- #1 A YEAR OF SPRINGS
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 925 reviews2021
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Emotional 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
- #2 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
96% matchVery Positive87% of 3,646 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Emotional 10.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #3 あなたに花束を
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: abyss good games
Windows
“Flowers for You” is a gentle adventure game where you create custom bouquets based on each customer’s story as a florist. Set in modern Japan, listen to faded memories and craft floral arrangements that bring color back into their lives.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Emotional 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #4 Travelling Light
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows · Mac
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #5 GOBLR: Goblin Date Night Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SunS3b
Windows
A bite-sized visual novel about going on dates with some absolutely disastrous goblins.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Emotional 9%
- #6 No Longer Home
94% matchMixed64% of 426 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Emotional 11.7%, Point & Click 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.1%
- #7 Lost Connections
93% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Amber Pearl
Windows
If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Emotional 14.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #8 The Final Fragment
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: mahousparkle
Windows
A GxG coming-of-age visual novel. Nina sucks at choosing. But when a mysterious incident happens at the arts academy, will she muster the courage to choose–or will she let someone else decide on her behalf?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Emotional 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #9 Lilja and Natsuka Painting Lies
91% matchVery Positive95% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
A yuri kinetic novel about overcoming the tribulations of the human heart, and a sapphic tale on the heartaches and reprieves of fathoming love. Asou Ei’s first title with Frontwing is presented with poignant visuals in Full HD, an evocative soundtrack, and voice acting by a star-studded cast.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Emotional 13.8%, Cute 7.9%
- #10 Echoes of Baikal
91% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Alkinoy
Windows · Mac · Linux
A journey with your father to Lake Baikal, where a storm and an old photo album revive memories of family, loss, and reconciliation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Emotional 16.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #11 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,622 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Emotional 9.3%, Relaxing 9.3%
- #12 Robot Hospice
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Buttercup gardenPub: dokogames
Windows · Mac
"Robot Hospice" is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice. As a new staff member, you will gently yet painfully bid farewell to these cherished machines that once lived alongside humans.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Emotional 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #13 Meet Her There
89% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Sinisthesis
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #14 Buy Hyacinths
88% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Cow Children GamesPub: House of Spinn
Windows · Mac
A colourful narrative adventure game. You're one of the first sheep to attend university. Roam the campus, attend lectures by day and enjoy friend-time at night. Discover campus truths, and sniff out secrets. Live the life of a campus sheep, but beware: not everybody wants to see a sheep graduate!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Emotional 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #15 one night, hot springs
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,091 reviews2018
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Emotional 11%
- #16 Facettes
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OtterWays
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the story of Facettes as you play as a woman discovering her homosexuality and overcoming her identity crisis. This self-questioning protagonist channels her introspection in her RPG inspired fantasy world: Facettes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #17 Homunculus Hotel
86% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Team SolEtude
Windows
Explore the dreams of the Homunculus Hotel's guests in order to understand yourself.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Point & Click 10.8%
- #18 Witness To Mass Incarceration
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Evie Litwok Pub: Witness To Mass Incarceration Inc.
Windows · Mac
Witness to Mass Incarceration is a narrative-driven interactive story based on my life in federal prison. It is a brutally honest portrayal of the lack of humanity, how our lives inside are at risk every day, and the place you are forced to go within yourself to survive.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.8%, Emotional 17%, Point & Click 11.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Drama 7.9%
- #19 Lingua Fleur: Lily
85% matchVery Positive97% of 229 reviews2019
Dev: Narrator
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Lingua Fleur: Lily' is focused on friendship, love, troubles, efforts, and confusions between girls. Made with illustrations, animations, and original music, this story tells of the protagonist Yuyi Wu's secret, one very different from an 'ordinary' girl. Told in a gentle and ordinary style.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Relaxing 9.7%
- #20 Bedtime Stories 2
84% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: CodeRenderX
Windows · Linux
Bedtime Stories 2 is a fully voiced adult visual novel where your choices shape Cindy’s journey. Explore love, power, and intrigue across five episodes, featuring rich sound effects and dynamic storytelling in both SFW and NSFW moments.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Emotional 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.7%
- #21 Puppetmaster Movie-Viewer
83% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Puppetmaster3dx
Windows
Puppetmaster - Movie Viewer lets you complete your Puppetmaster collection with previous Episodes!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Drama 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #22 A Heavy Morning
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saf Interactive
Windows
You know the feeling of struggling to get out of bed? In A Heavy Morning, you will play as a young girl battling with her own mind. Your only objective? Get out of bed and get to work on time.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Point & Click 9.9%
- #23 Don't Let Me Fade
81% matchVery Positive99% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Point & Click 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #24 Ashes
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Story Rich 12.6%, Emotional 10.2%
- #25 光与影之恋 Chiaroscuro Lovers
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组
Windows
A story-driven visual novel about psychological trauma and memory.In a world where reality, dreams, and recollections intertwine, face what you once lost—but never truly said goodbye to.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Emotional 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #26 Summer Days
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Briana has been craving some time off all summer and finally with her shoot wrapped for hiatus she can relax at her summer cottage on the lake. To really enjoy herself she even drags her female co-stars along for the ride.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #27 Road Trip to the End of the World
77% matchVery Positive97% of 188 reviews2025
Dev: Shark and Pelican Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Road Trip to the End of the World is a visual novel about the death of a friendship. When Andy and her imaginary friend Fishy set off on a road trip to crash their ex-best friend’s wedding, will they know when to hit the brakes?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.8%, Emotional 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Story Rich 10%
- #28 Until Then
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,382 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Emotional 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #29 Margaret's Little Shop of Wonders
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Possum 5Pub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Gardening and magic are meeting in Margaret’s Little Shop of Wonders. Play as Margaret, a young witch who just opened her own flower shop, and fulfill the peculiar requests of her strange customers!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Emotional 11.4%
- #30 Invisible Wings: Chapter One
79% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Audune
Windows
Help Dawn, a young woman of faerie descent, with her first steps into loving and accepting who she is in a modern world where faeries and humans were supposed to live in harmony.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Emotional 11.3%
- #31 The Lattice Grimoire
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Sat-Yuga Studios
Windows · Mac
The curse wove your fates together. Now their thoughts and feelings influence you and your actions determine their fates. Will you be able to break the curse? Or will their dark pasts drag you into an inescapable despair? And can a fresh start really erase the past?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #32 发现姐姐是妹控的我今后该如何是好
78% matchVery Positive86% of 122 reviews2022
Dev: 百合赛高
Windows
《发现姐姐是妹控的我今后该如何是好》是一款短篇百合视觉小说,主要描述了主人公樱自从看见了那个场景之后,对姐姐态度的变化,心灵不断成长最后happy end的故事。
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.9%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Emotional 11%, Cute 6.9%
- #33 The Club
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: TheMistressMatrix
Windows
The Club is a fetish visual novel with a number of puzzles. You can play the game as either a trainee mistress or a trainee maid, each of whom visit The Club and become immersed in the wonderful world of fetishism that they find there. All characters are dressed in latex, PVC or leather.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Story Rich 9%
- #34 Sisterly Bliss ~Don't Let Mom Find Out~
74% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: eyephonPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
A light admonishment from Mom sparks the realization that these twin sisters care for each other in more than a familial sense. In this dramatic & romantic yuri Visual Novel, it's up to you to navigate the forbidden tension between the sisters so their love can flourish without growing one-sided.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Emotional 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 6.2%
- #35 真夜的居所 - Chanye's Home
75% matchVery Positive100% of 187 reviews2023
Dev: 柚原堂
Windows · Mac
Lam ChoTung, who runs a maid cafe in Shenzhen, discovered a girl sitting unconscious on the ground at the storefront as she prepared to return home from the shop. This girl not only had unclear consciousness but was also dressed in peculiar maid attire. This is a love story about these two girls.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Story Rich 8%
- #36 Yuika My Bestie
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Emotional 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #37 CamGirls: Sophie X Rias
76% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Follow Sophie as she embarks on her latest adventure in making money, working alongside the enigmatic Rias as they put on a special yuri/lesbian camgirl show for their viewers.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #38 All Scars and Starlight
74% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark boys love / boys hate visual novel set in a 1001 Nights inspired world full of political intrigue. Yuel, once the King of Indra, is deposed by his older cousin, Tavi, during a coup and imprisoned within the palace. An uneasy relationship between them grows, and then...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Emotional 10.7%, Drama 7.9%
- #39 Call Me Cera
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toadhouse GamesPub: Team Toadhouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Emotional 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12%
- #40 Liar Luna
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Moon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Luna, a girl caught in a fight between armed insurgents and spies. Help her navigate her way to saving her friend. Explore a laboratory dedicated to the production of new materials. Enjoy a lighthearted and chaotic story of a girl out of her depth in an espionage mission.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #41 Sohee
71% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: TwoDpixPub: Digital-Touch Co., Ltd.
Windows
is a story-driven adventure about a young woman who loses her balance in life after a major event and begins searching for her path again. Explore her daily moments, talk with people, and follow her journey toward finding answers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Point & Click 14.2%, Emotional 12.6%, Drama 8%
- #42 Good Bones
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: RETCON Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Point & Click 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
- #43 Irrational
73% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: M.A. Starling
Windows
An emotional story portraying the struggles of anxiety—the paralyzing thoughts and irrational fears. Join Lucy on her journey to find solace, alongside her supportive yet puzzled roommate. A heartfelt narrative delving into the complexities of anxiety and the challenges of empathy.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Emotional 16.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 11.7%
- #44 Let Me Speak
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Single Effect Studios
Windows
An apprentice. A healer. A warrior. Breathe, pull, and choose your way through their stories in this dark yet comforting narrative game about healing the worlds inside us.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, LGBTQ+ 19%, Emotional 15.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #45 A Weekend Trip
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: lukepagca
Windows
A short narrative about a trip with friends over the weekend. Decide what River does during the trip. Help your friends, explore the place, or just enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Point & Click 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Drama 7.9%
- #46 The Mysterious Thief; Forget Me Not
70% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: solarProtag
Windows · Linux
A story-rich, girl's love visual novel about the titular phantom thief, Forget Me Not, and the famous ballet troupe that visits the city with its precious jewel and a certain ballerina that they fall for.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Point & Click 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Emotional 11%
- #47 bygone snow
69% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Creatalsoftware Games
Windows
When the world ends, who will you spend your final hours with? A visual novel for the GBA.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.8%, Emotional 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #48 Negligee: Opposites Attract
72% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Charlotte, has been dumped by her long term girlfriend Mikka. Fortunately her sexy friend Sophie insists on taking her out to try and cheer her up. But Sophie is quite a wildcat so who knows where such a date could lead in this yuri/lesbian themed visual novel with multiple routes and endings.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.6%
- #49 A HERO AND A GARDEN
70% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a fairytale hero and help him garden, since saving the princess didn't go that well. A fantasy gardening visual novel and clicker game.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Emotional 13%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Relaxing 9%
- #50 Jill O' Lantern: Final Cut
69% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Screen Savor Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Point & Click 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #51 A Night With Angel
68% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: The PoundryPub: Circle Jerk(s)
Windows
An interactive text narrative where charm, charisma, and seduction will be your key tools. Angel is an alluring and confident twink- each word, each glance, has deeper meanings as the two of you spend a fleeting night's tryst with eachother.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Point & Click 10.4%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #52 Plenty of Fish in the Sea
67% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Nullblade Studios
Windows
Plenty of Fish in the Sea is a cozy narrative-driven dating sim where you engage in heartfelt conversations with charming salmon and take them on delightful underwater dates.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Emotional 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #53 Melancholy Love
70% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
Windows · Mac
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.1%, Emotional 14%, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 12%, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #54 Yume Kakigori
67% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: YumeKakigori Team
Windows · Mac
In a colorless world, you open a shaved ice shop guided by a mysterious raven. Through emotion, you connect with your customers and uncover their past and the world’s hidden truth—Yume Kakigori is a quiet journey through feelings and self-discovery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Emotional 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Drama 8.6%
- #55 Room of Depression
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 800 reviews2023
Dev: FirePillar2Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
"Same encounter, different world." Moon is a young woman who lives an ordinary city life as an office worker. However, because she suffers from depression, she reacts and deals with things in a way that is very different from regular city folk.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Emotional 18.2%, Drama 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #56 Space Diva
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rave Team
Windows
Join Carmen, a somewhat absent-minded middle-aged lady who has to endure bizarre situations in her space truck. And possibly mess things up like crazy. An interactive narrative experience about the most flamboyant beings in the universe.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 11.7%
- #57 Bunny Alice in Wonderland
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Golden Goose
Windows
On this fantastical journey, you will use your extraordinary observation skills and, along with your companions, overcome all obstacles and challenges, bravely moving forward!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Drama 9.1%
- #58 Iridescence ~ A Charming, Seaside Epic!
66% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: NeoNight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a serene island where land and sea intertwine on your quest to help a mysterious girl from the sea find her way home. Uncover rich mythology and hidden truths in this heart-warming, epic tale, brought to life with gorgeous artwork and music. Embark on a truly unforgettable adventure!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Emotional 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #59 Asphyxia
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 273 reviews2015
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Emotional 8.3%
- #60 if you stay
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YukimiSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Winter 1999. Kicked out of your house after being outed by your closest friend, you plan to leave your hometown. Your girlfriend, Mika, wants to see you one more time. Decide whether or not you'll stay together.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%