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In this otome-style visual novel, journey from the depths of the jungle to the royal halls of Castle Krondolee. Young Serafina must uncover the dark secrets of her past and choose whom to trust in this dramatic adventure of romance and intrigue.

Why similar: Otome 29.5% ★, Dating Sim 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Romance 8.8%

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 29.9% ★, Dating Sim 14%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%

Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

Why similar: Dating Sim 24.3%, Otome 24.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 16%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Romance 11.3%

Play as twins Hazel and Jace in this wholesome romcom visual novel. After a silly bet is made, the protagonists must find a boyfriend or girlfriend before their twin beats them to it!

Why similar: Otome 26.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 16%, Dating Sim 15.9%, Romance 13%, Visual Novel 12.7%

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 29.9% ★, Dating Sim 20.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Romance 5.4%

A mysterious program called “Cupid’s Chatroom” suddenly appears on your PC, transporting you into a private chatroom. You find yourself joined by five others, who have also been dragged into the server—and it turns out they’re your potential bachelors?!

Why similar: Otome 30.9% ★, Dating Sim 19.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Romance 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%

A Library that's falling apart, an Empire on the brink of war, and a dangerous magical mystery you've been tasked to solve.

Why similar: Otome 29% ★, Dating Sim 18.5%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 9.8%

Low Effort Romance is an otome visual novel about two tired adults who accidentally fall for each other between quarterly reports. Can you juggle deadlines, nosy coworkers, group projects, and a romance that keeps almost happening on company property?

Why similar: Otome 33.8% ★, Dating Sim 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Romance 9.5%, Choices Matter 6%

Upon finding a mysterious social media account, Alex sets out to find the origins of the photos and meets three urban explorers, each of them unearthing something new and unfamiliar in her heart.

Why similar: Otome 31.7% ★, Dating Sim 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Romance 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%

Spell Candle is your grief coping mechanism in a 2D romance visual novel. Take on the role of a foreign correspondent turned investigator of magical crimes to uncover the culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of a sleeping God.

Why similar: Otome 30% ★, Dating Sim 15.9%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, LGBTQ+ 7.9%

You are the magistrate, and Lucifer stands trial as the defendant. Judge the fallen angel in this dark romance visual novel. Decide whether he is worthy of salvation, or doomed to destruction.

Why similar: Romance 17.3%, Otome 17.2% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Dating Sim 13.4%

Yandere x yandere x yandere: one must go. Yandere x yandere, a vampire-themed Visual Novel.

Why similar: Otome 31% ★, Romance 14%, Dating Sim 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%

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: Otome 27.6% ★, Dating Sim 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Romance 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%

Your scholarship is in danger, your friends aren't human, and something ancient is awakening in the dreamlands. As reality itself becomes uncertain, questions of identity and transformation become matters of survival. Just another finals week at Miskatonic University.

Why similar: Otome 23.2% ★, Lovecraftian 14.4%, Dating Sim 13.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Romance 10.6%

What happens after Happily Ever After…?

Why similar: Otome 36.3% ★, Dating Sim 17.9%, Romance 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 4.2%

Join a cozy chat server created by Odi! Share stories, laugh, make friends... or fall in love? ♡

Why similar: Otome 29.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Dating Sim 13.8%, Romance 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%

Stellifier - an otome game inspired by older idols An idol drama game about an older group making a comeback from retirement, featuring a GxB/BxB/non-binary romance!

Why similar: Otome 32.8% ★, Dating Sim 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%

Escape and maintain your humanity in this Horror/Dark Fantasy visual novel/Otome game.

Why similar: Otome 29.2% ★, Lovecraftian 12.9%, Dating Sim 12.1%, Romance 10.9%, Visual Novel 10%

An immersive MMORPG-simulation chatroom based romance / otome visual novel. You are the leader of a raiding guild in the world's hottest MMORPG, Emberfate. Will you lead your guild to success in the newest raid — and perhaps find love along the way among your guildmates?

Why similar: Otome 33.1% ★, Dating Sim 16.5%, Visual Novel 11%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Romance 7.9%

An otome with strong, independent protagonist and hints of spicy scenes! The healer Thalia has developed magical powers and the gods of her world think she might be a new goddess they can marry. Poor Thalia just wants to do her work.

Why similar: Otome 36.9% ★, Dating Sim 17.3%, Romance 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 5.9%

You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?

Why similar: Otome 47.7% ★, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Romance 11.6%, Anime 4.1%

An otome game and romance visual novel. Step into the shoes of the necromancer, Raenelle. Meet a colorful cast of characters, fail to summon the spirits of the dead, unravel mysteries, and maybe — just maybe — fall in love.

Why similar: Otome 30.7% ★, Dating Sim 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Romance 8.9%

A psychological/drama/romance visual novel about a sweet marriage that slowly rots into a nightmare. Over the course of seven days, try to navigate a rocky relationship with your husband and unravel the mysteries surrounding this man... who might not be the man you married.

Why similar: Otome 31.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Lovecraftian 9.5%

Travel through alternate timelines, solve the mystery and find love in a cursed kingdom!

Why similar: Otome 25.6% ★, Dating Sim 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Romance 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.3%

Nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Otome 37.7% ★, Dating Sim 14%, Romance 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 4.8%

Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.

Why similar: Otome 28.1% ★, Dating Sim 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Romance 10.1%

A political intrigue visual novel with romanceable elements. Player decisions weigh heavy as consequences can easily lead to hurt and trouble.

Why similar: Otome 27.9% ★, Dating Sim 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Romance 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%

You were meant to exorcise the ghost, not flirt with him! Choose your soulmate from ghost enthusiasts – dead or alive – and unravel the conspiracy lurking beneath the haunting in this exorcist dating sim.

Why similar: Otome 26.7% ★, Dating Sim 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Romance 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%

Fling with a Tiefling is a short fantasy romance visual novel that follows you, an adventurer whose journey is about to come to an end. With tonight potentially being the last night with your treasured Tiefling companion Karrus, how will you spend it with him?

Why similar: Otome 30.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Romance 11.3%

Start your new life as a teacher! You worked hard to get here, but nothing prepared you for a lounge full of charming single teachers. Each has secrets, and your choices can change everything. Will you find love in this school romance?

Why similar: Otome 33.3% ★, Dating Sim 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 6.7%

Play as the dark elf Amber in this dating sim with optional crafting gameplay. 3 otome (Bernard, Daniel, Lair), 1 yuri (Ruby) and 2 poly (Lynn, Cosmina) romance routes.

Why similar: Otome 27.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Dating Sim 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Romance 9.9%

Aeterna: Rubra Plena is a visual novel otome game about happy romance, and dealing with depression, anxiety, and trauma. You play a beautiful young noblewoman dealing with her current and past experiences while finding love.

Why similar: Otome 31.2% ★, Dating Sim 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Romance 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%

A trilogy of dark, horror romance visual novels about a girl who tries to break up with her (obsessive) boyfriend who really doesn't want to break up. He's hiding secrets, but you've got a few of your own. Unravel your shared pasts and try to make it out of this relationship (alive).

Why similar: Otome 35.3% ★, Dating Sim 16.2%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Horror 6.2%

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 25.1% ★, Dating Sim 17.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 11.2%

A visual novel about a girl who wishes to escape her fate and those who follow closely behind her. Features both GxB and GxG routes.

Why similar: Otome 40.5% ★, Romance 14%, LGBTQ+ 9.9%, Dating Sim 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.3%

The Demon's Apple is a Dark Fantasy otome game with mature content. Pomme, a herbalist as to make an alliance with a bloodthirsty demon she saved to survive in a world hostile to both. Play as Pomme who has to learn to live under the same roof as the demon who wants her blood and more.

Why similar: Otome 41.8% ★, Dating Sim 15%, Romance 14.5%, Visual Novel 7.6%, Interactive Fiction 5%

Intrigue, betrayal, deaths! An Otome / BxB survival Raising Simulation in a high-fantasy royal court setting with RPG elements.

Why similar: Otome 33.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Romance 10.5%

A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

Why similar: Otome 19.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Dating Sim 17.4%, Romance 15.6%, Visual Novel 15%

The fairy tale is over. The Hero won. But the story is just beginning. Explore the web of intrigue in this mystery/fantasy romance visual novel featuring hundreds of animated illustrations.

Why similar: Otome 36.1% ★, Dating Sim 15.3%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 5.5%

A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!

Why similar: Otome 27.3% ★, Dating Sim 17.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 9.1%

This is the 18+ standalone spicy extra for Darling, Darling... Dead? Features a total of 5 scenes to read through: 2 for X, 2 for Levon, and 1 for the both of them.

Why similar: Otome 31.2% ★, Romance 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Dating Sim 11.6%

Discover secrets long forgotten, and nurture relationships waiting to bloom. In a game inspired by the lore of Dragon and Fae, make choices that can shape your story, relationships, and even personality. Will you be brave, kind, wise, charismatic? Only you know the answer to your fate.

Why similar: Otome 29.7% ★, Dating Sim 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Romance 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%

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 30.8% ★, Visual Novel 12.8%, Romance 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 8.9%, Dark Fantasy 7.7%

A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.

Why similar: Otome 24.7% ★, Dating Sim 20%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Romance 12%

A horror-romance visual novel where your choices affect everything — and everyone. Keep your stalker in check and stay ahead of a killer who’s getting closer. Manipulate, protect, or dispose of your friends. Who can you trust when obsession and death are always watching?

Why similar: Otome 34.4% ★, Dating Sim 14.4%, Romance 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%

Plastic Trick - an otome game inspired by mannequins An absurd, comedy game about plastic mannequins that have come to life and are fighting each other for your kiss, featuring a GxB/GxG romance!

Why similar: Otome 34.6% ★, Dating Sim 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Romance 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%

In Ashes is a medieval fantasy adventure where you must balance heroism and survival with rest, burn out, and trust. In this choice-driven visual novel, you must build a hero who can overcome the weight of their legacy. When faced with a choice, what kind of hero will you be?

Why similar: Otome 29.3% ★, Visual Novel 12.8%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Romance 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%

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 34.2% ★, Dating Sim 15%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Romance 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%

The full-voiced otome visual novel that adds colour to ordinary life.

Why similar: Otome 42% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Romance 14.7%, Dating Sim 12.6%, Anime 6.2%

When an alien boy named Enoch lands on your balcony one fateful Sunday evening, your life is changed forever. Can you keep your alien roommate a secret from the world?

Why similar: Otome 26.8% ★, Dating Sim 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Romance 9.6%

The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

Why similar: Otome 46.6% ★, Visual Novel 15.7%, Romance 15.2%, Dating Sim 8.9%, Anime 4.7%

The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.

Why similar: Otome 33.4% ★, Dating Sim 17.6%, Romance 13%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 6.1%

Think you can handle a little romance with creatures from Spanish folklore? ❤️‍🔥 Careful: your love life isn’t the only thing at stake at Mythic Love: Iberian Legends.

Why similar: Otome 29.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Romance 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%

Harlequinade is a horror otome romance visual novel about a never-ending carnival and a very death-prone college student. With the aid of 2 clowns, can you escape this timeloop?

Why similar: Otome 27.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Dating Sim 12%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%

Nameless ~The one thing you must recall~ is a visual novel game designed for female audiences. It was distributed by the publisher, Cheritz, in English, Korean, and Japanese on Nov. 11th, 2013 and now it is available on Steam.

Why similar: Otome 44.9% ★, Dating Sim 25.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Romance 11.1%, Anime 3.6%

After immediately being caught in your mission to kill a corrupted king, you must earn the trust of the king's court and spare yourself from execution. However, the longer you stay, the clearer it becomes there is something much darker is lurking in the castle - and latching onto your own mind.

Why similar: Romance 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Dating Sim 14.4%, Otome 13.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 9.7%

My Love for You is Evermore is an interactive office-romance visual novel. Customize your character, explore branching dialogue choices, and experience voice calls from your suitors as you pursue multiple endings in a star-studded love story.

Why similar: Otome 42.5% ★, Dating Sim 18.8%, Romance 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Anime 5%

Everyone's heard of Mothman– the moth creature that haunts the outskirts of Point Pleasant, West Virginia– but no one's heard of it like this! In some random idyllic Midwestern town, you meet Artemis (aka Mothman) at your favorite coffee shop and begin an agonizingly slow burn romance with them.

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.8%, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Otome 16.6% ★, Romance 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%

You are Avery Grey, the newest employee at a popular cat cafe called A Cat's Paw. The coffee's good and the staff is friendly (and kinda cute!) but mysterious. One day, you find a strange book in the basement, with letters you can't quite read...

Why similar: Otome 27.3% ★, Dating Sim 20.4%, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Romance 10%

After a classmate’s murder, you and five love interests must decide—will your final year of high school be a search for the truth or a story of love?

Why similar: Otome 22.9% ★, Dating Sim 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Romance 9.1%