- #1 SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel
97% matchVery Positive93% of 874 reviews2015
Dev: Team Eleven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.
Why similar: Anime 46.5%, Simulation 25.6%, Indie 17.2%, Adventure 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is the most direct thematic match, focusing entirely on the competitive e-sports scene through a narrative-driven lens.
- #2 Miracle Snack Shop
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,282 reviews2018
Dev: TALESSHOP Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Try to find love while managing a Korean snack shop.
Why similar: Dating Sim 34.4%, Simulation 24.7%, Anime 22.5%, Adventure 10%, Indie 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a perfect balance between running a business and developing intimate relationships with characters in an anime style.
- #3 电竞俱乐部/ESports Club
96% matchMixed53% of 1,552 reviews2017
Dev: Hangzhou Xinlan Network Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
ESports Club is a sim game based on electronic sports industry, including most popular game types such as FPS and MOBA. What are you still waiting for? Start your esports career now!
Why similar: Simulation 46.2%, Strategy 41.4%, Indie 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers the deep management and strategy simulation mechanics required to build and lead a professional e-sports team.
- #4 Gaokao.Love.100Days
95% matchVery Positive90% of 8,191 reviews2015
Dev: 高考恋爱委员会Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Getting a girl-friend before National College Entrance Exam, I know it's crazy, but from today, we will face everything together.
Why similar: Dating Sim 49.2%, Simulation 21.3%, Anime 18.4%, Indie 6%, Adventure 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the pressure of a high-stakes life-sim while balancing academic goals with romantic pursuits.
- #5 Idol Manager
94% matchVery Positive88% of 4,041 reviews2021
Dev: Glitch PitchPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary.
Why similar: Strategy 34.8%, Simulation 32.5%, Anime 25.7%, Indie 7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines complex management simulation with the social dynamics and anime aesthetic of managing a group of talented individuals.
- #6 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,432 reviews2010
Dev: EasyGameStationPub: Carpe Fulgur LLC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!
Why similar: Anime 52%, Simulation 24.8%, Indie 11.6%, Strategy 8.9%, Adventure 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title masterfully blends business management simulation with character-driven narrative and RPG elements.
- #7 甜点恋人 / Pastry Lovers
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 311 reviews2017
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Pastry Lovers is an adventure simulation game that sets in a fantastic Pastry Kingdom. Sakura, the main character, grows into a pastry master and gains romantic love.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.6%, Simulation 23.3%, Strategy 20.5%, Anime 14.7%, Adventure 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the intersection of management simulation and romantic visual novel elements.
- #8 My Vow to My Liege
91% matchVery Positive92% of 4,072 reviews2020
Dev: YETU GAMEPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
《My Vow to My Liege》is a visual novel dating game. Players get to play as a girl disguised as the King of Ng, a man. The 4 dateable characters are: the guide, the enemy, the minister and the guard.Will they choose the man over the country? Love over hate? Who will they finally end up with?
Why similar: Anime 60.2%, Indie 22%, Dating Sim 17.7%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality visual novel that emphasizes character relationships and narrative choices within a historical setting.
- #9 Cherry Tree High Girls' Fight
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2016
Dev: 773Pub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Cherry Tree High Girls' Fight is a strategic turn-based card battle fighting girl raising simulator where you play the role of the new coach in the circuit. Train your team to become #1 among all of the rival schools!
Why similar: Anime 42.8%, Simulation 41.5%, Indie 15.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique blend of sports-themed strategy and anime-style social simulation.
- #10 Long Live The Queen
90% matchVery Positive95% of 7,115 reviews2013
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
Why similar: Anime 40.2%, Simulation 27.9%, Strategy 22.6%, Indie 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game features intense stat-management and strategic decision-making wrapped in a compelling visual novel format.
- #11 恋爱模拟器 Love Simulation
91% matchMixed55% of 1,051 reviews2018
Dev: 橘子班Pub: PeriScope Game
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Have you ever been in love? Do you want to be in love? Try the Love Simulation before you fall in love!
Why similar: Simulation 59.1%, Strategy 40.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title directly combines simulation mechanics with dating-sim progression and strategic choices.
- #12 Coffee Talk
89% matchVery Positive95% of 12,156 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 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: Simulation 45.6%, Anime 38.5%, Indie 16%
Why You'll Like It: While more relaxed, it excels at building deep, meaningful relationships through dialogue while managing a service-based business.
- #13 城市生存计划 / City Survival Project
89% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2019
Dev: HAN GUANG
Windows · Mac
The player will play as someone trying to make it in the big city. Within 90 days, the game abstracts the difficulties, pressures, and choices in the form of continuous decision making. This decision-making game is based on a combination of talented and professional pathways, there are over dozens of career paths to advance and over 50...
Why similar: Simulation 42.9%, Strategy 41.3%, Indie 15.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the strategic simulation and decision-making depth found in management-heavy titles.
- #14 Songs of Wuxia
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 857 reviews2020
Dev: DreamStepPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Songs of wuxia" is a role-playing game with Chinese and anime style. You will control the heroine, confirm her confidence, find the path of wuxia, then change the world.
Why similar: Dating Sim 46.6%, Anime 33.2%, Indie 10.4%, Simulation 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes time-management and strategic planning to navigate a complex narrative and relationship system.
- #15 Koi Musubi
87% matchVery Positive91% of 277 reviews2017
Dev: Narrator
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
After studying away in Taiwan, Shao-Tang finally comes back to his hometown of Nangan to be a receptionist at an inn for the summer where he works with his childhood friend Zi-Jin. "Without a love knot, you will be single forever!"
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.6%, Anime 24.9%, Adventure 22.7%, Indie 20.9%
Why You'll Like It: A charming visual novel that captures the anime aesthetic and romantic focus of the seed game.
- #16 School Days
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,352 reviews2026
Dev: 白雨工作室
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
《学生时代》是一款可自由构筑的校园人生模拟器。你将在高度还原的中国校园中，从入学一路走到高考，与多个性格鲜明的同学一起成长，互相陪伴。你的养成和选择，不但会决定你的人生，也会影响到朋友们的未来。
Why similar: Dating Sim 55.6%, Strategy 44.4%
Why You'll Like It: A well-known life-simulation and dating-sim that focuses heavily on the consequences of social choices.
- #17 Love in the distance
86% matchMixed66% of 334 reviews2021
Dev: Level-Buster Studio
Windows
A word adventure game based on a long-distance relationship. On high school and college campuses, pick up memories that belong only to that time. Ideal and reality, if we can chose it again, can we not have regrets?
Why similar: Dating Sim 43.1%, Anime 24.6%, Indie 22.8%, Adventure 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused experience that emphasizes the emotional connections found in dating-sims.
- #18 True Love ～Confide to the Maple～
85% matchVery Positive85% of 1,600 reviews2016
Dev: SP-time
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 29.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Guo Hengyi and Yao Fengyi are childhood sweetheart. But their relationship goes far gradually after divided into different classes and the great college entrance exam pressure. Tang Haiyin and Yao Fengxi came to his life as well. An unexpected accident had involved them together.
Why similar: Dating Sim 42.4%, Anime 24.7%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 15.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic visual novel experience that centers on character interaction and romantic progression.
- #19 Life Simulator
86% matchMixed49% of 247 reviews2020
Dev: 鹊思网络Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Life Simulator is a simulation game with relaxed atmosphere. Players will play as a college graduate getting into the big city, you will fight for your life for four years, you can be a winner with cars, houses and soul mate, or maybe a salty fish with nothing, and you can also find love...
Why similar: Simulation 49.3%, Dating Sim 23.5%, Anime 21%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a broad range of life-management mechanics mixed with casual simulation gameplay.
- #20 Short Stories Collection of Class Tangerine
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 969 reviews2017
Dev: 橘子班Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Short Stories Collection of Class Tangerine is a collection of five Visual Novels by indie-game team "Class Tangerine".
Why similar: Simulation 47.9%, Adventure 23.5%, Indie 18.4%, Anime 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a collection of anime-styled narratives that mirror the social aspects of the seed game.
- #21 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 37,969 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: Simulation 42.8%, Anime 38.2%, Adventure 19%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the social simulation and relationship-building aspects of a service-based management game.
- #22 Princess Maker 2 Refine
82% matchVery Positive93% of 1,685 reviews2016
Dev: CFK Co., Ltd.Pub: Bliss Brain
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Princess Maker 2 Refine is a life simulation game which you play as a father of a girl, who had descended from the star. You have 8 years to raise your daughter from age 10 to 18 – your daughter will grow into her adulthood through various experiences.
Why similar: Simulation 73.7%, Anime 22.2%, Dating Sim 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for life-simulation and stat-management games with strong narrative outcomes.
- #23 人工智能 阿尔法猫-AI Alpha Cat
84% matchMixed42% of 100 reviews2020
Dev: Mescaline's Wings
Windows
New feeling ADV game, training their own AI, using neural network development. Have the ability to learn by themselves. Characters not only have their own emotions but also grow slowly. It's time to get your own AI. You want to teach her to sing? That's a little difficult
Why similar: Strategy 31.2%, Simulation 29.6%, Adventure 15.5%, Dating Sim 12.1%, Indie 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a mix of strategy and adventure elements within a stylized narrative.
- #24 Monster Prom
79% matchVery Positive93% of 14,244 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 65.7%, Simulation 23.5%, Indie 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines strategic stat-building with a humorous and engaging dating-sim structure.
- #25 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,335 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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: Dating Sim 87.4%, Indie 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: An excellent life-simulation game that prioritizes player choice and long-term relationship development.
- #26 不落城-Unconquered Castle
81% matchVery Positive81% of 150 reviews2018
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A Visual Novel Game. The story which happens thousand years after that "God's one day world". It's a story telling two brave girls who saved their city.
Why similar: Strategy 57.4%, Indie 23.5%, Anime 19.1%
Why You'll Like It: Blends strategy and simulation elements within an anime-inspired visual novel framework.
- #27 Anime City
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 190 reviews2024
Dev: Shoujo City Developer
Windows · Mac
Anime City is a Japanese high school simulator, focused on anime culture and aesthetics. Study, join school clubs, and make friends.
Why similar: Anime 30.9%, Simulation 26.7%, Dating Sim 24.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted adventure that emphasizes anime aesthetics and romantic choices.
- #28 Gazing from beyond
81% matchMixed65% of 507 reviews2018
Dev: 七彩绘色游戏Pub: SakuraGame
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is a galgame about college life, where you'll pursuit the love of your life. You'll surely experience hardship, triumph, happiness, sadness, maybe even trauma. Only time can heal all.
Why similar: Adventure 35.1%, Indie 32.9%, Anime 32%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that incorporates RPG and adventure elements to drive its narrative forward.
- #29 WindStop Strategy
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,456 reviews2026
Dev: Xia Start
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The young master of Hu Yan Men, SITU's peaceful life has been overturned, by a sudden massacre. The Windstop Strategy is a region-suppressing strategy RPG.As the new leader of Hu Yan Men, can you bring glory back and dominate the Windstop Valley？
Why similar: Strategy 51%, Dating Sim 49%
- #30 Miss！Don't Affect my Rank
77% matchVery Positive80% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Peach Fox GamePub: Shark Shark Game
Windows · Mac
This visual novel blends simulation and management gameplay. The protagonist, aiming to become a pro esports player, tries to cut off all distractions but is drawn into a strange adventure with a tsundere childhood friend and a sultry neighbor, where unshakable bonds and passion collide!
Why similar: Anime 34.1%, Dating Sim 29.3%, Adventure 28.7%, Indie 7.9%
- #31 春风 | Spring Breeze
80% matchMixed54% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: 木子工坊Pub: HongbinGame
Windows
Romantic college campus love, would you pick older sister or younger sister as your partner? Carefully choose one in the game and try your best to catch your favorite goddess.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the atmospheric and character-driven storytelling typical of indie visual novels.
- #32 Soul Touch
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,149 reviews2025
Dev: URAYAHA
Windows
This is a simple love story set in a modern city, featuring me and three girls. The story takes place in the company where I work as a supervisor. Together with the three women, The game follows a linear narrative, with hundreds of video clips providing branching choices for the players.
Why similar: Strategy 32.6%, Dating Sim 29.8%, Simulation 28.2%, Adventure 9.3%
- #33 角斗士学院（Gladiator School）
77% matchVery Positive94% of 343 reviews2022
Dev: Together Game
Windows
[game type] AVG + simulated love cultivation[game rating] objects aged 18 and above[game theme] BL ancient Roman wind school daily + hot-blooded battle
Why similar: Dating Sim 39.7%, Anime 37.8%, Strategy 22.5%
- #34 Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday
75% matchVery Positive81% of 2,113 reviews2024
Dev: intiny
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
在本作中，“你”化身为即将迎来毕业季的男主顾易，在对未来的迷茫与憧憬中，你将与六位性格迥异、各具魅力的女生发生一连串的故事，她们或是鬼马少女、或是温柔甜心、猫系娇女、豆腐西施，千娇百媚、亦幻亦真，敬过往。
Why similar: Simulation 41.9%, Dating Sim 37%, Adventure 21%
- #35 旧手表 - Old Watch
78% matchVery Positive85% of 676 reviews2017
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
This is an Visual Novel game. It's a story about time leap.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #36 蔚蓝月下的回忆~SAPPHIRE MOON-FOREVER MEMORIES
76% matchVery Positive82% of 331 reviews2022
Dev: 星愿游戏制作组
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The story will be accompanied by three heroines, and everyone will find their own love in this real and imaginary world. Is it the dark-skinned school girl who is available, the cold and mysterious girl, or the afterimage that I have been unable to reach in my memory?
Why similar: Dating Sim 52.2%, Anime 37.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Indie 2.8%
- #37 我的高冷女友 MY COLD GIRLFRIEND
73% matchVery Positive84% of 274 reviews2025
Dev: SuiKa SoftPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
What's It Like to Have a Girlfriend with a Hidden Side? 💙A romantic comedy visual novel set in a modern campus, where a dare leads to an unexpected relationship with a cold beauty—and a sweet, chaotic cohabitation begins.
Why similar: Dating Sim 39.9%, Anime 38%, Adventure 22.2%
- #38 UncleOffice:uncle Dating Simulator
74% matchMixed62% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: GameUncle
Windows · Mac
You can play as a newcomer, start a new life, and date 12 uncles
Why similar: Simulation 46.4%, Anime 30.7%, Adventure 22.9%
- #39 LoveChoice
72% matchVery Positive92% of 35,756 reviews2021
Dev: Akaba Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
Why similar: Dating Sim 49.9%, Simulation 23.9%, Anime 10.4%, Indie 8%, Adventure 7.8%
- #40 Some Some Convenience Store
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,104 reviews2020
Dev: TALESSHOP Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A game about starting a relationship while working part-time at a convenience store
Why similar: Dating Sim 38%, Simulation 22%, Anime 21.7%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 8.1%
- #41 eSports Legend
75% matchMixed62% of 1,209 reviews2018
Dev: 90GamesPub: Coconut Island Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Esports Legend is a Esports club simulator. You are here to make a unknown amateur team world-famous within several seasons!
Why similar: Simulation 45.2%, Strategy 39.9%, Indie 14.9%
- #42 UncleNeighbor:uncle Dating Simulator
72% matchVery Positive91% of 880 reviews2020
Dev: GameUncle
Windows · Mac
You can play as a newcomer to the town starting a new life and date the 12 uncles
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.7%, Simulation 29.3%, Anime 20.4%, Indie 10.4%, Adventure 8.1%
- #43 Summer Meetings
73% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Mikołaj Spychał
Windows · Mac · Linux
We meet many people in our lives. Relationships with them are different and can be changed.
Why similar: Anime 36.3%, Dating Sim 35.6%, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 11.5%
- #44 Charming Hearts
69% matchVery Positive88% of 572 reviews2024
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
"Charming Hearts" is a real-life interactive dating game. Players will meet, get to know, and fall in love with different types of beauty. Every choice will lead to a completely different chemical reaction with "her"; every entanglement, the sweet love is entangled and pulled.
Why similar: Dating Sim 55.6%, Simulation 44.4%
- #45 Tricolour Lovestory
70% matchVery Positive81% of 28,032 reviews2017
Dev: HL-GalgamePub: SakuraGame
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 48.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Time flies and never comes back. But with an incredible 1-million-word script and 100+ original CGs, this game will take you back to when you were young, simple and pure. Go and get the love of your life back, start something new, or end everything in flame, that's for you to decide!
Why similar: Dating Sim 41.6%, Anime 26.4%, Simulation 24.7%, Indie 3.9%, Adventure 3.5%
- #46 Your Smile Beyond Twilight:黄昏下的月台上
71% matchVery Positive94% of 599 reviews2017
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A story about forced smiles, coming to terms with the past, and love—but most of all, redemption.
Why similar: Anime 38.7%, Adventure 32.4%, Indie 29%
- #47 小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop
68% matchVery Positive94% of 10,240 reviews2021
Dev: 落叶岛项目组Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience a hilarious and adorable e-commerce game in a magical world where humans and monsters are at war. Help a humble rabbit fairy expand her online store selling homegrown carrots. Uncover hidden secrets while growing the business and becoming a successful entrepreneur.
Why similar: Simulation 28.6%, Dating Sim 27.1%, Anime 25.6%, Adventure 11%, Indie 7.7%
- #48 Sunrider Academy
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,140 reviews2015
Dev: Love in SpacePub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You are Kayto Shields, an ordinary man thrown into an extraordinary adventure. Control Kayto's day to day life as well as his responsibilities as club manager in this stat management sim.
Why similar: Anime 41.3%, Dating Sim 32.6%, Simulation 19.3%, Indie 6.9%
- #49 霎时晴荫
70% matchVery Positive93% of 102 reviews2018
Dev: 晴
Windows · Mac
这是一个宅系欢乐电波向恋爱文字游戏。 命运编织的万千繁枝茂叶。化作霎时间的荫蔽， ‘这次，轮到我成为你们的晴荫了。’
Why similar: Indie 51%, Anime 49%
- #50 Esports Godfather
66% matchVery Positive91% of 4,402 reviews2024
Dev: Asteroid Game Studio
Windows
Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
E-sports Godfather is a Deck-building game simulating MOBA e-sports. You will play a role as team coach and build your team. You need to train players and make strategies in various game versions, beat other teams and finally, take the Champion of the World. Be nobody, or lead your team to dominate!
Why similar: Strategy 48%, Simulation 41.5%, Indie 10.5%
- #51 My Sweet Summer
67% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: W-I-WPub: Bow Studio
Windows · Mac
A romantic visual novel with interactive elements. Flirt, choose, and pour your charm into short but intense stories. Take control of the situation, meet new characters, and play through mini-games where every decision can change the course of the night.
Why similar: Simulation 69.9%, Anime 22.7%, Indie 7.4%
- #52 Love Is All Around
65% matchVery Positive93% of 45,840 reviews2023
Dev: intiny
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The player becomes Gu Yi, uses the first-person perspective to immerse himself in meeting six beauties, and embarks on a joyful and sweet love journey with them. Six girls that are charming, innocent, intelligent, wild, sexy, glamorous, who will go to the end with you is up to you to decide.
Why similar: Dating Sim 67.9%, Simulation 32.1%
- #53 The Ethereal Dream
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 285 reviews2025
Dev: 鸭子与葱制作组Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
乙女向多结局AVG——在蓝色的月夜里，邂逅那些已逝之人的灵魂吧。
Why similar: Simulation 29.2%, Dating Sim 26.8%, Anime 23.6%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 5.1%
- #54 CODE CRACKER 代码破译者
70% matchVery Positive90% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive nostalgic dream of that golden old age with the retrospective graphic. In this game, you play as a college student who meets diverse characters and solve multiple puzzles together with them. The story unfolds in different ways corresponding to the choices you made along with the gameplay.
Why similar: Simulation 52.4%, Adventure 26.5%, Indie 21.1%
- #55 Voice Love on Air
67% matchVery Positive87% of 523 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
A BL dating sim with elements of studio management and interactions with voice actors! Follow Aki, a newbie voice director who has to complete the recordings for several BL dramas, and interact with the charming voice actors. Come give voice to the language of love!
Why similar: Dating Sim 42.7%, Anime 29.6%, Simulation 27.7%
- #56 INtLOVErt Game Club
66% matchVery Positive95% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: じょせふPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows · Mac
A lot of unique Japanese nerds appear one after another! Let's enjoy the exciting daily life with him, a member of the nerds circle who is interested in you!
Why similar: Simulation 68.1%, Dating Sim 24%, Indie 7.8%
- #57 The Moment We Met
71% matchMixed61% of 251 reviews2018
Dev: 萌约游戏制作组
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Moment We Met is a galgame with the theme on warm. In the game, you will play the part of the hero named Mr. Heh, and share an extraordinary life with an adorable and girl named Quin.
Why similar: Dating Sim 36%, Anime 35.3%, Simulation 19.5%, Adventure 9.2%
- #58 恋爱总动员/Love Date
69% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2019
Dev: F191
Windows
一款真人恋爱冒险游戏，嘛，还算有趣吧。
Why similar: Simulation 80.6%, Indie 19.4%
- #59 Wishful Journey:Love Across Time
66% matchVery Positive89% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: Hillhouse Holdings Limited
Windows
Xu yuan, who was a loser in real life traveled to an ancient palace. By transforming into the male protagonist, players will be in love with many beauties with different personalities, such as the unruly princess, the cold female assassin, embark on a love adventure that spans time and space.
Why similar: Simulation 50.8%, Dating Sim 49.2%
- #60 Backstage Pass
69% matchVery Positive86% of 278 reviews2016
Dev: sakevisual
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A visual novel/sim game about life, love, and working in the entertainment industry. Play as makeup artist Sian Goodin as she navigates the world of showbiz. Make friends, forge business relationships, and maybe even find romance!
Why similar: Simulation 30.5%, Anime 30%, Dating Sim 29.5%, Indie 9.9%
