- #1 STEINS;GATE ELITE
97% matchVery Positive90% of 1,688 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 277.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.5% ★, Visual Novel 22.4%, Anime 13.1%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #2 莫待无花空折枝:做题家的 Git 重启日志
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: 西江仙客
Windows
现实里没有 git checkout,错过的分支无法回滚。但在这里,你可以。 这是一个写给「做题家」的纯爱文字 AVG:习惯用理性防御情感的男主「陆渊」,在博士毕业那天喝下一杯名为「重构」的酒,重回 2019 年夏天。 五条互斥纯爱单线,15万+字剧情。在这个赛博时空里,去解开当年无解的谜题,跑通属于你的唯一分支。
Why similar: Time Travel 31% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 11.3%, Story Rich 7.9%, Anime 6.6%
- #3 STEINS;GATE
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 27,155 reviews2016
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 67.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Why similar: Time Travel 35% ★, Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 11.2%, Story Rich 8.8%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #4 ISLAND
95% matchVery Positive95% of 1,776 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 154.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.6% ★, Visual Novel 20.7%, Anime 13.8%, Story Rich 8.3%, Romance 7.1%
- #5 Time Tenshi
94% match9 user reviews30% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Silver Cow Studio
Windows
Join the Time Tenshi on their thrilling adventures through time! Make key decisions to influence the story's outcome... and maybe even go on a date!
Why similar: Time Travel 24.4% ★, Visual Novel 17.1%, Anime 12%, Romance 10.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #6 STEINS;GATE 0
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,522 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 128.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.6% ★, Visual Novel 21.1%, Anime 11.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #7 Poison Noir: Desire, Time & Gangsters
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Brunomir
Windows
A breathtaking visual novel that will make you live through two eras filled with love, terrifying mysteries, and bullets. Follow Jake as he travels back and forth between the 90s and the Prohibition era of the 20s, and make choices that will determine his fate.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.8% ★, Visual Novel 14.4%, Romance 10.6%, Anime 10.3%, Story Rich 8%
- #8 Parallel Convergence
92% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: NYEKO Studio
Windows
A time travel project. A group of students. A cat that eats too much. Can you rewrite fate without losing what matters most?
Why similar: Time Travel 38.3% ★, Visual Novel 21.1%, Anime 13.5%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%
- #9 The VII Enigma
91% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Every answer lies in a timeline that no longer exists. 『The VII Enigma』 is an intricate time-travel mystery visual novel for players drawn to stories that test the mind, stir the heart, and reward careful attention. Unravel a conspiracy written across time in search of a future beyond their control.
Why similar: Time Travel 33.2% ★, Visual Novel 15%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Anime 7.8%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #10 STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,360 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 130.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A story for every lab member. Discover a new side of each STEINS;GATE character and get a glimpse of their inner thoughts through 10 new stories.
Why similar: Time Travel 39% ★, Visual Novel 23.5%, Anime 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #11 Frog & Blade
90% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: StarGazer
Windows
Killed by the villain Frogman, you awaken to the same morning. A mysterious drink, "Soma," grants power to those with strong desires, plunging the city into chaos. Fight the emerging villains, solve the case, and uncover the truth. A multi-ending, battle-packed, looping supernatural suspense ADV.
Why similar: Time Travel 25% ★, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 8.1%, Mystery 8.1%
- #12 Save Ruika! — Looping with a Losing Heroine
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: sweet ampoule
Windows
A short romance adventure where you loop again and again with a losing heroine to help her finally win. She cries, gets mad, loses again—and still refuses to give up. Does a brighter future await Ruika?
Why similar: Time Travel 29.7% ★, Visual Novel 16.4%, Romance 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #13 STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT
88% matchVery Positive90% of 1,088 reviews2026
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
STEINS;GATE returns! Rebooted for the modern era! Featuring fully updated visuals, UI, and an all-new story that breathes new life into the streets of Akihabara.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.7% ★, Visual Novel 20.3%, Anime 8.3%, Romance 8.3%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #14 Time For Changes
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wedared Game Studio
Windows
During exam prep, Semyon faces a family crisis that leads to failure and a transfer to a troubled class. There, he encounters not only hostility but also makes new friends and meets girls who change his outlook on life. He must make tough choices between friendship, dreams, and harsh reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Romance 13.7%, Anime 11.2%, Story Rich 10.4%, Mystery 10%
- #15 Timestamps: Lost Love
87% matchVery Positive85% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Motkeyz Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An exciting adult Visual Novel with a unique intriguing story featuring Sci-Fi, Time Travel, Romance, Sex, Humor, Character Development and some fun references.
Why similar: Time Travel 32% ★, Visual Novel 13.9%, Romance 9%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.6%
- #16 Timestamps: Unconditional Love
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: Motkeyz Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An exciting adult Visual Novel with a unique intriguing story featuring Sci-Fi, Time Travel, Romance, Sex, Humour, Character Development and some fun references.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.8% ★, Visual Novel 15.5%, Romance 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.5%
- #17 Akiba of Time
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 星野修&雕小满Pub: 秋叶原拯救计划
Windows
If everything you love is destined to be swept away by the tides of time, will you still choose to fight? An otaku left behind by the times and a once-famous AI girl fight to save Akihabara.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.2% ★, Visual Novel 20%, Anime 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #18 Re:Curse
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elseth GamesPub: Papertrail Studios
Windows · Mac
A time-travel mystery visual novel about found-family, connections, and hope in dark times.
Why similar: Time Travel 37.5% ★, Visual Novel 18.2%, Romance 8.8%, Anime 8.7%, Emotional 7.4%
- #19 Date Warp
86% matchVery Positive89% of 179 reviews2014
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
Why similar: Time Travel 32% ★, Visual Novel 15.8%, Romance 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Anime 8.2%
- #20 Phantom Thief Angels: Twin Angel - Labyrinth of Time and World - Re:light
84% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: ALTERCIWS
Windows · Mac
Let's Go Fever Time! Lovely Angel! By day, ordinary girls. By night, the 'Phantom Thief Angels TwinAngel' - on a mission to reclaim stolen treasures. Winter 2024: The Angels descend on Steam.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.4% ★, Visual Novel 17.1%, Emotional 8.9%, Anime 8.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #21 Bound Between Desks
82% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Anime 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Romance 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%
- #22 時折記 -Tokioriki-
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Time Travel 21.5% ★, Visual Novel 21.4%, Story Rich 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Mystery 8.5%
- #23 Memories of Rachel
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SANDWICH KITCHEN
Windows · Mac
Memories of Rachel is a text adventure game where you pick up keywords called fragments from the protagonist's memories and answer questions to advance the main story. No sudden action sequences, no clicking on maps. But their secrets and the overlap of memories will stick like a thorn in your hear.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.1% ★, Visual Novel 17.5%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Anime 9.2%
- #24 Summer Snow.
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cynical Honey
Windows
Escape the endless midsummer in this time-loop mystery visual novel. Find the "exit key," solve the cryptic MAZE app's missions, and reach the future with your childhood friends! A coming-of-age drama with stunning visuals, a 300k-character voiced script, diverse puzzle mechanics, and no bad ends.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Time Travel 14.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Romance 11.5%, Mystery 9.3%
- #25 Dullpain
81% matchVery Positive85% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: 埋月山枯Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.2% ★, Visual Novel 14.6%, Romance 11.4%, Anime 9.9%, Emotional 8.9%
- #26 start;again
80% matchVery Positive95% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?
Why similar: Time Travel 23.2% ★, Visual Novel 16.5%, Romance 11.8%, Anime 10.8%, Mystery 8.4%
- #27 Riddle Me Bunny: Nonogram
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Midnight Cupcakes
Windows
A cozy nonogram puzzle adventure wrapped in a storybook world. Solve gentle picture-logic puzzles to reveal hand-crafted pixel art, and slowly bring color back to a village that has quietly faded away.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Romance 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Anime 8.6%, Mystery 8.1%
- #28 0.5%
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Acetate123
Windows
0.5% is a hand-drawn black and white visual novel. It features two college students June and Tai. June's choices and discovery will uncover Tai's secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Time Travel 17.4% ★, Romance 15%, Anime 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #29 Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo
77% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: FUF Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.1%, Anime 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #30 My Silly Science Summer in the Past
78% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: TBFPub: TLS
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel for girls: Experience a fun time travel adventure and make friends with some quirky girls at a science camp. Will you solve the mysteries and find your way back to your time? Your choices make your own story! Full with challenging puzzle games, and unique endings.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.5% ★, Visual Novel 17.2%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Anime 8.3%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #31 My little sister: Prologue
79% matchPositive81% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: C's earth
Windows
😒😐🤨😉🥰😨😈 The girl of my dreams
Why similar: Time Travel 31.8% ★, Visual Novel 22.5%, Anime 14.6%, Romance 9.1%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #32 Click Start
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tech-AM Studio
Windows
Click Start is a visual novel about relationships, boundaries, and consequences. Make choices that shape conversations, relationships, and multiple endings—because what matters is not only who you choose, but how you treat others along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Romance 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Anime 10.8%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #33 Ending the Happy Route
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Water Phoenix
Windows
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Romance 15%, Mystery 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Emotional 9.4%
- #34 Angels with Scaly Wings™, Part 2: The Strands of Fate
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radical Phi
Windows · Mac · Linux
4 years after the events of Angels with Scaly Wings, humans and dragons co-exist in a society built from the remains of a broken world. A new threat looms on the horizon. Re-discover this unique setting and lead an investigation in this compelling sci-fi visual novel with dating sim elements.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.8% ★, Visual Novel 13.7%, Anime 7.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #35 Trinoline All Ages Version
76% matchVery Positive87% of 167 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
When tragedy sparks the advancement of science, a sentient android is created. Now, in this heart-wrenching, romantic, and beautiful visual novel, you will explore whether or not it's possible for man and machine to truly love each other.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Anime 13.3%, Romance 12.9%, Story Rich 9.7%, Emotional 9.3%
- #36 her tears were my light
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 863 reviews2022
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
a love story between time and space
Why similar: Time Travel 41.5% ★, Visual Novel 18.8%, Romance 14%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Anime 6.8%
- #37 7 summer days: Youth sky
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2020
Dev: Sanati Tales
Windows · Linux
A visual novel that takes place in the same universe as "7 summer days".
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Romance 17.2%, Story Rich 17%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
- #38 Love Duction! The Guide for Galactic Lovers
74% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: US8Pub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nanaboshi Kanata is a student traumatized by love whose world gets turned upside down when two girls vying for the Galactic Presidency declare that he will fall in love with them. Aliens, UFOs and even a guidebook for love? Nothing is normal and everything is weird in this comedic visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Anime 16.8%, Romance 16.6%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Text-Based 8%
- #39 Tempest In A Teapot
74% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: StrandGames
Windows
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Time Travel 24.2% ★, Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Story Rich 9.3%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #40 IIT Quest
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: IQHQ Pub: IQHQ
Windows
Is it okay to kill 6 billion people to avenge the deaths of 2 billion? In this epic sci-fi visual novel, make tough choices to solve "impossible" problems, unlock branching paths and achieve multiple endings.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.7% ★, Visual Novel 22.9%, Sci-fi 12%, Multiple Endings 8%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #41 Innocence Rewrite
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Charlotte's Oak
Windows
"Innocence Rewrite" captures the summer before and after the college entrance exam.As old bonds mend and distant feelings return, it's a season of healing amid chaos.No need for correction fluid — just feel, and slowly rewrite the innocence of youth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Romance 16.5%, Anime 15.8%, Story Rich 12.6%, Emotional 10%
- #42 Retrocausality
73% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Thanatos
Windows
Now if the grandfather paradox isn't a thing, does that mean that we can we kick grandpa down the stairs? Retrocausality is a kinetic novel where you encounter paradoxes, causal loops, and inversions. The story follows our cast who survive an anomaly only to find themselves in a temporal war.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.4% ★, Visual Novel 18.1%, Anime 12.5%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #43 秋空回憶 -命運的地平線-
70% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: GALEX SOFTPub: mirai works
Windows
就读于一所普通高中的新太,过着平静且祥和的生活,但这种枯燥的生活让他感到沮丧。 就在这个不太可能有波澜发生的时节,一名转校生出现在他的班级—— 随着学园祭的临近,新太和朋友们满怀喜悦期待着青春的最后时刻, 但某个疾病忽然在全校师生间开始蔓延……
Why similar: Time Travel 38.2% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Story Rich 8.1%, Anime 7.7%, Sci-fi 7%
- #44 Re:Fragment ~Absolute Ambition~
69% matchVery Positive94% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: AstralSeal
Windows · Mac · Linux
We all dream of a bright future ahead, but life doesn't always turn out how we expect. Yuuma, the protagonist, lives a peaceful life until the student council president proposes a new controversial policy that changes everything they once knew forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Romance 14.9%, Anime 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #45 透明的她与真实的我
69% matchVery Positive90% of 210 reviews2025
Dev: 可味玩KawayiPlay
Windows
This game is a bishoujo game developed and published by Kawayi Play.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Anime 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12%, Time Travel 11.8% ★, Emotional 10.8%
- #46 ROBOTICS;NOTES DaSH
71% matchMixed67% of 298 reviews2020
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Half a year after the events of ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE, Kaito Yashio is introduced to Itaru Hashida through Nae Tennouji. Unsettling incidents start occurring all around them, harbingers of an event that will again plunge the world into chaos.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Story Rich 20.8%, Anime 17.6%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Mystery 12.3%
- #47 Memory Girl +
69% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: cream△Pub: Champloo Games
Windows
A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Romance 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Anime 10.5%
- #48 Omni Link
72% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: RoenciaPub: Roencia Game Creators
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Omni Link is a hybrid visual novel featuring exploration, real-time space combat, and choices that affect gameplay and story. Find love across the stars, and become a hero in an epic adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Anime 19.6%, Romance 15.4%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #49 ef - the first tale. (All Ages)
71% matchVery Positive95% of 211 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 273.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
What starts with a conversation between two long lost friends spills out into a captivating visual novel about four youths struggling to pursue their dreams and find their place in the world as love complicates everything.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Romance 15.3%, Anime 10.8%, Emotional 10.7%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #50 アキゾラのメモリーズ─運命の地平線─
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: GALEX SOFT
Windows
「あの頃に帰りたい─、たとえその先が暗闇だとしても─」『学園もの×SF』でお送りする青春SFビジュアルノベル。平凡な学園生活で、青春を謳歌する主人公とヒロイン。しかし、学園にはある病気と、世界を変えてしまうような秘密が潜んでおり……。
Why similar: Time Travel 34.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Emotional 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #51 DESOPE
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celephais Seeker Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?
Why similar: Time Travel 39.7% ★, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 9.5%, Anime 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #52 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
71% matchVery Positive91% of 616 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, Anime 17%, Story Rich 11.7%, Mystery 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #53 Epoch Reset
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: abnermtjPub: Kakehashi Games
Windows
Unravel a narrative-driven 2.5D anime adventure as Hector, a dirt-poor genius and creator of the world’s first time machine. Travel between timelines, meet intriguing characters, and explore futuristic cityscapes as you seek to save reality from time-bending forces beyond imagination.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.6% ★, Visual Novel 16.2%, Anime 12.6%, Story Rich 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #54 Shanghai Summer
67% matchVery Positive90% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Time Travel 31.8% ★, Visual Novel 15.1%, Anime 10.8%, Romance 9.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #55 Our Wonderland
66% matchVery Positive99% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: CarrotPub: Project Ensō
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror-romance visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.7% ★, Visual Novel 16%, Romance 12.3%, Emotional 7.9%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #56 Kairos: Until the Dawn Breaks
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mokomuku
Windows
A melancholic fantasy visual novel. Kairos, the last twilight hunter of a clan abandoned by its god, walks to the Temple of Dawn chasing the truth of a silent goddess — and what he lost along the way. They were taught to fear the night. It was the light that burned them.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Romance 11.6%, Story Rich 10.8%, Anime 9.8%
- #57 Crimson Silk
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Swirling Pentapod
Windows
Crimson Silk is a political detective thriller with a mind-controlling villain. Investigate the assassination of your grandfather. Plunge into a world of complicated law and wild ESP powers. Gather clues, choose sides, jump timelines, and try not to get stuffed with lead.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Time Travel 18.5% ★, Anime 12.4%, Story Rich 11.2%, Mystery 10.4%
- #58 Shadows of Ambition: Season 1
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abyss Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a dark, choice-driven visual novel where ambition, lust, and power collide. Build relationships, shape your future, and uncover the secrets hidden beneath a world driven by desire and corruption.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Romance 15.9%, Story Rich 12%, Anime 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #59 The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons
66% matchVery Positive89% of 319 reviews2023
Dev: LaplacianPub: NekoNyan Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
2061, Japan. Mankind has lost the sky, and with it, its connections. All of it was taken away by birds... ...By countless artificial pigeons flying through the sky.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Romance 14.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 10.7%, Anime 10.1%
- #60 Ghost of the Quadrangle
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VNhub
Windows · Mac
A choice-driven visual novel set at Blackthorn Academy, where you uncover hidden secrets, shape relationships, and influence rival factions through branching decisions in a dark story of mystery, romance, revenge, and multiple possible outcomes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Romance 15.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, Anime 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.2%