- #1 Juniper's Knot
97% matchVery Positive96% of 316 reviews2017
Dev: Dischan Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Juniper's Knot is a short (~30 mins) kinetic novel about the meeting of a demon and a boy. A kinetic novel is a game that uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.9%, Anime 25.4%, Casual 10.7%, Indie 8.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free, and atmospheric visual novel that perfectly mirrors the fantasy-tinged, character-driven nature of the seed game.
- #2 Sepia Tears
96% matchVery Positive88% of 991 reviews2016
Dev: Scarlet String Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 32%
A visual novel about a memory that a boy named Mark tries very hard to forget, and a girl named Myra who unearths it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.1%, Anime 32.4%, Cute 7.7%, Supernatural 6.5%, Comedy 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: This emotional visual novel focuses on memory and connection, providing a similarly reflective experience.
- #3 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,225 reviews2015
Dev: stage-nanaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".
Why similar: Visual Novel 61.6%, Anime 32.8%, Indie 2.2%, Story Rich 1.3%, Casual 1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, short, and deeply moving kinetic novel that is essential for fans of emotional storytelling.
- #4 Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,175 reviews2016
Dev: Modern Visual Arts Laboratory
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 38.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
If there was a robot that could laugh, cry and smile. ...Does it have a soul?
Why similar: Visual Novel 54.4%, Anime 34.5%, Cute 4.4%, Story Rich 2%, Casual 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: This touching, short visual novel explores themes of connection and humanity through a poignant narrative similar to the seed game.
- #5 A YEAR OF SPRINGS
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 925 reviews2021
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.7%, Anime 22.2%, Cute 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 5.6%, Casual 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful collection of short, slice-of-life visual novels that capture the same gentle and intimate atmosphere.
- #6 Resonance of the Ocean
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,165 reviews2022
Dev: Image Labo
Windows · Mac
Pick up what the waves wash ashore to make instruments. Use those instruments to answer the echoes heard from beyond the ocean.
Why similar: Anime 28.9%, Cute 20.2%, Casual 14.1%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 7%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, atmospheric puzzle game that captures the same serene, sea-side feeling as the seed game.
- #7 She is Mermaid
93% matchVery Positive83% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: COSEN
Windows
Tired of your normal city life? Maybe it's instinct, maybe it's science, but nature is calling Hiroto back to his rural hometown! Little does he know that his childhood friend has somehow gotten herself turned into a... mermaid!?
Why similar: Visual Novel 66.4%, Indie 18.3%, Adventure 15.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title directly shares the sea-themed setting and fantasy elements while maintaining a short, narrative-focused structure.
- #8 Without Within
91% matchVery Positive88% of 2,027 reviews2015
Dev: InvertMouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 19%
The (mis)adventures of Vinty, a nobody who thinks she's somebody!
Why similar: Anime 46.1%, Visual Novel 45.7%, Cute 3.6%, Indie 2.7%, Story Rich 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free visual novel that shares the accessible and intimate storytelling style of the seed game.
- #9 Everlasting Summer
89% matchVery Positive95% of 77,204 reviews2014
Dev: Soviet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.2%, Anime 33.9%, Story Rich 3%, Adventure 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic free-to-play visual novel that offers a deep, character-driven story with a strong sense of atmosphere.
- #10 An Octave Higher
91% matchVery Positive83% of 298 reviews2015
Dev: KidalangPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Fall into the magically complicated world of Overture as the three main characters embark on an adventure that will shake their lives and the world around them. Will they fan the flames of the growing revolution, or will they be the key to extinguishing it?
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.5%, Anime 27.3%, Adventure 5.7%, Indie 4.5%, Cute 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed visual novel that balances world-building with personal character development.
- #11 Fox Hime Zero
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,917 reviews2018
Dev: AsicxArtPub: SakuraGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Yan, a student of natural history, encounters a cute and mysterious girl with fox ears while conducting routine scientific research at a remote observation cabin. This might be a "blessing" for the intrepid in the golden age of geographical discovery...
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.7%, Anime 36.5%, Cute 5.8%, Casual 2.8%, Indie 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cute and short visual novel that provides a lighthearted yet emotionally resonant experience.
- #12 Burly Men at Sea
90% matchMixed63% of 490 reviews2016
Dev: Brain&Brain
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
A branching folktale misadventure about a trio of large, bearded fishermen. Shape a custom tale that begins again where it ends, through waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Casual 11%, Indie 7.4%, Point & Click 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This indie adventure features a charming, minimalist art style and a nautical theme that aligns well with the seed game.
- #13 One Thousand Lies
88% matchVery Positive89% of 1,129 reviews2016
Dev: Keinart Lobre
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
One day, Ciarán starts receiving enigmatic emails from a mysterious sender, turning his everyday life into a mess of a romantic comedy with psychological themes mixed in. What lies beyond the mystery he's been presented with? In the words of Harry H.: "If you want to know the truth, go find it".
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.4%, Anime 34.9%, Casual 4.7%, Comedy 2.8%, Story Rich 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality, free visual novel that offers a compelling, character-focused mystery and emotional depth.
- #14 If My Heart Had Wings
87% matchVery Positive92% of 4,609 reviews2014
Dev: MoeNovel
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
An animated visual novel of a lovely and bittersweet tale of youth, you play as Aoi Minase in this romantic-comedy as he meets various young girls in his hometown and works together with them to revive their school’s glider-flying “Soaring Club” in order to realize their shared dream of flight.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.1%, Anime 30.3%, Cute 7.9%, Casual 5%, Point & Click 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A beautifully illustrated visual novel that focuses on personal growth and emotional bonds in a way that fans of the seed game will appreciate.
- #15 The Waters Above: Prelude
86% matchVery Positive91% of 139 reviews2018
Dev: Studio ÉlanPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 62.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A yuri kinetic novel about sea nymphs who tend to the stars. The Waters Above: Prelude is a free prequel to The Waters Above.
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.8%, Anime 35.6%, Cute 7.8%, Casual 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, indie visual novel that captures a similar sense of wonder and gentle storytelling.
- #16 Adolescent Santa Claus
85% matchVery Positive85% of 1,317 reviews2018
Dev: TALESSHOP Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 25%
This visual novel game tells the tale of a cute little Santa Clause appearing
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.2%, Anime 34%, Cute 6.9%, Casual 4.4%, Adventure 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, free-to-play visual novel that provides a light and charming narrative experience.
- #17 Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 670 reviews2017
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
A heartbreaking kinetic novel about the meeting of a depressed thirty years old man with a lost little girl he takes in his house.
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.6%, Anime 30.3%, Casual 7.3%, Indie 5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, emotional visual novel that delivers a poignant story in a concise format.
- #18 Once on a windswept night
84% matchVery Positive87% of 195 reviews2017
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A metafictional yuri visual novel about a traveller who runs across two cute nuns in an abandoned church.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.4%, Anime 34.1%, Casual 9%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, free visual novel that captures a sense of mystery and intimacy.
- #19 Mythic Ocean: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive95% of 94 reviews2019
Dev: Paralune LLC
Windows
Get to know the gods! This preview will give you a first glimpse into the world of Mythic Ocean, a narrative exploration game where your choices shape the fate of the cosmos.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.2%, Adventure 28.3%, Indie 17.5%, Atmospheric 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: This underwater-themed adventure offers a peaceful, narrative-heavy experience that fits the sea-side theme perfectly.
- #20 Into the Waves
82% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.1%, Anime 24.5%, Casual 7.6%, Interactive Fiction 5.4%, Point & Click 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on atmospheric, sea-themed storytelling with multiple endings to explore.
- #21 Coffee Talk
80% matchVery Positive95% of 12,156 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.1%, Anime 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 5.4%, Casual 5%, Indie 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: While a simulation game, its focus on intimate, character-driven conversations in a cozy setting matches the feel of the seed game.
- #22 Palinurus
81% matchVery Positive95% of 265 reviews2016
Dev: Watercress
Windows
A drifting traveler boards a one-man space shuttle destined for Alpha Centauri. This shuttle is piloted by Budapest, an artificial intelligence program designed to serve humanity. When disaster unexpectedly befalls their ship, the two of them are sent careening through uncharted space.
Why similar: Visual Novel 55%, Anime 42.3%, Indie 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, free visual novel that provides a thoughtful and engaging narrative experience.
- #23 SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel
81% matchVery Positive93% of 874 reviews2015
Dev: Team Eleven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.7%, Anime 33.3%, Casual 4.9%, Indie 3.8%, Adventure 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A well-regarded, free visual novel that focuses on character dynamics and personal growth.
- #24 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 37,969 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47%, Anime 27.9%, Cute 6.4%, Casual 4.8%, Adventure 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building a cozy, narrative-heavy experience centered on the lives of its characters.
- #25 In the Darkness of the Sea
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 82 reviews2017
Dev: Olivier Leclair
Windows
In the Darkness of the Sea is a short narrative game about a boy lost in the middle of the ocean.
Why similar: Indie 46.5%, Adventure 42%, Atmospheric 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This indie adventure leans into the atmospheric, sea-themed mystery elements of the seed game.
- #26 Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea
79% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
A runaway rich kid and a pickpocketing vagabond work together to solve a decade old unsolved vampire attack.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.8%, Anime 35.3%, Adventure 4.7%, Casual 4.6%, Linear 4%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that utilizes a sea-based setting to tell a unique, character-driven story.
- #27 Mermaid Mission: Titanic
79% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Arglefumph
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Play as a mermaid, who has been sent to the human world to discover why they're building a giant ship called the Titanic.
Why similar: Adventure 56%, Indie 44%
Why You'll Like It: A free, sea-themed adventure that offers a lighthearted and accessible narrative.
- #28 Outdoor Adventures With Marisa Kirisame
76% matchVery Positive95% of 140 reviews2022
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
Go fishing, talk by a cozy campfire, and even hold hands with Marisa Kirisame from the Touhou Project as you go out with her in this short and cozy visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.1%, Anime 34.7%, Casual 9.4%, Cute 7.1%, Funny 1.9%
- #29 The Bright Star Of Seraph-Katis-
76% matchVery Positive87% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: STARxSTAR
Windows
《The Bright Star Of Seraph-Katis-》is a short text adventure game. This game combines a visual novel and an "adventure mode".
Why similar: Visual Novel 48%, Anime 31.8%, Adventure 8.6%, Casual 6.2%, Indie 4.2%
- #30 Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder
78% matchVery Positive82% of 307 reviews2017
Dev: Goldbar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.3%, Anime 32.6%, Adventure 5.2%, Casual 4.5%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that uses a nautical setting to frame its mystery and character interactions.
- #31 Plenty of Fish in the Sea
74% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Nullblade Studios
Windows
Plenty of Fish in the Sea is a cozy narrative-driven dating sim where you engage in heartfelt conversations with charming salmon and take them on delightful underwater dates.
Why similar: Visual Novel 64.7%, Cute 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Casual 5.2%, Story Rich 2.4%
- #32 The Picture of Café au lait
75% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: AstralSeal
Windows
The picture of café au lait is a visual novel game that makes the players feel immersed in story and character. They will experience the story in the game through the first-person perspective of the main character in the story named "Takagi".
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.5%, Anime 28%, Casual 7%, Adventure 6.7%, Cute 4.2%
- #33 Connected Hearts - Visual novel
77% matchVery Positive89% of 339 reviews2017
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Stw Projects
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Gary is caught in a strange dream and now he must overcome the adversities on his path or perish in the attempt. In this adventure you will meet 3 children in dream-like scenarios, next to a mysterious girl who talks about a promise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 60.5%, Anime 28.3%, Casual 6.1%, Indie 5.1%
- #34 An Adventurer's Gallantry
75% matchVery Positive90% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: Zetsubou
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disgraced knight-in-training Oren gets a second chance at life as an adventurer in this fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.7%, Anime 28.8%, Casual 7%, Comedy 4.3%, Fantasy 4.1%
- #35 Kemono Friends Opening Day
73% matchVery Positive99% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: snow in the library
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fan visual novel where you join Nana at Japari Park as new caretaker. Fun and food await in adventures with an energetic serval cat and an always hungry fox!
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.2%, Anime 35.9%, Adventure 7.2%, Cute 5.8%, Indie 2%
- #36 Eternal Hour: Golden Hour
74% matchVery Positive90% of 873 reviews2017
Dev: Seventh Heart StudiosPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 51.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Play through a timeless adventure as Yasu or Rin Fujimoto and discover the origins of Eternal Hour! Eternal Hour: Golden Hour is a fun, emotional, and story-driven Visual Novel that takes place before the events of Eternal Hour.
Why similar: Visual Novel 48.3%, Anime 37.4%, Casual 4.1%, Cute 3.1%, Adventure 2.9%
- #37 Driftwood The Visual Novel
77% matchMixed55% of 78 reviews2016
Dev: Wakagana
Windows · Mac · Linux
Driftwood is a visual novel following Marcus Feick and his new life on Marthas Vineyard.
Why similar: Visual Novel 60.6%, Anime 25%, Casual 8.4%, Indie 6%
- #38 Deep Sea Valentine
73% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: KigyoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a colorful underwater world and help a pink dolphin find the perfect date for Valentine's day!
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.8%, Anime 36.8%, Cute 8.6%, Casual 5.7%, Comedy 4.8%
- #39 Save the Pirate: Sea Story
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: MaurisPub: Mauris Games OU
Windows · Mac · Linux
An adventure game with logic challenges about a funny pirate
Why similar: Visual Novel 51%, Cute 12.8%, Adventure 9.4%, Casual 8.3%, Comedy 7%
- #40 ATRI -My Dear Moments-
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 22,459 reviews2020
Dev: FrontwingPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 106.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.8%, Anime 29.9%, Cute 7.2%, Casual 3.4%, Adventure 2.5%
- #41 Summer Meetings
72% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Mikołaj Spychał
Windows · Mac · Linux
We meet many people in our lives. Relationships with them are different and can be changed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Anime 32.4%, Cute 6.2%, Adventure 4.5%, Casual 4.3%
- #42 Tamayura Mirai
69% matchVery Positive94% of 200 reviews2023
Dev: AzuritePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 43.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
There is a girl, searching for something she lost... Tamayura Mirai is a midsummer fantasy visual novel of humans, spirits, and sorcerers that's won several industry awards in Japan.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.1%, Anime 31.8%, Cute 8%, Casual 5.4%, Adventure 5.3%
- #43 Stories of Mara
71% matchVery Positive84% of 100 reviews2021
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Dive into the charming Stories of Mara, an episodic slice of life tale about a diverse cast of characters. Get to know your neighbours and bond with them, but… Could you make them stick together to help each other?
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.2%, Anime 27.8%, Cute 6.6%, Adventure 6.1%, Casual 5.4%
- #44 This Magical Girl is a B☆tch
67% matchVery Positive99% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Pastel Magic
Windows · Mac · Linux
A magical girl visual novel about giving middle-schoolers way too much power. Make (bad) choices, fight unexpected enemies, and maybe learn a lesson or two...
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.6%, Anime 28.9%, Cute 8.2%, Interactive Fiction 5.8%, Casual 4.9%
- #45 AftLife -Girl and Cats, and Lost world-
72% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: ryoheyLab.
Windows
A girl and cats make "Heartful Comedy & Mystery" Comedy depicting calm everyday! The big mystery is solved in story. New Stories from Update Story is composed of short stories that are completed. Please wait for update!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Casual 21.1%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 15.9%, Anime 11.7%
- #46 Carpe Diem
70% matchVery Positive89% of 8,560 reviews2015
Dev: Moonlit Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Seize the day
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.4%, Anime 41.3%, Cute 4.6%, Casual 2.8%, Indie 2.3%
- #47 Familiar Friends: What's Your Familiar?
67% matchVery Positive93% of 183 reviews2024
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
A cute and cozy Visual Novel experience with plenty of choices to make! Come find the Familiar truly meant for you by feeding The Conjuring Cauldron with a multitude of choices, all to a relaxing Original Soundtrack!
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.5%, Anime 35.5%, Cute 7.1%, Casual 3.8%, Point & Click 3.6%
- #48 A Light in the Dark
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,722 reviews2018
Dev: CreSpiritPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
──We cannot choose in this unfair world.The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life...The fierce girl struggling for survival...Two people in totally opposite positions in life.In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.9%, Anime 26.8%, Casual 7.3%, Indie 6.5%, Point & Click 1.8%
- #49 Fare Thee Well
70% matchVery Positive94% of 143 reviews2018
Dev: Watercress
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the winter of 1967, a young man enters out of the snowy night into a bar in the sleepy town of Cedar, Maine. He is a wanderer cursed with eternal youth, sent out by fate forever to roam the world, never to find a home. An encounter with a girl in a green dress is about to change everything...
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.9%, Anime 35.9%, Indie 4.2%
- #50 DUET
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 594 reviews2025
Dev: Dolos Studio
Windows
DUET illustrates the Hifuu Club's first encounter. It is a wordless, narrative-driven experience about connection and small moments in life. Step into the subtle yet fateful daily interactions that intertwine Renko and Merry's lives.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.7%, Anime 13.3%, Casual 11.5%, Adventure 8.1%, Point & Click 7.8%
- #51 Vampires' Melody
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,697 reviews2020
Dev: AsicxArtPub: SakuraGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 34.9 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: Visual Novel 45.1%, Anime 29.7%, Cute 6.1%, Casual 6.1%, Adventure 5.8%
- #52 Jellyfish Season
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 95 reviews2018
Dev: Kombinat
Windows
A short visual novel about meeting with a stranger on the beach.
Why similar: Casual 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #53 A Traveler to unknown Thule
68% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: komasukePub: Nostia
Windows · Mac
Adventure Game Traveling around Iceland
Why similar: Anime 39.9%, Visual Novel 38.6%, Adventure 7.7%, Cute 5.8%, Casual 5.6%
- #54 Four Rendezvous
69% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: Diada Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hero meets a mysterious girl in the park. Who is that girl? What is a mystery surrounding her? And what about the world they met in? There's definitely something wrong with it. So many questions! So the hero has to deal with all of it to find his love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 71%, Casual 8.2%, Indie 5.7%, Adventure 5.3%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #55 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
67% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.2%, Anime 32.4%, Cute 6.8%, Interactive Fiction 4.4%, Adventure 3.8%
- #56 NAIRI: Rising Tide
65% matchVery Positive100% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: HomeBearStudioPub: Hound Picked Games
Windows
Explore a lively oasis city filled with charming characters, forgotten ruins and ominous conspiracies in the second chapter of NAIRI, a narrative puzzle adventure about Nairi's perilous quest to save her family.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.1%, Anime 24.1%, Cute 8.6%, Point & Click 5.3%, Casual 5.3%
- #57 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life
65% matchVery Positive91% of 132 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.5%, Anime 31.9%, Cute 7.1%, Interactive Fiction 4.9%, Adventure 4.5%
