Games Like You Weren't Invited

A detective visual novel inspired by Danganronpa and Everlasting Summer. You play as a young agent sent to an elite girls’ academy to investigate a suspicious death. Interrogate suspects, gather clues, and build romantic relationships — truth or temptation?

Why similar: Dating Sim 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 11.3%, Detective 10.9%, Anime 8.7%

Chaotic Love and Sex is an 18+ romantic visual novel where your choices shape who you grow close to—and how your story ends. Flirt, explore, and make tough decisions as you uncover the hidden sides of Aiko, Amanda, and Hina in a story full of passion, drama, consequence, and sex.

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 12%, Romance 11.3%, Anime 10.2%

Relive Thomas’s memories in this mystery-filled visual novel. What really happened to Emily? Make choices, explore different versions of events, and uncover two complementary endings that reveal the full truth.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Text-Based 14.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Romance 12%, Conversation 9.2% ★

A fanmade visual novel game by Virtual 48Group fans for Virtual 48Group fans, which tells multiple-fanmade-stories about a group of sophisticated 48 Vtuber Idol from Jakarta, Indonesia. You play as a 1st year student where you will interact with friends through multi-ended choice-based storyline.

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Conversation 13% ★, Text-Based 11.7%, Anime 9.7%

Starlight Shores is an island-themed romance game where you'll visit the town of Seaside with your friends. Party under the stars, play games together, and remember that your choices matter!

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Romance 14.2%, Anime 9.9%, Text-Based 6.9%

Your choices guide Lane through this dark drama and romance as shifting pressures form, strain, and shatter strong bonds. Found a student government, recruit members, and struggle to maintain them in the face of unexpected challenges and danger.

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Mystery 7.6%

Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Romance 10.5%, Detective 9.1%, Anime 8.9%

A dating visual novel where you play as a young salaryman trying to balance work and romance. Make choices that guide your relationships, meet unique waifus, and fulfill your hidden desires.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Dating Sim 19.6%, Romance 14.9%, Anime 11%, Text-Based 9.1%

Love for forbidden dreams, Forbidden Love is a visual novel about the love between a teacher and a student, in pursuit of a forbidden dream.

Why similar: Dating Sim 25.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Romance 13.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Anime 11.6%

A light-hearted lesbian romance between a tired office lady and a gyaru foxgirl. Make choices as Sasami and pursue a relationship with the cheerful Mirai, or risk ruining it.

Why similar: Dating Sim 22.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%

《恋爱绮谭~不存在的真相~》是一款文字冒险游戏。 初到江城的顾唯，意外成为了一起社会新闻的主人公。凶险的都市中，他需要在混乱的舆论和虚假的情报中找到唯一的真相，也需要在两名各有千秋的少女间完成自我的抉择。秋去冬来，覆盖城市的厚厚积雪下，究竟掩藏着什么样的秘密......

Why similar: Dating Sim 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Text-Based 11.1%, Romance 10.6%

The strangest things happen when you don't expect them...

Why similar: Dating Sim 24.4%, Visual Novel 20%, Romance 13.4%, Anime 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%

Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Mystery 15.1%, Anime 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Romance 9.2%

'Winter Girl' is a visual novel game that begins with a miraculous encounter with the alien, Seah. Combining modern direction with classic visual novel charm, it offers an immersive story and interactions. Experience various endings based on your choices.

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 14.3%, Romance 13.7%, Anime 11.7%

University life is always interesting. It is full of romance, dreams and plans for the future. Derek Winters is a university student. Difficulties appeared on his way, having passed which he will be able to find harmony, love and everything he wants. His fate is in your hands. YOU can help him or...

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Romance 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Anime 10.8%

This romantic visual novel has you joining a financially struggling all-girls' private school as one student's example case for gender integration. The two of you try to prove that going co-ed could save the school, while the story explores themes of traditions, change, family, and relationships.

Why similar: Dating Sim 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Romance 14.5%, Anime 11.1%, Text-Based 8.6%

In this city built upon the ideal coexistence of civilization and the environment, Tennouji Kotarou spends his days with his friends, Kanbe Kotori and Yoshino Haruhiko. In this peaceful city, a tumultuous event shakes the foundations of Kazamatsuri once a year.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Dating Sim 19.6%, Anime 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%

A romantic comedy where you play as a “love advisor” at the counselling office Making Lovely for a group of quirky, romantically challenged heroines. You, The protagonist becomes a “temporary boyfriend”. As you comment on their every move, you help them discover their true charms.

Why similar: Dating Sim 25.5%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Romance 9.7%, Anime 9.4%

Spend 100 days living with two “Egg Girls” in a gentle, bittersweet romance visual novel where four emotions—Affection, Empathy, Comfort, and Tension—gradually shape dialogue, distance, events, and endings.

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 12%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%

Experience Conor's first three visual novels. There's a story about a lonely man going for a walk, a guy getting tapped in a prison cell on an island, and a girl trying to confess to her weird crush.

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Romance 9.6%

The player doesn't impersonate a simple man, but a powerful, rich and famous nobleman who seems to be able to obtain whatever he wishes for. But will this be enough this time?

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Romance 11.8%

“A story about cat girls … with bite.” Nekos have evolved in the shadows of human society. Beautiful. Mysterious. Chaotic. And now, three of them live with you. Will you be able to get past the stigma and grow closer to them? OmOneko is a tale of cat and mouse... and rats.

Why similar: Dating Sim 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Romance 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%

In search for her grandmother's keepsake, an unlikely visitor--Adelheid Ritter von Weinberger pushed order after order towards the bureau. Time felt like it passed by at their command--what could it mean for the academy?

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Anime 9.8%

A young adult SF visual novel combining school life with science fiction. The main characters live normal, peaceful lives, savoring their youth. But one day, an illness starts spreading through their school, and with it, a secret that could change the world…

Why similar: Dating Sim 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Romance 15.5%, Anime 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

“Sweet Starlight Sisters” is a character-raising romance adventure where you share a sweet life under one roof with the bunny-girl sisters Anya and Sanya. Train the duo with your own hands to become top performers, and—while occasionally fielding their heart-pounding advances—lead them to victory.

Why similar: Dating Sim 24.9%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Anime 9%

The strange custom of "Onibarai" held in the village they moved to. The countryside life of the newlywed couple is infiltrated by the villagers' sinister intentions...!?

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.2%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Anime 9.5%

귀여운 걸 보면 죽는 병에 걸렸다. 깜찍함이 가득한 세상에서 살아남기란 쉬운 일이 아니었다. 은둔 생활을 시작한지 2년, 졸업을 앞둔 어느날 온 연락 한 통. “나 졸업하면 이사 가. 인사라도 제대로 할까?" 2년간 짝사랑했던, 홍온설. 졸업까지 남은 시간은 3일. 아직 전하지 못한, 전해야만 할 마음이 남았다. 학교로 돌아가 위험천만한 고백에 성공할 수 있을까? 끝없는 위협을 적절한 선택으로 돌파하여, 엔딩에 도달해야 하는 로맨틱 코미디 비주얼 노벨입니다.

Why similar: Dating Sim 25%, Visual Novel 24%, Romance 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%

"The medical examination diary: Teamwork in Paradise." is a novel game. Enjoy new episodes by the heroines of "The medical examination diary: the exciting days of me and my senpai" and "The 2nd page of the medical examination diary: Another story of exciting days of me and my senpai".

Why similar: Dating Sim 25.4%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Text-Based 11.4%, Romance 9.6%

A tale of small miracles in a snow-covered town— Kanon, the very first game from visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring HD visuals and full voice support! (The protagonist is only voiced in certain scenes.)

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.3%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Text-Based 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Romance 9.4%

Fairy tale wish of a loveless girl

Why similar: Dating Sim 27.9%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Anime 12.7%, Romance 10.7%, Text-Based 10.5%

A visual novel game set in “London at the end of the 19th century” and “modern Tokyo”. The game depicts a love episode between you and a male suspect that “Watson-kun,” the assistant of a famous detective (you), witnesses while investigating a threatening letter sent by Jack the Ripper.

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.1%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Anime 9%

Idol otaku, Nakamori Taiga and the girls of idol group Animal Trail ☆ Girlish Square are back in this series of side stories featuring Haneru and Tetora!

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Dating Sim 20%, Anime 17.2%, Romance 15.6%, Text-Based 10.8%

Come wish upon a shooting star and find “something fun and wondrous” to whisk you away from boredom! Beyond rabbit girls! Beyond your wildest imagination!

Why similar: Dating Sim 22.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Romance 13.2%, Anime 11.2%, Text-Based 8.9%

A story-driven visual novel set on a quiet coastal town, where fleeting connections, unspoken desires, and personal choices shape how every relationship unfolds.

Why similar: Dating Sim 27.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Romance 8.9%

In this game, you step into the shoes of a successful guy who's searching for something more in life. Then, out of nowhere, he finds it when he enters a new world filled with beautiful women, mysteries, conspiracies, and plenty of action in this thrilling 18+ visual novel.

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Conversation 11% ★, Romance 10.1%

You’re a successful programmer developing "SimuLOVE," a dating app, with the help of your new and seductive assistant. On top of that, you try to balance your professional and personal life with Jess, your workaholic girlfriend, while navigating the ups and downs of your love life.

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Romance 15%, Anime 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

The afterstory to Find Love or Die Trying is here! Continue your romance with your chosen partner in the world beyond the killer dating show. Will your love survive, when the world turns against you?

Why similar: Dating Sim 31.2%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Romance 15.8%, Anime 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%

일레븐지스는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 악마 '메피'는 화자인 '이지원'을 위해 여러 가지 시련을 준비했습니다. 악마를 이기기 위해선 잔머리가 아닌 굳센 의지와 날카로운 직감이 필요합니다. 위대한 대적자, '메피'와 그녀가 준비한 장기말들을 직접 목도하세요.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Conversation 15.2% ★, Text-Based 14.1%, Romance 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%

Two sisters arrive, bringing trouble along!? A thrilling life surrounded by beautiful sisters begins!

Why similar: Dating Sim 22.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Romance 8.6%, Text-Based 8.4%

Can a group of high school students write and perform an original stage play and win the national contest? Will they find love along the way? Find out in this Visual Novel!

Why similar: Dating Sim 17.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Romance 11.4%, Anime 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%

Date the small holiday town's cute local carpenter and help Noel rekindle her relationship with her family in this emotional Christmas themed otome visual novel!

Why similar: Dating Sim 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Romance 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%

A short, nostalgic slice-of-life visual novel with a coming-of-age story about a forgotten ice pop and the girl who once felt like a big sister to you.

Why similar: Dating Sim 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 11.1%, Romance 9.7%, Anime 9.1%

メモリーズオフシリーズ最新作のアフターストーリー 主人公「久寿米木一葵」と登場ヒロインたちの「その後」を楽しんでいただけます。 ビジュアルノベル形式のゲームスタイルで選択肢を選びながらストーリーが進行します。 それぞれの道を歩み始めたヒロインたち。 それぞれの未来を大切な「あなた」と一緒につかむため、 それぞれの想いが、今はじける……！

Why similar: Dating Sim 28.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Anime 8.7%

Enjoy short after stories for the heroines of the 9-nine- series in 9-nine-:NewEpisode!

Why similar: Dating Sim 27.6%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Anime 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Romance 9.1%

The fairy tale is over. The Hero won. But the story is just beginning. Explore the web of intrigue in this mystery/fantasy romance visual novel featuring hundreds of animated illustrations.

Why similar: Dating Sim 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Romance 12.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Anime 9.8%

Spend your summer with Suki! Exchange text messages, complete missions, unlock poses, and fully undress her. 18 kawaii poses to unlock, and all clothing can be removed. Try out the free demo.

Why similar: Dating Sim 23%, Conversation 20% ★, Visual Novel 15.7%, Romance 13.8%, Anime 10%

Three inmates. One human warden. No intimacy allowed… or is it?The worlds of humans and furries have merged, and now everyone must learn how to coexist. You play as the first, and only, human warden in a special prison for furry convicts.

Why similar: Dating Sim 23.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Romance 14.2%, Anime 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

Heart Rates: Plus is a short college romance Adult Visual Novel with meaningful choices and a realistic-but-simple sex simulation.

Why similar: Dating Sim 26.3%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Romance 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%

ミステリー×ラヴコメ！プレイヤーは、シュークリームマンとなって、カヌレ探偵の助手的存在として、事件解決のサポートを行います。シリアスな展開もありますが、日常はコメディータッチで描かれています。時より挿入される選択肢を選ぶことで、周回プレイを楽しむことができます。

Why similar: Dating Sim 24.5%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Text-Based 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Mystery 8.7%

You return to the family farm to find it in disrepair. Maybe you have what it takes to bring it back to its former glory? Who knows who you'll meet on you're way? An old friend? That special someone? Anything is possible in Summerset.

Why similar: Dating Sim 30%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Romance 15.7%, Anime 14.2%, Casual 6.9%

An inheritance uproots you back to your hometown. Surrounded by mysteries and temptations, which path will you choose? A horror dating visual novel by Fluttering Abyss.

Why similar: Dating Sim 25.1%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Romance 12.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.7%

TFTU: After Midnight is a dark / gothic visual novel with multiple endings. Your choices matter and will determine who stays alive and who dies. Discovering the whole truth about the murders will require more than one playthrough.

Why similar: Dating Sim 23%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Anime 8.8%

九省通衢之地的阴影里，不知名的存在正在蠢蠢欲动。普通到极点的学生顾韦，作为“非日常部”的一员，和女友苏半夏开始调查“虚拟偶像消失事件”的传闻。讲述都市怪谈的可疑直播间，废墟一般的住宅楼，等待在两人前方的是……

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Dating Sim 17.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Romance 10.6%, Anime 10%

Nothing can stop those destined to meet.Cherish the opportunity given by God and fall in love with every "her" in parallel time and space.This candy contains love, keep it sweet~~~~~

Why similar: Dating Sim 25.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Romance 13.8%, Text-Based 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%

――これは“魔法少女”のための物語だ。

Why similar: Dating Sim 31%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Romance 12.3%, Anime 10.2%

A New Kind of Romantic Adventure:Break the Flags! Akira Morisaki set up "flags" with girls for Valentine’s Day success. But receiving too many chocolates triggered a fatal surge of “love power”! Saved by the angel Chocoriel, he must relive February 14th and break the flags to escape his doomed fate.

Why similar: Dating Sim 32.3%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Anime 8.8%, Romance 8.5%

It's been about one year since a young man came to Yunagicho. And in this town, he's met quite a few people. This is the story of his loving relationships with the wonderful women he has met. Let's do our best today, with both our familiar friends, and our new ones, too! ♪

Why similar: Dating Sim 26%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 12.5%, Anime 11%

From the popularity of the main title Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a shooting star- the much awaited fandisc is here!

Why similar: Dating Sim 30%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Anime 10.4%, Romance 9.6%