60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Dating Sim, Otome, Romance.
Your scholarship is in danger, your friends aren't human, and something ancient is awakening in the dreamlands. As reality itself becomes uncertain, questions of identity and transformation become matters of survival. Just another finals week at Miskatonic University.
TOUCHSTARVED
TOUCHSTARVED is a dark romance visual novel where your choices determine whether the story ends with gothic romance or blood-curdling horror. Explore an enigmatic city and find a cure for your curse by entrusting your fate to 5 love interests, each uniquely monstrous in their own way.
Cupid's Chatroom
A mysterious program called “Cupid’s Chatroom” suddenly appears on your PC, transporting you into a private chatroom. You find yourself joined by five others, who have also been dragged into the server—and it turns out they’re your potential bachelors?!
TOUCHSTARVED is a dark romance visual novel where your choices determine whether the story ends with gothic romance or blood-curdling horror. Explore an enigmatic city and find a cure for your curse by entrusting your fate to 5 love interests, each uniquely monstrous in their own way.
Why similar: Otome 24.2% ★, Lovecraftian 14.4%, Dating Sim 13.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Romance 10.6%
A mysterious program called “Cupid’s Chatroom” suddenly appears on your PC, transporting you into a private chatroom. You find yourself joined by five others, who have also been dragged into the server—and it turns out they’re your potential bachelors?!
Why similar: Otome 29.6% ★, Dating Sim 17.9%, Romance 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%
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: Otome 25.8% ★, Dating Sim 23.7%, LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Play as twins Hazel and Jace in this wholesome romcom visual novel. After a silly bet is made, the protagonists must find a boyfriend or girlfriend before their twin beats them to it!
Why similar: Otome 26.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Romance 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
Why similar: Otome 21.8% ★, Dating Sim 16.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Romance 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Escape and maintain your humanity in this Horror/Dark Fantasy visual novel/Otome game.
Why similar: Otome 27.4% ★, Lovecraftian 21.4%, Romance 12%, Dating Sim 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.2%
A psychological/drama/romance visual novel about a sweet marriage that slowly rots into a nightmare. Over the course of seven days, try to navigate a rocky relationship with your husband and unravel the mysteries surrounding this man... who might not be the man you married.
Why similar: Otome 29.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 16%, Lovecraftian 15.8%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Visual Novel 10%
A Library that's falling apart, an Empire on the brink of war, and a dangerous magical mystery you've been tasked to solve.
Why similar: Otome 28.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 18%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Romance 11.2%
Face the nightmares of your childhood and unveil the truth behind your summoning to the realm of Limbo. Fight your way back home with the help of seven deities sworn to be your protectors. Will love be the key to your freedom, or the first chapter of your downfall?
Why similar: Otome 31.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Romance 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%
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: Otome 30% ★, Dating Sim 19.8%, LGBTQ+ 19%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 6.2%
A sentient dating simulator is determined that you date monsters - starting with your sleep paralysis demon. Learn their language and earn their trust. Or sabotage it and watch it unravel.
Why similar: Otome 23% ★, Dating Sim 14.3%, Romance 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Point & Click 9.2%
Play Jane Austen's classic satirical romance as a visual novel. You're young, new to Bath, and ready for adventure. Choose your gender, choose your path, and discover the secrets of Northanger Abbey.
Why similar: Otome 27.3% ★, Dating Sim 17%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 10.8%
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+ 20.6%, Otome 19.2% ★, Romance 17.3%, Dating Sim 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%
Upon finding a mysterious social media account, Alex sets out to find the origins of the photos and meets three urban explorers, each of them unearthing something new and unfamiliar in her heart.
Why similar: Otome 31.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Dating Sim 16.3%, Romance 14.5%, Visual Novel 12%
What happens after Happily Ever After…?
Why similar: Otome 35.8% ★, Romance 18.1%, Dating Sim 17.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Choices Matter 6.2%
Intrigue, betrayal, deaths! An Otome / BxB survival Raising Simulation in a high-fantasy royal court setting with RPG elements.
Why similar: Otome 32.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%
New responsibilities, budding romance! Astra Vale has been asked to take charge in making improvements to Café Bloom. Problem is, she can't quite decide who to ask for help. Her ice-cold coworker, the charming local artist, her best friend, or the mysterious new regular~
Why similar: Otome 33% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Romance 13.9%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%
In this otome-style visual novel, journey from the depths of the jungle to the royal halls of Castle Krondolee. Young Serafina must uncover the dark secrets of her past and choose whom to trust in this dramatic adventure of romance and intrigue.
Why similar: Otome 33% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Dating Sim 15.4%, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%
Join a cozy chat server created by Odi! Share stories, laugh, make friends... or fall in love? ♡
Why similar: Otome 28.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Dating Sim 12.8%, Romance 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.5%
Madeleine Valois is a prince's companion. It is her responsibility to keep him out of trouble - not to let him walk blindly into a political minefield, not to let him get arrested for a crime he didn't commit, and definitely not to let him fall in love with her...
Why similar: Otome 34.2% ★, Visual Novel 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Romance 11.6%, Dating Sim 7.1%
Samuda Interval is a visual novel, slice-of-life, murder mystery & supernatural game. You play the daily life of Park Haewon or Park Sae-il, a college freshman attending classes, working part-time jobs, and meeting new people. Solving the serial kidnapping & murder case is your highest priority.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Romance 15.8%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Otome 13.5% ★, Visual Novel 12.1%
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 24.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Dating Sim 16.7%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%
Aeterna: Rubra Plena is a visual novel otome game about happy romance, and dealing with depression, anxiety, and trauma. You play a beautiful young noblewoman dealing with her current and past experiences while finding love.
Why similar: Otome 30% ★, Dating Sim 13.4%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Romance 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Otome 37.1% ★, Romance 15.8%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 7.3%
A horror-romance visual novel where your choices affect everything — and everyone. Keep your stalker in check and stay ahead of a killer who’s getting closer. Manipulate, protect, or dispose of your friends. Who can you trust when obsession and death are always watching?
Why similar: Otome 33.4% ★, Dating Sim 13.6%, Romance 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%
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: Lovecraftian 19.1%, Otome 19% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Romance 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%
Low Effort Romance is an otome visual novel about two tired adults who accidentally fall for each other between quarterly reports. Can you juggle deadlines, nosy coworkers, group projects, and a romance that keeps almost happening on company property?
Why similar: Otome 35.1% ★, Dating Sim 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.2%, Romance 15.2%, Dating Sim 15.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Horror 8.2%
Run a beautiful bathhotel, uncover drama, and befriend (or romance) a fabulous cast in this Nordic fairytale-inspired visual novel!
Why similar: Otome 25.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Dating Sim 17.5%, Romance 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%
The full-voiced otome visual novel that adds colour to ordinary life.
Why similar: Otome 41.1% ★, Romance 16.7%, Visual Novel 16%, Dating Sim 12%, Adventure 5.5%
Heroine for Hire is a medieval fantasy otome about unemployment, following your dreams, and falling in love along the way!
Why similar: Otome 34.4% ★, Dating Sim 15.9%, Romance 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 7.1%
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: Lovecraftian 31.2%, Dating Sim 18.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Horror 8.8%, Point & Click 8.4%
A visual novel about a girl who wishes to escape her fate and those who follow closely behind her. Features both GxB and GxG routes.
Why similar: Otome 40.4% ★, Romance 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 11.4%, Dating Sim 9%, Visual Novel 8.1%
Cygnus-13 is a multi-branched visual novel in which you must rediscover who you are after being found floating in space and losing your memories. In the process of remembering your past, you will begin to forge a new future with the special alien of your choice.
Why similar: Otome 18.3% ★, Dating Sim 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Romance 11.5%
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 35.3% ★, Dating Sim 15.8%, Romance 15%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Horror 8.5%
An otome with strong, independent protagonist and hints of spicy scenes! The healer Thalia has developed magical powers and the gods of her world think she might be a new goddess they can marry. Poor Thalia just wants to do her work.
Why similar: Otome 37.4% ★, Dating Sim 17.1%, Romance 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Stellifier - an otome game inspired by older idols An idol drama game about an older group making a comeback from retirement, featuring a GxB/BxB/non-binary romance!
Why similar: Otome 34.4% ★, Dating Sim 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Romance 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%
You're dead. But your love life is just beginning! Reborn in the Spirit Realm, take over a crumbling hot spring inn and partner with a brooding masked god who hides more than his face. Explore secrets, rebuild the inn, and flirt through simmering tension in this point-and-click romance visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 27% ★, Dating Sim 18.4%, Romance 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Point & Click 11.7%
Your blind date invades Earth!?
Why similar: Otome 40.6% ★, Romance 16.4%, Dating Sim 15.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 7.4%
You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?
Why similar: Otome 48.4% ★, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Romance 13.8%, Multiple Endings 3.4%
A delightful, delicious, devilish erotic visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 43.7% ★, Romance 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Dating Sim 9.4%, Choices Matter 6.2%
June Pinegar is forced to spend the summer working at her father’s quaint country café, far away from her urban home. Will romance spark with the dutiful barista or friendship form with the bubbly cashier? Or perhaps she’ll mend the strained relationship between her and her quirky father.
Why similar: Otome 35.1% ★, Dating Sim 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Romance 9.8%
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Lovecraftian 17.9%, Dating Sim 16.9%, Romance 15%, Visual Novel 12.5%
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
Why similar: Otome 30.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Dating Sim 14.6%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%
A romantic action-adventure visual novel based on Robin Hood lore. Play as Lady Marion and choose what kind of leader and lover you want to become. Join Robin's rowdy rebels in Sherwood or tackle the political pitfalls of the Sheriff's Nottingham. Fight for freedom and fall in love!
Why similar: Otome 31.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Romance 14.6%, Dating Sim 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%
An inclusive, cozy, sci-fi cooking/dating sim about making friends, finding love, and running a diner in deep space.
Why similar: Otome 21.5% ★, Dating Sim 14%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Romance 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%
Heileen soon discovers a deck of tarot cards representative of the seven deadly sins and the seven heavenly virtues. The cards have the power to change both her dreams and her reality, and will help Heileen discover hidden things from her past, and what she wants to be. A saint, or a sinner?
Why similar: Otome 27.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Romance 15.8%, Dating Sim 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%
After dying, poisoned for unknown reasons, Isobel finds herself in the afterlife... and on a dangerous mission. Experience a truly unique visual novel full of character, mystery and heart as you point and click your way to unveiling the strange world of Purgatory's many secrets.
Why similar: Otome 30.2% ★, Romance 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Point & Click 11%
Camp Palut is an otome-style mystery that can be completed in 2-4 hours. Play as Jess, a high school senior attending summer camp for the first time. Luckily there are cuties ready to get to know you! Choose between the four unique love interests or play them all to piece together the whole story.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Otome 19% ★, Romance 15.9%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Visual Novel 13%
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: Otome 29.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Romance 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%
A cozy, heartwarming visual novel in which you take a familiar face (boy or girl) on a romantic spring festival date. Customize your player character (femme or masc) and play several low-stakes mini games!
Why similar: Otome 34.7% ★, Romance 17.3%, Dating Sim 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, LGBTQ+ 11%
It's a story about you and them, centered around your time as a student nurse. The footsteps echoing in the empty corridors make you feel uneasy; In the ward, even the sounds of breathing were woven into a mysterious rhythm. Everything here seems to be telling its own secrets...
Why similar: Otome 39.9% ★, Dating Sim 19.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Romance 14.4%, Multiple Endings 4.5%
You are Avery Grey, the newest employee at a popular cat cafe called A Cat's Paw. The coffee's good and the staff is friendly (and kinda cute!) but mysterious. One day, you find a strange book in the basement, with letters you can't quite read...
Why similar: Otome 27.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Dating Sim 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Romance 11.6%
Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!
Why similar: Otome 30.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Dating Sim 17.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 9.7%
Play as the dark elf Amber in this dating sim with optional crafting gameplay. 3 otome (Bernard, Daniel, Lair), 1 yuri (Ruby) and 2 poly (Lynn, Cosmina) romance routes.
Why similar: Otome 28.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Dating Sim 14.1%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%
An otome-fantasy visual novel. Play as Alto, a fearless knight, and enter a world of magic and myths with secrets waiting for you to unveil.
Why similar: Otome 35.6% ★, Dating Sim 16.1%, Romance 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 6.7%
Astrid wakes up in Purgatory and has to make peace with her death. Only problem is... she doesn't remember anything! Point and click your way through adventure-based gameplay mixed with visual novel storytelling, and solve the mystery of our heroine's untimely demise.
Why similar: Otome 29.8% ★, Romance 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Point & Click 10.9%
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: Otome 28.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 10.9%
Hearts in Orbit is a fantasy romance visual novel that follows two stars who fell in love and have reincarnated as humans. Will they remember their origins? Will they fall in love again? That's for you to decide.
Why similar: Otome 28.4% ★, Romance 20.4%, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 8%
Discover secrets long forgotten, and nurture relationships waiting to bloom. In a game inspired by the lore of Dragon and Fae, make choices that can shape your story, relationships, and even personality. Will you be brave, kind, wise, charismatic? Only you know the answer to your fate.
Why similar: Otome 30.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Dating Sim 15%, Romance 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%
