- #1 Florence
97% matchVery Positive93% of 16,495 reviews2020
Dev: MountainsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.
Why similar: Romance 36.3%, Dating Sim 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Story Rich 11.4%, Cute 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This compact, beautifully presented interactive story captures the sweetness, uncertainty, and emotional growth of a first romance.
- #2 Emily is Away <3
96% matchVery Positive91% of 6,804 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.1%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Romance 14%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This nostalgic messenger-based dating sim makes conversational choices feel personal as they guide friendships and romance through multiple outcomes.
- #3 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,792 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Why similar: Romance 29.7%, Dating Sim 26.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A remarkably gentle, choice-rich romance visual novel where small decisions across many years shape your protagonist’s personality and relationship.
- #4 one night, hot springs
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,188 reviews2018
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Multiple Endings 18.5%, Story Rich 12%, Cute 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, compassionate choice-driven visual novel centered on a quiet overnight trip, supportive relationships, and multiple endings.
- #5 A Date with Death
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,957 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Why similar: Dating Sim 42.1%, Romance 24.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 6.5%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its cozy chat-based format lets you build a personal romantic connection through frequent dialogue choices and several route endings.
- #6 Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,258 reviews2016
Dev: Modern Visual Arts Laboratory
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
If there was a robot that could laugh, cry and smile. ...Does it have a soul?
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.7%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Romance 21.8%, Story Rich 7.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This emotional dating visual novel builds a tender relationship through player choices while exploring what it means to care for someone.
- #7 Arcade Spirits
92% matchVery Positive91% of 636 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Why similar: Dating Sim 28%, Romance 25.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful romantic visual novel with highly customizable dialogue choices, a lovable ensemble, and numerous relationship routes.
- #8 We should talk.
93% matchMixed56% of 171 reviews2020
Dev: Insatiable CyclePub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?
Why similar: Romance 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its quick conversation puzzles turn everyday relationship communication into meaningful branching choices and endings.
- #9 A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,237 reviews2020
Dev: Oracle and Bone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A Summer's End is a visual novel set in 1980s Hong Kong. It tells of a love story between two women. Lush and vibrant visuals, the game features over 400 unique hand-drawn artwork inspired by Asian cinema and 1980s anime.
Why similar: Romance 33.6%, Visual Novel 28.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Story Rich 7.8%, Casual 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This heartfelt visual novel offers a beautifully illustrated, character-focused romance with a soft and reflective emotional tone.
- #10 Gaokao.Love.100Days
91% matchVery Positive90% of 8,262 reviews2015
Dev: 高考恋爱委员会Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Getting a girl-friend before National College Entrance Exam, I know it's crazy, but from today, we will face everything together.
Why similar: Dating Sim 40.5%, Romance 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Multiple Endings 11%, Cute 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its school-life structure combines dating-sim decisions, time management, and multiple romantic endings in a grounded coming-of-age setting.
- #11 ATRI -My Dear Moments-
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 23,554 reviews2020
Dev: FrontwingPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 110.6 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: Romance 23.1%, Dating Sim 20.3%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, Story Rich 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A polished, emotional visual novel whose tender romance and beautiful presentation suit players seeking a heartfelt story.
- #12 Half Past Fate
90% matchVery Positive92% of 303 reviews2020
Dev: Serenity ForgePub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Love is in the air, but work, life, and spicy Ramen keep getting in the way! From 8 hours to 8 years, this time-jumping saga will change the way you feel about fate forever.
Why similar: Romance 35.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.9%, Simulation 12.7%, RPG 12.1%, Story Rich 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A charming pixel-art romantic comedy following several interconnected couples, with a warm, low-stakes feel and engaging dialogue.
- #13 Otaku's Adventure
89% matchVery Positive95% of 9,110 reviews2019
Dev: Spacelight Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Otaku's Adventure" is a different kind of AVG.The story tells of an Otaku who has been single for many years and thirst for love. While he inadvertently embarks on a fantastic journey, he eventually wins girls' love. The game combines storytelling with alternative TAKAGISM, and mini-games.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.1%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Romance 14.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its humorous branching story, multiple endings, and dating-sim framing make it a good fit if you enjoy LoveChoice’s lighter side.
- #14 Love Is All Around
87% matchVery Positive93% of 45,887 reviews2023
Dev: intiny
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The player becomes Gu Yi, uses the first-person perspective to immerse himself in meeting six beauties, and embarks on a joyful and sweet love journey with them. Six girls that are charming, innocent, intelligent, wild, sexy, glamorous, who will go to the end with you is up to you to decide.
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.3%, Romance 21.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its live-action dating format supplies plenty of romantic routes and player decisions, albeit with a more comedic and adult-oriented presentation.
- #15 Making*Lovers
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 662 reviews2020
Dev: SmeePub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Making*Lovers A story about the way love can bloom after dating begins. The focus in Making*Lovers is on the things that come after a relationship's beginning. With "start dating, then fall in love" as the concept, you will work towards the moment when love truly blooms.
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.1%, Romance 25.3%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Simulation 8%, Story Rich 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This upbeat dating visual novel focuses directly on building relationships after couples meet, with several lighthearted romance routes.
- #16 Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,152 reviews2022
Dev: Soviet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Why similar: Romance 21.7%, Dating Sim 19%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A branching romance visual novel with several relationship routes and a larger dramatic story surrounding its protagonist’s choices.
- #17 Charming Hearts
84% matchVery Positive88% of 599 reviews2024
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
"Charming Hearts" is a real-life interactive dating game. Players will meet, get to know, and fall in love with different types of beauty. Every choice will lead to a completely different chemical reaction with "her"; every entanglement, the sweet love is entangled and pulled.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.7%, Romance 23.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 10%
Why You'll Like It: This choice-led interactive romance emphasizes deciding how relationships unfold through dialogue and branching scenes.
- #18 Later Daters - Premium
86% matchVery Positive84% of 93 reviews2020
Dev: Bloom Digital Media
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Ye OLDE! Your new retirement paradise. Date as an octogenarian and find somebody to love, or just get your kicks in while the getting is good. Remember, if the chairs are rockin', don’t come a-knockin.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.3%, Romance 21.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, RPG 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A warm and inclusive dating sim about finding affection later in life, featuring dialogue-driven routes and several potential partners.
- #19 Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
84% matchVery Positive92% of 6,270 reviews2017
Dev: Game Grumps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Dating Sim 42.1%, Romance 24.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 6.3%, Multiple Endings 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its approachable humor, colorful cast, and choice-based dad routes make it an especially inviting relationship-focused dating sim.
- #20 Heart of the Woods
83% matchVery Positive95% of 988 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 72.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A fantasy yuri visual novel filled with magic, fairies, and a ghost girl. When Maddie and her best friend, Tara, journey to a remote forest village to investigate rumors of the supernatural, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for.
Why similar: Romance 29.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Story Rich 8.8%, Great Soundtrack 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A polished supernatural visual novel that balances a sincere central romance with player decisions and atmospheric storytelling.
- #21 Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
82% matchVery Positive89% of 192 reviews2022
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!
Why similar: Romance 26.8%, Dating Sim 25.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Story Rich 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A follow-up with new characters and a branching dating-sim structure that lets your dialogue style and relationships define the story.
- #22 Monster Prom
82% matchVery Positive93% of 14,340 reviews2018
Dev: Beautiful GlitchPub: Xelu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.
Why similar: Dating Sim 56.1%, Choices Matter 16%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%, Story Rich 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its fast, replayable dating-sim runs offer many endings and relationship choices, though with a much more chaotic comedic tone.
- #23 Kaichu - The Kaiju Dating Sim
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 151 reviews2022
Dev: SquiddershinsPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kaichu is a dating sim about kaiju! You play the role of Gigachu, a gigantic romantic looking for love. Meet 6 other eligible kaiju and visit 24 famous landmarks where Gigachu will answer challenging compatibility questions to decide the fate of your relationship.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.8%, Romance 24.9%, Choices Matter 12%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A playful, unusually cute dating sim where dialogue choices and dates help a giant monster find love.
- #24 Coffee Talk
80% matchVery Positive95% of 12,615 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Story Rich 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Although you play a barista rather than a dater, its warm conversation-centered structure and intimate relationship stories create a similarly comforting mood.
- #25 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,851 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: Dating Sim 30.9%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Story Rich 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deeper life-sim visual novel where choices across adolescence strongly affect friendships, romance, personality, and endings.
- #26 Best Friend Forever
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: StarcoltPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
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: Dating Sim 28%, Romance 25.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Cute 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This wholesome dating sim mixes meeting potential partners with caring for a dog, making its romantic choices especially cozy.
- #27 Hatoful Boyfriend
79% matchVery Positive94% of 7,583 reviews2014
Dev: MediatonicPub: Epic Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.1%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Romance 17.5%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Behind its absurd premise is a surprisingly sincere branching dating visual novel with distinct routes and memorable emotional turns.
- #28 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
76% matchVery Positive93% of 22,293 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.7 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 26.1%, Dating Sim 19%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Story Rich 11.1%, Cute 8.5%
- #29 Why do you love me?
77% matchVery Positive98% of 216 reviews2024
Dev: Alkinoy
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short romantic novel about modern relationships. We took some situations from life and tried to answer the question "why do people love each other?".
Why similar: Romance 28.5%, Dating Sim 28%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 8.6%, Cute 7.3%
- #30 Revenge on gold diggers
75% matchVery Positive80% of 51,236 reviews2025
Dev: 前方工作室
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 10.3 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 33.9%, Romance 19.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Story Rich 11%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #31 Tricolour Lovestory
78% matchVery Positive81% of 28,081 reviews2017
Dev: HL-Galgame
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 48.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Time flies and never comes back. But with an incredible 1-million-word script and 100+ original CGs, this game will take you back to when you were young, simple and pure. Go and get the love of your life back, start something new, or end everything in flame, that's for you to decide!
Why similar: Dating Sim 39.5%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Romance 12%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #32 lovebyte.exe
74% matchVery Positive96% of 323 reviews2026
Dev: Nochi Studios
Windows · Mac
A chat dating sim game inspired by Mystic Messenger, VTuber communities, and internet spam
Why similar: Romance 25.9%, Dating Sim 18.5%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Visual Novel 8.5%
- #33 Yixin
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: 神風教主 (Master Kamikaze)
Windows
The first love simulator, the real immersive real-life love game, the video novel type, the only pure love experience, takes you into the pure and beautiful love world that seems like dreams, and feels the emotion that has been buried in your heart for a long time.
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.2%, Romance 31%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Story Rich 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 6.5%
- #34 In Search Of You
77% matchMixed67% of 186 reviews2024
Dev: Celestial Star Studios
Windows
This game is to rekindle the exhilarating sensation of youthful passion—to perfectly capture the essence of romantic endeavors, making the experience of falling in love both sweet and meaningful, and to inspire players with the beauty of love within the nightlife entertainment industry.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.9%, Romance 24.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #35 Find Love or Die Trying
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 23.9 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 36%, Romance 27.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #36 Love starts again
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: WWWave Corporation
Windows
A live-action romance adventure with high-definition images from a first-person perspective. A love drama begins with a friend, a childhood friend, a junior from high school, a senior at a part-time job, an influencer you like, and a student you saved from a delinquent...
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.1%, Romance 27.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Cute 7.6%
- #37 Sounds of Her Love 2
73% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: ds-sans
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cute romance visual novel set at an international school in Japan. As you approach the final hours of your school years together, help your sweet but shy girlfriend Ceri overcome her fears to be able to play the harp at the school's graduation ceremony. A tender, wholesome love story awaits.
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 14%, Interactive Fiction 7%, Cute 6%
- #38 Draw & Guess
73% matchVery Positive84% of 35,225 reviews2021
Dev: Acureus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
An online party game of drawing and guessing for up to 16 players with a variety of modes. Bring out the best (or worst) of your drawing and guessing skills!
Why similar: Cute 53.1%, Puzzle 18.1%, Casual 16.8%, 2D 12%
- #39 Senren＊Banka
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 37,218 reviews2020
Dev: YUZUSOFTPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 170.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Senren＊Banka is a Japanese-style visual novel produced by Yuzusoft, a Japanese developer of romance VNs. This game commemorated Yuzusoft's 10th anniversary. It won numerous awards on the year of its release in Japan for its art, music, and characters.
Why similar: Dating Sim 35%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Romance 17.5%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Great Soundtrack 4.9%
- #40 WHITE ALBUM: Memories like Falling Snow
71% matchVery Positive93% of 907 reviews2023
Dev: AQUAPLUSPub: DMM GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The classic visual novel from AQUAPLUS that launched one of Japan's most beloved franchises, WHITE ALBUM is a story of love in many forms. Will a couple cling together, or drift apart on the cold wind? The album of their relationship will be as white as snow, and as poignant.
Why similar: Romance 23.9%, Dating Sim 23.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #41 Vampires' Melody
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,731 reviews2020
Dev: AsicxArt
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 37.1 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: Dating Sim 30.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Romance 16%, Multiple Endings 13%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
- #42 Rubber Bandits
71% matchVery Positive84% of 7,212 reviews2021
Dev: Flashbulb
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Rubber Bandits is a criminally fun multiplayer party game for up to 4 players. With 8 action-packed game modes, players steal, brawl, and dash to the finish line with the most loot to win!
Why similar: Cute 79.3%, Casual 20.7%
- #43 Just Date
72% matchMixed67% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Podderzhka
Windows
Just Date is a simulator of a real date, and it's up to you to determine how successful it will be. Share stories and jokes, treat yourself to delicious dishes, and try to win the heart of the beautiful girl, Elizabeth.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.6%, Romance 25.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #44 TryAndLove
73% matchMixed52% of 231 reviews2024
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
A man's life is a life of pursuing love. The childish love of childhood sweethearts? White Moonlight's pure love? Ignorant of the astringent love of forbidden fruit? Blind love like a moth flying into a flame? True love that transcends the world? Act Ren Xing and make a willful choice.
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.7%, Romance 27.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 6.7%
- #45 Volcano Princess
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 49,236 reviews2023
Dev: 养蛋人 Egg Hatcher
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.4%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #46 DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation
70% matchVery Positive95% of 3,790 reviews2019
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 143.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Show the Spirits the power of love and save the world in this romantic visual novel!
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.2%, Romance 23.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #47 Young Hearts
69% 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: Romance 30.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #48 Climber Animals: Together
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 6,201 reviews2024
Dev: Devotion Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Climber Animals is a challenging and dynamic parkour game for 1-8 players. In this game,overcome obstacles and climb to the top with your friends. If you fall, your progress is lost and you start over. Keep your balance on this challenging climb and compete with your friends to reach the top.
Why similar: Simulation 53.8%, Casual 27.8%, Adventure 18.4%
- #49 NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 303,006 reviews2021
Dev: 24 EntertainmentPub: NetEase Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 126.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dive into the legends of the Far East in NARAKA: BLADEPOINT; team up with friends in fast-paced melee fights for a Battle Royale experience unlike any other. Find your playstyle with a varied cast of heroes with unique skills. More than 40 million players have already joined the fray, play free now!
Why similar: Anime 69%, Adventure 31%
- #50 PockeDate! - Pocket Dating Simulator
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,665 reviews2024
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend.
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.7%, Romance 24.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Cute 6.6%
- #51 The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
66% matchVery Positive94% of 60,129 reviews2024
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 25.8 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: Dating Sim 23.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Romance 17.7%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #52 港詭實錄ParanormalHK
69% matchVery Positive89% of 20,574 reviews2020
Dev: Ghostpie Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paranormal HK is a first person horror game about Urban legends of Hong Kong, China. The story is about a crew of online supernatural channel“Beyond the Invisible” went to Kowloon Walled City to film a short movie for their latest episode and encountered something out of their expectations.
Why similar: Dating Sim 84.9%, Puzzle 5.6%, Adventure 3.7%, Cute 3.3%, Indie 2.5%
- #53 花奴令 Huanu Poems
67% matchVery Positive92% of 144 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: Dating Sim 19.9%, Romance 16.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #54 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
66% matchVery Positive94% of 58,305 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Multiple Endings 24.7%, Cute 15.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Anime 9.4%
- #55 It Takes Two
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 270,640 reviews2021
Dev: Hazelight StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
Why similar: Story Rich 59.4%, Puzzle 27.4%, Adventure 13.2%
- #56 Muse Dash
66% matchVery Positive91% of 122,371 reviews2019
Dev: peroperoPub: hasuhasu
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Paradise of parkour & rhythm game ★★★ — Muse Dash!!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38.5%, Beautiful 23.6% ★, Cute 19.8%, Anime 10.3%, Casual 3.6%
- #57 Last Day of June
68% matchVery Positive87% of 4,725 reviews2017
Dev: OvosonicoPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?
Why similar: Romance 22.9%, Beautiful 22.6% ★, Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Choices Matter 14%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #58 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,478 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.4%, Romance 22.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
