Games like Actala: The Hero's Shadow

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

90% User Score Based on 42 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

A fantasy otome game based on the myths and legends of Hokkaido, Japan. Meet and fight with unique Gods, overcome fierce trials together, and discover what happens when you pursue forbidden love with the divine.. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yukar From The Abyss.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization

97% User Score Based on 39 reviews

A 20% chance is all you have to survive the surgery. Will love give you the strength to continue this life or will you be singing with the angels? The choice is yours in Glass Heart. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glass Heart.

Trapped in a time loop as the Saintess of the Golden Bow, every choice matters and every death is a second chance. Use knowledge from past timelines to unlock new paths and strengthen bonds in this otome visual novel. Can you rewrite fate, or are you bound to relive despair forever? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saintess of the Golden Bow.

Snow is slowly falling outside. A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to borrow some salt from her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for? Her neighbors are very strange, and Nastya will have to make a choice which one to go to. Reality mixes with nigh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Do you have SALT?.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

93% User Score Based on 100 reviews

In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lover's Enigma.

40%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization

54% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Content Warning This game contains depictions of blood and violence (including vampire bites), depression, and suicide. Velvet Bite: Softly, With Teeth ベルベット·バイト / 轻咬丝绒 / 벨벳 바이트 Romance with Vampires You've been invited to a Halloween party! Yay! Music! Food! Drinks! Vampires! Wait. VAMPIRES!? A Romantic Visual Novel featuring 6 romanceable vampires. Main Routes Madison That's my question to ask. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, atmosphere

96% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Critic Score 57%Based on 2 reviews

What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? This game offers you a few ideas to explore. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Still Joking.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay

84% User Score Based on 102 reviews

The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Radiants.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

94% User Score Based on 88 reviews

Mizuchi 白蛇心傳 is a heartfelt and philosophical yuri visual novel inspired by the Legend of the White Snake and multiple folklores. Follow Linh's journey with a beautiful shape-shifting temptress and a resourceful warrior nun, and experience a story of friendship, love, transformation, and belonging. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mizuchi 白蛇心傳.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

99% User Score Based on 73 reviews

A global crisis that only continues to escalate. A dangerous run-in with a shadowy stranger. And a mysterious word that won't stop gnawing at you. How does everything tie together? And what role could you possibly play in all of this? Enter a world of magic—of Fae and Dragon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alaris.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

81% User Score Based on 842 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

Once upon a time, a girl, her pet dog, and three companions made a journey to meet a great wizard who could grant their wishes. But what if the girl hadn’t believed that “there’s no place like home”? Explore a fairytale world through a dozen routes and 20+ endings! A Visual Novel with women as the target demographic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OZMAFIA!!.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

88% User Score Based on 832 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 6 reviews

Cinders is a mature take on a classic fairytale with a heavy emphasis on player choices and role playing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cinders.

A fairy-tale otome visual novel about a reverse mermaid princess searching for love, acceptance, and a place where she belongs. Inspired by The Little Mermaid and set in a Victorian-inspired world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ninon the Upside-Down Mermaid.

In a heartbeat, the ordinary becomes legendary. Transported to a magical world and accused of being the Evil Witch Queen, you must choose your protector from 7 heroes. A fantasy romance Visual Novel featuring complete Main Stories through Season 5. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love & Legends.

Why do people want to die... Why don't people want to die... In this world, opposites intertwine— cuteness and grotesqueness, hope and despair, life and death. Those who yearn for death, yet cannot bring themselves to it, arrive at the Interworld suspended between life and death. This is the story of Mitsu Mao, a girl clinging to life who gets lost in this Interworld, and those she meets th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GiLGuL.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

OUT OF WATER is a visual novel about survival, myths, love, and choice. In 1 CE Watarholt, a quiet village prepares for winter - until bodies begin to surface. Shape your path through bonds, ancient horrors, and a fading peace. Will you fight, plead, or surrender to the waters? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out Of Water.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

88% User Score Based on 34 reviews

Take the throne and fix the corrupt kingdom... or worsen it! A villainess life sim where you balance stats, manage a country, and romance 4 love interests. Your choices will affect the whole kingdom's story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Crown Is Mine.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 1,618 reviews

Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cabernet.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

98% User Score Based on 311 reviews

One day you're in your apartment, wallowing in self-pity, and the next thing you know you're being summoned to a land full of witches trying to kill you, with your doppelganger's unconscious body lying on the wooden floor. Can you find your way back home? Follow along Palmier as she/he has an identity crisis while exploring a whole new world filled with killer witches, magic, and four lonely tw… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bewitching Sinners.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

96% User Score Based on 73 reviews

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? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drops of Death.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

58% User Score Based on 48 reviews

Play as male or female in this horror dating sim. A curse was cast upon you, can love be a cure for what ails you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love Bites.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

89% User Score Based on 211 reviews

Madeleine Valois is a prince's companion. Her job is to guide and advise him, to make him look good so that he can land a royal bride. It is her responsibility to keep him out of trouble - not to let him walk blindly into a political minefield, not to let him get arrested for a crime he didn't commit, and definitely not to let him fall in love with her. Unfortunately, events are not going accordi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Confines Of The Crown.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

98% User Score Based on 5,354 reviews

"Welcome to BAD END THEATER! Select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates! The decisions you make in one story will affect the others. You can toggle these behaviors to open up new paths! Unfortunately, every path leads to a bad ending... Can you find a way to save this unlucky cast? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BAD END THEATER.

A visual novel that immerses the reader in a fantastic and frightening world. Will you be able to return home, avoiding all the dangers? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mysteria of the World: The forest of Death.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, gameplay

96% User Score Based on 167 reviews

A cyberpunk and solarpunk adventure-romance that explores a world where one side is forever day and the other, night. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gilded Shadows.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 983 reviews

"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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cupid.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

97% User Score Based on 34 reviews

Marlowe dreamed of finding a loyal partner who wants to raise a family. She just never thought the first taker would be a brain-eating amoeba. Trapped in a remote cabin, she must fight to stop the parasite in her brain from shutting her off for good. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Parasite in Love.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

79% User Score Based on 14 reviews

An otome romance game inspired by Cinderella, Bridgerton and Faeries - featuring a GxB/BxB/GxG romance! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moondusk Masquerade.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, atmosphere

75% User Score Based on 12 reviews

The Demon's Apple is a Dark Fantasy Otome game with mature content. Pomme is the village herbalist and during one of her outings to pick up herbs used to create medecine she finds a badly wounded man and takes him home to try to save his life. She then discovers he is a demon, bloodthirsty creature, as he bites her to feed himself before escaping.  But they meet again... And this time they w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Demon's Apple - Otome Game.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

69% User Score Based on 58 reviews

A mysterious force of power transforms you and other highly attractive people in your area into superheroes and villains! TEXT, DATE and FIGHT your friends and enemies alike. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nova Hearts.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

91% User Score Based on 11 reviews

An otome game with intricate dark fantasy/fairytales. Can you solve the mysteries and find love? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nusantara: Bermuda.

27%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

45% User Score Based on 11 reviews

A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Story: Games with Death.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

97% User Score Based on 110 reviews

Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fearbonding.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

100% User Score Based on 31 reviews

After recovering from a painful incident, a closeted trans woman finds herself split between four possible paths - returning to sailing, becoming a healer, helping the resident witch, or joining a prince on a mysterious quest. A fantasy romance visual novel about love and self-discovery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breathless Winds - LGBT Visual Novel.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

88% User Score Based on 42 reviews

An otome-fantasy visual novel. Play as Alto, a fearless knight, and enter a world of magic and myths with secrets waiting for you to unveil. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Of Frost and Flowers.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding

85% User Score Based on 684 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hate Plus.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

98% User Score Based on 4,368 reviews

You've finally made it to the dead-end mining town of Scarlet Hollow, North Carolina, where your aunt is dead, your cousin hates you, and something otherworldly stalks you from the shadows. You won't be able to save everyone. You might not even be able to save yourself. Welcome home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scarlet Hollow.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

92% User Score Based on 148 reviews

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? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Midnight Witch.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

97% User Score Based on 3,254 reviews

The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cinderella Phenomenon.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

91% User Score Based on 490 reviews

Demonheart is a first-person visual novel in a dark fantasy setting, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices. The game consists of 5 chapters to be released throughout 2017. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Demonheart.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

90% User Score Based on 210 reviews

Nothing is what it first appears. You live in a small, peaceful village. Every day is the same as any other; boring. Right when you wish for something exciting to happen, strange things start to occur, stemming from the nearby forest. If that isn't enough, the locals have begun disappearing. At the same time you meet four mysterious guys. Will you discover the truth before becoming the next targe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Nights.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

87% User Score Based on 154 reviews

Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seers Isle.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

81% User Score Based on 62 reviews

A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cafe 0: The Sleeping Beast.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

88% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Heroine for Hire is a medieval fantasy otome about unemployment, following your dreams, and falling in love along the way! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heroine for Hire.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

81% User Score Based on 72 reviews

Despite the chains around your wrists, this story is yours. You are the decision-maker. Freedom reaches out to you : you shall rise. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arisen.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

52% User Score Based on 152 reviews

X-note is a blend between Visual Novel and Dating Sim. Follow the story of Essi as she pursues the truth of her mother's death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to X-note.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, character development

100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

The Last Act is a mystery-romance visual novel about a young woman named Sarah, who aspires to be the lead in a play. She finally lands her big break but then disturbing supernatural incidents start happening around the theater. All she wanted was a smashing opening night, but instead, she might be breaking a leg... LITERALLY. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Act.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

68% User Score Based on 22 reviews

In Your Story, a visual novel with point’n’click elements, you leave the safe quiet of your family’s inn and embark on a fantasy adventure. It’s a wholesome growing of age tale. The mystery awaits just beyond the horizon… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Story.

When the hunt is over, the hound is thrown away. He learned that in the Amazon. Lord of Lords: Dawn of the King is a dark fantasy visual novel adapted from the 475-chapter Korean web novel epic Lord of Lords by Wolwoon — an official adaptation commissioned by the original author. Chansung, 27, is the legendary platoon leader of the Blue Dragon Battalion, Korea's most secret special forces un… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lord of Lords: Dawn of the King.

Fall in love, and rewrite literary history. Romance legendary Japanese authors—including Osamu Dazai, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Kenji Miyazawa, and Natsume Soseki—in a literary mystery visual novel. Your choices shape not only your romance, but also the fate of literary history itself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bungou Catharsis 文豪カタルシス.