Games Like Lurkers

You wake up with no memories inside the House, a place where reality bends... lies linger... and someone watching your every move.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Thriller 10.4%, Narration 9.9%, Mystery 9.5%

Lock and Key: A Magical Girl Mystery is a romantic thriller visual novel starring a married couple of former Magical Girls. Along with and old friend and a new protégé, they'll undertake one last journey to free Chicago from the terrifying grip of a mysterious serial killer.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Casual 6.9%, Multiple Endings 4.8%

「私には『中の人』がいるらしい」 「声優×メタフィクション」新感覚ビジュアルノベル、開幕！ゲームの世界を認識している高校1年生・五月山さつきと、その親友・真野ユイ。そして二人の声を演じるのは声優・宮白桃子。キャラクターと「中の人」が交わるとき、物語はどこへ向かうのか。

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.6%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Narration 13.5%, Text-Based 6.6%

Let's MEAT Adam is a Bara, BxB visual novel set in a neon NIGHTMARE of an escape-room-turned-death-game. Muscles, Blood, Escape, Trust, Betray, MEAT.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.7%, Thriller 23.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Multiple Endings 5.3%

A visual novel about love, full of odd humor, dark humor, meta humor and hopefully, heart. Join Nastya Byool as she goes on a dark, surreal adventure that will change her life forever. This kinetic novel will take you about 40 minutes, making it a good way to pass the time if you're short on it.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45%, Visual Novel 36.1%, Casual 7%, Story Rich 5.2%, 2D 5%

A honey-trapping, backstabbing, high-stakes story with a romantic heart, featuring problematic gays to suit a variety of bad tastes. Set in 1920s New York, this episodic visual novel follows an audacious conman juggling friends, enemies, and the most outrageous scam he’s ever tried to pull.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38%, Historical 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Narration 11.8%, Text-Based 3.5%

Travel to Poland in 1772, experience life as a servant, and solve a mystery at court!

Why similar: Historical 35.8%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Casual 6.2%

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: LGBTQ+ 30.2%, Historical 19%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Mystery 9.4%, Text-Based 5.9%

A strange location, an awkward situation, and a mysterious girl: what will these lead to?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 49.9%, Visual Novel 33.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%

A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Thriller 18.5%, Mystery 9.5%, Choices Matter 6.6%

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+ 49.6%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Choices Matter 5.6%

Made for people who love Hallmark movies — and people who love to hate them. A totally normal love story in a perfectly ordinary small town, where nothing weird ever happens…or so you’re told.

Why similar: Thriller 28%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

"Whe its dyed in the color of the sunset" is a novel game set on Earth in 2034, where humans and other races coexist, depicting the love story of the beastman protagonist, Herbert. While living his school life, he will take actions to interact with the nine romanceable characters.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.8%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Multiple Endings 7%, 2D 4.2%

A visual novel about first love, decisions, and the sweetness of a town where everyone knows each other. Join Haruto on his journey to discover what it truly means to love.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.5%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Choices Matter 5.6%, Story Rich 5.2%

On her way to the city of opportunity, a young Freyja is trapped when a sudden fog descends upon the town known as Avon-On-Reach. Soon, she starts to wonder if there's more to the fog than meets the eye, and if it has a connection to the strange monstrous happenings around the town.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 48.2%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Mystery 7.3%, Story Rich 6.4%

The Night at Barrington's is a BL mystery visual novel set in Victorian England. When servant Ethan is named the unexpected heir, he becomes entangled with the noble Barrington family's two sons—and uncovers the secrets hidden within the estate.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.3%, Visual Novel 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Mystery 6.2%, Story Rich 5.5%

A visual novel set in 1920s Paris. As summer draws near, young students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.5%, Historical 24.4%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Multiple Endings 5.8%, Story Rich 5.1%

"Love You To Pieces" is a Horror/Slasher Visual Novel thematically centered around Valentine's Day. Featuring elements of grind-house, choose-your-own-adventure and mystery. Can you or any of your friends survive this bloody love fest?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.6%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Thriller 13.1%, Multiple Endings 4.6%

Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Thriller 12.3%, Mystery 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%

Japanese adventure game. Set in the present age, the game unfolds from the point of view of Kei Hato, a girl who has a special blood called "Nieno Chi". A special system called the blood sucking system is used.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.8%, Visual Novel 31.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

The Mall Explodes! is a visual novel about a security guard with only a few minutes to stop a bomb from exploding in a shopping mall. Figure out who the bomber is and stop them before it's too late!

Why similar: Thriller 31.4%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Mystery 7.3%

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+ 36.1%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Multiple Endings 6.1%

The protagonist is a young man named Hisora, who works several blue-collar part-time jobs. One day, he suddenly finds himself lost in a strange world. This is an otherworldly boys-love fantasy in which Hisora will risk his life to find a way back to his world.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 51.3%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Story Rich 5.5%, 2D 2.2%

Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Thriller 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Mystery 9%, Choices Matter 7.3%

A visual novel about a girl who watches a snuff video to relieve stress, justifying herself with the fact that what is happening on the screen isn’t real...

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.5%, Visual Novel 21%, Thriller 20%, First-Person 7.1%, Text-Based 4.8%

The Club is a fetish visual novel with a number of puzzles. You can play the game as either a trainee mistress or a trainee maid, each of whom visit The Club and become immersed in the wonderful world of fetishism that they find there. All characters are dressed in latex, PVC or leather.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.6%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Thriller 8%, Story Rich 5.8%, First-Person 4.7%

What does a SUPERVILLAIN do, when he is forbidden from doing anything evil for the day? WARNING: This is not the type of game where you can make meaningful choices.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 49.5%, Visual Novel 29.6%, Narration 10.8%, Story Rich 6.1%, Casual 2.2%

A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34%, Thriller 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Mystery 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.6%

“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.5%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7%, Choices Matter 6.5%

NSFW Gay Visual Novel Dating Sim! Black Ops soldiers Wraith and Tide know they must count on each other to survive. Will their bond as battle-brothers evolve into something more? Monster Ops: Military Special Forces Hunting Rogue Monsters!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 48.2%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 6.1%, Choices Matter 5.7%

A mystery adventure where a boy travels back to Edo-period Japan and investigates grotesque murders in Yoshiwara's pleasure quarter. Using a time-loop system, players uncover the truth by replaying events and piecing together clues.

Why similar: Historical 22.3%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Thriller 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Text-Based 7.4%

It’s time for him to face a long-avoided past. See the story from different point of views and gradually discover what caused everything to fall apart. The truth is hidden between the lines.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40.5%, Visual Novel 34.4%, Mystery 16.4%, Story Rich 5%, Indie 3.7%

A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Mystery 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Multiple Endings 6.4%

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: LGBTQ+ 38.9%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 7%, Multiple Endings 6.4%

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

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.1%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Multiple Endings 7%, Choices Matter 4.8%

After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.

Why similar: Thriller 24.6%, LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Mystery 10.5%, Text-Based 6.8%

Bifröst: Prelude to the Storm is a BL visual novel set in an epic fantasy world — told through 8 POV characters, 30+ fully illustrated cast members, accompanied with 40+ soundtracks and 50+ event CG's. The story branches based on your decisions, shaping relationships, loyalties, and personal fates.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43.6%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Mystery 9.1%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Story Rich 5.3%

A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.2%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Thriller 15.2%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Mystery 7.3%

Please note: This game does not support English at current stage. 《小厨杂记》是一款融合了烹饪元素的视觉小说，通过为食客端上不同的菜肴与食客对话，并最终达成不同的结局。

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Historical 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Text-Based 10.7%, Choices Matter 6%

select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.8%, Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%

LMA2 is a Gay Bara Horror Visual Novel, with murder mystery and puzzle elements; the sequel to 2017's "Let's MEAT Adam".

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.1%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Thriller 12.7%, Choices Matter 5.7%

Japanese adventure game. Aoi Shiro is an adventure game that sets stage in both the modern real world and a mythical world. Aoi Shiro takes place in the same universe as its predecessor, Akai Ito.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, LGBTQ+ 32.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Learn about the ancestors of your PC with this visual novel! ENIAC...UNIVAC... Wait, why are these machines so handsome?!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.3%, Visual Novel 29.1%, Historical 24.5%, Casual 5%, 2D 2.2%

Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.1%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Thriller 10%, Choices Matter 5.3%

Invited by a stranger to join FOOL'S PARADISE, you'll seek a sense of community without conformity as you make choices that determine to the fate of the commune and all those within it. So, when confronted by division and derision, will you change the status quo or are you content to let it crumble?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Thriller 12%, First-Person 7.3%

If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.2%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

KnightsCollege 2 is a kemono visual novel set in the Knight College, where elite knight candidates live. In this game, every choice is presented as a card, and the protagonist lives in the dormitory while collecting cards.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 50.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Casual 3.3%

Follow Chrys as he declares to swear off dating in favor of focusing on himself and hanging out with friends. That is until a very sweet, and very hot tattoo artist named Shay enters the picture. Has Chrys' bad luck gone away?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.8%, Visual Novel 27.7%, Narration 19.9%, Casual 4.7%, Indie 1.1%

A short BL Visual Novel about romance and pirates.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.1%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Historical 14.6%, Multiple Endings 6.1%, Choices Matter 5.7%

It's up to you to decide how far you're willing to go in order to survive in this psychological thriller visual novel about two best friends trapped in an experiment. Can these two men survive their choices between physical and psychological harm long enough to earn freedom?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.3%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Thriller 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.5%, Choices Matter 4%

Coffee Buns is a transformation visual novel set in the world of Mice Tea. Leonardo Bianco is a barista getting used to living in a world where a magical tea can turn you into a furry, and when he gets his own chance to try it he's thrust into an erotic, gender-bending journey of self-discovery.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.8%, Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 6.9%, Casual 4.6%

A short horror visual novel where you get to know your brand new self-aware in-game boyfriend and explore your relationship through Talking About Something in the Nowhere.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.5%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Text-Based 6.5%, Mystery 6.4%

Set in 1920s Prohibition-era America, this romantic comedy follows Detective Richter and his adventures as he attempts to unravel Cleveland's liquor industry.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 68.4%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Casual 3.4%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.2%

A homoerotic thriller visual novel set in a luxurious men’s spa. Investigate a murder, pursue romance, solve puzzles, and uncover dangerous secrets.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.4%, Thriller 23.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Choices Matter 5.4%

As the summer heat fades, Suoh Shirahane is just one step away from unraveling the mystery of why her beloved Amitie partner left in the spring.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46.1%, Visual Novel 29.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Multiple Endings 4.8%, Story Rich 4.7%

It is the year 2014 in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, Japan. Though previously banned at the close of World War II, the practice of the onmyoji—masters of spirits and divination—has been approved once again in order to combat the ongoing supernatural threat.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.5%, Visual Novel 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Multiple Endings 7%, Choices Matter 5.5%

Halloween Eye is a text-based adventure game set in a modern alternate-history city with light fantasy elements. Through the perspective of the protagonist, Grey, players will witness the kindness and harshness of human nature, as well as the evolution and fate of the city.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.2%, Visual Novel 30.8%, Mystery 9%, Story Rich 7.8%, Multiple Endings 4.8%

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+ 30.2%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Text-Based 7.8%

A Visual Novel game filled with romance, action, and intrigue. Create your Dragon Commander, befriend or romance the future King, and find the courage to save the Kingdom.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.9%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Text-Based 9.6%, Choices Matter 3.2%

「春の音はまるで君に似てて」は暗い夜、道に迷ったような時期に悩んでいた主人公、相原愛理が偶然蒼の歌声を聞くようになり、二人の物語が始まります。日本の女学校を背景とし、少女と少女が出会い、お互いを通して自分が進みたい道を見つけ、一歩、また一歩踏み出していく、成長と恋の過程を込めた「ゆり」キネティックノーベルです。

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 48%, Visual Novel 30.9%, Text-Based 8.5%, Story Rich 6.3%, 2D 4.6%