- #1 子归 - Blossom
96% matchVery Positive89% of 601 reviews2024
Dev: 糯米团子工作室Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Early spring, 1999, Taoyuan Village. In just several days, a series of drowning incidents occurred in the same quaint village. Then, on the night of the fifteenth day, numerous villagers witnessed a woman in red who bore an uncanny resemblance to a lady who had previously met an unjust demise...
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Mystery 31.3%, Drama 13.4%, Adventure 7.8%, Story Rich 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines mystery and detective elements with a distinct visual style that aligns well with the seed game's aesthetic.
- #2 他人世界末 On-looker
96% matchVery Positive93% of 2,953 reviews2020
Dev: 8A studioPub: 昆布科技
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
这是属于不怎么开朗的我们，充满逃避、畏缩、胆怯、不切实际的单恋故事。 属于你的故事结局将会如何，由你的选择而定。
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.4%, Visual Novel 21%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, Anime 10.9%, Romance 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: An emotionally resonant visual novel that excels in character development and multiple endings, much like the seed game.
- #3 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
95% 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 25.4%, Mystery 20.7%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Anime 14.3%, Story Rich 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in supernatural mystery and branching narratives that perfectly captures the suspenseful investigation feel.
- #4 The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
94% matchVery Positive95% of 57,826 reviews2024
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
Why similar: Word Game 16%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Dating Sim 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique historical perspective combined with the interactive fiction elements found in the seed game.
- #5 Shanghai Summer
94% matchVery Positive91% of 444 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Word Game 16.6%, Investigation 12%, Dating Sim 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich visual novel that captures a similar nostalgic and melancholic atmosphere while focusing on character-driven mystery.
- #6 苍白花树繁茂之时Blood Flowers
93% matchVery Positive82% of 308 reviews2023
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
A puzzle ＆ plot single-player game. It all starts with the falling star ...... Through the puzzle, find the childhood memories while gradually unraveling the truth of the "Blood Tree Plague" hundreds of years ago.
Why similar: Mystery 23.9%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Drama 16.7%, Anime 13.1%, Story Rich 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, mystery-focused visual novel that explores complex themes through a compelling narrative structure.
- #7 428: Shibuya Scramble
92% matchVery Positive95% of 3,587 reviews2018
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.3%, Mystery 31.5%, Story Rich 14.7%, Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A gold standard for branching narratives where choices significantly impact the mystery, mirroring the high-stakes decision-making of the seed game.
- #8 The House in Fata Morgana
91% 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: Visual Novel 19.7%, Mystery 17.4%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Romance 11.8%, Story Rich 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric and tragic mystery visual novel that shares the emotional weight and narrative depth of the seed game.
- #9 Far Away
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,931 reviews2021
Dev: Gratesca
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
Why similar: Word Game 27%, Investigation 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A focused visual novel experience that prioritizes player choices and emotional storytelling.
- #10 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
91% matchVery Positive93% of 6,967 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Mystery 23.3%, Multiple Endings 21%, Story Rich 13.8%, Anime 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features intense mystery, escape-room mechanics, and a complex web of multiple endings that will appeal to fans of the seed game's suspense.
- #11 GNOSIA
89% matchVery Positive94% of 4,733 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Mystery 26.4%, Anime 17%, Story Rich 15.4%, Adventure 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of social deduction and visual novel storytelling that keeps the mystery fresh through multiple playthroughs.
- #12 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
88% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Dating Sim 11.4%, Anime 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological visual novel that explores complex themes through a narrative-heavy, anime-styled lens.
- #13 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
89% matchVery Positive89% of 402 reviews2022
Dev: 桐生バトラ（疑狐社）Pub: Miwu Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"
Why similar: Word Game 27.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Drama 9%, Mystery 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends drama and mystery in a way that mirrors the stylistic choices of the seed game.
- #14 Paper Bride
87% matchVery Positive91% of 2,220 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Word Game 31.2%, Mystery 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Drama 14.4%, Story Rich 9%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy mystery game that utilizes traditional cultural motifs to build an unsettling and engaging atmosphere.
- #15 Vampires' Melody
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,697 reviews2020
Dev: AsicxArtPub: SakuraGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
3 centuries have passed after sleeping for one night!? On a rainy night filled with thunderstorms, a young chef Raylan encountered a mysterious girl who resembled Sleeping Beauty in a huge tree hole, but everything suddenly went black before he could find out what happened...
Why similar: Word Game 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that balances adventure and romance with a supernatural mystery backdrop.
- #16 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
85% 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: Interactive Fiction 22%, Multiple Endings 21.3%, Mystery 19.2%, Dark 10.1%, Anime 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a gripping death-game scenario where your choices dictate the survival of characters, similar to the high-stakes nature of the seed game.
- #17 Epiphyllum in Love
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,304 reviews2020
Dev: #workshopPub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Final chapter of the trilogy. In a world where memory can be controlled, everyone is selling their souls. "I" have left everything behind, except the girl named Yin who still remains in my mind. At the end of my life, should I die with a beautiful fantasy, or go in search of sad memories of her?
Why similar: Word Game 29.2%, Dating Sim 21.1%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Anime 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A casual yet engaging visual novel that focuses on romance and mystery within a compact narrative structure.
- #18 我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live
82% matchVery Positive86% of 701 reviews2025
Dev: 番茄炖肉制作组Pub: Comma 49
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a game of dreams, where the price of failing to escape is eternal slumber. Across shifting worlds, you meet 'him.' Is he merely a kindred spirit born of crisis, or a forgotten soul from your distant memories? A heart-pounding romance adventure across the dreamscape—begins now!
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Mystery 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dating-sim hybrid that incorporates interactive fiction elements to drive its mystery-filled plot.
- #19 CORPSE FACTORY
84% matchVery Positive80% of 855 reviews2022
Dev: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Mystery 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Anime 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller visual novel that delivers a dark, suspenseful mystery with high production values.
- #20 Flower in the Snow - Resurrection
84% matchVery Positive85% of 89 reviews2020
Dev: Rainbow Flute StudioPub: NVLMaker
Windows
What is going to be acted before you is——Blossom in the shackles, but deep down in your bone, suspension and romantic.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Adventure 10.2%, Anime 9.3%, Romance 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven adventure that uses a medieval setting to explore themes of memory and mystery.
- #21 Re: LieF ~ Shin'ainaru Anata e~
82% matchVery Positive93% of 913 reviews2021
Dev: RASKPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 65.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"Re: LieF ~ Shin'ainaru Anata e~" is produced by Japanese visual novel brand Rask. First launched in 2016, it was praised as a "Dark Horse of the year" by visual novel users. It also won the Golden Award for the screenplay of Moe Game Award.
Why similar: Word Game 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Anime 8.7%, Drama 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly regarded visual novel that explores existential themes through a compelling, choice-driven narrative.
- #22 月华辉映之刻
79% matchVery Positive92% of 4,219 reviews2025
Dev: 侠客狗工作室
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
——这是由阴阳两面的夹缝中，诞生的深刻羁绊。世人只言开封繁华，歌舞升平，却难以看到那，被隐藏起来的黑暗背面。粉饰的美好，残酷的真相。生者的思念，亡者的祝福。所以，你要止步当前，还是深究一切？
Why similar: Word Game 21.6%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #23 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
83% 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 27.1%, Mystery 12%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Anime 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a branching narrative where character choices drastically alter the mystery's outcome and the fate of the cast.
- #24 Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 685 reviews2022
Dev: AppliquePub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 63.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
《五色浮影绽放于花之海洋》是由日本知名美少女游戏品牌Applique制作的和风传奇作品。由名作《月影魅像-解放之羽-》与《黄昏的禁忌之药》的原班人马打造。由小田原箱根担当人物设计与原画，由桐月担当剧本，由鹰石忍制作音乐。主题歌《华历》由知名歌姬Ayumi.献唱，曾荣获萌系游戏大赏的年度主题曲金奖。
Why similar: Word Game 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Drama 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A drama-focused visual novel that emphasizes emotional storytelling and character interactions.
- #25 Dragon Maiden: Blossoms of the Past
81% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: 不兼容性工作室Pub: 2P Games
Windows
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Word Game 32.4%, Mystery 22.5%, Drama 12.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines puzzle-solving and mystery in a way that feels reminiscent of the seed game's investigation mechanics.
- #26 恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
80% matchVery Positive94% of 2,196 reviews2022
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《恋爱绮谭~不存在的真相~》是一款文字冒险游戏。 初到江城的顾唯，意外成为了一起社会新闻的主人公。凶险的都市中，他需要在混乱的舆论和虚假的情报中找到唯一的真相，也需要在两名各有千秋的少女间完成自我的抉择。秋去冬来，覆盖城市的厚厚积雪下，究竟掩藏着什么样的秘密......
Why similar: Word Game 23%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dating Sim 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #27 恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~
79% matchVery Positive94% of 2,929 reviews2020
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
九省通衢之地的阴影里，不知名的存在正在蠢蠢欲动。普通到极点的学生顾韦，作为“非日常部”的一员，和女友苏半夏开始调查“虚拟偶像消失事件”的传闻。讲述都市怪谈的可疑直播间，废墟一般的住宅楼，等待在两人前方的是……
Why similar: Word Game 21.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Dating Sim 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
- #28 再见断刀
76% matchVery Positive93% of 2,313 reviews2025
Dev: 非侠游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #29 候鸟
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,863 reviews2023
Dev: KIDFansClubPub: Syawase Works China
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
你知道候鸟吗？候鸟有夏候鸟和冬候鸟之分。夏候鸟就是「春天来北方，秋天去南方」的鸟，他们一年四季都生活在很温暖的环境里，而冬候鸟……则是春天就飞向北方，飞到又远又冷的地方生活，冬季才返回的鸟。尽管它们可能会在同一个地方各自度过一生中一半的时光——却从来没有机会在一起。
Why similar: Word Game 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Dating Sim 17.8%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #30 彷徨之街 The Street of Adrift
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,325 reviews2024
Dev: Caramel-Mocha StudioPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
大小姐与头牌花魁的羁绊、救赎与毁灭故事。
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Mystery 11%
- #31 Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
75% matchVery Positive94% of 267 reviews2026
Dev: 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games)
Windows
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Word Game 21.9%, Mystery 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Romance 9.2%
- #32 Yoshiwara Higanbana
78% matchVery Positive90% of 461 reviews2021
Dev: MariaCrownPub: Beijing Happy Entertainment Technology
Windows
--Whether I end up after falling in love, in your arms or in a scarlet prison? It's up to you to make my vow of higanbana fall or wither-- Even if it's only for one night, I want to be held by you...
Why similar: Word Game 26.1%, Dating Sim 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Anime 5.3%
- #33 Dream Ending
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,196 reviews2019
Dev: #workshopPub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
This is a small tale from the end. The leftovers of mankind are destined to perish as the Arks break orbit. Suddenly, however, she's making me ask her out, an invitation to face the apocalypse together... a short but exquisite visual novel, "Dream Ending" is humanity's last love story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Romance 17.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Anime 14.1%, Casual 8.2%
- #34 NUKITASHI
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,440 reviews2023
Dev: QruppoPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 43.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seiran Island. Even here in paradise, there are those who work in the shadows to bring it down... Confront the tyranny of a twisted system in this long-awaited visual novel adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Multiple Endings 14%, Anime 12.7%, Romance 12.3%, Mystery 11.9%
- #35 Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
74% matchVery Positive95% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.
Why similar: Word Game 38.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Romance 4.6%
- #36 蔚蓝月下的回忆~SAPPHIRE MOON-FOREVER MEMORIES
76% matchVery Positive82% of 331 reviews2022
Dev: 星愿游戏制作组
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The story will be accompanied by three heroines, and everyone will find their own love in this real and imaginary world. Is it the dark-skinned school girl who is available, the cold and mysterious girl, or the afterimage that I have been unable to reach in my memory?
Why similar: Word Game 29%, Dating Sim 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Anime 6.7%
- #37 Black Lily's Tale
74% matchVery Positive87% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: 1000-REKA
Windows
Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Mystery 26.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Anime 11.1%, Adventure 6.7%
- #38 Road to Empress I
71% matchVery Positive87% of 11,428 reviews2025
Dev: New One Studio
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Multiple Endings 16%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #39 花奴令 Huanu Poems
73% matchVery Positive93% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: FishfarmsPub: FISHFARMS
Windows
Huanu Poems is a multi-ending love adventure game. As a photographer, carrying the secret of being a bloodline inheritor of HuaNu Town, you will take lovely Peach to run a B&B, encounter gentle Cloudia. Your choices will affect the direction of the story.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Dating Sim 15.6%, Drama 9.6%
- #40 Aliya: Timelink
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,841 reviews2024
Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
Why similar: Word Game 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #41 Find Love or Die Trying
71% 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 24.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Romance 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Anime 8.6%
- #42 剑与桃花 the sword and peachblossom
73% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: 風鈴堂
Windows
This is a country strange theme of short visual novel. The game has part of the text of classical Chinese. This game is purely fictional and has nothing to do with real history.
Why similar: Word Game 36.1%, Dating Sim 22.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Anime 7.3%
- #43 Hatsuyuki Sakura
70% matchVery Positive95% of 878 reviews2024
Dev: SAGA PLANETSPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
"Hatsuyuki Sakura" is one of the most popular works by SAGA PLANETS, a popular Japanese developer for visual novels. Experience Hatsuyuki Sakura for the first time in 1080p! This version includes the English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese versions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Dating Sim 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Anime 8.2%, Adventure 6.8%
- #44 LoveChoice
71% matchVery Positive92% of 35,756 reviews2021
Dev: Akaba Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.2%, Romance 16.6%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #45 日日夜夜
73% matchVery Positive91% of 328 reviews2020
Dev: PEARFLOWERPub: GameCreator
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
本游戏是一款通过点击画面推进游戏进程的AVG，某天傍晚，你走在回去的路上，突然从天而降的银发女性打乱了你平静的生活。心地善良的你决定救下这名无名女性。遥远的记忆开始苏醒，你不得不面临着选择。
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Romance 11.1%, Anime 10.2%
- #46 Tiny Snow
72% matchVery Positive94% of 4,167 reviews2019
Dev: #workshopPub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
On the snowy mountain, in the wooden hut, we are tied together by the world. She and "I" can only love each other, we cannot be separated. Is this free affection, or manipulated love? A short visual novel with multiple endings, "Tiny Snow", a story with two girls, and you who know what love is.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, Anime 12.9%, Drama 12.9%, Romance 6.6%
- #47 Yog-Sothoth’s Yard
68% matchVery Positive94% of 13,259 reviews2023
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Demon-Slayer, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means and refine your strategies based on the predictions of Oracles. Your choices will determine which employees become enamored with you.
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.2%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Anime 10.3%
- #48 Café Stella and the Reaper's Butterflies
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,560 reviews2022
Dev: YUZUSOFTPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 175.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Takamine Kousei was living a carefree college life until, one day, he tragically died in an accident. But then, the bizarre happened: Takamine Kousei opened his eyes again. And what's more, when he woke up, it was the morning of the very day, he had died.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Romance 15.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 10%
- #49 Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes
70% matchVery Positive84% of 670 reviews2023
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes" is the 5th work in the "Paper Bride' series. Our cast from Zangling Village return to the stage to welcome players back to the world of paper bride...
Why similar: Word Game 36%, Dating Sim 22%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 8.3%, Drama 7.2%
- #50 Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
69% matchVery Positive93% of 942 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
Why similar: Word Game 37.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Drama 8.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #51 小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop
69% matchVery Positive94% of 10,240 reviews2021
Dev: 落叶岛项目组Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience a hilarious and adorable e-commerce game in a magical world where humans and monsters are at war. Help a humble rabbit fairy expand her online store selling homegrown carrots. Uncover hidden secrets while growing the business and becoming a successful entrepreneur.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Romance 10.4%, Anime 10%
- #52 Love in the distance
72% matchMixed66% of 334 reviews2021
Dev: Level-Buster Studio
Windows
A word adventure game based on a long-distance relationship. On high school and college campuses, pick up memories that belong only to that time. Ideal and reality, if we can chose it again, can we not have regrets?
Why similar: Word Game 32.8%, Dating Sim 18.2%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 7.4%
- #53 Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,098 reviews2022
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
Why similar: Word Game 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Mystery 16.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Drama 11.1%
- #54 Flower in Us
66% matchVery Positive94% of 393 reviews2025
Dev: ChalkseagullPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Flower in Us is a short, story-driven mystery adventure that invites players to unravel hidden secrets.
Why similar: Investigation 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Mystery 11.5%
- #55 Murders on the Yangtze River
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,376 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Investigation 30.2%, Mystery 23.1%, Story Rich 16%, Drama 14.3%, Adventure 9.9%
- #56 Revenge on gold diggers
64% matchVery Positive80% of 50,687 reviews2025
Dev: 前方工作室
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this first FMV game about emotional fraud, you’ll face their true colors. As a hunter of hearts, strike back against a secret network of gold diggers. Unmask lies, evade traps, and let revenge ignite. Will they burn—or you? Or could love still rise from the ashes? The choice is yours to make.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Drama 9.4%
- #57 The Ethereal Dream
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 285 reviews2025
Dev: 鸭子与葱制作组Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
乙女向多结局AVG——在蓝色的月夜里，邂逅那些已逝之人的灵魂吧。
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.7%, Mystery 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Anime 12.1%, Visual Novel 8%
- #58 ATRI -My Dear Moments-
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 22,459 reviews2020
Dev: FrontwingPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 106.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Dating Sim 17.4%, Romance 11.6%, Anime 11%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #59 月球坠落时 Moon Fall
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,044 reviews2021
Dev: Xihe AnimationPub: Horo Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
On the ruins of the city, in the ruins of the church. I started my apocalyptic journey with the silver-haired girl Xun. Stumbling, full of moving and surprising. Towards an uncertain future.
Why similar: Word Game 28.3%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 8%, Anime 7.8%
