- #1 BAD END THEATER
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Like Majotori, this game focuses on exploring multiple tragic outcomes through a dark, meta-narrative lens where your choices dictate the fate of the cast.
- #2 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
96% matchVery Positive87% of 3,646 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the experimental nature of Majotori by using your gameplay decisions to analyze your personality and determine your path.
- #3 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,866 reviews2023
Dev: NankidaiPub: 0UP GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Sara Chidouin returns home from school late one night to discover that something's gone terribly wrong. When she comes to, she finds herself, her friend Joe, and 9 other people trapped in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Multiple Endings 21%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Anime 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the high-stakes, life-or-death atmosphere of Majotori, requiring players to make difficult moral choices under pressure.
- #4 Lily's Day Off
95% matchVery Positive88% of 229 reviews2017
Dev: Kyuppin
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Lily's Day Off is a visual novel, but not in the typical sense. As you progress in this game, your actions drastically change characters, story lines, and outcomes.
Why similar: Dark Humor 34.3%, Memes 31.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Anime 12.1%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes dark humor and a wide variety of bizarre, nonlinear endings that feel very much in the spirit of Majotori's unpredictable storytelling.
- #5 The Yawhg
94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,451 reviews2014
Dev: Damian Sommer
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
The Yawhg is a one-to-four player choose-your-own-adventure game that randomizes a unique story every time you play. The evil Yawhg is returning. How will the town’s locals lead their lives in the meanwhile, and what will they do when the dreaded Yawhg finally arrives?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 49.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar structure of short, impactful narrative segments where your choices lead to vastly different, often dark, endings for the characters.
- #6 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
93% matchVery Positive93% of 6,967 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Multiple Endings 22.5%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Story Rich 14.8%, Anime 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines logic-based puzzles and trivia-like challenges with a high-stakes, branching narrative that is essential for fans of Majotori.
- #7 BAD END
94% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Memes 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Anime 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic indie visual novel that leans into the dark, tragic themes that Majotori fans often appreciate.
- #8 Doki Doki Literature Club!
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Anime 27.6%, Memes 13.1%, Cute 13%, Story Rich 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the deceptive anime aesthetic of Majotori, hiding a dark, meta-narrative experience that subverts player expectations.
- #9 The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
91% matchVery Positive94% of 34,321 reviews2022
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 36.2%, Choices Matter 27.7%, Dark Humor 18.8%, Story Rich 9.9%, Adventure 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at meta-humor and branching paths, rewarding players for exploring the consequences of their choices in a nonlinear fashion.
- #10 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 269 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This visual novel offers a deep, choice-driven experience where your decisions have significant, far-reaching consequences on the world and its characters.
- #11 Three Wishes
89% matchVery Positive100% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Kyuppin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ever wonder what the little sisters of famous idols get up to in their free time? Get ready for an adventure full of headpats and wish-driven insanity! Discover 12+ endings in this visual novel that pushes the genre beyond its limits.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Dark Humor 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Anime 12.5%, Cute 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: The central theme of wish-granting and the resulting consequences mirrors the core premise of the witch's game in Majotori.
- #12 Jester / King
90% matchVery Positive94% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests. Will you seek the truth, help the others, or try to escape?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Dark Humor 14.6%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This visual novel focuses on the weight of choices and the impact they have on the kingdom, echoing the decision-heavy gameplay of the seed game.
- #13 GNOSIA
88% matchVery Positive94% of 4,733 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.5%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Anime 21.1%, Story Rich 14.7%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: The loop-based gameplay and social deduction elements provide a similar sense of urgency and narrative depth found in Majotori.
- #14 Demonheart
89% matchVery Positive91% of 752 reviews2017
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19%, Dark Humor 17.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a strong focus on choices that matter, allowing players to shape their character's personality and influence the dark fantasy world.
- #15 Who's Lila?
86% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Visual Novel 13%
Why You'll Like It: This surreal, dark adventure game features a unique interaction system that forces players to make choices that drastically alter the narrative flow.
- #16 Far Away
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,931 reviews2021
Dev: Gratesca
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
Why similar: Dark Humor 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich visual novel that emphasizes the importance of player choices in determining the final outcome of the narrative.
- #17 The Hex
86% matchVery Positive94% of 5,416 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
Why similar: Memes 25.8%, Story Rich 25.2%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Indie 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a meta-narrative adventure that shifts through different genres and styles, much like the varied scenarios presented in Majotori.
- #18 Strawberry Vinegar
87% matchVery Positive84% of 212 reviews2016
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A cute comedy yuri VN about a gluttonous demon and a cynical young girl centered around the most important thing in life: food! ♥
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Anime 10.4%, Stylized 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It balances cute aesthetics with dark, cynical humor, making it a great tonal match for Majotori.
- #19 DevilConnection
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,613 reviews2025
Dev: ChaoGames
Windows · Mac
Punish the little bastard demon and being punished too! Cemo-Summoning Adventure Game
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy visual novel that features multiple endings and a heavy emphasis on player choices.
- #20 WTF Is Wrong With You?
84% matchVery Positive93% of 362 reviews2021
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Have you ever wondered WTF Is Wrong With You? Well, so have we... Let's find out together, shall we?
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.8%, Memes 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation game uses dark comedy and multiple endings to explore the consequences of player decisions.
- #21 Yuri Dating Agency
82% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.6%, LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines dark humor and psychological horror elements within a visual novel framework, appealing to fans of Majotori's edgier side.
- #22 Choice of Life: Samosbor
81% matchVery Positive88% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're just a simple inhabitant of the endless Gigastructure. The best you'll get is seven shifts at a machine and a bowl of feed concentrate, and that for good service to the party.... Is that it? Or do you have a choice?
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique, choice-heavy experience where every decision can lead to a sudden and often humorous end.
- #23 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,215 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.7%, Anime 27.9%, Story Rich 16.2%, Cute 6.9%, Adventure 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in dark, mystery-filled visual novels that use multiple loops and endings to tell a complex, unsettling story.
- #24 BEAST CRIMES
83% matchMixed63% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: LINK
Windows
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This detective-themed visual novel requires careful investigation and decision-making to reach the correct conclusion.
- #25 Border of her Heart
84% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven interactive fiction title that focuses on character relationships and branching paths.
- #26 Papers, Please
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,508 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 46.1%, Indie 22.6%, Story Rich 21.2%, Adventure 5.2%, Casual 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: While a different genre, it shares the core mechanic of making high-stakes moral choices that directly impact the lives of others.
- #27 Coffee Talk
79% matchVery Positive95% of 12,156 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 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: LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides an atmospheric, story-rich experience where your interactions and choices influence the lives of the patrons you serve.
- #28 Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,634 reviews2016
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Umineko When They Cry is the 2nd series of Sound Novel released by 07th Expansion. The steam version features renewed character sprites which is swappable from the classic art.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43%, Story Rich 23.2%, Anime 19.5%, Fantasy 11.1%, Adventure 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, meta-fictional mystery that challenges the player's perception of the truth, similar to the trivia-based deductions in Majotori.
- #29 This Magical Girl is a B☆tch
78% matchVery Positive99% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Pastel Magic
Windows · Mac · Linux
A magical girl visual novel about giving middle-schoolers way too much power. Make (bad) choices, fight unexpected enemies, and maybe learn a lesson or two...
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #30 Later Alligator
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,988 reviews2019
Dev: SmallBü
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Pat the alligator, a (mostly) harmless and (probably) innocent reptile is at the center of a conspiracy that could bring down the biggest, scariest family in Alligator New York City: his own! Explore the city, meet the Family, and try to save Pat before the clock runs out.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.6%, Cute 30%, Indie 19.2%, Casual 7.7%, Adventure 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the quirky, humorous, and nonlinear adventure style that makes Majotori so charming.
- #31 The Final Prize is Soup
77% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Anime 11%
- #32 Mushroom Musume
75% matchVery Positive97% of 212 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: LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
- #33 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
76% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Memes 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Visual Novel 11%
- #34 Melancholy Love
77% matchVery Positive94% of 71 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+ 20.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #35 Bewitching Sinners
74% matchVery Positive96% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dark Humor 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #36 1 to 1 humanoid edible toys
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,339 reviews2024
Dev: 汉谟拉比炒面Pub: 无
Windows · Mac
A story about Ambiguous Affection, Appetite, and Tantalizing Desires.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Dark Humor 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.5%
- #37 Blood Lily Loop
75% matchVery Positive84% of 67 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+ 19%, Dark Humor 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #38 Lachesis or Atropos
76% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #39 Yet Another Killing Game
73% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Multiple Endings 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Anime 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Female Protagonist 11.5%
- #40 WTF Do You Know?
74% matchVery Positive95% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
We just have one question for you... "WTF Do You Know?" I think it might be time for us to find out...
Why similar: Dark Humor 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #41 你已经猜到结局了吗
72% matchVery Positive93% of 416 reviews2022
Dev: 橘音
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 31.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
有些人死了,但没完全死,知道了结局但却未发现真相。 一个人也能玩的海龟汤推理故事。 海龟汤故事通常包含一个极不合理的结果,但不知道其中的过程,您可以自行猜测发生了什么,并提出问题,主持人只会用【是】【否】【无关】来回答你——本该如此,不过她似乎会破例给你些提示,但显然你很高冷,并不为之所动。
Why similar: Trivia 39.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Visual Novel 7.7%
- #42 Hydrangea
71% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 11%
- #43 Jishogi
72% matchVery Positive100% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Lab Rabbit Games ltd
Windows
A dark, story-heavy puzzle game. Enter the mind of Mayu, as her soul is invaded and dug through by a seemingly evil witch. Can you stop her? What if you were able to get the upper hand, and invade her back? Would you show mercy, or destroy her? Jishogi will test you in more ways than one.
Why similar: Anime 20.2%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Story Rich 12.9%
- #44 Hadaka Shitsuji - Naked Butlers
73% matchVery Positive85% of 143 reviews2019
Dev: MADA LaboPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Naked Butlers is a hardcore yaoi visual novel rife with dark comedy. Unleash your inner sadist and bully these hot butlers good in this solo project from a developer who absolutely loves butlers!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19%, Dark Humor 17.4%, Memes 14.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #45 Magical Girl Witch Trials
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 29,650 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Cute 9.2%, Anime 8.1%
- #46 Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet
69% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #47 The Chrono Jotter
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,205 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #48 The Zodiac Trial
71% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.9%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #49 MetaWare High School (Demo)
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 688 reviews2020
Dev: Not Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.
Why similar: Nonlinear 18.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Memes 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #50 I Hate My Waifu Streamer
67% matchVery Positive93% of 769 reviews2025
Dev: Nozori Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Get the streamer's attention at any cost before someone else does. Write comments, chat, and make donations to your waifu, but do not dare to hate her!
Why similar: Dark Humor 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%
- #51 Choo-Choose
67% matchVery Positive85% of 411 reviews2024
Dev: Lunisky Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
So, have you ever heard of the Trolley Problem? Do you know the price of the choices you make? How far are you ready to go to act according to your values? Will you sacrifice the life of the other to hold the moral high ground?
Why similar: Dark Humor 39%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Cute 13.8%, Story Rich 13.6%, Adventure 5.4%
- #52 SHINJUKU SOUMEI
68% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
Through the eyes of Torao, explore a story that raises profound questions about the value of life. Questions that speak to those living in modern times, those in the city, and for all of us.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Adventure 14.8%, Story Rich 4.7%
- #53 DEAD LAMB WALKING
66% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Nonlinear 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11.5%
- #54 Class of '09
66% matchVery Positive95% of 8,293 reviews2021
Dev: SBN3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
This is the anti-visual novel. Instead of playing as some guy magically able to score with beautiful anime girls, YOU play the anime girl and create mass chaos in the lives of your potential "suitors". Earnest comedy, social accuracy, and late 2000's aesthetic await you in Class of '09!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Female Protagonist 14.4%
- #55 Negative Nancy
68% matchVery Positive94% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: FEEDPub: Effort Star
Windows · Mac
Negative Nancy is a choose your “no” adventure for people who have had enough. An interactive sitcom where you can only say “no” (or nothing at all). Your choices control the story.
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.3%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #56 Solstice
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #57 Sisterly Bliss ~Don't Let Mom Find Out~
65% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: eyephonPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
A light admonishment from Mom sparks the realization that these twin sisters care for each other in more than a familial sense. In this dramatic & romantic yuri Visual Novel, it's up to you to navigate the forbidden tension between the sisters so their love can flourish without growing one-sided.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Female Protagonist 12%, Anime 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #58 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
65% matchVery Positive93% of 4,340 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.7%, Multiple Endings 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #59 After School Murder Club!!
68% matchVery Positive86% of 98 reviews2021
Dev: Rabbit, Deer, You
Windows
In this short comedy visual novel, you're an unpopular transfer student who begins a new life at a Japanese high school. You quickly get drafted into the school's most secret after-school club... but could it be that the seemingly innocent members of the Murder Club are hiding a dark secret?!
Why similar: Memes 18.1%, Dark Humor 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #60 MAGICAL DEATHPAIR
67% matchVery Positive92% of 139 reviews2022
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
16 Witches, 8 Couples, Game to escape death... Hunt down the Imposter. Save the world from impending catastrophe. Life and death adventure game for those who love charming witches.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 52.9%, Story Rich 29.5%, Adventure 17.6%