- #1 Killer Chat! - Original Edition
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,237 reviews2025
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.5%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Romance 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #2 Doodle Date
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 339 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 27.6%, Romance 13.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #3 The Case of the Serialized Killer
96% matchVery Positive89% of 80 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: Dark Comedy 26.8%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Text-Based 13%
- #4 Class of '09: The Flip Side
95% matchMixed57% of 3,353 reviews2024
Dev: SBN3Pub: Wrath Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The final chapter of the Class of '09 VN series... this time from a different perspective! Join Nicole's best friend Jecka as you help her navigate the pitfalls of post-grad life! See what 2009 was truly like in this fully voiced interactive sitcom!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 32.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Comedy 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, LGBTQ+ 7.9%
- #5 A Work of Art
94% matchVery Positive95% of 346 reviews2024
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
A dark, witty, psychological thriller in the horror genre, A Work of Art presents a 1-2 hour story-driven experience with Visual Novel features and RPG elements. Follow a colorful cast of quirky characters through a twisted tale of beauty and darkness; All to the sound of a Dark Original soundtrack.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 31.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #6 Trapped with Jester
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,515 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: Dark Comedy 26.9%, Text-Based 15.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #7 My Sweet! Housemate
92% matchVery Positive98% of 360 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: Romance 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Comedy 15%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Cartoon 11.9%
- #8 Slasher U: An 18+ Horror Movie Dating Sim, Act 1
93% matchVery Positive92% of 52 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 32.7%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, 1990's 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #9 Fledgling Manor
91% matchVery Positive99% of 164 reviews2024
Dev: In Secret Places
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural horror visual novel where vampires compete to save their eternal unlives in a high-stakes reality show.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 12%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
- #10 After School Murder Club!!
91% matchVery Positive86% of 98 reviews2021
Dev: Rabbit, Deer, You
Windows
In this short comedy visual novel, you're an unpopular transfer student who begins a new life at a Japanese high school. You quickly get drafted into the school's most secret after-school club... but could it be that the seemingly innocent members of the Murder Club are hiding a dark secret?!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 31.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Comedy 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #11 The Groom of Gallagher Mansion
89% matchVery Positive100% of 225 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: LGBTQ+ 25%, Cartoon 17.2%, Comedy 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.4%
- #12 Gobby McGobblenutz Presents: The Art of the Dad Joke: Chapter 1
90% matchVery Positive91% of 167 reviews2021
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Gobby McGobblenutz is just your run of the mill Goblin trying to make some friends in a dark, lonely world... Will you be his friend? Or will his cringe-inducing jokes push you too far over the edge? Come find out on The Art of the Dad Joke!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Comedy 10.1%
- #13 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
89% matchVery Positive90% of 6,618 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.3%, Romance 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 12.3%, LGBTQ+ 10%
- #14 Find Love or Die Trying
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.5 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: Romance 31.6%, Visual Novel 28%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Comedy 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #15 Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 487 reviews2020
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 36.6%, Romance 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #16 Yuri Dating Agency
86% 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+ 20.2%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #17 MetaWare High School (Demo)
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 692 reviews2020
Dev: Not Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.4%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Comedy 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #18 Moko's Advice
85% matchVery Positive94% of 176 reviews2019
Dev: Portrait Prophecies
Windows
A dark comedy choice game about appeasement
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.7%, Choices Matter 28.7%, Comedy 25.3%, Funny 10.1%, Casual 3.1%
- #19 Jump the Track
83% matchVery Positive97% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Seed by Seed
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're Sam, a young dreamer struggling in the gig economy. However, tonight may change everything. In this absurd comedy, fight your inner battles, rally your forces, and get ready to overthrow the system!
Why similar: Comedy 25.9%, Choices Matter 24.3%, Visual Novel 23.7%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Surreal 9.1%
- #20 Tri City Monsters
84% matchVery Positive97% of 71 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: Romance 14.3%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #21 Love Craft
82% matchVery Positive99% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Toiu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join the Crafting Club, where the glue is strong and the feelings stronger! Craft chaos, flirt fearlessly, and make some very bad romantic decisions! Find your project partner in this elimination-based Dating Sim!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.7%, Romance 20.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Comedy 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #22 Purrfect Date - Visual Novel/Dating Simulator
86% matchMixed61% of 471 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: Visual Novel 27.6%, Romance 23.3%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Comedy 11.1%
- #23 Wannabe Galgame God!!!
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 877 reviews2026
Dev: Noctella Observatory
Windows
Those who skip Galgames are mere corporate drones; those who play are the true masters of wealth and power. That's just the way of the world! As an ordinary boy, wager your wildest fetishes and your dignity to reach the summit: Become the 'GALGAME GOD'!
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.4%, Romance 26.6%, Surreal 18.3%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Funny 2.8%
- #24 The Test: Reality Check
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #25 Lily's Day Off
82% matchVery Positive88% of 229 reviews2017
Dev: Kyuppin
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Lily's Day Off is a visual novel, but not in the typical sense. As you progress in this game, your actions drastically change characters, story lines, and outcomes.
Why similar: Comedy 56.7%, Visual Novel 43.3%
- #26 Something Strange
81% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Text-Based 25.5%, Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 15.8%, Casual 2.8%
- #27 The Crush House
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 516 reviews2024
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Film and produce 1999's hottest reality TV show: The Crush House! Select a crush-worthy cast, satisfy voracious audiences and keep the show on air to uncover the sinister secrets behind this darkly comic thirst-person shooter.
Why similar: Romance 37.1%, LGBTQ+ 33.6%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Funny 6.9%, Casual 2.1%
- #28 Hydrangea
79% matchVery Positive92% of 130 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+ 18.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Romance 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
- #29 Bewitching Sinners
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 509 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: LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Romance 20.7%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Comedy 13.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%
- #30 By Moonlight
81% matchVery Positive89% of 121 reviews2019
Dev: SugarHyped
Windows · Mac
~ ~ A Comedic Mystery Visual Novel with Relationship Building ~ ~ Play as a paranormal investigator hired by the paranormal to investigate! Search for a headless horseman's missing head before the night is over.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Comedy 20.1%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Funny 5.4%
- #31 Class of '09
77% matchVery Positive95% of 8,578 reviews2021
Dev: SBN3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is the anti-visual novel. Instead of playing as some guy magically able to score with beautiful anime girls, YOU play the anime girl and create mass chaos in the lives of your potential "suitors". Earnest comedy, social accuracy, and late 2000's aesthetic await you in Class of '09!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.8%, Comedy 22.4%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
- #32 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,999 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 81.7 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: Psychological Horror 32.9%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Romance 23.4%, Text-Based 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4.5%
- #33 Welcome to the Karoshi Club
76% matchVery Positive90% of 167 reviews2023
Dev: Kamishibai Interactive
Windows
If you're nervous about job searching and interviews, face your fears head-on in "Welcome to the Karoshi Club" a Japanese horror business punk visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Hand-drawn 20.7%, 1990's 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 7.8%
- #34 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
75% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Horror 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.8%
- #35 Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,198 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: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Comedy 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Surreal 5.6%
- #36 MOOD
74% matchVery Positive86% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: MAT Affect
Windows
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Horror 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.9%
- #37 This Magical Girl is a B☆tch
74% matchVery Positive99% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: Pastel Magic
Windows · Mac · Linux
A magical girl visual novel about giving middle-schoolers way too much power. Make (bad) choices, fight unexpected enemies, and maybe learn a lesson or two...
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Cartoon 22.6%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Comedy 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%
- #38 Kimochii Classroom
73% matchVery Positive88% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: Radish ASMR
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Kimochii Classroom! A slice-of-life visual novel with stunning visuals, a beautiful soundtrack, and an immersive story. Who will you meet first?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Hand-drawn 14%, Romance 13.6%
- #39 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,285 reviews2022
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Embark on a road trip like no other in this co-op narrative survival adventure. Visit fun locations, meet wacky characters, and manage your resources wisely. And yes: you still can date some hot monsters ;)
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 15.1%, Comedy 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%
- #40 Hotel Tutwin
77% 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: Romance 23.5%, LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #41 Chair F*cking Simulator
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: SoSorrySoft
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 16.2 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 29.6%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Romance 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Horror 9.6%
- #42 Vampire Therapist
70% matchVery Positive94% of 937 reviews2024
Dev: Little Bat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 33.9%, LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Lore-Rich 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #43 From Madness with Love
71% matchVery Positive91% of 501 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: Visual Novel 20.8%, LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Romance 18.3%, Comedy 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.1%
- #44 The Specter's Desire
71% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 33.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #45 Purrgatory
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,957 reviews2021
Dev: Niv
Windows
A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.6%, Visual Novel 30.6%, Hand-drawn 23%, Funny 6.5%, Casual 1.8%
- #46 Courtin' Cowboys
70% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Mrfishess
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's 1863 and you, the player, are traveling through the small western town of Summerfair. Meet up to 7 love interests and discover their deliciously dark pasts... as well as their current horrifying misdeeds.
Why similar: Cartoon 20.8%, Text-Based 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Romance 9.7%
- #47 I Wanna Be A Game Dev!
68% matchVery Positive95% of 218 reviews2024
Dev: Lyko Studio
Windows · Mac
Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?
Why similar: Romance 28.3%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Comedy 13.2%, Funny 6%
- #48 be you 2
72% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2020
Dev: louis morel
Windows
be you 2 is an interactive visual novel. In this sequel to "be you", you must raise a child by making story choices. There are multiple routes and endings based on your offspring's personality.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 29.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #49 Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,115 reviews2020
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp" brings you more of the world's best (and maybe only?) multiplayer dating sim; but in a way you've never expected!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.5%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Romance 12.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #50 Mortgage nightmares
69% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: Real life GamesPub: Flying bird Studio
Windows · Mac
Your very own apartment, even if it's a 20-year mortgage – what could be better? Maybe the fact that Lena isn’t the only one living in this apartment? Or maybe they're not exactly people...
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.5%, Comedy 25.2%, Text-Based 20%, Casual 4.2%
- #51 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,287 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Visual Novel 19.2%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Horror 12.7%, Romance 10.1%, 1990's 10.1%
- #52 Naked News
72% matchMixed65% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Join in the fun with an unforgettable experience unlike any other! Naked News brings some hardcore, crass, dirty, vulgar, dark humour into an easily offended world, not pulling any punches and making fun of everything with this visual novel-style comic, Sitcom-esque episodic!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 35.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Text-Based 18.2%, Horror 13.7%, Surreal 8%
- #53 I Write Games Not Tragedies
67% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Studio WifePub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows
An emo-inspired narrative rhythm game exploring growing pains, addiction, romance and music. Scream with Ash as he makes the transition from baby bat to elder emo, guide him through his crash outs and help him navigate his (teenage) dirtbag life through music.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 35%, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Romance 16%, Hand-drawn 14.8%
- #54 Coming Out on Top
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,395 reviews2017
Dev: Obscurasoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.2 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+ 63.9%, Romance 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Comedy 2.7%
- #55 The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,938 reviews2023
Dev: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Text-Based 20.6%, Comedy 14.7%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%
- #56 Love Exalt 8372
68% matchVery Positive100% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Team Veki
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a death game which erupts aboard a train. Read the minds of the cast through minigames, choose which perspectives you want to see, and uncover the mysterious lore behind twelve unique characters.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.6%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Text-Based 15.9%, Cartoon 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%
- #57 Blood Lily Loop
67% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.9%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Choices Matter 21.9%, Horror 16.3%
- #58 Blippo+
65% matchVery Positive95% of 352 reviews2025
Dev: YACHTPub: Panic
Windows · Mac
Blippo+ is a live-action, off-cable TV simulator. Channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip through its soaps, sitcoms, news, weather, and talk shows. But don’t touch that remote—everything’s about to get bent.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22%, 1980s 19.6%, LGBTQ+ 17.1%, 1990's 14.2%, Comedy 12.1%
- #59 Moral Dilemma: The Interview
66% matchVery Positive84% of 1,101 reviews2025
Dev: Hectic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A fourth-wall-breaking narrative adventure. It’s interview day, and you really need this job—enough to ignore the talking printer, the anomaly corridor, and the ridiculous life-or-death trials your interviewer keeps putting you in. But deep down, you know... something here is very, very wrong.
Why similar: Comedy 32.8%, Choices Matter 32.1%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Surreal 7.7%, Funny 7.5%
- #60 Ghostwriter Workshop
65% matchVery Positive95% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: 秘密結社マテンロウ計画Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Become a ghostwriter and write on the behalf of others--everything from love letters to apologies! There's just one catch in this crazy adventure game: the most important words in your writings are decided by roulette.
Why similar: Romance 31%, Comedy 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Funny 11.5%, Choices Matter 6.2%