- #1 Doki Doki Literature Club!
97% 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 27.7%, Psychological Horror 24%, Romance 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Horror 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, it uses the visual novel format to subvert expectations with intense psychological horror and meta-narrative elements.
- #2 a new life.
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,375 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+ 32%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Romance 16.1%, Emotional 13.6%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This short, emotional narrative focuses on LGBTQ+ romance and the weight of choices in a way that mirrors the intimate feel of the seed game.
- #3 If Found...
96% matchVery Positive90% of 2,276 reviews2020
Dev: DREAMFEELPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.6%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Emotional 9.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A beautifully illustrated, story-rich game that deals with identity and memory through a unique, interactive diary-based interface.
- #4 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Psychological 18.5%, Emotional 10.3%, Horror 7%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological and surreal experience that captures the same sense of unease and mental health exploration found in the seed game.
- #5 Lake of Voices
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 620 reviews2018
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Romance 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, choice-driven visual novel where the fate of the characters depends heavily on your decisions, much like the branching paths in the seed game.
- #6 Emily is Away
94% matchVery Positive89% of 32,165 reviews2015
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.6%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Romance 18.9%, Story Rich 11.6%, Simulation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a nostalgic instant-messaging interface to tell a branching story about relationships and the passage of time.
- #7 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,266 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Psychological 12%, Great Soundtrack 6.9%, Female Protagonist 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel continues the intense, abstract exploration of the protagonist's psyche with a unique visual style.
- #8 Marie's Room
93% matchVery Positive93% of 6,612 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Guillaume
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.6%, Female Protagonist 23.4%, Story Rich 19.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Indie 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric walking simulator that uses environmental storytelling to uncover a deeply emotional past.
- #9 A Date with Death
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,259 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.9 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: LGBTQ+ 38.6%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Romance 21.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Anime 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines romance and supernatural elements with a modern interface, creating a compelling and emotional narrative.
- #10 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
91% matchVery Positive95% of 53,234 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 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 33.4%, Psychological Horror 31%, Psychological 15.7%, Sexual Content 7.4%, Anime 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-heavy psychological simulator that explores internet culture, obsession, and mental health through a desktop interface.
- #11 It gets so lonely here
89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,971 reviews2023
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.9%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Romance 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: An intimate, LGBTQ-focused visual novel that explores themes of isolation and dark fantasy elements.
- #12 The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
90% matchVery Positive90% of 893 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 25.3%, LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Romance 14.2%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Emotional 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A brief, impactful visual novel that deals with heavy themes of loss and emotional struggle.
- #13 Emily is Away Too
89% matchVery Positive93% of 6,144 reviews2017
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.6%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Memes 9.5%, Story Rich 7%, Psychological Horror 7%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original's interface-based storytelling with more complex relationship dynamics and branching paths.
- #14 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,225 reviews2015
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Anime 8.1%, Emotional 7.9%, Story Rich 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, highly emotional visual novel that focuses on life, death, and the connections formed in difficult circumstances.
- #15 Emily is Away <3
87% matchVery Positive91% of 6,586 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Choices Matter 23.1%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Emotional 20.3%, Romance 14.3%, Story Rich 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The third installment in the series, perfectly capturing the anxiety and emotional weight of digital communication in the social media era.
- #16 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
86% 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: Psychological 31.5%, Female Protagonist 25.8%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Story Rich 7.9%, Anime 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A gripping psychological horror visual novel that forces the player to make difficult moral choices in a high-stakes environment.
- #17 Graveyard Girls
86% matchVery Positive98% of 158 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: LGBTQ+ 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Emotional 14.8%, Psychological 12.3%, Romance 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, interactive fiction game that explores emotional themes through a gothic and melancholic lens.
- #18 Save the Date
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Post Boredom Games
Windows
Time is broken, and only the Union's finest Temporal Mechanic can save it. Once he clocks in to work, that is. In this deep space precision platformer's Prologue Episode, manipulate time to overcome deadly obstacles in a race against the clock to reach the Mayan Temple and Save the Date.
Why similar: Story Rich 45.9%, Casual 29.7%, Indie 17.1%, Singleplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-fictional experience that subverts the dating sim genre by focusing on the inevitability of failure and the importance of choices.
- #19 Confess My Love
84% matchVery Positive94% of 4,837 reviews2017
Dev: LR Studio
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
The story takes place after school, when Willie decides to confess his love to the girl of his dreams, Liza. Afraid of being refused, he hesitated for a while. Should he summon up his courage and confess his love to her?
Why similar: Romance 29.9%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, horror-tinged RPG that uses multiple endings to explore the consequences of obsession and confession.
- #20 One Thousand Lies
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,129 reviews2016
Dev: Keinart Lobre
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
One day, Ciarán starts receiving enigmatic emails from a mysterious sender, turning his everyday life into a mess of a romantic comedy with psychological themes mixed in. What lies beyond the mystery he's been presented with? In the words of Harry H.: "If you want to know the truth, go find it".
Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Romance 20.3%, Psychological 16.8%, Anime 6.3%, Story Rich 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich visual novel that blends mystery and romance with a focus on character-driven narratives.
- #21 memories
82% matchVery Positive94% of 1,515 reviews2023
Dev: guiyyuPub: Spookulele Games
Windows · Mac
memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Romance 15.2%, Emotional 14%, Choices Matter 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play visual novel that focuses on LGBTQ+ romance and the impact of choices on the narrative outcome.
- #22 Lucid9: Inciting Incident
83% matchVery Positive90% of 1,038 reviews2016
Dev: Fallen Snow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Anime 7.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused visual novel that features a compelling cast and atmospheric storytelling.
- #23 Left on Read
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,286 reviews2020
Dev: Weston Bell-GeddesPub: Spookulele Games
Windows · Mac
It’s March of 2020; you were just sent home from college because of the coronavirus, you have a few small regrets, mainly not telling someone how you really feel.
Why similar: Romance 27.8%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Emotional 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Memes 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that captures the anxiety of modern digital dating and the importance of communication.
- #24 Long Live The Queen
80% matchVery Positive95% of 7,115 reviews2013
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.9%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Anime 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Simulation 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging simulation game where every choice can lead to a tragic end, emphasizing the weight of decision-making.
- #25 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
81% matchVery Positive86% of 1,500 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 10.5%, Female Protagonist 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A branching horror visual novel that emphasizes character relationships and the consequences of player choices.
- #26 Find Love or Die Trying
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.6 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: Visual Novel 28.5%, Romance 24.5%, Emotional 17.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Sexual Content 5.4%
- #27 Always Sometimes Monsters
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,446 reviews2014
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 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: LGBTQ+ 32.8%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Romance 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Story Rich 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy indie game that explores the consequences of your actions on your life and relationships.
- #28 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
79% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.8%, Romance 16.9%, Anime 9.4%, Horror 6.6%, Psychological Horror 5.6%
- #29 Carpe Diem
79% matchVery Positive89% of 8,560 reviews2015
Dev: Moonlit Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Seize the day
Why similar: Visual Novel 58.8%, Anime 13.1%, Psychological Horror 6%, Romance 5.6%, Sexual Content 3.9%
- #30 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,488 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 79.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Romance 21%, Anime 6%, Sexual Content 5.6%
- #31 Lynne
78% matchVery Positive80% of 1,113 reviews2018
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.5%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 7.6%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, Sexual Content 6.3%
- #32 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
75% matchVery Positive90% of 6,572 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Romance 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #33 Selene ~Apoptosis~
75% matchVery Positive88% of 5,451 reviews2023
Dev: Viscum keyPub: Nupu Neko Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A beautiful stranger appears at your doorstep. Will you let her in? Dive into a captivating nightmare and decide the fates of those around you in this free mystic thriller visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Romance 15.9%, Sexual Content 11.7%, Horror 10.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #34 CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,308 reviews2016
Dev: FerventPub: Afterthought Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
"Love is both poison and cure, both knife and remedy." Set in 18th Century France, this is a gothic romance tale about loss, revenge and the different faces of love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.2%, Romance 14.3%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Sexual Content 9.2%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
- #35 Virtual Cottage
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,950 reviews2020
Dev: DU&I
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 61.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.8%, Anime 16.5%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Casual 11.6%, Simulation 10.1%
- #36 BAD END THEATER
73% 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+ 34.2%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Romance 11.7%, Story Rich 6%
- #37 Kill or Love
74% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Romance 19.9%, Anime 6.2%, Choices Matter 4.6%
- #38 Heart Fragment
73% matchVery Positive92% of 325 reviews2021
Dev: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Can you collect all the fragments to reach your happy ending? Or will your attempts only end in tragedy? Find out in this psychological otome game as you sort your way through the secrets & lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Romance 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Psychological 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #39 Blossoms Bloom Brightest
76% matchMixed70% of 207 reviews2017
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
A sci-fi, yuri visual novel with a dollop of mystery.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Romance 15.4%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #40 ERROR143
71% matchVery Positive92% of 4,810 reviews2022
Dev: Jenny Vi Pham
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Romance 17.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Emotional 8.1%
- #41 slime feet
70% matchVery Positive98% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: Nadia Nova
Windows · Mac · Linux
slime feet is a linear visual novel, a love story for everyone who has ever had to love through a keyboard. slime feet is about the body horror of an inevitable drawn out death, and the lesbian slime feet cybersex that comes with it.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.9%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Romance 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%
- #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+ 23.6%, Visual Novel 21%, Romance 13.6%, Psychological 12.9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #43 Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,111 reviews2017
Dev: Dicesuki
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Romance 25.9%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%
- #44 REFLEXIA Prototype ver.
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,295 reviews2022
Dev: MAHOUMAIDENPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
REFLEXIA's story starts out as a parody of its genre and ends as a psychological drama.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Romance 18.7%, Psychological 17%, Psychological Horror 16%, Emotional 13.6%
- #45 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,335 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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: LGBTQ+ 34.4%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Romance 23.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Indie 1%
- #46 Her Love, Like Poison
68% matchVery Positive96% of 234 reviews2025
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Emotional 14.2%, Romance 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #47 Seduce Me the Otome
72% matchVery Positive87% of 2,179 reviews2015
Dev: Michaela Laws
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A romantic comedy visual novel centered around a girl named Mika Anderson, who gets entangled in the affairs of incubi.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.6%, Romance 25.1%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Sexual Content 5.4%
- #48 Midnight Witch
69% matchVery Positive93% of 345 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Romance 22%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #49 Seraphim Slum
67% matchVery Positive95% of 148 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+ 26.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Romance 13.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%
- #50 Who Is The Red Queen?
68% matchVery Positive95% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: 4nokiPub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alice, Alice, the Red Queen is missing. The queen has been dismembered and Alice must find all her pieces. A horror-fantasy yuri visual novel filled with death, love, and forgotten memories.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.8%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Romance 16.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #51 Rituals in the Dark
70% matchVery Positive85% of 192 reviews2019
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Romance 17.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Emotional 8.8%
- #52 Memory Girl +
67% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Romance 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Emotional 14%, Choices Matter 13%
- #53 Trick & Treat
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,403 reviews2016
Dev: Rabbiton
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Female Protagonist 22.8%, Anime 14.2%, Indie 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #54 When the Darkness comes
67% matchVery Positive92% of 8,408 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.7%, Psychological 13.5%, Emotional 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Horror 8.8%
- #55 Helltaker
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 126,940 reviews2020
Dev: vanripper
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Anime 12.6%, Sexual Content 12%, Indie 8.3%
- #56 Big Tiddy Goth GF Simulator
69% matchVery Positive82% of 342 reviews2020
Dev: WoweePub: Earthbound Books
Windows
Explore the college campus, and work your way up to telling the goth girl you have a crush on how you REALLY feel. Solve puzzles, buy food, and explore a eerily empty dorm.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.1%, Memes 22.2%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Sexual Content 8.8%, Indie 5.3%
- #57 We should talk.
71% matchMixed57% of 163 reviews2020
Dev: Insatiable CyclePub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.0 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: LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Romance 13.4%, Emotional 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #58 Lachesis or Atropos
67% 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+ 25.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Romance 12%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
