- #1 Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,047 reviews2021
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 17.5 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 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dating Sim 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11%
Why You'll Like It: Its Chinese-inspired period setting, ominous folklore, branching plot, and dark character-focused visual-novel storytelling make it an especially close tonal match.
- #2 The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf -A Tale of Cutthroat Lovers-
96% matchVery Positive85% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: CLOCKUPPub: Shiravune
Windows
In this twisted love story of a visual novel by CLOCKUP, an insomniac must decide whether to protect his position as a yakuza bigwig’s pet killer or the mysterious woman who can put him to sleep.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Romance 14%, Dark 12.9%, Anime 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This dark, romantic visual novel similarly centers on dangerous relationships, morally compromised characters, and a harsh world that puts its protagonists under pressure.
- #3 Sultan's Game
96% matchVery Positive94% of 35,266 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 27.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Emotional 16%, Story Rich 15.8%, RPG 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal historical-fantasy tale of survival and impossible decisions, with a similarly oppressive atmosphere and willingness to make every choice feel costly.
- #4 Raging Loop
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,351 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 24.2 hrsMean: 60.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Anime 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Like The Hungry Lamb, it uses a remote, hostile setting and repeated life-or-death dilemmas to build suspense around a cast hiding terrible secrets.
- #5 The House in Fata Morgana
94% matchVery Positive95% of 6,743 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 27.9 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 24.6%, Romance 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Dark 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This acclaimed gothic visual novel delivers devastating tragedy, layered historical settings, and morally complex characters whose suffering slowly reveals a larger truth.
- #6 The Shell Part I: Inferno
94% matchVery Positive90% of 1,505 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 116.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Romance 14%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Dark 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: Its grim period atmosphere, psychological darkness, violent mystery, and slow-burn visual-novel investigation suit players who enjoyed Hungry Lamb's unsettling edge.
- #7 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
93% matchVery Positive88% of 13,129 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Visual Novel 29.6%, Story Rich 15.9%, RPG 9.8%, Medieval 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its choice-driven narrative follows a protagonist through a cruel quasi-historical society where class, violence, faith, and family obligations produce lasting consequences.
- #8 The Song of Saya
92% matchVery Positive89% of 10,280 reviews2019
Dev: NitroplusPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 64.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Bear witness to a love that will change the world, in this classic horror romance visual novel from acclaimed writer Urobuchi Gen.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.7%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Romance 10.8%, Dark 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This short but intensely disturbing visual novel turns an unlikely bond into a tragic descent, making it a strong match for fans of taboo themes and emotional darkness.
- #9 Detention
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,832 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Dark 21.2%, Story Rich 18.9%, Adventure 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Set during Taiwan's White Terror, this narrative horror game combines historical trauma, oppressive authority, folklore, and deeply personal tragedy.
- #10 Nightshade/百花百狼
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 805 reviews2017
Dev: Red EntertainmentPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A romance visual novel game made in collaboration with D3P and Red Entertainment.Character design and illustrations are by the popular illustrator Teita. The romance revolves around Ninjas who have lived through the Sengoku Period. This game has published in 2016 as PS Vita in Japan.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.8%, Dating Sim 20.9%, Romance 17%, Anime 10.6%, Story Rich 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This historical ninja visual novel offers branching romance and betrayal amid political violence, with a heroine forced to navigate loyalty, danger, and loss.
- #11 The Crimson Flower that Divides: Lunar Coupling
90% matchVery Positive82% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: dramatic create
Windows
On a continent where the number of women has drastically decreased due to an incurable disease known as "The Rot." The heroine, Naala was welcomed into the royal family and began to feel at ease in her life as Auri's bride. However, ...
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.1%, Romance 40.7%, Adventure 9.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark historical-fantasy otome story about captivity, plague, power struggles, and romance, with routes that emphasize danger and emotional intensity.
- #12 The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
89% matchVery Positive87% of 299 reviews2021
Dev: Trinitite Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.7%, Anime 16%, Mystery 14.9%, Story Rich 14.6%, Dark 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its dense mystery plotting and route-based structure reward players who enjoy carefully uncovering hidden motives, secrets, and alternate outcomes.
- #13 Cooking Companions
88% matchVery Positive94% of 1,212 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
Why similar: Cooking 21.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Anime 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It twists cooking and companionship into a deceptively cute but increasingly horrific visual-novel survival story with multiple routes and endings.
- #14 The Letter
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SHepic Studios
Windows
The Letter is a narrative-driven psychological adventure set in a forgotten town. Explore abandoned streets, follow scattered notes and hidden messages, and uncover fragments of a story inspired by real events as you piece together a mystery buried in the past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.6%, Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Casual 6.6%, Emotional 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This branching horror visual novel builds its drama around a cursed location, multiple perspectives, and decisions that can dramatically alter who survives.
- #15 Shanghai Summer
86% matchVery Positive90% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Word Game 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dating Sim 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its story-rich visual-novel format, multiple endings, and personal drama provide a lighter but still relationship-driven alternative.
- #16 MAMIYA
86% matchVery Positive90% of 534 reviews2021
Dev: Kenkou LandPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Story Rich 10.6%, Anime 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This emotionally punishing visual novel explores trauma, alienation, and destructive relationships through several interconnected perspectives.
- #17 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
87% matchVery Positive91% of 616 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.6%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, Anime 14%, Story Rich 10.9%, Mystery 8%
Why You'll Like It: A tense survival visual novel with an unusual choice system, morally difficult rescues, and a gradually unspooling conspiracy.
- #18 CHAOS;CHILD
85% matchVery Positive93% of 4,142 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.9%, Anime 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Mystery 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its dark psychological mystery, unreliable protagonist, gruesome incidents, and multiple endings make it a strong option for readers wanting a more modern but equally unsettling story.
- #19 The Chrono Jotter
84% matchVery Positive94% of 2,280 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Word Game 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Story Rich 8.7%, Mystery 7%
Why You'll Like It: Its bittersweet Chinese visual-novel storytelling, supernatural mystery, and emotionally charged relationship routes make it a good fit for story-first players.
- #20 Midnight Ramen
83% matchVery Positive96% of 411 reviews2024
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice. You interact with your customers, listen to their troubles, and help them out whenever you can. But as the bowls of ramen are cooked and served, troubles are beginning to brew in your own life as well...
Why similar: Cooking 36.1%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Story Rich 8.4%, Emotional 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This character-focused visual novel shares the seed game's food-centered framing and emotional conversations, though with a gentler and more contemporary mood.
- #21 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,471 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Dating Sim 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Romance 12%
Why You'll Like It: A dark interactive-fiction experience built around an uneasy bond, unreliable narration, repeated choices, and radically different endings.
- #22 OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,481 reviews2021
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Echo of Starsong is a visual novel style adventure game. Eda, a girl who can hear mysterious sound waves known as starsong, crosses paths with a young man in search of their source. Together, they venture out to the heart of space to unravel an ancient myth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Anime 13.5%, Emotional 12.6%, Story Rich 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Although science-fiction, its melancholy journey, sparse companionship, cultural atmosphere, and tragic story of sacrifice echo Hungry Lamb's emotional core.
- #23 Roadwarden
81% matchVery Positive94% of 5,205 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, RPG 15.1%, Multiple Endings 14%, Story Rich 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: This text-heavy dark-fantasy journey emphasizes travel through a dangerous land, meeting vulnerable people, and making practical choices with moral weight.
- #24 The Rainy Port Keelung 雨港基隆
84% matchVery Positive86% of 426 reviews2015
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 35.6 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 65.1%, Anime 22.9%, Adventure 12%
Why You'll Like It: This Taiwanese mystery visual novel uses a localized East Asian setting, supernatural unease, and branching investigations to create a moody historical-adjacent drama.
- #25 Scarlet Hollow
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,335 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Dating Sim 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its exceptionally reactive choice-based storytelling, ominous rural setting, and relationship-driven horror make each playthrough feel personal and consequential.
- #26 Pentiment
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,846 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Historical 34.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Story Rich 10.1%, Medieval 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its meticulously realized historical setting and compassionate investigation of faith, class, violence, and community make it ideal for players who value grounded period storytelling.
- #27 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
78% matchVery Positive95% of 537 reviews2026
Dev: 符离游戏（FuliGames）
Windows
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women. You will travel to the Land of Women, meet the mysterious young lady Jian Ling, and gradually uncover the bloody and dark secrets behind this realm. Death, resistance, or degeneration? Everything depends on your choices.
Why similar: Word Game 18.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Historical 7.3%
- #28 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,334 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Dark 22.7%, Emotional 12.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Story Rich 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This folk-horror adventure combines rural historical atmosphere, superstition, grief, and an increasingly disturbing mystery.
- #29 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
77% matchVery Positive93% of 22,293 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.7 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: Visual Novel 27.3%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Anime 9%
- #30 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
78% matchMixed59% of 9,444 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Historical 16.5%, Word Game 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #31 Aliya: Timelink
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,693 reviews2024
Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
Why similar: Word Game 25.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, RPG 6.2%
- #32 428: Shibuya Scramble
79% matchVery Positive95% of 3,991 reviews2018
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.
Why similar: Visual Novel 61.9%, Mystery 15.8%, Story Rich 14.7%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its many interlocking routes and perspective shifts make it an excellent choice for readers who want a tightly constructed, consequence-heavy urban thriller.
- #33 Sweet Home
75% matchVery Positive95% of 10,768 reviews2025
Dev: 开心茶房Pub: Tailtone Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Sweet Home is a visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Parted friendships, ambiguous romances, tangled relationships, and flawed families... Are these just the pangs of adolescence—or something heavier? Step into the shoes of Zhao Ying, shape her choices, and uncover every possible path.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Word Game 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Dating Sim 15%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #34 Vampires' Melody
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,731 reviews2020
Dev: AsicxArt
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
3 centuries have passed after sleeping for one night!? On a rainy night filled with thunderstorms, a young chef Raylan encountered a mysterious girl who resembled Sleeping Beauty in a huge tree hole, but everything suddenly went black before he could find out what happened...
Why similar: Word Game 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #35 Ignited in Cavern
76% matchVery Positive93% of 1,399 reviews2024
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team Uranian
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
In the waning years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, a rumor circulates about a stone statue that bestows blessings in the mortal realm. Lured by the rumor, Anu and Chu Qingqing, a Xianbei General and her Han captive, are led to Dunhuang to face their fates.
Why similar: Historical 24.8%, Word Game 22.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #36 Vampires' Melody 2
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,030 reviews2023
Dev: AsicxArt
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Emerald seas! Blue skies! Sandy beaches! An island adventure in the ocean sounds like a trip to paradise. However, the place is a nightmare with no one to provide any blood for Raylan to feed on after he turned into a vampire by accident, especially since he has another hungry vampire at his side.
Why similar: Word Game 21.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #37 DEAD LAMB WALKING
74% matchVery Positive96% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Cute 8%
- #38 我的美味丈夫 My Tasty Husband
73% matchVery Positive80% of 453 reviews2026
Dev: 劳斯麦斯Rolls-MicePub: Tailtone Games
Windows · Mac
Murders quietly upend May's life. A strange husband, a reckless courier, a dutiful officer—reality and hallucination blur together. In this narrative adventure of food, intimacy, and death, make choices as May and reach her ending. If she can still tell what she's eaten from what she's loved...
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Dating Sim 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Mystery 7.5%
- #39 Forsaker:DingDing&Blade
74% matchVery Positive80% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: 圣剑提灯制作组 [BladeLanternStudios]Pub: Infini Fun
Windows · Mac
A visual novel/roguelike hybrid where a simple mission spirals into a cannibalistic odyssey. You'll struggle as a fragile human, blood-soaked knight, or flesh-devouring Forsaker. Devour or be devoured—yet your fate dangles by unseen strings. Choose: cling to this broken world... or forsake it.
Why similar: Historical 23.6%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Anime 9.6%, Medieval 8.9%
- #40 Road to Empress I
72% matchVery Positive87% of 13,409 reviews2025
Dev: New One Studio
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Historical 21%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Dating Sim 11.8%
- #41 PatriotMemoirs
73% matchNo user reviews83% of 603 reviews2026
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Shangchuan, 1939, Japanese-occupied. By day a bowing traitor, by night a ghost, in Demon's Lair, No. 86. All wear masks: pretend, kill, survive. When sacrificing a friend is the only way, when betrayed, when only isolated cities remain - fight to the end, live a coward, or take an unimagined path?
Why similar: Historical 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dating Sim 11%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #42 Tiny Shadows Interwoven Hearts
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 3,786 reviews2025
Dev: 土豆花制作组
Windows · Linux
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: Dating Sim 18.2%, Word Game 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, RPG 6.4%
- #43 月华辉映之刻
72% matchVery Positive89% of 4,747 reviews2025
Dev: 侠客狗工作室
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
——这是由阴阳两面的夹缝中，诞生的深刻羁绊。世人只言开封繁华，歌舞升平，却难以看到那，被隐藏起来的黑暗背面。粉饰的美好，残酷的真相。生者的思念，亡者的祝福。所以，你要止步当前，还是深究一切？
Why similar: Word Game 17.5%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #44 缚戎人：唐建中十三年
73% matchVery Positive85% of 60 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: Historical 20.7%, Word Game 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Dating Sim 12.6%
- #45 The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth
70% matchVery Positive90% of 3,014 reviews2026
Dev: 玛奇阿朵互娱科技Pub: 凤麟工作室
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Dating Sim 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Romance 12.8%
- #46 Insects Awaken
71% matchVery Positive89% of 472 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Historical 22.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Word Game 9.5%
- #47 灾厄黑龙与谎言公主
70% matchVery Positive90% of 3,812 reviews2025
Dev: 莓夜工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
这是身为人类的公主，教会了强大而冷漠的黑龙，何为「爱」的故事。玩家将扮演故事中的女主角——一名人类国度的公主，与一头黑龙建立羁绊，融化与温暖它的心灵，为自身谋得生存希望。令人啼笑皆非的生活开始啦！
Why similar: Word Game 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Romance 9.9%
- #48 Lost:Antinomy
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,077 reviews2024
Dev: IMaiIna
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
With just a swipe to the left or right, you can make all kinds of decisions. So, please embark on your own unique adventure tale through the continent of Astra!
Why similar: Word Game 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Dating Sim 18.3%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Anime 7.9%
- #49 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
70% matchVery Positive91% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Dating Sim 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Romance 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #50 Under the River
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 576 reviews2026
Dev: 夜火游戏（Night Fire Game）
Windows
Under the River: The Borrowed Skin-She saved you—but turned you into a monster. You live on, wearing her skin as your body rots. To survive, you must devour her. One begs you to eat her. One begs you to stay human. What will you choose?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Word Game 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Multiple Endings 8%, RPG 7.8%
- #51 The Crimson Maid
69% matchVery Positive88% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: GrimTalinPub: Wales Interactive
Windows
A marriage between first person exploration and visual novel, blessed with a sprinkle of puzzle gameplay. Immerse yourself in a period drama that intertwines romance with murder mystery, as a young cleric who must resist or give in to the charms of a strikingly beautiful maid.
Why similar: Romance 20.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Mystery 11.5%
- #52 The seven days i spent with you
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,247 reviews2026
Dev: RErevue_studioPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Dating Sim 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Anime 8.8%
- #53 Uberich: Advent Sinners
69% matchVery Positive83% 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 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Romance 7.2%
- #54 LoveChoice
69% matchVery Positive92% of 36,699 reviews2021
Dev: Akaba Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Romance 17.7%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #55 暴杀残雨之夜
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 925 reviews2026
Dev: 茶斩刀制作组Pub: 无
Windows · Mac
On a rainy night, it's all up to you whether to show love or be cruel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Dating Sim 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Romance 8.8%
- #56 Memory Girl +
67% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Multiple Endings 13%, Romance 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #57 The Heroes Around Me
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 770 reviews2024
Dev: OKJOY
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Emotional 11.4%, RPG 7.1%
- #58 目盲/Blind
68% matchVery Positive85% of 911 reviews2022
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
「Sometimes what the eye can't tell, the heart can.」 《Blind》 is a light fantasy game for girls set in a modern city. After a childhood accident that left me with a strange face blindness, I was introduced to a profession called "watchman" and since then, the world has taken on a whole new dimension.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Dating Sim 16.4%, Word Game 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #59 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,036 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 9.1%, Casual 7.4%
- #60 THE VIG
64% matchVery Positive90% of 588 reviews2026
Dev: 亦盈文化
Windows
You'll be "Xie En", infiltrating the traitor's money empire. This urban hunt is a revenge saga where wit is your spear. Return as "Wu Wei," using rules as your shield in a world of grey. Will you choose love or vengeance? This lethal game of cash, betrayal and redemption awaits your move.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 29.6%, RPG 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Adventure 8.1%
