- #1 Lily of the Valley
97% matchVery Positive94% of 94 reviews2017
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Following his mother's death, a young man meets a strange young girl in the Welsh countryside.
Why similar: Visual Novel 67.6%, Indie 32.4%
- #2 The Crown of Leaves
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,229 reviews2018
Dev: LingrimmPub: The Broken Horn
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 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 81.2%, Indie 18.8%
- #3 Games&Girls
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 271 reviews2017
Dev: Yume Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 147.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
An episodic Visual Novel about a Gamer and his life with cute girls.
Why similar: Visual Novel 86.8%, Indie 13.2%
- #4 Lagoon Lounge 2 : The Secret Roommate
94% matchVery Positive99% of 143 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 87.2%, Indie 12.8%
- #5 Say Goodbye
95% matchMixed52% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: morojenoe's empire
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.3 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 78.6%, Indie 21.4%
- #6 Once'
94% matchVery Positive87% of 175 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%
- #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 84%, Indie 16%
- #8 Find someone else
92% 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 74.1%, Indie 25.9%
- #9 The Leopard Catgirl in Miaoli
91% matchVery Positive95% of 193 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 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #10 家有大貓 Nekojishi
89% matchVery Positive93% of 4,173 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Klondike
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 40.7 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 82.5%, Indie 17.5%
- #11 Untamed: Life Of A Cougar
91% matchMixed60% of 139 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%
- #12 A Detective's Novel
90% matchMixed68% of 895 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 55.8%, Visual Novel 44.2%
- #13 The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence
89% matchVery Positive92% of 2,246 reviews2016
Dev: Mi'pu'mi Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 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%, Visual Novel 40%
- #14 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,330 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 91.8%, Indie 8.2%
- #15 Club Life
88% 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 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #16 Fresh Story
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 257 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 85.5%, Indie 14.5%
- #17 Changeover: Decisions
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 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 67.3%, Indie 32.7%
- #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 Positive97% of 67 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 671 reviews2017
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 18.9 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 82.2%, Indie 17.8%
- #21 Notes of my silence
82% matchVery Positive97% of 69 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 90.2%, Indie 9.8%
- #22 blue.
84% matchMixed58% of 103 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
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 143 reviews2016
Dev: Novel Tea GamesPub: Lost Fables
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 11%
Join our heroes in a world ravished by the wars of it's past in this exciting Visual Novel experience!
Why similar: Visual Novel 73.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #24 Retention
82% matchMostly Negative35% of 708 reviews2015
Dev: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 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 78.2%, Indie 21.8%
- #25 An Adventurer's Gallantry
78% 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 91%, Indie 9%
- #26 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 76%, Indie 24%
- #27 Horny: Zero Moan 🔞🦕
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: Lewd Star
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outcast. Thinker. Challenger. In a savage jungle tribe, you’ll outsmart rivals, earn the favor of powerful priestesses, and fight for your place at the top. Hunt, explore, and make choices that shape your destiny in this bold adult visual novel. 🔞
Why similar: Visual Novel 80.6%, Indie 19.4%
- #28 Cursed Sight
80% matchVery Positive82% of 216 reviews2015
Dev: InvertMouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Being able to control fate would be a blessing for many. To Miyon, it is her greatest curse.
Why similar: Visual Novel 75.5%, Indie 24.5%
- #29 Everglow
77% 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 89.9%, Indie 10.1%
- #30 The Raintime
79% matchMixed69% of 55 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%
- #31 One Last Chance
79% 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 71.8%, Indie 28.2%
- #32 Furry house
74% 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 90.2%, Indie 9.8%
- #33 Your Royal Gayness
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 130 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 61.1%, Indie 38.9%
- #34 Yearning: A Gay Story
77% 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%
- #35 Lyndaria: Lust Adventure
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 251 reviews2024
Dev: Lustration TeamPub: TopHouse Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.3 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%
- #36 Long Live The Queen
73% matchVery Positive95% of 7,142 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 88%, Indie 12%
- #37 Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 690 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 84.3%, Indie 15.7%
- #38 Rabbit Story
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 125 reviews2017
Dev: Slava Bushuev
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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%
- #39 Indie Dream
75% 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%
- #40 Young Hearts
71% matchVery Positive91% of 96 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%
- #41 不落城-Unconquered Castle
74% matchVery Positive81% of 152 reviews2018
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.2 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 64.1%, Indie 35.9%
- #42 Lightning Fast
71% 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%
- #43 Fresh Story 2
69% matchVery Positive83% of 196 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 84%, Indie 16%
- #44 Twists of My Life
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 648 reviews2019
Dev: Novel
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Twists of My Life" - is a visual novel where every decision you make can completely change the storyline.
Why similar: Visual Novel 80.4%, Indie 19.6%
- #45 A Street Cat's Tale
71% matchVery Positive93% of 340 reviews2019
Dev: feemodevPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A Tale of a street cat left alone
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #46 One Small Fire At A Time
72% 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 71%, Indie 29%
- #47 My life with you
66% matchVery Positive88% of 77 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 51.6%, Visual Novel 48.4%
- #48 心塞男孩 Sadboy
70% 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 Positive83% of 133 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 Growing Up
66% matchVery Positive88% of 3,658 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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%
- #51 Gazing from beyond
70% matchMixed69% of 569 reviews2018
Dev: 拾光创梦
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is a galgame about college life, where you'll pursuit the love of your life. You'll surely experience hardship, triumph, happiness, sadness, maybe even trauma. Only time can heal all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 81.5%, Indie 18.5%
- #52 A Light in the Dark
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,729 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 77.8%, Indie 22.2%
- #53 Hello my World! Lily.
65% matchVery Positive92% of 60 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 90.8%, Indie 9.2%
- #54 Black Lily's Tale
65% matchVery Positive88% of 490 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%
- #55 BAD END
69% matchVery Positive83% of 398 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 79.3%, Indie 20.7%
- #56 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
61% matchMixed59% of 8,858 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%
- #57 Putrika 1st.cut:The Reason She Must Perish
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 570 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 92.3%, Indie 7.7%
- #58 VIDEOVERSE
64% matchVery Positive95% of 242 reviews2023
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 79.5%, Indie 20.5%
- #59 Trajectory of summer flower
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 339 reviews2017
Dev: SoraPrayer
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
"let's make a promise... When I grow up, I'll find you." By complete chance, these two childhood friends meet again after 10 years apart, but this time, will he be able to hold on to her? Or, will he lose here again forever? A love story about a summer trip in the countryside.
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%