- #1 Love, Ghostie
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 620 reviews2024
Dev: Janbeh Games, LLC
Windows · Mac
Become a wholesome ghost matchmaker and grow relationships between the manor’s residents! Gift items to lift their spirits, set them up on dates, and watch love bloom! Discover cute romances with a unique story between every pair of residents! How will love blossom in your manor?
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Supernatural 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the spectral theme by tasking you with playing matchmaker for ghosts in a haunted house.
- #2 A Date with Death
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,836 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Why similar: Dating Sim 30.8%, LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 11.8%, Supernatural 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features a supernatural romantic encounter with a grim reaper, mirroring the afterlife-focused dating premise.
- #3 Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,198 reviews2022
Dev: DirectDoggo
Windows
If you've ever wanted to romantically pursue a phone, then hot DARN, do I have just the game for you.
Why similar: Dating Sim 36.6%, LGBTQ+ 30.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Casual 7.8%, Indie 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same surreal, comedic, and deeply character-focused approach to unconventional dating as the seed game.
- #4 Monster Prom
95% matchVery Positive93% of 14,278 reviews2018
Dev: Beautiful GlitchPub: Xelu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.
Why similar: Dating Sim 38.9%, LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Story Rich 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a hilarious and chaotic take on the dating sim genre with a supernatural cast and meaningful choices.
- #5 When The Night Comes
94% matchVery Positive93% of 329 reviews2021
Dev: Lunaris Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Dating Sim 15%, Supernatural 12%, Dark Humor 10.3%, Visual Novel 10%
Why You'll Like It: It blends supernatural mystery with romance, offering an LGBTQ-inclusive narrative that feels tonally similar to the seed game.
- #6 Coffee Talk
94% matchVery Positive95% of 12,298 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 32.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Emotional 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes intimate, conversation-based storytelling with a diverse cast of supernatural beings in a cozy setting.
- #7 Arcade Spirits
93% matchVery Positive91% of 627 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Dating Sim 22.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Romance 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game features strong character development and branching narrative paths that prioritize personal connection over traditional romance.
- #8 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,192 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.3%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Choices Matter 18%, Story Rich 13.3%, Simulation 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on listening to the stories of patrons, providing a similar emotional depth through dialogue-driven gameplay.
- #9 Graveyard Girls
91% matchVery Positive98% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Emotional 13%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into the dark, emotional, and supernatural aspects of dating within a graveyard setting.
- #10 The Groom of Gallagher Mansion
91% matchVery Positive100% of 225 reviews2023
Dev: SnaccPop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt down a beheaded ghost to save your college club from losing funding! It'll be a piece of cake— wait, what do you mean he wants to marry you!? The Groom of Gallagher Mansion is spooky comedic romantic visual novel full of laughs and scares all around!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Dating Sim 19%, Dark Humor 14.8%, Emotional 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a supernatural romance with a ghost, directly mirroring the core premise of the seed game.
- #11 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,636 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Dating Sim 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Visual Novel 13%
Why You'll Like It: The game features deep, choice-heavy narrative paths where every decision significantly impacts the emotional trajectory of your relationships.
- #12 Hatoful Boyfriend
90% matchVery Positive94% of 7,560 reviews2014
Dev: MediatonicPub: Epic Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
Why similar: Dating Sim 40.8%, Visual Novel 29.4%, Romance 13.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Simulation 3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a classic example of a bizarre, unconventional dating sim that hides surprising emotional depth beneath its strange premise.
- #13 Bewitching Sinners
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 509 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Dating Sim 19%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a supernatural visual novel experience with a focus on romance and branching narrative choices.
- #14 The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
88% matchVery Positive93% of 5,966 reviews2023
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines supernatural themes with a branching narrative where your choices in conversation and divination shape the fate of others.
- #15 Fledgling Manor
87% matchVery Positive99% of 164 reviews2024
Dev: In Secret Places
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural horror visual novel where vampires compete to save their eternal unlives in a high-stakes reality show.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Romance 8.8%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines horror and dark comedy with interactive fiction elements, perfect for fans of the seed game's spooky tone.
- #16 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,479 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26%, Dating Sim 20.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Romance 15%, Choices Matter 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers an incredibly heartfelt and customizable romantic experience that focuses on the slow growth of emotional bonds.
- #17 Doomsday Paradise
86% matchVery Positive91% of 247 reviews2023
Dev: Lemonade Flashbang
Windows
Can you get a date before the end of the world? Doomsday Paradise is a goofy, multiplayer dating sim about finding love before the apocalypse. With over 130 different endings and 12 different singles to woo- no two games will ever be the same.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Dating Sim 18.2%, Dark Humor 16.9%, Visual Novel 8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a lighthearted, choice-driven dating experience with a supernatural apocalyptic backdrop.
- #18 Goodbye Volcano High
85% matchVery Positive89% of 1,819 reviews2023
Dev: KO_OP
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Emotional 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It is a narrative-heavy experience that deals with heavy emotional themes and the importance of connection during times of transition.
- #19 Eliza
84% matchVery Positive91% of 1,738 reviews2019
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future.
Why similar: Emotional 36.9%, Visual Novel 31%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 10%, LGBTQ+ 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This visual novel explores complex, philosophical conversations about human connection and technology in a way that resonates with the seed game's tone.
- #20 GNOSIA
83% matchVery Positive94% of 4,865 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.9%, Visual Novel 32.4%, Story Rich 17.8%, Simulation 7.6%, Indie 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: It blends social deduction with relationship building, requiring you to learn the secrets of your crewmates through repeated, meaningful interactions.
- #21 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,285 reviews2022
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Embark on a road trip like no other in this co-op narrative survival adventure. Visit fun locations, meet wacky characters, and manage your resources wisely. And yes: you still can date some hot monsters ;)
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Dating Sim 19%, Dark Humor 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It brings the same comedic, supernatural dating energy to a road trip format with high replayability.
- #22 PockeDate! - Pocket Dating Simulator
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,449 reviews2024
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend.
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.5%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Romance 13.9%, Horror 11.4%, Nonlinear 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes horror elements with dating sim mechanics for a unique, bite-sized narrative experience.
- #23 MindMindMind
82% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: ChattercapPub: Chattercap LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.3%, Dating Sim 22.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Supernatural 12.7%, Romance 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It explores psychological themes through a dating sim lens, offering a unique and often unsettling narrative experience.
- #24 Doodle Date
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 339 reviews2018
Dev: Nicholas Lives
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Dark Humor 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a dark, comedic, and minimalist dating experience that shares the seed game's experimental spirit.
- #25 Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,067 reviews2025
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Can you find love at the nerdiest convention ever? "Monster Con" goes back to the multiplayer dating sim formula: go through absurd and funny situations as you find love among six sexy monsters! Who will you romance? The mimic who cosplays? The idol clown? Or the eldritch cutie? (There's also Liam)
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Dating Sim 19.3%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This installment maintains the series' signature humor and supernatural dating mechanics in a convention setting.
- #26 Heartspell: Horizon Academy
79% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Dire Kitten Games
Windows
Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Romance 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich visual novel that emphasizes the importance of choices in building romantic and platonic relationships.
- #27 Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
81% matchVery Positive89% of 186 reviews2022
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Visual Novel 11%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Romance 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the character-focused, inclusive storytelling of the original while expanding on the narrative depth.
- #28 Curtain Call
78% matchVery Positive88% of 156 reviews2024
Dev: 元气弹工作室(GD Studio)Pub: IndieArk
Windows
Curtain Call: the latest game from the Noobs Want to Live devs. A strategic roguelite combining auto-battling and deck-building mechanics—recruit performers, take to the stage, and prepare for battle! Win glory and the rapturous applause of the audience. Take that curtain call!
Why similar: Casual 63.8%, Indie 36.2%
Why You'll Like It: A cute and emotional visual novel that focuses on character-driven interactions and personal growth.
- #29 Date Everything!
76% matchVery Positive94% of 7,103 reviews2025
Dev: Sassy Chap GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Date Everything! is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, featuring 100 fully voice acted datable characters! Let the romance flow between your bed, smoke alarm and… Overwhelming Sense of Existential Dread? Are you ready to Date Everything?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.2%, Dating Sim 30.6%, Romance 15.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Simulation 5.4%
- #30 Purrfect Apawcalypse: Love at Furst Bite
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 883 reviews2021
Dev: Denny TruongPub: 90% Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Olive is trapped in school in the midst of the apocalypse! With demons slaughtering every dog in sight there's only so many left to spend time with! Will their special someone be Brownie the snack-loving corgi, Sparky the sporty husky or Patches the dalmatian bookworm? You decide!
Why similar: Dogs 30.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Dating Sim 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Supernatural 8.8%
- #31 Speed Dates
80% matchMixed46% of 291 reviews2023
Dev: Icarus Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Embark Speed Dates, where you control first dates with 18 attractive women in this interactive FMV game. Shape your story with charm and humor for a personalized romantic journey.
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Emotional 17.5%, Romance 8.8%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This FMV game focuses on the speed dating format, offering a direct structural parallel to the seed game.
- #32 Tri City Monsters
76% matchVery Positive97% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Dating Sim 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Dark Humor 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #33 Furry Shades of Gay
77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,338 reviews2020
Dev: Furlough GamesPub: Furlough Games PBS
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Furry Shades of Gay is a game about love, queer relationships, hot gay sex and slapstick humor. Experience 6 new stories with an elaborate web of branching paths. Explore each one, win match-3 challenges, and get ready for 24 hot animated VOICED sex scenes!
Why similar: Dogs 34.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 15%, Emotional 10.7%, Dating Sim 9%, Nonlinear 7.2%
- #34 Landmine Princess
74% matchVery Positive95% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Jeistar
Windows
Meet Mina! She's a landmine girl! That means she's cute on the outside, but dangerous on the inside! But maybe she's the kind of danger you've always been looking for. This is a rogue fast-love dating sim. And the only sim that teaches you to be nice to girls. Or else.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Dating Sim 18.4%, Dark Humor 15%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 9.3%
- #35 Yuri Dating Agency
75% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.7%, Dark Humor 22.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Dating Sim 12%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #36 Best Friend Forever
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 223 reviews2020
Dev: StarcoltPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Pat the dogs... and then their owners. Step into the world of Rainbow Bay in Best Friend Forever, a dating sim-meets-dog care sim where you pat, pamper and train your pup while you search for your own forever friend.
Why similar: Dogs 44.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 10.9%, Dating Sim 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%, Visual Novel 7%
- #37 Curtain Call
74% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Dramatis Personae GamesPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
"Curtain Call" is a visual novel about (literally) breaking through social masks by forming meaningful connections with incredibly deep personalities. Whether you’re looking to make new friends or something more, there’s a whole cast of characters just dying to meet you!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Nonlinear 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%
- #38 Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,115 reviews2020
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp" brings you more of the world's best (and maybe only?) multiplayer dating sim; but in a way you've never expected!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Dating Sim 28.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Romance 12.1%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #39 Soul Mates
71% matchVery Positive99% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You’re trapped inside a haunted house, stalked by angry ghosts. To survive, you’ll have to run, hide, strategize, give gifts, chat, flirt… Wait, what kind of game is this? Oh right, it’s a point-and-click survival horror dating sim!
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.9%, Romance 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #40 Sensual Haunting
75% matchMixed63% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Lesson of Passion
Windows
Play as a ghost and influence women in the house in order to get sexual pleasures from them and achieve your goals by manipulating both the environment as well as their mind.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Dating Sim 15%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #41 Repurpose
73% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Repurpose Studios
Windows · Mac
You and several others have passed away. You have three options: either take the trials to earn your place in Heaven, live it up in Hell, or remain lost in Limbo for the rest of eternity. Repurpose is an LGBT+ positive dating sim about death, love, and finding your purpose.
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.1%, LGBTQ+ 24.3%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Supernatural 18.5%, Casual 4.6%
- #42 missed messages.
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,474 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Emotional 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Romance 12.6%
- #43 First Bite
73% matchVery Positive85% of 164 reviews2022
Dev: First Bite Games
Windows · Mac
An LGBTQ+ Vampiric Visual Novel. One Night. Three vampires. Make a deal with death or die trying.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Romance 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #44 Superstorm Melon Date
73% matchVery Positive91% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: A. Hagen
Windows · Mac
It's date night in the dystopian future. You're going out with Mel, a half-melon person with psychic powers. They seem a little weird, but at least they're cute. Choose where to go, what to do, and what to say in this highly interactive, romance visual novel.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19%, Dating Sim 16.8%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #45 Speed Dates Summer Edition
72% matchMixed64% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Icarus Interactive Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Summer's here and hearts are heating up! Meet five different beauties, hang out, flirt a little... and maybe even find your summer romance. Your choices matter — and the story’s all yours.
Why similar: Dating Sim 31%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Romance 17.2%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Simulation 7.5%
- #46 Sucker for Love: First Date
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,966 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.9%, Romance 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Horror 11%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #47 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
69% matchVery Positive95% of 1,287 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' Avoid the fanatical cultists and survive dangerous rituals to escape the Black Woods with your life in this 90’s anime inspired visual novel!
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Horror 10.3%, LGBTQ+ 7.5%
- #48 Furry Shades of Gay 3: Still Gayer
69% matchVery Positive95% of 484 reviews2023
Dev: Furlough GamesPub: Furlough Games PBS
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Furry Shades of Gay 3 is a collection of hot novels with choice and match-3 elements! You'll find new stories, new (and old!) characters, and a new, more diverse match-3 experience. Go through all the stories, uncover all the plot options, and unlock 15 hot voiced animations!
Why similar: Dogs 44.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 20%, Dating Sim 9.2%, Emotional 7.9%, Visual Novel 7.1%
- #49 Fearbonding
68% matchVery Positive96% of 143 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: LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Supernatural 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Dating Sim 9.9%, Romance 9.7%
- #50 Slasher U: An 18+ Horror Movie Dating Sim, Act 1
70% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Andi Santagata
Windows
Slasher U is an 18+ character-driven RPG dating sim, set in the open-world campus of America’s Horniest Horror Movie University!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Dating Sim 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #51 Find Love or Die Trying
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Romance 16%, Emotional 15.3%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #52 Furry Shades of Gay 2: A Shade Gayer
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,006 reviews2021
Dev: Furlough GamesPub: Furlough Games PBS
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Furry Shades of Gay 2 builds on the first installment of the series to bring you even more love, more puzzles and more hot gay sex! Experience 6 new stories with an elaborate web of branching paths. Explore each one, win match-3 challenges, and get ready for hot animated VOICED sex scenes!
Why similar: Dogs 31.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Dating Sim 10%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Visual Novel 7.8%
- #53 Over The Phone
71% 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 22.2%, Dialogue Heavy 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 12%
- #54 Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth
70% matchMixed52% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: EVERIUM
Windows · Mac
You've been invited to a Halloween party! Yay! Music! Food! Drinks! Vampires! Wait. VAMPIRES!? Velvet Bite: Softly, With Teeth is a Romantic Visual Novel featuring 6 romanceable vampires.
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.5%, LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 9%, Romance 6.1%
- #55 Courtin' Cowboys
69% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Mrfishess
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's 1863 and you, the player, are traveling through the small western town of Summerfair. Meet up to 7 love interests and discover their deliciously dark pasts... as well as their current horrifying misdeeds.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.7%, LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Romance 7.9%
- #56 Boyfriend Dungeon
68% matchVery Positive92% of 2,643 reviews2021
Dev: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Date your weapons! Romance swords, daggers, and polearms to level them up in this “shack-and-slash” dungeon crawling adventure.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.3%, Dating Sim 26.8%, Romance 15.5%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #57 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,103 reviews2025
Dev: Xso
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.5%, Dating Sim 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #58 The Divine Speaker
67% matchVery Positive96% of 437 reviews2022
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-rich tale of breaking the bonds of fate... and meeting some cute guys along the way!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.2%, Dating Sim 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 11.4%
- #59 Plenty of Fish in the Sea
66% matchVery Positive95% of 79 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+ 19.8%, Dating Sim 17.8%, Emotional 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%
- #60 My Ghost Roommate
65% matchVery Positive100% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Murky GamesPub: Saikey Studios
Windows
A romantic comedy visual novel where you move in with Juno, a shy ghost bound to your new apartment. Share awkward dinners, heartfelt moments, and maybe spark a supernatural romance in this short, charming story of love and letting go.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Romance 21.1%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Story Rich 7.8%
