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Drinks with Abbey is a short, slice-of-life visual novel about a first date.

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Romance 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%

Who did you kiss that night? Text Your Life is a mobile phone chat simulator that lets you put yourself in the shoes of our protagonist, a female university student with a group of eccentric friends and a love life that has suddenly turned somewhat... complicated.

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Romance 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%

"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: Dating Sim 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Romance 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%

Summer's here and hearts are heating up! Meet five different beauties, hang out, flirt a little... and maybe even find your summer romance. Your choices matter — and the story’s all yours.

Why similar: Dating Sim 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Romance 16%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choices Matter 16%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Romance 12.8%

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 23.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Romance 22%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 12.8%

"Charming Hearts" is a real-life interactive dating game. Players will meet, get to know, and fall in love with different types of beauty. Every choice will lead to a completely different chemical reaction with "her"; every entanglement, the sweet love is entangled and pulled.

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Romance 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%

Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Romance 11.8%

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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%

It's date night in the dystopian future. You're going out with Mel, a half-melon person with psychic powers. They seem a little weird, but at least they're cute. Choose where to go, what to do, and what to say in this highly interactive, romance visual novel.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Dating Sim 16.3%, Romance 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%

Plenty of Fish in the Sea is a cozy narrative-driven dating sim where you engage in heartfelt conversations with charming salmon and take them on delightful underwater dates.

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.2%, Romance 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13%

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 40.8%, Romance 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 6.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.9%

Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend.

Why similar: Dating Sim 38.5%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Romance 21.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Simulation 5.6%

Upon answering a mysterious phone call, you awaken in an unfamiliar place filled with new faces… Through intricate relationships and thoughtful introspection, will you be able to unravel the reason you are here?

Why similar: Dating Sim 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Romance 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%

A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.

Why similar: Dating Sim 24%, Romance 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%

A chat dating sim game inspired by Mystic Messenger, VTuber communities, and internet spam

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.8%, Romance 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%

A BL dating sim with elements of studio management and interactions with voice actors! Follow Aki, a newbie voice director who has to complete the recordings for several BL dramas, and interact with the charming voice actors. Come give voice to the language of love!

Why similar: Dating Sim 38.6%, Romance 25.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Simulation 4.9%

A romantic visual novel with interactive elements. Flirt, choose, and pour your charm into short but intense stories. Take control of the situation, meet new characters, and play through mini-games where every decision can change the course of the night.

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Dialogue Heavy 35.5%, Simulation 22.6%, Indie 1%

Millennium Whisper is a next-gen dating-sim set in 1999 at the fictional Escafeld College with an AI trained by real actors portraying the cast! Who will you confess your feelings to at the end of the millennium?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.3%, Dating Sim 22.7%, Romance 16.7%, Visual Novel 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%

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 32.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Romance 12.4%, Simulation 7.5%

An immersive MMORPG-simulation chatroom based romance / otome visual novel. You are the leader of a raiding guild in the world's hottest MMORPG, Emberfate. Will you lead your guild to success in the newest raid — and perhaps find love along the way among your guildmates?

Why similar: Dating Sim 23%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 10.9%

It's 1994 in the mountains of Northern Japan - Are you ready to fall in love? Snowkissed Romance weaves addictive stat-building, day planning, and mini-games with captivating storytelling and plenty of ’90s shoujo charm.

Why similar: Dating Sim 25.3%, Romance 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.

Why similar: Dating Sim 22.4%, Dialogue Heavy 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 12.1%

Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%

Embark Speed Dates, where you control first dates with 18 attractive women in this interactive FMV game. Shape your story with charm and humor for a personalized romantic journey.

Why similar: Dating Sim 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13%, Romance 9.3%

BUNNY BOND is a steamy visual novel where you can chat, flirt, and fall in love with 6 handsome guys! Enjoy fun interactions with the group, send DMs to whoever catches your eye, and collect all of the sexy pictures they send to you!

Why similar: Dating Sim 29%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Romance 13.3%

Dating Simulator is a simulation game where you meet and interact with different people.

Why similar: Dating Sim 40.4%, Romance 26.9%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Simulation 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

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 66.8%, Visual Novel 29.4%, Indie 3.8%

More than a dating sim—this is your "cyber trial marriage." Each dialogue, choice, and interaction delicately shifts the balance. Will you stand firm or adapt for love? Confront or avoid the challenges? Rewind to before the promise is made, and let life's scales reveal where your heart truly leans.

Why similar: Dating Sim 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Romance 10.8%, Simulation 10.6%

a short but incredibly touching experience.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.5%, Visual Novel 31.6%, Romance 13.5%, Simulation 12.4%

Crown Delights Deli is a visual novel with multiple dialect/language choices. As the cashier at a Brooklyn bodega, choose to talk in English, AAVE, or Spanish to a diverse cast of characters as you try to maintain a five-star rating for your boss.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 42.3%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Simulation 7.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.2%

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 36%, Choices Matter 18%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Simulation 9.6%

Just Date is a simulator of a real date, and it's up to you to determine how successful it will be. Share stories and jokes, treat yourself to delicious dishes, and try to win the heart of the beautiful girl, Elizabeth.

Why similar: Dating Sim 30.6%, Romance 23.6%, Visual Novel 19%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

Spend 4 days with 2 boy failures in this otome visual novel. Will you choose Julian, the lost tourist with golden retriever energy, or Riku, the quietly intense guy in a bear suit, to steal your heart in this short & sweet romance?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Romance 18.4%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11%

A 5 minutes game about love and hesitation. Use Backspace to play. Hope you will never experience this hesitation.

Why similar: Dating Sim 27.4%, Romance 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Dialogue Heavy 23.3%, Simulation 1.6%

Heartbeat House: Hong Kong is a dating reality visual novel. Live with eight participants in a shared villa and make romantic choices. Your decisions are remembered, and relationships will change. If the screen flickers or something feels off—please relax and keep dating. The show is still ongoing.

Why similar: Dating Sim 19.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Romance 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%

Squad up with Tala, a mysterious (and flirty!) player you meet in the lobby of a fictional FPS game. Use your real-life voice to talk with Tala over comms, solve puzzles, and outwit enemies. By the end, you’ll answer the most important question: Is she into you?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 33.8%, Dating Sim 33.1%, Romance 17.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Multiple Endings 6.7%

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: Dating Sim 23.6%, Romance 20.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

We meet many people in our lives. Relationships with them are different and can be changed.

Why similar: Dating Sim 24.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Romance 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%

A love comedy set in the voice acting industry, from the point of view of voice actresses, managers, and sound engineers... and it's, like, 78% accurate! Play it, and you might find out what this industry is all about!

Why similar: Dating Sim 26.9%, Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%

A character-driven, story-rich visual novel about rebuilding your life after juvenile detention. Forge friendships, find romance, and confront the scars of your troubled past.

Why similar: Dating Sim 22.1%, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Romance 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%

In Date or Destiny: Kiss or Miss, guide Kaan through his love-filled adventure. Meet different girls, make your choices, and shape the course of the story. The right decisions may lead you to a happy ending, but every wrong step brings you closer to a bitter fate.

Why similar: Dating Sim 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Romance 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

Will you lead your marching band to victory as drum major? Explore band camp and attend rehearsal alongside an unforgettable cast of characters, where every choice matters. Find love or face tragedy in 7 routes with 35+ different endings in this colorful, musically-rich otome visual novel.

Why similar: Dating Sim 24.9%, Romance 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%

A memory of a sweet kiss from last night. A lost cell phone. Three suspects. Become the main character's helper, make story choices, collect hints, and clear mini-games. A full-scale mystery romantic comedy interactive movie.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47%, Romance 35.6%, Simulation 16.1%, Indie 1.3%

"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.

Why similar: Dating Sim 30.2%, Romance 25.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 46.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8%

Fling with a Tiefling is a short fantasy romance visual novel that follows you, an adventurer whose journey is about to come to an end. With tonight potentially being the last night with your treasured Tiefling companion Karrus, how will you spend it with him?

Why similar: Dating Sim 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Romance 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 16.2%

Enjoy a sweet romance with vampires in this otome novel adventure.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.4%, Visual Novel 33.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Dating Sim 8.4%, Indie 0.6%

Assume the role of a praying mantis in a relationship dilemma. Torn between their mutual love and the instinct to have sex – which could lead to the male mantis’s death – the couple is on the verge of making a decision. Type anything you want in response to your partner during this life-changing conversation.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Romance 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%

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: Dating Sim 39%, Romance 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

Tender is a narrative game that explores connection and rejection in the era of swipe culture. It’s a story told by and through the modern interface for finding love.

Why similar: Dating Sim 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Romance 11.5%, Simulation 7.5%

A cute romance visual novel set at an international school in Japan. As you approach the final hours of your school years together, help your sweet but shy girlfriend Ceri overcome her fears to be able to play the harp at the school's graduation ceremony. A tender, wholesome love story awaits.

Why similar: Dating Sim 25%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Romance 8.6%

You can play as a newcomer, start a new life, and date 12 uncles

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 50.8%, Visual Novel 35.2%, Simulation 14%

A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%

"Half Billion" is a surreal simulation business interactive game, where you will complete the entrepreneurial journey with a start-up capital of half billion. Six beauty enter your life. How will you balance the relationship? Note that "wealth" and "likability" will jointly determine the your story.

Why similar: Dating Sim 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Romance 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%

《相亲攻略：宝贝别再选我了》是一款恋爱模拟的真人互动影像游戏，讲述关于“你”的相亲故事。 从接到母亲电话开始，你踏上相亲之旅，和你预想的不一样，苦恼的事情并不是如何找到一个对象，而是……这么多对象该带哪一个回家。

Why similar: Dating Sim 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 32%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Simulation 3.7%

Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Romance 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%