Games Like Poison Noir: Desire, Time & Gangsters

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Why similar: Time Travel 26.2% ★, Romance 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dating Sim 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.6%

STEINS;GATE returns! Rebooted for the modern era! Featuring fully updated visuals, UI, and an all-new story that breathes new life into the streets of Akihabara.

Why similar: Time Travel 25.7% ★, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Romance 9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

Join the Time Tenshi on their thrilling adventures through time! Make key decisions to influence the story's outcome... and maybe even go on a date!

Why similar: Time Travel 20.7% ★, Visual Novel 13.1%, Romance 11.5%, Anime 10.9%, Dating Sim 9.3%

The strangest things happen when you don't expect them...

Why similar: Dating Sim 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Romance 13.7%, Time Travel 11.4% ★, Anime 10.4%

High school student Kusaka Sousuke, who has faint precognition, visits Yukizuki during winter break—a town haunted by rumors of ghosts and mysterious disappearances. In the snow-covered town, he meets the mysterious girl he saw in a dream… An adventure-type visual novel from VODALES.

Why similar: Time Travel 29.8% ★, Visual Novel 14.4%, Romance 10.6%, Anime 10.3%, Story Rich 8%

Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.

Why similar: Time Travel 24.3% ★, Visual Novel 16.4%, Anime 12.9%, Romance 8.3%, Dating Sim 8.3%

Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.

Why similar: Time Travel 22.4% ★, Romance 11.7%, Dating Sim 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

A short romance adventure where you loop again and again with a losing heroine to help her finally win. She cries, gets mad, loses again—and still refuses to give up. Does a brighter future await Ruika?

Why similar: Time Travel 25.3% ★, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%

――これは“魔法少女”のための物語だ。

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Anime 9.9%

University life is always interesting. It is full of romance, dreams and plans for the future. Derek Winters is a university student. Difficulties appeared on his way, having passed which he will be able to find harmony, love and everything he wants. His fate is in your hands. YOU can help him or...

Why similar: Dating Sim 17.5%, Romance 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Anime 10%

Spend a full school year on a remote island, growing closer to four heroines while confronting the secrets hidden in their dreams. Plan each day, build shared memories, and make your choices before an ordinary youth begins to unravel.

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Story Rich 8.5%

The player doesn't impersonate a simple man, but a powerful, rich and famous nobleman who seems to be able to obtain whatever he wishes for. But will this be enough this time?

Why similar: Dating Sim 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Romance 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.

Why similar: Time Travel 33% ★, Visual Novel 17.4%, Anime 11.2%, Story Rich 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.2%

Spend your summer in a small snowy town in this Dating-Sim Murder Mystery. Meet new people and perhaps fall in love! A series of grisly murders throw a wrench into the romance, and now YOU have to solve them! Make FREQUENT choices and play mini games to catch the killer and fall in love!

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.1%, Romance 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Thriller 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Anime 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Romance 10.3%, Mystery 9.5%

Next in line to manage a multi-million dollar corporation is our protagonist, Rei Sawatari. He inherited one very important heirloom from his late grandfather: a single pocket watch that grants him a mysterious power— The power to go five minutes back in time.

Why similar: Time Travel 22.3% ★, Dating Sim 17.3%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Anime 7.9%

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 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Romance 12.6%, Anime 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!

Why similar: Time Travel 28% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%, Romance 11.6%, Dating Sim 10.3%, Anime 7.7%

A time travel project. A group of students. A cat that eats too much. Can you rewrite fate without losing what matters most?

Why similar: Time Travel 35.2% ★, Visual Novel 17.5%, Anime 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 6.5%

Fall in love… with a goddess?! In this visual novel divinely beautiful girls will steal your heart!

Why similar: Romance 15.1%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Anime 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

In this city built upon the ideal coexistence of civilization and the environment, Tennouji Kotarou spends his days with his friends, Kanbe Kotori and Yoshino Haruhiko. In this peaceful city, a tumultuous event shakes the foundations of Kazamatsuri once a year.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Dating Sim 15.4%, Anime 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Romance 9.8%

Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?

Why similar: Time Travel 24.3% ★, Dating Sim 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Romance 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

Discover the continuation of Sota's unusual love story in a world where mythology encounters reality.

Why similar: Romance 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Anime 11.5%, Dating Sim 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%

An inheritance uproots you back to your hometown. Surrounded by mysteries and temptations, which path will you choose? A horror dating visual novel by Fluttering Abyss.

Why similar: Dating Sim 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Romance 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 8.7%

Made for people who love Hallmark movies — and people who love to hate them. A totally normal love story in a perfectly ordinary small town, where nothing weird ever happens…or so you’re told.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Romance 18.7%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Thriller 13.1%, Mystery 8.7%

A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?

Why similar: Time Travel 19.2% ★, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Anime 9.6%, Dating Sim 8.8%

A story-driven visual novel set on a quiet coastal town, where fleeting connections, unspoken desires, and personal choices shape how every relationship unfolds.

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Romance 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

Inspired by the Italian culture and taking place in a western Fantasy setting, our visual novel introduces the story of Elisa, a beautiful owner of an inn, struggling with the amorous proposal of honorable Knights, high born Princes and rich Merchants.

Why similar: Dating Sim 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 8%

Chaotic Love and Sex is an 18+ romantic visual novel where your choices shape who you grow close to—and how your story ends. Flirt, explore, and make tough decisions as you uncover the hidden sides of Aiko, Amanda, and Hina in a story full of passion, drama, consequence, and sex.

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.9%, Romance 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Anime 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.

Why similar: Time Travel 38.7% ★, Visual Novel 20.3%, Anime 14.1%, Story Rich 7.1%, Romance 5.2%

Lost in a secluded forest, you encounter two mysterious girls. One Good. One Evil. But which is which? And who will you Trust in this thrilling, choice-driven Visual Novel?

Why similar: Dating Sim 12.5%, Romance 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Thriller 8.5%

Killed by the villain Frogman, you awaken to the same morning. A mysterious drink, "Soma," grants power to those with strong desires, plunging the city into chaos. Fight the emerging villains, solve the case, and uncover the truth. A multi-ending, battle-packed, looping supernatural suspense ADV.

Why similar: Time Travel 23.6% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Romance 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?

Why similar: Dating Sim 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Romance 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%

Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.

Why similar: Time Travel 19.1% ★, Visual Novel 17.2%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 9.5%

During exam prep, Semyon faces a family crisis that leads to failure and a transfer to a troubled class. There, he encounters not only hostility but also makes new friends and meets girls who change his outlook on life. He must make tough choices between friendship, dreams, and harsh reality.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Romance 17.4%, Anime 11.3%, Mystery 10.4%, Story Rich 10.2%

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: Romance 16.7%, Dating Sim 14%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Anime 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

A sci-fi visual novel set in a military academy, in Simplified Chinese. Raise six stats across two semesters, spend your limited afternoons on the classmates you choose, and face a graduation night that decides everything. Five routes, Seven endings. You have to make good plan to reach final route.

Why similar: Time Travel 17.7% ★, Dating Sim 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Romance 12.4%

A mature romance visual novel about getting close and deciding what comes next. Meet four heroines in Greenfield's adult transfer program, keep or break your promises, and follow three complete episodes to 16 endings. All romanceable characters are 18+.

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.4%, Romance 16%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Anime 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

Love for forbidden dreams, Forbidden Love is a visual novel about the love between a teacher and a student, in pursuit of a forbidden dream.

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Romance 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Anime 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

You are the magistrate, and Lucifer stands trial as the defendant. Judge the fallen angel in this dark romance visual novel. Decide whether he is worthy of salvation, or doomed to destruction.

Why similar: Romance 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Dating Sim 14.6%, Anime 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%

A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Anime 12.7%, Romance 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

Every answer lies in a timeline that no longer exists. 『The VII Enigma』 is an intricate time-travel mystery visual novel for players drawn to stories that test the mind, stir the heart, and reward careful attention. Unravel a conspiracy written across time in search of a future beyond their control.

Why similar: Time Travel 31.7% ★, Visual Novel 12.9%, Romance 9.7%, Anime 8%, Mystery 7.8%

In search for her grandmother's keepsake, an unlikely visitor--Adelheid Ritter von Weinberger pushed order after order towards the bureau. Time felt like it passed by at their command--what could it mean for the academy?

Why similar: Dating Sim 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Anime 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9%

TRY THE FREE DEMO! Make impossible decisions, romance girls, break each others hearts, and form unique bonds through your choices in this immersive game and story! Who will YOU go with to the end-of-year dance?

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.3%, Romance 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

A visual novel dating sim about the connections you make, the ones that surprise you, and how far you're willing to go to hold onto them. Swipe. Sync. See where it takes you.

Why similar: Dating Sim 19.5%, Romance 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Anime 10.8%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

There's nothing better than swimming with a variety of women. Work hard and play hard with these beautiful swimmers to ensure the best of endings together as you compete for a place on the team.

Why similar: Time Travel 21.6% ★, Dating Sim 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Anime 8.6%

A happy life of living together. I thought it was going well all this time. Let's start over. Let's go back to six months ago...

Why similar: Time Travel 24% ★, Dating Sim 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Romance 10.8%

【一夜限りの騙し合いADV】 殺された女性のふりをして豪華客船での同窓会に潜入して"嘘"を武器に事件を解決する。

Why similar: Romance 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Thriller 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Mystery 9.2%

No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Dating Sim 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Anime 10.6%

4 years after the events of Angels with Scaly Wings, humans and dragons co-exist in a society built from the remains of a broken world. A new threat looms on the horizon. Re-discover this unique setting and lead an investigation in this compelling sci-fi visual novel with dating sim elements.

Why similar: Time Travel 25.7% ★, Dating Sim 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%, Multiple Endings 7.7%

A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.

Why similar: Dating Sim 13.7%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%

A time-travel mystery visual novel about found-family, connections, and hope in dark times.

Why similar: Time Travel 34.4% ★, Visual Novel 15.1%, Romance 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Anime 8.5%

The afterstory to Find Love or Die Trying is here! Continue your romance with your chosen partner in the world beyond the killer dating show. Will your love survive, when the world turns against you?

Why similar: Dating Sim 25.2%, Romance 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Anime 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

There is a girl, searching for something she lost... Tamayura Mirai is a midsummer fantasy visual novel of humans, spirits, and sorcerers that's won several industry awards in Japan.

Why similar: Dating Sim 16.1%, Romance 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Anime 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%

Follow a college student named Jaden Black who's on the run from the government. Jasmine Miles who's hired by the CIA is sent after him to kill him. But the task isn't as easy as she thought it would be.

Why similar: Romance 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Anime 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%

Luna has been working too hard, fortunately as she finishes up each night she manages to find her way to a hidden out of the way cafe, one where the gals all dress up like different animals. It could be a place for dreams to come true, or just for Luna to blow off some steam and relax each night.

Why similar: Romance 16.3%, Dating Sim 16%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%

When youth shines brightest, every second is a tactical battle against time. Join Yuu and a close-knit group of friends in a desaturating world as they help Nana a girl facing her final days reach for a perfectly ordinary life. A story of friendship, and the courage to stay until the final whistle.

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 14.7%, Anime 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%

Dive into what lies below in “Beneath the Cherry Blossom Tree” an immersive visual novel where every choice carves a path through a tapestry of mystery, romance, and intrigue. Unravel a story that intertwines destiny, personality, and local folklore

Why similar: Dating Sim 16.6%, Romance 16.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%

Dive into the fearsome Demon Realm! Step into the shoes of Max, a lazy prince who will be accompanied by three odd girls. Can you find a way to get him back home?

Why similar: Romance 18.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Anime 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Dating Sim 11%

Guide the traumatized 'Woochan' as you navigate his destiny. He can either find happiness with the heroine or remain forever lost in the depths of his past.

Why similar: Dating Sim 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Romance 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%