% matchVery Positive84% of 352 reviews2025
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
A visual novel about becoming lovers with Kanade—a half-human, half-alien girl. Enjoy a tender relationship with Kanade and witness how love blossoms into a song that saves the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Anime 21.4%, Emotional 17.4%, Cute 14%, Adventure 7.5%
- #56 9-nine-:NewEpisode
65% matchVery Positive94% of 728 reviews2022
Dev: PALETTEPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 190.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Enjoy short after stories for the heroines of the 9-nine- series in 9-nine-:NewEpisode!
Why similar: Dating Sim 22%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Romance 10.6%, Anime 10%