- #1 SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel
97% matchVery Positive93% of 874 reviews2015
Dev: Team Eleven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 46.8%, Simulation 25.3%, Indie 17%, Adventure 11%
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 2,283 reviews2018
Dev: TALESSHOP Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Try to find love while managing a Korean snack shop.
Why similar: Dating Sim 36.5%, Simulation 23.7%, Anime 22%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 8%
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% matchMixed52% of 1,556 reviews2017
Dev: Hangzhou Xinlan Network Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 46.2 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 46.1%, Strategy 41.5%, 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 Idol Manager
95% matchVery Positive88% of 4,096 reviews2021
Dev: Glitch PitchPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary.
Why similar: Strategy 33.4%, Simulation 31.6%, Anime 25.4%, Indie 6.7%, Dating Sim 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines complex management simulation with the social dynamics and anime aesthetic of managing a group of talented individuals.
- #5 Gaokao.Love.100Days
94% matchVery Positive90% of 8,231 reviews2015
Dev: 高考恋爱委员会Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 51.3%, Simulation 20.2%, Anime 17.8%, Indie 5.7%, Adventure 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the pressure of a high-stakes life-sim while balancing academic goals with romantic pursuits.
- #6 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,504 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 52.4%, Simulation 24.5%, Indie 11.4%, 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 312 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 25.2%, Simulation 22.7%, Strategy 19.9%, Anime 14.6%, 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 Positive91% of 4,101 reviews2020
Dev: YETU GAMEPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
《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 59.6%, Indie 21.4%, Dating Sim 18.9%
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: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 43.2%, Simulation 41.2%, Indie 15.6%
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 7,149 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 40.5%, Simulation 27.7%, Strategy 22.5%, 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: 6.6 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%, Strategy 41%
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 12,489 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: Simulation 45.2%, Anime 38.8%, 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% matchMixed69% of 58 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 Love in the distance
88% matchMixed65% of 335 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 45.1%, Anime 23.9%, Indie 21.7%, Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused experience that emphasizes the emotional connections found in dating-sims.
- #15 School Days
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 7,801 reviews2026
Dev: 白雨工作室
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
《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 100%
Why You'll Like It: A well-known life-simulation and dating-sim that focuses heavily on the consequences of social choices.
- #16 Songs of Wuxia
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 865 reviews2020
Dev: DreamStepPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
"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 41.3%, Anime 30.2%, Simulation 28.5%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes time-management and strategic planning to navigate a complex narrative and relationship system.
- #17 Koi Musubi
86% 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 33.2%, Anime 24.3%, Adventure 22.5%, Indie 20%
Why You'll Like It: A charming visual novel that captures the anime aesthetic and romantic focus of the seed game.
- #18 True Love ～Confide to the Maple～
86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,613 reviews2016
Dev: SP-time
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 29.4 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 44.3%, Anime 23.9%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic visual novel experience that centers on character interaction and romantic progression.
- #19 Short Stories Collection of Class Tangerine
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 979 reviews2017
Dev: 橘子班Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 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 47.4%, Adventure 24%, Indie 18.3%, Anime 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a collection of anime-styled narratives that mirror the social aspects of the seed game.
- #20 Life Simulator
84% 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 48%, Dating Sim 25.2%, Anime 20.9%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a broad range of life-management mechanics mixed with casual simulation gameplay.
- #21 Princess Maker 2 Refine
82% matchVery Positive93% of 1,722 reviews2016
Dev: CFK Co., Ltd.Pub: Bliss Brain
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.6 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 72.8%, Anime 22.4%, Dating Sim 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for life-simulation and stat-management games with strong narrative outcomes.
- #22 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,509 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: Simulation 42.2%, Anime 38.4%, Adventure 19.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the social simulation and relationship-building aspects of a service-based management game.
- #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 30.7%, Simulation 29.1%, Adventure 15.7%, Dating Sim 13%, Indie 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a mix of strategy and adventure elements within a stylized narrative.
- #24 不落城-Unconquered Castle
82% matchVery Positive81% of 152 reviews2018
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.2 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 57.2%, Indie 23.4%, Anime 19.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends strategy and simulation elements within an anime-inspired visual novel framework.
- #25 Monster Prom
79% matchVery Positive93% of 14,317 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 67.9%, Simulation 22%, Indie 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines strategic stat-building with a humorous and engaging dating-sim structure.
- #26 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,661 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.4 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: Dating Sim 88.4%, Indie 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: An excellent life-simulation game that prioritizes player choice and long-term relationship development.
- #27 Anime City
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 210 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 30.5%, Simulation 25.9%, Dating Sim 25.7%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted adventure that emphasizes anime aesthetics and romantic choices.
- #28 Gazing from beyond
81% matchMixed69% of 569 reviews2018
Dev: 拾光创梦
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.4 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 35.6%, Indie 32.3%, Anime 32.1%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that incorporates RPG and adventure elements to drive its narrative forward.
- #29 WindStop Strategy
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,595 reviews2026
Dev: Xia Start
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Dating Sim 51.6%, Strategy 48.4%
- #30 Soul Touch
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,157 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: Dating Sim 31.7%, Strategy 31.6%, Simulation 27.3%, Adventure 9.3%
- #31 Miss！Don't Affect my Rank
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 244 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 32.6%, Adventure 23.9%, Indie 9.4%
- #32 角斗士学院（Gladiator School）
77% matchVery Positive93% 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 38.2%, Anime 33.7%, Strategy 19.7%, Adventure 8.4%
- #33 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 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the atmospheric and character-driven storytelling typical of indie visual novels.
- #34 Mr Right Simulator
74% matchVery Positive95% of 915 reviews2026
Dev: 男神模拟器工作室Pub: 赤翎
Windows · Mac
A youth to his student era,, 、awakening a Temporal Love System. With wingman Tong Jincheng, he navigates campus innocence and corporate battles using future intel. Bonds with 7 girls across timelines—witness you from bike to AMG. Can spacetime's equation balance love and ambition?
Why similar: Dating Sim 54.4%, Simulation 45.6%
- #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 Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday
74% matchVery Positive81% of 2,196 reviews2024
Dev: intiny
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.0 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 40.2%, Dating Sim 39%, Adventure 20.8%
- #37 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 54.2%, Anime 36.3%, Simulation 6.9%, Indie 2.6%
- #38 UncleOffice:uncle Dating Simulator
75% matchMixed62% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: GameUncle
Windows · Mac
You can play as a newcomer, start a new life, and date 12 uncles
Why similar: Simulation 45.8%, Anime 30.9%, Adventure 23.3%
- #39 Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 475 reviews2026
Dev: 九芽川 Ninth Leaf
Windows
You can play as a young martial artist entering Justice Academy. Train through various courses, customize your build with different weapons, skills, and inner techniques. Explore the jianghu, bond with companions, and shape your fate across branching stories and three romanceable heroines.
Why similar: Simulation 25%, Dating Sim 24.8%, Strategy 22%, Anime 17.4%, Adventure 10.9%
- #40 LoveChoice
71% matchVery Positive92% of 36,512 reviews2021
Dev: Akaba Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.4 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 52.3%, Simulation 22.5%, Anime 10%, Indie 7.7%, Adventure 7.6%
- #41 Your Smile Beyond Twilight:黄昏下的月台上
73% matchVery Positive94% of 601 reviews2017
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 33.2 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 32.9%, Indie 28.4%
- #42 Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story
73% matchMixed67% of 332 reviews2021
Dev: DarkKnightPub: 2P Games
Windows
From nobody to famous game producer in 3 years: that’s the journey you will live! Experience the trials and tribulations of game development in this life simulation game: live through the process of founding a small team and learning how to work together to develop a successful game.
Why similar: Simulation 39.5%, Dating Sim 32.6%, Anime 27.9%
- #43 UncleNeighbor:uncle Dating Simulator
72% matchVery Positive91% of 884 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 33.7%, Simulation 28.1%, Anime 20%, Indie 10%, Adventure 8.1%
- #44 Some Some Convenience Store
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,105 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 40%, Anime 21.3%, Simulation 20.9%, Adventure 10%, Indie 7.8%
- #45 小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop
69% matchVery Positive94% of 10,241 reviews2021
Dev: 落叶岛项目组Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 41.9 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: Dating Sim 28.8%, Simulation 27.6%, Anime 25.2%, Adventure 11%, Indie 7.4%
- #46 eSports Legend
73% matchMixed62% of 1,210 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%
- #47 Charming Hearts
68% matchVery Positive88% of 595 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 58.1%, Simulation 41.9%
- #48 Summer Meetings
71% 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: Dating Sim 37.4%, Anime 35.3%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 11%
- #49 Sunrider Academy
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,140 reviews2015
Dev: Love in SpacePub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.1 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 40.4%, Dating Sim 34.4%, Simulation 18.5%, Indie 6.6%
- #50 Love Is All Around
65% matchVery Positive93% of 45,878 reviews2023
Dev: intiny
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 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 70.1%, Simulation 29.9%
- #51 Rebounding Life - Season 1
67% matchVery Positive90% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: SuperWriter
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a professional basketball player who suffers a career-ending injury. So, now, you have to find a new calling, and that's when your former college comes calling for you to coach their girls' basketball team.
Why similar: Simulation 60.6%, Dating Sim 39.4%
- #52 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 50.6%, Anime 49.4%
- #53 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 51.9%, Adventure 27.2%, Indie 20.9%
- #54 The Ethereal Dream
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 290 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: Dating Sim 28.7%, Simulation 28.4%, Anime 22.9%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 4.9%
- #55 Tricolour Lovestory
67% matchVery Positive81% of 28,032 reviews2017
Dev: HL-Galgame
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 48.6 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 43.6%, Anime 25.7%, Simulation 23.6%, Indie 3.7%, Adventure 3.5%
- #56 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: Dating Sim 50.7%, Simulation 47.5%, Indie 1.8%
- #57 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%
- #58 Voice Love on Air
66% matchVery Positive87% of 548 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 44.9%, Anime 28.7%, Simulation 26.4%
- #59 Backstage Pass
69% matchVery Positive86% of 279 reviews2016
Dev: sakevisual
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
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: Dating Sim 31.3%, Anime 29.6%, Simulation 29.5%, Indie 9.6%
- #60 泡沫冬景
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,505 reviews2020
Dev: KorakuPub: Nekoneko Soft
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
It is the year 1988. Japan is in the midst of the bubble economy. New buildings are sprouting up everywhere, and the people are ecstatic. This is a story of people who live for one year... in such a little corner of the city.
Why similar: Adventure 49.6%, Indie 30.7%, Anime 19.8%
