- #1 Doki Doki Literature Club!
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 228,468 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Dating Sim 17.8%, Gore 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Violent 9.7%
- #2 XOXO Droplets
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 360 reviews2017
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
An otome dating sim about a humorously jerky young lady and her mission to woo one of multiple uniquely, but equally, obnoxious guys.
Why similar: Otome 25.7% ★, Dating Sim 20.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Romance 9.3%
- #3 Find Love or Die Trying
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.7%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Romance 15.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #4 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,549 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 84.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Gore 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Romance 9.7%
- #5 Degraman: Act I. Vincent
95% matchVery Positive83% of 194 reviews2021
Dev: NamNorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
An otome visual novel - play a powerless victim of a terrifying, unfair world. 200+ choices, 50+ endings, 20+ hours of play - and only one way to escape.
Why similar: Otome 26.9% ★, Visual Novel 14.3%, Romance 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #6 Folie Fatale
94% matchVery Positive86% of 2,697 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Otome 25.5% ★, Dating Sim 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Gore 7.9%
- #7 BAD END THEATER
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,071 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Romance 10.7%, Gore 10.3%
- #8 missed messages.
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,554 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Romance 16.8%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
- #9 Kill or Love
91% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Romance 15.6%, Violent 9%, Horror 5.8%
- #10 Particles of Reality
90% matchVery Positive92% of 59 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: Otome 24.7% ★, Dating Sim 13%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Violent 7.8%
- #11 Hotel Tutwin
91% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Roxiano Creations
Windows · Mac
Hotel Tutwin is a visual novel designed for horror / romance lovers, but can also be quirky and cute. Each story line is quick and to-the-point, but there are many to discover. Prepare for inevitable deaths.
Why similar: Otome 25.9% ★, Visual Novel 12.5%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Romance 11.2%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #12 Lake of Voices
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 643 reviews2018
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.
Why similar: Otome 22.2% ★, Visual Novel 21.3%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #13 REFLEXIA Prototype ver.
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,584 reviews2022
Dev: MAHOUMAIDENPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
REFLEXIA's story starts out as a parody of its genre and ends as a psychological drama.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.1%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Romance 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 8.9%
- #14 Killer Chat! - Original Edition
87% matchVery Positive94% of 1,678 reviews2025
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Otome 18.6% ★, Dating Sim 17.5%, Dark Comedy 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Romance 8.8%
- #15 Otome Legends
89% matchVery Positive92% of 118 reviews2023
Dev: Jagaimo Studios
Windows · Linux
Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?
Why similar: Otome 28.8% ★, Dating Sim 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #16 Heart Fragment
86% matchVery Positive92% of 340 reviews2021
Dev: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Can you collect all the fragments to reach your happy ending? Or will your attempts only end in tragedy? Find out in this psychological otome game as you sort your way through the secrets & lies.
Why similar: Otome 27.9% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Dating Sim 14.4%, Romance 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #17 Dark Nights
84% matchVery Positive92% of 438 reviews2022
Dev: Pinlin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Otome 30.5% ★, Visual Novel 15.4%, Dating Sim 15%, Romance 11.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #18 Pinewood Island
86% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Jaime Scribbles Games
Windows · Mac
Find love, solve a murder, and prevent more death in this murder-mystery horror otome | visual novel.
Why similar: Otome 21.2% ★, Dating Sim 12.7%, Violent 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #19 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
82% matchVery Positive90% of 1,778 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.9%, Otome 19.7% ★, Visual Novel 18.8%, Romance 8.9%, Horror 6.6%
- #20 Creature Romances: For the Ladies
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 63 reviews2020
Dev: NostalgiaPub: Sekai Project
Windows
An original mystery horror love story! This work contains many disturbing, grotesque images and images of non-human creatures. Please be aware of this if you decide to buy this game.
Why similar: Otome 22.5% ★, Visual Novel 15.2%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Romance 12.9%, Casual 8.4%
- #21 Lover's Trophy
84% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Mrfishess
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Horror Dating Sim, Lover's trophy throws you into the arena with two love interests using you for their own personal amusement. With a completely customizable main character, go on a terrifying journey into the psyce of these two very dangerous men, and have the ride of a life time.
Why similar: Dating Sim 30.6%, Dark Comedy 28.5%, Romance 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Horror 6.7%
- #22 From Madness with Love
81% matchVery Positive90% of 530 reviews2023
Dev: JamsanpoidPub: VampireK.K.
Windows
This is a dating sim with guys you will never be on the same page with! For some reason, you just can't communicate with the guy you like... An unusual yet extraordinary experience with a cute pixel art style, fully voiced in Japanese.
Why similar: Otome 23.6% ★, Visual Novel 19.7%, Romance 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Psychological Horror 7.9%
- #23 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
82% matchVery Positive90% of 3,627 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.2%, Dating Sim 14.4%, Romance 13.2%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological Horror 4.6%
- #24 soundless - A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA -
81% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: milk+ visual
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yuri denpa tale about the cursed pariah of a rural cult, Mercy, and her fateful meeting with the Holy Maiden Auma. Bloody, bold, and bone-chilling, this visual novel explores the complexities of the cycle of abuse and the violence in playing by the rules.
Why similar: Gore 32.5%, Violent 22.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #25 Trapped with Jester
80% matchVery Positive94% of 1,595 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Otome 29.8% ★, Dark Comedy 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #26 Our Lovely Escape
83% matchMixed65% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your life is a peaceful one. Each day, you work alongside your (otherwise?) all-female workforce in the pursuit of creating otome games. Will you complete your life with a cute girlfriend? Will you be doomed to a life of normalcy? Or...? Find out in this (mostly...?) normal visual novel!
Why similar: Violent 18.9%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 10%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #27 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
78% matchVery Positive90% of 6,818 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.7%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Romance 13.5%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #28 Trick & Treat
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,422 reviews2016
Dev: Rabbiton
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Female Protagonist 19.6%, Indie 14.6%, Casual 13.8%, Cute 12.5%
- #29 Bewitching Sinners
77% matchVery Positive95% of 536 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: Otome 28% ★, Dating Sim 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Romance 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #30 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
78% matchVery Positive87% of 475 reviews2022
Dev: 桐生バトラ(疑狐社)Pub: Miwu Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Multiple Endings 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Romance 12.9%, Gore 9.9%
- #31 Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 581 reviews2018
Dev: NostalgiaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A short love story with a twist: the love of your life is 50% human, and 50% grasshopper.
Why similar: Gore 39.1%, Visual Novel 28.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Multiple Endings 6.3%, Romance 5.8%
- #32 Our Bad Ending
76% matchVery Positive100% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: FEVER FICTION
Windows · Mac · Linux
A ritual. A festering, unrequited love. Sink into a humid and visceral Southeast Asian horror about the pursuit of a doomed lesbian love. Is a bad ending better than no ending at all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Gore 22.4%, Romance 14%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #33 1 to 1 humanoid edible toys
74% matchVery Positive92% of 2,492 reviews2024
Dev: 汉谟拉比炒面Pub: 无
Windows · Mac
A story about Ambiguous Affection, Appetite, and Tantalizing Desires.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Dating Sim 27.3%, Female Protagonist 20%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Romance 6.7%
- #34 Syutyaku Gakuen
75% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: mokosoft
Windows
The only quality that can be measured is whether or not they possess the qualities of morbid love. As they spend their time at the school, what was once a peaceful life turns into a blood-soaked, corpse-riddled, blood-soaked day....
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Gore 10.8%, Psychological Horror 8%, Dark 7.8%
- #35 CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,308 reviews2016
Dev: FerventPub: Afterthought Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
"Love is both poison and cure, both knife and remedy." Set in 18th Century France, this is a gothic romance tale about loss, revenge and the different faces of love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Female Protagonist 12%, Romance 11.4%, Otome 10% ★, Psychological Horror 5.8%
- #36 Blood Code
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,027 reviews2015
Dev: ZiX Solutions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A story about an ordinary human girl and her romantic encounters with knights and princes. These characters may be gentle, passionate, considerate, or inhospitable. There are many character styles to suit a variety of individual player tastes.
Why similar: Otome 26.6% ★, Dating Sim 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #37 Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth
75% matchMixed53% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: EVERIUM
Windows · Mac
You've been invited to a Halloween party! Yay! Music! Food! Drinks! Vampires! Wait. VAMPIRES!? Velvet Bite: Softly, With Teeth is a Romantic Visual Novel featuring 6 romanceable vampires.
Why similar: Otome 25.8% ★, Dating Sim 23.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Female Protagonist 11%, Choices Matter 5.5%
- #38 Hadaka Shitsuji - Naked Butlers
74% matchVery Positive86% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: MADA LaboPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Naked Butlers is a hardcore yaoi visual novel rife with dark comedy. Unleash your inner sadist and bully these hot butlers good in this solo project from a developer who absolutely loves butlers!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.3%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Violent 17%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #39 Money for Girls: Amortized
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 982 reviews2026
Dev: PorpentinePub: INNOCENT Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A girl detective faces her darkest mystery yet, in this horror-romance visual novel with stickers, fashion, and bad ends.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Dating Sim 20.8%, Romance 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
- #40 The Sweetest Ring
73% matchVery Positive81% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Infidelisoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Sweetest Ring is a short linear NTR visual novel about meeting and dating a ghost woman until she discovers there is better dick to be found by crawling back into the very TV she came from and joining the professional porn stars inside!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.6%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Dating Sim 17.8%, Romance 8.6%, Female Protagonist 7.5%
- #41 Drops of Death
71% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: Otome 22.6% ★, Dating Sim 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Romance 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #42 Mercury Elopement Syndrome
70% matchVery Positive83% of 186 reviews2026
Dev: RenkaPub: Renka LH 1
Windows
Short visual novel. A 24-hour romance at its worst; a 24-hour escape at its sweetest.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Dating Sim 24.5%, Romance 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Dark 10.4%
- #43 Landmine Princess
71% matchVery Positive91% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Jeistar
Windows
Meet Mina! She's a landmine girl! That means she's cute on the outside, but dangerous on the inside! But maybe she's the kind of danger you've always been looking for. This is a rogue fast-love dating sim. And the only sim that teaches you to be nice to girls. Or else.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Dark Comedy 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Romance 10.4%
- #44 Demonheart
72% matchVery Positive90% of 760 reviews2017
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.
Why similar: Otome 27.2% ★, Dating Sim 17.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Romance 11.2%
- #45 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
69% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You opened your eyes to find a giant girl looking down at you. Experience the fate of Saeko and the little people in this cruel yet captivating story with avant-garde art.
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Romance 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #46 First Bite
72% matchVery Positive85% of 166 reviews2022
Dev: First Bite Games
Windows · Mac
An LGBTQ+ Vampiric Visual Novel. One Night. Three vampires. Make a deal with death or die trying.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Dark Comedy 17.4%, Dating Sim 15.8%, Romance 15%, Otome 12.7% ★
- #47 Death Match Love Comedy!
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 141 reviews2020
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Afflicted by a crazy curse that causes strange phenomena including being attacked by women, you must avoid being confessed to in order to survive! From the creators of “Raging Loop” comes a wild ride of a visual novel, full of romance, comedy, and explosions!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Gore 28.1%, Violent 25.3%, Comedy 12.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #48 Moko's Advice
71% matchVery Positive94% of 177 reviews2019
Dev: Portrait Prophecies
Windows
A dark comedy choice game about appeasement
Why similar: Indie 39.2%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Dark 13.4%, Comedy 11.8%, Funny 11.8%
- #49 Border of her Heart
73% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.7%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Romance 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #50 Carpe Diem
70% matchVery Positive89% of 8,562 reviews2015
Dev: Moonlit Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Seize the day
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.6%, Dating Sim 27%, Cute 6.9%, Casual 5.3%, Indie 4.7%
- #51 Hydrangea
69% matchVery Positive92% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Romance 16.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Casual 8.7%, Cute 8.5%
- #52 MOOD
68% matchVery Positive86% of 487 reviews2025
Dev: MAT Affect
Windows
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #53 Pizza Game
70% matchVery Positive99% of 343 reviews2019
Dev: Plasterbrain
Windows · Mac · Linux
Every boy have a secret. One of them is bones.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.6%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Otome 14.2% ★, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Comedy 9%
- #54 Fledgling Manor
68% matchVery Positive99% of 169 reviews2024
Dev: In Secret Places
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural horror visual novel where vampires compete to save their eternal unlives in a high-stakes reality show.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 33.8%, Visual Novel 25%, Romance 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Horror 9.1%
- #55 Blood Lily Ghoststories
67% matchVery Positive92% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A horror game about a needy female ghost. A trio of close-knit occult club girls gather late at night to enjoy telling ghost stories. Little do they know that Miss Choker, a ghost that targets girls, is just dying to appear...
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Female Protagonist 23%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Horror 9.9%
- #56 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,036 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Visual Novel 25.3%, Gore 20.2%, Dark Comedy 19.3%, Violent 15.2%, Casual 8.4%
- #57 INtLOVErt Game Club
66% matchVery Positive97% of 208 reviews2025
Dev: じょせふPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows · Mac
A lot of unique Japanese nerds appear one after another! Let's enjoy the exciting daily life with him, a member of the nerds circle who is interested in you!
Why similar: Otome 27.4% ★, Dating Sim 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Romance 9.6%
- #58 Class of '09
65% matchVery Positive95% of 9,128 reviews2021
Dev: SBN3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is the anti-visual novel. Instead of playing as some guy magically able to score with beautiful anime girls, YOU play the anime girl and create mass chaos in the lives of your potential "suitors". Earnest comedy, social accuracy, and late 2000's aesthetic await you in Class of '09!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Dark Comedy 19.1%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Comedy 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #59 Obsessed Lucy
64% matchNo user reviews92% of 314 reviews2026
Dev: VNGTrash
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short story about a strange relationship with an obsessive woman.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Dating Sim 13%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Romance 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%