- #1 Adapted Adventures: Crystal Cave
97% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: NEO CRYSTAL GAMES LTD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow team HARK investigating the disappearance of a team of Adapted in the neo crystal world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.5%, Casual 30.7%, Fantasy 16.3%, 2D 10.4%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #2 Pathmaster
96% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: IvoryHand
Windows
『Pathmaster』 is a free fantasy visual novel with multi endings and various heroines.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.9%, Casual 19.5%, Fantasy 17.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%, 2D 4.5%
- #3 Christmas Fever!
96% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Mediakomp
Windows
Christmas Fever! is a classic 2D platformer with christmas athmosphere. Complete 64 different levels and try to achieve the best time possible!
Why similar: Snow 46.3% ★, 2D Platformer 25.8%, Casual 14.3%, Fantasy 6.9%, 2D 4.3%
- #4 Peachy Sands Bay
95% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Redsky
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dropout from college has just arrived in Peachy Sands Bay, chasing after a better life. But, you see, even in this paradise, there's a little twist waiting to unfold!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, 2D Platformer 28.6%, Casual 26.6%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 2.1%
- #5 소원 : 두 개의 그림자
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: oneofexp
Windows
Something strange is going on at our school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, 2D Platformer 23.3%, Casual 19.2%, Choices Matter 15.6%, 2D 6.8%
- #6 The Implant
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Yuliya Kovach
Windows · Mac
This is my first relatively big game. You are the brain of a huge narketing company that helps their clients to achieve their sales goals. And you do it in a creative way creating newsbreaks, opinion leaders and shows. Simulating life as you see it should be. And it works because of the implant plan
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, 2D Platformer 28.5%, Casual 26.8%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 2%
- #7 KAGITORI -BIRD IN THE CAGE HIDING THE KEY-
93% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: CabbitPub: Inter De Pendence
Windows
This game is an English translation of a visual novel game released in Japan. In this work, the main character, a boy, and four heroines, who happen to live in a mansion, work together to solve a murder that took place in a certain town in Japan.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, 2D Platformer 27.8%, Casual 25.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #8 EmptyEgg-Puzzle
92% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Rimefu
Windows
Compete globally in this fast puzzle game. Play 3-minute Match3Puzzle or 5-minute Drop2048 with the same layout and order for a week. Equal conditions test pure skill. Climb the leaderboard and aim for the top. Simple yet deep, perfect for quick breaks. Ready to challenge your limits?
Why similar: 2D Platformer 38.6%, Casual 27.5%, Fantasy 18.7%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #9 Yukiusa
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: つばさ
Windows
A game of bouncing snow rabbits!
Why similar: Snow 59.6% ★, 2D Platformer 29.7%, 2D 9%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #10 Holy Valkyrie ExS-TIA F
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LusterisePub: Shiravune
Windows
From hit Japanese ending developer Lusterise! To investigate her mysteriously missing sister, Yuri sets out with Souma to a rumored island—only to discover Kaede Amakubo, who has no memories but looks exactly like her sister.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.4%, Casual 31.3%, 2D Platformer 31.3%
- #11 How I Flex with AI
89% matchVery Positive99% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: Pandaren
Windows
Guys, who gets it?! This is basically a mashup of The AI Show-Off Counterattack Guide for Socially Anxious Otakus and a Goofy Campus Sweet Romance Drama — I laughed so hard my abs cramped up!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Casual 28.3%, 2D Platformer 27.8%, 2D 8%, Indie 2.1%
- #12 Let's Split Up (A Visual Novel)
90% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Upside Down Fox
Windows
Let’s Split Up is a visual novel with 24 completely different endings that change not only the outcome but also the beginning, the setting and the characters themselves.
Why similar: Visual Novel 63.1%, Casual 36.9%
- #13 Stealing Them Softly
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark One!Pub: Shiravune
Windows
A popular Japanese visual novel by Dark One! — a touching story of two people torn by inner conflict and sorrow as they face separation from the one they love. What kind of ending awaits them…?
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.8%, Casual 35.9%, Fantasy 18.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #14 Lyantei
89% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Sweet Slush Games
Windows
Work at your aunt's inn and help your guests with their problems. Can your decisions save your aunt's livelihood or will all the labour be in vain?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Casual 30%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Fantasy 10.4%, Indie 7.2%
- #15 The Winter
86% matchMixed63% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: GG games
Windows
Little platformer
Why similar: Snow 33.9% ★, 2D Platformer 28.5%, Casual 25.3%, 2D 8.6%, Indie 2%
- #16 Where The Stars Brought Us
87% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: EbonSoft
Windows
“Where The Stars Brought Us” is a visual novel game based in Kodachi, Japan and follows the "adventures" of Ryo Yung. During his story, he will learn that you can get everything you want in life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.9%, Casual 27.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, 2D 7.5%, Fantasy 5.7%
- #17 MyMathHeroAdventure
85% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Tsz Hin Tsang
Windows
This game contains a short story about knight vs wizard. The player will make the choice deciding what path the knight will take. During the journey, the game will include math puzzle for players to resolve. The math difficulty can be selected. There are also mode with math puzzle only.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Casual 25.5%, 2D Platformer 25.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%, 2D 6.2%
- #18 Chivalrish
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chivalrish TeamPub: LunaticMoon
Windows
Chivalrish is a novella-sized, romance visual novel set in a medieval fantasy world. Set out on an adventure to rescue a princess who is not at all like you imagined her to be. Meet characters along the way, and decide your fate and theirs in this fun, comical, and thrilling journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.8%, Casual 31%, Fantasy 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Indie 2.4%
- #19 The Red Triangle Factory
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tektonika
Windows
The Red Triangle Factory is a conveyor worker simulator. Remove defective shapes by day and follow the thoughts of a protagonist whose dog has gone missing. In the evening, lose yourself in mini-games and music in your room in a shared apartment of alternative 21st-century St. Petersburg.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.1%, Casual 37%, 2D 12.5%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #20 Lily of the Valley
84% matchVery Positive94% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Following his mother's death, a young man meets a strange young girl in the Welsh countryside.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.1%, Casual 42.7%, Indie 10.3%
- #21 Alien
83% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: wxm
Windows
'Alien' is a cartoon style 2D platform jumping type game. Players need to control their characters to avoid the enemy and finally reach the end to win.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 35.6%, Casual 33.5%, Fantasy 16%, 2D 10.3%, Indie 2.6%
- #22 The Game For Skippers
82% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Octillion Entertainment
Windows
A short visual novel about a person that wants achievements.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.8%, Casual 36.7%, 2D 12.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Indie 3.1%
- #23 Detective AnnIntae: Missing Basketball Court
81% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Xyber Paradise
Windows
Solve the disappearance of the basketball court with Detective Ann Intae of JooJoo City!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, 2D Platformer 25.2%, Casual 24.9%, 2D 7.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #24 Golem Creation Kit
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: Illuminated GamesPub: AAD Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Race against the clock to defeat the angry mobs that want to burn you out. Grab virtually anything -- sand dunes, animals, buildings, mountaintops. Then throw everything in your cauldron and turn it into unstoppable engines of pixellated 16-bit terror!
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.6%, Casual 43.9%, Indie 10.5%
- #25 Kakureza Library
81% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: NorabakoPub: BOCSTE, Ltd.
Windows
This is a librarian adventure game. As a new employee of the library, you will lend at the counter. The story branches by selecting the book that the user wants from all 260 books. Multi-ending with multiple bad ends.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40%, Casual 20.8%, 2D Platformer 20%, 2D 13.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #26 The Time of Awakening
80% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: 覺醒
Windows
This game is a visual novel with some alternative branches. This game is a stand-alone game, using the left mouse button to play the game, without the need for networking.
Why similar: Casual 47.4%, Visual Novel 38.1%, 2D 10.5%, Indie 4%
- #27 Sunset's Ashes
79% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2016
Dev: Fifth One
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Experience the short story of Alex and Nic as they share memories with each other while climbing a mountain together for the first time. For years, Alex has been going for climbs, and trying to get Nic to join. It’s a chance for them to remember their lives together and know why this climb is so important.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.1%, Casual 42.9%, Indie 11%
- #28 Winterland
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Tetsuo Tachikawa
Windows · Mac
This is a short peaceful RPG. Your only commands are "joke", "dance", "stare", "run away", and "hug".
Why similar: Snow 36.2% ★, 2D Platformer 30%, Casual 12.6%, Conversation 12.3%, 2D 6.8%
- #29 Garden of Seif: Curse of Gravehollow Peaks
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Foxdrift Studios
Windows · Mac
Lost in the cursed mountains of Gravehollow Peaks, two rival assassins must set their differences aside and find a way home... unless something finds them first. A story-rich fantasy with magic, romance, and choices that matter.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Casual 27.2%, Fantasy 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, 2D 8.8%
- #30 Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Dischan Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is a kinetic novel and a prequel to Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos. It uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story and follows Winter Harrison during her first week at mediator school.
Why similar: Casual 45.6%, Visual Novel 43.4%, Indie 11%
- #31 Spirit Driver
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Stellar Horse Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
From the everyday passenger to the horrors of Halloween, Spirit Driver is a short, casual conversation visual novel where your choices can affect the fates of people and spirits alike. Remember, your choices have consequences. Good luck!
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Conversation 22%, Casual 18.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%, 2D 8.9%
- #32 코드: 안티데시스
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SicaropePub: Sicarope Studio
Windows
An irreversible choice between brothers, endless pursuit, and hidden truths. What awaits at the end...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Casual 21.6%, Conversation 9%, Fantasy 8.1%
- #33 Bryant's Freeski
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bryant's
Windows · Mac
Play a modernized take on the classic 90's era game Ski Free. Bryant's Freeski is a fun, fast paced skiing game. Of course, don't forget to AVOID THE YETI!
Why similar: Snow 75.6% ★, Casual 22%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #34 Making*Lovers: First Blush
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SMEEPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Does destiny really leave you with only one option?
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.5%, Casual 36.7%, 2D 12.6%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #35 Life Inside
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A better tomorrow Games
Windows · Mac
Will you be able to escape from this planet?
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, 2D Platformer 27.5%, Casual 27.1%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 2.2%
- #36 Hacking The Moon to Find My Goddess
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CUBEPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Kaito Shiromae is a young man with a gift for hacking, but when he hacks into Central-AI—a system that supervises countless AIs around the world—and asks it to find him his soulmate, he ends up with an unexpected surprise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.4%, Casual 35.9%, 2D 12.5%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #37 Garden of Oblivion
74% matchVery Positive87% of 200 reviews2018
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 21%
A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 8.2%
- #38 God touch
75% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: turusaki
Windows
you became a god Purify the darkness with the hand of God and protect the hero. The village was destroyed by monsters and occupied by darkness. If the darkness is exorcised, the monsters will advance. Only one hero has a sword and decides to exterminate monsters.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.1%, Casual 29.2%, Fantasy 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%, 2D 9.3%
- #39 Juniper's Knot
73% matchVery Positive96% of 316 reviews2017
Dev: Dischan Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Juniper's Knot is a short (~30 mins) kinetic novel about the meeting of a demon and a boy. A kinetic novel is a game that uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 52.3%, Casual 36%, Indie 9.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #40 The Crossroads
72% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: TaleCraftGames
Windows
Serve customers and guide their stories to their best, or worse, endings. Help resolve their conflicts with a chat and a drink!
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Casual 24.7%, Conversation 11.6%, Fantasy 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #41 女巫与六便士 the sibyl and sixpence
73% matchVery Positive80% of 811 reviews2018
Dev: 吃了就睡工作室
Windows
It's a 15-minute experimental visual novel about a love affair as weak as tea. Story consists of two chapters, formed by a mixture of four clues. It tells a love story about the sibyl and the prince.
Why similar: Casual 46.4%, Visual Novel 41.9%, Indie 11.6%
- #42 Paper Enchantress
73% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: SCA studio
Windows
Paper Enchantress - это романтическое приключение полное магии, судьбоносных решений и прекрасных принцев. Что откроется за таинственной дверью?
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.5%, Casual 18.6%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Fantasy 10.7%, 2D 10.4%
- #43 First Snow
71% matchVery Positive89% of 121 reviews2022
Dev: Studio LyPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
첫눈이 내리던 날, 나는 그녀에게 첫눈에 반해 첫사랑에 빠졌다. 첫눈이 내리는 나날들, 나와 그녀는 점점 가까워지는데... 스무 살 주인공의 첫사랑에 관한 풀보이스 비주얼노벨.
Why similar: Snow 49.3% ★, Visual Novel 25.7%, Fantasy 9.9%, 2D 6.6%, Casual 6.4%
- #44 Fell from another world
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DamDSN
Windows
Fell from another world is a visual novel with RPG elements, team recruitement, minigames and exploration. Travel from earth to this strange new world along with Alura and reveal the secrets behind the head of the kingdom.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.6%, Casual 15.8%, Conversation 15.3%, Fantasy 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #45 Manludo
70% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Max Accelerated Xebec LLC
Windows · Linux
Play rock, paper, scissors to get off an alien space station. Esperanto: Vi devas ludi papero, tondilo, ŝtono por forlasi eksterteran kosmostacion.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.5%, Casual 33.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, 2D 10.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #46 Empire of Revenant
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Men of Letters
Windows
An engaging Live2D visual novel with deep plot.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.6%, Casual 23.6%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Fantasy 11.5%, Indie 2.1%
- #47 あれぐろもるとをきくゲーム
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: あれぐろもると
Windows
A relaxing visual novel where you tune in to Allegro Molto’s piano livestream. Enjoy calm improvisations and flowing chat as a quiet listener.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.6%, 2D Platformer 32.7%, Conversation 18%, Casual 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #48 旧手表 - Old Watch
71% matchVery Positive85% of 676 reviews2017
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
This is an Visual Novel game. It's a story about time leap.
Why similar: Casual 47.6%, Visual Novel 40.7%, Indie 11.8%
- #49 A Summer in Our Hearts
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Fluttering Abyss
Windows
A slice of life VN about three very different young adults, from very different backgrounds, trying to put their best foot forward and find their own ways in life. Will a short summer, away in a foreign town in the middle of nowhere, enough to push your way towards happiness?
Why similar: Visual Novel 41%, Casual 31.6%, Choices Matter 12.8%, 2D 9.9%, Indie 2.6%
- #50 Crying Alone
69% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Laurence CreatesPub: Half Slice Studio
Windows
Dive into 'Crying Alone', a 20-minute narrative-driven game that reflects my personal journey through heartbreak and healing. Experience the raw emotions of loss, the struggle for acceptance, and the first steps towards recovery in this poignant story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, 2D Platformer 28.6%, Casual 27.1%, 2D 8.4%, Indie 2%
- #51 Flame Tale
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 30Gold
Windows
Flame Tale is a 2D fantasy platform game. Ride the wind, block the rain.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 44%, Casual 28%, Fantasy 17.5%, 2D 6.1%, Indie 2.4%
- #52 Crypto Girl The Visual Novel
70% matchMostly Negative29% of 38 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Learn the story of an ordinary girl Dokkaebi who decided to become a miner and farm the crypto currency
Why similar: Visual Novel 66.9%, Casual 26.5%, Indie 6.6%
- #53 Elezion
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: HO Lab+StudioPub: HFOTA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Elezion is a visual novel about memory, war, and human connection, told across several intertwined timelines. Retro pixel art and original music frame a story where every choice explores what it means to exist.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Casual 26.2%, 2D Platformer 16.7%, 2D 11%, Indie 3.1%
- #54 Slime Slayer
68% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: LookForwardGames
Windows
You play as an adventurer who descended into the dungeon in search of profit. But it's not that simple. The dungeon is full of dangerous slugs! Either you are them, or they are you! Dodge these deadly little monsters. But don't forget about the attack either – kill them all.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 48.4%, Casual 18.1%, Fantasy 14.1%, 2D 12.3%, Indie 5%
- #55 A Dwarves Day
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: DewittGamesPub: none
Windows
A Dwarves Day is a 2D adventure game with platformer-style gameplay. You play as a dwarf who finds himself tricked by greed into tumbling down a treacherous hole by a pesky goblin. You must delve deep in search of a way out and get back to that gold! Just a typical day in the life of a dwarf.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 43.3%, Casual 37.4%, 2D 12.5%, Singleplayer 3.4%, Indie 3.4%
- #56 Easy Quiz
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Octillion Entertainment
Windows
An Easy Quiz to test your skills.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.9%, Casual 32%, Choices Matter 17.3%, 2D 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #57 Dragon Fishing
66% match6 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Vantan Game Academy
Windows
戦艦で巨龍を討つ海上ハンティングアクションゲーム! 強力な武器でドラゴンに反撃し、クレーンを使った電撃攻撃で大ダメージを狙え!迫力の戦闘と討伐の達成感を楽しもう!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 42.8%, Casual 38%, 2D 12.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Indie 3.4%
- #58 Riser of Babel
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KwangHyunHwa
Windows
Avoid all obstacles and get high as you can! Riser of Babel is endless 2d jump platform puzzle game. Stack different style blocks for your character and run for higher score! Master stacking tower and challenge for avoid falling debris and critical lighting!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 37%, Casual 34.4%, Fantasy 13.3%, 2D 10.8%, Indie 2.6%
- #59 The 鬼退治!!目指せ!二代目桃太郎
67% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
Windows
最大4人対戦が可能なボードゲーム。 「桃太郎」「一寸法師」「傘地蔵」などのメジャーな日本の昔話と、 オードソックスな双六型ボードゲームを組み合わせており、幅広い年齢層の方にお楽しみ頂けます。
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.3%, 2D Platformer 28.4%, Casual 28%, 2D 8.3%
- #60 Zarie: The Story of Sin
65% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: MOON USAGI
Windows
What kind of conversation will you have with the Shinigami girl? How will you conclude your story? The choice is yours in this tale of sin and 'the girl'.
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.4%, Casual 30%, Choices Matter 17%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%