- #1 Witchy Life Story
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,204 reviews2022
Dev: Sundew Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You have two weeks to save the harvest festival! Tend your garden and collect plants for spells and rituals to help the villagers of Flora. After all, if magic isn't for solving everyday problems, what’s the point of a village witch anyway? A cozy story filled with chaos, friendship, and romance!
Why similar: Character Customization 13%, Dating Sim 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.8%, Life Sim 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #2 Magical Princess
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,984 reviews2026
Dev: Neotro Inc.Pub: MAGI Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Raise your daughter while she attends a magical academy. Choose which classes she attends, jobs she does, training she undergoes, and more in a character raising sim packed full of story and over 50 endings to reach. How she grows up to be the world's cutest princess depends on you!
Why similar: Life Sim 21%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Time Management 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
- #3 Wylde Flowers
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,686 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Drydock Pty Ltd
Windows
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 81.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Cozy 14.5%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Magic 9.1%
- #4 Heartspell: Horizon Academy
94% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Dire Kitten Games
Windows
Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Romance 13%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Hand-drawn 11.5%
- #5 Magical Diary: Horse Hall
95% matchVery Positive90% of 1,019 reviews2012
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You have been invited to attend a magical school. You can make new friends, learn spells, face exams, run for class office, and try to find a date for the May Day Ball.
Why similar: Dating Sim 30%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Magic 10.2%, Romance 8.5%, Character Customization 8.1%
- #6 A Pinch of Magic
94% matchVery Positive84% of 238 reviews2021
Dev: Crystal Game Works
Windows
Save your grandparent's failing café/magic shop from bankruptcy and possibly fall in love!
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.5%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Character Customization 12.8%, Visual Novel 10%, Magic 9.6%
- #7 Life After Magic
93% matchVery Positive98% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: Team StarlightPub: Chirashi Games
Windows · Linux
Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.2%, LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Romance 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #8 Growing Up
91% matchVery Positive88% of 3,623 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: Life Sim 20.5%, Dating Sim 11.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Management 8.6%
- #9 Magical Diary: Wolf Hall
92% matchVery Positive91% of 215 reviews2020
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design your own wizard to attend a magical school. Learn spells, explore dungeons, make friends, and find a date for the May Day Ball. But be careful, everyone has secrets - including you!
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.9%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Character Customization 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Simulation 10.3%
- #10 Love, Ghostie
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 620 reviews2024
Dev: Janbeh Games, LLC
Windows · Mac
Become a wholesome ghost matchmaker and grow relationships between the manor’s residents! Gift items to lift their spirits, set them up on dates, and watch love bloom! Discover cute romances with a unique story between every pair of residents! How will love blossom in your manor?
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.1%, Life Sim 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Cozy 9.8%, Romance 9.7%
- #11 I Wanna Be A Game Dev!
89% matchVery Positive95% of 218 reviews2024
Dev: Lyko Studio
Windows · Mac
Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?
Why similar: Time Management 24.5%, Life Sim 21.9%, Dating Sim 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Romance 10.3%
- #12 Little Sim World
88% matchVery Positive82% of 682 reviews2025
Dev: .GRAVITY
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Little London! Little Sim World is a cosy 2D life sim set in the heart of a little city full of charm, dreams, and surprises. Design your perfect home, meet quirky locals, build your routine, and live life at your own pace. A gentle world, a fresh start, and a story only you can write!
Why similar: Life Sim 30.2%, Dating Sim 26%, Character Customization 17.6%, Cozy 8.6%, Simulation 7.4%
- #13 Arcadia Fallen II
86% matchVery Positive99% of 145 reviews2026
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this sequel to the award-winning roleplay visual novel, Arcadia Fallen, you play as a senior student at the Seven Winds Academy. Choose from three different magical disciplines, and let your choices shape the personality of your character as you navigate school life during a time of great change.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.5%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Character Customization 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Romance 12%
- #14 Moonlight In Garland
87% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Violet LeBeauxPub: Winters Group Estate
Windows · Mac
City life is calling, and you're gonna love it here!* Move to a new apartment in the bustling city. Make friends, find work, and decorate your new home - all while working with the community to improve your neighbourhood. Welcome to Garland! *Apartment quality may vary, loving it not guaranteed.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.9%, Dating Sim 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Character Customization 11.4%, Romance 10.8%
- #15 Alchemy Story
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 199 reviews2020
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Discover a world of magic, cute creatures and adventure in Alchemy Story, a casual farming simulation game! Grow your garden, brew potions, care for your pets and meet new friends!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.6%, Life Sim 21.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Magic 9.6%, Romance 8.4%
- #16 Spirited Heart Deluxe
90% matchMixed46% of 90 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Spirited Heart is a fantasy life simulation game. Create your fantasy alter ego choosing between an apparently normal human, a cute elf and a wicked demoness. Run your life in a virtual fantasy world: choose a job from the 20 different ones available, raise your stats, and maybe even find romance!
Why similar: Life Sim 18.5%, Dating Sim 17.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Romance 9.4%
- #17 Volcano Princess
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 47,893 reviews2023
Dev: 养蛋人 Egg Hatcher
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!
Why similar: Life Sim 26.8%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Time Management 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
- #18 Witchy Business
85% matchVery Positive89% of 827 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!
Why similar: Magic 27.1%, Cozy 24.4%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Story Rich 12.2%
- #19 Tiny Bookshop
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,001 reviews2025
Dev: neoludic gamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.5%, Time Management 15.8%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Management 11.5%, Cozy 10.7%
- #20 Winning Love by Daylight [Ep 1 Demo]
86% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2021
Dev: Cutlass Boardgames
Windows
Winning Love by Daylight is a Visual Novel that puts you directly amongst the action as a High School student who slowly uncovers the secret that several of their classmates are actually magical girl super heroes!
Why similar: Dating Sim 25%, LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Romance 13.5%, Magic 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #21 Witch You Want
82% matchVery Positive97% of 186 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help this girlfailure witch save her failing potion shop in this cute yuri visual novel!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Character Customization 19%, Dating Sim 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Magic 12.3%
- #22 Pocket Academy
84% matchVery Positive83% of 208 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Make your dream school in this management simulation game! School got you down?
Why similar: Life Sim 26.9%, Dating Sim 26.6%, Management 15.3%, Romance 14.1%, Simulation 8.4%
- #23 College Craze
83% matchVery Positive86% of 147 reviews2022
Dev: Pretty Ink
Windows · Mac · Linux
College Craze is a female gaze adult dating and life simulation game. Find endless sexy possibilities for your own college experience at Sugardale U with your custom female MC, the branching story structure, and +25 love interests. No fade-to-black scenes here, so enroll today!
Why similar: Life Sim 21.2%, Dating Sim 20.8%, Romance 11.3%, Character Customization 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #24 Potionomics
81% matchVery Positive90% of 7,274 reviews2022
Dev: Voracious GamesPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You’ve inherited your uncle’s potion shop—and a huge debt. Better get brewing! Customize your store, hire heroes to gather ingredients, befriend (or romance) fellow vendors to learn new haggling strategies, and go head-to-head with competitors in this narrative-driven, deck-building shop simulator.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.7%, Time Management 16.5%, Life Sim 13.2%, LGBTQ+ 9.8%, Management 9.8%
- #25 Little Lives
81% matchVery Positive82% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: Houndstooth Games
Windows
Little Lives is a fun, casual life-sim game. Balance your time between your career, education and relationships as you explore an exciting town filled with possibility.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.5%, Dating Sim 20.8%, Time Management 18.6%, Character Customization 11.9%, Management 9.5%
- #26 Little Witch in the Woods
77% matchVery Positive89% of 12,587 reviews2025
Dev: SUNNY SIDE UP
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Little Witch in the Woods tells the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents, and experience the daily life of the witch.
Why similar: Life Sim 41.9%, Magic 22.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Story Rich 11.4%, Cute 10.4%
- #27 Near-Mage
79% matchVery Positive91% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: Stuck In Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Attend a magic school, learn spells, and explore a folklore-rich Transylvania in this hand-crafted narrative adventure.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 24%, Character Customization 17.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Magic 14.2%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #28 The Witch of Fern Island
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 903 reviews2024
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Welcome to Fern Island! As Abrill, become immersed in the island’s culture, uncover its deepest secrets, and master magical trades. Overcome the challenges of the island to demonstrate your mastery of magic and become the most well known witch around!
Why similar: Life Sim 49.1%, Magic 20.2%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Cute 9.8%, Simulation 8.9%
- #29 Garden Witch Life
80% matchMixed63% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: FreetimeStudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience a cute, cozy witch life! After losing your job your life just took a whimsical turn. You're now on a quest to create a magical food forest and make it a home for all kinds of adorable creatures!
Why similar: Life Sim 33.4%, Character Customization 20.5%, Magic 17.7%, Management 12%, Simulation 9.1%
- #30 Snowkissed Romance
78% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: LovelyInc LLC
Windows · Mac
It's 1994 in the mountains of Northern Japan - Are you ready to fall in love? Snowkissed Romance weaves addictive stat-building, day planning, and mini-games with captivating storytelling and plenty of ’90s shoujo charm.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.2%, Time Management 16.8%, Life Sim 16.8%, Romance 9.9%, Cozy 9.4%
- #31 Ritual of Raven
76% matchVery Positive89% of 330 reviews2025
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Ritual of Raven is a story-based farming sim - but you don’t do the farming yourself! Enchant Arcana Constructs to grow a magical herb garden, befriend a cute bunch of weirdos and use your witchy skills to perform powerful rituals to stabilize the portals that are causing trouble for the village.
Why similar: Life Sim 25.1%, LGBTQ+ 20%, Cozy 14.9%, Character Customization 13.9%, Magic 12.7%
- #32 Pretty Sweet! Healing Guardian
76% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: BerryLemonade Studio
Windows
Fulfill your dream of becoming a magical girl! In this tiny management sim you are in charge of the citizens’ well-being in a cozy town. Balance their emotions with candy magic, manage your sugary stock, upgrade your powers and raise everybody's quality of life!
Why similar: Life Sim 27.9%, Management 17.3%, Cozy 14.7%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Character Customization 10.9%
- #33 How To Date A Magical Girl!
78% matchVery Positive80% of 470 reviews2019
Dev: Cafe ShibaPub: RIVER CROW STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You're invited to the elite academy for magical girls! Will you take the opportunity to make new friends? Learn magic? Or... Will you try to date a cute magical girl?
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.6%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Romance 14.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #34 Tiny Witch
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Creative Hand
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Manage a minion store where demanding clientele are always at your door! As a little witch, mix the right resources to create minions so that your dungeon master clients walk away happy.
Why similar: Time Management 33.2%, Management 17.4%, Cozy 16.5%, Magic 14.3%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
- #35 Tales of Justice Academy: Winds Arise
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 367 reviews2026
Dev: 九芽川 Ninth Leaf
Windows
You can play as a young martial artist entering Justice Academy. Train through various courses, customize your build with different weapons, skills, and inner techniques. Explore the jianghu, bond with companions, and shape your fate across branching stories and three romanceable heroines.
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.3%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, Simulation 9.9%
- #36 Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,699 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Cozy 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #37 Anime City
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 199 reviews2024
Dev: Shoujo City Developer
Windows · Mac
Anime City is a Japanese high school simulator, focused on anime culture and aesthetics. Study, join school clubs, and make friends.
Why similar: Dating Sim 30.6%, Romance 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Character Customization 13.5%, Simulation 9.5%
- #38 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,479 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: Dating Sim 21.8%, LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Character Customization 16.8%, Romance 14.9%, Visual Novel 14%
- #39 Sable's Grimoire
75% matchVery Positive96% of 150 reviews2018
Dev: Zetsubou
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sable's Grimoire is a visual novel featuring monster girls in a magic academy setting. Play as Sable, an aspiring magic researcher, as he get sucked into the daily lives and troubles of his demi-human classmates.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.9%, Simulation 35.9%, Indie 12.2%
- #40 Fields of Mistria
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 27,781 reviews2024
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!
Why similar: Life Sim 29.8%, Dating Sim 29.6%, Romance 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Simulation 7.5%
- #41 Greenhearth Necromancer
71% matchVery Positive100% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Silverstring Media Inc.Pub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Raise a garden... from the dead! Greenhearth Necromancer is a cozy, witchy, semi-idle game about caring for living and undead plants alike. Grow cute plants in your balcony garden, cast spells, and brew potions, enjoying the chill idle gameplay and ambience throughout your day.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.2%, LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Cozy 13%, Magic 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #42 Campus Life
74% matchMostly Negative32% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: GameFormatic S.A.Pub: Frozen Way
Windows · Mac
In Campus Life you’ll experience your final year of college. Study, party and join campus events! Everything that happens during this one academic year will be entirely up to you.
Why similar: Time Management 32.9%, Life Sim 29.3%, Character Customization 17.7%, Romance 7.5%, Cute 5.6%
- #43 Lust Academy - Season 1
72% matchVery Positive84% of 1,755 reviews2022
Dev: Bear in the Night
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Lust Academy is a choice-driven adult Visual Novel about adventures and studying in the school of magic and wizardry. Play as a young guy who got invited to Cordale Academy. The whole world full of sorcery and passion awaits you!
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.4%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Romance 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #44 Life Simulator
75% matchMixed49% of 247 reviews2020
Dev: 鹊思网络Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Life Simulator is a simulation game with relaxed atmosphere. Players will play as a college graduate getting into the big city, you will fight for your life for four years, you can be a winner with cars, houses and soul mate, or maybe a salty fish with nothing, and you can also find love...
Why similar: Life Sim 33.9%, Time Management 26.9%, Dating Sim 21.2%, Simulation 12.5%, Cute 3.5%
- #45 Please Be Happy
70% matchVery Positive99% of 382 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A comfy yuri VN about the foxgirl Miho and her quest to find the person who's most important to her. This emotional visual novel features two different heroines to choose from, and a story that will make you both laugh and cry!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.3%, Dating Sim 17.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Romance 10.3%
- #46 Da Capo 3 R
73% matchVery Positive97% of 153 reviews2017
Dev: CircusPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 154.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Da Capo 3 R is a visual novel set in a secret magic school hidden beneath the city of London. This slice-of-life story will blossom into a tale of love, romance, and friendship as the students overcome the magic trials that await.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.6%, Romance 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Magic 12.6%
- #47 Ithya: Magic Studies
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,982 reviews2025
Dev: BlueTurtle
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 43.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ithya: Magic Study is a cozy background app combined with productivity tools. Customize your room and relax with lofi or fantasy playlists in beautiful, hand-drawn environments. Perfect for a focused or creative session in a magical world.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.5%, Cozy 20.8%, Hand-drawn 19.9%, Character Customization 18.5%, Magic 7.6%
- #48 Whisper of the House
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,036 reviews2025
Dev: 元气弹工作室(GD Studio)
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Whisper of the House is a cozy game about organizing and decorating. You'll take on various tasks from the townspeople—helping them move, organize, and clean their spaces. In the process, your gentle touch might make a difference in their lives, and perhaps uncover some hidden stories...
Why similar: Life Sim 28.8%, Cozy 16.7%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Story Rich 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #49 Witches x Warlocks
71% matchVery Positive91% of 657 reviews2020
Dev: Nifty VisualsPub: Nifty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Witches x Warlocks is a cute and light-hearted Halloween Raising Sim; featuring a customizable protagonist and 4 love interests of different genders!
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.1%, LGBTQ+ 26.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Cute 6.1%
- #50 Blooming Nightshade
72% matchVery Positive84% of 231 reviews2019
Dev: Nightshade
Windows · Mac · Linux
After hearing about a number of student couples forming at her school, Himeka Uchida decides to look for a girlfriend of her own. As she gets wrapped up in the daily lives of her friends and classmates at Solana Academy, will she find the romance she seeks?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.2%, Romance 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #51 Lakeburg Legacies
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,358 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take fate into your own hands in Lakeburg Legacies, a social-based village management sim where love is your favourite resource. Play matchmaker to create the most effective, and most loved up, couples and help your kingdom thrive. How long will it take you to crown a sovereign?
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.3%, LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Management 19.3%, Life Sim 12.4%, Romance 9.8%
- #52 In Trusted Hands
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: HGISoftPub: Spaghetti Cat
Windows
Dive into the daily work of a cozy workshop in a big city, accompanied by relaxing atmospheric music. Manage client data, balance energy and stress, and make choices that shape the story and its outcome.
Why similar: Life Sim 17.2%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Cozy 14.2%, Management 10.6%, Time Management 8.9%
- #53 WitchSpring R
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,906 reviews2023
Dev: KIWIWALKS
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
WitchSpring R is a story-driven RPG combining elements of collecting, simulation, and battling. Experience the joy of training a young witch and accompany her on a grand adventure!
Why similar: Cute 22.8%, Magic 22.2%, Character Customization 18%, Story Rich 16%, Female Protagonist 15.8%
- #54 Wanting Wings
68% matchVery Positive99% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: BaseSonPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wanting Wings is a cute and romantic, yuri visual novel about three girls living together and falling in love over the course of their daily lives. Your choices determine which two will ultimately pair together.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Romance 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #55 Path Of Wuxia
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,352 reviews2022
Dev: 香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Path of Wuxia combines classic wuxia world and youthful school life with anime art style, features simulation gameplay well known by Heluo fans. Play as a young Xia who join the academy known as the Hermitic Pavilions of Xia, grow strong along with various schoolmates and seek your own path of Xia.
Why similar: Time Management 31.5%, Dating Sim 25.2%, Character Customization 14.1%, Indie 10.5%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #56 Lullaby Days
69% matchVery Positive86% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Sunflo Labs
Windows
Marchen fantasy raising simulation 『Lullaby Days』 is a game where the goal is to grow a duckling girl into a hero. Your duckling girl will grow through education, part-time work, exploration, and more. Create 70 endings in the Kingdom of Oberebach with around 90 sub-characters.
Why similar: Life Sim 25.2%, Dating Sim 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Magic 9.2%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #57 Voice Love on Air
66% matchVery Positive87% of 529 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
A BL dating sim with elements of studio management and interactions with voice actors! Follow Aki, a newbie voice director who has to complete the recordings for several BL dramas, and interact with the charming voice actors. Come give voice to the language of love!
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.3%, LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Romance 12.4%, Management 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #58 Backstage Pass
70% matchVery Positive86% of 279 reviews2016
Dev: sakevisual
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
A visual novel/sim game about life, love, and working in the entertainment industry. Play as makeup artist Sian Goodin as she navigates the world of showbiz. Make friends, forge business relationships, and maybe even find romance!
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.4%, Visual Novel 27%, Romance 13.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Simulation 10.3%
- #59 Star Ring
68% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: 深海海鲜组Pub: NVLMaker
Windows
长篇×乙女向×模拟养成 欢迎来到星之诗学院!追求梦想的你,就是未来最璀璨的明星。——九种职业路线,七位可攻略角色,丰富的游戏系统,打造独一无二的演艺圈传奇。
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.2%, Romance 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Life Sim 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #60 Ova Magica
65% matchVery Positive93% of 563 reviews2024
Dev: Skinny FrogPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Escape everyday stress and start a new life in Clover Town! With adorable blob creatures by your side, you’ll farm, make new friends, and explore uncharted lands. Will you find love, or become the greatest blob trainer? Your story is yours to shape!
Why similar: Life Sim 35.1%, Romance 18.5%, Cozy 17%, Story Rich 11.7%, Simulation 9.1%