- #1 Yume Nikki
97% matchVery Positive94% of 9,908 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 72.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Exploration 19.4%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Atmospheric 15.3%, 2D 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational surreal exploration game that mirrors the dreamlike, nonlinear discovery found in The Dream Libra had.
- #2 Ib
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Exploration 13%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, RPG 11%
Why You'll Like It: Features a haunting, supernatural atmosphere where exploration and environmental storytelling are key to uncovering multiple endings.
- #3 Sumire
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 924 reviews2021
Dev: GameTomo TeamPub: GameTomo Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.4%, Collectathon 20.7%, Walking Simulator 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on a poignant, emotional journey through a supernatural world where choices significantly impact the narrative outcome.
- #4 OMORI
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 85,929 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 34.5%, Story Rich 18.7%, RPG 17.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Exploration 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delves deep into psychological trauma and emotional narrative through a surreal, 2D RPG lens.
- #5 Afterdream
94% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Emotional 24.8%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Atmospheric 14.1%, 2D 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, 2D psychological horror game that focuses on the blurred lines between dreams and reality.
- #6 Dreaming Sarah
94% matchVery Positive91% of 2,855 reviews2015
Dev: Asteristic Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
Why similar: Supernatural 26.2%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Psychedelic 11.5%, Philosophical 11%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal exploration-platformer that takes place entirely within the subconscious mind of the protagonist.
- #7 Rakuen
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,899 reviews2017
Dev: Laura Shigihara
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes.
Why similar: Emotional 50.3%, RPG 17.9%, Story Rich 14.3%, Adventure 8.8%, 2D 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: An emotionally resonant adventure game that explores themes of loss and hope within a supernatural, imaginative world.
- #8 OneShot
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 61,459 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 24.6%, Story Rich 16.4%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Exploration 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative adventure that relies on emotional connection and exploration to solve its mysterious, dreamlike world.
- #9 Fran Bow
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,826 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Story Rich 28.2%, Female Protagonist 24.8%, Atmospheric 22.5%, Adventure 15.6%, 2D 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal point-and-click adventure that captures the feeling of navigating a supernatural, unsettling reality.
- #10 To the Moon
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 84,848 reviews2012
Dev: Freebird Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
Why similar: Emotional 41.3%, Story Rich 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, RPG 6.7%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven RPG that excels at delivering a deeply emotional story centered on memory and life reflection.
- #11 FREERIDE
90% matchVery Positive88% of 226 reviews2025
Dev: Flightyfelon Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Your Personality plays the game! Help strange spirits solve their Unfinished Business... or leave them to Despair. In this highly-branching narrative adventure you'll only see about 1/3 of the full story in each playthrough, but the end is whenever you want it to be.
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.2%, Emotional 16.3%, Supernatural 15.6%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Exploration 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG that emphasizes player choices and multiple endings within a story-rich, atmospheric setting.
- #12 Midnight Syndrome
89% matchVery Positive99% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Emotional 19.5%, Exploration 18.3%, Top-Down 11.4%, 2D 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines adventure and exploration with supernatural themes in a way that feels reminiscent of indie mystery titles.
- #13 CINERIS SOMNIA
89% matchVery Positive89% of 808 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Conversation 26.6%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Atmospheric 10%, Story Rich 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric walking simulator that captures the feeling of wandering through a dreamlike, melancholic landscape.
- #14 DEAD LAMB WALKING
87% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Nonlinear 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Emotional 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D, emotional interactive fiction game that captures a similar intimate, character-focused tone.
- #15 Graveyard Girls
88% matchVery Positive98% of 158 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Emotional 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Conversation 11.8%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An emotional, dark visual novel that explores themes of loss and connection through a supernatural lens.
- #16 Road Trip to the End of the World
86% matchVery Positive97% of 188 reviews2025
Dev: Shark and Pelican Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Road Trip to the End of the World is a visual novel about the death of a friendship. When Andy and her imaginary friend Fishy set off on a road trip to crash their ex-best friend’s wedding, will they know when to hit the brakes?
Why similar: Emotional 35.9%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Story Rich 10.9%, Conversation 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, emotional journey that focuses on the bond between characters in a surreal, dying world.
- #17 Sonata Theory
86% matchVery Positive93% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: Mayj Studios
Windows
2D/3D story-adventure game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Exploration 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn, emotional narrative experience that emphasizes atmosphere and character-driven storytelling.
- #18 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
82% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Multiple Endings 32.4%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Story Rich 10.3%, Psychedelic 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological, story-rich visual novel that utilizes multiple endings to explore complex character relationships.
- #19 Coralina: a Memory Tale
84% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Gabriel MakiPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Emotional 22.1%, Exploration 12.2%, RPG 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure-RPG that focuses on memory and puzzle-solving within a narrative-heavy framework.
- #20 Zero-Sum Heart
84% matchVery Positive95% of 226 reviews2024
Dev: Citreat Studio
Windows · Mac
"I" make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? ————————————————————————— In this short visual novel, make choices and answer the question: is love a zero-sum game?
Why similar: Supernatural 18.7%, Emotional 14.5%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong focus on character-driven choices and multiple endings that mirror the branching paths of the seed game.
- #21 The Cat Lady
85% matchVery Positive94% of 6,079 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Emotional 26.3%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Exploration 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric adventure that deals with heavy emotional themes and supernatural elements in a unique 2D style.
- #22 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.4%, Emotional 28%, Philosophical 17.7%, Adventure 9.4%, Story Rich 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and highly psychological experience that mirrors the internal, dreamlike struggle of the seed game.
- #23 RGB GlitchGazer
81% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Emotional 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Philosophical 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that explores dramatic, surreal themes within a 2D, anime-inspired aesthetic.
- #24 The Final Prize is Soup
82% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Linux
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Supernatural 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Multiple Endings 7%, 2D 7%
Why You'll Like It: A quirky, 2D adventure that emphasizes exploration and narrative-driven choices.
- #25 This Winter of Ours
80% matchVery Positive99% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: VARIA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alone as two, together as one - A fantasy/yuri visual novel telling the story of two girls traversing a snow covered forest and growing closer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.7%, Emotional 27.5%, Atmospheric 12.7%, 2D 9.7%, Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, 2D adventure that relies on emotional storytelling and character interaction.
- #26 Little Misfortune
79% matchVery Positive92% of 13,542 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.7%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, whimsical, and surreal adventure that explores the life and imagination of a young girl in a supernatural world.
- #27 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,887 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Multiple Endings 21.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%, 2D 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, exploration-heavy game that captures the feeling of being trapped within a dreamlike, mundane reality.
- #28 non-binary
79% matchVery Positive93% of 291 reviews2022
Dev: owof games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.
Why similar: Emotional 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Multiple Endings 23.7%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Story Rich 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An LGBTQ-themed interactive fiction game that uses multiple endings to explore identity and personal discovery.
- #29 The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition
77% matchVery Positive100% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Cetacity
Windows
Two girls must travel to the Moon's core after it has been thrown out of orbit. A PC98 inspired visual novel about fear of the unknown and people in love.
Why similar: Emotional 57.4%, Atmospheric 16%, Story Rich 13.7%, 2D 6.6%, Female Protagonist 6.2%
- #30 The Bottom of the Well
81% matchVery Positive85% of 584 reviews2016
Dev: Red Nettle Studio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend. A single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, but experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.5%, Interactive Fiction 33.6%, RPG 21.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric RPG that uses a surreal, post-apocalyptic setting to drive its narrative exploration.
- #31 千面 Melancholy Love
78% matchVery Positive95% of 2,209 reviews2020
Dev: 白露社Pub: PeriScope Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 69.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
《千面》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏,讲述了在前作时间线十年之后,聆花女子学院中的“优等生”与“不良少女”间的甜蜜纠葛。
Why similar: RPG 41.9%, Female Protagonist 37.5%, Adventure 20.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on emotional, character-driven narratives with multiple endings that reflect the themes of the seed game.
- #32 GIRLS MADE PUDDING
76% matchVery Positive95% of 721 reviews2025
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
"When there's nobody there to see you, you disappear." In Girls Made Pudding, two girls tour a series of towns that people have disappeared from.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Exploration 17.1%, Female Protagonist 14%, Walking Simulator 10.4%
- #33 The Ethereal Dream
77% 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: Interactive Fiction 32%, Female Protagonist 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #34 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: Interactive Fiction 38.6%, RPG 21.3%, Emotional 19.7%, Adventure 10.9%, 2D 9.5%
- #35 Dark Light
75% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: UsagygyPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #36 Noctuary
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,534 reviews2023
Dev: GratescaPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Two young illuminators, Fancia and Alina, start their adventure in the bright and fascinating Inlixaland... ...in pursuit of becoming trustworthy "The Arborangers."
Why similar: Emotional 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, RPG 8.8%
- #37 Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open
73% matchVery Positive96% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Cellar Vault GamesPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
Third Eye Open is a supernatural narrative adventure about a young girl coming of age. The game is set in a small Malaysian suburb which the player navigates to speak to friends, families, and ghosts. Various minigames immerse the player deeper into the protagonist's journey.
Why similar: Supernatural 26.2%, Emotional 14.3%, Conversation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Exploration 7.5%
- #38 Lovely Lady RPG
72% matchVery Positive100% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: DAS POPPY UND MIA KUNSTKOLLEKTIV
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.
Why similar: Nonlinear 33.8%, RPG 28.2%, Multiple Endings 21.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #39 Yuki「清醒梦」
71% matchVery Positive99% of 271 reviews2025
Dev: visualmemoryunit_
Windows
Explore an abandoned school where memories linger longer than the living. Uncover the mystery of your best friend’s disappearance. Dodge bullets.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.8%, Emotional 19.5%, Exploration 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Adventure 11.9%
- #40 Lolita Expedition
74% matchVery Positive88% of 213 reviews2022
Dev: GIRLSOUL
Windows
Around a game called《Lolita Expedition》, it tells the story of playing in dreams and the incredible things that all kinds of players encounter here. It seems that dreams are invading the real world. In order to uncover the truth of the event, we did our best to investigate……
Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.4%, RPG 23.7%, Exploration 19.1%, Story Rich 15.1%, Adventure 10.8%
- #41 The Rule Of SHE
73% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 31.5%, Female Protagonist 24.8%, RPG 15.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #42 Open Sorcery: Sea++
75% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Abigail CorfmanPub: Open Sorcery Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up at the bottom of the ocean, surrounded by your broken memories. Reclaim and compile your magic or drown in a sea of dreams.
Why similar: RPG 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #43 Yunashi no Yume
71% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: The Yunashi Archive
Windows
A fractured dream of a girl who tried to make something beautiful, and was silenced before she could finish it. Now, her voice resurfaces. A quiet story of memory, loss, and reclaimed authorship—told through fragmented exploration and stark, fragile spaces.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21%, Exploration 20.8%, Atmospheric 19.3%, RPG 16.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #44 我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live
70% matchVery Positive86% of 701 reviews2025
Dev: 番茄炖肉制作组Pub: Comma 49
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a game of dreams, where the price of failing to escape is eternal slumber. Across shifting worlds, you meet 'him.' Is he merely a kindred spirit born of crisis, or a forgotten soul from your distant memories? A heart-pounding romance adventure across the dreamscape—begins now!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Multiple Endings 20.2%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, RPG 14.7%, Emotional 11.7%
- #45 Dreamy Planet
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
An atmospheric lesbian / yuri VN set in an abandoned theme park, focused on a rekindled relationship between a pair of estranged childhood friends.
Why similar: Emotional 36.8%, Female Protagonist 27.9%, Atmospheric 15.6%, 2D 10%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #46 Blood Lily Ghoststories
70% matchVery Positive95% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...
Why similar: Supernatural 23.7%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Emotional 16.4%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Exploration 8.3%
- #47 Melancholy Love
72% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
Windows · Mac
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Why similar: Emotional 23.4%, Multiple Endings 19.8%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #48 StrangeDream
69% matchVery Positive82% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: 草地w
Windows
You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Emotional 19.3%, Psychedelic 14.9%, Exploration 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.5%
- #49 The Expression Amrilato
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 737 reviews2019
Dev: SukeraSparoPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
This is the story, pure and sometimes frustrating, of two girls intertwined through their fumbling efforts to communicate. Learn a new language by playing the game!
Why similar: Emotional 30.1%, Female Protagonist 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Story Rich 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #50 natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer
69% matchVery Positive95% of 893 reviews2022
Dev: Kazuhide Oka
Windows · Mac
── In the summer of the world that has ended, the girl travels aimlessly. "natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer" is a text adventure game that depicts girls traveling in apocalypse. Through talking to the girls, we get to know them and approach the mysteries of the world ──
Why similar: Conversation 26.1%, Exploration 19%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Atmospheric 12.7%, 2D 9.4%
- #51 The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
66% matchVery Positive94% of 5,842 reviews2023
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.2%, Female Protagonist 24.2%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Story Rich 9.5%, Adventure 7.4%
- #52 さよならナイト・キャップ
68% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: PIGORIS
Windows
目が覚めると、見知らぬゲームセンターにいました。 あなたを知る謎の女の子と行動を共にし、不思議な世界を探検しましょう。
Why similar: Collectathon 38.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Adventure 8.2%, 2D 6.4%
- #53 7 Days
66% matchVery Positive100% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Daver The DavePub: IC Industries
Windows
Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.
Why similar: Emotional 23.2%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Psychedelic 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Choices Matter 9%
- #54 The Witch in the Forest
70% matchVery Positive83% of 114 reviews2020
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
A young woman who lives alone in the forest one day meets another woman- a real witch!
Why similar: Story Rich 42.4%, Female Protagonist 37.6%, 2D 20%
- #55 Cemetery Mary
67% matchVery Positive97% of 375 reviews2021
Dev: arcadekitten
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a girl who loves the cemetery. When her parents go missing, she receives a mysterious text that has the potential to completely ruin her life...or fix it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Multiple Endings 20.6%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, RPG 14.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #56 Moonless Moon
65% matchVery Positive93% of 299 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Emotional 20.3%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #57 Lachesis or Atropos
67% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: 4nokiPub: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 29%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #58 Lucid Dream
67% matchVery Positive92% of 1,017 reviews2020
Dev: sizrit
Windows
Lucid Dream is Point and Click horror game. The girl dream of being trapped in a weird place even though you fell asleep as always. Collect the item and Find clues! Escape and wake up from the dream!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #59 Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet
65% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31%, Multiple Endings 27.3%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Choices Matter 6.9%, 2D 6.9%
- #60 taking my Dark Knight Girlfriend to the corner store
63% matchVery Positive99% of 293 reviews2025
Dev: ForeverFuture Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A beautiful Dark Knightess from another world enlisted me in her quest to slay a rogue wizard, and now we're dating! But what if she finds out I have no idea who the Gray Wizard is?!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 65.8%, Adventure 22.2%, 2D 12%