60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Drama, Visual Novel, Choose Your Own Adventure, 2D.
Plunge into the depths of sanity and Lovecraftian lore in this Eldritch Horror Dating Visual Novel. Will you find love or madness?
The Groom of Gallagher Mansion
Hunt down a beheaded ghost to save your college club from losing funding! It'll be a piece of cake— wait, what do you mean he wants to marry you!? The Groom of Gallagher Mansion is spooky comedic romantic visual novel full of laughs and scares all around!
Pandemic Love
A short visual novel about isolation. You try to search for comfort in the lonesome people around you. Keeping the darkness at bay with small embers of light. Will you let the fear change you?
Hunt down a beheaded ghost to save your college club from losing funding! It'll be a piece of cake— wait, what do you mean he wants to marry you!? The Groom of Gallagher Mansion is spooky comedic romantic visual novel full of laughs and scares all around!
Why similar: Dating Sim 13.5%, Detective 11.1%, Dark Humor 11.1%, Investigation 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
A short visual novel about isolation. You try to search for comfort in the lonesome people around you. Keeping the darkness at bay with small embers of light. Will you let the fear change you?
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Cartoony 9.2%, Drama 8.7%
Navigate your relationships and figure out the truth behind the ghost of a 80s children's TV show host who's been haunting you in this fully voiced R-18 visual novel filled with nostalgia, romance, and horror. Can everyone get their happily ever after?
Why similar: Dating Sim 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Investigation 10.4%, Psychological 10.3%
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Detective 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Investigation 8.7%, Dark 8.3%
A short visual novel about dealing with loss. You explore a festival filled with old memories and regret. Where the voices of the dead never stay quite dead. Will you manage to change, before it's too late?
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Cartoony 10.3%, Drama 8.7%
Murder Mystery meets Dating Sim in a small southwestern town beset by cults & conspiracies. Can you prevent your coffee shop from closing, solve your uncle’s murder and maybe even find love?
Why similar: Dark Humor 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Investigation 10.9%, Dating Sim 10.7%
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Investigation 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Emotional 11%
ROMANCE AFTER DARK is a noir blend of visual novel and adventure game experience. Play as Trevor, once successful private investigator and help him put his miserable life on the right track again. Use your detective hunch and interact with characters and objects.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Detective 11.6%, Drama 7.4%
The Twisting Trail of Clues is a captivating and thrilling modern-day murder mystery. Set in a bustling city, the story follows detective Emma as she tries to solve a seemingly impossible case - the murder of a prominent businessman by a mysterious secret society.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Detective 13%, Cartoony 12.6%, Stylized 9%, Drama 8%
"Sugar,sugar,sugarcoat" is a dating simulation game set in a school. Interact with the girls and gain their love. You must then offer that love to the devil you love.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Simulation 14%, Drama 9.2%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 「メモリーズオフ」シリーズ1作目 1999年に登場した恋愛アドベンチャーゲーム「メモリーズオフ」をフルＨＤ移植。
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Drama 13.8%, Emotional 11.7%
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Psychological 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Investigation 11.5%, Drama 10.8%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 主人公「伊波健」は、私立の高校に通う高校３年生。 ずっと変わらないと、信じていた。 半年前から交際している同級生の「白河ほたる」との幸せな状況も、２人の関係も。 しかし、ある出来事を境に変化が訪れる。 些細な誤解。すれ違う心……。 小さな変化は、やがて取り返しのつかないところまで膨らんで……。 そんな最中、２人の間にある数え切れぬほどの想い出を振り切ってでも、一緒にいたいと思える女性が現れたとしたら……。
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Emotional 13.7%, Drama 11.2%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 今年もここ、神奈川県藤川市にある藤林高等学校にも春が訪れた。 教室の窓から差し込む暖かい日差しにまどろみながら「芹澤 直樹」はいつも願う。 ｢ちなつは、なおくんの嫁なのです！」 そんなことを恥ずかしげもなく言える幼なじみの「天川 ちなつ」や学校の仲間たちと、ずっと楽しく過ごせればいいのに──。 しかし、その願いは唐突に打ち砕かれる。 突如として現れた謎の少女「南雲 霞」 そして始まった霞と秘密の同棲生活。
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Drama 13.9%, Emotional 11.4%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 千羽谷大学の２年生「河合春人」は、映画作りという夢を目指して、小さな映画サークルに所属している。 だが春人は、１年前に親友「日名雄介」の死をきっかけに、その夢をあきらめかけていた。 そんな春人の前に突如現れた謎の女「仙堂麻尋」 彼女の登場で、「日名あすか」をはじめとする仲間たちとの間に、微妙な変化が訪れる……。 立ち止まったままの春人の胸にかけがえのない想いが宿るとき、途切れたフィルムは静かに回り出す。
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Drama 13.9%, Emotional 11.4%
An open world visual novel filled with lots of intrigue and stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Detective 13.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Drama 9.4%
From the creators of Seven Days and LOST:SMILE, LIFE0 presents their third game: 「Dreamin' Her」. In his dreams, the ideal girlfriend appears taking the form of his childhood friend. Is she really just a dream, or is she something more?
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Simulation 13.9%, Emotional 10.3%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 神奈川県澄空市────。 秋は深まり、枯葉が道を彩っている。 ｢塚本志雄」は、幼なじみの「遠峯りりす」と歩く通学路でしみじみと思い起こしていた。 後から付いてくる感じだった幼い頃のりりす。 しかし、数年の間を経て再会したりりすは随分と我侭になっていた。 そして、志雄はいつしか下僕のような扱いに……。 その日、同級生の「箱崎智紗」をりりすに紹介される。 地味だった智紗は、大胆にイメージチェンジをしていた。
Why similar: Dating Sim 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Drama 14%, Emotional 10.6%
Break the dead ends! A music creation adventure where the sounds you create change depending on your "emotional choices". A dark tale of creation, modelled on the real world and real events.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Drama 10.8%, Emotional 10.1%
You can't understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality.” Talk. Mind Read. Translate. An empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Psychological 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Detective 11.6%, Investigation 10.6%
Become a righteous hacker detective who solves people's problems... and hack the requested PC by solving riddles! Analyze the PC by hacking! And... solve the source of your client's problems in the PC! This game is a puzzle solving adventure. You can hack by solving riddles.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Emotional 13.6%, Mystery 11.3%, Drama 10.6%
Experience the heart-pounding suspense of a modern-day werewolf horror story as you step into the shoes of Cassie, a brave woman determined to put an end to a terrifying curse plaguing her small town.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15%, Cartoony 13.2%, Simulation 9.6%, Stylized 9.5%, Drama 9.5%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 浜咲学園に通う高校3年生「鷺沢一蹴」 彼には同学年の彼女、「陵いのり」がいた。 何もかも順調だった。 しかし、それは唐突に訪れる……。 卒業も間近に控えた雨の日のバレンタインデー……。 いのりからデートに誘われた一蹴は、いのりから告白された想い出の場所に連れて行く。 そこで渡されるチョコレートと一緒に渡されたのは…… いのりからの一方的な別れ話。 果たして別れの訳は……一蹴といのりの関係は……！？
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Drama 11.4%, Emotional 10.6%
My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Psychological 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Investigation 10.8%, Drama 9.3%
*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. なんとなく大学生になった主人公、「加賀正午」。 それなりに一人暮らしの大学生活を楽しんでいる一方で、彼は漠然とした憂鬱さを感じていた。 その原因は数年前、理由も告げず突然消えた恋人、「黒須カナタ」だった。 カナタとの唐突な別れは彼の心に大きな傷をつけていたのだ……。 それから数年後── 偶然にもカフェで再会するカナタと正午。 失ったと思っていたカナタとの再会で彼の心は乱れてしまう。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Dating Sim 24.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Drama 11.8%, Emotional 10.9%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Investigation 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological 9.3%, Dark 8.8%
When did you become a monster? In this nightmare, everyone is guilty. Everyone has a secret. A demon will make you remember what you did. Piece together your shattered past in a detective psychological horror and... WAKE UP!
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Drama 14.3%, Investigation 13.5%, Dark 13%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
When youth shine brightly, do your best to fulfill your romantic wish: Reach for the feelings of your loved one. Choose one of the three female protagonist to be your beloved.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Simulation 8.5%, Drama 8.4%
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of summer vacation with Summer Sex Saga 🏄♂️💦! ☀️🏖️ Head to sunny beaches, enjoy the sea breeze, 🌊 and dive into unforgettable adventures. 🌟
Why similar: Dating Sim 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Cartoony 10.2%, Simulation 7.8%
The strange custom of "Onibarai" held in the village they moved to. The countryside life of the newlywed couple is infiltrated by the villagers' sinister intentions...!?
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Drama 10.1%, Simulation 9.8%
かけがえのない想いを見つけた、その先に――
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Adventure 9%, Emotional 8.2%
A lonely garbage collector navigates three districts, forming relationships shaped by choices, gifts, odor, reputation, and hidden dangers. Love is fragile secrets are not.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Dark Humor 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Drama 9.1%
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dark Humor 12%, Psychological 11.5%
A black-and-white stylized collection of visual novel stories with pixel graphics gameplay and lineart artwork. Experience how new bonds are created, how they evolve, twist and change. Complete with a separate open-ended adventure mode.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.6%, Detective 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Drama 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious, and the killer hides behind abnormal logic.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Dark Humor 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological 10.9%, Dark 9.8%
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological 11.6%, Drama 11.6%, Dark 9.4%
Life is easier when you're a small creature on a farm. Everything is decided for you, and your fate is written out until the very end. Sounds like a fairy tale... or maybe a nightmare? Enjoy the peaceful times. You'll never leave it, because you're safe here... Or are you?
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Drama 11.7%
Labeled a “troublemaker,” you transfer to the worst high school. There, you become entangled in dangerous relationships driven by desire, jealousy, and manipulation. Will you get closer, be used, or get hurt— your choices will determine how your story with them ends.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Adventure 8.1%, Drama 7.2%
A surreal inde RPG about dissociation, recovery, and the friends (imaginary or not) who help us survive. Guide Juno through a new town, (re)build her connections, dig through the static and find out what it means to see the world in color again.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Dark Humor 12.9%, Adventure 8.3%, Psychological 8.1%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Psychological 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%
The protagonist is unable to move due to a car accident and is now being approached by the heroines. And so begins a hospital stay surrounded by prank-loving female doctors and nurses!!
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Drama 11.9%, Simulation 10.9%
Clock Out at 2 is a visual novel in which you have to survive inside the corporate machine known as the "workplace". Eat fast food. Drink lots of espressos. Experience microaggressions. Pray they don't fire you.
Why similar: Dark Humor 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Drama 10.2%, Emotional 9.9%
Features include Live2D animation of the heroine, whose facial expressions change during conversations. The game depicts daily interactions with classmates, such as messages before school, chats during recess, and calls before bedtime, creating a relaxed atmosphere.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Simulation 16.8%, Adventure 8.8%
Shunichi Sasaki, a young man who lost his past memories due to higher brain dysfunction, was criticized as a "murderer". Who was he really? Use memory notes to supplement his memories and explore his past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Detective 13.4%, Drama 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Dark 10.7%
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological 11%, Investigation 10.3%
A young man with shattered dreams becomes a tutor to a non-human girl. Lured by high pay, he arrives at a mysterious research center and meets Hamal. Upon uncovering a shocking truth, he must make a life-altering choice. A Taboo Romance with a Non-Human Student.
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.6%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Dark 12.5%, Emotional 11.3%
Set in a small town where reality and daydreams softly blur, this visual novel invites you on a quiet, emotional journey. As the scenery slowly changes, you embark on a journey to face the feelings you once forgot— searching for something that surely existed, somewhere in the past.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Simulation 15.7%, Drama 10.1%
Paradise is a Boys Love visual novel and tells the story of a group of men who go on holiday on a deserted island. When things begin to go wrong, they realize to their horror that they are stranded. Turns out that’s only the start of their problems.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Drama 11.4%, Dark 10.2%
In this visual novel, Maggie Crane and 15 others are invited to partake in the Isolated Society Study, where they must forge a peaceful society while attempting to outsmart each other in complex challenges. Just as the study is about to conclude, the Golding Foundation introduces a sinister twist.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Dark 8.4%
A haunting horror story set in an isolated abbey. Jeanne, a naïve young nun, struggles to save her lover, the angelic Sister Séraphine, from a wasting disease which has ravaged their home - but what is Jeanne prepared to sacrifice for Séraphine's sake?
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Drama 10%, Dark 9.4%
いじめの犯人探しに抜擢された主人公。 彼が描く推理、その結末は必ずしも正しいとは限らない。 あなたが選んだ結末次第で、 誰かを苦しめるのかもしれない……
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Detective 16.6%, Drama 13.2%, Investigation 12.4%
While on a school trip to Jabberwock Island, students are ensnared in Monokuma’s deadly game, forced into mutual killing and Class Trials to expose the culprit. Break through contradictions with high-speed detective action. Includes both a brand-new scenario and the enhanced original!
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Dating Sim 19.7%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Investigation 12.3%, Mystery 7.7%
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Dating Sim 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Investigation 11.9%
You come back to school at the beginning of second semester. A lot has changed during your absence. Are you able to solve the mystery which not many people know about?
Why similar: Investigation 15.7%, Detective 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Drama 9.3%, Stylized 8.9%
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 9%
Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Detective 14.3%, Dark 11.6%, Psychological 10.2%, Drama 9.6%
A tale of small miracles in a snow-covered town— Kanon, the very first game from visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring HD visuals and full voice support! (The protagonist is only voiced in certain scenes.)
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Drama 10%
A group of university students is going to spend a week in the old hotel "Amnea". Within these seven days they have to find out what is hidden behind its facade and to unravel all the mysteries without losing their minds.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological 11.8%, Drama 11.3%, Dark 9.5%
A Game Where You're Killed for Becoming a Couple.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Drama 9.1%
Lost in the woods. Alone in the dark. And hunted by a killer. Step into the shoes of one woman as she navigates a web of terror and deceit to uncover the truth behind a string of disappearances.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Cartoony 14.7%, Simulation 10.9%, Stylized 10.4%, Emotional 9.9%
