- #1 Hello Girl
97% matchVery Positive98% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Imo Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever felt like a rabbit with a telephone? Hello Girl is a thrilling kinetic visual novel about connection and disconnection, set during a time of great uncertainty.
Why similar: World War I 26.5% ★, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, Alternate History 14.7%, Female Protagonist 13%
- #2 Lovely Lady RPG
96% matchVery Positive100% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: DAS POPPY UND MIA KUNSTKOLLEKTIV
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.7%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Alternate History 19.6%, World War I 16.1% ★, Lore-Rich 13.5%
- #3 Because We're Here - Act I
96% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Elfriede
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stagger through the First Lassallian War and find love amongst doomed youth. Because We're Here is an otome visual novel in an unforgiving WW1-inspired setting. Nothing to worry about - it'll all be over by Christmas.
Why similar: World War I 30.1% ★, Alternate History 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Historical 9.5%
- #4 永安百年
95% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: dd_dog_bb
Windows
This is a PC role-playing independent game. You were born in the south of Yong'an City, and as you grew up, you made many friends. After entering the lord's mansion, can you stick to your true heart when facing the temptation of fame and fortune.
Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Alternate History 23.5%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Historical 14.3%, Linear 9.2%
- #5 Bittersweet Blossoms
94% matchNo user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A lesbian romance set in England shortly after WWI. The story centres around Dot, a young maid who begins to work in the crumbling stately home of Bly, and her young mistress: the devious, devilish Patience.
Why similar: World War I 23.4% ★, Historical 19.6%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Text-Based 18.3%, Linear 6.7%
- #6 Fire & Crown: A Romantic Tale of the Hundred Years' War
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IrisCrownStudioPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
A historical visual novel about faith, power, and impossible love. Fire & Crown takes place during the Hundred Years’ War, where you must choose between duty and desire as France tears itself apart. Be the reason someone lives—or dies. History may have never loved anyone, but you still might.
Why similar: Alternate History 18.5%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Historical 14%, Text-Based 13.6%
- #7 Magic Potion Stories
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: ARTIFACTS
Windows
魔法の薬とそれにまつわる人々、そして『魔女』が織り成す50の物語。
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Text-Based 22.2%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Story Rich 7.2%, 2D 6.6%
- #8 The Dreary Portent: The Window in the Painting
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Megon Lashley
Windows
Lana and Shawn learn that their new home might have been a bargain for a reason. A spooky old estate, priced at a discount and filled with antiques. Anyone would jump at the chance to buy it… but, then, why has it been empty for so long?
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Horror 10.1%, Linear 8.1%
- #9 大梦春秋
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 夫夫游戏工作室
Windows
An interactive AVG with a time-travelling male protagonist in an ancient style, with multiple endings and multiple branches, and a journey of bondage in which you and six close friends join hands to dominate the world in a parallel world.
Why similar: Alternate History 25.9%, Lore-Rich 20.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Historical 14.3%, Text-Based 8.2%
- #10 Nadaca
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nadaca Studio
Windows · Mac
Discover the world of Nadaca, meet emotionally rich characters and help them express their feelings through conversations, mini-games and a plant-growing system.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.9%, Female Protagonist 24.4%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #11 穿越日记
90% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 娃哈哈哈 WaHa Works
Windows · Mac
《穿越日记》是一款沉浸式互动剧情游戏,玩家将扮演一名穿越入盛世皇城的现代女性,亲历宫廷风云与权谋博弈。通过选择不同剧情分支,推动故事走向多个结局,体验细腻的人物情感与复杂的人心博弈。支持单人离线游玩,适用于 Windows 和 macOS 平台,适合喜爱剧情向、宫廷题材及互动叙事体验的玩家。
Why similar: Alternate History 20.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Historical 11.7%
- #12 natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 901 reviews2022
Dev: Kazuhide Oka
Windows · Mac
── In the summer of the world that has ended, the girl travels aimlessly. "natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer" is a text adventure game that depicts girls traveling in apocalypse. Through talking to the girls, we get to know them and approach the mysteries of the world ──
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Text-Based 21%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Modern 12.5%, Female Protagonist 12.2%
- #13 Interstate 35
89% matchPositive100% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Radiant ArrayPub: Honeybee Rodeo
Windows · Linux
A visual novel exploring a near-apocalyptic vision of North Texas, told through the poetic words of a young woman going home.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Lore-Rich 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%
- #14 Turret Girl
88% match7 user reviews0% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: OkaeriDev
Windows
This is a romantic visual novel about her struggles to find love and acceptance in a hostile world, with a Match3 Jewels mini-game to break up the action.
Why similar: Alternate History 18.7%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Female Protagonist 11.6%
- #15 Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,364 reviews2014
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.
Why similar: World War I 53% ★, Historical 23.1%, War 12.3%, Story Rich 4.6%, 2D 3.8%
- #16 With Eyes of Ice
86% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
An atmospheric, dramatic otome-esque visual novel set in Iceland in the 1800s. Follow the kind-hearted heroine, Gréta, as she finds herself caught between the affections of three handsome men who care for her in different ways.
Why similar: Historical 22.6%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Text-Based 20%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Anime 6.8%
- #17 The Miki Komori Project
84% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: Tech Daddy Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Before the streams and before anyone knew her name, there was only Miki. Explore the hidden origins of TheMikiKomori in an atmospheric visual novel about loneliness, identity, and the strange mysteries pulling her toward an uncertain future beneath the digital sea.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Lore-Rich 20.5%, Text-Based 18.1%, Dark 10.9%, 2D 8.1%
- #18 11-11 Memories Retold
86% matchVery Positive86% of 2,099 reviews2018
Dev: Aardman AnimationsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.
Why similar: World War I 64.6% ★, Historical 18.5%, War 7.7%, Story Rich 4.6%, Adventure 3.6%
- #19 金烬秋明
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 光羽造物
Windows
A visual novel set in an ancient, alternate world. Explore this stormy and unstable country alongside Jiang Jin and Zhaoming, gradually encountering the shifting intrigues of the court. Whether you choose to stay on the sidelines or step forward is up to you
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Lore-Rich 22.7%, Alternate History 21.7%, Text-Based 15%, 2D 5.8%
- #20 Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow
84% matchVery Positive100% of 288 reviews2024
Dev: XEECEE
Windows
White Wool & Snow is the second visual novel in the Misericorde series.
Why similar: Historical 23.7%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Text-Based 18.7%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #21 Silicon Wasteland
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: vidboy
Windows
SILICON WASTELAND is a kinetic visual novel set during the twilight years of humanity, and follows the wandering android Silica, as she explores the beautiful and sometimes frightening wonders of the world in a small quest to discover her purpose.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.5%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Linear 8.3%, 2D 7.4%
- #22 Alibi for love
82% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: 边勿
Windows
这是一部电波系视觉小说,你将以边缘视角加入推理社,与社员们对话,开启似是而非的恋爱故事。
Why similar: Text-Based 31.4%, Visual Novel 30%, Female Protagonist 22.4%, Modern 15%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #23 To Burn in Memory (Anniversary Edition)
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Orihaus
Windows · Mac · Linux
To Burn in Memory. Ahistorical and atemporal Interactive Fiction. Explore a city that never existed, and uncover its secret history through the memories of those caught in the chaos of a Europe spiraling ever faster into war.
Why similar: World War I 45.5% ★, Historical 20%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Dark 8%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #24 定风波·宁州
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Text-Based 18.8%, Alternate History 17.8%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Historical 15%
- #25 BABELOMANIA
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team JPDE
Windows · Mac · Linux
BABELOMANIA is a technogothic horror adventure, with a visual novel style narrative, point&click puzzles and light survival elements. Arm yourself with your wits, determination, and an open mind... Or lose your humanity, before you lose your life.
Why similar: Alternate History 22.5%, Text-Based 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Modern 10.6%, Horror 7.4%
- #26 DUSK INDEX: GION(ダスクインデックスギオン)
79% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: mebius.Pub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
When the past awakens, the future bleeds. A full length cinematic sci-fi mystery visual novel where augmented reality, history, AI technology and murder collide in the heart of Kyoto.
Why similar: Text-Based 43.2%, Visual Novel 39.9%, 2D 8.2%, Adventure 6.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #27 The Magical Land of Canada
79% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: echomune
Windows
Our heroes must travel to Canada and are surprised to find out it's a real place and not fictional.
Why similar: Alternate History 28.1%, Historical 22.4%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Female Protagonist 12%, Anime 6.7%
- #28 Moonless Moon
78% matchVery Positive92% of 314 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.2%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Modern 16%, Female Protagonist 11%, Story Rich 6%
- #29 Singing they Pass
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roguehaven
Windows
Take charge of a group of abandoned soldiers in this turn-based tactics adventure, and lead them home through hostile lands. Fight, scavenge, and run as you battle rebels, time, and exhaustion on a desperate last journey that not everyone will survive.
Why similar: World War I 36.2% ★, Alternate History 20.4%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, War 4.5%
- #30 小坂さん。 - Remaster
77% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: 斜塔ソンブレロ
Windows
“A meteorite will fall in three days. That's why I want to commit suicide proactively before then.” The girl who told me this upon our first meeting was someone I encountered on the school rooftop—a place that should have been off-limits.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.8%, Visual Novel 35.9%, Modern 10.5%, Anime 4.8%, Adventure 3.6%
- #31 Time travel light novels are full of beautiful girls
76% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: CHEN JIE
Windows
A visual novel that combines 10 categories of online novels (Ancient Xuan Realm,Celestial Scheming,Xianxia Cultivation,Immortals Chronicle,Dharma Body Rebirth,Spirit Pact Novel,Immortal Heroines Saga,Mortal Bonds Record,Dao Origin System,Mystic Realm Odyssey).
Why similar: Alternate History 31.5%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Lore-Rich 23.1%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Story Rich 3%
- #32 幽霊少女室
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: MeimPub: テラサレ (Terrace and Ray Ltd.)
Windows
【A ghost girl, is here.】Terau Mare is a shy girl moves to Tokyo to go to university, and her new house, Hakusan-so, is like an abandoned. As soon as she enters the room, Mare meets a ghost girl, Furuzaki Yuika. Yuika says, "I'm going to kick you out of here soon." But...
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.5%, Text-Based 36.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Adventure 6.9%, 2D 5.9%
- #33 Walk this road, again
75% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Installing something
Windows
A free, story-driven short visual novel with no choices. The narrative weaves between the present (202X) and the past (200X), depicting the suffocating chain of violence within a Korean school setting with stark realism.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.6%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Modern 16.7%, Dark 8.4%, Linear 6.9%
- #34 A War of a Madman's Making
75% matchVery Positive96% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Historical 16.4%, Alternate History 15.3%, War 12.2%
- #35 シンセティック・デイズ
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Astro Shaft
Windows
──わたしが思うに、人は誰しも“継ぎ接ぎ”を持っている。 短編青春ビジュアルノベル。
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Female Protagonist 26.6%, Modern 21.3%, Anime 9%, Adventure 5.6%
- #36 The Seabed's Shining Star
74% matchPositive98% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Circle TSUKIYAKI
Windows
Under the hazy moon, a shrine maiden meets a star. A short visual novel of a two person conversation. Cup ramen recommended.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Text-Based 26.8%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Modern 15.8%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #37 樱桃客栈
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 本源界游戏工作室
Windows
A story-driven visual novel. Inherit your grandmother's inn, tucked deep in the mountains — Yingtao Inn. Leave the city behind. The inn has no sign, yet wanderers find their way. Never ignore the one rule: be back before midnight. Yingtao Inn awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.3%, Lore-Rich 35.8%, 2D 9.2%, Story Rich 7.1%, Adventure 6.8%
- #38 みすずの国
73% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: StudioHommage
Windows
Misuzu no Kuni is a kinetic visual novel with no choices or branching paths.Set in a late 20th-century Japan, it tells a traditional-style fantasy school drama.In this world, a special autonomous territory known as the Land of the Tengu exists within Japan.Supported language: Japanese only.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.9%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Lore-Rich 19.6%, Historical 14.1%, 2D 7%
- #39 Lavender Quartz 境界秤動
72% matchVery Positive95% of 300 reviews2025
Dev: Edanoue, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
希望を求めた二つの運命がゼロ地点で交差する、分岐なしのビジュアルノベル。故郷の村を戦争で奪われたイコヌは、戒厳令下の州都ミラナルクで諜報員キルシウムと出会った。墜落した人工衛星から戦局を塗り替える超常物質「原石」を持ち去った不可視の少年を追い、二人は都市を疾走する。
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, War 10.4%, Modern 10.1%, Linear 9.4%
- #40 Scent of Clouds
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Coderose
Windows
Scent of Clouds is a hand-drawn illustrated, text-based adventure game. As a perfumer's assistant, you create fragrances and journey through unknown lands in search of ingredients for the legendary "Scent of Clouds." With a keen nose, you'll unravel the timeless mystery of this world.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.8%, Lore-Rich 22.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Female Protagonist 14%, Alternate History 10.4%
- #41 秘封フラグメント
73% matchVery Positive98% of 184 reviews2021
Dev: シカクゲームズPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
東方Projectでおなじみ、上海アリス幻樂団様制作の音楽CDシリーズ「秘封倶楽部」の二次創作ノベルゲームです。選択肢はありません。物語中で入手した記憶の欠片「フラグメント」や、プレイヤー自身の知恵によって物語を分岐させ、彼女達の冒険―蓮台野夜行―を成功に導きましょう。
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Text-Based 31.7%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, 2D 8.1%, Adventure 7.1%
- #42 April 8th
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New++
Windows
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.9%, Text-Based 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Horror 7.4%
- #43 Pralai Song of The Last Empire
71% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: KeanFahPub: InfiniteLand Game
Windows
Korn Kachakon, a high school student, finds a painting of an ancient emperor at an art gallery. Unfortunately, a guard knocks him unconscious, and his spirit is whisked to the realm of "Pralai," where he's tasked with changing an ancient kingdom's fate.
Why similar: Alternate History 29%, Text-Based 28%, Visual Novel 25.5%, War 9.4%, 2D 7%
- #44 The Czar is Dead
70% matchVery Positive91% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Машина РадостьPub: Grable Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Czar is Dead is a visual novel in the setting of the Russian Empire. Help the last russian emperor save his soul, life and country.
Why similar: World War I 60.1% ★, Visual Novel 30.6%, 2D 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #45 Natsuno-Kanata: Beyond Summer
70% matchVery Positive92% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows · Mac
──終わってしまった世界の夏、少女はあてのない旅をする。通話を介して終わってしまった世界を共に生きるアドベンチャーゲーム。
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Text-Based 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Modern 13.2%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
- #46 『LACKGIRL I - "Astra inclinant, sed non obligant."』
70% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: DontsugelPub: Lackgirl Project
Windows
A visual novel about a magic battle between girls. Iris" is a boarding school where students learn about magic. The girls gathered there all have mental defects. This is a story of magical girls with flawed minds and their battles and growth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.6%, Female Protagonist 27.5%, Modern 13.9%, 2D 8.6%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #47 The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
71% matchVery Positive90% of 917 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 31.2%, Female Protagonist 22.1%, Historical 15.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, Anime 5.8%
- #48 CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
68% matchVery Positive91% of 2,460 reviews2024
Dev: Jordan MochiPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles—all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind’s most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new historical take on classic survival horror.
Why similar: World War I 42.6% ★, Alternate History 17.4%, Historical 14.4%, War 8.8%, Horror 6.3%
- #49 Harmonium
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: From The Bard
Windows
Discover the story of this point’n click and lead your town towards a better future! You’ll guide the town of Harmonium Point to a yet unbuilt future after a great war that ravaged the world. React to numerous events that punctuate the life of this town and build relationships with the other citizens!
Why similar: Text-Based 25.6%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Lore-Rich 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #50 The Eyes Of Mars
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
Windows
A thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, the return of Mars heralds doom for a small town, as foes approach under the cover of the god-storm. Sin and siege await, with only a young captain, untested and uncertain, to stand in their way...
Why similar: Text-Based 26.6%, Lore-Rich 24.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, War 8.9%
- #51 1666: Amsterdam
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panache Digital Games
Windows
Every 333 years, something stirs. 1666: Amsterdam is a 3rd person Dark, Story-Led, Action-Adventure where Noa, the Collector, wields witchcraft to uncover demonic entities hiding behind human faces. Investigate by day. Face your demons at night.
Why similar: Alternate History 25.1%, Lore-Rich 24%, Historical 21.6%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Dark 4%
- #52 Some Spring Days
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: 日本退廃芸術クラブ
Windows
This is the story of the ordinary children who fell when Japan took fatal tumbles. 40 illustrations. 7 music. This is a visual novel game that takes about 20 minutes to play.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Text-Based 23%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Modern 12.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #53 A Cold Comfort
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tragic yuri visual novel about wolfgirls, selfish cruelty, and the grim inevitability of death. Lost deep in the frostbitten frozen tundra, a group of intrepid explorers on a doomed expedition die one by one as the cold slowly creeps in.
Why similar: Alternate History 22.2%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Historical 12%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #54 Sakura Forest Girls 2
68% matchVery Positive84% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Winged Cloud
Windows · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Join Yaya and Aiyana in the second part of the Sakura Forst Girls series, as they continue to search for their missing friend, Koko. Locating her should be an easy task now they’ve enlisted the help of the witch Maia, but they soon find themselves in a sticky situation…
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Text-Based 29%, Female Protagonist 14%, Anime 9%, 2D 7.2%
- #55 Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator
69% matchMostly Negative34% of 657 reviews2019
Dev: Gattai Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Armored Battle Crew is a Tank and Crew Management Simulation game, where your skills as a Tank commander is tested. Customize your tank carefully and make strategic battle choices to achieve mission success! The fate of your crew lies in your hands!
Why similar: World War I 46% ★, Tanks 30.6% ★, Historical 12.4%, War 10%, Singleplayer 1%
- #56 First Crusader
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ferhat
Windows
Determine the fate of the Crusaders in this history-based visual novel game. Be the leader of the Christians or the leader of the Turks. Choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. You will change the history of this Crusade.
Why similar: Alternate History 25.3%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Historical 21.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, War 9.6%
- #57 Something Strange
67% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, Text-Based 31.4%, Horror 11%, 2D 9.4%, Dark 8.5%
- #58 Stickman Trenches
66% matchVery Positive81% of 1,873 reviews2023
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Stickman Trenches is a Real Time Strategy game in which you need to manage your men and weapons and build up your defenses in the brutal trenches of Stick World War 1.
Why similar: World War I 56.8% ★, Tanks 27.7% ★, War 8.2%, 2D 3.3%, Historical 3.2%
- #59 Hypoxia - One Last Breath
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: NagiPub: Hypoxia Studio
Windows
A breathtaking sci-fi visual novel! Since the Z gas appeared in the atmosphere, it is no longer possible to breath outside the Dome. You play as Carl Thanavan, a young scientist determined to uncover the origin of the catastrophe. Which path will you choose?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Text-Based 20%, Alternate History 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Anime 7.7%