- #1 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
97% matchVery Positive90% of 6,572 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 23.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Romance 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features iconic horror killers in a satirical dating environment that perfectly matches the premise of romancing dangerous figures.
- #2 A Date with Death
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,259 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.7%, Otome 22.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.3%, Romance 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, supernatural dating sim that explores the tension of forming a connection with a lethal entity.
- #3 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
96% matchVery Positive95% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' Avoid the fanatical cultists and survive dangerous rituals to escape the Black Woods with your life in this 90’s anime inspired visual novel!
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Horror 13%, Comedy 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines eldritch horror with the dating sim genre, offering a similarly dark and surreal experience.
- #4 Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,175 reviews2022
Dev: DirectDoggo
Windows
If you've ever wanted to romantically pursue a phone, then hot DARN, do I have just the game for you.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.5%, LGBTQ+ 23.5%, Comedy 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A bizarre and hilarious satirical dating sim that shares the same offbeat, meta-humor and psychological undertones as Killer Chat!.
- #5 Monster Prom
94% matchVery Positive93% of 14,244 reviews2018
Dev: Beautiful GlitchPub: Xelu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.
Why similar: Dating Sim 40.5%, LGBTQ+ 27.5%, Comedy 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Simulation 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential satirical dating sim that leans heavily into dark humor and absurd character interactions.
- #6 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,488 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 79.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.4%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Romance 14.8%, Dark Humor 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for meta-narrative psychological horror hidden within a seemingly innocent visual novel.
- #7 Slasher U: An 18+ Horror Movie Dating Sim, Act 1
93% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Andi Santagata
Windows
Slasher U is an 18+ character-driven RPG dating sim, set in the open-world campus of America’s Horniest Horror Movie University!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22%, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Dating Sim 18.1%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the slasher-themed dating experience with a focus on dark comedy and gothic aesthetics.
- #8 From Madness with Love
92% matchVery Positive91% of 496 reviews2023
Dev: JamsanpoidPub: VampireK.K.
Windows
This is a dating sim with guys you will never be on the same page with! For some reason, you just can't communicate with the guy you like... An unusual yet extraordinary experience with a cute pixel art style, fully voiced in Japanese.
Why similar: Otome 20.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 15%, Dark Humor 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Romance 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features surreal, dark, and comedic dating scenarios that feel right at home with the vibe of Killer Chat!.
- #9 ERROR143
91% matchVery Positive92% of 4,810 reviews2022
Dev: Jenny Vi Pham
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
Why similar: Otome 19.1% ★, Dating Sim 17.8%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Romance 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tense, hacker-themed dating sim that builds psychological pressure through its interactive dialogue.
- #10 XOXO Blood Droplets
91% matchVery Positive91% of 247 reviews2019
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows
A collection of very short stories. XOXO Blood Droplets is an absurd, dark comedy, twisted romance Visual Novel about terrible things happening to terrible people. The fun comes not from avoiding the potential horrors, but by seeing just how many ways things can go wrong.
Why similar: Otome 18.4% ★, Dating Sim 17%, Dark Comedy 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An edgy, satirical dating sim that embraces gore and dark, cynical humor.
- #11 Speed Dating for Ghosts
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 544 reviews2018
Dev: Copychaser Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique, dark, and emotional take on the dating sim genre that explores supernatural connections.
- #12 Find Love or Die Trying
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.3%, Romance 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes dating sim where the consequences of your choices are life-or-death, matching the intensity of the seed game.
- #13 Date Everything!
86% matchVery Positive94% of 6,867 reviews2025
Dev: Sassy Chap GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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+ 28.7%, Dating Sim 24.2%, Romance 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Comedy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic and satirical dating sim that allows you to romance inanimate objects, capturing a similar sense of absurdity.
- #14 Your Boyfriend
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inverted Mind INC
Windows · Mac
A visual novel about one man’s unhealthy obsession. . .You. Navigate a world much like our own to figure out how to deal with this mysterious new stranger. Accept him, or reject him? Love him, or hurt him? The choice is yours. . .
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.2%, Romance 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dark 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply unsettling horror dating sim that focuses on the darker, stalker-like aspects of obsessive relationships.
- #15 Yuri Dating Agency
87% 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+ 21.5%, Dark Humor 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends psychological horror with dark humor in a visual novel format that keeps the player guessing.
- #16 Doodle Date
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 338 reviews2018
Dev: Nicholas Lives
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.5%, Dating Sim 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Dark Humor 12.9%, Romance 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A weird, dark-comedy dating sim that focuses on unconventional character designs and choose-your-own-adventure mechanics.
- #17 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 36,042 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 47.5%, Dark 20%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Horror 12.5%, RPG 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological narrative that explores toxic relationships and intense, disturbing themes.
- #18 First Bite
86% matchVery Positive85% of 162 reviews2022
Dev: First Bite Games
Windows · Mac
An LGBTQ+ Vampiric Visual Novel. One Night. Three vampires. Make a deal with death or die trying.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Dark Comedy 13%, Romance 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, supernatural romance visual novel that emphasizes the risks of dating non-human entities.
- #19 The Case of the Serialized Killer
85% matchVery Positive90% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Alexis Royce
Windows · Mac
Delve into a devilishly delightful world of mysticism and mystery as Harold Ludicael, the disgraced demonologist. After the untimely demise of a famous illustrator, you’re tasked with solving their murder in this point-and-click visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Dark Comedy 20%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Dating Sim 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused visual novel that leans into the dark, serial killer themes found in the seed game.
- #20 Kill or Love
84% 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 28.1%, Psychological Horror 27.5%, Romance 22.7%, Horror 11.4%, Dating Sim 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror dating sim that forces the player to navigate dangerous romantic entanglements.
- #21 Buddy Simulator 1984
83% matchVery Positive94% of 4,160 reviews2021
Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28%, Horror 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, RPG 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-horror experience that plays with the player's relationship with the game's AI in a way that feels familiar to Killer Chat!.
- #22 The Groom of Gallagher Mansion
82% matchVery Positive100% of 224 reviews2023
Dev: SnaccPop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt down a beheaded ghost to save your college club from losing funding! It'll be a piece of cake— wait, what do you mean he wants to marry you!? The Groom of Gallagher Mansion is spooky comedic romantic visual novel full of laughs and scares all around!
Why similar: Otome 20.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Dark Humor 11.6%, Comedy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic, dark dating sim that focuses on emotional depth and supernatural romance.
- #23 I Hate My Waifu Streamer
81% matchVery Positive93% of 769 reviews2025
Dev: Nozori Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Get the streamer's attention at any cost before someone else does. Write comments, chat, and make donations to your waifu, but do not dare to hate her!
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.9%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Romance 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror visual novel that uses meta-narrative elements to create an immersive, unsettling experience.
- #24 Drops of Death
81% matchVery Positive93% of 86 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: Otome 24.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Dating Sim 19.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-driven visual novel that incorporates dating elements and dark, branching paths.
- #25 PockeDate! - Pocket Dating Simulator
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,324 reviews2024
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend.
Why similar: Dating Sim 30.2%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Romance 16.9%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cute-yet-horrifying dating sim that subverts expectations through its dark narrative twists.
- #26 I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator
80% matchVery Positive92% of 12,662 reviews2019
Dev: PsyopPub: KFC
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the most delicious dating simulator ever created. Do you have what it takes to be the business partner of and win the heart of the most famous chicken salesman of all time? Play to find out! Go ahead, Colonel Sanders is waiting.
Why similar: Dating Sim 61.1%, Visual Novel 29.2%, Simulation 6.3%, Casual 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in absurd, satirical dating sim design that doesn't take itself seriously.
- #27 Landmine Princess
79% matchVery Positive94% of 72 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: Dating Sim 18.1%, Dark Humor 16.4%, Dark Comedy 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror dating sim that relies on intense conversation and high-stakes decision making.
- #28 My Sweet! Housemate
78% matchVery Positive98% of 334 reviews2024
Dev: sourmilk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Faced with the cruel and harsh reality of homelessness, you seek out affordable housing in your area. Luckily, it seems you've found the perfect rental, but something is very off about your landlord...
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Romance 12.1%, Comedy 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark-humor visual novel that explores the complexities of living with unpredictable characters.
- #29 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,598 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.4%, Otome 19.1% ★, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Romance 9.4%
- #30 Purrfect Date - Visual Novel/Dating Simulator
82% matchMixed60% of 470 reviews2017
Dev: Bae TeamPub: Bossa Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
As Cat Island’s newest arrival, it’s not long before you realise something’s seriously amiss, or should we say… amorous! A blend of mystery, intrigue and wickedly black humour, will you discover your Purrfect Date before it’s too late? Remember, curiosity killed the cat...
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Romance 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Comedy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A satirical and bizarre dating sim that uses humor to mask a deeper, more mysterious narrative.
- #31 Bewitching Sinners
77% matchVery Positive96% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: Otome 21.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Romance 8.5%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #32 When The Night Comes
78% matchVery Positive93% of 327 reviews2021
Dev: Lunaris Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Romance 12.3%, Otome 11.8% ★
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural visual novel that balances romance with dark, mysterious world-building.
- #33 Tri City Monsters
76% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Dating Sim 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Romance 10.8%
- #34 Sucker for Love: First Date
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,933 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.9%, Romance 18%, Comedy 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%
- #35 Sato Killing Time Chat.exe
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: DankHearts
Windows
It was supposed to be just a harmless chat to kill time with a stranger named Mina. But from the other side of the browser, the boundary between your reality and the internet is slowly being eroded. This is a desktop-invasion chat horror.
Why similar: Romance 35.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Horror 22.4%, Simulation 10.1%, Casual 5.9%
- #36 Chair F*cking Simulator
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,076 reviews2020
Dev: SoSorrySoft
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Use our innovative patented funky fresh ChairF*cker simulation tech to meet the chair of your wildest dreams.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Dark Humor 14.6%, Romance 11.6%
- #37 Emberfate: Tempest of Elements
74% matchVery Positive98% of 140 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: Otome 25.7% ★, Dating Sim 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #38 Serial Lover
72% matchVery Positive92% of 155 reviews2026
Dev: Sugar Slip
Windows
A dating sim rhythm game where you seduce serial killers!
Why similar: Dating Sim 52.3%, Visual Novel 29.3%, Casual 18.4%
- #39 missed messages.
73% 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+ 33.1%, Visual Novel 22%, Romance 19.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 6.2%
- #40 MindMindMind
73% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: ChattercapPub: Chattercap LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!
Why similar: Otome 24.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Dating Sim 18.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #41 Demonheart
74% matchVery Positive91% of 752 reviews2017
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.
Why similar: Otome 22.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Dating Sim 11.9%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Romance 9.3%
- #42 Love Craft
70% matchVery Positive99% of 89 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: Satire 22.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Romance 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #43 Trapped with Jester
71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Otome 24.9% ★, Dark Comedy 14.7%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #44 Demonheart: Hunters
73% matchVery Positive84% of 292 reviews2020
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you. Romance your companions in this RPG with an emphasis on conversation choices and character interactions.
Why similar: Otome 24% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Romance 10.3%
- #45 Coming Out on Top
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,392 reviews2017
Dev: Obscurasoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The acclaimed gay dating sim. Have a sweet, sexy, or bizarrely comedic adventure with the man of your choice!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 62.5%, Dating Sim 17.9%, Romance 7%, Visual Novel 6.8%, Comedy 2.2%
- #46 Boyfriend Dungeon
70% matchVery Positive92% of 2,624 reviews2021
Dev: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Date your weapons! Romance swords, daggers, and polearms to level them up in this “shack-and-slash” dungeon crawling adventure.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.4%, Dating Sim 26.1%, Comedy 18.1%, Romance 17.8%, RPG 7.5%
- #47 Sucker for Love: Prelude
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 515 reviews2021
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Preform a series of scary rituals to win over an eldritch cutie and win a smooch!
Why similar: Dating Sim 60.8%, Horror 23.5%, RPG 6.2%, Simulation 5.8%, Casual 3.7%
- #48 Courtin' Cowboys
69% matchVery Positive95% of 62 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 19.8%, Dark Humor 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Visual Novel 12%
- #49 Vampire Therapist
67% matchVery Positive95% of 902 reviews2024
Dev: Little Bat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampires need a shoulder to cry on when a neck to bite just won’t do.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.5%, LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Dark Humor 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #50 Doki Doki Literature Club!
68% 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: Dating Sim 22.4%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Romance 12%, Dark 11.5%
- #51 Midnight Witch
69% matchVery Positive93% of 345 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #52 Otome Legends
69% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Jagaimo Studios
Windows · Linux
Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?
Why similar: Otome 33.5% ★, Dating Sim 17.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Comedy 10.7%
- #53 Hotel Tutwin
71% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Roxiano Creations
Windows · Mac
Hotel Tutwin is a visual novel designed for horror / romance lovers, but can also be quirky and cute. Each story line is quick and to-the-point, but there are many to discover. Prepare for inevitable deaths.
Why similar: Otome 25.7% ★, Dark Humor 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Romance 12%, Dating Sim 10.2%
- #54 Hydrangea
67% 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+ 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 12%
- #55 Fearbonding
66% 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+ 21%, Romance 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dating Sim 11.8%
- #56 Seraphim Slum
67% 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+ 24.8%, Dating Sim 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%
- #57 Dangerous Fellows: Otome Game
71% matchMixed44% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: Storytaco
Windows
Otome dating sim - make your choices and survive this thriller romance game!
Why similar: Otome 32.7% ★, Dating Sim 20.2%, Romance 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Immersive Sim 7.1%
- #58 Crush Crush
68% matchVery Positive89% of 27,908 reviews2016
Dev: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 96.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to Crush Crush - the Idle Dating Sim! Meet, flirt, and fall in love with a motley cast of girls in this heartfelt and hilarious game.
Why similar: Dating Sim 63.3%, Romance 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Comedy 6.7%, Casual 2.3%
- #59 Witches x Warlocks
68% matchVery Positive91% of 657 reviews2020
Dev: Nifty VisualsPub: Nifty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Witches x Warlocks is a cute and light-hearted Halloween Raising Sim; featuring a customizable protagonist and 4 love interests of different genders!
Why similar: Otome 29% ★, LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Comedy 8.9%
- #60 Spread The Love
66% matchVery Positive86% of 74 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 41.2%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Romance 16.2%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Simulation 7.5%
