- #1 AI: The Somnium Files
97% matchVery Positive92% of 9,101 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Anime 21.2%, Mystery 18.4%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Adventure 7.5%
- #2 The Genesis Order
96% matchVery Positive88% of 1,832 reviews2024
Dev: NLT Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 33.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Murder and mystery lead a young detective to investigate a cult and to cross paths with a criminal organization. With the help of an angel and a harem of beauties, take on the challenge of saving the world from a mysterious threat.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23%, Point & Click 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Romance 11.5%, Puzzle 9%
- #3 ANONYMOUS;CODE
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 513 reviews2023
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hack Into God
Why similar: Visual Novel 45%, Anime 29.1%, Adventure 22.9%, Singleplayer 3%
- #4 Finding Cinderella
95% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: 2humanstudiowo
Windows
A lighthearted game about love and murder.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.1%, Point & Click 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Romance 11.4%, Anime 10.2%
- #5 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
94% matchVery Positive80% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Point & Click 17.1%, Anime 14.5%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Mystery 8.5%
- #6 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
94% matchVery Positive88% of 5,751 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Point & Click 18.7%, Mystery 18%, Adventure 9.9%, Anime 8.7%
- #7 The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-
93% matchVery Positive88% of 8,163 reviews2025
Dev: Too Kyo GamesPub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 42.8 hrsMean: 65.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi join forces for the first time to deliver the ULTIMATE adventure game! 15 students are tasked with defending a school from grotesque monsters for 100 days. Can they make it to the end? And will they survive long enough to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Conspiracy 36.6% ★, Visual Novel 23.6%, Anime 17.9%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Adventure 8.3%
- #8 Hello Lady! - Complete Edition
92% matchVery Positive86% of 416 reviews2022
Dev: AKATSUKI-WORKSPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's the Dawn of a New Age- The 21st century has brought about its own slew of problems for society at large. Asa result, the most promising youths from around the world have been gathered and enrolled in Amakawa Noble Academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Romance 19.9%, Mystery 16.5%, Anime 13%, Dating Sim 12.9%
- #9 Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
91% matchVery Positive94% of 3,907 reviews2023
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Anime 20.6%, Mystery 19.8%, Puzzle 14.2%, Fantasy 9.4%
- #10 Threefold Recital
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,372 reviews2025
Dev: Everscape GamesPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Threefold Recital is set in an oriental fantasy world where the metropolis of Bluescales faces turmoil after a long golden age. The mix of magic, modern, and ancient technologies challenges governance, while tensions between humans, beastlings, and dragons grow. In the shadows, a crisis looms...
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Mystery 18.2%, Cute 10.4%, Puzzle 8.1%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #11 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
91% matchVery Positive83% of 265 reviews2020
Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Anime 20.8%, Puzzle 15.8%, Mystery 12%, Adventure 9.7%
- #12 Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 913 reviews2025
Dev: TYPE-MOONPub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Relive the four days of destiny...
Why similar: Point & Click 26.5%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Anime 15.3%, Cute 9.2%, Adventure 9.1%
- #13 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
89% matchVery Positive93% of 6,967 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Mystery 16.4%, Puzzle 16.3%, Point & Click 12.4%, Anime 12.1%
- #14 World's End Club
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 233 reviews2021
Dev: IzanagiGames
Windows
Twelve kids. 1200 kilometers. One epic journey across Japan! Surround yourself with a cast of charming, quirky characters as you set off on an unforgettable trip!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22%, Anime 16.7%, Puzzle 16.3%, Cute 11.3%, Adventure 11%
- #15 Stellar Code
86% matchVery Positive97% of 461 reviews2025
Dev: Fragaria
Windows
Mysterious phenomena from space. A researcher's fatal accident. Cryptic codes engraved on an unknown material. Together with your brilliant sister-in-law, you must unravel a mystery that could determine the fate of Earth. A sci-fi mystery visual novel of discovery and suspense.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Anime 14.6%, Romance 12.6%, Mystery 11%, Sci-fi 11%
- #16 神明的一天世界(God's One Day World)
87% matchVery Positive85% of 728 reviews2016
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
an Visual Novel & Puzzle Game
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.2%, Adventure 26.8%, Anime 23.2%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #17 Lotus Reverie: First Nexus
86% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: Keinart Lobre
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you like adventure and strategy games? A visual novel at the end of the world with a focus on time management. Experience battles in original parallel turn-based strategy minigames or classic novel mode. Half of the survivors are not human, and only one pair will survive.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Anime 16.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Fantasy 10.3%, Colorful 10.1%
- #18 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
82% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Dating Sim 20.2%, Anime 17.3%, Cute 9.9%, Stylized 6.2%
- #19 Our End of the World
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,807 reviews2017
Dev: 橘子班Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Filled with puzzles, the story between she and me at the end of the world. English Subtitle Released on 2018/11/22!
Why similar: Dating Sim 47.6%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Anime 14.4%, Puzzle 7.2%, Adventure 5.2%
- #20 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
83% matchVery Positive93% of 4,340 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: Mystery 22.5%, Puzzle 18.5%, Dating Sim 18.4%, Fantasy 14.2%, Adventure 12.6%
- #21 √Letter - Root Letter -
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 575 reviews2017
Dev: DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 13%, Anime 12.5%, Mystery 10.8%
- #22 Eternights
82% matchVery Positive86% of 3,324 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Sai
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Eternights is a dating action game where you try to make the most out of life during the apocalypse. Monday: Go on a date. Tuesday: Clear dungeon. Friday: Freak out! The clock is ticking!!
Why similar: Dating Sim 40.9%, Anime 20.6%, Romance 19%, Stylized 7.7%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #23 KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE
81% matchVery Positive94% of 509 reviews2025
Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
Answer the summons to the parallel world of "Kamitsubaki City" and meet a cast of colorful characters as you set out on a quest to save this city from the brink of destruction in this dark-fantasy sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.5%, Adventure 14.8%, Anime 14.1%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, 2D 8.2%
- #24 12 Hours to Die
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Wesley ReitsmaPub: Westeford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Mystery 15.5%, Puzzle 14.1%, Anime 12.8%, Adventure 8.9%
- #25 Until Then
79% 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: Visual Novel 43.2%, Romance 17.9%, Mystery 15%, 2D 8.7%, Adventure 7.6%
- #26 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
80% matchVery Positive95% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: 株式会社ヘッドロックPub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
The story is set in future Tokyo, where human’s endless desires have consumed finite resources. In this world that is gradually approaching its end, the streamer girls continue to sing, while embracing dreams and despair in their hearts...
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.4%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Anime 12.1%, Cute 10.8%, Adventure 9.9%
- #27 ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE
81% matchVery Positive91% of 653 reviews2020
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 38.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Thanks to the rising popularity of the PhoneDroid—a device which features augmented reality (A.R.)—the age of advanced technology has finally reached Tanegashima. On that island, Central Tanegashima High's "Robot Research Club" is about to have their club disbanded.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Conspiracy 17% ★, Adventure 15%, Anime 13.5%, Mystery 11.2%
- #28 The Murder Hotel
77% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Mystery 17.6%, Anime 17.6%, Romance 10.5%, Top-Down 7%
- #29 BUSTAFELLOWS
78% matchVery Positive86% of 1,006 reviews2021
Dev: NIPPON CULTURAL BROADCASTING EXTEND INC.Pub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A new visual novel from the legendary eXtend! Mixing dangerous romance with murder mystery, BUSTAFELLOWS is a steamy noir mystery that will make you shiver but ask for more!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.8%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Romance 14.5%, Anime 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.7%
- #30 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,520 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Anime 20.7%, Point & Click 19.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Adventure 10.2%
- #31 Royal Order
77% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Nifty VisualsPub: Nifty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intrigue, betrayal, deaths! A LGBT+ survival Raising Simulation in a high-fantasy royal court setting with RPG elements.
Why similar: Dating Sim 41%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Anime 15.9%, Fantasy 8.6%, 2D 7%
- #32 The Shell Part I: Inferno
76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 110.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Romance 23.3%, Mystery 20.3%, Anime 11.3%, Adventure 6.4%
- #33 Date Warp
79% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2014
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Dating Sim 19.8%, Romance 13.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Anime 11.1%
- #34 Simulation world
78% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: 007berd
Windows
Simulation World - This is a puzzle, story and open world. Feel the vanilla atmosphere as you progress through the puzzles. Rescue the simulation from a virus that wants to destroy the computer world
Why similar: Point & Click 33.3%, Puzzle 19%, Adventure 11.4%, Stylized 11%, Cute 10.4%
- #35 7 Days to End with You
75% matchVery Positive88% of 3,158 reviews2022
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Romance 24.6%, Puzzle 18.1%, Mystery 17.3%, Fantasy 11.3%
- #36 Monospaced Lovers
75% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Scarlet String Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monospaced Lovers is an exploration-driven platformer about closeness and distance. Journey through a metafictional, fantasy-filled land and find the truth of your fragile world before it disintegrates.
Why similar: Romance 23.1%, Anime 21.1%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Cute 11.9%, Colorful 9.2%
- #37 RGB GlitchGazer
72% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Anime 19.6%, Mystery 16.4%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Adventure 9.7%
- #38 Kunado Chronicles
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 173 reviews2023
Dev: Purple SoftwarePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The dragon is already dead. Help what's left of humanity learn how to live in this post-apocalyptic fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.6%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Romance 14.5%, Anime 12.8%, Cute 8.4%
- #39 MAGICAL DEATHPAIR
74% matchVery Positive92% of 139 reviews2022
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
16 Witches, 8 Couples, Game to escape death... Hunt down the Imposter. Save the world from impending catastrophe. Life and death adventure game for those who love charming witches.
Why similar: Adventure 83.6%, Singleplayer 16.4%
- #40 KamiYaba: Destiny on a Dicey Deadline
73% matchVery Positive92% of 377 reviews2022
Dev: HULOTTEPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 59.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
“If you don't tie the knot with the person of your dreams within the next year, you'll be in big trouble.” So forewarns Urara, the self-proclaimed Goddess of Matchmaking... kicking off a rowdy rom-com adventure!
Why similar: Dating Sim 43.3%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Cute 12%, Colorful 10.7%, 2D 3%
- #41 再见断刀
70% matchVery Positive93% of 2,313 reviews2025
Dev: 非侠游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Anime 21.4%, Romance 20.5%, Mystery 16.8%, Adventure 6.8%
- #42 The Last Secret
73% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: TBF
Windows · Mac · Linux
Award winning visual novel adventure. An epic, upbeat tale with challenging and fun puzzles, humorous storyline and quirky characters. Solve the "last secret", save your friends and maybe find true love on the way, too...
Why similar: Conspiracy 15.7% ★, Point & Click 15%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Dating Sim 10.4%, Romance 9.3%
- #43 Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
72% matchVery Positive81% of 1,081 reviews2021
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.2%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Anime 14.1%, Puzzle 13.3%, Mystery 9.7%
- #44 NUKITASHI
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,440 reviews2023
Dev: QruppoPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 43.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seiran Island. Even here in paradise, there are those who work in the shadows to bring it down... Confront the tyranny of a twisted system in this long-awaited visual novel adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Anime 19.2%, Romance 18.8%, Cute 11.2%, Mystery 9.7%
- #45 Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
67% matchVery Positive94% of 267 reviews2026
Dev: 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games)
Windows
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.9%, Mystery 26.9%, Romance 26.2%, Adventure 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #46 20b
71% matchVery Positive83% of 137 reviews2022
Dev: idk?
Windows
Eight peculiar students, a pair of highly-trained assassins, extraterrestrials plotting a full-scale invasion of Earth, a secret society on the verge of toppling the US presidency and a Doomsday cult gearing to wipe California off the map.
Why similar: Conspiracy 36.9% ★, Visual Novel 21.7%, Anime 16.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Adventure 7.7%
- #47 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
71% matchVery Positive82% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.5%, Adventure 21.2%, Anime 16.9%, Point & Click 14.4%
- #48 Souls of Chronos
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
The Apocalypse shattered a world in disarray. Facing his impending death, a young boy named Sid crossed paths with Torii, a girl who feeds on the energy of time. In the harbour town of Astella, a mysterious adventure is about to unfold along with the investigation of an unusual crime...
Why similar: Anime 20.5%, Action-Adventure 20%, Top-Down 14.3%, Mystery 13.4%, Cute 13%
- #49 Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery
70% matchVery Positive94% of 176 reviews2021
Dev: Will-o-Works
Windows
Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery is a danmaku-detective game that combines point-and-click style deduction with high octane bullet hell gameplay. Find evidence, interrogate suspects, and refute contradictions to solve the case!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Anime 23.3%, Mystery 21.2%, Cute 14.2%, Adventure 5.5%
- #50 Omega Quintet
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 159 reviews2017
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Ghostlight LTD
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Humanity is in peril! A deadly phenomenon known as Blare threatens to consume all life on earth and is eating away at the minds of humans worldwide. No conventional forces can stop the Blare and it has rapidly spread worldwide. But in one city, a small population holds out against this deadly threat...
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Romance 24.9%, Anime 20.4%, Cute 10.8%, Fantasy 8.8%
- #51 KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE
68% matchMixed70% of 1,354 reviews2024
Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE" is a rhythm game in which AI girls who were awoken after the apocalypse use special song magic to create melodies with you, in an effort to restart the world. How did the destruction happen? Why do these girls exist? All answers will be revealed...when the music stops.
Why similar: Anime 50.9%, Adventure 28.4%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Singleplayer 4%
- #52 Shanghai Summer
67% matchVery Positive91% of 444 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.4%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Anime 13.1%, Romance 12.3%, Mystery 10.8%
- #53 X-note
73% matchMixed51% of 253 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
X-note is a blend between Visual Novel and Dating Sim. Follow the story of Essi as she pursues the truth of her mother's death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, Anime 19.9%, Dating Sim 14.8%, Adventure 9%, Romance 8.7%
- #54 The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
68% matchVery Positive86% of 279 reviews2021
Dev: Trinitite Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.7%, Mystery 21.3%, Anime 19.5%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Adventure 7.5%
- #55 Refate: Echoes of Desire
64% matchVery Positive91% of 673 reviews2025
Dev: Terraflame EntertainmentPub: Mountain and Sea Studio
Windows
Wake up with amnesia in Tokyo, caught between the Yakuza and police. Romance 8 unique beauties: cop, ninja, boss, izakaya owner, heiress, college girl, teacher, model. Uncover your true identity—host, agent, assassin, or crime lord? Shape your destiny and find true love.
Why similar: Dating Sim 54.8%, Romance 11.7%, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 10.3%, Action-Adventure 10.2%
- #56 Tokyo Babel
69% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: propellerPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
And so begins a grand epic of intertwining destinies; a tale of God, of angels, demons and humans living amongst the walls of the floating purgatory, Tokyo Babel -- a soaring bastion erected in the image of Tokyo, one of the largest cities of a world succumbed to the apocalypse.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.8%, Anime 33.7%, Adventure 16.4%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #57 Dream Ending
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,196 reviews2019
Dev: #workshopPub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
This is a small tale from the end. The leftovers of mankind are destined to perish as the Arks break orbit. Suddenly, however, she's making me ask her out, an invitation to face the apocalypse together... a short but exquisite visual novel, "Dream Ending" is humanity's last love story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Romance 24.9%, Anime 19.8%, Adventure 19.5%
- #58 Our world has not decayed
68% matchVery Positive85% of 391 reviews2019
Dev: lamb of game
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Although it is already the end of the world, we still stay together. all characters are over the age of 18.
Why similar: Dating Sim 39.5%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Romance 16.8%, Anime 13.3%, Adventure 5.6%
- #59 BAD END
69% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Anime 21.7%, Mystery 18.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Colorful 9.4%
- #60 DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation
66% matchVery Positive95% of 3,724 reviews2019
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 138.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Show the Spirits the power of love and save the world in this romantic visual novel!
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.4%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Anime 18.9%, Romance 12.6%, Mystery 5.2%
