- #1 Super Lesbian Animal RPG
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,892 reviews2022
Dev: ponett
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Melody has decided to become a healer in this classic-inspired turn-based RPG about love, anxiety, and fighting funny-looking monsters in dungeons.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 47.6%, RPG 21%, Romance 15%, Story Rich 7.9%, Indie 7.1%
- #2 Lady in Mystery
96% matchVery Positive94% of 163 reviews2021
Dev: nolsoft
Windows
Welcome to a small detective agency in old Seoul. Lady in Mystery is a Yuri mystery visual novel set in 18th-century Joseon. Choose one of four women to grow closest to Heesoo, the disguised detective. Your choices may lead to love, revenge, or darker paths than you imagined.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.6%, LGBTQ+ 23.3%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Romance 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #3 Stiff Neck
95% matchVery Positive83% of 1,036 reviews2026
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team UranianPub: Tailtone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.5%, LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, RPG 12.5%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #4 Paths Taken
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 114 reviews2019
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Become the noble of a country on the brink of war.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, LGBTQ+ 25%, RPG 20.6%, Romance 8.7%, Indie 8.5%
- #5 Mushroom Musume
94% matchVery Positive97% of 222 reviews2025
Dev: Mortally Moonstruck Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Raise a mushroom from a spore into a fine young woman, then discover the twists and turns her life may take in this creepy-cute fairytale life simulation game.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.5%, LGBTQ+ 24.2%, RPG 14.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #6 London: Echoes of the Past
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 285 reviews2025
Dev: Stellar Artificer Games
Windows · Mac
A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces. Between a gloomy student girl and a glamorous ex-girlfriend, the clues are intertwined, who is the mastermind behind the scene? Play as a detective heroine in 1935 London, embark on a journey of love and growth.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Text-Based 18.3%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Lore-Rich 8.6%
- #7 Open Sorcery: Sea++
94% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Abigail CorfmanPub: Open Sorcery Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up at the bottom of the ocean, surrounded by your broken memories. Reclaim and compile your magic or drown in a sea of dreams.
Why similar: Text-Based 38.3%, RPG 21.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Indie 7%
- #8 Moonless Moon
92% matchVery Positive92% of 314 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 46.5%, Visual Novel 31.1%, Multiple Endings 6.8%, Story Rich 6.2%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #9 q.u.q.
91% matchVery Positive95% of 1,907 reviews2023
Dev: motijanPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
q.u.q. is a surreal visual novel about a somewhat crude girl that wanders a desert.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.4%, Multiple Endings 18%, Text-Based 10.1%, Story Rich 7.4%, Nonlinear 7.2%
- #10 Always Sometimes Monsters
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,447 reviews2014
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.
Why similar: RPG 35.2%, LGBTQ+ 24%, Indie 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #11 The Dawning Letters -Sunrise-
89% matchVery Positive95% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: 戏幻言制作组
Windows · Mac
In 1927, Lu Yanhe, a daughter of a royal family of the Qing dynasty decided, to run away from home. Under the changing times and the subtle influence of new thoughts, she began to seek possibilities beyond her destiny......
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Text-Based 27.8%, RPG 19.1%, Romance 13.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #12 Pendula Swing - The Complete Journey
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Valiant Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Explore a memorable 1920s fantasy world where you interact with, befriend and romance hundreds of characters with unique quests, as an already rich and famous heroine.
Why similar: Alternate History 27.7%, LGBTQ+ 22%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, RPG 13.1%, Romance 9.9%
- #13 The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
89% matchVery Positive90% of 917 reviews2016
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A short lesbian / yuri visual novel set in England. Our heroine, Toma Andrews, meets a ghost girl wearing an old-fashioned nightgown in a graveyard who calls herself Emmeline. Just who is she, and how did she die?
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Text-Based 17.8%, Romance 10.4%, Indie 5.6%
- #14 Hello Girl
88% matchVery Positive98% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Imo Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever felt like a rabbit with a telephone? Hello Girl is a thrilling kinetic visual novel about connection and disconnection, set during a time of great uncertainty.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.7%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Alternate History 18.8%, World War I 16.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.8%
- #15 a new life.
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,412 reviews2020
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.3%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Romance 13.2%, Indie 8.4%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #16 non-binary
86% matchVery Positive94% of 298 reviews2022
Dev: owof games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26%, Visual Novel 23%, Text-Based 20.1%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #17 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
84% matchVery Positive95% of 399 reviews2026
Dev: 符离游戏(FuliGames)
Windows
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women. You will travel to the Land of Women, meet the mysterious young lady Jian Ling, and gradually uncover the bloody and dark secrets behind this realm. Death, resistance, or degeneration? Everything depends on your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, RPG 19.6%, Lore-Rich 14%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Romance 7.9%
- #18 Cemetery Mary
85% matchVery Positive97% of 379 reviews2021
Dev: arcadekitten
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a girl who loves the cemetery. When her parents go missing, she receives a mysterious text that has the potential to completely ruin her life...or fix it?
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.1%, RPG 24.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #19 BAD END THEATER
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,804 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.1%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Romance 7.4%
- #20 LongStory
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 104 reviews2017
Dev: Bloom Digital Media
Windows · Mac
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+ 34.8%, Visual Novel 26.8%, RPG 16.3%, Romance 11.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #21 Melancholy Love
84% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
Windows · Mac
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Romance 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, RPG 8.8%
- #22 Cage of Roses
82% matchVery Positive89% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: ebi-himePub: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.
Why similar: Text-Based 41.6%, LGBTQ+ 23.5%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Romance 10.3%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #23 Guidelicious
82% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, interactive visual novel about waking up in a strange room with a mysterious man. But why are you here? Let Him be your Guide to the truth.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.4%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Romance 8.9%
- #24 The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth
78% matchVery Positive91% of 2,950 reviews2026
Dev: 玛奇阿朵互娱科技Pub: 凤麟工作室
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Alternate History 20.2%, Lore-Rich 14%, RPG 11.6%, Romance 10.6%
- #25 My Vow to My Liege
80% matchVery Positive92% of 4,093 reviews2020
Dev: YETU GAMEPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
《My Vow to My Liege》is a visual novel dating game. Players get to play as a girl disguised as the King of Ng, a man. The 4 dateable characters are: the guide, the enemy, the minister and the guard.Will they choose the man over the country? Love over hate? Who will they finally end up with?
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.5%, Romance 18.6%, RPG 16.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 6.1%
- #26 Eclipse : Special Forces
79% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: MoonSun
Windows · Mac
MEN ARE EXTINCT. ONLY WOMEN REMAIN. Welcome to Eclipse—a choice-driven Yuri VN where God, Kings, Soldiers, and even Villains are all women. As Haesu, an elite agent, your choices will forge her destiny and the very future of the world. Amidst love, desire, and bloodshed—can you handle the truth?
Why similar: Text-Based 28%, LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Visual Novel 20%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #27 taking my Dark Knight Girlfriend to the corner store
78% matchVery Positive99% of 344 reviews2025
Dev: ForeverFuture Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A beautiful Dark Knightess from another world enlisted me in her quest to slay a rogue wizard, and now we're dating! But what if she finds out I have no idea who the Gray Wizard is?!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43.2%, Visual Novel 34.7%, Romance 22.1%
- #28 Will Die Alone
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Text-Based 39%, Visual Novel 22.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 8%
- #29 Walk with the Living
81% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: EcoGoth Games
Windows
Walk with the Living is a queer strategy melodrama focused on character-driven storytelling and player choice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, RPG 15.5%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #30 Graveyard Girls
79% matchVery Positive98% of 164 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.3%, Visual Novel 25.3%, LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Romance 7.5%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #31 missed messages.
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,498 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, LGBTQ+ 31.2%, Romance 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Indie 4.3%
- #32 The Last Winter Knight
77% matchVery Positive98% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.9%, Lore-Rich 22.3%, Romance 18.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #33 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,250 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.6 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: LGBTQ+ 35.9%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Text-Based 12.2%, Romance 7.8%, RPG 6.4%
- #34 My Cat Girl Lover
76% matchVery Positive89% of 355 reviews2022
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Zirui, who lives alone, takes in a dying black cat. One rainy night the black cat suddenly 'bad-mouthed' Zirui. The next day, the black cat disappears and at the same time, a cat lady who resembles the black cat appears in Zirui's bed ......
Why similar: Text-Based 38.9%, Visual Novel 28.8%, RPG 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #35 Arcadia Fallen
76% matchVery Positive95% of 566 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Text-Based 24.9%, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, RPG 11.6%, Romance 10.4%
- #36 我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live
73% matchVery Positive86% of 917 reviews2025
Dev: 番茄炖肉制作组Pub: Comma 49
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a game of dreams, where the price of failing to escape is eternal slumber. Across shifting worlds, you meet 'him.' Is he merely a kindred spirit born of crisis, or a forgotten soul from your distant memories? A heart-pounding romance adventure across the dreamscape—begins now!
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, RPG 22.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Romance 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #37 Gender Dysphoria
75% matchVery Positive92% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: exodrifter
Windows · Linux
A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.3%, LGBTQ+ 24.5%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Nonlinear 16%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #38 Seraphim Slum
73% matchVery Positive96% of 158 reviews2024
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.1%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Text-Based 15.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Romance 9.6%
- #39 破碎棱镜 Broken Prism
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: 白鸢尾剧团
Windows
本作为百合向视觉系恋爱游戏,围绕着黑色海洋探索世界的秘密,出场人物均为女性
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 47.5%, RPG 30.9%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #40 Open Sorcery
74% matchVery Positive98% of 358 reviews2017
Dev: Abigail CorfmanPub: Open Sorcery Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
BEL/S is an Elemental Firewall: a fire elemental bound with C++ code to protect a network of people and places. She can learn things, develop relationships, and even gain sapience. Or she can burn everything with fire. It's up to you.
Why similar: Text-Based 49.8%, RPG 28.7%, Indie 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #41 Decollate Decoration
71% matchVery Positive94% of 375 reviews2026
Dev: KANEKODOPub: KEMCO
Windows
This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.8%, Dark Comedy 39.2%, Indie 5.4%, Story Rich 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #42 Imaginary Friend Institution
71% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Nightmare Emporium
Windows
Experience the not-so-ordinary life of a young institutionalized woman in the 1950’s. Amidst the daily struggles and overbearing loneliness, she often sees things that others do not. However, as the imaginary begins to seep into reality, she realizes she may not be as crazy as she once thought.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.8%, Lore-Rich 25.3%, RPG 23.3%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 6%
- #43 Coralina: a Memory Tale
72% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Gabriel MakiPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, LGBTQ+ 28%, RPG 22.7%, Romance 13.3%
- #44 Lair Land Story
73% matchVery Positive86% of 232 reviews2020
Dev: CIRCLE Ent.Pub: PQube
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Decide a mysterious girl's fate in this stunning visual novel raising sim!
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.6%, RPG 18.1%, Romance 17.8%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #45 Arcade Spirits
72% matchVery Positive91% of 630 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.2 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: LGBTQ+ 33.9%, Visual Novel 31.1%, Romance 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #46 Cabernet
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,170 reviews2025
Dev: Party for IntrovertsPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Choices Matter 15.9%, RPG 15.5%, Romance 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.4%
- #47 RGB GlitchGazer
68% matchVery Positive97% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.9%, Lore-Rich 21.8%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Text-Based 7.8%, Choices Matter 7%
- #48 Gamer Girl Adventure
68% matchVery Positive84% of 188 reviews2025
Dev: Katrina 3DxPub: Gamer Girl Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The story of a gamer girl who expertly juggled two secret romances, until her double life came crashing down with the arrival of the police.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.6%, Visual Novel 32.3%, RPG 18.3%, Choices Matter 3.9%, Romance 3.7%
- #49 Winds of Change
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 592 reviews2019
Dev: Klace
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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+ 30%, Visual Novel 29.7%, Romance 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, RPG 7.9%
- #50 Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet
68% matchVery Positive97% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, LGBTQ+ 35.8%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Story Rich 3.6%
- #51 Sister Ray
66% matchVery Positive94% of 230 reviews2026
Dev: The Growing Stones
Windows
2D RPG about the brutal daily life of Ray - an artist struggling with addiction, who takes care of her little sister. Look after your condition - no one should know about the addiction. Improve your skills, sell paintings, do everything to ease the withdrawal. Survive and look for a way out.
Why similar: RPG 48.3%, Choices Matter 31.8%, Story Rich 16.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #52 Blood Lily Loop
69% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.7%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%, RPG 7.6%
- #53 Demonheart: The Ice Demon
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, LGBTQ+ 30%, Romance 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #54 A Tithe in Blood
67% matchVery Positive88% of 208 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark yuri visual novel about a quiet university student who discovers blood magic in the depths of her grief. Stepping into a world she little understands, Honoka finds unexpected love, and inadvertently sets in motion a deadly series of events.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.3%, Visual Novel 34.4%, Romance 16.3%, Text-Based 9.1%, Story Rich 1.9%
- #55 Winning Love by Daylight [Ep 1 Demo]
69% matchVery Positive89% of 139 reviews2021
Dev: Cutlass Boardgames
Windows
Winning Love by Daylight is a Visual Novel that puts you directly amongst the action as a High School student who slowly uncovers the secret that several of their classmates are actually magical girl super heroes!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.2%, RPG 18.8%, Romance 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #56 Hotel Tutwin
71% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Roxiano Creations
Windows · Mac
Hotel Tutwin is a visual novel designed for horror / romance lovers, but can also be quirky and cute. Each story line is quick and to-the-point, but there are many to discover. Prepare for inevitable deaths.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.7%, Visual Novel 20.5%, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Romance 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #57 Asphyxia
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 279 reviews2015
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, LGBTQ+ 30.2%, Romance 13%, Indie 6.4%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #58 Mythos, Book One
67% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Nine of Swords Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
An "adult" murder mystery urban fantasy comedy visual novel! Lisa Harrison (your ex-girlfriend) is dead, and you have a feeling there's more to it than meets the eye. As you search for answers surrounding Lisa's death, you discover a hidden magical world lurks within modern-day Baltimore.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, RPG 10.4%
- #59 Changeling
69% matchVery Positive93% of 168 reviews2019
Dev: Steamberry Studio
Windows · Mac
A dark, fantastical romantic comedy that focuses not just on falling in love, but rediscovering your past and the dangers of a supernatural world - where what's at stake is not just your heart, but also your life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 63.2%, Romance 19.1%, Indie 17.7%
- #60 Little Goody Two Shoes
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,440 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.8%, RPG 23.1%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Romance 8.9%