Games Like Love in the Time of Spellphage

Spellbound: The Magic Within is a branching narrative, multiple ending visual novel. Jump into a world of Magic, Witchcraft and Mystery as a magician in training. Interact with a host of unusual characters. Choose from multiple schools of magic, bond with your tutor, and maybe even save the world.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Narrative 13.1% ★, Visual Novel 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%

You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%

Follow Sophie as she embarks on her latest adventure in making money, working alongside the enigmatic Rias as they put on a special yuri/lesbian camgirl show for their viewers.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Romance 10.4%

As an elf in a panicked flight from home, you discover a more dangerous secret: a human claiming to be a dragon.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Romance 9.9%

You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this choice-driven interactive tale.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%

Sole survivor of a terrible incident, you find yourself in the company of new friends and new conflict on the island of Illyria.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Romance 11.7%

The anti-dating sim where you make friends instead of girlfriends! Balance between heartbreak and heartache! Will you graduate without a single friend? Or will you survive long enough to reject them all?

Why similar: Narrative 18.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Visual Novel 10%

Luna has been working too hard, fortunately as she finishes up each night she manages to find her way to a hidden out of the way cafe, one where the gals all dress up like different animals. It could be a place for dreams to come true, or just for Luna to blow off some steam and relax each night.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Romance 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%

Distant Oceanic Getaway— A visual novel for sapphics! Will you be able to find true love while sailing the seven seas?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Romance 10.8%

Welcome to MONSTER LUV RADIO, where you play a radio DJ giving dating advice to a host of supernatural creatures! Keep your ratings up by giving sound advice and following the rhythm of your DJ mix board, and make sure your boss doesn't shut down your show!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Romance 12.3%, Lore-Rich 10.9%

On Love, On Monsters is a Frankenstein-inspired story with an emphasis on love in its many forms. Play as three characters with alternating POVs; the Doctor, The Priest, and The Exile. Bond with allies and enemies, avoid raising suspicion in the town of Blackmoore, and learn what it means to love.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Romance 9.4%

A gripping seaside adventure following the connection of two young souls, each unknowingly helping the other make sense of a world that seems senseless. Complemented by breathtaking artwork and an addictive soundtrack, this charming tale will definitely suck you in and leave a lasting impression!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Romance 11.1%

Create your character and experience a fun story in which you will meet friends, enemies and partners as you try to carry out a vital project with your friends: to create an anime before you finish your studies.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Romance 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%

As a humble baker in a quiet medieval town, your life takes a dark turn when a stranger arrives equipped for battle. Thrust into a hidden world of supernatural beings—elves, demons, fae, and more—you must make choices that alter the fate of the world you thought you knew.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Lore-Rich 11.5%

In an endless air ocean of an alien world, small lonesome plots of land float above the abyss. But sometimes approach each other, and lands which have never met before, reveal their secrets.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Multiple Endings 13.3%

Join Carmen, a somewhat absent-minded middle-aged lady who has to endure bizarre situations in her space truck. And possibly mess things up like crazy. An interactive narrative experience about the most flamboyant beings in the universe.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Alternate History 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%

A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%

Fall in love with marbles and learn to believe in yourself again.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Romance 11%

A story-driven visual novel about healing, heartbreak, and second chances. Build relationships, face your past, and shape your future in a town where every choice leaves a mark. Romance, drama, and emotional chaos await in Cascade Falls.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Romance 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 11%

They steal your crew and force your ship to crash-land on an alien planet where you must start fresh with nothing but a dilapidated base and a... talking cat?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Lore-Rich 11.8%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Romance 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.6%

Three loves. One week. Merry Crisis is an intimate, character-driven romance visual novel about love, loss, and belonging—is home what you left behind, or where you’re headed?

Why similar: Narrative 19.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%

The girls of the Lingerie shop are back and they are in for their toughest day of the year, a mega sale event! How will the girls handle things, you get to decide not only how the sale goes but who you will control in this adult yuri/lesbian themed multi-routed visual novel game.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Romance 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%

Raven has challenged you to various games to decide which of you will have to complete humiliating dares. A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure ENF-Themed game with over 1,700 3D Images and voice acting. Also includes 'Raven's Daring Trivia Night' and 'Alice'

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Romance 12%

​Meet-cute (n) - An amusing or charming first encounter that leads to the development of a romantic relationship

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Romance 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%

Play the role of an apprentice alchemist on the road in a merchant caravan. During the journey you will discover many things, including love? A gay medieval fantasy visual novel.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Romance 12.3%, Magic 8.6%

Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Narrative 13.5% ★, Choices Matter 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%

High Elo Girls is a Visual Novel set in the esports scene where you play as the latest recruit for a new all-girls team. Can you help your squad achieve their true potential, or will you only squander your own?

Why similar: Narrative 18.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Romance 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%

Charlotte, has been dumped by her long term girlfriend Mikka. Fortunately her sexy friend Sophie insists on taking her out to try and cheer her up. But Sophie is quite a wildcat so who knows where such a date could lead in this yuri/lesbian themed visual novel with multiple routes and endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Romance 11.7%

Heartbeats is a visual novel about music, love, relationships, mental health, and more! Features: 4 love interests, choices that affect the story, original music, beautiful art, and multiple endings.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Romance 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Lore-Rich 11.5%

Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%

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: Narrative 24.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%

Discover secrets long forgotten, and nurture relationships waiting to bloom. In a game inspired by the lore of Dragon and Fae, make choices that can shape your story, relationships, and even personality. Will you be brave, kind, wise, charismatic? Only you know the answer to your fate.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Romance 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Lore-Rich 10.6%

The hapless, love-struck Ichika made a big mistake, and she might have ruined her friendship with Hana forever. With the help of her classmate Ayumi, can she work her own feelings out in time to show Hana how she really feels? A soft, comedic romance with big personalities and a tinge of melodrama.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Romance 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%

Play as a prince as he attempts to give his story a happy ending by finding love and claiming his place as the rightful heir of the throne in this fantasy Boys' Love visual novel.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.7%, Romance 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.7%

Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Romance 12.4%, Lore-Rich 12%

Welcome to the MONSTER GIRL MANOR! Tour around to find your way to meet the characters created by Dream Audio VA, Lacey Audayo, Method Switch, Startlit Audios and Xena Alexander. Find out which girls are your vibe and find out more of their lore!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Romance 14.7%

Briana has been craving some time off all summer and finally with her shoot wrapped for hiatus she can relax at her summer cottage on the lake. To really enjoy herself she even drags her female co-stars along for the ride.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 10.3%

A visual novel where your choices matter. Derek has a job, a beloved boyfriend, friends, and… “piranha thoughts.” Everything was perfect until his younger sister Rina returned to town.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Romance 13.7%

From renowned Japanese visual novel brand SMEE, LOVEPICAL-POPPY!, the ultimate moege, arrives on Steam! Made for SMEE’s 15th anniversary and celebrating 150k+ sales, it keeps the brand’s signature sweetness while adding life-sim gameplay and a unique story progression system.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Romance 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 9.3%

Tentacle BL x training simulation. After being toyed with by mysterious tentacles, the main character ends up in a nursery or a bride.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%

Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 12%

A lonely young man is guided by a silent Muse to solve the mystery behind his two Doppelganger Soulmates.

Why similar: Narrative 21.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 10%

A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%

A queer Victorian romance visual novel in which a gentleman running from the past and a poet hiding from the future collide through a lonely hearts ad. Suddenly, their lives can blossom—if you choose to change them.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Romance 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Alternate History 11.7%

ARISEN is a narrative card game where you use your emotions to create your own story in a dark fantasy universe.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Romance 11.5%

Heart Rates: Plus is a short college romance Adult Visual Novel with meaningful choices and a realistic-but-simple sex simulation.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Romance 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%

The girls of the Lingerie shop are back and they are in for their toughest day of the year, a mega sale event! Prelude is a free to play version of the LGBTQ+ Yuri visual novel game: Negligee: Spring Clean. Check it out now to see what you could be enjoying.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%

A brave hero and a bound lich rescue a legendary warrior from a forgotten tomb and put the romance back in necromancy. Necromance is a dark fantasy comedy visual novel with light puzzle elements, 3 endings, and 15 ways to die!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%

A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Narrative 21.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%

Sym.BIOS: Torn Asunder is a visual novel with tricky moral choices and beautiful art. Its epic sci-fi story is told through vivid dialogue, featuring 7 main characters. All your decisions will have consequences down the line: will you succeed in your mission?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.9%

You’ve been invited to an exclusive stay at the Beggars Hotel, a once-glamorous retreat where only the elite gather. But when the guests begin dying one by one, your dream getaway turns into a deadly game of survival. Who can you trust?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Lore-Rich 9.8%

Jackie Shields wakes up to find everything in her world a little different than she remembers it. Trapped between her own dimension and a parallel one, she soon realizes that nothing can remain unchanged in her life. Especially not herself...because the other dimension has a Jackie of its own!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Romance 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%

As graduation looms, true feelings begin to surface. Will Grace find the courage to overcome her shyness and bare her heart to Sera, or will her handsome rival Akira get to her first? A free VN about being really gay for your best friend. Part of the NOISZ series, and prequel to NOISZ STΔRLIVHT.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Romance 15.2%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

A nonlinear dystopian thriller visual novel. Perfect city. Perfect people. Perfect order. Perfection always comes at a price.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 18%, Narrative 16% ★, Choices Matter 11.6%, Adventure 9.2%

Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.

Why similar: Narrative 16.3% ★, Romance 16%, Choices Matter 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%

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: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Visual Novel 13%, Romance 11.2%

A chat dating sim game inspired by Mystic Messenger, VTuber communities, and internet spam

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Romance 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10%

Emily is a University student with a habit for snitching on other students. After Su steals her clothes to teach her a lesson, Emily now needs to make the right choices in order to get home without being seen. Also includes Strip Blackjack

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Romance 10.1%

Follow the red star to the Umbral Forest and unravel the mysteries within, in this gay, romantic, dark fantasy visual novel.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%