- #1 Folie Fatale
97% matchVery Positive86% of 2,531 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 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 36.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Dating Sim 10.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #2 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
96% matchVery Positive91% of 128 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 32.2% ★, Dating Sim 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Romance 8%
- #3 Demonheart: The Ice Demon
96% 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 30.9% ★, Dating Sim 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Romance 7.6%
- #4 Heart Fragment
95% matchVery Positive92% of 330 reviews2021
Dev: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 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 34.7% ★, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dating Sim 9.6%, Romance 8.6%, RPG 8.5%
- #5 Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons
94% 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 54.6% ★, Visual Novel 22.1%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Romance 5.3%, Anime 3.5%
- #6 Midnight Witch
93% matchVery Positive92% of 351 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 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Romance 10.6%
- #7 Bewitching Sinners
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 509 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 35.1% ★, Dating Sim 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Romance 8%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #8 Pinewood Island
94% 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 31.7% ★, Dating Sim 9.8%, Visual Novel 8%, Choices Matter 8%, Romance 7.4%
- #9 Dark Nights
91% matchVery Positive92% of 412 reviews2022
Dev: Pinlin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Otome 39.8% ★, Visual Novel 10.8%, Dating Sim 10.2%, Romance 9.4%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #10 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
90% matchVery Positive90% of 1,652 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 27.6% ★, Dating Sim 24%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Horror 8.7%, Romance 7.8%
- #11 Amnesia™: Memories
89% matchVery Positive92% of 4,248 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 49.8% ★, Visual Novel 12.3%, Dating Sim 10.5%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Romance 7.8%
- #12 Our Lovely Escape
91% matchMixed66% of 79 reviews2019
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 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 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Romance 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #13 Otome Legends
89% matchVery Positive91% of 113 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 40.8% ★, Dating Sim 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Horror 7.7%
- #14 Dangerous Fellows: Otome Game
88% matchMixed45% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Storytaco
Windows
Otome dating sim - make your choices and survive this thriller romance game!
Why similar: Otome 35.1% ★, Dating Sim 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Romance 8.2%, Dark Fantasy 6.6%
- #15 EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK-
87% matchVery Positive88% of 178 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 37.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Romance 9.6%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%
- #16 Lover's Enigma
85% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: FallenCranberry StudioPub: Okasan's Recipe
Windows · Mac
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Otome 24.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Dating Sim 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.1%, Supernatural 7.1%
- #17 Degraman: Act I. Vincent
86% matchVery Positive83% of 192 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 38.4% ★, Visual Novel 10.9%, Dark 9.2%, Romance 9.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #18 Lunar maiden, River-side Angel, and the Godlike moment
86% matchVery Positive90% of 102 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 35.6% ★, Dating Sim 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Dark 10%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #19 Drops of Death
84% matchVery Positive93% of 92 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 32.8% ★, Dating Sim 15.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Romance 9.4%
- #20 Arcadia Fallen
84% matchVery Positive95% of 547 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Dating Sim 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Romance 7.8%
- #21 Yet Another Killing Game
81% matchVery Positive98% of 229 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 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Dark 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Anime 12.8%
- #22 Changeling
82% 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 58.8% ★, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Romance 7%, Fantasy 5.3%
- #23 Homicipher
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,997 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 41.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #24 Nicole
83% 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% ★, Dating Sim 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #25 Scarlet Hollow
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,749 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Supernatural 9.4%
- #26 Fading Hearts
82% matchMixed65% of 192 reviews2014
Dev: Sakura River Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 181.4 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 15.5%, Horror 12.1%, Anime 10.2%
- #27 7'scarlet
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 867 reviews2019
Dev: IDEA FACTORYPub: Intragames
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 36.9% ★, Dating Sim 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Romance 7.5%
- #28 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: Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Dating Sim 12.4%, Anime 10.3%
- #29 Find Love or Die Trying
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.5 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 26.2%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Romance 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Anime 9.6%
- #30 Her Last Piece
76% matchVery Positive98% of 127 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 33.7%, Dark Fantasy 21.2%, RPG 11.3%, Horror 10.1%, Romance 7.6%
- #31 SoulSet
79% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2017
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 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 31.2% ★, Visual Novel 19.3%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Romance 8.5%
- #32 Theory of Fear
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 69 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 63.9% ★, Visual Novel 18.4%, Violent 12.8%, Casual 4.9%
- #33 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
74% matchVery Positive95% of 516 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Casual 7.1%
- #34 BAD END THEATER
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,656 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Romance 11.3%, Anime 6.7%
- #35 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
72% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 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 30.2%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Dating Sim 13.7%, Anime 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #36 Demonheart
77% matchVery Positive91% of 756 reviews2017
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.
Why similar: Otome 30.9% ★, Dating Sim 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Dark Humor 9.1%
- #37 Sounds of Verity
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 222 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 44.9% ★, Visual Novel 15.9%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Romance 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #38 MindMindMind
75% matchVery Positive96% of 82 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 31.3% ★, Dating Sim 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Dark 7.5%
- #39 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
73% matchVery Positive93% of 4,366 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Otome 44% ★, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 7.8%, RPG 6.5%
- #40 Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder
73% matchVery Positive95% of 152 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 33.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #41 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 16.6%, Romance 13%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #42 Homicipher: Demo
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
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 42.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Dark 10.1%
- #43 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
72% 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 17.7%, Horror 12.3%, Anime 9.8%
- #44 Trapped with Jester
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,515 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 34.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Dark Humor 9%
- #45 TAISHO x ALICE episode 2
71% matchVery Positive86% of 693 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 55.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Anime 7.5%, Female Protagonist 3.6%
- #46 Uberich: Advent Sinners
69% 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 12.3%
- #47 The Radiants
71% matchVery Positive86% of 86 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 33.8% ★, Dating Sim 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Romance 8.5%
- #48 Sentimental Death Loop
71% matchMixed65% of 185 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 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Anime 10.6%, Dark 10.5%
- #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 39.8% ★, Visual Novel 26.5%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Horror 7.6%
- #50 Deliver Us From Evil (DUFE)
70% matchVery Positive89% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: Galen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Romance supernatural bachelors and investigate humanity’s dark wishes!
Why similar: Otome 34% ★, Dating Sim 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Dark 8.1%, Romance 8.1%
- #51 Syutyaku Gakuen
68% matchVery Positive93% of 56 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 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Dark 12%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #52 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
66% matchVery Positive87% of 699 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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%
- #53 Cooking Companions
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,193 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 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #54 Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
68% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2022
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 9.4%, Romance 9.1%
- #55 XOXO Blood Droplets
69% matchVery Positive92% of 248 reviews2019
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows
A collection of very short stories. XOXO Blood Droplets is an absurd, dark comedy, twisted romance Visual Novel about terrible things happening to terrible people. The fun comes not from avoiding the potential horrors, but by seeing just how many ways things can go wrong.
Why similar: Otome 24.1% ★, Dating Sim 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Violent 7.7%
- #56 Demonheart: Hunters
69% matchVery Positive84% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 39.5% ★, Dating Sim 12.9%, Romance 9.1%, Dark Humor 9.1%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #57 Royal Alchemist
68% matchVery Positive93% of 322 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 39.3% ★, Dating Sim 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Romance 8%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #58 Kill or Love
67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Anime 14.9%, Romance 14.5%, Horror 8.4%
- #59 The Rule Of SHE
66% 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 21.9%, Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Fantasy 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%
- #60 outside the door
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 619 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Anime 16.5%, Choices Matter 12%, Female Protagonist 10.2%