
Be kind, rewind… and fall in love. Summer ’86 in a small U.S. town: save a cozy VHS shop from a corporate chain, choose your girl, and help a secret dropout shoot his first film. Six heroines, 14 endings, one last take.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Visual Novel, Dating Sim, Romance.

Be kind, rewind… and fall in love. Summer ’86 in a small U.S. town: save a cozy VHS shop from a corporate chain, choose your girl, and help a secret dropout shoot his first film. Six heroines, 14 endings, one last take.

Between the Lines
In this pre-smartphone-era text adventure, use that good ol’ T9 phone to text your way through the highs and lows of school days. Choose replies piece by piece to shape your own story. Friendships grow; feelings get complicated; secrets flicker. Every reply matters—it all happens Between the Lines.

Secret Some
"Secret Some" is an authentic game It is a 'Youth Love Comedy Story' that depicts the process of creating a story of four characters and two people. Starting with graduation, there's another story about dating a character You can feel the feeling of a growing connection.
In this pre-smartphone-era text adventure, use that good ol’ T9 phone to text your way through the highs and lows of school days. Choose replies piece by piece to shape your own story. Friendships grow; feelings get complicated; secrets flicker. Every reply matters—it all happens Between the Lines.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.3%, Text-Based 11.7%, Romance 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
"Secret Some" is an authentic game It is a 'Youth Love Comedy Story' that depicts the process of creating a story of four characters and two people. Starting with graduation, there's another story about dating a character You can feel the feeling of a growing connection.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Romance 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9%
――これは“魔法少女”のための物語だ。
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Adventure 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Romance 13%
A short talking sim with choices. Get to know Harper over a handful of voice-acted calls and text chats.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.6%, Romance 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.7%, Retro 12.5%, Dating Sim 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Romance 10.2%
Drinks with Abbey is a short, slice-of-life visual novel about a first date.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23%, Romance 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
A romantic comedy where you play as a “love advisor” at the counselling office Making Lovely for a group of quirky, romantically challenged heroines. You, The protagonist becomes a “temporary boyfriend”. As you comment on their every move, you help them discover their true charms.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Adventure 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Romance 10.6%
A New Kind of Romantic Adventure:Break the Flags! Akira Morisaki set up "flags" with girls for Valentine’s Day success. But receiving too many chocolates triggered a fatal surge of “love power”! Saved by the angel Chocoriel, he must relive February 14th and break the flags to escape his doomed fate.
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Adventure 12.4%, Romance 9.1%
Too much heavy love at all costs. Life with mental girls If you want to be loved to death by someone. Or if you want to experience this at least once, your wish will come true.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.2%, Romance 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 9.8%
It seems that nothing has changed in the quiet village of Vitalik's grandmother. It's time to have some fun and make new friends! But what if strange things await here at every step? Get ready to go on an adventure full of secrets and mysteries!
Why similar: 1980s 30%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Romance 16.1%, Adventure 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%
主人公の前に突然現れた人工生命「レプリス」の少女・レゥ。人と変わらない感情を持つ彼女と過ごす中で、「心とは何か」「人間とは何か」という問いに向き合っていくSF恋愛アドベンチャー
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Adventure 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
Chaotic Love and Sex is an 18+ romantic visual novel where your choices shape who you grow close to—and how your story ends. Flirt, explore, and make tough decisions as you uncover the hidden sides of Aiko, Amanda, and Hina in a story full of passion, drama, consequence, and sex.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.4%, Romance 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%
Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
You're a broke photographer living with two gorgeous, clashing roommates. When a 30-day eviction notice threatens to leave you all homeless, a haunted antique camera becomes your only ticket to survival. In this visual novel turn a desperate living situation into a lucrative romance!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Romance 15%, Adventure 7.9%
A love battle where the ideals of the protagonist & the heroines clash!
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.3%, Romance 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 10%
Lake Town — a tranquil resort where water and wind meet. You came for a writing assignment. You stayed for something else. Four women, each with her own story. A café, a church, an office, a lakeside path. Who you meet is up to you. Every choice leads to a different love — and a different ending.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.7%, Visual Novel 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Adventure 13.7%, Romance 11.8%
“A story about cat girls … with bite.” Nekos have evolved in the shadows of human society. Beautiful. Mysterious. Chaotic. And now, three of them live with you. Will you be able to get past the stigma and grow closer to them? OmOneko is a tale of cat and mouse... and rats.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.9%, Romance 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 8.7%
歌舞伎のホストとなり、メンヘラな姫たちのメンケアをしながらお金を貢がせてナンバーワンを目指すクズホスト恋愛ADV。
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Adventure 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Romance 10.3%
A story-driven visual novel set on a quiet coastal town, where fleeting connections, unspoken desires, and personal choices shape how every relationship unfolds.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Romance 10%
A heartwarming visual novel about a romance with a younger female colleague. Enjoy an authentic office love story between two working adults navigating their careers and their feelings for each other.
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.9%, Adventure 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Romance 17.1%, Text-Based 16.6%
An adult sci-fi visual novel with tactical match-3 battles. Build the K-92 Eos base, investigate the Joy narcotic, recruit dangerous women, and unlock their stories through interactive comics, squad progression, and animated NSFW scenes.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.7%, Visual Novel 20%, Romance 19.9%, Adventure 13.2%, Text-Based 7.6%
Enter a seductive visual novel where love meets temptation. Explore hotwife, cuckolding, corruption, NTS and optional NTR paths.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.3%, Romance 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
Cryspace is a fresh visual novel with a nostalgic flavor. Talk to your friends online, meet with them in-person, and allow your friend group to grow in numbers, or fall into despair through your own decision-making and discretion. Experience the first few dates with Sam for FREE.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Romance 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Retro 10.1%
University life is always interesting. It is full of romance, dreams and plans for the future. Derek Winters is a university student. Difficulties appeared on his way, having passed which he will be able to find harmony, love and everything he wants. His fate is in your hands. YOU can help him or...
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.3%, Romance 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Game of dating with a Bully girl
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.7%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Romance 16.2%, Text-Based 10.8%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%
The human-form face of an onigiri shop, Nekomata Okayu, invites you on a snowy adventure. > Explore the wonders of winter Aomori together as you seek inspiration for new flavors and experience a thrilling, tender love story. A soul-warming tale of travel where joy and smiles await at every turn.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.8%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Adventure 15.5%, Romance 12.3%, Text-Based 9.1%
Break the cycle and find new love, or embrace your handsome (but creepy) Yandere soulmate in this horror romance visual novel.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Romance 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 10.7%
I Wani Hug that Gator! Is a choice-driven narrative about teenagers struggling to find their way. Help Inco, loser highschooler extraordinaire, navigate his budding friendships (and romance!) while surviving being the only human in a dinosaur-filled school.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.5%, Romance 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Romance 11.6%, Text-Based 10.6%
One day during summer vacation, a joint school festival is announced. As part of the festival’s management committee, you’ll work with the tennis club to prepare festival events, strengthen your bonds, and lead your school to victory.
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.3%, Romance 19.1%, Adventure 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Text-Based 11.3%
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Why similar: 1980s 22.5%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Romance 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
Finding true love is hard enough when it’s in person! Build a relationship through the screen as a couple copes with lockdown life by staying connected online! Will their love be loud and clear, or will their signals fade away?
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.9%, Romance 15%, Text-Based 11%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
실존 코스튬 플레이어 5인이 직접 등장하는, 실사 비주얼 기반 연애 시뮬레이션. 옛날부터 알고 지내던 누나의 부탁으로 작은 메이드 카페 「코스텔라」의 임시 매니저가 된 당신. 라강, 아희, 보미, 아소, 린땅 — 다섯 명의 메이드와 함께하는 예상치 못한 일상 속에서, 다섯 가지 마음의 이야기가 시작됩니다.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Romance 19.9%, Dating Sim 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%
💖 Meet five stunning girls in this sexy visual novel prologue — from a rebellious punk vampire to a playful zombie and a sweet angel. Play through each girl’s two chapter, flirt, and unlock steamy 3D scenes.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
Enjoy your time in a hospital with a sexy doctor, nurse and an idol roommate! An adult visual novel adventure with multiple endings.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Romance 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
メモリーズオフシリーズ最新作のアフターストーリー 主人公「久寿米木一葵」と登場ヒロインたちの「その後」を楽しんでいただけます。 ビジュアルノベル形式のゲームスタイルで選択肢を選びながらストーリーが進行します。 それぞれの道を歩み始めたヒロインたち。 それぞれの未来を大切な「あなた」と一緒につかむため、 それぞれの想いが、今はじける……!
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
You want to spend some peaceful time together with your wife. However, at your destination awaits a brood of sexually starved men hungry for your wife's body. When this vacation is over, whose arms will she be in? Protect your wife from the beasts surrounding her in this NTR story adventure!
Why similar: Dating Sim 25%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Adventure 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 9.6%
Tayke Me With You is a visual novel about high school seniors and their struggles with each other and the world around them. You play as Gene, a sheltered, socially naive human from the city as he acclimates to living in a rural town filled with dinosaurs, finding friends (and love) along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
A quiet coastal architect’s routine changes when two beautiful new neighbors move in next door, lose their home in a fire, and begin rebuilding their lives with him in this steamy slice-of-life romance visual novel.
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.8%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Romance 18.8%, Adventure 13.4%, Text-Based 10.6%
"Where the heart is: season 2" is an adults-only visual novel and a direct continuation of the story from Season 1, focusing on a young male dealing with the aftermath of his father's death, the mysterious conditions of his inheritance and trying to juggle the many different women in his life.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.2%, Romance 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Adventure 10%
The player doesn't impersonate a simple man, but a powerful, rich and famous nobleman who seems to be able to obtain whatever he wishes for. But will this be enough this time?
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Romance 14%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Love for forbidden dreams, Forbidden Love is a visual novel about the love between a teacher and a student, in pursuit of a forbidden dream.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.6%, Romance 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%
This romantic visual novel has you joining a financially struggling all-girls' private school as one student's example case for gender integration. The two of you try to prove that going co-ed could save the school, while the story explores themes of traditions, change, family, and relationships.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.4%, Romance 17.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%
You meet with Yuika to talk about your relationship. Where is this conversation headed towards?
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.8%, Romance 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%
Heart Rates: Plus is a short college romance Adult Visual Novel with meaningful choices and a realistic-but-simple sex simulation.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.6%, Romance 17.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
“Sweet Starlight Sisters” is a character-raising romance adventure where you share a sweet life under one roof with the bunny-girl sisters Anya and Sanya. Train the duo with your own hands to become top performers, and—while occasionally fielding their heart-pounding advances—lead them to victory.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 10.9%
A tale of small miracles in a snow-covered town— Kanon, the very first game from visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring HD visuals and full voice support! (The protagonist is only voiced in certain scenes.)
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Romance 11.6%, Text-Based 10.8%
One summer day, just before the national junior tennis tournament, you and your friend board the same ship as players heading to a training camp. A sudden storm leaves you all stranded on a deserted island, where survival becomes unavoidable.
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.1%, Romance 22.5%, Adventure 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 11.2%
“That customer today might turn hot! Maybe you should trust your gut and try dating him!” Encouraged by your pet chinchilla, you start a trial relationship on a hunch! Will he actually turn hot… or not!? A romantic comedy Otome game. Fully voiced (except for the protagonist).
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 9.9%
An otome game with intricate dark fantasy/fairytales. Can you solve the mysteries and find love?
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Romance 9.6%
4명의 여성들과 즐겁게 학생 시절을 만끽하는 이야기
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.7%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Romance 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
A romance visual novel set in Hypatia, a café with just one week left before closing. Help four heroines save it as affection becomes tangled with jealousy, rivalry, and painful misunderstandings. Who will remain by your side on the final day?
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.2%, Romance 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Spend 100 days living with two “Egg Girls” in a gentle, bittersweet romance visual novel where four emotions—Affection, Empathy, Comfort, and Tension—gradually shape dialogue, distance, events, and endings.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.6%, Romance 14.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 10.9%
A Visual Novel and Dating Sim. Lead a chaotic development team through high-pressure deadlines and personal drama. Make choices to balance the demanding project, relationships, and ambitious goals, determining your team's ultimate success or failure.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Romance 17%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Text-Based 9.7%
Discover an ordinary boy's extraordinary fate as he encounters a magical body pillow, facing life-altering choices in this captivating visual novel. Engaging story, stunning visuals, meaningful choices, and immersive relationships await in 'Wish a Wish'.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.6%, Romance 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Text-Based 8.8%
Select Kiss +Plus is a lighthearted visual novel where you choose two people from a colorful cast of six and lock them inside “The Room You Can’t Leave Until You Kiss.”
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Adventure 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Retro 7.6%
In this city built upon the ideal coexistence of civilization and the environment, Tennouji Kotarou spends his days with his friends, Kanbe Kotori and Yoshino Haruhiko. In this peaceful city, a tumultuous event shakes the foundations of Kazamatsuri once a year.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Romance 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
A visual novel dating sim about the connections you make, the ones that surprise you, and how far you're willing to go to hold onto them. Swipe. Sync. See where it takes you.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.3%, Romance 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%