- #1 Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
97% matchVery Positive98% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: ThePenSword
Windows
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 8.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%, Romance 8.2%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #2 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
96% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Romance 8%, Dating Sim 7.9%
- #3 Shepherd's Eye
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio AdaminaPub: Jflyer Games
Windows · Mac
Everyone has secrets at Found Sheep Farm, but it’s so much easier to pretend no one does! Will you pull the wool over your eyes, or will your pursuit of the truth make you the black sheep in this thrilling horror visual novel?
Why similar: Dating Sim 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Point & Click 9.8%
- #4 Midnight Witch
95% matchVery Positive93% of 366 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Dating Sim 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Romance 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #5 Mermaids are Seafood
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lyyycaena
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're a new hire at a company that sells mermaids as seafood. Bet your blood, navigate conspiracies, and cook for customers in this psychological horror game with 11 endings. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters?
Why similar: Dating Sim 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Romance 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #6 Good Night, Every Night
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 7757
Windows
Guide the traumatized 'Woochan' as you navigate his destiny. He can either find happiness with the heroine or remain forever lost in the depths of his past.
Why similar: Dating Sim 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #7 Reflections of the void
93% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: Echo Story Games
Windows
A sci-fi drama about love, control, and the price of human emotion. Care for your wards, follow every order — or break the rules to discover who you truly are.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dating Sim 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #8 In Your Hands
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nibble & HopPub: Lusty Robots
Windows · Mac
A psychological horror sound novel. A child who lost memories wakes in a ruined building. Explore unsettling space. Open cabinets, speak to adults, grab a weapon—or do nothing? Help the child escape. Help the judgment. Whatever you choose, do it with your own hands. Then… face the consequences.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Horror 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #9 For My Darling
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Aphyra Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Based on a True Story, "For My Darling" is NOT fiction! Lili’s ordinary life was fractured in 2023 after meeting someone strangely familiar. Her reality twists as something begins to follow her. It is tied to lost memories and a past that won’t stay buried. To understand, she must uncover the truth.
Why similar: Dating Sim 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Romance 9.6%
- #10 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,471 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
- #11 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
90% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Dating Sim 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Romance 9.1%
- #12 Beneath The Cherry Blossom Tree
89% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Single Blossom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into what lies below in “Beneath the Cherry Blossom Tree” an immersive visual novel where every choice carves a path through a tapestry of mystery, romance, and intrigue. Unravel a story that intertwines destiny, personality, and local folklore
Why similar: Romance 12.9%, Dating Sim 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%
- #13 Madness within
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indra
Windows
Delve into the heart of darkness with Enelia, a chilling horror visual novel set in an Avatar-inspired biopunk realm. It's a dramatic story about adventure, love and fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Point & Click 9.4%, Dating Sim 8.5%
- #14 Date Time❤️: Melissa❤️, Morris❤️, Anna❤️
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
DATE, FLIRT & SURVIVE in this Retro-Horror Adventure where you date characters based on REAL Computer VIRUSES. Explore and uncover dark secrets behind each character and make choices that will lead to a ❤️SMOOCH❤️ or your DOOM!
Why similar: Point & Click 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Dating Sim 10.4%
- #15 Bound Between Desks
87% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 10.3%, Romance 10%, Choices Matter 10%
- #16 Truth Scrapper
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: insertdisc5
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attention– who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push aside…?
Why similar: Dating Sim 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #17 Uberich: Advent Sinners
85% matchVery Positive83% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
Windows
The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 12%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Dating Sim 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #18 Trust Me, Not Her
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NerdyBird Studios
Windows · Linux
Lost in a secluded forest, you encounter two mysterious girls. One Good. One Evil. But which is which? And who will you Trust in this thrilling, choice-driven Visual Novel?
Why similar: Dating Sim 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Romance 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #19 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
86% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Romance 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #20 Grow a Girlfriend
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: True Blue Basin
Windows · Mac · Linux
You accidentally grew a mushroom girl! Overcome your social anxiety to help her live her brief life to the fullest! Or don't.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.4%, Romance 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #21 Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo
82% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: FUF Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Anime 9.3%, Romance 9.2%
- #22 Evil Spirits
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Point & Click 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #23 For Mother Matron
81% matchVery Positive92% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #24 Bad Summer
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: S&J Games
Windows
Welcome to Bear Ridge Summer Camp! Jenny Lewis is an awkward high school graduate working her first job as a camp counsellor. Help her navigate an exciting summer of making new friends, and finding her first love. But be wary! Not all is as it seems...
Why similar: Romance 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #25 Parasite in Love
80% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Romance 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #26 Missing Time
82% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: Fluttering Abyss
Windows
An inheritance uproots you back to your hometown. Surrounded by mysteries and temptations, which path will you choose? A horror dating visual novel by Fluttering Abyss.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Romance 11.6%, Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #27 Miya Might Break
78% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Horror 9.7%
- #28 Momo Don't Leave
78% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Point & Click 12.1%
- #29 SCP: Doki Doki Anomaly
79% matchVery Positive92% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Flightyfelon Games Inc.
Windows
SCP-8008-1 IS A HORROR DATING SIM WHERE THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS SURVIVAL. SMOOCH SCP-173, SCP-682 AND EVEN SCP-096. DO NOT RUN THIS SOFTWARE WITHOUT CLASS-4 AUTHORIZATION.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Romance 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Anime 8.9%
- #30 Monologin
77% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #31 Garden of Roses: Summerset
79% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Outis Media
Windows · Mac
The prologue arc to the "Garden of Roses" story. A visual novel set in a world where monster girls walk among us. Take the role of Will Getz, a young man with a score to settle after 15 long years of being away from home.
Why similar: Dating Sim 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Romance 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #32 Memory Girl +
76% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Romance 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #33 Cannibal Court
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #34 Fearbonding
75% matchVery Positive96% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.7%, Romance 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Dating Sim 8.8%, Horror 8.1%
- #35 Rain98
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: C#4R4CT3R
Windows
Tokyo, 1998. A rain that never ends and a girl who wants everything to end. Two lonely youths will change the world with their choices.
Why similar: Romance 15%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Point & Click 10.2%
- #36 Choose Your Own Alternative
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #37 Make Moku Proud
74% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Horror 10.2%
- #38 Heartbeat House: Hong Kong
73% matchVery Positive98% of 194 reviews2026
Dev: Genuine Studio
Windows
Heartbeat House: Hong Kong is a dating reality visual novel. Live with eight participants in a shared villa and make romantic choices. Your decisions are remembered, and relationships will change. If the screen flickers or something feels off—please relax and keep dating. The show is still ongoing.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.2%, Romance 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #39 Death by Begonia
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Talia JettPub: Paper Moon Studios
Windows
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: Romance 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Visual Novel 10%
- #40 Welcome To The Survey
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peanut Dev
Windows
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.8%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Horror 10.1%
- #41 Scarlet Hollow
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,335 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Dating Sim 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #42 Confinio: Reality Prison
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #43 No Recollection
72% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Platt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Horror 8.2%
- #44 Love's Time Cycle
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameFox
Windows
A grand sci-fi romance healing masterpiece. Overnight, the beautiful girl around you have falling in love with you. Just as you think you can sink into this sweet trap, the one you love suddenly bids you farewell. In this endless cycle, will you be able to reclaim the love you’ve lost?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Romance 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #45 KEPT
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Silk Dagger
Windows
You wake into a perfect life you don't remember choosing — warm, loving, and sealed shut. She knows everything about you. The one door has never opened. KEPT is a short psychological romance-horror visual novel with six endings, gated by how much of the truth you can bear to know.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Romance 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 10.6%, Mystery 6.3%
- #46 After School .LIVE – Mirror of Twilight
70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
A visual novel starring the Vtubers from .LIVE production with a a mix of horror and school comedy. Work together with the club members to escape from the sealed school!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Romance 13.7%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #47 Weeping Souls
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 灵境研究
Windows
《泣魂》是一款视觉小说游戏。玩家在当中扮演主角并选择正确的路线,确保自己和朋友的安全,游戏有多种结局,由你的选择决定。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
- #48 Khitarii and Khimoshi
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XeroStryker
Windows
Kitari and Kimoshi is a story about two girls who meet for the very first time through unusual circumstances. Click through the manga pages, and make choices that affect the flow of the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Dark 10.2%
- #49 Contra Spem Spero
69% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 11%
- #50 Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 528 reviews2025
Dev: NITRO ORIGINPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Why similar: Dating Sim 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Lore-Rich 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #51 Student Union
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Visual Novel Village
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your choices guide Lane through this dark drama and romance as shifting pressures form, strain, and shatter strong bonds. Found a student government, recruit members, and struggle to maintain them in the face of unexpected challenges and danger.
Why similar: Dating Sim 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Romance 11%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #52 Nurse Me!
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enjoy your time in a hospital with a sexy doctor, nurse and an idol roommate! An adult visual novel adventure with multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Dating Sim 14.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Romance 9.8%
- #53 Awakewood
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will returns to bury his mother and leave right away, but everything changes when he finds a stranger in the woods. As the house decays and roots swallow everything, saving her comes with an irreversible cost: uncovering a truth hidden in Awakewood for ten years.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Point & Click 13.1%, Mystery 7%
- #54 Summer Snow Day
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happy Ghost Studio
Windows
Spend your summer in a small snowy town in this Dating-Sim Murder Mystery. Meet new people and perhaps fall in love! A series of grisly murders throw a wrench into the romance, and now YOU have to solve them! Make FREQUENT choices and play mini games to catch the killer and fall in love!
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.2%, Romance 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Mystery 9.7%
- #55 Elisa: Seduce the Innkeeper
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 194 reviews2017
Dev: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The player doesn't impersonate a simple man, but a powerful, rich and famous nobleman who seems to be able to obtain whatever he wishes for. But will this be enough this time?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Romance 12.1%
- #56 Blackthorn Witch
67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #57 Pick My Heart Chapter 1
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Secret GamesPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Fall in love… with a goddess?! In this visual novel divinely beautiful girls will steal your heart!
Why similar: Romance 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dating Sim 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #58 Rewrite+
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 798 reviews2021
Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 61.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this city built upon the ideal coexistence of civilization and the environment, Tennouji Kotarou spends his days with his friends, Kanbe Kotori and Yoshino Haruhiko. In this peaceful city, a tumultuous event shakes the foundations of Kazamatsuri once a year.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Anime 9.7%
- #59 University Love Affair
68% 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 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Romance 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #60 Sunlight Scream
66% matchVery Positive84% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13%, Dating Sim 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Mystery 9.7%, Romance 8.9%