- #1 Phoenix in Flames: A Fateful Misdressing
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Villain Role
Windows
《Phoenix in Flames: A Fateful Misdressing》 is a historical text adventure. Step into the shoes of a Jinwu Guard during the Tang Dynasty’s Shenlong Era. Deeply entangled in the coups following Empress Wu Zetian’s reign, your choices will steer the empire and forge your own unique destiny.
Why similar: Word Game 24.9%, Dating Sim 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%, RPG 8.3%
- #2 众星入海
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 失业者联盟游戏制作组Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
大学毕业正在苦于找工作的平凡男生时寻,在奔波中遇到了一位穿着战术服的少女陈枫实。 陈枫实声称自己是末日时期的搜救人员,目的就是拯救世界上最后的幸存者。 时寻望着周围熙熙攘攘的街道,陈枫实望着周围残破的废墟,同时发觉了对方已经疯了的事实。两人抱着对对方的同情,开启了独属于他们的故事。
Why similar: Word Game 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dating Sim 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Lore-Rich 7%
- #3 捱光:金瓶梅
96% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: RR GAMES
Windows
改编自明代奇书《金瓶梅》。每两年半,就会有一个爱坤穿越到《金瓶梅》世界,本作中,你将魂穿成为西门庆,遇到一位故人,仗着财势勾通官吏,称霸一方。除了感受现实社会与人性善恶,还要与潘金莲、李瓶儿、庞春梅、吴月娘、孟玉楼、李娇儿、孙雪娥等多位女子展开一段段故事。本作全动态Live2D角色,全对话音频,全角色图鉴互动。你,将在故事走向中做出选择。最终,你也要选择是否穿越回归。
Why similar: Word Game 20.1%, Dating Sim 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%, RPG 6.5%
- #4 Paradoxical双界诗 Paradoxical Twin Worlds Saga
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 蓕朩蓕骉
Windows
Paradoxical Twin Worlds Saga is a narrative-driven galgame set across modern high school life and an ancient dynasty. As an ordinary student traveling between two worlds, you uncover intertwining fates, altered memories, and a single truth: your existence itself is a paradox.
Why similar: Word Game 23.6%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Anime 8.2%
- #5 蔚蓝月下的回忆~SAPPHIRE MOON-FOREVER MEMORIES
94% 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: Word Game 27.3%, Dating Sim 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Anime 6.8%
- #6 候鸟
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,863 reviews2023
Dev: KIDFansClubPub: Syawase Works China
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
你知道候鸟吗?候鸟有夏候鸟和冬候鸟之分。夏候鸟就是「春天来北方,秋天去南方」的鸟,他们一年四季都生活在很温暖的环境里,而冬候鸟……则是春天就飞向北方,飞到又远又冷的地方生活,冬季才返回的鸟。尽管它们可能会在同一个地方各自度过一生中一半的时光——却从来没有机会在一起。
Why similar: Word Game 34.3%, Dating Sim 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 8.1%, 2D Platformer 6.5%
- #7 The Mikado Birdgirl in Taichung
93% matchVery Positive91% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
Wang Cheng-En escaped the Miaoli emperor's clutches with Pisuka. This time, they follow Mika to a holy city Taichung State. What awaits him? Will he eat lead, end up being buried as a bloated corpse in a ditch in the middle of Taiwan, or lead an ordinary daily life together with young girls?
Why similar: Word Game 27.7%, Dating Sim 22.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Story Rich 6.9%, Interactive Fiction 6.4%
- #8 孤狼之春
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 幻象Gal
Windows
This is a true-harem galgame set in a Western fantasy world.
Why similar: Word Game 20.9%, Dating Sim 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Lore-Rich 7%
- #9 钟塔
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 可味玩KawayiPlay
Windows
It is said that when the bell of molten gold rings across the sky, the world beyond will take the place of this shore.The clock’s marks sum up life’s course. Moving its hands changes fate.The girl prays to the gods:“May happy days never fade. May the destined bloom never wither.”
Why similar: Word Game 26.9%, Dating Sim 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Adventure 6.3%
- #10 恋语星缘
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 广大Gal制作组
Windows
Rokuyo, a Chinese calendar system legendarily created by Zhuge Liang, marks daily fortune. Those with Rokuyo powers can wield special abilities. Yet every gift from fate has a hidden price. What happens when a divination boy meets a mysterious girl?
Why similar: Word Game 27%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 11%, 2D Platformer 6.1%
- #11 冬日树下的回忆
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,172 reviews2023
Dev: 午后零时Pub: 黎羽科技LICOGAME
Windows · Mac · Linux
《冬日树下的回忆》是由制作人xwu创立的社团「午后零时」推出的首部免费原创视觉小说,并由其旗下小组『MagicaLuv』运营。 我的梦想是成为一名教师或者医生,在学业结束后我收到了来自医院的第一份工作实习邮件。在这所医院里我将担任实习治疗师(sensei)的工作,而我负责的是一位叫“言叶”的女孩……
Why similar: Word Game 26.6%, Dating Sim 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 11.5%, 2D Platformer 5.7%
- #12 Love in the distance
90% 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: Word Game 37.2%, Dating Sim 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #13 风起长安:驭骨人
89% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2021
Dev: 轻梨工作室Pub: 咕咕工作室
Windows
This is a Chinese style otome game!
Why similar: Word Game 25.9%, Dating Sim 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Anime 6.6%
- #14 Tiny Shadows Interwoven Hearts
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,978 reviews2025
Dev: 土豆花制作组
Windows
Programmer Lin Mo is tired of his monotonous life. One day, he meets a mysterious girl at a café who hides many secrets. As lies and true feelings intertwine, can this chance encounter save him from his numb existence? A visual novel filled with "love and hope".
Why similar: Word Game 22.6%, Dating Sim 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, RPG 8.2%
- #15 恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
88% matchVery Positive94% of 2,196 reviews2022
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《恋爱绮谭~不存在的真相~》是一款文字冒险游戏。 初到江城的顾唯,意外成为了一起社会新闻的主人公。凶险的都市中,他需要在混乱的舆论和虚假的情报中找到唯一的真相,也需要在两名各有千秋的少女间完成自我的抉择。秋去冬来,覆盖城市的厚厚积雪下,究竟掩藏着什么样的秘密......
Why similar: Word Game 27.5%, Dating Sim 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Anime 5.8%
- #16 Aonatsu Line
87% matchVery Positive93% of 998 reviews2022
Dev: GIGAPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
《青夏轨迹》是日本美少女游戏资深大厂GIGA/Entergram出品的一部青春题材的视觉小说。本作由知名插画家U35负责原画与角色设计,人气声优小鸟居夕花、夏和小、和实羽优希为本作女主角献声。本作发售后赢得市场普遍赞誉,并荣获萌系游戏大赏年度剧本金奖等诸多奖项。
Why similar: Word Game 27.8%, Dating Sim 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Anime 7.1%
- #17 释梦之祩
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 白露社
Windows
都市奇幻题材解谜类橘味AVG游戏。玩家将扮演一名情感缺失且无法做梦的哲学系大四学生,在一次次于他人梦境的冒险中逐渐理解“人”的真正含义。
Why similar: Word Game 28%, Dating Sim 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Anime 6.8%
- #18 大鹏 - The Roc
84% matchVery Positive93% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: 折扶桑制作组Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows · Mac · Linux
Due to work, Wu Shengyou was forced to leave home for high school in a big city. The sensitive, introverted poet felt out of place with classmates.As they grew closer, he seemed her only friend, yet appeared to completely misunderstand her inner thoughts...
Why similar: Word Game 22.9%, Dating Sim 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Anime 7.8%
- #19 不和我推谈恋爱就会死?!
85% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: 叁鬼工作室
Windows
不和我推恋爱就会死?!
Why similar: Word Game 27.3%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, 2D Platformer 5.8%
- #20 Rewrite the Romance: The Golden Lotus
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Forest
Windows
古代重生题材文字冒险游戏,改编自小说《金瓶梅》。北宋政和年间,清河县出了一位大财主西门庆,风流倜傥,妻妾众多,却也在纸醉金迷中走向宿命终局。而如今,你化身西门庆,重来一世,命运的罗盘交到你手中。
Why similar: Word Game 29.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, RPG 7.2%
- #21 我反对这门亲事-I'm against this marriage
84% matchPositive90% of 48 reviews2022
Dev: 闪金游戏
Windows
Unemployed fathers pick up the pieces to make their daughters happy, earn money, work hard, and find a new life or a second chance!
Why similar: Word Game 24.9%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Multiple Endings 6%
- #22 Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,801 reviews2021
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Love-suspense AVG with the theme of "The Peach Blossom Spring". The equinox flowers, bloom for one thousand years and wither for one thousand years. Eternal paradise. Do you choose to stay here, escape here, or bury everything here?
Why similar: Word Game 24.3%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #23 失败作 Wrecked
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 山工程-ShanProject
Windows
失败作 Wrecked is a visual novel game developed and published by ShanProject. Players advance the story by clicking key points on the screen. Featuring multiple routes and rich narratives. The game is music-themed, telling a fateful journey full of unforeseen twists.
Why similar: Word Game 29.1%, Dating Sim 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 11.5%, 2D Platformer 7.1%
- #24 Diamond Runway
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: LumiMaker
Windows
"Diamond Runway" is an interactive RPG where you play as Lindsay, an aspiring supermodel. Starting as a novice in a NYC competition, you'll face rivalry, friendships, romance, and growth. Your choices shape relationships, career, and endings in a journey through the glamorous yet dark fashion world.
Why similar: Word Game 28.4%, Dating Sim 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #25 23:61
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
"Who do you want to save? Or rather... who are you prepared to abandon?" A midnight "Unsend" trapped them in a rift in time, and awakened the dead "You." Become a "Ghost" inhabiting screens and surveillance feeds. Pry into perfect disguises and rotting hearts.
Why similar: Word Game 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Anime 7.9%, Lore-Rich 6.1%
- #26 ECHO Re:Kill
80% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MulPersona
Windows
You wake in an unfamiliar “Preparation Area”, surrounded by strangers. The system declares: “New mission, commencing immediately.” Mission after mission, where life and death hang in the balance. Only by earning points can you reclaim freedom. An adventure with no retreat—move forward or vanish.
Why similar: Word Game 29.8%, Dating Sim 16%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Anime 10.1%, Adventure 7.4%
- #27 Uberich: Advent Sinners
78% matchVery Positive84% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
Windows
The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 22%, Dating Sim 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Anime 7.3%
- #28 我才不会被女孩子欺负呢
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lingdong
Windows
The game "I'm Not Being Bullied by Girls" is a role-playing romantic adventure game. In the game, players will experience the stories and interactions between several girls from the first person perspective of the male protagonist, promote the development of the plot, and explore the city map.
Why similar: Word Game 28.4%, Dating Sim 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, RPG 6.3%
- #29 蜃境
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GOUXIANG TECH
Windows
"Shenjing" is a side-scrolling mystery game set in the Ming Dynasty. Players begin with an amnesiac identity and must investigate evidence, witness testimonies, and meticulously piece together clues to uncover the truth behind each case and determine whether the characters were involved.
Why similar: Word Game 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, RPG 9.7%, Adventure 7.5%
- #30 你的牛子
78% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: lamb of game
Windows
This is the daily love life between "me" and the minotaur girl.
Why similar: Word Game 25%, Dating Sim 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Anime 8.9%
- #31 Waiting for you at the end of time
77% matchMixed42% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: 元气文化YQgames
Windows
The player is a student who, due to an accident, was plunged into a mystery of time. Can the player solve this mystery of time and space? When countless mysteries are solved, what will be the final outcome for the player and the person he loves?
Why similar: Word Game 27.8%, Dating Sim 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Anime 7.1%
- #32 百禾梦境漫游 Wandering Dreams of Yuri
76% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组Pub: u-secret studio
Windows
She becomes Alice of the fairy tale world and joins forces with the mysterious Zixuan to explore the twisted world of fantasy: name-grabbing factions, invisible witches ...... In their light-hearted adventures, they gradually uncover the truth and endeavour to return to reality.
Why similar: Word Game 26%, Dating Sim 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Anime 6.7%
- #33 铜刀银剑
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 念绣科技
Windows
北宋熙宁年间,有奸相祸乱朝堂,穷兵黩武,不辨贵贱,以朝廷大臣之身妨害地主营贷,重草民布衣却轻士大夫;更不畏天威,妄图改道黄河以留名青史。江湖中人惊惧此举将毁大宋龙脉,推举一将,一侠,一刺,一贼,号“四剑除奸”,共伐奸相———王安石。
Why similar: Word Game 24.2%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Anime 6.1%
- #34 Clover Day's Plus
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 882 reviews2023
Dev: ALcotPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 68.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Bottled-up emotions... An everlasting oath... Heartfelt desires... An enduring regret... And a childhood promise. Yuuto was abandoned by his parents and raised in an orphanage in Britain before a trading merchant by the name of Takakura Yoshiomi adopted him and brought him to Japan.
Why similar: Word Game 21.3%, Dating Sim 17.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Anime 7.2%
- #35 Your Love Story 被你忘记的那个夏天
76% matchVery Positive85% of 148 reviews2022
Dev: Mingyu Information Technology Shanghai Co., Ltd.
Windows
This is a AVG with love as the theme. No matter how old you grow, every summer when cicadas sing, you can still remenber of your childhood dreams, childhood friends with whom you share memories, and those pure and shining love like crystal.
Why similar: Word Game 27.6%, Dating Sim 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, RPG 9.5%
- #36 零岁的星光
75% matchVery Positive83% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: Hippocampus制作组Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Amore~4,2 anni luce...... This is the story of the encounter between me, who is called "from the stars", and that person—— How many years have I loved you, day by day, year by year ......
Why similar: Word Game 35%, Dating Sim 23.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Adventure 8.3%, Anime 6.9%
- #37 残阳 1645/1937
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 未雪游戏(NotsnowyGame)
Windows
As a Ming officer in 1645’s Yangzhou & Jiangyin massacres, shield a girl from shouma fate while obeying orders. In 1937’s Battle of Yangzhou, protect a war journalist returned from Japan. Your choices decide their survival and shape their fates across 300 years.
Why similar: Word Game 22%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Anime 5.2%
- #38 Mirage Episode:1
74% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: MoonEyes月眼
Windows
七月的海风带着咸湿的气息,吹过神奈川的街道。作家逢坂礼瑜回到阔别多年的故乡,却意外遇见了那个曾经让他心动的女孩——桂木碧。她的笑容依旧温柔,但眼神中却藏着说不清的复杂情绪。 礼瑜决定帮助碧走出生活的困境,可这一切却被他的现女友绘羽琉艾莉看在眼里。一边是未完成的过去,一边是正在书写的现在,礼瑜的每一步选择,都可能改变三个人的命运。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Dating Sim 22.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Anime 9.4%, Cartoon 8.6%
- #39 缚戎人:唐建中十三年
73% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: 思维度工作室(Sharewedo Studio)Pub: 思维度工作室(Sharewedo Studio)
Windows · Mac · Linux
A text adventure game of the mid Tang Dynasty, where players can experience the story of a lonely city in the Western Regions during the Tang Tibetan War in the 13th year of Jianzhong by the 'bound barbarians'. Witness the growth and helplessness of characters and the rise and fall of the era.
Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Dating Sim 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Anime 8.2%
- #40 Once Upon a Breeze
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 煦风社
Windows · Mac · Linux
《煦风新笺-Once Upon a Breeze》是一款以毛茸茸世界繁华与传统并盛的岛城『风本市』里,一所颇为特立独行的私立学校『风本学院』为主舞台的兽人题材的视觉小说。同时它又不止于小说,包括个人界面、摸摸乐等更多内置小游戏都在不断更新开发中。作为一款偏向群像的游戏,您将以包括小老虎浦昼在内的众多角色的角度来感受毛茸茸世界的学园生活,以及更多丰富绚烂的故事!已有十五位并仍在不断增加的、诸多种族的学生和教师们正在风本学院校门的另一侧等待着迎接你们!从今天开始入学吧!
Why similar: Word Game 25.3%, Dating Sim 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, RPG 6.8%
- #41 奈落之晓
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: linm-OfficialPub: Lyne工作室
Windows · Mac
"The Dawn of Naraku" is a radio wave-style visual novel developed by Lyne Studio. Unsure of who they are or what burdens they carry, having forgotten everything, they journey through a post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of the possibility of salvation.
Why similar: Word Game 29.3%, Dating Sim 19.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, RPG 9%, Adventure 6.9%
- #42 烬世书
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 电子冰块Cybertech
Windows · Mac · Linux
As an orphaned courtesan turned rich man's sister, you enter the palace game. Entangle with six soulmates where romance is deadly—and every choice reshapes the dynasty. Pierce three deadlocks (throne, martial world, fate) with your heart. Write your legend in ashes amid bloodshed.
Why similar: Word Game 26.3%, Dating Sim 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%, RPG 8.3%
- #43 《比特尔特岛:与她们共度的日常》
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 比特尔特制作组
Windows
A romance-focused visual novel about island life. After a chance encounter, you begin living on a peaceful island alongside girls with unique personalities. Build relationships through dialogue and choices, enjoy relaxed daily activities like farming and fishing, and reach different endings.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Word Game 15.9%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #44 迷子公路
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 零旗
Windows
《BanGDream! It’s MyGo!!!!!》的末世公路AU同人游戏,ansy cp向视觉小说。
Why similar: Word Game 32.4%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, RPG 11%, Anime 7.5%
- #45 Our Brief Eternity
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 土豆花制作组
Windows
In the visual novel "Eternity, Stars, and Everyday Life," you are Lin Xiaocou, an ordinary office worker whose life is turned upside down when two girls from another world unexpectedly move in. Amidst the light-hearted and joyful daily routines, can you discover a unique happiness for everyone?
Why similar: Word Game 24.6%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 9.1%, RPG 8.3%
- #46 天朝相亲图鉴
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a realistic, high-freedom text-based romance simulation game with life simulation elements.You will experience a real, touching yet heartbreaking, ridiculous yet addictive blind date adventure, encounter more than a dozen blind dates with distinct personalities.
Why similar: Word Game 28.6%, Dating Sim 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Lore-Rich 8%, Visual Novel 7.7%
- #47 东北往事
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 二狗科技
Windows
Immersed in the turbulent "Tohoku" underworld epic of the 1980s, "Northeast Past" is a real-life interactive video game that combines hardcore underworld survival rules with multi-branching narratives, taking you to experience the underworld and get involved in the bloody fate of gang disputes.
Why similar: Word Game 22.7%, Dating Sim 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 9%, RPG 9%
- #48 灰烬行星与填鸭少女
72% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: 世界末日高考组Pub: Dmk
Windows
在河北省,核大战后孤独的世界末日,机器人守卫在尘封的考场。 长久的等待之后,全国最后一名考生探出了路口。 再过一年的六月六,高考结束之后,在这个一片荒芜的世界,两人又该何去何从……
Why similar: Word Game 30%, Dating Sim 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Anime 7.4%
- #49 Ark: The Shadow Of Terra
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TriBeluga Studio
Windows
欢迎来到罗德岛。作为博士的你刚刚从石棺中醒来,然而身边的一切都是陌生的,但直觉告诉你,你所遇到的一切都正在被“侵蚀”。而作为博士的你,又该如何抉择呢?
Why similar: Word Game 34.6%, Dating Sim 22.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, RPG 11.2%, Anime 7.4%
- #50 心所向往的北极星
68% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: 游星Yusei网络
Windows
A text adventure game that combines the elements of beauty, suspense and love. A visual novel game, the player takes the role of the main character in the story and uses options to advance the story to different endings.
Why similar: Word Game 28%, Dating Sim 18.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Anime 7.3%, RPG 5.8%
- #51 百詰怪軼與金魚
70% matchPositive90% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: 戀愛奶昔Pub: 威向文化
Windows
唯美奇幻的多結局視覺小說。 ──現實與非現實的交界處,被遺忘的人們交織而成的物語。
Why similar: Word Game 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #52 柔蒂亚克:永眠之城
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 华韵宇创工作室
Windows · Mac
Under the control of artificial intelligence, people in the city have fallen into a dream which they cannot wake up. You wake up in the dead city, and suddenly someone find you. Soon you fell into a hunting game, running through the empty streets. At this moment, a strange girl appeared...
Why similar: Word Game 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Lore-Rich 7.6%, Anime 6.6%
- #53 YiYi
69% matchVery Positive93% of 201 reviews2022
Dev: 埋月山枯
Windows
You are "GUI", you have come to a city of eternal night, to find your soul to dream of "Yi Yi".
Why similar: Word Game 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Romance 10%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #54 我的时光:大学日记
67% matchMostly Negative27% of 393 reviews2026
Dev: WaterWood Studio
Windows · Mac
《College Diaries》 is a simulation game set against the backdrop of college life. Players take on the role of a college freshman, shaping their college career by choosing different majors, joining various clubs, participating in campus activities.
Why similar: Word Game 23.9%, Dating Sim 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
- #55 Me, the drifter; Her, the optimist
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ELECTRIC BRANDY
Windows
This is a visual light novel ADV themed around youth and romance. After being promoted to the second year of high school, you’re informed that the school will stop admitting new students. Your childhood friend is determined to prevent the school from closing down when an unexpected incident occurs…
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Dating Sim 21%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Anime 9.6%
- #56 溺光症 Photophobia
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZeroZen工作室
Windows
午夜叩响大门的奇怪玩偶熊,班上突然出现的神秘转校生,随着两位陌生的少女闯入你的世界,你平静的生活有了翻天覆地的变化。但没有任何关于她们记忆的你却发现,你好像对她们总是有莫名的熟悉感。经历这一切的你能否能平衡时间的天平,勘破真相,找到你心中的答案呢?
Why similar: Word Game 22%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Dating Sim 16.9%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Drama 7.9%
- #57 游郭惊梦
66% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: 做完散伙制作组
Windows
一款乙女向恋爱视觉小说。一个发生在游郭,关于爱与亲情的故事。即使所托非人,是否也能换得真心相待?
Why similar: Word Game 28.5%, Dating Sim 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, RPG 6.9%
- #58 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
68% matchVery Positive89% of 402 reviews2022
Dev: 桐生バトラ(疑狐社)Pub: Miwu Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"
Why similar: Word Game 31.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Anime 9.5%, Drama 7.8%, Interactive Fiction 6.3%
- #59 我在终点线等你
67% matchVery Positive92% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: DreaMory
Windows
一个讲述少年少女勇敢踏出追梦第一步的青春日常系故事。
Why similar: Word Game 26.6%, Dating Sim 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Anime 6.7%
- #60 禄水三江
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 禄水三江
Windows
This game is a multi perspective immersive text interactive visual novel game based on the real historical event of the Qing Dynasty in the Qingshui River Basin of Guizhou Province, known as the "Battle for the River Case".
Why similar: Word Game 30%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, RPG 9%, Anime 6.9%