- #1 Date Warp
97% matchVery Positive89% of 179 reviews2014
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 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: Time Travel 27.8% ★, Otome 13.6% ★, Visual Novel 11.5%, Romance 9.4%, Mystery 7.4%
- #2 Save Ruika! — Looping with a Losing Heroine
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: sweet ampoule
Windows
A short romance adventure where you loop again and again with a losing heroine to help her finally win. She cries, gets mad, loses again—and still refuses to give up. Does a brighter future await Ruika?
Why similar: Time Travel 27.6% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Romance 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Comedy 9.1%
- #3 start;again
96% matchVery Positive95% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?
Why similar: Time Travel 19.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Romance 10.8%, Anime 8.5%
- #4 Rail of Möbius
95% matchVery Positive95% of 495 reviews2021
Dev: PHOSEPO
Windows
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Why similar: Time Travel 27% ★, Detective 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Romance 9%, Investigation 7.4%
- #5 Kill The Clock
94% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Slugs
Windows
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Time Travel 21.7% ★, Detective 14.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Thriller 9.7%, Mystery 8.3%
- #6 STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT
94% matchVery Positive90% of 1,088 reviews2026
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
STEINS;GATE returns! Rebooted for the modern era! Featuring fully updated visuals, UI, and an all-new story that breathes new life into the streets of Akihabara.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.2% ★, Visual Novel 16.1%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Romance 8.6%, Anime 7.5%
- #7 Mr Investigator
93% match7 user reviews75% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Haoning Wu
Windows
Step into the shoes of a Time Bureau detective in this uncompromising first-person murder mystery. Travel through written memories, piece together an interconnected timeline, and restore a victim's diary with pure logical deduction and zero handholding.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.4% ★, Detective 16.6%, 1990's 14.2%, Thriller 11.9%, Investigation 8.9%
- #8 Drops of Death
92% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: Otome 14.5% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Thriller 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 11%, Romance 10.2%
- #9 STEINS;GATE
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 27,155 reviews2016
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 67.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.2% ★, Visual Novel 17.7%, Anime 10.9%, Story Rich 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #10 Poison Noir: Desire, Time & Gangsters
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Brunomir
Windows
A breathtaking visual novel that will make you live through two eras filled with love, terrifying mysteries, and bullets. Follow Jake as he travels back and forth between the 90s and the Prohibition era of the 20s, and make choices that will determine his fate.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.5% ★, Visual Novel 11.9%, Romance 11.4%, Anime 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #11 Yukizuki no Seisou
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VODALES
Windows · Mac
High school student Kusaka Sousuke, who has faint precognition, visits Yukizuki during winter break—a town haunted by rumors of ghosts and mysterious disappearances. In the snow-covered town, he meets the mysterious girl he saw in a dream… An adventure-type visual novel from VODALES.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.5% ★, Visual Novel 15.9%, Anime 10.9%, Romance 10.2%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #12 Nugatory
89% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Cademon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a deadly time loop on a remote research facility, a security officer must expose an alien imposter before the day resets. A tense, fully voiced sci-fi mystery where you are stuck in a cycle of life, death, and wrongful accusations.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.7% ★, Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #13 Mato Fragments
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArrowizPub: Soft Source
Windows
You are a photo shop owner moonlighting as an informant in the vibrant, but dangerous streets of Neo City. After harboring a strange fugitive, your skills as an informant are put to the test, as the fate of the entire city rests in your hands.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.4% ★, Detective 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Thriller 9.6%, Choices Matter 7%
- #14 Lachesis or Atropos
88% matchVery Positive87% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Visual Novel 13%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Romance 9.2%
- #15 The Havoc Channel
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TRY500Pub: Ralphie & Cohort Fan Club
Windows
A mystery comedy visual novel game told strictly through the eyes of a news anchor. Learn about the city of Brookside, report the news as best you can, and guide the citizens toward a happy ending.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, 1990's 16.2%, Investigation 14.6%, Thriller 12.9%, Mystery 10.4%
- #16 STEINS;GATE ELITE
86% matchVery Positive90% of 1,688 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 277.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.
Why similar: Time Travel 42.2% ★, Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 13.6%, Story Rich 6.7%, Romance 4.6%
- #17 Mirage Noir
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio Chawan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mirage Noir is a detective romance visual novel where every lead could bring you closer to love—or straight into a killer’s hands.
Why similar: Otome 19.3% ★, Detective 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 9.1%, Romance 8.9%
- #18 REPLAY BOYS
85% matchVery Positive94% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: Split Narrative Inc.
Windows · Mac
Band emergency! This was supposed to be Hannah’s day off, but now she’s been roped into managing The Replay Boys, an up-and-coming boy band. Make choices to stoke multi-timeline romances, keep the band from killing each other, and fight a resurrected ’80s pop star ghost. Can you manage?
Why similar: Time Travel 21% ★, Otome 18.9% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Romance 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #19 her tears were my light
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 863 reviews2022
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
a love story between time and space
Why similar: Time Travel 36.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Romance 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #20 Nut City Blues
83% matchVery Positive97% of 414 reviews2023
Dev: looking4stupid
Windows
A comedy-mystery visual novel about Captain Fox, Detective Raccoon and the danger of pineapple pizza.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 10.2%, Comedy 10.1%, Investigation 9.8%
- #21 The VII Enigma
84% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Every answer lies in a timeline that no longer exists. 『The VII Enigma』 is an intricate time-travel mystery visual novel for players drawn to stories that test the mind, stir the heart, and reward careful attention. Unravel a conspiracy written across time in search of a future beyond their control.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.5% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 9.2%, Romance 8.6%, Thriller 8.3%
- #22 Sweet Clockwork
81% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Team D.T.R
Windows · Mac
A dark time-loop mystery visual novel about a fated romance with only one person: I-on Moon. A birthday love letter leads to death at 6 PM, then the same morning begins again. Unmask the killer "X" and save I-on Moon. Multiple bad endings. One true ending.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.3% ★, Otome 21.6% ★, Romance 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Mystery 8.8%
- #23 ISLAND
82% matchVery Positive95% of 1,776 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 154.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.2% ★, Visual Novel 18.8%, Anime 14.2%, Romance 8.4%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #24 One Night Liar
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShironoRPub: 346lab Localization
Windows
【一夜限りの騙し合いADV】 殺された女性のふりをして豪華客船での同窓会に潜入して"嘘"を武器に事件を解決する。
Why similar: Thriller 15.8%, Detective 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 14%, Mystery 10.8%
- #25 Nicole
82% matchMixed68% of 126 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Excited to join her first choice school, Nicole discovers a disturbing series of disappearances on campus upon moving into the university dorms. Three girls have vanished, and she might be next, deviating from her ideal college experience.
Why similar: Otome 20% ★, Visual Novel 12.1%, Investigation 9.8%, Thriller 9.4%, Mystery 8.2%
- #26 Chrono Crimes
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Chrono
Windows
Investigate crimes and solve them... before they happen. Scour future crime scenes, corroborate suspects' alibis, search for incriminating evidence and uncover the truth before the culprit can get away with it.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.9% ★, Detective 22%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Anime 10.9%, Mystery 10.9%
- #27 Reflection Link
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 13.9%, Anime 10.9%, Mystery 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Thriller 9.6%
- #28 Crimson Silk
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Swirling Pentapod
Windows
Crimson Silk is a political detective thriller with a mind-controlling villain. Investigate the assassination of your grandfather. Plunge into a world of complicated law and wild ESP powers. Gather clues, choose sides, jump timelines, and try not to get stuffed with lead.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Time Travel 16.4% ★, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Mystery 10.9%
- #29 Just in Crime
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Gomet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Why similar: Time Travel 29% ★, Detective 17.5%, Investigation 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Mystery 9%
- #30 Degraman: Act I. Vincent
78% matchVery Positive83% of 194 reviews2021
Dev: NamNorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
An otome visual novel - play a powerless victim of a terrifying, unfair world. 200+ choices, 50+ endings, 20+ hours of play - and only one way to escape.
Why similar: Otome 21.1% ★, Thriller 15.7%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #31 Chronotopia: Second Skin
77% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chronotopia: Second Skin is a unique rewriting of the Donkeyskin fairytale, a darker variation of Cinderella. Follow Kionna into a painful but ultimately rewarding search for her true self.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.4% ★, Otome 15.7% ★, Visual Novel 11.2%, LGBTQ+ 9.7%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #32 Disordered
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Lumas Studio
Windows · Linux
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Thriller 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, 1990's 11%, Investigation 10.1%
- #33 AI: The Somnium Files
76% matchVery Positive91% of 9,439 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.2 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: Detective 22.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Anime 13.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #34 Remedy for Personality
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mertvitel & Partners
Windows
Remedy for Personality is a visual novel that blends genres: a comedy horror with elements of detective. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of mysticism, mystery, and hidden threats, spiced up with a generous dose of witty humor.
Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Thriller 12.6%, Comedy 9.5%, Investigation 8%
- #35 Sunlight Scream
75% 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: Detective 20.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Anime 11.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Romance 9.1%
- #36 Love and Crime
75% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Mango x2
Windows · Mac
A visual novel with an exciting detective and romantic plot. Take on a dangerous investigation and find your love in a lost Japanese town.
Why similar: Otome 16.4% ★, Visual Novel 12.9%, Romance 11.8%, Anime 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #37 Death & Faeology
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mushroomallow
Windows
In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Otome 13.1% ★, Visual Novel 12.2%, Romance 11.4%, Investigation 9.5%
- #38 Blood Lily: Killers Can't Sink a Yuri Ship
73% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A B-horror mystery comedy adventure game. Having a crush on your bestie is hard enough without serial killers in the way! Lily's vacay plan to romance her crush Sally goes wrong when killers keep cropping up and ruining the mood. And that means war. "How dare you come between Sally and me!"
Why similar: Detective 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Romance 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dark Humor 11.7%
- #39 Harlequinade
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Harlequinade is a horror otome romance visual novel about a never-ending carnival and a very death-prone college student. With the aid of 2 clowns, can you escape this timeloop?
Why similar: Otome 18.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Character Customization 11.6%, Anime 7.9%
- #40 A Totally Normal Love Story
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Something Hippo
Windows · Mac
Made for people who love Hallmark movies — and people who love to hate them. A totally normal love story in a perfectly ordinary small town, where nothing weird ever happens…or so you’re told.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Thriller 19.5%, Romance 18%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Mystery 11.2%
- #41 STEINS;GATE 0
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,522 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 128.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
Why similar: Time Travel 39% ★, Visual Novel 19.8%, Anime 12.5%, Story Rich 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #42 I Am The Prosecutor: No Evidence? No Problem!
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
I Am The Prosecutor is a non-linear Visual Novel about defending a cute Tomboy named Sophie where you're given just 30 seconds to make the right choice each time. Help make Sophie's case against her abusive mother and give her much needed closure.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Anime 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #43 The Unclosed Case
71% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: CazimG
Windows
A psychological detective thriller. Everyone has already decided who did it. You don't have to. Investigate a double death, question everyone who loved them, and discover how much you can trust your own mind.
Why similar: Time Travel 23.9% ★, Detective 19.3%, Thriller 11.9%, Investigation 11.7%, Mystery 9.9%
- #44 I,bag
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DarkSwanLab
Windows
A mystery visual novel in theme of reincarnation and science-fiction. Opposite to other game, you are not the hero takes item bag, you are the bag yourself! You forge, dissolve, combine, throw, absorb items to change the fate of heros. Has 200 endings and 30+ hours main story.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.1% ★, Detective 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #45 Arts & Hearts Academy
70% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: Vera Florentine
Windows · Mac · Linux
A romantic visual novel set in an arts academy. She came to win an architecture competition. Falling in love wasn't the plan. Neither was landing in a criminal's crosshairs.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Otome 17.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #46 WHODUNNIT
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Don Attico
Windows
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Investigation 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Mystery 10.6%
- #47 Pinewood Island
72% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Jaime Scribbles Games
Windows · Mac
Find love, solve a murder, and prevent more death in this murder-mystery horror otome | visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 19.9% ★, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #48 Summer Snow Day
70% 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: Visual Novel 15.9%, Thriller 15%, Romance 14.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #49 莫待无花空折枝:做题家的 Git 重启日志
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: 西江仙客
Windows
现实里没有 git checkout,错过的分支无法回滚。但在这里,你可以。 这是一个写给「做题家」的纯爱文字 AVG:习惯用理性防御情感的男主「陆渊」,在博士毕业那天喝下一杯名为「重构」的酒,重回 2019 年夏天。 五条互斥纯爱单线,15万+字剧情。在这个赛博时空里,去解开当年无解的谜题,跑通属于你的唯一分支。
Why similar: Time Travel 36.8% ★, Visual Novel 16.1%, Romance 14.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #50 Himbo Harem Homicide
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mouse Potato Games, LLC
Windows
A classic whodunit – but with a harem of himbos! Determine which of your hunky housemates is killing off the other handsome hardbodies before you’re left with not a handful of hotties, but just one murderous, monogamous man.
Why similar: Otome 16.3% ★, Romance 13.5%, Dark Humor 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #51 Time Tenshi
71% match9 user reviews30% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Silver Cow Studio
Windows
Join the Time Tenshi on their thrilling adventures through time! Make key decisions to influence the story's outcome... and maybe even go on a date!
Why similar: Time Travel 28.2% ★, Visual Novel 16.5%, Anime 13.1%, Romance 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #52 Midnight Memoria
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nochi Studios
Windows · Mac
A psychological horror romance mystery inspired by Lovecraftian, Black Butler, and Danganronpa
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Romance 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Thriller 10.1%, LGBTQ+ 8.6%
- #53 Spell Candle
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bottled Monster Ink.
Windows
Spell Candle is your grief coping mechanism in a 2D romance visual novel. Take on the role of a foreign correspondent turned investigator of magical crimes to uncover the culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of a sleeping God.
Why similar: Otome 20.7% ★, Detective 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Romance 12.7%, Mystery 8.3%
- #54 Sweet Science – The Girls of Silversee Castle
68% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: TBF
Windows · Mac · Linux
This lighthearted visual novel lets you meet four quirky young women. A fun and highly interactive story taking you back in time – to the 1990s and a castle full of science, mysteries and – perhaps – romance...
Why similar: Time Travel 28% ★, Visual Novel 12.9%, 1990's 12.8%, Romance 11.9%, Anime 9.7%
- #55 Call Me Under
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lunaris Games
Windows · Mac
Dive into the 1950s and explore an underwater world soaked in dark magic, Eldritch mysteries, and romance. Investigate the sudden disappearances plaguing Styx and uncover the truth behind the vicious power struggle between two ancient forces.
Why similar: Otome 12.8% ★, Visual Novel 11.5%, Romance 11.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.1%, Dark Humor 10.5%
- #56 Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,152 reviews2022
Dev: Soviet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Why similar: Detective 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Romance 12%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Anime 9.7%
- #57 A Place Where Summer Rain Falls
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Rebecause
Windows
In a place where summer rain falls, some memories refuse to stay buried⸺ Nine students are trapped inside a school. A psychological thriller begins as the sound of rain entangles their past.
Why similar: Thriller 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Romance 15.2%, Otome 10.2% ★, Anime 9.5%
- #58 A Date with Death 2: REMNANTS
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Train, chat, and flirt your way through the Underworld in this romantic story-driven chat simulator. Create your own Grim Reaper, connect with your team through text and video calls, and decide who you are when the past no longer defines you in a sequel to A Date with Death!
Why similar: Otome 17.5% ★, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.7%, Character Customization 8.4%
- #59 The Server
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LumenStudio
Windows
A FULLY ENGLISH-VOICED otome mystery visual novel set in a fog-shrouded coastal town. Work as a waitress at an exclusive supper club, romance four men hiding dangerous secrets, and uncover the truth buried beneath. Every choice you make shapes your path and where it ends.
Why similar: Otome 21.4% ★, Thriller 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 12.8%, Investigation 10.3%
- #60 Karamu Trilogy
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ChattercapPub: Chattercap LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A trilogy of dark, horror romance visual novels about a girl who tries to break up with her (obsessive) boyfriend who really doesn't want to break up. He's hiding secrets, but you've got a few of your own. Unravel your shared pasts and try to make it out of this relationship (alive).
Why similar: Otome 23.8% ★, Romance 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Thriller 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%