- #1 내 여동생과 친구의 여동생을 교환해 보았다
97% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: 씨즈어스
Windows
4명의 여성들과 즐겁게 학생 시절을 만끽하는 이야기
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Cartoon 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #2 WISH A WISH
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hurrycat Studios
Windows · Mac
Discover an ordinary boy's extraordinary fate as he encounters a magical body pillow, facing life-altering choices in this captivating visual novel. Engaging story, stunning visuals, meaningful choices, and immersive relationships await in 'Wish a Wish'.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.9%, Romance 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Comic Book 8.9%
- #3 How to turn a Cherry tree spirit into an idol
96% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: AFTERTIME.INCPub: NBOXGAMES.INC
Windows
The protagonist who lost his mother in an accident and returned to his hometown with his father. Small town, countryside, and first-timers are all uncomfortable, and he faces an unexpected connection.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Comic Book 8.6%, Cartoon 8%
- #4 Winter Girl
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slimebox
Windows
'Winter Girl' is a visual novel game that begins with a miraculous encounter with the alien, Seah. Combining modern direction with classic visual novel charm, it offers an immersive story and interactions. Experience various endings based on your choices.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.1%, Text-Based 11.8%, Romance 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #5 My Egg Girls: A Gentle Story
94% 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: Dating Sim 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Romance 9.8%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #6 Ninki Seiyuu: How to Make a Pop Voice Actress
94% matchVery Positive92% of 225 reviews2021
Dev: MintCUBEPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A love comedy set in the voice acting industry, from the point of view of voice actresses, managers, and sound engineers... and it's, like, 78% accurate! Play it, and you might find out what this industry is all about!
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #7 あきのかえりみち<完全版>
93% 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: Dating Sim 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #8 The Day Valentine Died, and So Did I!
92% matchPositive97% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: 緑茶弐捌號
Windows
A New Kind of Romantic Adventure:Break the Flags! Akira Morisaki set up "flags" with girls for Valentine’s Day success. But receiving too many chocolates triggered a fatal surge of “love power”! Saved by the angel Chocoriel, he must relive February 14th and break the flags to escape his doomed fate.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Comic Book 10.8%, Text-Based 6.9%
- #9 你予我的羽翼和星辰 -Your Astrum, My Alae-
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RegorStudio
Windows
这是一部纯爱向、单女主、多结局视觉小说。游戏背景为大学校园,主题涵盖天文、钢琴、科研。两位主角均为大学高年级学生。即将毕业的学年里,他们在星空下偶然邂逅,又会擦出怎样的火花?本作包含国语、粤语双语配音。
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Comic Book 10.4%, Cartoon 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #10 OmOneko
91% matchVery Positive98% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: TaleChaser
Windows · Mac · Linux
“A story about cat girls … with bite.” Nekos have evolved in the shadows of human society. Beautiful. Mysterious. Chaotic. And now, three of them live with you. Will you be able to get past the stigma and grow closer to them? OmOneko is a tale of cat and mouse... and rats.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Comic Book 11.7%, Romance 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #11 University Love Affair
90% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: AshenFox Stories
Windows
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 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Romance 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #12 フラグ立てときました。
89% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: EBA GAME
Windows
The youth you didn't have
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Comic Book 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #13 in the Blue Moonlight
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: CR:EDIT Games
Windows
"Beyond the World, I'll Go Meet You." An oriental fantasy love adventure with kemonomimi bishoujo
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Anime 8.2%, Cartoon 8%
- #14 Tamayura Mirai
88% matchVery Positive94% of 206 reviews2023
Dev: AzuritePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 43.1 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: Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, Dating Sim 14.1%, Visual Novel 9%, Romance 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #15 WHITE ALBUM: Memories like Falling Snow
87% matchVery Positive94% of 872 reviews2023
Dev: AQUAPLUSPub: DMM GAMES
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The classic visual novel from AQUAPLUS that launched one of Japan's most beloved franchises, WHITE ALBUM is a story of love in many forms. Will a couple cling together, or drift apart on the cold wind? The album of their relationship will be as white as snow, and as poignant.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Romance 12%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #16 アイアイ喫茶店
86% matchVery Positive96% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
何気なく頼んだ「アイスコーヒー」の注文が、奥の部屋への「合言葉」になっちゃってる喫茶店。 1周5分の、ちょっとおかしくて怪しいマルチエンドADV。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Comic Book 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #17 여동생 ♡ 만들기 : 당신이 바라는 소녀의 모습 - Teen version
86% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: C's earth
Windows
당신이 처음으로 보게 된 결말은 과연 무엇이었습니까? 😒🤨😉🥰😨
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.8%, Text-Based 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #18 A Date With Yuika
85% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
You meet with Yuika to talk about your relationship. Where is this conversation headed towards?
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Romance 10%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #19 Menhera Girls Ensemble - Needy Girlfriends -
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
Too much heavy love at all costs. Life with mental girls If you want to be loved to death by someone. Or if you want to experience this at least once, your wish will come true.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #20 미연시 시뮬레이터 : 미소녀 게임의 주인공을 조종하는 게임
84% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: C's earth
Windows
이것은 『자칭 평범한 고등학생』 인철 군을 조종하여 해피엔딩을 보는 게 목표인 게임입니다.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.3%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Romance 7.8%, Cartoon 7.6%
- #21 Chaotic Love and Sex
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grumpy Carrot Gaming
Windows · Mac
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 18.7%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Romance 10.7%
- #22 Nuts For You
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Scurry Squad Studios
Windows
Choose a whimsical date between five squirrelly bachelors. In this dating sim you are a wonderful squirrel who, in looking for some adventure, finds love instead. Five fuzzy squirrels who are Nuts for You.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Cartoon 10.7%, Romance 8.5%, Text-Based 8.2%
- #23 Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,069 reviews2025
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 125.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13%, Dating Sim 12.5%, Emotional 10.1%
- #24 Princess Evangile All Ages Version
82% matchVery Positive90% of 235 reviews2015
Dev: MOONSTONEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 65.5 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: Dating Sim 13.9%, Romance 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #25 Trinoline All Ages Version
81% matchVery Positive89% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 26.6 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: Dating Sim 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Romance 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #26 Forbidden Love
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DOTG
Windows
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 21.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Romance 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #27 I'll be your ideal lover! - My Dream Lover -
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
A love battle where the ideals of the protagonist & the heroines clash!
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Romance 13%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #28 カレカノトライアル~時をかけるときめき大作戦♪~
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Aoharu Industry
Windows
「これからせんぱいには体験版として、わたしとデートしてもらいます!」本作は、片想いをしているバスケ部のマネージャー桜木桃花と、キャプテンを務める榎本海斗、ふたりの関係を描いたフルボイスの青春アドベンチャーゲームです。※全編無料でプレイが可能です。
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Romance 10.6%, Comic Book 10.4%, Visual Novel 10%
- #29 Katawa Shoujo
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,524 reviews2024
Dev: Four Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Romance 10.7%, Text-Based 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #30 Emily is Away <3
78% matchVery Positive91% of 6,663 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #31 Starlight Shores
79% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Starlight Shores is an island-themed romance game where you'll visit the town of Seaside with your friends. Party under the stars, play games together, and remember that your choices matter!
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.5%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #32 Only you
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: worthless_ink
Windows
A school romance adventure where you foster unforgettable bonds with unique heroines. Every "Choice" you make shapes their futures, coloring their fates with joy or heartache. What truth awaits at the end of your chosen path? Are you prepared to witness it all until the final curtain?
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
- #33 Zeta Wolf Chronicles
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AniClash Studios
Windows
"Date" one of four girls on the path to enlightenment. Prom awaits. Will you be led astray by an old crush? The realistic dating-sim that "teaches" through its gameplay. Follow Rayen, a young disillusioned teen who desires a girlfriend by year's end. Is there hope in his future or endless despair?
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.5%, Romance 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9%
- #34 恋色ぱれっと - Love Palette -
76% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
Classmates, childhood friends... In the quest for a girlfriend, Takumi asks her out once again!
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Text-Based 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #35 A Sky Full of Stars 仰望夜空的星辰
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 994 reviews2017
Dev: MoeNovel
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The starry sky spreads far and wide overhead... This story full of love, comedy, and excitement follows our protagonist and his stargazing friends as they grow together. "A Sky Full of Stars" is a coming-of-age astronomy tale by the same team who brought you "If My Heart Had Wings".
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #36 Cryspace
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: JIMMY DIAMOND
Windows
Cryspace is a fresh visual novel with a nostalgic flavor. Talk to your friends online, meet with them in-person, and allow your friend group to grow in numbers, or fall into despair through your own decision-making and discretion. Experience the first few dates with Sam for FREE.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #37 Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 48 reviews2021
Dev: Serenity ForgePub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Finding true love is hard enough when it’s in person! Build a relationship through the screen as a couple copes with lockdown life by staying connected online! Will their love be loud and clear, or will their signals fade away?
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Romance 11.3%, Text-Based 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #38 Palliative - Reach for an Angel
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlatomentiPub: YSY Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Romance 11.1%, Anime 8.9%
- #39 Kamikaze Lassplanes
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Inky DreamsPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows
Fly and fall for powerful Lassplanes! Discover a hand-crafted anime VN with story-driven arcade shoot-'em-up gameplay. Take part in a romantic story with drama and comedic elements set in a steampunk Kingdom filled with magic and torn by a brutal war. Decide the fate of your country and heart.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Romance 9.9%, Visual Novel 9%
- #40 AIR
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 659 reviews2025
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 56.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Dating Sim 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 10.1%, Romance 8.2%
- #41 Border of her Heart
74% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Text-Based 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #42 Guilt Free
73% matchVery Positive86% of 293 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.9%, Text-Based 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Visual Novel 10%, Choices Matter 10%
- #43 Where the Music Dies
72% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Red Skald
Windows
A short visual novel about dealing with loss. You explore a festival filled with old memories and regret. Where the voices of the dead never stay quite dead. Will you manage to change, before it's too late?
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Text-Based 10.8%, Cartoony 8.1%
- #44 Throne of Hearts: Rise from the Nightmare
71% 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: Dating Sim 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #45 おかゆにゅ~~む!R ~Okayunyumu!R~
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ENTERGRAM,INC.Pub: CCMC Corp.
Windows
The human-form face of an onigiri shop, Nekomata Okayu, invites you on a snowy adventure. > Explore the wonders of winter Aomori together as you seek inspiration for new flavors and experience a thrilling, tender love story. A soul-warming tale of travel where joy and smiles await at every turn.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%, Romance 9.3%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #46 Bokuten - Why I Became an Angel
72% matchVery Positive86% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: OVERDRIVEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Bokuten is a dramatic, emotional visual novel where you must play cupid and decide if the relationships you witness are worth rekindling, or if letting them fall apart would result in greater happiness. The decisions you make will echo into the course of your own love life.
Why similar: Dating Sim 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Romance 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #47 The Office Type
70% matchMostly Negative35% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Heavy Thought Studios
Windows · Mac
Add love to your resume! Date, befriend, or explore deeper moments with a wide variety of characters at once, and explore dozens of narratives in this office-themed comedy dating sim.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19%, Romance 11.5%, Visual Novel 11%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%, Cartoon 8.7%
- #48 일진녀가 옆집에 이사왔다
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Somel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game of dating with a Bully girl
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Romance 12.4%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #49 LoveSick Darlings
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimitri Odysseus
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 18.6%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #50 Maddie Goes Shopping
68% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: HH Richards
Windows · Linux
A short game where you flirt with Maddie in a changing room
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Romance 8.7%
- #51 Kanon
67% matchVery Positive98% of 426 reviews2024
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A tale of small miracles in a snow-covered town— Kanon, the very first game from visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring HD visuals and full voice support! (The protagonist is only voiced in certain scenes.)
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Text-Based 10%, Romance 8.3%
- #52 Doki Doki Theo Club
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GamtorPub: DDTC Publishing
Windows
A once in a lifetime experience with Theo. Explore a world full for ripening with the one and only Theo. Theo is all that matters. Theo is love, Theo is life.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Romance 10%
- #53 Over The Phone
70% matchVery Positive83% of 95 reviews2021
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
A short talking sim with choices. Get to know Harper over a handful of voice-acted calls and text chats.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Romance 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #54 9-nine-:NewEpisode
68% matchVery Positive94% of 728 reviews2022
Dev: PALETTEPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 190.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Enjoy short after stories for the heroines of the 9-nine- series in 9-nine-:NewEpisode!
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Cartoon 9.2%, Romance 8%
- #55 Amatarasu Riddle Star
69% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: softhouse-sealPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Come wish upon a shooting star and find “something fun and wondrous” to whisk you away from boredom! Beyond rabbit girls! Beyond your wildest imagination!
Why similar: Dating Sim 19%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Romance 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #56 Mirror Magic
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KASOMI WORKsPub: Paradise Games
Windows
In this game, you play as a 30-year-old otaku who has never even held a girl's hand. But because chance coincidence however, accidentally met unexpectedly 3 beautiful person.What kind of story will three different styles of beauty unfold with you?
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.8%, Romance 12%, Comic Book 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #57 数学と親友とネタ帳 - Math, BFF, and Notes -
68% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
Married women are the only women for me!
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Comic Book 11.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #58 Last Term, First Love
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CrazyRichBraddah
Windows
Last Term, First Love is a dating-focused visual novel where you balance romance, academics, and wild campus life. Manage your GPA, navigate social challenges, and pursue love while facing the realities of modern campus culture and the international student experience.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.3%, Romance 12.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #59 심장에 해로워
65% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Cakeshop
Windows
귀여운 걸 보면 죽는 병에 걸렸다. 깜찍함이 가득한 세상에서 살아남기란 쉬운 일이 아니었다. 은둔 생활을 시작한지 2년, 졸업을 앞둔 어느날 온 연락 한 통. “나 졸업하면 이사 가. 인사라도 제대로 할까?" 2년간 짝사랑했던, 홍온설. 졸업까지 남은 시간은 3일. 아직 전하지 못한, 전해야만 할 마음이 남았다. 학교로 돌아가 위험천만한 고백에 성공할 수 있을까? 끝없는 위협을 적절한 선택으로 돌파하여, 엔딩에 도달해야 하는 로맨틱 코미디 비주얼 노벨입니다.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.3%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Romance 10.9%
- #60 Heartbeats
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tsundoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heartbeats is a visual novel about music, love, relationships, mental health, and more! Features: 4 love interests, choices that affect the story, original music, beautiful art, and multiple endings.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Romance 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%