- #1 Rebels - Under the Spell of Magic (Chapter 4)
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: BrotherWood Games
Windows
A Visual Novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. This is a continuation of Chapter 3. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to choose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.4%, Romance 14.2%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Magic 8.7%
- #2 Riddle Me Bunny: Nonogram
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Midnight Cupcakes
Windows
A cozy nonogram puzzle adventure wrapped in a storybook world. Solve gentle picture-logic puzzles to reveal hand-crafted pixel art, and slowly bring color back to a village that has quietly faded away.
Why similar: Romance 17%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Emotional 7.7%
- #3 방과 후 특별지도 (After-school Confession)
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: gotokiPub: UNIZSHOP
Windows
“지애 쌤이랑 사귀고 싶지?”, "너랑 지애 쌤이 잘 될 수 있게 도와줄게.” ㅡ짝사랑을 좇아 멘토링 프로그램에 들어온 주인공. 그러나 그곳에서 만난 멘티 서희는 선생님과 맺어질 수 있게 돕겠다며 이상한 제안을 해오는데—서희의 제안 뒤에 숨겨진 진짜 의도는 무엇일까? 어딘가 수상한 4차원 소녀와 함께하는 예측 불가능한 연애 협동.
Why similar: Romance 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Text-Based 16.5%, Anime 6%
- #4 In the Midst of a Neverending Season
95% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Lopt softwarePub: Sekai Project
Windows
"Don't you want to experience a love like that some day?" As dreary days roll by, who should appear before Tokiha Sai but Emiya Hanabi, his childhood friend and first love, who he had alienated long ago. That is the start of a day that seems like a dream.
Why similar: Romance 24.5%, Text-Based 23.4%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Anime 14.1%, Adventure 7.3%
- #5 Throne of Hearts: Rise from the Nightmare
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: DontCheckStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your parents have been eaten by a monster and a royal princess adopts you into her family! What will you do once you join the royal magic academy? Remember player, your choices matter.
Why similar: Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Romance 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 7.3%
- #6 沈める楽園
94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: ひとりサークル「匙投げ部」Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
少女達の「最期の一日」を辿り、真相を紐解いていく
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Text-Based 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Romance 15.3%, Adventure 10.7%
- #7 Pursuing My Uncle
93% matchVery Positive89% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: ふわふわ電子研究所
Windows · Mac
Spend a week at your uncle’s house in this short visual novel.From time to time, a special “Pursue” button will appear, guiding the story toward one of two endings.Approx. 30 minutes playtimeTwo possible endingsRated R12[Features]The “Pursue” button cannot be skipped.
Why similar: Romance 22.7%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Adventure 11.7%
- #8 Secret Crush -Unrequited love-
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: dramatic create
Windows
My second spring in high school. Surrounded by my dreamy upperclassman, that classmate I'm interested in, and my childhood friend who's a year younger than me. She's been in the search for a boyfriend who would look at her, and only her. The protagonist Chika decides to confess her feelings to……
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Romance 22.6%, Text-Based 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Adventure 12.2%
- #9 Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FUF Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 20.1%, Romance 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Anime 10.5%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #10 Tamayura Mirai
90% matchVery Positive93% of 211 reviews2023
Dev: AzuritePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Romance 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Magic 8.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #11 Putrika 2nd.cut:For the Exquisite Attire
89% matchVery Positive93% of 195 reviews2026
Dev: トトメトリ
Windows
Is cutting down a young girl a sin, or a salvation? In the Haku-a Church where pure love and jealousy collide, a young gem-craftsman is forced to choose—to let her live, or to end her life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Text-Based 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Medieval 10.1%, Adventure 10.1%
- #12 Putrika 1st.cut:The Reason She Must Perish
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 564 reviews2024
Dev: トトメトリ
Windows
"Even though I knew this love was forbidden..." While the tragedy is being told, the girl's true love is revealed! Enjoy this crazy pure love drama with beautiful visuals and cute characters!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Text-Based 18.4%, Anime 10.8%, Adventure 8.1%, Cute 7.5%
- #13 Rebels - Under the Spell of Magic (Chapter 1)
89% match9 user reviews100% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: BrotherWood Games
Windows · Mac
This is the first linear chapter of a longer visual novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to chose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Magic 11.6%, Anime 10%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #14 纸上的魔法使
86% matchVery Positive89% of 214 reviews2026
Dev: UGUISUKAGURAPub: TamaMako Gaming
Windows
莺神乐的知名作品,在Steam中高清化上架! 与书本坠入爱河,畅游在书本与魔法的世界中吧!
Why similar: Romance 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Magic 8.3%
- #15 The 257th Element
87% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: REAL co.Ltd
Windows · Linux
In 2032, Tokyo scientists unveil Araraginium, the 257th element, capable of materializing matter and bringing back the deceased as Araragi Humans. Masakazu Tokimune, a Japanese high school student, grapples with daily life's blend of humor, intrigue, and love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Anime 9.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%
- #16 Hentai Novel: Lily is stripping
86% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Sexy Baguette Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
🔞 Step into an erotic journey with Hentai Novel: Lily is stripping! 📸 Follow Lily, a mysterious muse, in a slow-burn visual novel where sensual tension builds frame by frame. Enjoy explicit scenes, seductive animations, and steamy voice acting as you blur the line between art and desire!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Romance 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 12.7%, Anime 7.2%
- #17 Revenge Story
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deus Marmota
Windows
A visual novel with a very open narrative: Revenge Story offers you to play as an avatar in search of justice, as well as the worst of the scum. Customize your character's gender, romance the character you like or get rid of the others!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 14.3% ★, Romance 14.3%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #18 Hypno-Mart
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: AppetitePub: Shiravune
Windows
A short visual novel about a stylish blonde-dyed part-timer who works the night shift.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.5%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Romance 22.3%, Adventure 12.8%, Anime 7.3%
- #19 Crownborne
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LumenStudio
Windows
A FULLY ENGLISH-VOICED action-romance visual novel. Pulled from the modern world into a kingdom at war, wield an ancient power, romance four heroines, and steer branching battles where every choice you make reshapes alliances, fights, and which ending you reach.
Why similar: Romance 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Dynamic Narration 14% ★, Medieval 13.8%
- #20 Love the Guard, Be the King - A Visual Novel
81% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Ligia NunesPub: Ursa em Percurso
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Visual Novel game filled with romance, action, and intrigue. Create your Dragon Commander, befriend or romance the future King, and find the courage to save the Kingdom.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Romance 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Medieval 8.6%
- #21 A Red Letter Day
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: moarea88
Windows
A clumsy, heartwarming visual novel featuring the slightly airheaded heroine Ryoko and her childhood friend Manabu.When Ryoko's well-meaning blunders go too far, even Manabu's most embarrassing secrets end up exposed to the whole class! It’s just another day of chaos and comedy at their high school.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Romance 14.7%, Cute 6.4%
- #22 Fragment's Note+ AfterStory
82% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: ULLUCUS HEAVEN Inc.
Windows
In "Fragment's Note+ AfterStory," you can enjoy the story following the previous title's events, "Fragment's Note+." Join them to see what kind of future Yukiha's choices will create!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Text-Based 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Romance 16.7%, Adventure 12%
- #23 Sorcerer's Dream
83% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Boy meets girl against a backdrop of magical battles in a dramatic visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Text-Based 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Anime 11.9%, Magic 10.1%
- #24 Fragment's Note2+
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: ULLUCUS HEAVEN Inc.
Windows
Fragment's Note2+ features the profoundly moving stories of two new heroines in the world of 'Fragment's Note+.'
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Romance 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Text-Based 16.7%, Adventure 12.2%
- #25 My Dearest Direst Disaster
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Water Phoenix
Windows
「透明人間」のクロと、「透明人間しか見えない・聞こえない」豹馬。平穏を望む2人に、世界は恐るべき牙を剥ける。何度でも。ただ、豹馬の望みが絶たれるまで。
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Emotional 12%, Romance 11.4%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #26 Fragment's Note+
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ULLUCUS HEAVEN Inc.
Windows
Fragment's Note+ is the remake of the visual novel "Fragment's Note," in which the world's best-loved attractive characters and the scenario, released in 2012 on the mobile app. Experience the beloved scenario with graphic improvements and character voiceover support!
Why similar: Romance 25.8%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Text-Based 12.7%, Cute 7.9%
- #27 Hypatia
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Despoiler
Windows
A story-driven romance visual novel about saving a café on the verge of closing, featuring heartfelt heroine routes, meaningful choices, and lively Spine-animated characters.
Why similar: Romance 18.7%, Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Emotional 8.1%
- #28 Princess Evangile All Ages Version
79% matchVery Positive90% of 235 reviews2015
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 65.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 20.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Anime 9.1%
- #29 Haunted Girls
78% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: ひとりサークル「匙投げ部」Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
This gal game combines both horror and romance for an experience overflowing with thrills. What will be your fate? A sweet, happy ending or a truly unspeakable one?
Why similar: Romance 22.6%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Adventure 7.7%
- #30 NYO-NIN-JIMA -My New Life in Charge of a Tropical Island-
76% matchVery Positive89% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: PacoPaco SoftPub: Shiravune
Windows
Japanese romance-adventure VN from hit developer PacoPaco Soft! Stepping ashore a remote southern island, the protagonist’s battered spirits are soothed by the lovely Kowakame family that takes him in. However, many more unexpected surprises await him on the island...
Why similar: Romance 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Anime 9.1%
- #31 貴方が狼カードデス!
77% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: toRipota
Windows
Accuse and execute the owner of the werewolf card. It's a 5-minute round of a repeated death game in the werewolf genre.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Choices Matter 9%, Adventure 7.1%
- #32 強運傭兵と宝石の姫騎士 - Fortunate Duo -
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
Humanity was considered weak compared to other species. The princess knight and the mercenary rise up to defeat the Demon King.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Romance 11.8%, Medieval 7.6%
- #33 Sign White
76% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Team Marlo
Windows
"Sign White" is a text visual novel set in a fictionalized medieval era. Send letters from your pigeon house to communicate with people for a limited period of time. Make connections to save people, listen to their worries, and participate in important decisions to change the fate of the world.
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Medieval 17.3%, Adventure 12.8%
- #34 Horny Academy
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wet Ink
Windows
Horny Academy is an adult visual novel that blends interactive storytelling with a deep, branching narrative. Every choice you make leads to steamy animated scenes or unexpected twists within the mysterious walls of the magical Academy
Why similar: Text-Based 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Romance 11.5%
- #35 Cultural Exchange
75% matchMixed62% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: AL StudioPub: NSFW18 Games
Windows
Lera & Nia just arrived! Your father is sending two young girls to live with you but why? how? Are you the big brother you think you are?
Why similar: Romance 20.9%, Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Anime 6.4%
- #36 あまつそらに咲く
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: studio aila
Windows
みんなで過ごすことができる最後の夏。 『この夏を忘れない思い出にしよう。』 だれかが言ったその言葉から始まる、茹だるように暑い、鮮明な夏の日。 大丈夫。きっと忘れない。 たとえ、目に見えるものが偽物だとしても。
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Romance 12.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #37 Kuroinu 2 Redux
73% matchVery Positive83% of 187 reviews2023
Dev: LiquidPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
As the Nation faces invasion from the peoples it has pillaged for a century, one man defends it: Derek Rondo, the second coming of the Mercenary King Vult. He fights for his country, but plots to seize the throne for himself... A new visual novel betrayal epic begins from within!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Medieval 14.2%, Romance 14%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #38 Rain and Respite
73% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: ThunderSalt
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Rain and Respite" is a relatively short visual novel where you talk to cute and weird girls at a tavern.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Medieval 16.9%, Romance 12.6%, Anime 9.1%, Fantasy 7.1%
- #39 Married Woman Cosplay Life
74% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: PAJAMAS EXPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Masataka and Misuzu are newlyweds. Masataka proposes costume play sex for Misuzu, who is new to sex, and Misuzu gradually learns to enjoy it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Text-Based 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Romance 16.1%, Adventure 10.8%
- #40 Roseline
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MirrorWorld
Windows
Roseline is an ambitious fantasy visual novel, focused on cinematic storytelling, set in a city removed from the rest of the world, where human emotion and spirit has the power to alter reality itself. Follow a narrative about love, grief and finding purpose, and uncover the mysteries that await.
Why similar: Romance 24.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Text-Based 19.5%, Emotional 10.7%, Anime 10.7%
- #41 Days with Marie, My Love - MOTION EDITION -
72% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: POISON EXTASYPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
You can enjoy the sex life of the lovers. The heroine's sex technique is especially wonderful. The hero is tossed around, but he boldly tries his best to satisfy the heroine.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Text-Based 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Romance 15.1%, Adventure 10.7%
- #42 My Egg Girls: A Gentle Story
71% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: HUMAN SIMULATE
Windows
Spend 100 days living with two “Egg Girls” in a gentle, bittersweet romance visual novel where four emotions—Affection, Empathy, Comfort, and Tension—gradually shape dialogue, distance, events, and endings.
Why similar: Romance 17.7%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #43 His World
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EckGames
Windows
His World is a short visual novel game where you play as a young shy introvert boy and witness his life with his family and get to see his internal world and struggles. You also make a few decisions throughout the game that will decide on one of game's multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Romance 18.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Emotional 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #44 Trinoline All Ages Version
73% matchVery Positive88% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 31.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When tragedy sparks the advancement of science, a sentient android is created. Now, in this heart-wrenching, romantic, and beautiful visual novel, you will explore whether or not it's possible for man and machine to truly love each other.
Why similar: Romance 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 15.1%, Emotional 10.5%, Anime 9.7%
- #45 Love, Elections, and Chocolate
69% matchVery Positive90% of 514 reviews2025
Dev: spritePub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 66.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Love, Elections, and Chocolate is a romantic visual novel developed by the Japanese game studio Sprite. Upon its release in Japan, it garnered numerous awards for its exceptional art, captivating music, and well-crafted characters.
Why similar: Romance 26.5%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Text-Based 10.7%, Emotional 10%
- #46 Go For It Guile!
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tragic Masc.
Windows
Guile Murdoch is ready to start his second university attempt at the admittedly strange Yumi University. Through chance encounters with various men, he is forced into a self discovery journey to prove he is NOT INTO ANY OF THEM IN THE SLIGHTEST!!!! AND HE'S TOTALLY NOT GAY!
Why similar: Text-Based 27.3%, Romance 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Casual 5.7%
- #47 あきのかえりみち<完全版>
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: murase
Windows · Mac
One autumn evening. You return home with your childhood friend Akino... but Akino suddenly says something strange... This is a slightly sad romance novel game using image generation AI.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Romance 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Dialogue Heavy 8.3%
- #48 Love Duction! The Guide for Galactic Lovers
71% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: US8Pub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nanaboshi Kanata is a student traumatized by love whose world gets turned upside down when two girls vying for the Galactic Presidency declare that he will fall in love with them. Aliens, UFOs and even a guidebook for love? Nothing is normal and everything is weird in this comedic visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Romance 23.4%, Text-Based 17.2%, Anime 12.3%, Adventure 8.5%
- #49 Lich Queen's Curse
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luke McCrea
Windows
An interactive fiction role-playing game. With a non-linear story line, your choices determine how the story plays out. Recruit allies to join your party, form relationships with party members, and even find romance. Will you choose a path of light? Or a path of darkness?
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Medieval 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #50 我家恋天使太废柴鸟真~可怕。
67% matchVery Positive100% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: HulottePub: Kagami Games
Windows
HULOTTE’s classic visual novel is now on Steam! After an injury ends his track dream, Sakuma Tsumugi meets a clumsy Love Angel and begins a sweet search for his destined special someone.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Text-Based 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Adventure 12.2%, Anime 11.2%
- #51 Queen of the Otaku: THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE
69% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: AppetitePub: Shiravune
Windows
A short visual novel about a manga club torn between its two competing princesses.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.2%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Romance 19.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Anime 12.2%
- #52 Quiet Classroom
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MothLight Games
Windows
Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 16.4%, Romance 16.2%, Anime 10.2%, Emotional 8.8%
- #53 AIR
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 698 reviews2025
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 55.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Summer stretches on endlessly. Beneath the vast blue sky. Beneath the air in which she awaits— AIR, the second game released by visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring the side story novel, "First Sky Chapter" and full voice support!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Text-Based 16.5%, Romance 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Anime 8.2%
- #54 Happiness! Sakura Celebration!
67% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Windmill OasisPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Once every ten years, the cherry blossoms stay in bloom longer than usual, and the seasonal festivals are much more grandiose. This year is known as the Year of the Cherry Blossoms. With the arrival of the Year of the Cherry Blossoms once more, various people begin to feel various feelings sprout up again.
Why similar: Romance 27.4%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Magic 14.2%, Anime 7.4%, Fantasy 5.4%
- #55 Arcadie II: Cold Lands
66% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this character-driven interactive tale.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.6%, Romance 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #56 Rose in the Mist
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KOSTIANTYN L
Windows
A fantasy-adventure visual novel with choices that affect the heroine's character and the ending she arrives at. Meet the residents of the Misty Witch's estate and get close to her mysterious guests. Love, friendship and hatred in a fascinating story.
Why similar: Romance 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Text-Based 11%, Magic 10.5%
- #57 Knight Case Files
66% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Hyoukan StudioPub: Kaguya Project
Windows
"In the Phoenix Kingdom, there is a man known as the Corpse Killer." Thwart a necromancer's scheme in this dark fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Romance 11.4%, Magic 8.7%
- #58 Koncolos
68% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows
"Do you know a monster that dwells around here?" she asked. An ordinary barkeepers' journey, intertwined with the only survivor from a shrouded monster hunter company, started with this question.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Romance 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #59 ef - the first tale. (All Ages)
68% matchVery Positive94% of 198 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 276.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
What starts with a conversation between two long lost friends spills out into a captivating visual novel about four youths struggling to pursue their dreams and find their place in the world as love complicates everything.
Why similar: Romance 21.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Emotional 12%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choices Matter 8%