- #1 Soulslayer~灭魂·误佳期~
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 703 reviews2017
Dev: 开水工作室Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Female Protagonist 22.9%, Adventure 15.7%, Casual 13.1%, Indie 11.4%
- #2 SoulSet
96% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2017
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SoulSet is a mystery/romance visual novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with five other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust?
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Female Protagonist 28.5%, Adventure 9%, Casual 7.7%, Indie 7.1%
- #3 London Detective Mysteria
96% matchVery Positive84% of 132 reviews2019
Dev: Karin EntertainmentPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The evening is as ordinary as they come for London, England as the curtains close on the 19th century. Mist hangs thick, beclouding the radiance of the moon and modest glow of gas lamps. Upon the resounding chime of Big Ben, a new tale of love and adventure like no other begins!
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.3%, Adventure 26.9%, Casual 23.7%
- #4 Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
95% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: TomoToroPub: NARRATIVE NINE LTD
Windows
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Female Protagonist 21.8%, Thriller 11.7%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 7.7%
- #5 This World Unknown
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 92.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A medieval fantasy visual novel with an otome twist. Rhea works as a nurse in a village hospital and lives a peaceful life - until one of her patients contracts a mysterious illness. Go on an exciting adventure, meet a varied cast, and see if true love conquers all!
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.6%, Adventure 22.6%, Casual 20.3%, Indie 18.5%
- #6 An Octave Higher
94% matchVery Positive83% of 298 reviews2015
Dev: KidalangPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Fall into the magically complicated world of Overture as the three main characters embark on an adventure that will shake their lives and the world around them. Will they fan the flames of the growing revolution, or will they be the key to extinguishing it?
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.5%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 9.2%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #7 Peregrin
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 351 reviews2017
Dev: Peregrin Developers
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Peregrin is a story puzzle game. A solitary traveller undertakes a perilous voyage through the haunted ruins of a lost civilisation. Seeking to fulfil an ancient prophecy, she will have to use her arcane powers to solve puzzles and survive battles - if she is to find a way to restore the fallen world of Peregrin.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 33%, Casual 26.3%, Adventure 24%, Indie 16.7%
- #8 7'scarlet
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 854 reviews2019
Dev: IDEA FACTORYPub: Intragames
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The remote town of Okunezato is shaped like a crescent moon and shrouded in dark myths and legends. Take on the role of a brave young woman journeying into the unknown to uncover dangerous truths and locate her missing brother with her childhood friend.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.6%, Female Protagonist 35.5%, Adventure 12%, Supernatural 9.9%, Casual 5.9%
- #9 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
91% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
Why similar: Visual Novel 36%, Female Protagonist 32.4%, Casual 7.6%, Story Rich 7.2%, Adventure 6.9%
- #10 Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic
90% matchVery Positive93% of 191 reviews2015
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Brilliant Shadows is a visual novel that follows the story of Veronica Ashmar, a new graduate of the Mountain and a necromancer. Tradition dictates that upon graduation, necromancers and paladins are to perform the pairing ritual.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.5%, Female Protagonist 21.9%, Adventure 20.2%, Casual 11.4%
- #11 Serafina's Crown
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Woodsy StudioPub: Thesis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Serafina’s Crown is a visual novel with elements of fantasy, adventure and romance. You play as Odell Perin, the newly-appointed regent of Darzia as she tries to solve the murder of the queen and a host of other domestic and international crises.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, Adventure 36.6%, Indie 26.6%
- #12 The House in Fata Morgana
89% matchVery Positive95% of 6,041 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.1%, Female Protagonist 25.2%, Story Rich 9.4%, Adventure 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #13 Embers of Magic
89% matchVery Positive83% of 100 reviews2017
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embers of Magic is a short, adventure visual novel that tells the story of Liana the witch. She takes an airship down to the surface of the dangerous and corrupt earth beneath her flying city home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.8%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Casual 11.5%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 10.1%
- #14 Gothic Murder: Adventure That Changes Destiny
88% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: orange
Windows · Mac
A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45%, Adventure 24.6%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Multiple Endings 14.1%
- #15 Moonless Moon
86% 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: Visual Novel 41.8%, Female Protagonist 22.4%, Adventure 14.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #16 MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
87% matchVery Positive82% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: Michael LongPub: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect! Explore the mansion, search for clues, and interrogate the other guests as you strive to unmask the killer in this open-ended mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.4%, Adventure 21.5%, Casual 17.7%, Indie 15.2%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #17 Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open
84% 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: Female Protagonist 30.1%, Supernatural 24.4%, Thriller 22.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #18 Crossroad
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 141 reviews2018
Dev: kalanhowPub: TsunamiGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Every granddaughter visits her grandmother for tea and something delicious to eat. Lumy is no different from millions of other girls. That is, except for one thing…
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.4%, Female Protagonist 28.1%, Adventure 12.8%, Casual 12.2%, Indie 9.6%
- #19 Along the Edge
84% matchVery Positive83% of 863 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.7%, Female Protagonist 32.9%, Story Rich 7.9%, Indie 7.5%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #20 X-note
86% matchMixed51% of 253 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
X-note is a blend between Visual Novel and Dating Sim. Follow the story of Essi as she pursues the truth of her mother's death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.6%, Female Protagonist 26%, Adventure 8.5%, Casual 7%, Indie 5.8%
- #21 Misericorde: Volume One
81% matchVery Positive98% of 489 reviews2023
Dev: XEECEE
Windows · Linux
Misericorde: Volume One is the first part of a series of mystery visual novels set in a convent in 1482.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.5%, Female Protagonist 34.7%, Adventure 12.7%, Casual 4.9%, Story Rich 2.9%
- #22 Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons
83% matchVery Positive82% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: Aeon Dream Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
During your first year of university, immense magical powers are forced onto you, thus revealing the supernatural world hidden within ours. But you must learn to control your powers with the help of a partner or risk destroying everything around you. Will your new fate be one of tragedy or serendipity?
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.2%, Female Protagonist 32.1%, Casual 7.4%, Adventure 7%, Indie 6.3%
- #23 Endless Fables 3: Dark Moor
82% matchVery Positive87% of 213 reviews2018
Dev: Sunward GamesPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
During her new adventure, Pamela Cavendish goes to a misty and mysterious Scotland where a seemingly innocent landscape of moor quickly reveals its dark nature. Spectre from the past and ghostly sounds will force her to follow the amazing legend of the Red Moon.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 44.4%, Adventure 26.4%, Casual 24.3%, Indie 4.9%
- #24 Rocket of Whispers: Prologue
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 275 reviews2018
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 25%
In a chilling cellar below the apocalyptic snow, Fei Lin the witch wakes up from hibernation, and ventures into the forsaken world. Guide her through the process of escaping the cellar, and seeing the changed world for her first time.
Why similar: Adventure 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #25 fault - milestone one
80% matchVery Positive92% of 3,231 reviews2014
Dev: ALICE IN DISSONANCE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
fault is a series of Science Fantasy Cinematic Novels using a unique 3D Camera system for a visually immersive reading experience. Follow Selphine, the bubbly Princess and her sharp-witted Royal Guardian, Ritona, on their journey of a lifetime back to their homeland of Rughzenhaide.
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.5%, Female Protagonist 30.9%, Story Rich 5.2%, Adventure 5%, Indie 2.3%
- #26 Dark Light
78% 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: Visual Novel 37.1%, Female Protagonist 29.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #27 Never give up!
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 150 reviews2016
Dev: Salamandra88Pub: 7DOTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Someone is killing half-bloods (half-elves, half-humans) in a small city. The protagonist, a young half-blood girl called Mia Silverlight, falls into a whirlpool of events.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Female Protagonist 35.2%, Casual 11.7%, Indie 10%
- #28 The Witches' Tea Party
79% matchVery Positive96% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: Rabbiton
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Witches Tea Party is a story-driven adventure game with a magical world and colourful characters. There will be small quests, collectables, mysteries, disturbing rooms and multiple endings. Having tea with witches is probably not an easy task...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.4%, Adventure 22.8%, Casual 18.4%, Indie 16.2%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #29 Everglow
77% matchVery Positive93% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: 7CoreLoops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience the story of Glow, a young and naive furry heroine caught between two empires' interplanetary ambitions, forged in tragedy and conspiracy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, Female Protagonist 32.5%, Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 8.3%, Casual 5.1%
- #30 Persian Nights 2: The Moonlight Veil
78% matchVery Positive81% of 123 reviews2020
Dev: SoDigitalPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Travel to the magical land of Persian Nights and save your sister from a dire fate. Feel the taste of orient in this sumptuous and beguiling hidden object adventure.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.8%, Adventure 28.1%, Casual 25.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #31 Fallow
76% matchVery Positive97% of 138 reviews2021
Dev: Ada Rook
Windows
Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 47.5%, Supernatural 28.1%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 11.8%
- #32 The Radiants
76% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Rose Arcana Games
Windows · Mac
The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Female Protagonist 34.6%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Casual 7.2%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #33 Scar of the Doll
77% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: Child-DreamPub: KOMODO
Windows
Scar of the Doll is a beloved '90s visual novel remastered for Steam. Asumi goes to Tokyo to search for her only sister whom she has mysteriously not heard from for months. With an intelligent and unpredictable story, uncover a frightening truth in this thrilling suspense mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Female Protagonist 23.4%, Adventure 14.8%, Casual 13.8%, Indie 10.8%
- #34 Coffin of Ashes
75% matchVery Positive91% of 833 reviews2016
Dev: LadomuPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 40.3%, Thriller 24.9%, Adventure 17.6%, Casual 7.1%, Indie 6.2%
- #35 The Ethereal Dream
73% 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: Female Protagonist 44.6%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 6.4%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #36 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 269 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Female Protagonist 32.7%, Adventure 10%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #37 TAPE: Unveil the Memories
74% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: BlackChiliGoat StudioPub: Meridiem Games
Windows
Use a special video camera that can rewind time to explore memories of the past in TAPE: Unveil the Memories, a first-person narrative mystery adventure set in 1990s Northern Spain.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Female Protagonist 30.8%, Thriller 16.8%, Adventure 7.8%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #38 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,911 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 39.9%, Adventure 32.1%, Indie 11.4%, Story Rich 10.2%, Action 6.5%
- #39 The Day Before You Gone
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Aequalis Studio
Windows
An adventure shattering stereotypes, a psychological experiment forcing a struggle within oneself. The tale of a girl with magical abilities who loses her beloved. Will she have a chance to turn back time? It's up to you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.2%, Female Protagonist 24%, Adventure 15.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #40 The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
73% matchVery Positive86% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.9%, Female Protagonist 35.3%, Adventure 14%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #41 Cross The Boundaries
71% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: AlfredProsPub: Ziel Graywords
Windows · Linux
This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.2%, Adventure 18.3%, Supernatural 16.6%, Female Protagonist 8%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #42 The Haunting of Joni Evers
70% matchVery Positive91% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.7%, Visual Novel 27.7%, Supernatural 18.5%, Adventure 9.2%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #43 The Mildew Children
69% matchVery Positive93% of 451 reviews2024
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.4%, Female Protagonist 37.1%, Adventure 13.9%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #44 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
71% matchVery Positive85% of 252 reviews2022
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.5%, Female Protagonist 37%, Story Rich 7.7%, Casual 4.7%
- #45 The Amber Throne
72% matchVery Positive82% of 191 reviews2015
Dev: Joshua Missile
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Amber Throne is a turn-based JRPG-styled game about a girl in a desert world beneath a mysterious floating castle, and her quest to reach it.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 49.1%, Adventure 17.6%, Casual 12.1%, Indie 11.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #46 Lake Ridden
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 291 reviews2018
Dev: Midnight Hub
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Lake Ridden is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game! A cozy supernatural adventure where you unravel a mysterious past, trying to find your sister. Luckily, you are not alone...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 42.9%, Adventure 33.9%, Indie 23.2%
- #47 Murder on the Marine Express
69% matchVery Positive94% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: 1564 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
Why similar: Visual Novel 41%, Female Protagonist 36.9%, Story Rich 7.9%, Adventure 6.4%, Casual 5.5%
- #48 Deluge: Sermon for the Dead
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53%, Adventure 15.4%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Indie 8.2%
- #49 Evil Tonight
68% matchVery Positive87% of 518 reviews2021
Dev: DYA Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Silvia never runs from evil—she makes it her business. Eccentric yet warm-hearted, this seasoned modern exorcist has mastered the art of confronting the supernatural, turning haunted places into tangible nightmares. But on this fateful night, nothing goes as planned.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 42%, Thriller 17%, Supernatural 16.2%, Story Rich 8%, Adventure 7.9%
- #50 Midnight's Blessing
73% matchMixed55% of 64 reviews2015
Dev: Warfare Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Sidni Larkhearst lived a simple life, delivering messages for her village, until her home is attacked by vampires one night. To her horror, Sidni learns that Dracula, the most feared vampire of all time is hunting her. But why? Find out in this exciting 16-bit RPG from the "Valiant" team.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.1%, Adventure 20.1%, Casual 18.1%, Indie 14%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #51 BURIED STARS
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,079 reviews2021
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.7%, Female Protagonist 24.9%, Thriller 21.3%, Adventure 8.6%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #52 The Cursed Moon ~The Girl Trapped in the Haunted House~
66% matchVery Positive89% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Tsukki's Tea PartyPub: 072 Project
Windows
After hearing a young girl's cry for help, Yukine as a kami went in to the unknowned dimension to help. While helping the ghosts on the way to fulfill their wishes, she also has to solve riddles and traps. Will Yukine be able to save the girl from this cursed dimension ...?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 44.2%, Supernatural 32.8%, Casual 16.9%, Indie 6.1%
- #53 The Frosts: First Ones
69% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Ivan Sukhanov
Windows
An adventure about searching for a missing hunter and meeting with alien beings! Explore wild nature, climb on a rock, lure out a boar, meet a wolf, survive in a rockfall. Heal a deer and trick a creature! Meet the Unknown and find mystery!
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.7%, Story Rich 14.8%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 8%, Casual 7.6%
- #54 Rosewater
64% matchVery Positive92% of 384 reviews2025
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 54.2%, Adventure 19.9%, Story Rich 14.2%, Indie 11.7%
- #55 A Light in the Dark
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,722 reviews2018
Dev: CreSpiritPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
──We cannot choose in this unfair world.The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life...The fierce girl struggling for survival...Two people in totally opposite positions in life.In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.8%, Casual 15%, Indie 14.3%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #56 The Winter Tower
67% matchVery Positive89% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: EVERIUM
Windows · Mac
Will Ekaterina be able to safely complete her coming-of-age ceremony and emerge as the rightful successor to the House?
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.8%, Female Protagonist 39.3%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #57 CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
71% matchMixed63% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
What will you do if you can redo the last 7 days before you died? Try this unique supernatural mystery visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 51%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Adventure 10.3%, Casual 8.5%, Indie 7.5%
- #58 Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders
68% matchVery Positive92% of 280 reviews2017
Dev: SoDigitalPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Save Persia from mysterious plague!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.1%, Adventure 26.9%, Casual 24.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Indie 5.6%
- #59 Cynthia: Hidden in the Moonshadow
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 154 reviews2023
Dev: Catthia Games
Windows
Emotional, 3rd-person, story-driven, adventure game focused on solving puzzles and using stealth mechanics. Use your bow to interact with environmental elements. Sneak, climb or distract guards to move further unnoticed. Solve light puzzles alongside your path to rescue your loved one.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 58.4%, Adventure 21.8%, Story Rich 13.9%, Action 5.9%