- #1 Doki Doki Literature Club!
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 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 18.3%, Dating Sim 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Gore 13.5%, Violent 9.6%
- #2 XOXO Droplets
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 348 reviews2017
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 25.5% ★, Dating Sim 20.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Female Protagonist 10%, Romance 9.4%
- #3 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,488 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 79.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 20.3%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Gore 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Romance 9.7%
- #4 Degraman: Act I. Vincent
96% matchVery Positive84% of 190 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 26.5% ★, Visual Novel 14.3%, Romance 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #5 Find Love or Die Trying
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.6 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 33.2%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Romance 16%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #6 BAD END THEATER
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Romance 10.7%, Gore 10%
- #7 Lake of Voices
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 620 reviews2018
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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 21.6% ★, Visual Novel 21.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #8 missed messages.
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,420 reviews2019
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 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%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
- #9 REFLEXIA Prototype ver.
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,295 reviews2022
Dev: MAHOUMAIDENPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
REFLEXIA's story starts out as a parody of its genre and ends as a psychological drama.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.9%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Romance 14.3%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 9%
- #10 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 18%, Romance 15.5%, Violent 9%, Horror 5.8%
- #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 25.5% ★, Visual Novel 12.6%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Romance 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #12 Folie Fatale
89% matchVery Positive86% of 2,482 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Otome 27.2% ★, Dating Sim 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #13 Heart Fragment
89% matchVery Positive92% of 325 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 27.6% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Romance 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #14 Otome Legends
88% matchVery Positive91% of 110 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 28.5% ★, Dating Sim 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
- #15 Particles of Reality
86% matchVery Positive91% of 55 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 26.5% ★, Dating Sim 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Choices Matter 8%
- #16 Dark Nights
86% matchVery Positive92% of 407 reviews2022
Dev: Pinlin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Otome 30% ★, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Romance 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
- #17 Killer Chat! - Original Edition
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 913 reviews2025
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 18.4% ★, Dating Sim 17%, Dark Comedy 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Romance 8.9%
- #18 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,598 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 32.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Otome 19% ★, Romance 8.9%, Horror 6.7%
- #19 Pinewood Island
87% 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 20.9% ★, Dating Sim 12.7%, Violent 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Romance 8.3%
- #20 Creature Romances: For the Ladies
85% matchVery Positive80% of 60 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 22.8% ★, Visual Novel 14.6%, Romance 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Casual 8.8%
- #21 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
83% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 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 42.8%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Romance 13.1%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological Horror 4.6%
- #22 From Madness with Love
81% matchVery Positive91% of 496 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 23.3% ★, Visual Novel 19.4%, Romance 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Comedy 8%
- #23 Trick & Treat
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,403 reviews2016
Dev: Rabbiton
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.1 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 28.5%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Indie 15%, Casual 14.1%, Cute 12.7%
- #24 Trapped with Jester
80% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 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 29.3% ★, Dark Comedy 18.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #25 Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 572 reviews2018
Dev: NostalgiaPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 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 37.4%, Visual Novel 29.1%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Multiple Endings 6.6%, Romance 5.9%
- #26 Our Lovely Escape
82% matchMixed66% of 79 reviews2019
Dev: Reine Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 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 18.7%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 10%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #27 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
79% matchVery Positive89% of 402 reviews2022
Dev: 桐生バトラ(疑狐社)Pub: Miwu Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Romance 12.9%, Gore 9.5%
- #28 Bewitching Sinners
77% matchVery Positive96% of 487 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 27.5% ★, Dating Sim 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #29 PockeDate! - Pocket Dating Simulator
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,324 reviews2024
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.3%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Romance 13%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #30 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
77% matchVery Positive90% of 6,572 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 29.5%, Visual Novel 20%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Romance 13.5%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #31 Blood Code
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,024 reviews2015
Dev: ZiX Solutions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 24.2 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 26.2% ★, Dating Sim 20%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.5%
- #32 Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth
78% matchMixed52% of 75 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 25.5% ★, Dating Sim 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Choices Matter 5.7%
- #33 Landmine Princess
76% matchVery Positive94% of 72 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 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Dark Comedy 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Romance 10.4%
- #34 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 11.6%, Romance 11.2%, Otome 10% ★, Psychological Horror 5.7%
- #35 1 to 1 humanoid edible toys
74% matchVery Positive93% of 2,339 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 28.7%, Dating Sim 27.4%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Romance 6.7%
- #36 Syutyaku Gakuen
75% matchVery Positive92% of 51 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 24.9%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Gore 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Dark 8%
- #37 A Date with Death
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,259 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.8%, Otome 25% ★, Visual Novel 17.7%, Romance 11.8%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
- #38 Carpe Diem
75% matchVery Positive89% of 8,560 reviews2015
Dev: Moonlit Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Seize the day
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.2%, Dating Sim 26.9%, Cute 7%, Casual 5.4%, Indie 4.8%
- #39 Drops of Death
72% matchVery Positive93% of 86 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 18.1%, Romance 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #40 Pizza Game
73% matchVery Positive99% of 341 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 13.9% ★, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Comedy 9.2%
- #41 First Bite
73% matchVery Positive85% of 162 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 20.6%, Dark Comedy 17.7%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Romance 14.9%, Otome 12.2% ★
- #42 Fledgling Manor
70% matchVery Positive99% of 161 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 34.1%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Romance 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Horror 9%
- #43 Sucker for Love: Prelude
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 515 reviews2021
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Preform a series of scary rituals to win over an eldritch cutie and win a smooch!
Why similar: Dating Sim 52.5%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Horror 12.6%, Cute 8.9%, Casual 4.9%
- #44 Hydrangea
70% matchVery Positive93% of 123 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 31.6%, Romance 16.6%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Casual 8.8%, Cute 8.5%
- #45 Border of her Heart
74% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.6%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Romance 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #46 Death Match Love Comedy!
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 119 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 32.4%, Gore 27.4%, Violent 25.3%, Comedy 13.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #47 SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim
68% matchVery Positive88% of 678 reviews2025
Dev: SAFE HAVN STUDIOPub: HYPER REAL
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Romance 11%, Choices Matter 10%
- #48 Moko's Advice
71% matchVery Positive94% of 176 reviews2019
Dev: Portrait Prophecies
Windows
A dark comedy choice game about appeasement
Why similar: Indie 39.8%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Dark 13.5%, Comedy 11.8%, Funny 11.7%
- #49 MOOD
69% matchVery Positive87% of 451 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 22.5%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #50 Sucker for Love: First Date
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,933 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Romance 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #51 The Sweetest Ring
70% matchVery Positive82% of 55 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 23.2%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Dating Sim 17.8%, Romance 8.6%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
- #52 Aroma
69% matchVery Positive84% of 448 reviews2022
Dev: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac
This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Gore 16.8%, Violent 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #53 Blood Lily Ghoststories
66% matchVery Positive95% of 107 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 27.9%, Female Protagonist 23%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Horror 10.4%
- #54 After School Murder Club!!
69% matchVery Positive86% of 98 reviews2021
Dev: Rabbit, Deer, You
Windows
In this short comedy visual novel, you're an unpopular transfer student who begins a new life at a Japanese high school. You quickly get drafted into the school's most secret after-school club... but could it be that the seemingly innocent members of the Murder Club are hiding a dark secret?!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.6%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Comedy 8.7%
- #55 When The Night Comes
67% matchVery Positive93% of 327 reviews2021
Dev: Lunaris Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Otome 15.4% ★, Romance 15.2%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #56 Attack Helicopter Dating Simulator
68% matchVery Positive92% of 201 reviews2018
Dev: Curse Box Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A comedy dating sim visual novel where you play as an attack helicopter and romance other anthropomorphic helicopters in a satirical, military-themed world. Absurd? Dumb? Absolutely.
Why similar: Dating Sim 46.9%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, Casual 15.8%, Indie 13.1%
- #57 slime feet
64% matchVery Positive98% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: Nadia Nova
Windows · Mac · Linux
slime feet is a linear visual novel, a love story for everyone who has ever had to love through a keyboard. slime feet is about the body horror of an inevitable drawn out death, and the lesbian slime feet cybersex that comes with it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Romance 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15%, Dark 11.6%
- #58 Midnight Witch
65% matchVery Positive93% of 345 reviews2023
Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
Windows
Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Romance 12%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #59 Speed Dating for Ghosts
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 544 reviews2018
Dev: Copychaser Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.5%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Romance 12.6%, Comedy 7.3%