- #1 Folie Fatale
97% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Otome 37.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Dating Sim 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #2 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
96% matchVery Positive91% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Otome 41.2% ★, Dating Sim 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Dark Fantasy 8%
- #3 Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons
96% matchVery Positive82% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: Aeon Dream Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
During your first year of university, immense magical powers are forced onto you, thus revealing the supernatural world hidden within ours. But you must learn to control your powers with the help of a partner or risk destroying everything around you. Will your new fate be one of tragedy or serendipity?
Why similar: Otome 55% ★, Visual Novel 21.9%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Romance 5.3%, Anime 3.5%
- #4 Demonheart: The Ice Demon
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
Why similar: Otome 33.6% ★, Dating Sim 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Romance 7.8%
- #5 Heart Fragment
94% matchVery Positive92% of 325 reviews2021
Dev: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Can you collect all the fragments to reach your happy ending? Or will your attempts only end in tragedy? Find out in this psychological otome game as you sort your way through the secrets & lies.
Why similar: Otome 35.9% ★, Visual Novel 12%, Dating Sim 9.4%, Romance 8.5%, RPG 8.3%
- #6 Dark Nights
94% matchVery Positive92% of 407 reviews2022
Dev: Pinlin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Otome 40.2% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%, Dating Sim 10.1%, Romance 9.3%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #7 Bewitching Sinners
93% matchVery Positive96% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: Otome 35.8% ★, Dating Sim 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Romance 8%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #8 Midnight Witch
92% matchVery Positive93% of 345 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Romance 10.6%
- #9 Pinewood Island
91% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Jaime Scribbles Games
Windows · Mac
Find love, solve a murder, and prevent more death in this murder-mystery horror otome | visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 33.1% ★, Dating Sim 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Romance 7.6%
- #10 Otome Legends
90% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Jagaimo Studios
Windows · Linux
Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?
Why similar: Otome 41.3% ★, Dating Sim 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 7.6%
- #11 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,598 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Otome 27.7% ★, Dating Sim 23.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Horror 8.7%, Romance 7.6%
- #12 Dangerous Fellows: Otome Game
91% matchMixed44% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: Storytaco
Windows
Otome dating sim - make your choices and survive this thriller romance game!
Why similar: Otome 35.4% ★, Dating Sim 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Romance 8.2%, Dark Fantasy 6.7%
- #13 Amnesia™: Memories
88% matchVery Positive92% of 4,125 reviews2015
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?
Why similar: Otome 50.1% ★, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dating Sim 10.3%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Romance 7.7%
- #14 Our Lovely Escape
89% matchMixed66% of 79 reviews2019
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your life is a peaceful one. Each day, you work alongside your (otherwise?) all-female workforce in the pursuit of creating otome games. Will you complete your life with a cute girlfriend? Will you be doomed to a life of normalcy? Or...? Find out in this (mostly...?) normal visual novel!
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Romance 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #15 EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK-
87% matchVery Positive87% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: dramatic create
Windows
Fleeting, yet beautiful. The world of darkness―― The main protagonist, Cloe (name changeable) lived in a secluded town. Surrounded by wire fences, it felt like she was trapped inside a cage. Zombies were the only residents in that town, and she wasn't the exception.
Why similar: Otome 37.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Romance 9.6%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%
- #16 Arcadia Fallen
86% matchVery Positive94% of 508 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Why similar: Otome 33.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Dating Sim 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Romance 7.7%
- #17 Degraman: Act I. Vincent
86% matchVery Positive84% of 190 reviews2021
Dev: NamNorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
An otome visual novel - play a powerless victim of a terrifying, unfair world. 200+ choices, 50+ endings, 20+ hours of play - and only one way to escape.
Why similar: Otome 38.8% ★, Visual Novel 10.8%, Dark 9.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Romance 9.1%
- #18 Drops of Death
83% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: Otome 33.4% ★, Dating Sim 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Romance 9.3%
- #19 7'scarlet
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 854 reviews2019
Dev: IDEA FACTORYPub: Intragames
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The remote town of Okunezato is shaped like a crescent moon and shrouded in dark myths and legends. Take on the role of a brave young woman journeying into the unknown to uncover dangerous truths and locate her missing brother with her childhood friend.
Why similar: Otome 37.1% ★, Dating Sim 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Romance 7.5%
- #20 Changeling
84% matchVery Positive93% of 167 reviews2019
Dev: Steamberry Studio
Windows · Mac
A dark, fantastical romantic comedy that focuses not just on falling in love, but rediscovering your past and the dangers of a supernatural world - where what's at stake is not just your heart, but also your life.
Why similar: Otome 59.4% ★, Female Protagonist 13%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Romance 6.9%, Fantasy 5%
- #21 Yet Another Killing Game
81% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Dark 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Anime 12.8%
- #22 Lunar maiden, River-side Angel, and the Godlike moment
82% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: サキュレントPub: 072 Project
Windows
"I make you real." Only he knows me. The identity of the young man who thought so was a serial killer. An 18+ novel game for maidens where a woman obtains divinity along with her ruin.
Why similar: Otome 37.2% ★, Dating Sim 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Dark 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #23 Nicole
84% matchMixed68% of 125 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Excited to join her first choice school, Nicole discovers a disturbing series of disappearances on campus upon moving into the university dorms. Three girls have vanished, and she might be next, deviating from her ideal college experience.
Why similar: Otome 36.4% ★, Dating Sim 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
- #24 Homicipher
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,818 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Otome 41.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #25 MindMindMind
78% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: ChattercapPub: Chattercap LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!
Why similar: Otome 31.7% ★, Dating Sim 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Dark 7.5%
- #26 Sounds of Verity
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 220 reviews2018
Dev: Violet FeaturePub: Vorobushek
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
There is unease in the demonic astral plain these days. The Nothern king is dead, and the prince is about to rise to the throne. But he is a strange silent lad. Human commoners (like me) have nothing to do with the local intrigue. Yet...somehow I am now in the very epicenter of this revolution?!
Why similar: Otome 46.4% ★, Visual Novel 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Romance 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #27 Fading Hearts
82% matchMixed65% of 192 reviews2014
Dev: Sakura River Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 168.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Your choices changes the GENRE of the story!Almost EVERY NPC LIES to you at some point in the game!Live a life of adventure or a normal life! A game with true choices!An interactive story/game where you play the role of Ryou, a seemingly normal high school student in the land of Sorayama.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.2%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Romance 15.6%, Horror 12.1%, Anime 10.2%
- #28 The Radiants
79% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Rose Arcana Games
Windows · Mac
The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.
Why similar: Otome 34.2% ★, Dating Sim 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Romance 8.4%
- #29 SoulSet
80% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2017
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SoulSet is a mystery/romance visual novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with five other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust?
Why similar: Otome 31.6% ★, Visual Novel 19.1%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Romance 8.4%
- #30 Crimson Gray: Dusk and Dawn
79% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2018
Dev: Sierra Lee
Windows · Mac · Linux
A slice of life visual novel with the emphasis on the slicing. Play as a mentally unstable young woman with blood on her hands trying to adapt to a normal life.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Dating Sim 12.4%, Anime 10.3%
- #31 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
73% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Anime 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #32 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
75% matchVery Positive93% of 4,340 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Otome 43.5% ★, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 8.1%, RPG 6.6%
- #33 TAISHO x ALICE episode 2
77% matchVery Positive86% of 685 reviews2020
Dev: PrimulaPub: pencil
Windows
DUALICE(TAISHO x ALICE episode II) is a fairytale visual novel in which YOU must save your Prince Charming! You will take on the role of the fairytale heroine in order to rehabilitate your chosen love interest and guide him to his "happily ever after"!
Why similar: Otome 56% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Anime 7.4%, Female Protagonist 3.4%
- #34 Her Last Piece
75% matchVery Positive98% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: SpiceMerchantsPub: SpiceMerchantsGames
Windows
A choice-based dark gothic romance Visual Novel... Trapped alone in her castle, can you survive a dark yandere queen's schemes? Or will you fall for her charms? Remember... She lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, Dark Fantasy 22.5%, RPG 12.2%, Horror 10.9%, Romance 7.6%
- #35 Trapped with Jester
74% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Otome 34.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Dark Humor 8.9%
- #36 Demonheart: Hunters
76% matchVery Positive84% of 292 reviews2020
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you. Romance your companions in this RPG with an emphasis on conversation choices and character interactions.
Why similar: Otome 35.3% ★, Dating Sim 11.8%, Dark Humor 9.2%, Romance 8.3%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #37 Theory of Fear
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: ANASTASI SUKHONOSOVA
Windows
"Theory of Fear" is a visual novel combining “slice of life” and “dark fantasy” genres. In the daytime, the main heroine is an ordinary girl, a first-year university student, who does an evening job in a café. At night, in her dreams, she visits another world with extraordinary guys, who start pursuing her...
Why similar: Otome 73.7% ★, Visual Novel 20.8%, Casual 5.5%
- #38 Scarlet Hollow
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,469 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Supernatural 9.5%
- #39 Deliver Us From Evil (DUFE)
74% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Galen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Romance supernatural bachelors and investigate humanity’s dark wishes!
Why similar: Otome 32.9% ★, Dating Sim 11.8%, Visual Novel 10%, Dark 7.8%, Romance 7.7%
- #40 BAD END THEATER
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Choices Matter 22.1%, Romance 11.6%, Anime 6.8%
- #41 The Rule Of SHE
72% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.8%, Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Fantasy 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%
- #42 Find Love or Die Trying
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.1%, Visual Novel 20%, Romance 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Anime 10.3%
- #43 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
76% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Romance 13%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #44 Uberich: Advent Sinners
71% matchVery Positive84% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
Windows
The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #45 Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder
73% matchVery Positive97% of 148 reviews2022
Dev: Square Weasel Studio
Windows · Linux
A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.
Why similar: Otome 31.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #46 Homicipher: Demo
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Otome 42.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Dark 10.1%
- #47 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
71% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Horror 12.3%, Anime 9.7%
- #48 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
67% matchVery Positive88% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Dark 11.7%
- #49 CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
73% matchMixed63% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
What will you do if you can redo the last 7 days before you died? Try this unique supernatural mystery visual novel!
Why similar: Otome 40.3% ★, Visual Novel 26.3%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Female Protagonist 8%, Horror 7.6%
- #50 Cinderella Phenomenon: Evermore
70% matchVery Positive96% of 217 reviews2021
Dev: Dicesuki
Windows · Mac · Linux
What happens after Happily Ever After…?
Why similar: Otome 40.4% ★, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Romance 11.1%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #51 Cooking Companions
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,183 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Supernatural 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #52 Royal Alchemist
69% matchVery Positive94% of 320 reviews2020
Dev: Nifty VisualsPub: Nifty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intrigue, betrayal, deaths! An Otome / BxB survival Raising Simulation in a high-fantasy royal court setting with RPG elements.
Why similar: Otome 40.5% ★, Dating Sim 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Romance 7.8%, Choices Matter 7%
- #53 Cabernet
64% matchVery Positive95% of 1,924 reviews2025
Dev: Party for IntrovertsPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Dating Sim 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #54 Glass Heart
69% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Eternal Love Studios, LLC.
Windows
A 20% chance is all you have to survive the surgery. Will love give you the strength to continue this life or will you be singing with the angels? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Otome 39% ★, Dating Sim 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Romance 9.2%
- #55 Eye of Saccharine
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: SasDeRiderPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Mac · Linux
A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Female Protagonist 18%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 13.3%, Dark 10.7%
- #56 Hazy Mind
67% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Visual Novel 21%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Anime 9.9%
- #57 Sentimental Death Loop
68% matchMixed65% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: qureate
Windows
Just as you begin to settle in for a fun day at your best friend's house, something changes in her and she kills you. And not just once—she ends your life time and time and time again.Your goal is to escape from this endless loop of despair.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Anime 10.8%, Dark 10.7%
- #58 Parasite in Love
66% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Psychological Horror 12%, Dark 11.4%, Romance 9.6%
- #59 Syutyaku Gakuen
65% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
The only quality that can be measured is whether or not they possess the qualities of morbid love. As they spend their time at the school, what was once a peaceful life turns into a blood-soaked, corpse-riddled, blood-soaked day....
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Dark 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #60 Jester / King
67% matchVery Positive94% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests. Will you seek the truth, help the others, or try to escape?
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Romance 12.2%