- #1 Lily of the Valley
97% matchVery Positive94% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Following his mother's death, a young man meets a strange young girl in the Welsh countryside.
Why similar: Visual Novel 67.3%, Indie 32.7%
- #2 Games&Girls
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 271 reviews2017
Dev: Yume Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 145.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
An episodic Visual Novel about a Gamer and his life with cute girls.
Why similar: Visual Novel 86.7%, Indie 13.3%
- #3 Lagoon Lounge 2 : The Secret Roommate
94% matchVery Positive99% of 141 reviews2024
Dev: KAIJYU-09
Windows
This is a visual novel featuring beastmen. In a lakeside village, the protagonist picks up a mysterious lion beastman and begins to lead a secret life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 86.7%, Indie 13.3%
- #4 Say Goodbye
96% matchMixed52% of 229 reviews2017
Dev: morojenoe's empire
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This visual novel about an ordinary man with his typical problems. Suddenly, you got a report that your distant cousin died in a car crash. Fortunately, her daughter wasn't with her. You take the girl under your wing. But soon, something starts to go wrong...
Why similar: Visual Novel 77.8%, Indie 22.2%
- #5 Once'
95% matchVery Positive88% of 171 reviews2019
Dev: Once重置制作室Pub: JingtuStudio
Windows · Mac
This is a visual novel about 60 minutes in length, telling a story of memories."Once'" is a story which will recall the experience of many individuals. Regardless of if you're in your springtime of life having full of dreams for the future, or if you're a matured adult who has already stepped into the society and owns a family,...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #6 The Crown of Leaves
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,216 reviews2018
Dev: LingrimmPub: The Broken Horn
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Roui, a resilient city dandy, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure and must return to his homeland Latori.
Why similar: Visual Novel 81%, Indie 19%
- #7 Treasure of a Blizzard
93% matchVery Positive83% of 174 reviews2016
Dev: Flaming Firefly
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
"Treasure of blizzard" is a fantasy themed visual novel inspiring with beautiful arts and interesting game characters. The fate of the protagonist completely depends on your choice. Probably your character may meet his partner in life; however he may also meet the end of his life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 83.8%, Indie 16.2%
- #8 The Leopard Catgirl in Miaoli
92% matchVery Positive95% of 192 reviews2019
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
The protagonist Wang Cheng-En returns to his hometown due to the rivalry between different countries. Along the way, he encounters a girl with animal ears by accident.How will this relationship develop when he lives together with this unusual girl?
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.6%, Indie 44.4%
- #9 Find someone else
91% matchVery Positive92% of 130 reviews2018
Dev: Red Skald
Windows
A visual novel about the ever-changing nature of relationships and the hardships of dealing with loss.
Why similar: Visual Novel 73.9%, Indie 26.1%
- #10 Untamed: Life Of A Cougar
91% matchMixed60% of 137 reviews2015
Dev: OCCA StudiosPub: Strategy First
Windows
Experience the life of a mountain lion in the brutal wild, Fight and maintain your territory, find a mate and raise cubs of your own which will grow into adults as your parenting skills are put to the test. Hunt prey, both big and small as you level up to become an effective and lethal hunter.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #11 A Detective's Novel
90% matchMixed68% of 890 reviews2016
Dev: Amaterasu Software
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
On a cold November night in a desolate estate deep in the mountains an innocent life has prematurely perished and its up to the player to find out who did it.
Why similar: Indie 56.1%, Visual Novel 43.9%
- #12 The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence
89% matchVery Positive92% of 2,242 reviews2016
Dev: Mi'pu'mi Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
„The Lion's Song: Episode 1 – Silence" draws the player into the life of a talented young composer, Wilma, preparing for her breakthrough concert, the defining moment of her career. Searching for inspiration she escapes from the pressure for success to the solitude of the Austrian Alps.
Why similar: Indie 60.2%, Visual Novel 39.8%
- #13 Club Life
89% matchVery Positive81% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A reclusive student is forced into joining several clubs, can he make it through the year and will he gain any new friends along the way or even find love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 72.4%, Indie 27.6%
- #14 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,225 reviews2015
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".
Why similar: Visual Novel 91.7%, Indie 8.3%
- #15 家有大貓 Nekojishi
86% matchVery Positive93% of 4,162 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Klondike
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Nekojishi is a visual novel about feline beast-men, Taiwanese folklore, and the pressures and consequences that come with navigating the world of gods and spirits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 82.2%, Indie 17.8%
- #16 Changeover: Decisions
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: KHB-Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your character has lost his memory and finds himself in a godforsaken place. An adventure with a nonlinear storyline, lots of choices, and a unique combat system. Could he get out alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 67%, Indie 33%
- #17 Fresh Story
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 248 reviews2023
Dev: WetMelonPlay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fresh Story is a visual novel about one girl's difficult journey. She will face difficulties and hard decisions to achieve a peaceful life as she dreamed.Diana came from the suburbs to the big city to achieve success and a happy life with her boyfriend Vlad.
Why similar: Visual Novel 85.3%, Indie 14.7%
- #18 Lenin - The Lion
86% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2019
Dev: Lornyon
Windows
Lenin – The Lion is a Puzzle RPG game about overcoming fears. Walk into chaos and find the claws of loneliness or carefully build your path and find the benefits of understanding and acceptance.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #19 OmOneko
83% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: TaleChaser
Windows · Mac · Linux
“A story about cat girls … with bite.” Nekos have evolved in the shadows of human society. Beautiful. Mysterious. Chaotic. And now, three of them live with you. Will you be able to get past the stigma and grow closer to them? OmOneko is a tale of cat and mouse... and rats.
Why similar: Visual Novel 95.3%, Indie 4.7%
- #20 Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 670 reviews2017
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
A heartbreaking kinetic novel about the meeting of a depressed thirty years old man with a lost little girl he takes in his house.
Why similar: Visual Novel 82%, Indie 18%
- #21 Notes of my silence
82% matchVery Positive98% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Kostrum Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunge into the silence with Stephan, young musician that lost his hearing and, at the same time, the meaning of life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 90.1%, Indie 9.9%
- #22 blue.
84% matchMixed58% of 102 reviews2018
Dev: Lucian Hardner
Windows
blue. is the part puzzle game, part visual novel, story of a young cubie growing up in a colorful mined out world of gems. Play as Violet through their adolescence, meet their friends and family and learn about the Cubie world. And most of all learn when it takes to succeed in this underground place.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #23 Runeous: Part One
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: Novel Tea GamesPub: Lost Fables
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Join our heroes in a world ravished by the wars of it's past in this exciting Visual Novel experience!
Why similar: Visual Novel 73.6%, Indie 26.4%
- #24 An Adventurer's Gallantry
79% matchVery Positive90% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: Zetsubou
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disgraced knight-in-training Oren gets a second chance at life as an adventurer in this fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 90.9%, Indie 9.1%
- #25 Everglow
78% matchVery Positive93% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: 7CoreLoops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the story of Glow, a young and naive furry heroine caught between two empires' interplanetary ambitions, forged in tragedy and conspiracy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 89.8%, Indie 10.2%
- #26 Young Hearts
77% matchVery Positive93% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Sky SeekersPub: Evening Studio
Windows
‘Young Hearts’ is a visual novel in the genres of romance and slice of life, telling stories about the everyday life of a student company living in a warm southern town: stories about their secrets, dreams, love, their problems and ghosts of the past…
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%
- #27 The Raintime
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: socah developmentPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #28 The Next World
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 115 reviews2016
Dev: Illuminated GamesPub: AAD Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Welcome to The Next World - a strategic visual novel telling the story of a crashed colony ship and its ragged group of survivors, trying to make a new life on the wrong planet. Craft plans, make decisions, and manage your colony's limited resources in a desperate fight to stay alive.
Why similar: Visual Novel 75.8%, Indie 24.2%
- #29 Retention
81% matchMostly Negative35% of 702 reviews2015
Dev: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
Why similar: Visual Novel 78%, Indie 22%
- #30 Your Royal Gayness
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 129 reviews2018
Dev: Lizard Hazard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The library is on fire, cats have overrun the city and a wolf is munching on grandmothers in the forest. On top of that, princesses are knocking on your door, hungry for marriage! Survive royal life as a gay prince in this ultimate fairytale parody game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.3%, Indie 40.7%
- #31 Twists of My Life
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 635 reviews2019
Dev: Novel
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Twists of My Life" - is a visual novel where every decision you make can completely change the storyline.
Why similar: Visual Novel 80.3%, Indie 19.7%
- #32 Furry house
73% matchMixed63% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: BadCat
Windows
The protagonist of a furry house is a boy forced by some events to move in with his mother. Making things difficult is that the mother and sisters are of another species, not human beings but furry!
Why similar: Visual Novel 90.1%, Indie 9.9%
- #33 Rabbit Story
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 123 reviews2017
Dev: Slava Bushuev
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Rabbit Story is an adventure game that offers a unique play experience: simple in controls and appealing to feelings. Its dramatic plot tells the player about relationship breakup and struggles, doubts and fears related to it.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #34 Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 689 reviews2014
Dev: Lostwood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade" is a detective story told by a dweller of a cruel dark fantasy world affected by the pandemic. The world ruled by a five noble-born kins under the suzerainty of the undead Plague King.
Why similar: Visual Novel 84.1%, Indie 15.9%
- #35 Long Live The Queen
74% matchVery Positive95% of 7,115 reviews2013
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 87.9%, Indie 12.1%
- #36 Yearning: A Gay Story
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: bobcgamesPub: Project Ensō
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yearning: A Gay Story (YAGS) is a realistic coming-out-focused character-driven slice-of-life visual novel where you play as a gay man starting his freshman year of college at a generic university somewhere in the midwestern United States.
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%
- #37 Lyndaria: Lust Adventure
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 245 reviews2024
Dev: Lustration TeamPub: TopHouse Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lyndaria: Lust Adventure is a non-linear erotic visual novel set on a lost island inhabited by Furry tribes. The naive but courageous character - Maya is waiting for exciting adventures, dangerous and savoury!
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%
- #38 Lightning Fast
72% matchMixed40% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Steppe Games
Windows
Lightning Fast is a sandbox survival game. Playing as a leopard, the adventure starts from your tough childhood. You must struggle to turn yourself from a vulnerable cub into the dominator of Divach Plain, in order to survive the law of the jungle and encounter the challenge brought by the poachers.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #39 不落城-Unconquered Castle
75% matchVery Positive81% of 150 reviews2018
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A Visual Novel Game. The story which happens thousand years after that "God's one day world". It's a story telling two brave girls who saved their city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 63.8%, Indie 36.2%
- #40 Indie Dream
74% matchVery Positive85% of 94 reviews2019
Dev: Laolu Productions
Windows · Mac
This is just the story of a young and naive indie dev.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #41 One Last Chance
76% matchMixed68% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: Last Lotus
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Do you remember that high school crush you never confessed your love to? Do you ever wonder what could have been if things had gone different back then? This short Visual Novel/Dating Sim explores those questions that we constantly ask ourselves.
Why similar: Visual Novel 71.6%, Indie 28.4%
- #42 BAD END
73% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 79.1%, Indie 20.9%
- #43 A Street Cat's Tale
71% matchVery Positive92% of 333 reviews2019
Dev: feemodevPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A Tale of a street cat left alone
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Black Lily's Tale
68% 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 97.3%, Indie 2.7%
- #45 Dead Forest
70% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Manul Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Laki is an outcast: many beastmen have disappeared because of him. To break this curse, Laki travels to the Dead Forest, a place from which almost no one has ever returned. But what will be the key to the secrets of his fate and the mysteries of the forest?
Why similar: Visual Novel 91.2%, Indie 8.8%
- #46 VIDEOVERSE
67% matchVery Positive96% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Visual Novel 79.3%, Indie 20.7%
- #47 Growing Up
67% matchVery Positive88% of 3,558 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%
- #48 心塞男孩 Sadboy
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 129 reviews2019
Dev: 热泉 RedSpring
Windows
Sadboy is a narrative video game...Telling a story about the sadboy's thoughts and challenges after his graduation. This is a game that could make you think about your life... Probably, you may have already been through what the sadboy was facing[/b]
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 Run, Kitty! - A Furry Gay Visual Novel
69% matchVery Positive84% of 131 reviews2021
Dev: Strong & Furry
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cute little romantic story about rescue and love. Once upon a cat named Simon, decided to skip classes to wander. Before he knew it, he got lost in the deep forest – chased by an unknown predator. Will he be able to get out by his own means?
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%
- #50 My life with you
65% matchVery Positive89% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Sorora Game Studio
Windows
"My Life with You" is a STORY DRIVEN experience that follows the journey of a young SINGLE MOM who must BALANCE life's challenges while raising her child. An emotional journey focused on the BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD, marked by obstacles, growth, and love.
Why similar: Indie 51.9%, Visual Novel 48.1%
- #51 Along the Edge
69% matchVery Positive83% of 863 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Visual Novel 79.6%, Indie 20.4%
- #52 One Small Fire At A Time
70% matchVery Positive94% of 65 reviews2016
Dev: KidalangPub: Culture Select
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
13-year-old Janis has "Magic Deficiency Disorder," a madness where one can't use magic in a very magic-oriented world. For her protection, she lives in a madhouse: a place where those with mental disorders can be safe from an unforgiving society.
Why similar: Visual Novel 70.8%, Indie 29.2%
- #53 A Light in the Dark
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,722 reviews2018
Dev: CreSpiritPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
──We cannot choose in this unfair world.The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life...The fierce girl struggling for survival...Two people in totally opposite positions in life.In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 77.6%, Indie 22.4%
- #54 Japanese School Life
69% matchVery Positive83% of 327 reviews2016
Dev: code:jpPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Welcomed by the fluttering of cherry blossom, the main character, Brian, starts a new high school life in Japan. Brian soon starts to get along with two girls in the same class after they start to talk to him. With their help, Brian gradually learns Japanese culture and customs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 82.1%, Indie 17.9%
- #55 Last Days of Spring Visual Novel
71% matchMixed58% of 134 reviews2015
Dev: Sapphire Dragon Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Last Days of Spring is a YA (Young Adult) Otome Visual Novel following a group of high school seniors in their last week of school as they come to terms with questions about love, life and destiny. Follow the steps of Yuka Kishimoto as she navigates across her final week as a high school student and sees her life come to a complete...
Why similar: Visual Novel 81.7%, Indie 18.3%
- #56 Secret in Story
70% matchMixed69% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: Naivus Luo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Accompanied by beautiful piano music, you begin to experience a wonderful love journey. There is no dialogue in the story, only pictures intertwined with montage techniques. Players need to unlock each puzzle to open every door of memory, to find the youth that we have been missing.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #57 Fresh Story 2
64% matchVery Positive85% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: WetMelonPlay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Continuation of the exciting visual novel about a girl who decides to start a new life in the big city. In the role of a waitress in a Made cafe or an assistant in an office, she tries to stay afloat, finds friends and enemies, faces intrigues and unexpected romances.
Why similar: Visual Novel 83.8%, Indie 16.2%
- #58 Hello my World! Lily.
63% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Black Leaf Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.
Why similar: Visual Novel 90.4%, Indie 9.6%
- #59 Putrika 1st.cut:The Reason She Must Perish
61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 519 reviews2024
Dev: トトメトリ
Windows
"Even though I knew this love was forbidden..." While the tragedy is being told, the girl's true love is revealed! Enjoy this crazy pure love drama with beautiful visuals and cute characters!
Why similar: Visual Novel 92%, Indie 8%