Games Like Literalchemy

A BL dating sim with elements of studio management and interactions with voice actors! Follow Aki, a newbie voice director who has to complete the recordings for several BL dramas, and interact with the charming voice actors. Come give voice to the language of love!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.8%, Dating Sim 22.7%, Romance 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Management 8.6%

With your shop on the line, meet unique characters and craft potions of every flavor in this short, light-hearted game. From giant constructs to quirky little creatures, listen to their troubles and mix the right ingredients to create a potion that soothes their hearts and satisfies their cravings!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.1%, Puzzle 9.9%, Point & Click 8.1%, Dialogue Heavy 6.5%

One of them is visiting a friend in Chicago. The other wants to shake things up in New York City. It starts in San Francisco, but where this relationship goes is all up to you.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.3%, Romance 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Dating Sim 14.1%

Add love to your resume! Date, befriend, or explore deeper moments with a wide variety of characters at once, and explore dozens of narratives in this office-themed comedy dating sim.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Dating Sim 20.3%, Romance 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%

The Kingdom of Novus has been thrown into disarray and It's up to you to decide if you’ll help to bring peace, or if you’ll stoke the fires of chaos. Pick a side, and meet your match.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.1%, Dating Sim 23.4%, Romance 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Story Rich 6.6%

A Yaoi slice-of-life about making drinks, meeting peculiar bartenders, and hunting cute monsters. Follow Ikkarus, a gallant legendary hero, and get ready to meet Damian, a gentle archer; Orakh, an orc war chief, and Zistran, the prince of the underworld.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Dating Sim 16.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Romance 10.2%, Point & Click 8.7%

Going Once! is a cozy art gallery / auction house management game. Appraise and buy art, display it in your gallery and auction it off to the highest bidder!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 49.9% ★, Management 14%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Simulation 6.8%, Cute 5.1%

When a thief comes to The Keep, only to be captured and forced to work off their debt, they must now make a new life for themselves in a strange new town.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 29.9% ★, Dating Sim 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Romance 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.5%

Pat the dogs... and then their owners. Step into the world of Rainbow Bay in Best Friend Forever, a dating sim-meets-dog care sim where you pat, pamper and train your pup while you search for your own forever friend.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Dating Sim 18.3%, Romance 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%

Shake It: Lycoris is a bartender simulator where cozy vibes, smooth jazz, and a wide variety of cocktails blend into one unique atmosphere.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 24% ★, Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 12%, Point & Click 10.6%

Manage your own cafe and become a donut therapist in this cozy dating/cooking sim. Cook mood-changing donuts, decorate your shop, and help customers navigate life, love, and heartbreak—one bite at a time.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 23.7% ★, Dating Sim 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%

Start your very own ice cream empire in this 2D business/dating simulator! Meet new people, find true love, and build alongside your local community!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 29.1% ★, Dating Sim 22%, Visual Novel 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.3%, Simulation 9.8%

Blood Domination is a BL visual novel that allows players to follow five different couples, uncovering the secrets of their pasts and controlling their fates. Welcome to Éclair Gymnasium Academy, where vampires learn how to navigate the Dom/sub relationships that will define the rest of their lives.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.2%, Dating Sim 22.2%, Romance 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Simulation 7.2%

Can viral traffic defeat an empire? In this management sim, lead a fallen princess to build an adult media empire and fund the frontlines. Balance stamina, scout trends, and survive random events to save your home. Every choice counts—turn views into soldiers and reclaim your kingdom!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.9% ★, Dating Sim 20.3%, Point & Click 10.4%, Visual Novel 7.2%, Simulation 6.2%

In LongStory you can be and date who you choose. Play as the gender of your choice and date the cutie you like best! LongStory is is based on real stories - things that have happened, if not to us, to people we know and love. We hope it is funny, sad, perplexing and wonderful… Just like life.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.6%, Dating Sim 22.5%, Romance 16.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Simulation 7.2%

Everyone's heard of Mothman– the moth creature that haunts the outskirts of Point Pleasant, West Virginia– but no one's heard of it like this! In some random idyllic Midwestern town, you meet Artemis (aka Mothman) at your favorite coffee shop and begin an agonizingly slow burn romance with them.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.9%, Dating Sim 22.3%, Romance 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Cute 5.5%

Dating & Dragons – A Love Quest is a narrative RPG dating sim packed with every fantasy trope you love. Sneak out with the thief, wreak havoc with the warrior, or flirt with the bard. Explore branching adventures with multiple endings and hidden secrets. Roll those dice and watch out for dragons!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.1%, Dating Sim 24.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Romance 8.9%

A Boys' Love / Yaoi Visual Novel that follows protagonist who finds himself stuck in the plot of a book he hated…as the character he really couldn’t stand. When Ben dies and wakes as bratty Prince Athelstan, he is thrust into a world of political intrigue, ancient magic, and dangerous desires.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.6%, Dating Sim 22.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%

Are you ready for more LongStory drama? The next installment of this beloved series brings more dates, deeper friendships, trickier dilemmas, and some fascinating surprises!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Dating Sim 18.2%, Romance 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%

游戏内容： 这是一款以绘画为主题、描述了成年人对于过往错过的人与事的灵魂之旅，兽人向的纯视觉小说游戏。 故事讲述了25岁的狸花猫兽人“启诚”，在被公司辞退后回到老家的城市。作为曾没能通过联考的美术生，在青梅竹马“未乾”，以及好朋友【熙和】、【望舒】、画室的“学弟”【烈烈】的帮助下，慢慢寻回了自己曾失去的那个暑假，那个他命中注定的人……

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27%, Dating Sim 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Romance 13.2%, Story Rich 4.8%

How about running your own pastel stand across Brazil? Fry your customers’ pastéis and be careful not to burn yourself! Travel through different regions of the country, discover new ingredients, and upgrade your stand to attract more and more customers along the way.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Management 11.7%, Point & Click 9.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%

Hentai Swapy Puzzle 2 is a puzzle game. It is relaxing, fun and not hard. Game has soft musics on background to enhance the relaxation.

Why similar: Dating Sim 26.1%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Romance 11.9%, Puzzle 10.8%

Play as an angel, date, and explore the world of Aelyria with the embodiment of the 7 deadly sins!

Why similar: Dating Sim 26.9%, LGBTQ+ 24.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Romance 14.3%, Fantasy 5.7%

Forbidden Den is a game focused on the administration and management of a nightclub with touches of a visual novel that adds a fun and sexy story.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 32.2% ★, Dating Sim 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Romance 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%

Estelle's adventures in the land of Lemuria come to a head in this yuri fantasy visual novel. Estelle faces a fierce challenge in the form of the wicked dragonkin Saga, all while deciding which member of her party she wants to pledge her to heart to. It's hard to fight evil and fall in love!

Why similar: Dating Sim 22.8%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Romance 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 8.4%

Hinata has only just arrived in New York, but things are already going downhill. Then a handsome stranger offers his help, and suddenly Hinata finds himself in a shared apartment with three hot guys. A rollercoaster of emotions begins.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.1%, Dating Sim 24.6%, Romance 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%

A Grim Reaper's job is never done. So when your scythe suddenly breaks, you have to venture to the center of Limbo to forge a new one! Fortunately, you have the souls of some HOT GOTHS to accompany you. Solve puzzles, flirt with goth cuties, find lost treasures, and survive deadly hamster attacks!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22%, Dating Sim 20%, Romance 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Puzzle 8.8%

Adrian Heart is a reclusive composer dragged into the world of the entertainment industry by his famous sister to become the new personal assistant to one of the elite talents who calls the agency home. He is none to happy about it.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.5%, Romance 20.7%, Dating Sim 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Story Rich 4.8%

Become a wholesome ghost matchmaker and grow relationships between the manor’s residents! Gift items to lift their spirits, set them up on dates, and watch love bloom! Discover cute romances with a unique story between every pair of residents! How will love blossom in your manor?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Dating Sim 18.7%, Romance 14%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Management 9.2%

Become the host of an afterlife teahouse. For 49 days, serve the final cup to the departed. Experience a deep brewing system based on authentic traditions. Listen to the secrets of unique spirits, change their fates, and face the truth of your forgotten past.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 29.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Dating Sim 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Management 7.3%

Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.

Why similar: Dating Sim 19.9%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Romance 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%

You've been invited! Follow your classmates in this Visual Novel as they show you around the VR MMORP everyone's been talking about! The only problem? Nina may not be able to handle how attractive her party is!

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.9%, LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Romance 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Medieval 10%

I woke up in a BL novel? The Story of Taeran's Struggle to Escape Fiction BL Ren'ai Simulation "No Random Novels"

Why similar: Dating Sim 25.2%, LGBTQ+ 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Romance 14.9%, Simulation 10%

Court the Various Members of the Round Table in this Exciting Dating Sim

Why similar: Dating Sim 26.9%, Romance 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Medieval 10.6%

Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.3%, Romance 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Dating Sim 14%, Point & Click 9.9%

Two girls. Two perspectives. One story about finding someone who finally understands you.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.3%, Dating Sim 22.7%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Romance 9.7%, Simulation 4.9%

Join Kai in his daily life as he fails to realize that the two guys he's known since childhood have huge crushes on him. One is his best friend, and the other is his rival. So they can't possibly have romantic feelings for him... right?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27%, Dating Sim 24.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Romance 13.2%, Simulation 7.8%

Kira, 22, setter on his university volleyball team and cold with everyone, can't explain the pull toward his coach. So he hints: a look held too long, a shirt off a little slower. The coach notices everything and never makes the first move. A slow-burn adult visual novel in seven episodes.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.8%, Dating Sim 20.9%, Romance 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Point & Click 7.6%

Idol baristas, Samurai baristas, VTubers baristas, Robot baristas! The Coffee War has taken over Tokyo! You are Ken Katsuki, a young master and the new manager of Milk Milk Coffee. Help sweet Moka win the Barista Cup! ☆

Why similar: Shop Keeper 25.4% ★, Dating Sim 15.6%, Romance 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Visual Novel 11%

The daring explorer Serena and the kindhearted succubus Nerisha meet by chance in the depths of the Underground. Succubus Research Diary is an adult visual novel about the unusual and very intimate relationship between the two women.

Why similar: Dating Sim 22.3%, Romance 20.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, LGBTQ+ 12.9%, Simulation 6.8%

A choice-driven 18+ BL/yaoi romance visual novel set in a post-apocalyptic world ruled by werewolves. Build relationships, shape your story through meaningful choices, and uncover the secrets hidden beneath a fractured society where loyalty, desire, and survival collide.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.9%, Dating Sim 19.8%, Romance 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.3%

A character focused, flower shop, dating sim where YOUR choices shape the town's future.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 32% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Story Rich 4.8%

Congrats, you just inherited a farm and your hot neighbors will not let you be! Erotic hijinks ensue on your neverending quest to expand your farm! Discover spicy romances and intertwining stories in this bizarrely relaxing farm simulator.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.2%, Dating Sim 15.2%, Romance 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Management 9.7%

Solve seductive jigsaw puzzles to progress intimate stories and hotter scenes with 6 unique characters, each with their own in-depth story arc. Smooth snaps, satisfying clicks, and countless wild scenes await!

Why similar: Romance 18.8%, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Puzzle 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%

Shop Crush is a shop-owner simulator and visual novel set in the early 2000s. Stock a wide variety of goods, haggle with shoppers, and manage your reputation. Get to know your regulars and peel back the illusions tied to each persona as you slowly uncover the horrifying truth.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.5% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Management 11%, Point & Click 6.4%

Serve Hot Chocolate to a cast of sapphic mythological monster girls, as you explore a mysterious snowclad arctic town!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Simulation 5.8%, Cute 5.2%

This is a story about a guy named Santiago, early morning, he wakes up to an earthquake! and then after it happens he decides to help others becoming a rescue team member, in this story you'll save Simón a his dog Jovita out of the disaster, let's see how love will make it's way here.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.6%, Dating Sim 21.5%, Romance 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Story Rich 4.9%

You reunite with your cousin after years of not having seen each other. To your surprise, he's changed quite a bit...

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.3%, Dating Sim 23.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Romance 16.6%, Cute 7.7%

You find yourself at the horse racetrack without any entertainment. Try to find something to do...

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.3%, Dating Sim 23.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Romance 16.6%, Cute 7.7%

It’s 1999 and Y2K is upon us. You are the owner of an independent video store that a corporation is eyeing off to purchase. Help your customers find the perfect video by listening to their stories and decide what the future is for your video store.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Point & Click 11.4%, 2D 3.5%

How am I supposed to fit in at college when there aren't any other animal people but I'm a POSSUM BOY?! A rom-com visual novel about finding love... when you're the only animal person around!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.1%, Dating Sim 20.2%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Romance 18.6%, Cute 5.1%

Choose your own story as you take over a beach resort, of course it's not all fun and games but at least the park is filled with an array of beautiful women to distract you. Your choices will determine the story and whether romance is in the air and how your beach visit will end.

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.5%, LGBTQ+ 19.8%, 2.5D 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 12.7%

What are you willing to sacrifice?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Dating Sim 23.7%, Romance 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Cute 7.6%

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. Are you ready? Hi ready, I'm Dad.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.5%, Dating Sim 29.3%, Romance 14.3%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Simulation 4.3%

You just wanted a familiar to join a mage guild. Instead, you got a flirty, cursed catboy with trust issues. Now he says he can help you, if you help him. Can you trust him? Probably. (Send help.) Make the right choices in this cute ALL x Catboy romance visual novel.

Why similar: Dating Sim 17.4%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Shop Keeper 16.6% ★, Romance 15%, Visual Novel 12.6%

Don't worry, he's always going to be with you... Spend time getting to know Ren, a mysterious individual who seems more than obsessed with you — and is willing to do anything he can to have you.

Why similar: Dating Sim 24.7%, LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Romance 17.9%, Cute 4.7%

Coming home on a Saturday from the grocery store with little expectations, your roommate informs you that the femboy next door was looking for you...

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Dating Sim 23.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Romance 16.3%, Cute 7.6%

A slice-of-life visual novel with darker twists hiding within! Haru Amari wasn't looking for love, just a new beginning far from his past. Instead he finds himself in complicated relationships where he must decide between his needs and those of the men around him.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.1%, Dating Sim 22.1%, Romance 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Cute 5.6%

Spend Winter break with the popular and unapproachable Prince of the Empire in this cozy and heartwarming Magic Academy visual novel

Why similar: Dating Sim 26.6%, Romance 20.3%, LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Simulation 7.2%

Welcome to Phantasmal Neon Island! In this sleepless city, you inherit your father’s legendary host club after his accident. Manage debts, recruit new hosts, and survive rent hikes and rival clubs. Will you build a nightlife empire—or fall in love and lose it all?

Why similar: Shop Keeper 41.1% ★, Dating Sim 25.6%, Romance 15.4%, Simulation 12.3%, 2D 3.9%