- #1 Monster Prom
97% matchVery Positive93% of 14,244 reviews2018
Dev: Beautiful GlitchPub: Xelu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.9%, LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Comedy 11.9%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The original game in the series that established the iconic, chaotic multiplayer dating sim formula.
- #2 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,273 reviews2022
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.2 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+ 18.3%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Comedy 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Romance 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A direct continuation of the series that shifts the focus to a road trip survival narrative while maintaining the same comedic tone.
- #3 Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,038 reviews2025
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Can you find love at the nerdiest convention ever? "Monster Con" goes back to the multiplayer dating sim formula: go through absurd and funny situations as you find love among six sexy monsters! Who will you romance? The mimic who cosplays? The idol clown? Or the eldritch cutie? (There's also Liam)
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Comedy 9.3%, Text-Based 9%, Visual Novel 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the franchise that expands on the established world with new characters and convention-themed dating scenarios.
- #4 Doomsday Paradise
95% matchVery Positive91% of 244 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+ 27.4%, Dating Sim 24.2%, Romance 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer dating sim that perfectly mirrors the high-energy, competitive, and absurd humor found in the Monster Prom series.
- #5 Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,175 reviews2022
Dev: DirectDoggo
Windows
If you've ever wanted to romantically pursue a phone, then hot DARN, do I have just the game for you.
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.3%, LGBTQ+ 23.2%, Comedy 16.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Funny 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An incredibly unique and surreal dating sim that matches the bizarre, offbeat comedy style of the Monster Prom universe.
- #6 Boyfriend Dungeon
94% matchVery Positive92% of 2,624 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+ 27.9%, Dating Sim 24.9%, Comedy 16.6%, Romance 13.4%, Funny 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends dungeon-crawling action with a modern, inclusive dating sim experience that feels fresh and character-focused.
- #7 Sucker for Love: First Date
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,933 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.8%, Romance 17.3%, Comedy 15.6%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines eldritch horror with a hilarious dating sim premise, capturing the same 'monstrous' romance appeal.
- #8 Speed Dating for Ghosts
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 544 reviews2018
Dev: Copychaser Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.9%, Dating Sim 25.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 10.9%, Comedy 10%
Why You'll Like It: A quirky and funny visual novel that focuses on short, impactful dating encounters with supernatural beings.
- #9 Date Everything!
90% matchVery Positive94% of 6,867 reviews2025
Dev: Sassy Chap GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Date Everything! is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, featuring 100 fully voice acted datable characters! Let the romance flow between your bed, smoke alarm and… Overwhelming Sense of Existential Dread? Are you ready to Date Everything?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.5%, Dating Sim 23.4%, Romance 11.1%, Comedy 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7%
Why You'll Like It: A massive, comedic dating sim that allows you to romance inanimate objects, leaning heavily into the absurdity of the genre.
- #10 Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
91% matchVery Positive92% of 6,231 reviews2017
Dev: Game Grumps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. Are you ready? Hi ready, I'm Dad.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.9%, Dating Sim 29.9%, Romance 10.6%, Visual Novel 7.5%, Funny 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly regarded LGBTQ+ dating sim that balances humor, heart, and distinct character routes.
- #11 A Date with Death
89% 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: Dating Sim 32.2%, LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural-themed visual novel that offers a compelling mix of romance and dark, comedic undertones.
- #12 Arcade Spirits
91% matchVery Positive92% of 622 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.6%, Dating Sim 23.1%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A charming and inclusive visual novel that captures the lighthearted, romantic, and character-driven feel of the genre.
- #13 Kraken Academy!!
87% matchVery Positive90% of 1,023 reviews2021
Dev: Happy Broccoli GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Make friends, free spirits and make sure that the world doesn’t end! Welcome to Kraken Academy, a technicolor fever dream that for legal reasons can only be described as "technically a school." Join forces with a magical kraken to save the world!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.1%, Dating Sim 21.7%, Comedy 18.2%, Funny 13.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a surreal, funny, and time-looping adventure that resonates with the chaotic energy of the Monster Prom series.
- #14 The Yawhg
89% 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 47.9%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Story Rich 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Indie 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fantastic multiplayer narrative game where players make choices that drastically alter the world, similar to the branching paths in Monster Prom.
- #15 Kitty Powers' Matchmaker
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,923 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+ 27.9%, Dating Sim 26.3%, Romance 14.3%, Funny 9.7%, Comedy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A casual and funny simulation game that focuses on the mechanics of setting up successful dates.
- #16 Bewitching Sinners
84% 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: Dating Sim 21.4%, LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Romance 10.5%, Comedy 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: An otome-style visual novel with a strong emphasis on supernatural romance and branching narrative choices.
- #17 Hatoful Boyfriend
86% matchVery Positive94% of 7,550 reviews2014
Dev: MediatonicPub: Epic Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.1%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Comedy 11.2%, Romance 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic absurd dating sim that uses a ridiculous premise to deliver surprisingly deep and branching narrative paths.
- #18 Coming Out on Top
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,392 reviews2017
Dev: Obscurasoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The acclaimed gay dating sim. Have a sweet, sexy, or bizarrely comedic adventure with the man of your choice!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 59.9%, Dating Sim 17.9%, Romance 5.5%, Visual Novel 5.5%, Multiple Endings 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A popular LGBTQ+ dating sim that blends comedy and romance with a focus on college-life scenarios.
- #19 Lovingly Evil
85% 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: LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Romance 17.8%, Comedy 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Dating Sim 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to romance villains in a humorous, lighthearted setting that feels like a spiritual cousin to the monster-dating genre.
- #20 Emily is Away <3
82% 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: Dating Sim 29.8%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Romance 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic and emotional simulation game that captures the specific feeling of early 2000s digital romance.
- #21 Find Love or Die Trying: Til Death Do Us Part
81% matchMixed69% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Linux
The afterstory to Find Love or Die Trying is here! Continue your romance with your chosen partner in the world beyond the killer dating show. Will your love survive, when the world turns against you?
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.7%, Romance 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Comedy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes dating sim that adds a layer of survival pressure to the traditional romantic visual novel format.
- #22 HuniePop 2: Double Date
81% matchVery Positive91% of 9,344 reviews2021
Dev: HuniePot
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 57.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Take a trip to an exotic island paradise for a steamy new adventure in this long awaited sequel to the popular dating sim / puzzle game hybrid, HuniePop!
Why similar: Dating Sim 58.5%, Romance 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Funny 4.9%, 2D 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines match-3 puzzle mechanics with a comedic, high-energy dating simulation experience.
- #23 Doodle Date
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 338 reviews2018
Dev: Nicholas Lives
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.1%, Dating Sim 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Text-Based 9.8%, Romance 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, dark-comedy dating sim that features unique art and a very unconventional premise.
- #24 Five Dates
82% matchVery Positive85% of 2,798 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Five Dates is an interactive rom-com about the unpredictable world of digital dating. With five potential female matches, Vinny explores whether compatibility, chemistry and connection is still possible in a world where physical touch is no longer an option.
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Romance 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An FMV dating sim that brings a modern, realistic touch to the genre while maintaining a humorous tone.
- #25 Curtain Call
79% matchVery Positive88% of 156 reviews2024
Dev: 元气弹工作室(GD Studio)Pub: IndieArk
Windows
Curtain Call: the latest game from the Noobs Want to Live devs. A strategic roguelite combining auto-battling and deck-building mechanics—recruit performers, take to the stage, and prepare for battle! Win glory and the rapturous applause of the audience. Take that curtain call!
Why similar: Funny 52.1%, 2D 22.6%, Casual 11.6%, Singleplayer 7%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A cute and interactive visual novel that provides a focused, character-driven dating experience.
- #26 LongStory
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 104 reviews2017
Dev: Bloom Digital Media
Windows · Mac
In LongStory you can be and date who you choose. Play as the gender of your choice and date the cutie you like best! LongStory is is based on real stories - things that have happened, if not to us, to people we know and love. We hope it is funny, sad, perplexing and wonderful… Just like life.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.6%, Dating Sim 24%, Romance 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Simulation 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: An inclusive, episodic dating sim that captures the awkward and sweet moments of navigating high school relationships.
- #27 Emily is Away Too
80% 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: Dating Sim 29.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Simulation 7%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the interactive chat-based narrative style that emphasizes choices and branching relationship outcomes.
- #28 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
77% 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: Dating Sim 25.7%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Romance 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #29 Tri City Monsters
77% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.9%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Text-Based 12.6%, Romance 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #30 Monster Girl Island: Prologue
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 16,993 reviews2019
Dev: Redamz
Windows
Dragons, slimes, giant bugs, centaurs and more. This island is full of monsters and they all are... Oddly attractive!? From Elves to Kitsune; from Mermaids to Androids; myths and science fiction suddenly become a reality as you find yourself in this mysterious island. Will you uncover its secrets?
Why similar: Dating Sim 71.3%, Fantasy 11.6%, Story Rich 9.1%, Singleplayer 4.2%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on interacting with a variety of monster-themed characters in a lighthearted, exploration-based setting.
- #31 Kitty Powers' Love Life
79% matchVery Positive89% of 236 reviews2018
Dev: Magic Notion Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
From the creators of ‘Kitty Powers’ Matchmaker’, ‘Kitty Powers' Love Life’ is a brand new take on the community/relationship sim genre, with a very British twist. Build and run your very own village for newly matched couples, under the watchful eye of your boss, outrageous drag queen Kitty Powers!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.9%, Dating Sim 22.7%, Comedy 13.9%, Romance 9.6%, Funny 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A direct follow-up that expands the simulation elements of the original matchmaker game with more relationship depth.
- #32 Later Daters - Premium
78% matchVery Positive85% of 92 reviews2020
Dev: Bloom Digital Media
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Ye OLDE! Your new retirement paradise. Date as an octogenarian and find somebody to love, or just get your kicks in while the getting is good. Remember, if the chairs are rockin', don’t come a-knockin.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.7%, Dating Sim 21.2%, Simulation 11.2%, Romance 9.6%, Casual 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A heartwarming and funny dating sim set in a retirement community, proving that romance can be found at any age.
- #33 King Of The Castle
75% matchVery Positive88% of 1,691 reviews2023
Dev: Tributary GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take your rightful place on the throne in this multiplayer-only party game for 4+ players. Rule the kingdom with an iron fist or silver tongue as you steer through bloodshed, intrigue & madcap disaster! Can you keep your crown when others plot your downfall? More importantly, can you keep your head?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Multiplayer 25.5%, Fantasy 16.9%, Story Rich 14.3%, 2D 7.7%
- #34 Curtain Call
76% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Dramatis Personae GamesPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
"Curtain Call" is a visual novel about (literally) breaking through social masks by forming meaningful connections with incredibly deep personalities. Whether you’re looking to make new friends or something more, there’s a whole cast of characters just dying to meet you!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Dating Sim 19.5%, Text-Based 11%, Romance 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #35 Foretales
75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,132 reviews2022
Dev: AlkemiPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.6%, Story Rich 16.8%, Fantasy 16.3%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #36 SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,549 reviews2022
Dev: Goose MindedPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique artist sim game with realistic paint mixing, physics and numerous painting tools. Upgrade and customize your studio, complete tasks, sell and expose art, buy instruments and get famous!
Why similar: Funny 46.5%, Simulation 21.4%, Casual 15.7%, Indie 9.2%, Singleplayer 7.2%
- #37 Honey, I Joined a Cult
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,875 reviews2022
Dev: Sole Survivor GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 33.7%, Comedy 27.9%, Funny 18.4%, Simulation 12%, 2D 4.9%
- #38 Monster Crown
76% matchMixed57% of 1,030 reviews2021
Dev: Studio AurumPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dive into a dark world where monsters rule and make pacts with them to defeat an evil young woman seeking power. Hunt, battle, tame and breed monsters to create your own legacy. Together with your monsters, you can restore the balance to Crown Island.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 55.8%, Fantasy 17.8%, Story Rich 14.6%, 2D 7.5%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #39 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
73% 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+ 26.4%, Dating Sim 21.7%, Romance 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%
- #40 Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
74% matchVery Positive89% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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+ 29%, Dating Sim 22.3%, Romance 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #41 Witches x Warlocks
73% matchVery Positive91% of 657 reviews2020
Dev: Nifty VisualsPub: Nifty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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+ 27.4%, Dating Sim 23.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Comedy 11.3%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #42 Paradise: Musubi
69% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: PIL/SLASHPub: JAST
Windows · Mac · Linux
The first sequel to the Boys Love visual novel Paradise. Play through the continuation of the original game's good endings, and unlock flashbacks to the first Paradise from new perspectives. Contains new CGs, characters, and lots of romance!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Dating Sim 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Romance 13%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #43 PMC Promiscuity
70% matchVery Positive95% of 323 reviews2024
Dev: ShuukoPub: Overseer Division
Windows
Take on the role of a recruit (and stress-relief) joining the famous monster girl private military company: Manticore!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.1%, Dating Sim 21.6%, LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Comedy 11.4%
- #44 A Date With Chester 2
68% matchVery Positive99% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Chester the Otter
Windows
It's been three years since your first date with Chester the Otter. It's your anniversary today, and you've both got surprises in store. Are you ready for a date that's truly out of this world?
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.6%, Romance 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #45 Love Craft
68% matchVery Positive99% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Toiu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join the Crafting Club, where the glue is strong and the feelings stronger! Craft chaos, flirt fearlessly, and make some very bad romantic decisions! Find your project partner in this elimination-based Dating Sim!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Dating Sim 20.2%, Romance 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Funny 9.2%
- #46 Demon Turf: Queens Edition
72% matchVery Positive81% of 881 reviews2021
Dev: FabrazPub: Playtonic Friends
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The ultimate version of the 3D Platformer with attitude! Join Beebz on three seperate adventures to ultimately claim the Demon Queen title! Jump, spin and punch your way across the turfs with this Expressive Platformer!
Why similar: Comedy 51.9%, Funny 41.6%, Singleplayer 6.5%
- #47 When The Night Comes
71% matchVery Positive93% of 327 reviews2021
Dev: Lunaris Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.3%, Dating Sim 25.9%, Romance 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #48 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,626 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Why similar: Multiplayer 49.1%, Simulation 25.3%, 2D 15.4%, Singleplayer 10.2%
- #49 Pixel Puzzle Makeout League
72% matchVery Positive92% of 74 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: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Dating Sim 20.6%, Comedy 11.5%, Romance 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #50 Lust Academy - Season 2
70% matchVery Positive83% of 692 reviews2023
Dev: Bear in the Night
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Continue your adventure in Cordale Academy, following up on your previous choices and experiencing all-new content, including: Story, Animations, Locations, Quests and more!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.6%, Dating Sim 17.9%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #51 First Bite
71% matchVery Positive85% of 162 reviews2022
Dev: First Bite Games
Windows · Mac
An LGBTQ+ Vampiric Visual Novel. One Night. Three vampires. Make a deal with death or die trying.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Dark Comedy 14.5%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Romance 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #52 Kitty Powers' Matchmaker Makeover
64% matchVery Positive98% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: Magic Notion Ltd
Windows · Mac
Kitty Powers' special brand of matchmaking returns in this remastered version of the viral sensation Kitty Powers' Matchmaker. It's time to make love happen, again!
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.2%, LGBTQ+ 28.4%, Romance 16.6%, Funny 9.8%, Comedy 5.3%
- #53 The Serpent Rogue
71% matchMixed55% of 323 reviews2022
Dev: Sengi GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Serpent Rogue is a botanical action-adventure game set in a medieval fantasy world. Master the art of alchemy, explore forgotten lands, tame wild beasts and protect the realm from impending disaster. You will craft, brew, boil, & concoct potions all in your stead to defeat an ominous danger!
Why similar: Fantasy 49.4%, Story Rich 36%, Singleplayer 14.7%
- #54 Blush Blush
69% matchVery Positive86% of 7,453 reviews2020
Dev: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 89.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
You are responsible somehow for a curse that befalls 12 unfortunate hawt dudes. Now you have to find them and break the curse with your love!!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 49.1%, Dating Sim 31.4%, Romance 9.7%, Visual Novel 4.3%, Funny 2%
- #55 Love Sucks: Night Two
66% matchVery Positive98% of 330 reviews2024
Dev: Art Witch StudiosPub: Critical Bliss
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is Love Sucks:Night Two, the second part in your mission to get laid and not die doing it. When sexy monsters are out to kill you for their own mysterious goals, it's date or die! You've survived the first night, but can you survive your second?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Dating Sim 22.7%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Funny 7.6%
- #56 The Divine Speaker
67% matchVery Positive96% of 436 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%, Dating Sim 19.8%, Romance 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #57 Autonauts vs Piratebots
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 514 reviews2022
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.
Why similar: Simulation 60%, Casual 40%
- #58 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
67% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Story Rich 14%, Simulation 4.6%
- #59 Heirs And Graces
69% matchVery Positive90% of 83 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+ 23.8%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Romance 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Comedy 9.7%
- #60 If Found...
66% 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+ 58.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Indie 7%, Story Rich 6.8%, Casual 6.8%