- #1 A Light in the Dark
97% matchVery Positive93% of 1,725 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: Violent 24.8%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Casual 22.4%, Gore 20.7%, Anime 9.6%
- #2 Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
96% 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 28.7%, Violent 26.3%, Gore 23.5%, Anime 11.4%, Casual 10%
- #3 Hira Hira Hihiru
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 902 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.
Why similar: Casual 31.5%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Violent 17.8%, Text-Based 16%, Anime 6.3%
- #4 Nanairo Reincarnation
95% matchVery Positive96% of 165 reviews2019
Dev: Silky's Plus WasabiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join spirit detective Kagami Makoto and his demon familiars as they hunt down the wandering ghosts disrupting the peace of his small town.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Gore 18.3%, Violent 17.6%, Mature 15.7%, Anime 11%
- #5 ABYSS OF THE SACRIFICE
94% matchVery Positive83% of 267 reviews2020
Dev: INTENSEPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Five girls meet in an isolated underground city. As they slay and betray each other, what fate awaits them at the end of their journey? Hope? Or despair? Enjoy an immersive story, fully voiced and boasting multiple endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Gore 22.3%, Anime 22.1%, Violent 19.7%, 2D 2.1%
- #6 Adabana Odd Tales
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,043 reviews2020
Dev: Liar-softPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 52.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"This is a tale of 'flowers' that never bloom." Shirohime, a girl who has lost her memory, and Kurofude, a mysterious boy, traverse through classic Japanese fairy tales within the land of Adabana, a realm of illustrated books. What awaits them after they mend the distorted tales?
Why similar: Casual 60.4%, Visual Novel 30.2%, Anime 9.3%
- #7 One-Way Ticket / 单程票
94% matchMixed61% of 387 reviews2018
Dev: Light & Digital TechnologyPub: Zodiac Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
One-Way Ticket is a visual novel loosely based around actual events. A group of men and women, isolated at sea on a long-distance fishing vessel, suddenly find their very humanity at stake as crew members begin turning up dead.
Why similar: Gore 41.3%, Casual 37.8%, Visual Novel 20.9%
- #8 Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World-
92% matchVery Positive88% of 769 reviews2022
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 53.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Kaito wakes to find himself in a strange room, with no memories, and a taciturn girl named Yonagi by his side. Upon learning of his role, he immerses himself into three wondrous dream worlds with her. When all three stories meet a bitter end, Kaito recovers his memories, and the true story unfolds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.6%, Casual 24.2%, Text-Based 21.8%, 2D 6.3%
- #9 natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer
91% matchVery Positive95% of 899 reviews2022
Dev: Kazuhide Oka
Windows · Mac
── In the summer of the world that has ended, the girl travels aimlessly. "natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer" is a text adventure game that depicts girls traveling in apocalypse. Through talking to the girls, we get to know them and approach the mysteries of the world ──
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, Text-Based 34%, Anime 23.2%, 2D 6.1%
- #10 Tokyo Necro
91% matchVery Positive87% of 232 reviews2023
Dev: Nitro OriginPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Earth has plunged into an ice age, and the cities that survive have a new threat – Necromancers; those who reanimate corpses using inexplicable biotech. Now So'un and Ethica, two badass Living Dead Stalkers, must save Tokyo in this thrilling sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Gore 21.7%, Violent 19.3%, Anime 18.8%, Casual 11.1%
- #11 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
90% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?
Why similar: Gore 27.4%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Violent 18.8%, Anime 16.1%, Text-Based 14.4%
- #12 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
89% matchVery Positive86% of 257 reviews2022
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.4%, Anime 32.8%, Casual 16.1%, 2D 5.8%
- #13 Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
89% matchVery Positive89% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: TomoToroPub: NARRATIVE NINE LTD
Windows
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Violent 37%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Casual 20.9%, Anime 15.2%, 2D 2%
- #14 Himawari - The Sunflower -
88% matchVery Positive91% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: blank-note & FrontwingPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 85.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
What begins as a slice-of-life romantic comedy will prove to be a sci-fi tale full of character drama, mysteries, and tragedy. This coming-of-age visual novel is a story about life, mistakes, pursuing your dreams, and finding your place in the universe.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.7%, Anime 31.3%, Casual 25%
- #15 Narcissu 1st & 2nd
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,284 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 62.2%, Anime 29.5%, Casual 7.8%, 2D 0.4%
- #16 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.2
87% matchVery Positive94% of 168 reviews2017
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 65.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A VIP disappears en route to Japan, and it's up to Mihama students Rena, Tohka, Chris, and Murasaki to help investigate, with the twins from Kyousen Sakuragaoka in tow. Recovering the VIP pushes their minds and bodies to the brink, and to top it all off, Rena and Haruto’s past is revealed as well!
Why similar: Violent 37.1%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Casual 23.8%, Anime 14.9%
- #17 outside the door
84% 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: Visual Novel 28.2%, Anime 21.1%, Casual 19.9%, Violent 17.6%, Text-Based 13.2%
- #18 Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 702 reviews2017
Dev: Magenta Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A melody of life and death surrounding a sickly girl and her friends.
Why similar: Casual 40%, Visual Novel 36.9%, Anime 23.1%
- #19 Diving Disorder-下潜症
85% matchVery Positive93% of 143 reviews2021
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Diving Disorder is an AVG on wasteland theme. Players will play the role of a refugee who are struggling to survive after a global disaster, together with a white-haired girl suffering from narcolepsy, exploring the truth of the doomsday and the old world in memory.
Why similar: Anime 66.4%, 2D 33.6%
- #20 The Witch's Love Diary
84% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2019
Dev: QoobrandPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 140.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Spring is here and love awaits, an oasis just over the horizon, a beautiful story waiting to be told. Join Takumi and Alice in a tale of fleeting cherry blossoms and forgotten first love.
Why similar: Violent 25%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Casual 18.1%, Mature 16.1%, Anime 15.3%
- #21 Drowning Song of the Stagnant Sea
81% matchPositive86% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: 空想の工房Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
A dark fairy tale set in the deep sea. The fated encounter between a sea monster and a human forever changes their lives in this visual novel. Contains platonic yuri.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Gore 24.6%, Violent 21.8%, Text-Based 19%, 2D 4%
- #22 Without a Voice
82% matchVery Positive95% of 343 reviews2020
Dev: L³Pub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the depths of a forest, an exiled princess whiles her time in solitude. One day, a mysterious, beautiful maiden appears, throwing her world out of its alignment. A dark fantasy visual novel following the intertwining paths of these two women. In seven days, the wheel of fate will splinter...
Why similar: Casual 28.8%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Gore 20%, Violent 15.2%, Anime 12.2%
- #23 AMPLITUDE: A Visual Novel
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Ceylon Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Amplitude is a story-centric visual novel. You play as either Adam or Eve, a murder victim who made a dubious deal to seek revenge. With the help of your new vessel, Katy or Jon, will you uncover the mystery or will you take more than you bargained for?
Why similar: Casual 54%, Visual Novel 46%
- #24 Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
79% matchVery Positive85% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.
Why similar: Casual 29.8%, Visual Novel 29%, Violent 21.2%, Anime 20%
- #25 永冻之壳 The Shell of Permafrost
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,209 reviews2018
Dev: YUMMI StudioPub: 迷糊的安安
Windows
A girl, draped in mystery and chased by an evil fate, escapes from a frozen land. Now, a year later, with her memory gradually returning, she is forced to make an important decision.
Why similar: Casual 53.6%, Anime 46.4%
- #26 MYTH - Steam Edition
82% matchVery Positive89% of 170 reviews2016
Dev: CircletempoPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A world of shadows. A world of light. In the world of light where no shadows exist lived a boy - Meito Tanabe. One day, he met a girl who possessed a shadow - Shimon. She brings him to her world - a place filled with shadows.
Why similar: Violent 47%, Visual Novel 40.4%, Anime 12.6%
- #27 Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,296 reviews2015
Dev: Angels Blue Digital EntertainmentPub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 163.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?
Why similar: Gore 41.5%, Casual 21.5%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Anime 15.9%
- #28 The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition
76% matchVery Positive97% of 179 reviews2026
Dev: Cetacity
Windows
Two girls must travel to the Moon's core after it has been thrown out of orbit. A PC98 inspired visual novel about fear of the unknown and people in love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.9%, Text-Based 32.5%, Anime 15.4%, Casual 10.7%, 2D 3.4%
- #29 Memory Oblivion Box
78% matchVery Positive93% of 1,108 reviews2016
Dev: DreaMoryPub: NVLMaker
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
一份工作,让秦幽羽的父亲从此失踪,紧接着又是母亲的突然离去。虽然从未放弃过寻找,可是事情却毫无进展,直到那天……
Why similar: Casual 65.3%, Visual Novel 34.7%
- #30 Deluge: Sermon for the Dead
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.4%, Anime 38.9%, 2D 7.7%
- #31 Who Is The Red Queen?
77% matchVery Positive95% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: 4nokiPub: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alice, Alice, the Red Queen is missing. The queen has been dismembered and Alice must find all her pieces. A horror-fantasy yuri visual novel filled with death, love, and forgotten memories.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.9%, Anime 22.6%, Casual 18.9%, Gore 10.9%, Violent 9.3%
- #32 Pandemic Love
77% matchVery Positive93% of 233 reviews2021
Dev: Red Skald
Windows
A short visual novel about isolation. You try to search for comfort in the lonesome people around you. Keeping the darkness at bay with small embers of light. Will you let the fear change you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.4%, Anime 30.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, 2D 9.5%
- #33 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
75% matchVery Positive95% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: 株式会社ヘッドロックPub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
The story is set in future Tokyo, where human’s endless desires have consumed finite resources. In this world that is gradually approaching its end, the streamer girls continue to sing, while embracing dreams and despair in their hearts...
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Casual 26.6%, Text-Based 22.4%, Anime 15.3%, 2D 3.7%
- #34 Say Goodbye
81% matchMixed52% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: morojenoe's empire
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This visual novel about an ordinary man with his typical problems. Suddenly, you got a report that your distant cousin died in a car crash. Fortunately, her daughter wasn't with her. You take the girl under your wing. But soon, something starts to go wrong...
Why similar: Violent 38.2%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Casual 25.2%, Anime 9.8%
- #35 The Dream Libra had
75% matchVery Positive94% of 185 reviews2021
Dev: Laineus
Windows · Mac · Linux
The two girls who had a traffic accident, Libra and her girlfriend Amili, wander the supernatural world as Near-death experience.
Why similar: 2D 100%
- #36 HOPE LEFT ME
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 851 reviews2023
Dev: AstrophysicsPub: .orphans
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%
You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Casual 30.1%, Text-Based 21.5%, Anime 13.7%
- #37 RGB GlitchGazer
72% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.5%, Anime 30%, Casual 11.8%, 2D 9%, Text-Based 5.7%
- #38 This Winter of Ours
71% matchVery Positive99% of 151 reviews2025
Dev: VARIA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alone as two, together as one - A fantasy/yuri visual novel telling the story of two girls traversing a snow covered forest and growing closer.
Why similar: Text-Based 35%, Visual Novel 34.3%, Anime 23.6%, 2D 7.1%
- #39 Vampires' Melody 2
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,008 reviews2023
Dev: AsicxArt
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Emerald seas! Blue skies! Sandy beaches! An island adventure in the ocean sounds like a trip to paradise. However, the place is a nightmare with no one to provide any blood for Raylan to feed on after he turned into a vampire by accident, especially since he has another hungry vampire at his side.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.2%, Text-Based 32.2%, Casual 21.2%, 2D 7.4%
- #40 You know my name?
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.6%, Visual Novel 38.3%, Casual 16.1%, 2D 5%
- #41 Nie No Hakoniwa - Dollhouse of Offerings
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 240 reviews2024
Dev: Chatte NoirePub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
"Let us celebrate, the birth of this nightmare." A story about an urban legend surrounding a certain "Box", this is a Japanese-style, supernatural visual novel about madness, love and hate.
Why similar: Gore 26.7%, Casual 23.6%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Violent 16.3%, Anime 11.8%
- #42 GEMINI DISORDER
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 66 reviews2019
Dev: ReallySPub: SAD GIRLS GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
GEMINI DISORDER is a strange story about two twin girls: Mei and Aoi. Despite external similarity, their characters are absolute opposites.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Anime 26.1%, Violent 22.6%, Gore 14.5%, 2D 3.7%
- #43 Yet Another Killing Game
71% matchVery Positive98% of 229 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Text-Based 32.7%, Anime 26%, 2D 6.5%
- #44 Together We Live
73% matchVery Positive97% of 209 reviews2017
Dev: Water PhoenixPub: KEMCO
Windows
This is a visual novel game without player selections. To atone for the sins of humanity, the girl continues to die.
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%
- #45 Particles of Reality
72% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Arewar Games
Windows · Mac
You are a troubled college student trying to live a normal life surrounded by some... complicated men. Although unaware, you are causing the destruction of reality. Will the Guardians kill you to protect the universe? Can you find your happily ever after... How many times will you die trying?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Violent 22.3%, Casual 21.4%, Anime 17.9%, 2D 4.9%
- #46 The Dearest Person
69% matchVery Positive94% of 631 reviews2024
Dev: house.opposite
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.6%, Visual Novel 36.2%, Anime 19%, 2D 7.2%
- #47 Absent in the Rain
70% matchVery Positive94% of 825 reviews2022
Dev: D10RAMA
Windows
A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet... What if all of them are connected and surround me like a circle? What should I do?
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.7%, Text-Based 28.1%, Anime 17.3%, 2D 6.9%
- #48 Guilty Parade
71% matchVery Positive93% of 291 reviews2021
Dev: Nozori Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.5%, Violent 31.3%, Anime 23.2%
- #49 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
67% matchVery Positive95% of 516 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Casual 29.6%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Gore 16.9%, Text-Based 16.1%, Violent 13.6%
- #50 Stella of The End
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,991 reviews2023
Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: VisualArts
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Jude Gray, a wandering Courier, receives a request to deliver some very special cargo. This cargo turns out to be Philia, an android girl who is unaffected by the enigmatic Singularity Machines.
Why similar: Gore 23%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Violent 21.2%, Casual 19.6%, Anime 13.8%
- #51 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Anime 28.1%, Casual 24.5%, 2D 6.6%
- #52 MAGICAL DEATHPAIR
70% matchVery Positive92% of 145 reviews2022
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
16 Witches, 8 Couples, Game to escape death... Hunt down the Imposter. Save the world from impending catastrophe. Life and death adventure game for those who love charming witches.
Why similar: Gore 100%
- #53 Geminism
68% matchVery Positive90% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: CRAFTWORKPub: Shiravune
Windows
Two pairs of twins war for love, life, and limb beneath the curtain of a dark Tokyo night. From the artisans at CRAFTWORK comes a visual novel lush with art, action, and mystery; a story of GEMINISM—deformity and divinity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Gore 31.4%, Anime 23.2%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #54 PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,186 reviews2026
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Will you survive the curse together this summer? A new supernatural mystery adventure begins, telling a bittersweet story of the passions of youth featuring new locations, new legends and a new cast of characters.
Why similar: Gore 31.4%, Violent 29.1%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Text-Based 10%, Anime 8.1%
- #55 Moonless Moon
66% matchVery Positive92% of 306 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.7%, Visual Novel 35.1%, Anime 16.3%, 2D 6%
- #56 七人杀阵 - Seven Sacrifices
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,074 reviews2018
Dev: 章鱼罐头制作组
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Seven girls came to a mountain villa on the outskirts to attend a party. Suddenly they were struck by a storm. They were trapped and lost contact with the outside world.Everyone was caught unawares by the accident, but the conspiracy has just begun.
Why similar: Casual 32.8%, Gore 27.4%, Violent 25.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%
- #57 Slobbish Dragon Princess
69% matchVery Positive86% of 259 reviews2021
Dev: WhirlpoolPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 59.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
After discovering a strange, lizard-like being on the side of the road, things start to change for Takeru. And wouldn’t you know it, that lizard was actually the princess of the dragons! Now begins their bizarre, yet down to earth daily life.
Why similar: Mature 29.7%, Casual 29.1%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Anime 15.3%, 2D 2.5%
- #58 BURIED STARS
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,174 reviews2021
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Visual Novel 62.8%, Anime 37.2%
- #59 Lucid9: Inciting Incident
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,040 reviews2016
Dev: Fallen Snow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.7%, Anime 19.8%, Casual 19.6%, Gore 14.6%, Violent 12.4%
- #60 Fallstreak: Requiem for my Homeland
68% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A death march to the end of the world. Can humanity's lost future be reclaimed?
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Casual 34.2%, Anime 27.3%