60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Emotional, Romance, Anime.
“Going against the grain is just another form of rebellion.” That's what high school student Yuta Nozaki believes, living by the principle of following the trend. Through his classmate Misaki Miyoshi, who constantly goes against the grain, Yuta begins to confront his true feelings.
Katawa Shoujo
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
Outdoor Adventures With Marisa Kirisame
Go fishing, talk by a cozy campfire, and even hold hands with Marisa Kirisame from the Touhou Project as you go out with her in this short and cozy visual novel!
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Emotional 17.5%, Romance 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11%, Text-Based 10.7%
Go fishing, talk by a cozy campfire, and even hold hands with Marisa Kirisame from the Touhou Project as you go out with her in this short and cozy visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, Emotional 18.2%, Anime 15.1%, Casual 10.9%, Romance 10.4%
What does "youth" mean to you? Is it a time in your life meant for having fun? For devoting yourself to a cause? For Yuu Tono, it's meant earning money and studying to build a brighter future for him and his family. But maybe the new (or maybe old?) friend who's come into his life will change that.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Romance 17.7%, Emotional 13.3%, Comedy 11.6%, Anime 9.6%
One boy, three girls, what could possibly happen? Summer of Heisei period 9 (1997), you play as a young boy who just moved to a small village near Osaka. You will meet three girls in this new school. One of them keeps a really deep secret… What secret? Well, if you can decode the title, you’ll guess it…
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Emotional 20.5%, Romance 16.3%, Anime 12.2%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet... What if all of them are connected and surround me like a circle? What should I do?
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Romance 16%, Emotional 14.3%, Text-Based 10.9%, Anime 9.1%
A date on the beach, small talk, a little bit of nostalgia and an important decision. All of that taking place to the accompaniment of the summer breeze.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Emotional 19.1%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Romance 13.5%, Anime 9.9%
A boy who can no longer hear the piano, living in the shadow of his gifted younger brother; a karate girl who is more than a friend but not yet a lover; and a girl with future memories. As past and future entwine, where will this triangle lead in this fleeting, bittersweet summer love story?
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.3%, Emotional 26.4%, Romance 11.8%, Text-Based 9.3%, Casual 8.3%
This romantic visual novel has you joining a financially struggling all-girls' private school as one student's example case for gender integration. The two of you try to prove that going co-ed could save the school, while the story explores themes of traditions, change, family, and relationships.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Romance 15.5%, Emotional 14.4%, Comedy 13.6%, Anime 10.7%
这是属于不怎么开朗的我们，充满逃避、畏缩、胆怯、不切实际的单恋故事。 属于你的故事结局将会如何，由你的选择而定。
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Text-Based 17.3%, Anime 13.6%, Romance 9.5%, Emotional 6%
Enter the melancholic life of a Japanese high school student, as you soon become entwined in the dispute between two female students. Learn more about their past as you piece together their relationship and mend their bond, all whilst forming bonds of your own.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.1%, Anime 17.4%, Casual 13.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Indie 7.7%
Tyler is a high schooler on a mission. He's going to use every minute of summer vacation to go on as many GPS-assisted scavenger hunts as possible. After running into some old friends during one of these hunts, strange things start happening: The day resets and today plays out exactly like yesterday
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Comedy 12.5%, Emotional 11.3%, Anime 10.9%, Casual 8.8%
This is a text adventure game, in which players will play the role of the male protagonist "Huang Xia" and achieve different endings by making choices in the game, realizing their own counterattack life on the construction site.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Comedy 23.3%, Romance 17.1%, Funny 11.6%, Anime 6.1%
I Wani Hug that Gator! Is a choice-driven narrative about teenagers struggling to find their way. Help Inco, loser highschooler extraordinaire, navigate his budding friendships (and romance!) while surviving being the only human in a dinosaur-filled school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35%, Romance 20.4%, Comedy 13.4%, Funny 8.9%, Text-Based 8.7%
In 2032, Tokyo scientists unveil Araraginium, the 257th element, capable of materializing matter and bringing back the deceased as Araragi Humans. Masakazu Tokimune, a Japanese high school student, grapples with daily life's blend of humor, intrigue, and love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Comedy 19.6%, Anime 12.1%, Text-Based 11.8%, Emotional 11.1%
一个讲述少年少女勇敢踏出追梦第一步的青春日常系故事。
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Emotional 14.5%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Anime 12.3%
What starts with a conversation between two long lost friends spills out into a captivating visual novel about four youths struggling to pursue their dreams and find their place in the world as love complicates everything.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Emotional 25.3%, Romance 16.1%, Anime 9.3%, Text-Based 7.3%
What's It Like to Have a Girlfriend with a Hidden Side? 💙A romantic comedy visual novel set in a modern campus, where a dare leads to an unexpected relationship with a cold beauty—and a sweet, chaotic cohabitation begins.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Emotional 17.9%, Romance 15%, Anime 11.4%, Funny 8.5%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Emotional 16.5%, Romance 12.6%, Text-Based 11.2%, Anime 9.5%
A visual novel about a memory that a boy named Mark tries very hard to forget, and a girl named Myra who unearths it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Emotional 15.7%, Comedy 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11%, Romance 10.7%
*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: Visual Novel 38.4%, Emotional 29.5%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Drama 5.8%
Azuma Satoru has sworn a life to do good on others with the lofty goal of one good deed a day. Upon his return to his hometown, things are going well as he helps the girls at his school but soon his life is about to get a little more chaotic...
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Comedy 18.4%, Romance 14.8%, Anime 13%, Text-Based 9.2%
Momoiro Closet is a visual novel exploring the unlikely romance of an average joe and the student council president. Experience the otaku mecca of Akihabara firsthand as you court your anime-obsessed cosplayer schoolmate, through either a tender love story or a passionate tale of lust.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Emotional 18.6%, Comedy 16.1%, Romance 13.3%, Anime 13.1%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Emotional 17.5%, Romance 12.1%, Text-Based 10.8%, Psychological 9.7%
Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance is a dating sim about a teen girl who moves to a small secret community of cryptids. Romance a magical Fairy, a sensitive Sasquatch and a bold Velociraptor. A satirical 90's teen drama about trying to find love in your last year of high school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.3%, Romance 21.3%, Hand-drawn 10%, Drama 7.6%, Casual 5.7%
Visual novel in the genre of romance and adventure. You are eighteen years old, and you have just entered the last stage of education. However, strange fragments of memories, notes and a series of events say that it will not work out to study calmly. The path you take is entirely in your hands.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.3%, Hand-drawn 21.6%, Romance 15.3%, Anime 14.8%, Adventure 7.1%
Join Noah in his first year of university as he decides to overcome his heartache, pursuing either a tomboy classmate, gorgeous doctor, or junior-year goth!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Comedy 16.4%, Romance 14.8%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Anime 10%
A simulation of an outcast romance!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Emotional 20.6%, Romance 13.8%, Anime 11.7%, Casual 7.7%
An interactive anime story! Save a beloved local sushi bar from dastardly landsharks, get distracted in countless mini games and make unforgettable friends in this larger-than-life narrative adventure. Written by Moa (Hatoful Boyfriend) and featuring a fully voiced cast!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Comedy 23.6%, Fishing 23% ★, Anime 14.4%, Casual 5.4%
A visual novel about a bunny girl, her boyfriend and a rabbit named Tonya
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Romance 16.9%, Psychological 14.3%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Funny 6.8%
Can you find love as the only boy in an all-girls school? Find out, in this slice-of-life visual novel game with multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.6%, Romance 22.4%, Anime 20.1%, Casual 5.6%, Indie 3.7%
*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: Visual Novel 39%, Emotional 25.6%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Adventure 11.6%, Drama 7.5%
Fishy is a heartfelt visual novel about friends, enemies, acceptance, and monsters. Explore the aquarium, face your fears, and maybe make a friend. here fishy fishy f̵̥͘͠i̷̱͉͋͑s̵͙̈͘h̵͖̅y̶̜͘
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Emotional 23.4%, Fishing 18.4% ★, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Psychological 6.6%
"Otaku's Adventure" is a different kind of AVG.The story tells of an Otaku who has been single for many years and thirst for love. While he inadvertently embarks on a fantastic journey, he eventually wins girls' love. The game combines storytelling with alternative TAKAGISM, and mini-games.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Funny 19.6%, Anime 12.9%, Romance 12.3%, Comedy 11.4%
这是一个关于遗憾与成长的故事。男生的思绪不断回到17岁的夏天，在一次次回忆与抉择中徘徊，是去尝试弥补遗憾？还是在释然间体会成长的意义?回忆中的她会在那等我吗？
Why similar: Emotional 26.6%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Hand-drawn 18.1%, Anime 8%, Atmospheric 6.1%
Follow the story of a young boy, Cantus as he meets Maris, the mysterious girl by the sea - an experience that will change his life forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.7%, Anime 24.5%, Casual 5.6%, Comedy 4.6%, Adventure 4.4%
"Problem Child" me, Class Heartthrob her—two lines that should never cross collided through a series of coincidences, shattering my monochrome world. Crave her eyes on me alone, crave her world with me alone. The once-pure admiration begins to twist...
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.4%, Romance 21.2%, Emotional 11.3%, Anime 9.5%, Casual 5.1%
Chihiro Himukai can't hold down a job... A sweet visual novel about two people finding each other after slipping apart.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Emotional 17.3%, Comedy 15.7%, Romance 13.8%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
‘Young Hearts’ is a visual novel in the genres of romance and slice of life, telling stories about the everyday life of a student company living in a warm southern town: stories about their secrets, dreams, love, their problems and ghosts of the past…
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Romance 19.3%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Anime 12.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Share a heart-to-heart talk, watch a movie together, take a bath, remove a computer virus, help a girl in a tough spot and—if you're lucky—find the love of your life using the color and pattern of her panties. This game tells the story about a guy looking for love renovated in a nostalgic 80s and 90s anime style.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Romance 17.1%, Anime 15.7%, Comedy 14.7%, Casual 8.3%
First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.
Why similar: Emotional 29.2%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Romance 18.2%, Anime 15.6%, Atmospheric 6.4%
Mitsuki, an aimless young man studying to take his university entrance exams, falls for a young single mother who lives in his apartment complex. A relationship develops between these mismatched social outcasts, and then...
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Emotional 16.7%, Romance 15.4%, Comedy 14.3%, Anime 10.8%
I, transfer student Hanamaru Mari, love you, Komachi Hiro-kun! Please go out with me! Our protag, Komachi Hirotaka. Every day, he goes through the motions-- dodging his cunning underclassman's advances, accidentally hitting on the student council president, and chasing idols.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Comedy 22.5%, Romance 17.7%, Anime 9.9%, Funny 7.4%
Nusakana is an open-world JRPG where you date fish girls while trying to solve the island mysteries. Play as a tourist having a full-year vacation on the island, on a mysterious invitation. Will it be a fun holiday or will it be a thrilling adventure? What about the romance? You decide!
Why similar: Romance 34.2%, Anime 28.3%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 14.9%
DUET illustrates the Hifuu Club's first encounter. It is a wordless, narrative-driven experience about connection and small moments in life. Step into the subtle yet fateful daily interactions that intertwine Renko and Merry's lives.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.6%, Romance 20.8%, Emotional 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Casual 7.8%
Reunite with your mischievous childhood tomboy friend in a playful, emotional journey filled with humor, challenges, and steamy moments. Will rivalry turn into romance?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Emotional 22.7%, Romance 18.4%, Anime 12%, Casual 6.4%
Since ancient times, the Inzu Peninsula has been home to a variety of fish. Legend tells of a mysterious fish known as the Goddess of Inzu, and as the story reaches your ears, you've decided to make it your life goal to catch this mystical fish!
Why similar: Anime 63.2%, Singleplayer 14.8%, Adventure 13.5%, Indie 8.4%
*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: Visual Novel 40.3%, Emotional 24.5%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Adventure 12%, Drama 6.3%
"Let's make a deal, if you can prove that urban legend is a lie, I won't bother you anymore." Rena is annoying student. She always show up wherever Ady is. Until one day, they make a deal. If Ady can prove that urban legend is a lie, she promise to leave Ady alone. Can Ady prove it ?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Romance 18.8%, Anime 13.6%, Funny 10.1%, Casual 9.8%
"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 41.6%, Romance 17.7%, Emotional 15.6%, Anime 14.1%, Casual 4.2%
In the midst of leading an ordinary life, I began to feel the urge to find myself a girlfriend. Yet somehow, I couldn't bring myself to take the first step. But one day... "What's this...?" A single notebook had fallen right in front of me. "Hey, you! Yes, you! Why aren't you picking it up?"
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Comedy 20.3%, Romance 16.4%, Emotional 13.4%, Casual 5.4%
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 36.9%, Romance 20%, Anime 14.8%, Text-Based 10.7%, Drama 5.5%
We all dream of a bright future ahead, but life doesn't always turn out how we expect. Yuuma, the protagonist, lives a peaceful life until the student council president proposes a new controversial policy that changes everything they once knew forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Romance 17.7%, Anime 14.4%, Emotional 12.2%, Adventure 6%
A word adventure game based on a long-distance relationship. On high school and college campuses, pick up memories that belong only to that time. Ideal and reality, if we can chose it again, can we not have regrets?
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.4%, Anime 24%, Indie 13.5%, Casual 7.5%, Singleplayer 6.4%
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Emotional 25.8%, Romance 19.5%, Anime 12.5%, Drama 5.6%
A sweet, slow burn yuri / lesbian visual novel about an anxious young teacher being swept off her feet by the cool, competent school nurse.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Emotional 18.4%, Romance 13.8%, Anime 10.9%, Comedy 10.2%
Keita’s summer kicks off with a random game chat—just anonymous “bros” trading jokes and awkward confessions. But when he learns his whole party is actually a group of girls living next door, things spiral fast in a season of neighborly chaos, college camaraderie, and maybe... something more.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Romance 13.2%, Emotional 11.8%, Comedy 9.9%, Anime 9%
"Lure of Passion" is an adult game about a simple fisherman living in a old hut… who somehow keeps catching more than just fish.
Why similar: Fishing 40.1% ★, Anime 23.8%, Casual 14.2%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 6%
The picture of café au lait is a visual novel game that makes the players feel immersed in story and character. They will experience the story in the game through the first-person perspective of the main character in the story named "Takagi".
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Romance 16.5%, Comedy 15.9%, Anime 13.5%, Casual 9%
"Date Z" - a captivating mix of high school drama, romance, and mystery. As a transfer student, your challenge is to navigate relationships and secure a date by Friday to survive a deadly virus outbreak. Unravel the hidden secrets. Every choice you make counts.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Comedy 16%, Romance 15.2%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Text-Based 13.6%
