- #1 Natsuno-Kanata: Beyond Summer
97% matchVery Positive92% of 133 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 14.7%, Text-Based 13.1%, Modern 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 7.6%
- #2 Moonless Moon
96% matchVery Positive92% of 331 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 21.9%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Modern 18.4%, Anime 9.4%, Female Protagonist 6.5%
- #3 Cosdarica's Journey at the End of the World
96% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Nowamension Games
Windows
Human civilization had finally burned out its last spark. The survivors chose to gather together, shutting themselves within safe zones to await death. But Cosdarica did not. Neither did I.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, Text-Based 19.4%, Female Protagonist 13%, Anime 11.9%
- #4 苍空的彼端
95% matchVery Positive93% of 258 reviews2024
Dev: PygmaGame
Windows
"The Other Side of the Sky" is a short text adventure game with an alternate fantasy setting in a single-line ending narrative mode.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.2%, Anime 28.1%, Story Rich 14.3%, Adventure 11.7%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #5 The Bright Star Of Seraph-Katis-
94% matchVery Positive87% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: STARxSTAR
Windows
《The Bright Star Of Seraph-Katis-》is a short text adventure game. This game combines a visual novel and an "adventure mode".
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Anime 23.5%, Adventure 13.4%, Sci-fi 11.7%, 2D 7.5%
- #6 The Robot Girl Meets The Human!
94% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Usui Sio
Windows · Mac
This is an adventure game that takes you on a journey through a world after humans have disappeared. Lead the robot girl "Scarlet" to find the surviving humans.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.1%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Story Rich 13.5%, Anime 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #7 7 summer days: Youth sky
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2020
Dev: Sanati Tales
Windows · Linux
A visual novel that takes place in the same universe as "7 summer days".
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Text-Based 20.8%, Story Rich 17.9%, Sci-fi 15%, Adventure 8.9%
- #8 The Lament of a Lifeless Star
92% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: TALESSHOP Co., Ltd.
Windows
As their feet lead them on a journey... They happen upon the secret of how this world was destroyed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Post-apocalyptic 24.8%, Anime 20.7%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #9 Navigatore of the Ruined World
91% matchVery Positive81% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: PrimulaPub: pencil
Windows
The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where only two humans have survived: the protagonist and the hero. You will assume the role of the protagonist as she fights to survive alongside Harunashi Mika, the game's hero. Genre: Otome Game / Number of Endings: 17 (including bad endings).
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Post-apocalyptic 27.3%, Adventure 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Anime 9.5%
- #10 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
91% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: 株式会社ヘッドロックPub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
The story is set in future Tokyo, where human’s endless desires have consumed finite resources. In this world that is gradually approaching its end, the streamer girls continue to sing, while embracing dreams and despair in their hearts...
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, Text-Based 22.3%, Anime 17.1%, Adventure 10.5%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #11 Diving Disorder-下潜症
90% matchVery Positive93% of 143 reviews2021
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Diving Disorder is an AVG on wasteland theme. Players will play the role of a refugee who are struggling to survive after a global disaster, together with a white-haired girl suffering from narcolepsy, exploring the truth of the doomsday and the old world in memory.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 49.8%, Anime 21%, 2D 12.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 2.7%
- #12 A Traveler to unknown Thule
89% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: komasukePub: Nostia
Windows · Mac
Adventure Game Traveling around Iceland
Why similar: Text-Based 29%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Anime 21%, Exploration 9.1%, Adventure 8.5%
- #13 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
89% matchVery Positive86% of 262 reviews2022
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Anime 22.7%, Modern 15.3%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #14 OPUS: Rocket of Whispers
88% matchVery Positive92% of 1,713 reviews2018
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Anime 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Exploration 7.8%
- #15 Near-Death-Expedition
87% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: 『縋想』プロジェクト
Windows · Mac
After quitting the job, you were casually browsing a video site when you saw a strange video with a blank thumbnail. "Can you hear me? Can you see me...?" The next day, you receive a message requesting you to be the manager of the mysterious VTuber "Owarino Rinne". The endless journey begins.
Why similar: Modern 24.7%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Anime 16%, Text-Based 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%
- #16 q.u.q.
86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,956 reviews2023
Dev: motijanPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
q.u.q. is a surreal visual novel about a somewhat crude girl that wanders a desert.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Anime 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #17 Schrödinger's Call
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,258 reviews2026
Dev: Acrobatic ChirimenjakoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Text-Based 16.5%, Anime 14.2%, Female Protagonist 12.2%
- #18 The Neverending Summer
86% matchVery Positive99% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: LSAusa
Windows
Summer comes again and again, and changes come quietly.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Anime 18%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Adventure 6.5%
- #19 KANADE
85% matchVery Positive83% of 375 reviews2025
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
A visual novel about becoming lovers with Kanade—a half-human, half-alien girl. Enjoy a tender relationship with Kanade and witness how love blossoms into a song that saves the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Anime 20%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
- #20 Road Trip to the End of the World
84% matchVery Positive98% of 215 reviews2025
Dev: Shark and Pelican Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Road Trip to the End of the World is a visual novel about the death of a friendship. When Andy and her imaginary friend Fishy set off on a road trip to crash their ex-best friend’s wedding, will they know when to hit the brakes?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Anime 13.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9%
- #21 Last Days
83% matchVery Positive94% of 196 reviews2021
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组
Windows
The gods have blessed New Canaan for four hundred years, and everyone - including Sister Ginsetsu - thought it would go on forever, until the day Ginsetsu met the gods of New Canaan. Since then, the story between the maiden who calls herself a god, and the maiden who will become a god has begun.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Text-Based 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Sci-fi 10%
- #22 さよならナイト・キャップ
82% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: PIGORIS
Windows
目が覚めると、見知らぬゲームセンターにいました。 あなたを知る謎の女の子と行動を共にし、不思議な世界を探検しましょう。
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Anime 17.3%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Adventure 10.4%
- #23 ECHOES
80% matchVery Positive100% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: びご
Windows
終末世界の見知らぬ廃墟で目覚めた青年は、壊れかけのアンドロイドの少女と出会う。 これは少女の不思議な声を辿る、5日間の小さな短編アドベンチャー。
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 41.2%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Adventure 16.5%, Story Rich 11.7%, 2D 5.4%
- #24 Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,907 reviews2025
Dev: Ferry // Nopanamaman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Text-Based 13.6%, Anime 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #25 Last Message
82% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2021
Dev: JamesGamesNZ
Windows
Use an in-game computer to chat with friends to stay connected and help each other. Explore your 'empty' apartment building for items to assist them and uncover lost messages.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Text-Based 22%, Dialogue Heavy 21.1%, Story Rich 8.4%, Exploration 7.1%
- #26 Piano at 5 a.m.
81% matchVery Positive97% of 189 reviews2023
Dev: Kazuhide Oka
Windows · Mac
"Piano at 5 a.m." is a short text adventure game. A girl who is the main character wanders in a fog forest while adjusting the four factors of "drowsiness," "thirst," "madness," and "recharge," which increase or decrease depending on the choices she makes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.1%, Exploration 17%, Adventure 16.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #27 无名者
79% matchVery Positive97% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: Origincourtyard世界庭院Pub: WindField Games
Windows
"请告诉我,爱是否存在意义。" 《无名者》是一款百合向文字冒险游戏。追随少女们的足迹,在失落的城市中寻找神明的踪迹,探寻埋藏在过往之中的真相,寻找延续未来的方法,直至抵达世界尽头——
Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Female Protagonist 21%, Anime 18.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #28 Everglow
81% matchVery Positive93% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: 7CoreLoops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the story of Glow, a young and naive furry heroine caught between two empires' interplanetary ambitions, forged in tragedy and conspiracy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 11.4%, Adventure 8.7%
- #29 UsoNatsu ~The Summer Romance Bloomed From A Lie~
79% matchVery Positive92% of 447 reviews2023
Dev: LYCORISPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is a story about finding love to overwrite the feelings for the one they held dearest. A girls love visual novel about summer, love and adolescence.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.4%, Anime 22%, Text-Based 19.1%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Adventure 5.9%
- #30 不被忘记的你
78% matchVery Positive96% of 271 reviews2023
Dev: 箱崎奈绪(Hakozaki Nao)
Windows
免费美少女小说游戏,玩家将以男主角的视角,体验与女主角CnGal看板娘相遇后,共同重建CnGal资料站的故事。
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Text-Based 24.3%, Anime 16.2%, Female Protagonist 14%, 2D Platformer 7.1%
- #31 GIRLS MADE PUDDING
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 910 reviews2025
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
"When there's nobody there to see you, you disappear." In Girls Made Pudding, two girls tour a series of towns that people have disappeared from.
Why similar: Crafting 21.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Female Protagonist 14%, Exploration 13.2%, Adventure 7.9%
- #32 ヘブンバーンズレッド
77% matchMixed60% of 6,132 reviews2022
Dev: WRIGHT FLYER STUDIOS
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 167.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Key 麻枝 准が描く、最後の希望を託された少女たちの物語『ヘブンバーンズレッド (ヘブバン)』 フィールドを駆け回り、かけがえのない日常を体験しながら、命を賭した戦いに挑むドラマチックRPG!
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Anime 17.2%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Exploration 10.1%
- #33 RGB GlitchGazer
75% matchVery Positive97% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Anime 25%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Adventure 9.3%, 2D 8.8%
- #34 TASOMACHI: Behind the Twilight
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 585 reviews2021
Dev: Orbital ExpressPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Yukumo is a young girl traversing the world in her beloved airship. Upon arriving at a certain town, her airship breaks down. She decides to explore the town to search for parts for repair; however, the town has fallen silent, with no trace of its inhabitants...
Why similar: Anime 32.1%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Exploration 16.8%, Atmospheric 16%, Adventure 10.2%
- #35 You know my name?
76% matchMixed69% of 229 reviews2024
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Text-Based 31.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Story Rich 9.4%, 2D 5.2%
- #36 The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Domain
Windows
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Text-Based 16.7%, Anime 13.2%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
- #37 KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,458 reviews2024
Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
"KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE" is a rhythm game in which AI girls who were awoken after the apocalypse use special song magic to create melodies with you, in an effort to restart the world. How did the destruction happen? Why do these girls exist? All answers will be revealed...when the music stops.
Why similar: Anime 33.5%, Female Protagonist 22.1%, Adventure 14.1%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #38 Winter Polaris
75% matchVery Positive93% of 97 reviews2019
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows
A mysterious global pandemic is making people disappear into thin air. A mysterious glass object carried by a girl found adrift at sea. Two stories that set two pairs of protagonists off on separate journeys around the world. What does it mean to live, make mistakes, and live again?
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.1%, Text-Based 33.5%, Anime 23.5%, 2D 6%
- #39 Deluge: Sermon for the Dead
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Anime 24.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Story Rich 8.8%, Adventure 8%
- #40 bygone snow
70% matchVery Positive98% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Creatalsoftware Games
Windows
When the world ends, who will you spend your final hours with? A visual novel for the GBA.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.5%, Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, 2D 4%
- #41 ATRI -My Dear Moments-
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 23,248 reviews2020
Dev: FrontwingPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 109.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.5%, Anime 23.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Sci-fi 4.4%
- #42 Fallstreak: Requiem for my Homeland
73% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A death march to the end of the world. Can humanity's lost future be reclaimed?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Post-apocalyptic 21%, Anime 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
- #43 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
73% matchVery Positive83% of 274 reviews2020
Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Anime 21.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Survival 11.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #44 Noctuary
69% matchVery Positive92% of 2,635 reviews2023
Dev: GratescaPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Two young illuminators, Fancia and Alina, start their adventure in the bright and fascinating Inlixaland... ...in pursuit of becoming trustworthy "The Arborangers."
Why similar: Text-Based 21.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Anime 15.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #45 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
71% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows · Mac
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Text-Based 26.3%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Exploration 11.7%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #46 Universe For Sale - Prologue
72% matchVery Positive89% of 114 reviews2021
Dev: Tmesis Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 27%
The Prologue of Universe for Sale, a sci-fi narrative experience about human relationships and self-acceptance, follow the stories of the nameless Master, a mysterious cultist and Lila the universes vendor.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Text-Based 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Crafting 9.6%
- #47 The Day Before You Gone
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Aequalis Studio
Windows
An adventure shattering stereotypes, a psychological experiment forcing a struggle within oneself. The tale of a girl with magical abilities who loses her beloved. Will she have a chance to turn back time? It's up to you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.6%, Text-Based 19.2%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #48 Kunado Chronicles
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 195 reviews2023
Dev: Purple SoftwarePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The dragon is already dead. Help what's left of humanity learn how to live in this post-apocalyptic fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Anime 15.8%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #49 Blossoms Bloom Brightest
72% matchMixed70% of 213 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: Visual Novel 25.2%, Anime 15.9%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Text-Based 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #50 Some Distant Memory
69% matchVery Positive94% of 308 reviews2019
Dev: Galvanic GamesPub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.7%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Adventure 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #51 No More Future
68% matchVery Positive99% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: Sedge
Windows
In the last days of their life, a dying person takes one final gamble... No More Future is a linear Sci-Fi Visual Novel, where you explore a futuristic world as an android trying to rebuild their old life. In this strange journey, they'll question the very foundations of their life and their world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Text-Based 30.4%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, Adventure 9.4%
- #52 Midnight Syndrome
67% matchVery Positive99% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.5%, Anime 23.4%, Exploration 16.6%, Adventure 10.5%, 2D 8.5%
- #53 Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World-
68% matchVery Positive88% of 800 reviews2022
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 67.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Kaito wakes to find himself in a strange room, with no memories, and a taciturn girl named Yonagi by his side. Upon learning of his role, he immerses himself into three wondrous dream worlds with her. When all three stories meet a bitter end, Kaito recovers his memories, and the true story unfolds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Text-Based 14.2%, Story Rich 13.1%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
- #54 Visual Novel Sisters
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 231 reviews2021
Dev: Quacky GamesPub: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Visual novel based on the tale of two sisters.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Anime 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Exploration 11.1%
- #55 The Hole Town
67% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: imayuiPub: Millchan Games
Windows
To the town in the hole... a story about a place where I can't go.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Anime 13.5%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Adventure 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #56 This Winter of Ours
65% matchVery Positive99% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: VARIA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alone as two, together as one - A fantasy/yuri visual novel telling the story of two girls traversing a snow covered forest and growing closer.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Text-Based 25.1%, Anime 19.1%, Adventure 8%, Atmospheric 7%
- #57 Scars of Summer: After
65% matchVery Positive92% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: Shinachiku-castellaPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Live out your last two summers with your childhood friend and attempt to save her from the many fates that await her in the backwards village where she grew up.
Why similar: Anime 54%, Adventure 35.7%, Singleplayer 5.3%, Indie 5%
- #58 The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition
63% matchVery Positive98% of 262 reviews2026
Dev: Cetacity
Windows
Two girls must travel to the Moon's core after it has been thrown out of orbit. A PC98 inspired visual novel about fear of the unknown and people in love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Text-Based 22.7%, Sci-fi 15%, Anime 12.2%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #59 Entropic Float: This World Will Decay And Disappear
68% matchPositive92% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Nico HPub: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50%, Anime 15.6%, Story Rich 12.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, 2D 6%
- #60 project canvas 〜ヰ世界情緒育成計画〜
64% matchVery Positive100% of 484 reviews2024
Dev: ENTERGRAM,INC.Pub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
アイドルプロデューサーとしてヰ世界情緒を育成する、アイドル育成ADVです。
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Anime 17%, Modern 16.5%, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 8.8%