- #1 A Hint of Purple
97% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Empty Exhibit
Windows
A short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, a once-celebrated painter now paralyzed, as she struggles to accept her new reality and its effects on her relationship. Argue with your Prefrontal Cortex, insult an art critic, befriend the elderly.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Psychological 15%, Emotional 14.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Dark Humor 10.2%
- #2 Chuusotsu! 1st Graduation: Time After Time
96% matchVery Positive94% of 67 reviews2018
Dev: Studio BeastPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Chuusotsu! is a fun, colorful story of three girls brought by their individual circumstances to live under the same roof and being forced to tackle existential questions to win their place in society.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.1%, Emotional 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #3 Graveyard Girls
96% matchVery Positive98% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Emotional 17.1%, Psychological 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
- #4 A Work of Art
95% matchVery Positive95% of 346 reviews2024
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
A dark, witty, psychological thriller in the horror genre, A Work of Art presents a 1-2 hour story-driven experience with Visual Novel features and RPG elements. Follow a colorful cast of quirky characters through a twisted tale of beauty and darkness; All to the sound of a Dark Original soundtrack.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 31.7%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Emotional 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Dark Humor 9.9%
- #5 Room No. 9
94% matchVery Positive90% of 535 reviews2020
Dev: paradePub: MangaGamer
Windows
It's up to you to decide how far you're willing to go in order to survive in this psychological thriller visual novel about two best friends trapped in an experiment. Can these two men survive their choices between physical and psychological harm long enough to earn freedom?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological 14.8%, Emotional 10.6%, Sexual Content 9.9%
- #6 Actual Roommates!
94% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: HanakoX Games
Windows · Linux
An Adult Visual Novel about a young lesbian, her horny roommates and an overcomplicated corporate conspiracy.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Sexual Content 18.2%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Funny 5.9%
- #7 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,742 reviews2021
Dev: Dead Idle Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Psychological 23.2%, Emotional 22.1%, Dark 13.7%, Story Rich 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #8 GAG
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: Joshua Roland
Windows
An interactive psychological horror drama.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.5%, Surreal 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Psychological 9.6%
- #9 We Know the Devil
92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,155 reviews2016
Dev: Pillow Fight
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other--but one always gets left out.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.4%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Female Protagonist 15%, Psychological Horror 5.2%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #10 Amelie
91% matchVery Positive92% of 450 reviews2021
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A psychological mystery yuri visual novel about a girl named Amelie. Forbidden from leaving the house, Amelie awaits the arrival of her long time penpal, Sofia, to her dear friend Lilika’s dismay. What secrets will Sofia unravel that were best kept buried?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Psychological 21%, Visual Novel 15%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Dark 7.4%
- #11 Trapped with Jester
90% matchVery Positive94% of 1,515 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 37.4%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #12 MOOD
89% matchVery Positive86% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: MAT Affect
Windows
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Dark Humor 16.6%, Dark 13.4%, Female Protagonist 13%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #13 If Found...
89% matchVery Positive90% of 2,299 reviews2020
Dev: DREAMFEELPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Emotional 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Stylized 6.8%
- #14 The House in Fata Morgana
87% matchVery Positive95% of 6,235 reviews2016
Dev: NOVECTPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 6.5 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: LGBTQ+ 25.6%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Dark 11%, Story Rich 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #15 The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
88% matchVery Positive86% of 1,515 reviews2017
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.2%, Sexual Content 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11%, Story Rich 10.2%, LGBTQ+ 8.2%
- #16 Komorebi
86% matchVery Positive93% of 286 reviews2023
Dev: Klace
Windows
In a society plagued by visions of the future, a group of friends attempt to find their own way in a predestined life. This isn't easy, however, when they live under the Argus Corporation - a superpower dedicated to maintaining social order. A fully voice acted dystopic story/dating-sim. Play today!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.5%, LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Dark Humor 15%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #17 SHUT IN
86% matchVery Positive90% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: Cael O'SullivanPub: Hidden Track
Windows · Mac
SHUT IN is a dark comedy/psychological horror adventure game which explores depression and isolation by trapping you inside your own house. Explore a hostile home, solve puzzles, and withstand sarcasm from a rude and unreliable narrator. Idiot.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.7%, Emotional 14.9%, Psychological 13.6%, Surreal 12.6%, Dark Humor 10.9%
- #18 Everything Will Be Fine!
83% matchVery Positive85% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.8%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Psychological 17.3%, Dark 9.4%, Adventure 6.9%
- #19 Mediterranea Inferno
84% matchVery Positive83% of 545 reviews2023
Dev: EyeguysPub: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore the inner demons of three childhood friends on a summer retreat. Unearth secrets, fears and obsessions as you help them reconnect and rediscover themselves. A mature and treacherous visual novel from the creator of Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.5%, Surreal 23.5%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological 7.9%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #20 SoulSet
85% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2017
Dev: NoBreadStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 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 29.1%, Sexual Content 16.7%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 12.6%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #21 Ascension: Transition and Silver
84% matchVery Positive94% of 79 reviews2021
Dev: SulMatul
Windows · Linux
Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.2%, Emotional 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #22 My Head On Your Body
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Creepy Pop
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Psychological 24.1%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Emotional 18.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Dark 7.7%
- #23 Roomie Romance
82% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Will love blossom between you and your housemate, when you start a new job and have to live with her? The choices you make will determine the relationship you have in this love story between two women.
Why similar: Sexual Content 31.6%, LGBTQ+ 23%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #24 The Test: Reality Check
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Surreal 24.5%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Dark Humor 20.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Funny 9.5%
- #25 When The Night Comes
80% matchVery Positive93% of 329 reviews2021
Dev: Lunaris Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.3%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Dark Humor 19.9%, Story Rich 8.7%, Casual 1.2%
- #26 Demonheart: The Ice Demon
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Dialogue Heavy 22.9%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Dark 7.7%
- #27 Tails Noir Preludes
79% matchVery Positive92% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.9%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Emotional 15.7%, Surreal 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #28 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,109 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 29.2%, Psychological 19.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Dark 7%
- #29 No Longer Home
81% matchMixed63% of 432 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Emotional 14.8%, Surreal 13.8%, Visual Novel 10%
- #30 The Endless Empty
79% matchVery Positive96% of 305 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: Surreal 31.2%, LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Dark 8%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
- #31 Malcatras' Maiden
77% matchVery Positive95% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Nadia Nova
Windows · Mac · Linux
MALCATRAS' MAIDEN is a toxic yuri visual novel for adults about trauma, bonds, family, and sisterhood.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Sexual Content 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Dark 9.6%
- #32 outside the door
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 619 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 25.3%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Surreal 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #33 Welcome to Elk
78% matchVery Positive94% of 321 reviews2020
Dev: Triple ToppingPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
True stories told by real people. Welcome to Elk transforms the weird, wonderful, dark and desperate tales of the road less-traveled into an inventive, biographical adventure. This is an island like no other where drama, trauma, love and laughter hide around every corner.
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.4%, Surreal 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Stylized 11.4%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #34 A House Inside Me
75% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Ctrl HorrorPub: Skull Queens Games
Windows
A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.
Why similar: Psychological 21%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Surreal 19.9%, Emotional 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #35 Gender Dysphoria
77% matchVery Positive92% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: exodrifter
Windows · Linux
A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.6%, Emotional 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #36 Molytropia: Cloud in Shape of Hurt
75% matchVery Positive95% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: Alice Nowak
Windows · Mac · Linux
The first of seven chapters, which will tell an amazing story about the adventures of a girl and her friends. Colorful landscapes and warm sunny atmosphere. Also, they will find the real door! And take part in the contest! Can you imagine?
Why similar: Emotional 22.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Surreal 15.9%, Dark Humor 14.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #37 GESTALT: The Fifth Day
74% matchVery Positive94% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: KINJAKOPub: 072 Project
Windows
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.
Why similar: Surreal 22.8%, Dark Humor 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #38 A Living Room
74% matchVery Positive87% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Valtteri TavastPub: Instant Million
Windows
You are a man in a room. Something feels off. Or maybe it's on. A short existential comedy point-and-click non-adventure about the limitations and imitations of human existence – or, really, whatever you want it to be about.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.3%, Surreal 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Dark Humor 13.1%, Psychological 8.4%
- #39 Purgatory’s Flower
73% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows
Hand-drawn 2D point and click Horror x Dating sim Meet the 'Flowers' imprisoned in hell. They long for an escape to purgatory. Your job here is simple. Listen to their stories, and break out together. Easy, right? ...But, doesn't it seem strange? These people... seem to be out of their mind, a bit.
Why similar: Emotional 70.1%, Atmospheric 20%, Adventure 9.9%
- #40 A Chamber of Stars
72% matchVery Positive99% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows · Mac
The rise and fall of a rock n' roll star.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 29.3%, Surreal 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Emotional 13%, Stylized 6.7%
- #41 Mindlock - The Apartment
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 664 reviews2024
Dev: Roof Cut MediaPub: USM
Windows · Mac
Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Dark Humor 13.5%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological 10.1%
- #42 Purrgatory
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,957 reviews2021
Dev: Niv
Windows
A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.8%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Funny 10.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #43 The Mermaid of Zennor
73% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Emotional 17.4%, Psychological 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12%, Dark 9.6%
- #44 Angel Wings: Endless Night
72% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: RumR Design
Windows
Trapped in a haunted mansion with only your wits and an unlikely ally at your side, what will it take to survive this endless nightmare?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 45.6%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Female Protagonist 8%, Comedy 7.3%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #45 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
71% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Simon Herbig
Windows · Mac
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.2%, Psychological 23.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Emotional 15.4%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #46 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
71% matchVery Positive92% of 2,538 reviews2017
Dev: KeroQPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 173.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Psychological 18.2%, Sexual Content 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #47 Sisterly Lust
70% matchVery Positive91% of 910 reviews2020
Dev: Perverteer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
After the sudden death of your father you come back to your hometown and move to a new home to live with Liza, Bella, Rachel and Susan. Will you discover their personalities and secrets and maybe even develop romantic relationships with several of the girls?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Emotional 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Sexual Content 12.9%
- #48 Solstice
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 191 reviews2016
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.8%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Story Rich 11.4%, Dark 10.1%
- #49 Yuri Dating Agency
70% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.8%, Dark Humor 22.4%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
- #50 Little Misfortune
68% matchVery Positive92% of 13,710 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Story Rich 14.7%, Dark 10.1%
- #51 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,511 reviews2025
Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.7%, Surreal 28.1%, Dark 13.6%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #52 Lovely Lady RPG
66% matchVery Positive100% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: DAS POPPY UND MIA KUNSTKOLLEKTIV
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 37.8%, Visual Novel 29.3%, LGBTQ+ 26.8%, Story Rich 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #53 Until Oblivion
67% matchVery Positive98% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: ixavon
Windows
Until Oblivion is an atmospheric narrative game that follows 17 year old nobody Emma Wilson as she tries to rekindle a dying relationship in a dying world. Join her in an increasingly nightmarish Halloween party and find out if anything (or anyone) is worth anything at all.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Story Rich 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Stylized 11.1%
- #54 It gets so lonely here
66% matchVery Positive94% of 2,141 reviews2023
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.7%, Visual Novel 22%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Dark 9%
- #55 Magical Girl Witch Trials
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,109 reviews2025
Dev: AcaciaPub: Re,AER
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, LGBTQ+ 26.1%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Sexual Content 10.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #56 Dreambound
67% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Emotional 16.7%, Psychological 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Surreal 11.7%
- #57 Blood Lily Loop
68% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.9%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Dark Humor 16.9%, Female Protagonist 16%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #58 Dread Weight
67% matchVery Positive87% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: Deer Dream Studios
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 10%
- #59 The Space Between
69% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Christoph Frey
Windows
The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.
Why similar: Surreal 24.8%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Emotional 17.9%, Psychological 15.7%, Dark 10.5%
- #60 Demonheart: Hunters
69% matchVery Positive84% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you. Romance your companions in this RPG with an emphasis on conversation choices and character interactions.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.6%, Dialogue Heavy 25.8%, Dark Humor 16.4%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Story Rich 8.7%