- #1 Chronicles of Tal'Dun: The Remainder - Act 1
97% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Square Weasel Studio
Windows
A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.
Why similar: Otome 26.9% ★, Visual Novel 14.9%, Hand-drawn 14%, Text-Based 13.2%, Emotional 9.1%
- #2 Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder
96% matchVery Positive95% of 156 reviews2022
Dev: Square Weasel Studio
Windows · Linux
A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.
Why similar: Otome 22.1% ★, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Emotional 9.8%
- #3 Pyreside Waltz
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inkethic
Windows
A fantasy-romance visual novel featuring a not-quite-human cast, shown with animated sprites and painted backgrounds.
Why similar: Otome 26.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #4 Criminally Yours
95% matchVery Positive92% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Meant to Bee Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A superhero-themed yandere romance visual novel. He's your coworker, your crush, and the villain you need to stop? Make choices to be with your supervillian ex, or move on to a new hot superhero.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.4%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Romance 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 9.7%, Otome 9.3% ★
- #5 clear cherry ice.
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: blush.exe
Windows
Did I really save this pretty boy ten years ago...? A fresh summer youth BL visual novel about memory, promises, and mutual salvation. [clear cherry ice.] Get closer to Jiwon and Chaehyun, and see whether your bond becomes friendship—or something more.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Text-Based 15.7%, Romance 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%
- #6 Magical Warrior Diamond Heart
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dreamy Pyon
Windows · Mac · Linux
A magical girl romance visual novel! Play as Diamond Heart and lead a team of magical warriors. Will you defeat the Nightmares, make new friends, and find love along the way? Or will you meet a tragic end?
Why similar: Otome 28.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Romance 10.9%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #7 The Secret Fake Ring
93% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Ichibanboshi Inc.
Windows · Mac
You have lost your job and your home, and you are reunited with two childhood friends. Then, one of them suddenly proposes “marriage” in order to help you... A true love begins from a fake marriage!
Why similar: Otome 34% ★, Visual Novel 22.8%, Text-Based 21.9%, Romance 10.2%, Casual 9.4%
- #8 Love the Guard, Be the King - A Visual Novel
92% matchPositive100% of 33 reviews2026
Dev: Ligia Nunes
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Visual Novel game filled with romance, action, and intrigue. Create your Dragon Commander, befriend or romance the future King, and find the courage to save the Kingdom.
Why similar: Text-Based 22%, LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Romance 13.1%, Emotional 8.3%
- #9 Lady in Mystery
91% matchVery Positive94% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: nolsoft
Windows
Welcome to a small detective agency in old Seoul. Lady in Mystery is a Yuri mystery visual novel set in 18th-century Joseon. Choose one of four women to grow closest to Heesoo, the disguised detective. Your choices may lead to love, revenge, or darker paths than you imagined.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Romance 11.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
- #10 Lilacs in the Breeze
91% matchPositive88% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
A trans otome game about a woman beginning a new leaf—until her childhood friend shows up at her door.
Why similar: Otome 34.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Romance 12.3%, Casual 12%
- #11 Bloom
90% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: NightLightWrks
Windows · Linux
New responsibilities, budding romance! Astra Vale has been asked to take charge in making improvements to Café Bloom. Problem is, she can't quite decide who to ask for help. Her ice-cold coworker, the charming local artist, her best friend, or the mysterious new regular~
Why similar: Otome 31% ★, Visual Novel 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Text-Based 13.8%, Romance 11.5%
- #12 Glass Heart
89% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: Eternal Love Studios, LLC.
Windows
A 20% chance is all you have to survive the surgery. Will love give you the strength to continue this life or will you be singing with the angels? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Otome 33% ★, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Emotional 9.9%
- #13 Celestial Crowns
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Harlevin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take the throne and save your Kingdom by reviving ancient magic that's been lost to your family for generations.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Otome 17.5% ★, Romance 13.9%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
- #14 Dark Nights - Reflections
88% matchPositive98% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: Pinlin
Windows · Mac
Dark Nights - Reflections is a horror/romance visual novel featuring 2 new branching storylines.
Why similar: Otome 39.6% ★, Visual Novel 23.6%, Text-Based 21.7%, Romance 13.3%, Indie 1.1%
- #15 The Night That Reaches a God
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: DiveCat
Windows
In a forest bathed in moonlight, I encountered a mysterious god. Your choices will change how that night ends.
Why similar: Otome 28.8% ★, Visual Novel 15.1%, Emotional 12.2%, Romance 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #16 Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
87% matchVery Positive89% of 192 reviews2022
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Otome 17.7% ★, Visual Novel 15.9%, Hand-drawn 14%, Romance 11.3%
- #17 Circular-Proof
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WoofWoofStudioPub: Studio Klondike
Windows · Mac
High school senior Lu Zhiyao wakes up to April 11 again and again— but only his closest friend, Jiang Wanli, chooses to believe him. Their search for a way out draws them closer— until Lu finally discovers that he is part of the mystery he is trying to solve. The answer can only be written tomorrow.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.3%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Hand-drawn 19.3%, Emotional 12.7%, Casual 10.8%
- #18 Chronicles of Taldun: The Longing
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Square Weasel Studio
Windows
A kinetic novel about two magi learning how to live with the burden they each carry. Explore Taldun— a world of dark magick and primordial beings with unfathomable power. Follow a mysterious phenomenon as it turns the world upside down in a way not even magi would be prepared for.
Why similar: Otome 23.5% ★, Text-Based 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #19 Saccharine Echo
84% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: Neverliss
Windows
Saccharine Echo is a story that walks the line between psychological drama and dark paranormal romance. Your choices will shape the fate of a young woman haunted by an obsessive entity from another world.
Why similar: Otome 29% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 13.1%, Hand-drawn 11.2%
- #20 We should talk.
84% matchMixed56% of 171 reviews2020
Dev: Insatiable CyclePub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Emotional 13.5%, Romance 11.4%
- #21 Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man
82% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: VNDI
Windows · Linux
When your beloved wants to abandon his personality and become an absolutely ordinary person, what do you do? Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man is an young adult romantic story about transgender identity, exploration of masculinity, and mutual understanding.
Why similar: Otome 21.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Emotional 15%, Romance 9.3%
- #22 Paths Taken
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 114 reviews2019
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Become the noble of a country on the brink of war.
Why similar: Otome 26.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Casual 13.8%, Romance 10.7%
- #23 Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth
82% matchMixed53% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: EVERIUM
Windows · Mac
You've been invited to a Halloween party! Yay! Music! Food! Drinks! Vampires! Wait. VAMPIRES!? Velvet Bite: Softly, With Teeth is a Romantic Visual Novel featuring 6 romanceable vampires.
Why similar: Otome 30.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 9.2%, Casual 8.7%
- #24 うさぎとたまきはお休みちゅー!3
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 休憩屋
Windows
A novel game where a rabbit girl and various characters spend time together.
Why similar: Otome 25.3% ★, Visual Novel 21.4%, Text-Based 21.2%, Romance 12.4%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
- #25 私のリアルは充実しすぎている フルボイス版
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,499 reviews2022
Dev: TetraScopePub: HotchPotch K.K.
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
顔良し、頭良し、性格良し。 完全無欠のリア充女子が送るドタバタラブコメディ!(たぶん)
Why similar: Otome 37.5% ★, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Romance 11.6%, Emotional 6.9%
- #26 The Community Notes Are Wrong
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tenshi StudiosPub: Transparent Games
Windows
A bisexual singer goes viral after being caught kissing a man, shattering the image her fans built around her. Navigate fame, social media, biphobia, and messy romance in this otome/yuri visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 38.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Romance 9.6%, Visual Novel 7.9%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #27 Under Heaven Or Hell
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonlust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Under Heaven Or Hell is a Dark Romance Visual Novel where love, danger, and temptation intertwine. Step into Hell and navigate a world of deadly intrigues, alluring devils and a mysterious angel. Each decision carries weight, shaping your fate, desire and the hearts bound to it.
Why similar: Otome 28.9% ★, Visual Novel 16.6%, Emotional 12.4%, Text-Based 11.8%, Romance 11%
- #28 Blood Kiss
79% matchMixed59% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Storytaco
Windows
The job I barely managed to get is in a dungeon filled with vampires? What would you do, if you had to work together with dangerous and mysterious vampires who hate humans? Experience the secret romance in interactive otome game with these ikemen vampires, in Blood Kiss!
Why similar: Otome 25.5% ★, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Emotional 12.1%
- #29 Lost in Limbo
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ravenstar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face the nightmares of your childhood and unveil the truth behind your summoning to the realm of Limbo. Fight your way back home with the help of seven deities sworn to be your protectors. Will love be the key to your freedom, or the first chapter of your downfall?
Why similar: Otome 32.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 12.7%, Emotional 12.1%
- #30 Connected through fate
78% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Chokiko Keeki
Windows
Romatic and dramatic Otome Game
Why similar: Otome 30.2% ★, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 15.8%, Emotional 15.5%, Romance 7.6%
- #31 Hearts in Orbit: When Stars Align
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cinnabun Collective
Windows · Mac
Hearts in Orbit is a fantasy romance visual novel that follows two stars who fell in love and have reincarnated as humans. Will they remember their origins? Will they fall in love again? That's for you to decide.
Why similar: Otome 26.3% ★, Visual Novel 22.7%, Romance 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Casual 7.8%
- #32 OdiChat
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LEAP Game Studios
Windows
Join a cozy chat server created by Odi! Share stories, laugh, make friends... or fall in love? ♡
Why similar: Otome 29% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Romance 11%
- #33 A Studied Seduction
75% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A slowburn boys love / yaoi story between a retired teacher and his former pupil set in Scotland.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, LGBTQ+ 20.8%, Text-Based 18.2%, Casual 15.1%, Emotional 13.2%
- #34 Yuika My Bestie
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Emotional 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Text-Based 12.1%
- #35 summer haze/glory days
73% matchPositive95% of 41 reviews2026
Dev: Yam Harvest Games
Windows · Linux
Go on a cross-country tour with your band in pursuit of fame, success, and happiness in this drama visual novel set during the summer of 2007.
Why similar: Otome 20.3% ★, Visual Novel 17.5%, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Emotional 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
- #36 Empty Horizons
76% matchVery Positive85% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Following the sudden death of her father, Mireille Maiorano is sent to live with her uncle in France. Enter Lyon, a tactless, perverse Frenchman charged with escorting to Mireille to her new home. She hates him passionately, with everything she has... so why does he make her heart flutter?
Why similar: Otome 32.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.3%, Text-Based 11.7%, Emotional 10.8%, Romance 10%
- #37 Our Personal Space
75% matchPositive84% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Metasepia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel where your choices determine the future of your relationship and the success of your colony. Choose how to treat your husband and how to spend your free time in this frontier sci-fi story.
Why similar: Otome 22.1% ★, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Emotional 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%
- #38 狂愛イノセンス -The Broken Platonic-
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: 筍lavoratorePub: テラサレ (Terrace and Ray Ltd.)
Windows
One day in midsummer, Iona got visited by her little sisters. The reunion is not an emotional one: the eldest brother, Riku, has stabbed their father. As she confronts her sisters, she realise that they remind her of Riku. This time, let's start a moral love.
Why similar: Otome 24.4% ★, Text-Based 18%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Romance 13.3%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #39 I Want to Fly
74% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2020
Dev: RaharabinPub: Raharabin Games
Windows
This is the story of Evie Maine, a shy girl with a difficult past. Evie is just starting her first year of university away from home. At first she's worried about fitting in, but once she sees a glider flying high above, her priorities quickly change. My name is Evie, and I want to fly.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Text-Based 19%, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Casual 15.2%, Romance 11.6%
- #40 Lost Connections
73% matchVery Positive96% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: Amber Pearl
Windows
If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Emotional 17.9%, Text-Based 10%, Casual 9.3%
- #41 Cinderella Phenomenon: Evermore
73% matchVery Positive96% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: Dicesuki
Windows · Mac · Linux
What happens after Happily Ever After…?
Why similar: Otome 35.7% ★, Visual Novel 21.4%, Romance 15.7%, Text-Based 8.9%, Casual 6.4%
- #42 Quiet Classroom
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MothLight Games
Windows
Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Text-Based 16.6%, Emotional 14.1%, Romance 11.2%
- #43 Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds
72% matchVery Positive93% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Rascal Devworks
Windows
Embrace the monster within to free yourself from a curse in this dark fantasy visual novel, a standalone introduction to the characters and setting of Sigh of the Abyss.
Why similar: Otome 26.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Romance 10.1%
- #44 Him, the Smile & bloom
71% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: EDIA / TEAM Entertainment Inc. MintLip.Pub: PQube
Windows
Refreshingly adult Otome, centered around a local flower shop, it is a mature exploration of relationships, and the highs and lows romance. With twelve endings to enjoy, it is sure to make both your heart melt and your pulse race.
Why similar: Otome 34.5% ★, Text-Based 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Romance 14.5%, Casual 8%
- #45 On the Q.T.
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: dramatic create
Windows
Lu-ce., to which Ema belongs, is an eight-member idol unit that sells their well-rounded dance moves. Ema has now lost her goals and her motivation to perform in the entertainment industry, but her life changes drastically when she meets the popular idol group Un:Finish.
Why similar: Otome 39.7% ★, Text-Based 19%, Visual Novel 18%, Romance 15.2%, Casual 7.4%
- #46 The Heiress of Sorcery
71% matchVery Positive88% of 131 reviews2020
Dev: Salamandra88Pub: 7DOTS
Windows · Linux
The young healer girl is accused of witchcraft after a strange disease outbreak in the town. Can the girl prove her innocence and find a real source of the epidemic? And who is this mysterious sorcerer who appeared at the same time with the disease?
Why similar: Otome 31.6% ★, Visual Novel 19.3%, Casual 18.5%, Romance 12.3%, LGBTQ+ 8.3%
- #47 Three Days, No Words
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: TechStrike Game Studio
Windows · Linux
A short cozy visual novel about awkward conversations, cultural barriers, and the connections that can emerge when two people don't speak the same language.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Casual 17%, Emotional 15.1%, Romance 11.3%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #48 Dream & Sugar
70% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: CouchLion Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Dream & Sugar, a wholesome visual novel exploring relationships, love, and the transition to adulthood. Navigate relationships with unique dialogue and branching endings in this cozy LGBTQ+ friendly otome game!
Why similar: Otome 24.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 11%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #49 Twofold
70% matchVery Positive97% of 118 reviews2023
Dev: Salty Salty StudiosPub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a bid to avoid failing out of college, Olive Penn inadvertently finds themselves caught in the middle of a feud between two campus club leaders whose rivalry seemingly threatens to tear their friendship apart.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 14.7%, Emotional 13.7%, Hand-drawn 11.5%
- #50 Sophistry - Love & Despair
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: 2 Cubs Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to fulfil Cherryl's dream before this one turns into a nightmare? All the choices you make will matter and carry over across the various episodes.
Why similar: Otome 24.1% ★, Visual Novel 17%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Romance 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
- #51 Tri City Monsters
68% matchVery Positive96% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Otome 22.1% ★, Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%
- #52 Taleweavers Alliance Anthology
68% match4 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Taleweavers AlliancePub: Taleweavers Alliance Grassroots Collective
Windows
A linear visual novel featuring five different Ontario (Canada) youths' stories. Each story has a different art style and subject matter, and we worked closely with the storytellers to ensure their voices come through authentically. Indigenous & LGBTQ2S+ are major themes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.4%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Hand-drawn 18.6%, Casual 15.2%, Emotional 10.8%
- #53 Object of Love
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Man-Eater Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Object of Love" is a slice-of-life BL visual novel about the mysterious charm of faceless characters known as object-heads.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Casual 14.8%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Emotional 11.2%
- #54 Degraman: Act II. Victor
68% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: NamNorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
An otome visual novel with the main character trapped in a new, cruel reality. A lot of choices, unpredictably and cruelly affecting the outcome.
Why similar: Otome 25.3% ★, Text-Based 14.5%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Emotional 10.8%
- #55 Breathless Winds - LGBT Visual Novel
67% matchPositive98% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: ForeverFuture Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
After recovering from a painful incident, a closeted trans woman finds herself split between four possible paths - returning to sailing, becoming a healer, helping the resident witch, or joining a prince on a mysterious quest. A fantasy romance visual novel about love and self-discovery.
Why similar: Otome 22% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Text-Based 12%
- #56 FFS, Another Northern Duke?!
67% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Chthonic Chrome Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
There's only one goal here: survive. Seduce the Duke?! Expelled from the modern world into a novel, you occupy the body of a minor villainess, on her way to marry the beastly Duke of the North. (Why does that sound familiar...) A Fantasy + Romance + Slice-of-Life Otome Visual Novel.
Why similar: Otome 42% ★, Visual Novel 16.8%, Text-Based 15%, Romance 14.9%, Casual 7%
- #57 Drops of Death
66% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: Otome 24.7% ★, Visual Novel 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Romance 11.2%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #58 Mahou Shoujo Y
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hrybochky studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
This visual novel combines two popular genres: mahou shoujo and yuri. Help the girls fight evil and develop their relationships. It’s up to you to decide how this story ends.
Why similar: Otome 22.3% ★, Visual Novel 21.1%, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Romance 14.4%, Text-Based 13.9%
- #59 A Foretold Affair
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 40 reviews2017
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As a future seer, you know exactly who you're going to spend the rest of your life with. Unfortunately, it seems convincing them on that matter might not be so simple. Come to enjoy the journey in this amusing, exciting, and touching Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Otome 21.1% ★, Romance 15.8%, Casual 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%
- #60 Money for Girls: Amortized
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 982 reviews2026
Dev: PorpentinePub: INNOCENT Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A girl detective faces her darkest mystery yet, in this horror-romance visual novel with stickers, fashion, and bad ends.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Romance 13%, Text-Based 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.7%