- #1 Doki Doki Literature Club!
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 226,656 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.3 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 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Violent 9.7%
- #2 XOXO Droplets
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 358 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 25.6% ★, 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!
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,130 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 83.9 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 20.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Gore 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Romance 9.6%
- #5 BAD END THEATER
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,015 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Romance 10.7%, Gore 10.3%
- #6 Degraman: Act I. Vincent
94% 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 26.8% ★, Visual Novel 14.3%, Romance 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #7 Folie Fatale
93% matchVery Positive86% of 2,679 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 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 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Gore 7.9%
- #8 missed messages.
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,531 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 30.1%, Romance 16.8%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.2%, 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 29.8%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Romance 15.5%, Violent 8.9%, Horror 5.8%
- #10 Lake of Voices
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 640 reviews2018
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 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% ★, Visual Novel 21.3%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #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 25.8% ★, Visual Novel 12.5%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Romance 11.2%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #12 REFLEXIA Prototype ver.
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,566 reviews2022
Dev: MAHOUMAIDENPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.5 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%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Romance 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 8.9%
- #13 Particles of Reality
89% 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 8.2%, Violent 7.8%
- #14 Killer Chat! - Original Edition
87% matchVery Positive94% of 1,568 reviews2025
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 18.5% ★, Dating Sim 17.5%, Dark Comedy 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Romance 8.8%
- #15 Otome Legends
88% 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 28.7% ★, Dating Sim 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #16 Heart Fragment
86% matchVery Positive92% of 340 reviews2021
Dev: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.3 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 27.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Dating Sim 14.4%, Romance 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #17 Dark Nights
85% matchVery Positive92% of 433 reviews2022
Dev: Pinlin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Otome 30.4% ★, 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 21.1% ★, Dating Sim 12.7%, Violent 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #19 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
82% matchVery Positive90% of 1,752 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 Lover's Trophy
84% matchVery Positive94% 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 30.5%, Dark Comedy 28.6%, Romance 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Horror 6.7%
- #21 Creature Romances: For the Ladies
84% 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 22.4% ★, Visual Novel 15.2%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Romance 12.8%, Casual 8.5%
- #22 soundless - A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA -
81% matchVery Positive96% of 57 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%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
- #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 42.9%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Romance 13.2%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological Horror 4.6%
- #24 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 18.8%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 10%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #25 Trick & Treat
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,413 reviews2016
Dev: Rabbiton
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 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 19.4%, Indie 14.7%, Casual 13.9%, Cute 12.5%
- #26 From Madness with Love
79% matchVery Positive90% of 522 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 23.2% ★, Visual Novel 19.7%, Romance 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #27 Trapped with Jester
79% matchVery Positive94% of 1,579 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 29.7% ★, Dark Comedy 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #28 Bewitching Sinners
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 530 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 27.8% ★, Dating Sim 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Romance 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #29 Our Bad Ending
77% matchVery Positive100% of 65 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 22.5%, Gore 22.4%, Romance 14%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #30 Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro
80% 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%, Visual Novel 28.3%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Multiple Endings 6.3%, Romance 5.8%
- #31 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
78% matchVery Positive88% of 462 reviews2022
Dev: 桐生バトラ(疑狐社)Pub: Miwu Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 40.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 35.5%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Romance 12.9%, Gore 9.9%
- #32 CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel
78% 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 37.9%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Romance 11.4%, Otome 10% ★, Psychological Horror 5.8%
- #33 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
76% matchVery Positive90% of 6,790 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.1 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 29.6%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Romance 13.5%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #34 1 to 1 humanoid edible toys
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,475 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 19.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Romance 6.7%
- #35 Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth
76% matchMixed53% of 94 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 25.7% ★, Dating Sim 23.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Choices Matter 5.5%
- #36 Syutyaku Gakuen
74% matchVery Positive89% of 64 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 20.1%, Gore 10.8%, Psychological Horror 8%, Dark 7.9%
- #37 Demonheart
75% matchVery Positive90% of 759 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 27.1% ★, Dating Sim 17.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Romance 11.2%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #38 Carpe Diem
74% matchVery Positive89% of 8,560 reviews2015
Dev: Moonlit Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Seize the day
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.4%, Dating Sim 27%, Cute 6.9%, Casual 5.4%, Indie 4.8%
- #39 Blood Code
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,027 reviews2015
Dev: ZiX Solutions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 25.5 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 26.5% ★, Dating Sim 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #40 Drops of Death
71% matchVery Positive93% of 100 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 22.5% ★, Dating Sim 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Romance 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #41 Hadaka Shitsuji - Naked Butlers
73% matchVery Positive85% of 157 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 27.4%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Violent 16.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #42 The Sweetest Ring
72% 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 22.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Dating Sim 17.7%, Romance 8.5%, Female Protagonist 7.5%
- #43 Mercury Elopement Syndrome
70% matchVery Positive84% of 176 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 15.8%, Dark 10.5%
- #44 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
70% matchVery Positive87% of 744 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 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 20.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Romance 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #45 Landmine Princess
70% matchVery Positive91% of 97 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 21.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Dark Comedy 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Romance 10.4%
- #46 First Bite
71% matchVery Positive85% of 165 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 17.5%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Romance 15%, Otome 12.6% ★
- #47 Moko's Advice
71% matchVery Positive94% of 177 reviews2019
Dev: Portrait Prophecies
Windows
A dark comedy choice game about appeasement
Why similar: Indie 39.3%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Dark 13.4%, Comedy 11.8%, Funny 11.7%
- #48 Hydrangea
69% matchVery Positive93% of 139 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 31.7%, Romance 16.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Casual 8.8%, Cute 8.5%
- #49 Death Match Love Comedy!
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 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 12.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #50 MOOD
68% matchVery Positive86% of 484 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 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #51 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 34%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Romance 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Horror 9.1%
- #52 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 26.6%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Romance 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #53 Blood Lily Ghoststories
67% matchVery Positive94% of 124 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 26.5%, Female Protagonist 22.8%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Horror 9.9%
- #54 Pizza Game
69% matchVery Positive99% of 343 reviews2019
Dev: Plasterbrain
Windows · Mac · Linux
Every boy have a secret. One of them is bones.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.5%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Otome 14.1% ★, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Comedy 9.1%
- #55 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 992 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 20.1%, Dark Comedy 19.5%, Violent 15.2%, Casual 8.5%
- #56 Money for Girls: Amortized
66% matchVery Positive98% of 129 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: Dating Sim 23.7%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Romance 14.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Horror 8.3%
- #57 INtLOVErt Game Club
67% matchVery Positive96% of 192 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 27.2% ★, Dating Sim 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Romance 9.6%
- #58 Sucker for Love: First Date
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,007 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #59 闇ゆく君に花束を~Bouquet for you in the dark~
66% matchVery Positive85% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Camellia
Windows
Obsessive Love Possessive Male Leads 「逃れられない運命、歪んだ愛情。彼らの『愛』は心を深く、深く、蝕んでいく―― 」 攻略対象全員ヤンデレ ――Love turns into medness
Why similar: Otome 55% ★, Visual Novel 12.1%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Gore 7.2%, Dating Sim 5.1%