- #1 Pixel Puzzle Makeout League
97% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Rude GhostPub: Skymap Games
Windows · Mac
Solve pixel puzzles, date superheroes, and save the day! Dating sim meets puzzle game in this romantic comedy adventure.
Why similar: Superhero 31.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #2 Nova Hearts: The Spark
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: Lightbulb Crew
Windows
Join Luce and her friends in this FREE first chapter: The Spark! A mysterious force transforms you and other residents of Vermillion into heroes and villains. TEXT, DATE and FIGHT in this turn-based combat dating adventure!
Why similar: Superhero 34% ★, Dating Sim 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #3 Nova Hearts
96% matchMixed67% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Lightbulb Crew
Windows
A mysterious force of power transforms you and other highly attractive people in your area into superheroes and villains! TEXT, DATE and FIGHT your friends and enemies alike.
Why similar: Superhero 32.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Dating Sim 16%, Visual Novel 11%, Romance 9.7%
- #4 ERROR143
94% matchVery Positive92% of 5,302 reviews2022
Dev: Jenny Vi Pham
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.6%, LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Romance 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #5 Dispatch
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 182,678 reviews2025
Dev: AdHoc Studio
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!
Why similar: Superhero 46.2% ★, Choices Matter 18.1%, Romance 14.4%, Story Rich 9.4%, Visual Novel 5.3%
- #6 Mister Versatile: A Gay Superhero Visual Novel
95% matchVery Positive89% of 141 reviews2020
Dev: Y Press Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gay superhero visual novel! The Lone Wolf Mister Versatile thinks super teams are a pain in the ass, but four super-hotties have decided they want to watch his back anyway! Date a villain, a rookie, a symbiote, and a superman-ish alien. Loaded with explicit CGs.
Why similar: Superhero 30.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Dating Sim 13.2%, Romance 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #7 Winning Love by Daylight [Ep 1 Demo]
94% 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: Superhero 37% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Dating Sim 18.1%, Romance 15.1%, Visual Novel 5.5%
- #8 Criminally Yours
92% matchVery Positive92% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Meant to Bee Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A superhero-themed yandere romance visual novel. He's your coworker, your crush, and the villain you need to stop? Make choices to be with your supervillian ex, or move on to a new hot superhero.
Why similar: Romance 21.5%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Superhero 18.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #9 Life After Magic
91% matchVery Positive98% of 284 reviews2023
Dev: Team StarlightPub: Chirashi Games
Windows · Linux
Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Dating Sim 20.2%, Romance 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #10 taking my Dark Knight Girlfriend to the corner store
90% matchVery Positive99% of 351 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+ 31.6%, Romance 28%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Casual 4.6%
- #11 ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area
91% matchMixed64% of 143 reviews2022
Dev: Veritable Joy StudiosPub: Veritable Joy Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
ValiDate is a romantic visual novel about 13 adults in Jercy City navigating new relationships and the harsh realities that come alongside them.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.1%, Dating Sim 21.3%, Romance 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Cartoon 5.4%
- #12 Heartspell: Horizon Academy
89% matchVery Positive97% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: Dire Kitten Games
Windows
Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21%, Romance 18%, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #13 Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
89% matchVery Positive89% of 190 reviews2022
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Dating Sim 16.2%, Romance 16%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #14 Trouble Comes Twice
88% matchVery Positive86% of 148 reviews2023
Dev: Foxglove Games
Windows
Play as twins Hazel and Jace in this wholesome romcom visual novel. After a silly bet is made, the protagonists must find a boyfriend or girlfriend before their twin beats them to it!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.1%, Dating Sim 21.9%, Romance 21%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 3.9%
- #15 Spread The Love
87% matchVery Positive88% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: jamms
Windows · Mac
A silly dating sim where your flavor decides your fate. Customize your profile, flirt with six lovably unique characters, and try to survive your first date!
Why similar: Dating Sim 40.4%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Romance 19.3%, Casual 8.4%, Anime 3.9%
- #16 Lovers of Aether
86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,586 reviews2019
Dev: Dan FornacePub: Aether Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Are you tired of fighting? Lovers of Aether is the game for you! This is a wholesome animal dating simulator set in the world of Rivals of Aether.
Why similar: Dating Sim 45.8%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Romance 8%, Casual 5.6%, LGBTQ+ 4.6%
- #17 UuultraC
86% matchVery Positive98% of 252 reviews2022
Dev: ADELTAPub: MangaGamer
Windows
An 18+ BL visual novel set in 1970's Soshigaya. Kaiju straight out of a black-and-white TV terrorize a Japan without a world's fair. Tokyo's safety is in the hands of Sun Mask Icarus in this slapstick-yet-heavy 70's pro-wrestling kaiju drama!
Why similar: Superhero 34% ★, LGBTQ+ 24.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dating Sim 9.7%, Romance 7.5%
- #18 KamiYaba: Destiny on a Dicey Deadline
85% matchVery Positive92% of 402 reviews2022
Dev: HULOTTEPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 61.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
“If you don't tie the knot with the person of your dreams within the next year, you'll be in big trouble.” So forewarns Urara, the self-proclaimed Goddess of Matchmaking... kicking off a rowdy rom-com adventure!
Why similar: Dating Sim 43.4%, Visual Novel 31.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Story Rich 8.9%, Adventure 1.9%
- #19 Heirs And Graces
84% matchVery Positive90% of 84 reviews2016
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Marcel and determine whether or not he has the skills to become Lord Sandor's heir and whether or not he forms a romantic attachment to one of four potential love interests: an ex-gladiator turned gardener, a perfectionist butler, the local doctor, or a mischievous elven Lord.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.3%, Dating Sim 18.2%, Romance 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #20 Lovingly Evil
84% matchVery Positive86% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Lizard Hazard GamesPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unleash your inner villain and head over to the Villain Conference, the one and only interdimensional business event for evildoers! Who knows, maybe you'll even find a partner - whether it's in crime or love…
Why similar: Romance 26.3%, LGBTQ+ 19.3%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Dating Sim 12%, Choices Matter 5.2%
- #21 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,317 reviews2022
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Embark on a road trip like no other in this co-op narrative survival adventure. Visit fun locations, meet wacky characters, and manage your resources wisely. And yes: you still can date some hot monsters ;)
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Dating Sim 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Romance 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #22 The Last Secret
82% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: TBF
Windows · Mac · Linux
Award winning visual novel adventure. An epic, upbeat tale with challenging and fun puzzles, humorous storyline and quirky characters. Solve the "last secret", save your friends and maybe find true love on the way, too...
Why similar: Romance 25.6%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Dating Sim 17%, Funny 9.2%, Story Rich 9%
- #23 LongStory
83% matchMostly Positive72% 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+ 28.8%, Dating Sim 20.7%, Romance 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Casual 4.9%
- #24 XOXO Droplets
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 358 reviews2017
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
An otome dating sim about a humorously jerky young lady and her mission to woo one of multiple uniquely, but equally, obnoxious guys.
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.4%, Romance 23.5%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Casual 6.1%, Funny 4.7%
- #25 Superstorm Melon Date
81% matchVery Positive89% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: A. Hagen
Windows · Mac
It's date night in the dystopian future. You're going out with Mel, a half-melon person with psychic powers. They seem a little weird, but at least they're cute. Choose where to go, what to do, and what to say in this highly interactive, romance visual novel.
Why similar: Romance 29.7%, Dating Sim 26.6%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Choices Matter 17%, Casual 2.3%
- #26 Panzer Hearts - War Visual Novel
81% matchVery Positive82% of 135 reviews2018
Dev: HELYEES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Build the tanks, Date the girls, Choose your side. Live through the adventure and drama of an alternate universe World War 2.
Why similar: Visual Novel 55%, Casual 13.3%, Indie 11.8%, Adventure 11.1%, Anime 8.8%
- #27 //TODO: today
79% matchVery Positive93% of 427 reviews2021
Dev: Boys Laugh +
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about figuring out life with the help of an AI. //TODO: today is a pastel colored slice-of-life story that let's you freely choose your pronouns and romantic preferences!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Dating Sim 21.2%, Casual 6.3%, Adventure 5.2%
- #28 Mythic Love: Iberian Legends
77% matchVery Positive93% of 260 reviews2026
Dev: Platonic Games
Windows · Mac
Think you can handle a little romance with creatures from Spanish folklore? ❤️🔥 Careful: your love life isn’t the only thing at stake at Mythic Love: Iberian Legends.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.4%, Romance 21.7%, Dating Sim 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #29 Doomsday Paradise
78% matchVery Positive91% of 250 reviews2023
Dev: Lemonade Flashbang
Windows
Can you get a date before the end of the world? Doomsday Paradise is a goofy, multiplayer dating sim about finding love before the apocalypse. With over 130 different endings and 12 different singles to woo- no two games will ever be the same.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.1%, Dating Sim 24.4%, Romance 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Anime 5.3%
- #30 Arcade Spirits
79% matchVery Positive91% of 631 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Dating Sim 20.4%, Romance 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #31 Kitty Powers' Matchmaker
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,980 reviews2015
Dev: Magic Notion Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Kitty Powers’ Matchmaker is a hilarious dating simulator with a difference. Manage your own matchmaking agency with the guidance of your fabulous boss, drag queen diva Kitty Powers!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28%, Dating Sim 25.1%, Romance 21%, Funny 7.4%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #32 Cupid Story: First Date
78% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Supernova Games
Windows
Cupid Story is a small RPG / dating sim in the Cupid Island universe. The cupid Noelia has a mission: get the human Daniel a girlfriend in 14 days. Too bad he's got no talent at all to make her job easier.
Why similar: Dating Sim 38.6%, Romance 22.1%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Anime 7.9%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #33 UC Love
76% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Plush Cat Studios
Windows
A humorous and wholesome anime-style dating simulator based on personified University of California schools + more ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)! Romance 2D-girls (or guys) with 3D personalities in a cute and funny visual novel format! There are various locations to visit, minigames to play, and secrets to find!
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.3%, LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Romance 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #34 Komorebi
74% matchVery Positive92% of 291 reviews2023
Dev: Klace
Windows
In a society plagued by visions of the future, a group of friends attempt to find their own way in a predestined life. This isn't easy, however, when they live under the Argus Corporation - a superpower dedicated to maintaining social order. A fully voice acted dystopic story/dating-sim. Play today!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Dating Sim 19.4%, Romance 18.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #35 UncleOffice:uncle Dating Simulator
75% matchMixed63% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: GameUncle
Windows · Mac
You can play as a newcomer, start a new life, and date 12 uncles
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.6%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Cartoon 8.8%, Casual 8.2%, Adventure 7%
- #36 Deep Sea Valentine
76% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: KigyoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a colorful underwater world and help a pink dolphin find the perfect date for Valentine's day!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.4%, Romance 19.4%, Dating Sim 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #37 Witches x Warlocks
75% matchVery Positive90% of 657 reviews2020
Dev: Nifty VisualsPub: Nifty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Witches x Warlocks is a cute and light-hearted Halloween Raising Sim; featuring a customizable protagonist and 4 love interests of different genders!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.6%, Dating Sim 27.5%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Cartoon 6.5%, Anime 4.2%
- #38 Come Home
70% matchVery Positive93% of 5,083 reviews2026
Dev: R.J. Rhodes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An adult visual novel with 20 romanceable characters, each with their own individual, optional, storylines. Plenty of sex, laughs, and romance awaits you as you navigate the different relationships, while trying to solve the mystery of your missing father.
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.8%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Romance 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Story Rich 4%
- #39 Love Limit
73% matchVery Positive100% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Winking Corvid
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your blind date invades Earth!?
Why similar: Romance 30.3%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Story Rich 7.4%, Funny 7.1%
- #40 Lovebirb
74% matchVery Positive81% of 280 reviews2023
Dev: Anonymous Penguin Studio
Windows
Lovebirb is a rhythm-based dating game about finding love one date at a time. Swipe right, chat on Bumbird, and impress your dates by playing all the right words to the rhythm of the music. 🎶🐤
Why similar: Dating Sim 37.6%, Visual Novel 28%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Funny 10.7%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #41 Bewitching Sinners
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 530 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+ 23.2%, Dating Sim 22.1%, Romance 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #42 Devlog: A Post-Modern College Experience
71% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Shut-in Studios
Windows
A Visual Novel and Dating Sim. Lead a chaotic development team through high-pressure deadlines and personal drama. Make choices to balance the demanding project, relationships, and ambitious goals, determining your team's ultimate success or failure.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.1%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Romance 23%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Casual 6.9%
- #43 Bard Harder!
73% matchVery Positive99% of 138 reviews2021
Dev: Shark and Pelican Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
BARD HARDER! is a tabletop-inspired visual novel game about saving your friends from the Big Bad Evil Guy by using your strongest weapon: romance! So brush up on your pick-up lines and prepare some sexy tunes…what’s the worst that could happen?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.6%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Cartoon 7.3%, Anime 7.2%, Casual 6.7%
- #44 Lilycle Rainbow Stage!!!
73% matchVery Positive92% of 183 reviews2019
Dev: ParticlePub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 114.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In this yuri visual novel featuring an all-star cast, you follow one main love triangle as they navigate their budding romance and the pursuit of their goals, unlocking new, heartwarming events to view from the perspectives of each cute girl in six other precious couples as well.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Romance 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Dating Sim 16.1%, Funny 5.8%
- #45 The Divine Speaker
70% matchVery Positive96% of 448 reviews2022
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-rich tale of breaking the bonds of fate... and meeting some cute guys along the way!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.2%, Dating Sim 18.6%, Romance 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #46 LoveChoice
67% matchVery Positive92% of 36,594 reviews2021
Dev: Akaba Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.2%, Romance 28.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #47 NEKOKORO
72% matchVery Positive87% of 89 reviews2018
Dev: Mikołaj Spychał
Windows · Mac · Linux
Meet cute and fluffy catgirl sisters from space in this lighthearted romance Visual Novel intertwined with comedy, a bit of drama, science-fiction and fantasy!
Why similar: Romance 24.7%, Dating Sim 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Story Rich 9.6%, Funny 7%
- #48 Boyfriend Dungeon
68% matchVery Positive92% of 2,683 reviews2021
Dev: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Date your weapons! Romance swords, daggers, and polearms to level them up in this “shack-and-slash” dungeon crawling adventure.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.1%, Dating Sim 23.1%, Romance 19%, Choices Matter 12%, Story Rich 9%
- #49 The Radiants
69% matchVery Positive85% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: Rose Arcana Games
Windows · Mac
The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.1%, Romance 23.6%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #50 Tender: Creature Comforts
70% matchVery Positive90% of 107 reviews2021
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac
Tender is a narrative game that explores connection and rejection in the era of swipe culture. It’s a story told by and through the modern interface for finding love.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.2%, LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Romance 12.4%, Cartoon 7.3%
- #51 Arcadia Fallen
68% matchVery Positive95% of 584 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: Dating Sim 23.4%, LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Romance 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 8%
- #52 Quickie: Fantasy Adventure
67% matchVery Positive90% of 825 reviews2023
Dev: Oppai Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Gather your companions and set off on an epic quest to save your beloved home. Encounter mysterious forces, seduce strange and sexy creatures... and shape the fate of the world in this exciting and sexy visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Romance 20%, Dating Sim 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 11%, Story Rich 6%
- #53 A Pinch of Magic
69% matchVery Positive84% of 243 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Dating Sim 24%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Romance 13.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #54 Miracle Snack Shop
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,283 reviews2018
Dev: TALESSHOP Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Try to find love while managing a Korean snack shop.
Why similar: Dating Sim 48.1%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Anime 6.8%, Casual 5.8%, Adventure 4.7%
- #55 Guilt Free
68% matchVery Positive85% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Dating Sim 17%, Story Rich 14.4%, Romance 13%
- #56 Rivalhearts
66% matchVery Positive91% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Spiritus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join Noah in his first year of university as he decides to overcome his heartache, pursuing either a tomboy classmate, gorgeous doctor, or junior-year goth!
Why similar: Romance 23.6%, Dating Sim 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 12%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #57 Emberfate: Tempest of Elements
66% matchVery Positive98% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Wind Chimes Games Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
An immersive MMORPG-simulation chatroom based romance / otome visual novel. You are the leader of a raiding guild in the world's hottest MMORPG, Emberfate. Will you lead your guild to success in the newest raid — and perhaps find love along the way among your guildmates?
Why similar: Dating Sim 25%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Romance 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #58 Charming Hearts
65% matchVery Positive88% of 595 reviews2024
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
"Charming Hearts" is a real-life interactive dating game. Players will meet, get to know, and fall in love with different types of beauty. Every choice will lead to a completely different chemical reaction with "her"; every entanglement, the sweet love is entangled and pulled.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.3%, Romance 24.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 8.5%