- #1 Hira Hira Hihiru
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 932 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42%, Drama 29%, Adventure 12.3%, Anime 9%, 2D 4.3%
- #2 Long Gone Days
96% matchVery Positive88% of 555 reviews2023
Dev: This I DreamtPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A modern-day JRPG that imagines a world of war. Overcome language barriers, forge unlikely friendships, and find hope amidst conflict.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.7%, Anime 32.7%, Story Rich 15.3%, 2D 13.3%
- #3 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,330 reviews2015
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.9%, Anime 24%, Drama 11.3%, Story Rich 4.8%, Indie 1.9%
- #4 Undying Symphony
95% matchVery Positive85% of 192 reviews2024
Dev: Siberian Koala
Windows
«Undying Symphony» tells a story about challenges that Leningrad people faced during the Siege and shows us one of the most tragic episodes of Leningrad history
Why similar: Historical 62.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Story Rich 10.6%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 1.6%
- #5 Panzer Hearts - War Visual Novel
94% matchVery Positive82% of 135 reviews2018
Dev: HELYEES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Build the tanks, Date the girls, Choose your side. Live through the adventure and drama of an alternate universe World War 2.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.1%, Historical 31.5%, Anime 14.3%, Adventure 8.1%, Indie 5%
- #6 Kunado Chronicles
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 186 reviews2023
Dev: Purple SoftwarePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The dragon is already dead. Help what's left of humanity learn how to live in this post-apocalyptic fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.5%, Anime 26.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Adventure 10.5%, 2D 9.6%
- #7 Because We're Here - Act I
93% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Elfriede
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stagger through the First Lassallian War and find love amongst doomed youth. Because We're Here is an otome visual novel in an unforgiving WW1-inspired setting. Nothing to worry about - it'll all be over by Christmas.
Why similar: Historical 33.1%, Visual Novel 30.5%, Anime 18.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, Linear 6.8%
- #8 Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
91% matchVery Positive85% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Drama 31.1%, Anime 20.8%, Adventure 8.5%, Linear 5.9%
- #9 A Flicker of Light
92% matchVery Positive84% of 137 reviews2022
Dev: 饺子社
Windows
In this visual novel, experience the story of Ethan Syfran, who by an accident got him and his family caught in a whirlpool of crime in a catastrophe-swept world. How would he struggle to get out and save everything he cherished... or carry up all the sins he'd done and keep going?
Why similar: Drama 36.1%, Visual Novel 29.3%, Anime 18.1%, Adventure 7.6%, Story Rich 7%
- #10 Diving Disorder-下潜症
91% matchVery Positive93% of 143 reviews2021
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Diving Disorder is an AVG on wasteland theme. Players will play the role of a refugee who are struggling to survive after a global disaster, together with a white-haired girl suffering from narcolepsy, exploring the truth of the doomsday and the old world in memory.
Why similar: Drama 43.9%, Anime 22.6%, 2D 16.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 2.8%
- #11 December 1914
90% matchVery Positive85% of 151 reviews2023
Dev: 莉莉恩工作室
Windows
A comic-style narrative-oriented game based on the Christmas Eve Truce during World War I.
Why similar: Historical 47.7%, Visual Novel 30.3%, Anime 15.1%, Adventure 7%
- #12 The Rainy Port Keelung 雨港基隆
89% matchVery Positive86% of 426 reviews2015
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The story will develop into the year of 1947, where the players would face one of the most traumatic historical events in the history of Taiwan.Sorry,now there are only English interface, English subtitles are still being processed,we hope to complete as soon as possible.
Why similar: Visual Novel 54.5%, Anime 25.6%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 5.5%
- #13 Fallstreak: Requiem for my Homeland
89% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A death march to the end of the world. Can humanity's lost future be reclaimed?
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.8%, Anime 29.4%, Story Rich 12.8%, Adventure 11%
- #14 120 Yen Stories
88% matchVery Positive98% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: NekoNeko SoftPub: iMoe Games
Windows
In 120 Yen series, each season has a unique heroine. By using the four seasons of Japan to tell the story of two people meeting and getting along through the keyword "120 yen".
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.9%, Drama 20.9%, Anime 11.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Adventure 8.7%
- #15 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
86% matchVery Positive95% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: 株式会社ヘッドロックPub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
The story is set in future Tokyo, where human’s endless desires have consumed finite resources. In this world that is gradually approaching its end, the streamer girls continue to sing, while embracing dreams and despair in their hearts...
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Drama 31.4%, Anime 14.2%, Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #16 Together We Live
87% matchVery Positive96% of 213 reviews2017
Dev: Water PhoenixPub: KEMCO
Windows
This is a visual novel game without player selections. To atone for the sins of humanity, the girl continues to die.
Why similar: Visual Novel 63.3%, Adventure 26.3%, Indie 10.4%
- #17 Butterfly's Poison; Blood Chains
84% matchVery Positive94% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: PROTOTYPE
Windows
Tokyo, 1918. World War I is coming to an end. Yuriko Nomiya, aristocratic by birth, is suddenly struck by a series of misfortunes. Is this fate brought about by the changing times, or is someone plotting against her? The dark, bittersweet tale of Yuriko and five young men is about to unfold...
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.1%, Drama 38.1%, Adventure 12.6%, 2D 8.3%
- #18 Attentat 1942
85% matchVery Positive93% of 494 reviews2017
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.
Why similar: Historical 51.7%, Visual Novel 29%, Story Rich 8.9%, Adventure 5.5%, 2D 4.9%
- #19 Over The Hills And Far Away
86% matchVery Positive86% of 208 reviews2015
Dev: WarGirl Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The War of 1812. Northwest Frontier. William Aubrey, a rogue redcoat of the once-glorious 41st Regiment of Foot, is on the run. Wounded and tired, he seeks shelter during a thunderstorm inside an abandoned barn. But when he gets there, he finds he’s not alone...
Why similar: Historical 33.2%, Visual Novel 31.9%, Drama 19.9%, Anime 8.1%, Adventure 3.5%
- #20 [TDA01] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 01 REMASTERED
84% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: aNCHOR Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The epic saga of Muv-Luv Unlimited: The Day After continues! In the aftermath of Operation Babylon, only a few inhabitable places remain on Earth. Follow the Japanese survivors in Seattle as they struggle to rebuild their lives — and defend themselves from the BETA.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.7%, Anime 29.6%, Story Rich 11.5%, Adventure 11.2%
- #21 Raid on Taihoku
83% matchVery Positive83% of 196 reviews2023
Dev: Mizoriot Creative Company LTD.Pub: Loftstar Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Raid On Taihoku is an adventure game with the backdrop of WW2 Taiwan. By controlling the characters pass through different danger and safe zones, you will experience the struggles of human nature and cruelty of war.
Why similar: Historical 77.7%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 9.2%
- #22 Adabana Odd Tales
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,061 reviews2020
Dev: Liar-softPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 51.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"This is a tale of 'flowers' that never bloom." Shirohime, a girl who has lost her memory, and Kurofude, a mysterious boy, traverse through classic Japanese fairy tales within the land of Adabana, a realm of illustrated books. What awaits them after they mend the distorted tales?
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.7%, Adventure 23.4%, Story Rich 13.6%, Anime 13.3%
- #23 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
80% matchVery Positive91% of 941 reviews2025
Dev: Space Colony StudiosPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Retro 22.1%, Anime 19.6%, Story Rich 9.2%, 2D 8%
- #24 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,395 reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Historical 30.9%, Visual Novel 28.3%, Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 10.2%, Retro 8.1%
- #25 the 9th day:第九日
82% matchVery Positive92% of 317 reviews2017
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The story of The 9th Day, that started with the autumn fire incident, begins here…
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.7%, Anime 29.8%, Adventure 17.2%, Indie 7.4%
- #26 Tokyo Necro
81% matchVery Positive87% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Nitro OriginPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Earth has plunged into an ice age, and the cities that survive have a new threat – Necromancers; those who reanimate corpses using inexplicable biotech. Now So'un and Ethica, two badass Living Dead Stalkers, must save Tokyo in this thrilling sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.8%, Anime 27.4%, Adventure 15.4%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #27 不落城-Unconquered Castle
81% matchVery Positive81% of 152 reviews2018
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A Visual Novel Game. The story which happens thousand years after that "God's one day world". It's a story telling two brave girls who saved their city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.1%, Anime 28.3%, Indie 12.6%
- #28 Insects Awaken
77% matchVery Positive90% of 462 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Historical 29.6%, Drama 27.4%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Story Rich 7.2%, Adventure 6.8%
- #29 ANIME - World War II
79% matchVery Positive81% of 1,370 reviews2020
Dev: Konnichiwa Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
World War II themed shooter with anime girls.
Why similar: Historical 73.8%, Indie 17.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #30 Through the Darkest of Times
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,143 reviews2020
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.
Why similar: Historical 48.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Adventure 14%, Story Rich 7.8%, 2D 6.5%
- #31 Genius! NAZI-GIRL GoePPels-Chan ep1
78% matchVery Positive94% of 79 reviews2019
Dev: WarMachine
Windows
This is a slightly different history to the world we know. Having been appointed propaganda minister at the age of 14, the genius girl. Geri Goeppels, together with her private secretaries Rolly and Flute, is up to all sorts of secret maneuvers.
Why similar: Historical 43.7%, Visual Novel 29.8%, Anime 19%, Adventure 4.6%, Indie 3%
- #32 Forsaken Quartet
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: AVANTGARDEPub: Kagura Games
Windows
The world has been ravaged by a horrible disease. You and three others are the only people left alive on the small island on which you reside.
Why similar: Anime 40.6%, Visual Novel 28.5%, 2D 17.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 3.8%
- #33 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,552 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.7%, Anime 24.9%, Story Rich 9.1%, Linear 5.2%, Adventure 3.9%
- #34 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
74% matchMixed59% of 8,858 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Historical 40.3%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Anime 16.4%, Story Rich 6.8%, 2D 6.3%
- #35 泡沫冬景
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,499 reviews2020
Dev: KorakuPub: Nekoneko Soft
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 40.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
It is the year 1988. Japan is in the midst of the bubble economy. New buildings are sprouting up everywhere, and the people are ecstatic. This is a story of people who live for one year... in such a little corner of the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.7%, Adventure 27.9%, Anime 16.4%, Indie 9.4%, Retro 6.5%
- #36 Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~
76% matchVery Positive88% of 728 reviews2017
Dev: lightPub: views Co., Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Night after night, the same dream of a guillotine. A headhunting serial killer. And the "knights" in black who follow soon after. Irrationality that defies the realm of common sense begins to assault and devour the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.3%, Anime 26.3%, Story Rich 9.1%, Adventure 8.3%
- #37 蜉蝣之国的囚徒
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 561 reviews2026
Dev: 迩来工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...
Why similar: Historical 26.4%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Drama 22.4%, Anime 9%, Adventure 6.8%
- #38 [TDA00] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 00 REMASTERED
76% matchVery Positive83% of 150 reviews2021
Dev: aNCHOR Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In a desperate attempt to exterminate the BETA, mankind has forsaken the Earth. Stranded onboard a TSF carrier in the South Pacific, a handful of survivors scramble to find a way back home to America. This is where Muv-Luv Unlimited: The Day After begins.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.6%, Anime 30.2%, Adventure 10.2%, Story Rich 8%
- #39 Sinking The Boats
72% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: 孟夏MengxiaPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: Historical 39.9%, Visual Novel 37.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, 2D 7.8%, Indie 3.8%
- #40 The Disguiser Of Fate
75% matchVery Positive91% of 67 reviews2019
Dev: Windward_BirdsPub: XNZONE
Windows
This is a world at the brink of destruction, but he comes from a destroyed world. Bearing the burden of changing the fate of this world and facing everything before him, especially the eminent destruction, what can he do, and what price will he pay?
Why similar: Anime 28.4%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Retro 18%, Adventure 11.8%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #41 Rimward Basilisk
73% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Nowaki (old)
Windows
The long war between Ulstania and Kostakovia was interrupted when a cyberweapon went catastrophically out of control. Follow the stories of the survivors as they fight and navigate through the fallout. [NOTE: please read game description below]
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.9%, Anime 36.8%, Story Rich 16.9%, Indie 3.5%
- #42 Guilty Parade
72% matchVery Positive92% of 292 reviews2021
Dev: Nozori Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.1%, Anime 25%, Story Rich 11.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Indie 1.7%
- #43 Knell of St. Godhrkar
71% matchVery Positive93% of 1,565 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.1%, Anime 16.2%, Story Rich 14.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Indie 3.2%
- #44 Cycle of Struggle: Ardengrad
70% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Visionary Impact
Windows
Cycle of Struggle: Ardengrad is a visual novel about politics, love, and the cost of historical choices in an alternate world. You are a student drawn into events that will soon erupt into civil war. Here, ideologies are not just words—they define people’s fates. Every decision leaves a mark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.3%, Anime 24.9%, Story Rich 12%, Adventure 5%, 2D 1.8%
- #45 Gerda: A Flame in Winter
70% matchVery Positive95% of 536 reviews2022
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?
Why similar: Historical 70.9%, Adventure 10.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, 2D 8.8%, Indie 0.8%
- #46 Songs of Life
70% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: DreamStepPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Famine and war have ravaged the land, leaving it in ruins. Step into the shoes of three legendary physicians—Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing, and Dong Feng—and harness surgery, potions, and divine powers to restore order, end the chaos, and uncover the conspiracy behind the epidemic.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.1%, Historical 26.5%, Anime 18.8%, Story Rich 8.5%, Adventure 6.9%
- #47 Rolling Gunner
71% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Project Rolling GunnerPub: mebius.
Windows
March 18th, 2061 - "Operation Downfall" Commences With its reliance on BAC, humanity had forgotten how to operate even basic transportation, let alone weapons. After the attacks from BAC and the subsequent social chaos, the human population was reduced by half.
Why similar: 2D 83.9%, Indie 16.1%
- #48 natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 901 reviews2022
Dev: Kazuhide Oka
Windows · Mac
── In the summer of the world that has ended, the girl travels aimlessly. "natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer" is a text adventure game that depicts girls traveling in apocalypse. Through talking to the girls, we get to know them and approach the mysteries of the world ──
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.3%, Anime 25.3%, 2D 9.8%, Adventure 9.7%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #49 Martial Law
69% matchVery Positive92% of 3,854 reviews2021
Dev: FIXER
Windows · Mac · Linux
Martial Law is a game about difficulties that came with Communism in Poland. The story is shown from the perspective of a man who is abandoned because of his low social status. He tries his best to be there for his daughter despite the difficulties.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.9%, Story Rich 15.5%, Historical 13.8%, 2D 12.7%, Adventure 11.7%
- #50 Memory's Dogma CODE:01
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 376 reviews2016
Dev: Liz-ArtsPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Japan, 2030 A.D. Memories can now be digitized and archived, allowing people to communicate with the deceased. With only one week left before his best friend’s memories are deleted, can Hiroki uncover the truth behind Sorano’s death?
Why similar: Visual Novel 54.7%, Anime 30.1%, Adventure 7.8%, Story Rich 4.4%, Indie 2.9%
- #51 The House in Fata Morgana
68% matchVery Positive95% of 6,401 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.6%, Anime 22.1%, Story Rich 11.9%, 2D 8.4%, Adventure 7.9%
- #52 11-11 Memories Retold
68% matchVery Positive86% of 2,099 reviews2018
Dev: Aardman AnimationsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.
Why similar: Historical 69.3%, Adventure 18.5%, Story Rich 12.2%
- #53 ROAD59 A Yakuza’s Last Stand
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: 株式会社ロケットスタジオPub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
Born as the heir to a crime syndicate, yet longing for an ordinary and peaceful life, the kind-hearted protagonist fights desperately to protect their loved ones. Set against a backdrop of towering skyscrapers, this visual novel weaves together the lives of 23 characters in a modern-day legend.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.9%, Anime 30.1%, 2D 12.5%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #54 A Light in the Dark
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,729 reviews2018
Dev: CreSpiritPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
──We cannot choose in this unfair world.The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life...The fierce girl struggling for survival...Two people in totally opposite positions in life.In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 62.3%, Anime 23.6%, Story Rich 7.3%, Indie 6.8%
- #55 Blue Rose Reprise
71% matchMixed62% of 143 reviews2015
Dev: White Cat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Lena is a Templar of the Blue Rose, her life dedicated to protecting her home and country. Pulled away from the front lines of the war, Lena finds herself trapped in a secluded, unknown village in the mountains. For the first time she will make her own decisions – and face the consequences.
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.8%, Anime 22.5%, Adventure 14.9%, Indie 5.7%
- #56 Return to Shironagasu Island
66% matchVery Positive94% of 4,118 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.4%, Anime 16.5%, Drama 15.4%, Adventure 15.1%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #57 神明的一天世界(God's One Day World)
69% matchVery Positive85% of 728 reviews2016
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
an Visual Novel & Puzzle Game
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.2%, Anime 24.5%, Adventure 22.9%, Indie 2.4%
- #58 Grief like a stray dog
65% matchVery Positive98% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Rayonist
Windows
An isolated village during the war. Men leave one by one, along the winding forest path painted crimson by distant fires, and do not return. Young Nadia becomes a part-time postwoman filling in for her sick mother. She is now a messenger of hope and of trouble.
Why similar: Historical 43.7%, Visual Novel 33.7%, Story Rich 9.1%, Adventure 8.5%, 2D 3.4%
- #59 Notes of my silence
67% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Kostrum Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunge into the silence with Stephan, young musician that lost his hearing and, at the same time, the meaning of life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.4%, Drama 34.6%, Anime 17.9%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 1.6%
- #60 ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE
67% matchVery Positive90% of 684 reviews2020
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Thanks to the rising popularity of the PhoneDroid—a device which features augmented reality (A.R.)—the age of advanced technology has finally reached Tanegashima. On that island, Central Tanegashima High's "Robot Research Club" is about to have their club disbanded.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.2%, Anime 19.8%, Adventure 17.7%, Story Rich 9.2%