- #1 ロストカラーズ/再装版 / LOSTCOLORS
97% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: 自転車創業Pub: jitensyasougyou
Windows
A world without color "Lost Colors". In order to get rid of the evil that has befallen him, Real travels back and forth between worlds of color, solving the mysteries of the world.
Why similar: Adventure 36.3%, Violent 20.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Anime 7.9%
- #2 Fallstreak
96% matchVery Positive83% of 172 reviews2018
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A golden dream, and a closed world. A spiral staircase into the garden of the mind. What lies beyond gilded wonderland?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Anime 17.3%, Violent 14.8%, Gore 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%
- #3 Supipara - Chapter 1 Spring Has Come!
96% matchVery Positive99% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 173.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Spring has come, and our protagonist, Yukinari, returns home after 7 years. Between his second cousin Sakura, who meets him outside in a full maid outfit, Hotaru, a half-Japanese beauty with a sharp tongue, and the lazy scheming witch Alice - life just got way more interesting!
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Anime 32.7%, Adventure 29%
- #4 Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash
95% matchVery Positive87% of 207 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Vengeful spirit Sachiko Shinozaki is having a birthday bash, and the lovable cast of damned souls from the Corpse Party series is invited! Join the revelers as they do their best to keep Sachiko happy and survive her twisted games in this midquel to Corpse Party and Corpse Party: Book of Shadows.
Why similar: Gore 24.4%, Visual Novel 24%, Violent 21.9%, Anime 17.1%, Adventure 12.6%
- #5 Nagi no Koi
94% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Nutrients
Windows
A Japanese-style visual novel where two stories intersect.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Adventure 21.2%, Anime 20.3%, Gore 12.1%, Violent 11.5%
- #6 黒白のアヴェスター Refusal─拒絶
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 神座万象・第十四機関
Windows
正田崇とGユウスケが送る"神座万象シリーズ"再始動作品・第一弾『黒白のアヴェスター』。 善と悪に分けられた二元論の世界で、殺戮の荒野を行く男の冥府魔道の物語!
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Adventure 24.2%, Anime 19.9%, Dark Fantasy 17.5%, Fantasy 6.8%
- #7 Shadow of the Moonlight
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tinelis
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, emotionally intense dark fantasy visual novel set in a medieval world. You are the privileged son of a wealthy family, seeking revenge, even if it means becoming an outlaw. Will you dare to face your weakness and strength? How far will you go to find your true enemy? Survive… if you can.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Anime 15.8%, Violent 13.9%, Gore 9.8%
- #8 The Nameless Braves: Heaven (Episode 1)
92% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: ArsSanctum
Windows
The Nameless Braves is a kinetic-style Visual Novel. Set in the fantasy continent of Ankh-Seah during a dour era referred to as "The Dark Age", one young man strives through trials and heartbreak to accomplish his dream of becoming a hero.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Adventure 19.7%, Dark Fantasy 18.5%, Anime 17%, Fantasy 12.2%
- #9 Tokyo Babel
91% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: propellerPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
And so begins a grand epic of intertwining destinies; a tale of God, of angels, demons and humans living amongst the walls of the floating purgatory, Tokyo Babel -- a soaring bastion erected in the image of Tokyo, one of the largest cities of a world succumbed to the apocalypse.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.7%, Anime 33%, Adventure 21.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #10 Spirit Hunter: NG
91% matchVery Positive90% of 280 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Beware the Creeping Horror... Face nightmares you thought were merely urban legends. Uncover a dark mystery, making deadly decisions just to survive. Play this chilling companion story to the award-winning Spirit Hunter: Death Mark game and bring the terror home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Adventure 21.4%, Gore 21.3%, Violent 20.3%, Anime 7.6%
- #11 Lament/邸宅の幽鬼
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: 焙煎紅茶
Windows
絶望と現実に何度打ちのめされても"人間らしさ"を探し続ける。君の本当の願いは─────。現代日本とダークな世界観で繰り広げられる、「心理探究×クローズドADV」
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Dark Fantasy 29.1%, Adventure 26.3%, Violent 12.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #12 Malus Code
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 103 reviews2016
Dev: M2 Co.,LTDPub: Dogenzaka Lab
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Malus Code is the story of a graduate student studying abroad at a Japanese university, and the three people he meets in the laboratory there. In this unfamiliar environment, can you earn their friendship? For those who don't want a lonely, sad life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42%, Anime 35.2%, Adventure 22.8%
- #13 Scp: Resonance
89% matchMixed70% of 163 reviews2019
Dev: Эмиль ШагаповPub: HEARTDREAMERS
Windows
The game takes place today, in the multifaceted universe of SCP. The main character is Galen, a simple scientist in Site 13. Recently, Galen graduated from the Faculty of Psychology and was recruited to work with SCP objects. But is everything so simple here?
Why similar: Gore 26.6%, Violent 23.3%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Adventure 15.8%, Anime 11.5%
- #14 神明的一天世界(God's One Day World)
88% matchVery Positive85% of 728 reviews2016
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
an Visual Novel & Puzzle Game
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.3%, Adventure 36.8%, Anime 23.8%
- #15 【SCP】器関ノ彷徨 -The will of a single Tale-【DEMOver.】
87% matchVery Positive90% of 373 reviews2018
Dev: Stoner TomohitoPub: GESTALT-§
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
-"Do you believe the actuality now?" When the SCP Foundation moves, you will be a witness of {Project MA-13}.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Gore 22.4%, Violent 20.7%, Anime 20%, Adventure 13%
- #16 fault - milestone two side: below
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ALICE IN DISSONANCEPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
The cinematic adventure novel series "Fault" has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide, and the latest title in the series is now available after six years!
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.4%, Anime 25%, Adventure 22.8%, Fantasy 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #17 Lyset Core
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Lyset Team
Windows
A horror visual novel set in a steampunk universe. Young Lyset finds herself wandering through a mysterious world of sentient machines. In her desperate search for her long-lost brother, she must choose between death and immortality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Anime 23.3%, Violent 16%, Gore 14.1%, Adventure 13.3%
- #18 Bifröst: Prelude to the Storm
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: eccentric studio
Windows · Mac
Bifröst: Prelude to the Storm is a BL visual novel set in an epic fantasy world — told through 8 POV characters, 30+ fully illustrated cast members, accompanied with 40+ soundtracks and 50+ event CG's. The story branches based on your decisions, shaping relationships, loyalties, and personal fates.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Dark Fantasy 23.3%, Anime 19.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Gore 9%
- #19 Kyoto Colorful Days
85% matchVery Positive85% of 175 reviews2016
Dev: InterOne Inc.Pub: Dogenzaka Lab
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
"Kyoto Colorful Days" is a Visual Novel, set in the sightseeing hotspot of Kyoto.This visual novel is populated by various different characters and the story can be enjoyed like a TV drama. Fully voiced in Japanese (the Kyoto dialect)
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.8%, Anime 28.2%, Adventure 24.1%
- #20 Supipara - Chapter 2 Spring Has Come!
84% matchVery Positive99% of 111 reviews2018
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
After seven years, Yukinari Sanada has returned to his hometown in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kamakura City, but something feels... different. Both he and his younger sister, Rikka, transfer into Oumi Academy and hope for a fresh start.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Anime 30.9%, Adventure 30.9%
- #21 The Rainy Port Keelung 雨港基隆
83% matchVery Positive86% of 425 reviews2015
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The story will develop into the year of 1947, where the players would face one of the most traumatic historical events in the history of Taiwan.Sorry,now there are only English interface, English subtitles are still being processed,we hope to complete as soon as possible.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47%, Anime 27.3%, Adventure 25.6%
- #22 The Way We All Go (2015)
82% matchVery Positive87% of 154 reviews2015
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A horror/romance visual novel with numerous choices and over 20 endings. Set in Japan in the 1980s, our protagonist, Atcchan, must navigate his relationship between his two estranged childhood friends, one of whom might be a yandere. Will he live to see the end of his summer vacation?
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.5%, Gore 23%, Violent 21.1%, Anime 18.4%
- #23 アパシー 鳴神学園七不思議
81% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: SHANNONPub: mebius.
Windows
怖い話を聞いているだけなのに何かおかしい……。新聞部の新人、坂上修一となり、学校新聞の特集のために集まった6人の語り部より怖い話を聞いていきます。語り部は話の途中で坂上に質問や感想を求めてきます。それが選択肢となっており、答えることによって物語が変化していきます。
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Adventure 25.2%, Anime 19.8%, Gore 12.3%, Violent 11.8%
- #24 Getsuei Gakuen -kou-
82% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2015
Dev: Arc System Works
Windows
Miracle collaboration work by Tomokazu Sugita, multi-talent voice-cast, and Toshimichi Mori, BLAZBLUE series producer! Please note that this game is only available in Japanese.
Why similar: Adventure 44.8%, Anime 31%, Visual Novel 24.2%
- #25 Valkyrie Tune: Synthesis of Souls
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FrontwingPub: GOOD SMILE COMPANY
Windows
A visual novel that brings the "Valkyrie Tune" plastic model series by Good Smile Company to life. Experience the resonant story of an amnesiac protagonist and six stunning heroines, whose intertwining serenade of love, sorrow, and fateful encounters calls forth a reboot for the future.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.1%, Adventure 33.5%, Anime 25.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #26 Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
79% matchVery Positive88% of 163 reviews2023
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Anime 22.8%, Adventure 16.7%, Gore 14%, Violent 13.3%
- #27 Ruby Heart [Visual Novel / Otome]
80% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: Eternal Night Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ruby Heart is a "Visual Novel / Otome game" of fantasy adventure with a strong focus in drama and romance. The protagonist, Celty Loweell, travels to a magical underground kingdom in search for a very important person.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.4%, Anime 22.7%, Adventure 19.9%, Fantasy 12.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #28 Silenced: The House
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 99 reviews2018
Dev: Graven Visual Novels
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Any plans for the weekend? There is a great place to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city and daily routine! We promise a unique experience of horror and despair… if you stay alive, of course. Survive the night in the house from your nightmares!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Gore 22.5%, Violent 20.6%, Anime 16.5%, Adventure 12.7%
- #29 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne
77% matchVery Positive86% of 878 reviews2021
Dev: Chime CorporationPub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Enjoy a new Re:ZERO storyline, fully supervised by the series author Tappei Nagatsuki! Featuring brand new characters designed by the original artist Shinichirou Otsuka as well as your favorites from the series!
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Anime 33.9%, Adventure 19.3%, Fantasy 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #30 Vision of Aurora Borealis
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 40 reviews2016
Dev: Purin Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A scenic visual novel about a young photographer who comes across a mysterious girl who changes his outlook on life and aspirations.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49%, Anime 26.3%, Adventure 24.7%
- #31 Campus Notes - forget me not.
78% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2016
Dev: 4th clusterPub: Dogenzaka Lab
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A novel game set in the University of Tsukuba. Play as Yuta Kiriha and join the group "Bertha's Knights" to solve a mysterious case of being forgotten every day.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.6%, Adventure 27.8%, Anime 27.6%
- #32 The Quintessential Quintuplets - Five Memories Spent With You
74% matchVery Positive97% of 355 reviews2024
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
I want to confess my feelings for you...
Why similar: Visual Novel 41%, Anime 30.3%, Adventure 26.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #33 XBlaze Code: Embryo
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 114 reviews2016
Dev: Arc System WorksPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Set 150 years before the events of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, XBlaze Code: Embryo is a visual novel that follows Touya Kagari, a high school student whose world is turned upside down when he is attacked by a seemingly otherworldly being and saved by a mysterious girl named Es.
Why similar: Anime 38.4%, Visual Novel 37.7%, Adventure 21.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #34 the 9th day:第九日
76% matchVery Positive92% of 317 reviews2017
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The story of The 9th Day, that started with the autumn fire incident, begins here…
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.8%, Anime 31.3%, Adventure 30%
- #35 Your Smile Beyond Twilight:黄昏下的月台上
75% matchVery Positive94% of 599 reviews2017
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A story about forced smiles, coming to terms with the past, and love—but most of all, redemption.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.1%, Anime 28.1%, Adventure 26.8%
- #36 Flamel's miracle(弗拉梅尔的奇迹)
76% matchMixed68% of 155 reviews2017
Dev: Weixi Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Assistant and I headed to a newly discovered Plane world for new resouces. Unfortunately, we ran into worm hole, due to which our spacecraft were forced to make emergency landing onto an unknown world. In order to fix the spacecraft, we started our adventure and got involved into various accidents and incidents, voluntarily or not...
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.2%, Adventure 33.4%, Anime 24.3%
- #37 Voices from the Sea
74% matchVery Positive93% of 1,262 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 413.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Follow the story of a young boy, Cantus as he meets Maris, the mysterious girl by the sea - an experience that will change his life forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.8%, Anime 36.2%, Adventure 11.1%, Fantasy 3.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #38 Pawn
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2016
Dev: ODBear Studios
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
A story rich visual novel where you must investigate a series of disappearances threatening the inhabitants of your hometown. Analyze crime scenes, interrogate suspects, witness the dreadful events unravel and face your past. Beware, innocence might be nothing but a mere illusion.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Violent 23.5%, Gore 17.9%, Anime 17.8%, Adventure 16.9%
- #39 The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,710 reviews2018
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
"A Requiem for Innocence" is a companion to the visual novel "The House in Fata Morgana." It tells the tale of a young man dragged down by his ambitions and a girl both worshiped as a saint and maligned as a witch. For them, there is no happily ever after.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Adventure 19.8%, Gore 18.5%, Violent 16.9%, Anime 11.7%
- #40 CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,696 reviews2022
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 52.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.4%, Gore 20.8%, Anime 19.3%, Adventure 10.5%, Violent 10.4%
- #41 Cho Dengeki Stryker All Ages Version
73% matchVery Positive95% of 133 reviews2014
Dev: OVERDRIVEPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A boy, helpless to protect that which he cherished... A girl, hopeless in the face of a promise unkept... A man, desperate to escape his finite destiny... A child, forgetting what must not be forgotten... OVERDRIVE presents a brand new super hero epic!
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.8%, Anime 31.3%, Adventure 19%
- #42 Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
73% matchVery Positive85% of 536 reviews2015
Dev: aiueoKompanyPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the quaint little aquarium, Manten Aquarium. Numerous urban legends have arisen from here. On the night of the full moon the waters turn to blood and man faced fish lurk within.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35%, Anime 22.3%, Gore 17.8%, Violent 15%, Adventure 8.8%
- #43 Re Angel
72% matchVery Positive99% of 141 reviews2018
Dev: Studio GU
Windows
Re Angel is a 2nd visual novel created by Studio GU, an indy game developer from Thailand.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.9%, Adventure 34.6%, Anime 22.5%
- #44 TrymenT ―献给渴望改变的你― AlphA篇
70% matchVery Positive90% of 682 reviews2020
Dev: TrymenTPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 86.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
《TrymenT—献给渴望改变的你—》是由2016年被誉为业界年度黑马,并荣获了萌系游戏大赏剧本金奖的作品《Re;LieF~致亲爱的你~》的原班人马所打造的共享世界观与游戏角色,并以群像剧视角重新演绎的全新作品。本作拥有令人一见倾心的顶级场景绘画,以及拥有余音绕梁般魔力的优秀配乐。
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.8%, Adventure 27.3%, Anime 25.9%
- #45 Say Goodbye
73% matchMixed52% of 229 reviews2017
Dev: morojenoe's empire
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This visual novel about an ordinary man with his typical problems. Suddenly, you got a report that your distant cousin died in a car crash. Fortunately, her daughter wasn't with her. You take the girl under your wing. But soon, something starts to go wrong...
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.2%, Violent 27.3%, Anime 16.6%, Adventure 14.8%
- #46 Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~
71% matchVery Positive87% of 687 reviews2017
Dev: lightPub: views Co., Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Night after night, the same dream of a guillotine. A headhunting serial killer. And the "knights" in black who follow soon after. Irrationality that defies the realm of common sense begins to assault and devour the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.4%, Anime 23.3%, Violent 17.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Gore 6.2%
- #47 クラブ・スーサイド
69% matchVery Positive97% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: MORPATHPub: Celtia
Windows · Mac
私は、自殺を考えている。クラブ・スーサイドへようこそ。自殺を考える少年達に寄り添う、奇妙な一週間。命を思考するノベルアドベンチャー。
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Adventure 21.2%, Anime 18.5%, Gore 14.4%, Violent 11.8%
- #48 The Voice from the Well: The Velessar Saga
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Knight of the Northern Cross
Windows
The Voice from the Well is a fantasy adventure visual novel with multiple endings. Stranded in a foreign world, Jay must fight to reclaim his stolen memories as mysterious forces conspire!
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Dark Fantasy 22.7%, Anime 17.8%, Fantasy 13.7%, Adventure 13.7%
- #49 XBlaze Lost: Memories
71% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Arc System WorksPub: Aksys Games
Windows
XBlaze Lost: Memories is a visual-novel game based in the BlazBlue universe and the sequel to XBlaze Code: Embryo!
Why similar: Anime 41.4%, Visual Novel 29%, Adventure 27%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #50 Frosty Kiss
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,556 reviews2016
Dev: 2Chance Projects
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 108.9 hrs≥1hr: 30%
It's been a year since Semyon returned from "Sovyonok" and met the girls from the camp in the real world. But it's New Year at hand! And it needs to be celebrated!
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.8%, Anime 36.7%, Adventure 12.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #51 十三月のふたり姫/The 13th month
70% matchMostly Negative33% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Kobayashimaru LLC
Windows
The famous fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty” is completely reimagined and redesigned as Visual Novel… With a demonic imagination and originality.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 36.3%, Visual Novel 27.3%, Adventure 20.5%, Anime 8.3%, Fantasy 4.7%
- #52 Drowning Song of the Stagnant Sea
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 空想の工房Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
A dark fairy tale set in the deep sea. The fated encounter between a sea monster and a human forever changes their lives in this visual novel. Contains platonic yuri.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 29.4%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Adventure 22.2%, Gore 9.9%, Violent 9.5%
- #53 Cirno's Perfect Summer Vacation
67% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2020
Dev: Chaos Cute Soft
Windows · Mac
When Cirno discovers a magical item in Gensokyo, her power grows as she freezes all the land! Not satisfied with just Gensokyo, she opens a portal to try and freeze New York in the summer! Join us for this free short visual novel Touhou adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 59.8%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Anime 18.5%
- #54 fault - milestone one
67% 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 47.3%, Anime 32.8%, Fantasy 10.9%, Adventure 6.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #55 トラウマーメイド
67% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: CHARONPub: PGN Games
Windows
ヤンデレホラーな恋愛アドベンチャーゲーム。人魚姫・お姫様・王子様の歪な三角関係を描く物語。狂気の物語を全キャラクターフルボイス・全編アニメーションでお届け。物語の主人公となり、魅力的なヒロインたちを攻略してください。
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Adventure 30.3%, Gore 15.8%, Violent 15.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #56 paravalence ~with my angel
65% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Effigy Softworks Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Get implicated in Saint Ambrose. A linear visual novel experience told in three parts: The shadow of my mother is my mother, too. My little cellmate casts a spell. The world is like a dancer: the ritual of everyday. We're all doing magic, of course.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Dark Fantasy 24.6%, Anime 18.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Gore 9%
- #57 Exogenesis ~Perils of Rebirth~
68% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: KwanPub: Sekai Project
Windows
After losing his sister to a violent death, former treasure hunter Yu Sayashi learns about a mysterious relic that may bring her back. However, this mythical "Ark" may be more terrifying than he could ever imagine. Innocent lives are at stake. How far will he go to save his sister?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Gore 19.8%, Violent 18.9%, Adventure 17.1%, Anime 9.3%
- #58 Trajectory of summer flower
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 336 reviews2017
Dev: SoraPrayer
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
"let's make a promise... When I grow up, I'll find you." By complete chance, these two childhood friends meet again after 10 years apart, but this time, will he be able to hold on to her? Or, will he lose here again forever? A love story about a summer trip in the countryside.
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.7%, Anime 27.8%, Adventure 23.5%
- #59 Echo Tokyo: An Intro
68% matchMixed62% of 164 reviews2016
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 20%
An Interactive graphic novel and a Kinetic Graphic novel to enjoy, Set within a cyber punk dystopian future. With full professional voice acting for every line and steam achievements.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Adventure 21.2%, Violent 19.8%, Gore 19%, Anime 13.4%
- #60 Millia -The ending-
67% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2016
Dev: Millia Soft
Windows
Millia -The ending- is a visual novel made by Millia Soft using Ren'py. The game was successfully funded on kickstarter.com in early 2015.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.5%, Anime 31.2%, Fantasy 13.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%