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You’ve been summoned to Honeymoore Manor. Will you discover its secrets in this unique spin on the vampire story? Lowen’s a lowborn boy dealing with grief and battling bad luck when he’s summoned to Honeymoore Manor. Within its walls, he finds a new family and becomes entangled in the life of genderqueer aristocrat, Tamorna Rosen Roane, and his strange hive of bees. But behind every bee is a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Their Heart A Hive.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere

98% User Score Based on 464 reviews

An adventure game about old computers, community, creativity, fandom, gender, and the internet. Alex Cole is a teenage trans girl in 1999 who has yet to figure herself out. She spends much of her free time on the internet, browsing a fan forum for her favorite magical girl show, and chatting with her friends. Join her on her story of self-discovery through friendship and media as she explores her … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Secret Little Haven.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

86% User Score Based on 329 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

Fujiwara Bittersweet is a GxB Otome/Visual Novel, slice of life, with cute but somehow dark theme. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fujiwara Bittersweet.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

100% User Score Based on 31 reviews

Return to Two Elk Island anew Dorman, a closeted trans woman, has just finished recovering from a sailing incident that left her bedridden when her grandmother encourages her to start a new career. All the while, she struggles with the expectations her parents left behind - of her as a sailor and as a man. As she begins to settle back into her life, she finds that Two Elk Island isn’t as tranqu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breathless Winds - LGBT Visual Novel.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

100% User Score Based on 309 reviews

A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one-of-a-kind life. Our Life is a nostalgic visual novel where you create your own character and grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Our Life: Beginnings & Always.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

96% User Score Based on 1,824 reviews

You thought it was going to be just another summer. You were wrong. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leap of Faith.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

97% User Score Based on 784 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 2 reviews

Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places. Speed Dating for Ghosts is a weird dating sim made by a former BioWare dev and his indie rapper friend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Speed Dating for Ghosts.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

98% User Score Based on 211 reviews

"Life After Magic" is a Y2K, queer WLW visual novel focused around retired magical girls! What's a magical girl to do when the teenage years are over, and there's no more bad guys for you to fight? How about navigating lost connections? Or juggling a totally awful retail gig? Worst of all - your magical powers are fading... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life After Magic.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

100% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Gloom and Doom is a visual novel throwback to 90s slacker movies - complete with the solitude and sarcastic retorts - but with a supernatural twist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gloom and Doom.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 852 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A YEAR OF SPRINGS.

A collection of cyberpunk stories carving space out for Trans+ characters in near-futures ravaged by rampant capitalism, terminal environmental decline, state surveillance, poverty, and the rolling back of human rights. Trans_lucent comprises six deeply empathetic stories exploring sex, technology, community, and what it means to be trans in a world where transhumanism has become business as usua… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trans_lucent.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 1,160 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 20 reviews

Why did Emily go missing? What is going on in this world? Why does she suddenly have these strange abilities? A profound story of regeneration and self-discovery. This is a title by Swery, the creator of Deadly Premonition and D4. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, stability

92% User Score Based on 105 reviews

In this chaotic world, you must adapt - either to forgive or survive. A thriller-romance indie visual novel/dating simulator. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Wishes.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

95% User Score Based on 174 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 4 reviews

SeaBed is a yuri-themed mystery visual novel told through the perspectives of three separate characters: Mizuno Sachiko, a designer plagued by hallucinations of her past lover; Narasaki Hibiki, Sachiko's friend and a psychiatrist researching the workings of human memories; and Takako, Sachiko's former lover who has been rapidly forgetting her past, including how or why the two women drifted apart … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SeaBed.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

97% User Score Based on 194 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

Mamiya is a captivating, dark visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MAMIYA.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

96% User Score Based on 705 reviews

A fantasy yuri visual novel filled with magic, fairies, and a ghost girl. When Maddie and her best friend, Tara, journey to a remote forest village to investigate rumors of the supernatural, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heart of the Woods.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

75% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Dear Mom: My Letter to You is a yuri dating sim that offers a story-rich narrative, taking a slice-of-life approach to the genre to develop a more thorough understanding of character relationships. Role-Playing Game mechanics are introduced to choices you make as a player, heavily influencing the game's story and progression. Just as in real life, relationships are built over a long series of mome… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dear Mom: My Letter to You.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

81% User Score Based on 47 reviews

Out of the Blue is relatively simple, you wake up in a maze and you need to find your way out. You fight enemies, explore the map, collect items and manage your resources (such as bullets, water, grass, and tea). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OUT OF THE BLUE.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

87% User Score Based on 38 reviews

Aster is a talented mage who lives deep in the forest. Awkward and anti-social, he prefers poring over his potions to speaking with other people, and he’s at his happiest when he can conduct his strange magical experiments in peace. Unfortunately for Aster, however, life isn’t that simple. Whilst working on a particularly potent potion, something peculiar happens. A black cat falls from Aster’s ch… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Confounding Cat is Criminally Cute!.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development

78% User Score Based on 116 reviews

Gunfire rings out, shattering the safe haven of the town hall. Violent death. People driven to suicide. A mystery group behind the scenes. An imminent horde of zombies. And the intelligent zombies are finally on the move. What will become of Yuusuke and the others? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I Walk Among Zombies Vol. 3.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development

100% User Score Based on 42 reviews

"In life and death, in the paradise between those, you will know your own crime" A visual novel ADV where raw and dead intersect "Garden of the Vanilla Judgment" Circle Charon's latest work challenging straight from the theme of "life and death". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vanilla: Garden of Judgement.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

99% User Score Based on 111 reviews

Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Graveyard Girls.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

76% User Score Based on 206 reviews

Samantha and Lillian are best friends. At least, they were, until everything fell apart. Now, Samantha has a day to repair their relationship — but is it already too late? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Asphyxia.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 455 reviews

A collection of several stories that are prequels to The House in Fata Morgana. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

95% User Score Based on 454 reviews

When The Night Comes is an episodic fantasy otome game with supernatural elements. You are a Hunter, and you've been called to the quiet town of Lunaris to assist the local Enforcers with an investigation into a series of increasingly unsettling murders. Immerse yourself in the world of Witches, Vampires, Demons and Lycan's as you slowly unravel the mystery that lies deep within the roots of the t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When The Night Comes.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

97% User Score Based on 228 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

A free hour long melancholy, point-and-click narrative mystery set in the bible belt of Sweden. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

90% User Score Based on 791 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 3 reviews

A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpse Party.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 64 reviews

Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Melancholy Love.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

87% User Score Based on 97 reviews

Climb to the head of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creme de la Creme.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

92% User Score Based on 900 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 4 reviews

What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back. From the creator of Coffee Talk, in collaboration with Rolling Glory Jam, the creator of Rage in Peace. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Comes After.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere

73% User Score Based on 64 reviews

A short somber game about exploring a forgotten town. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No One is Here.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay

99% User Score Based on 310 reviews

Mice Tea is a visual novel full of transformation, sex, and steamy, hot beverages. Take the role of twentysomething bookstore clerk Margaret de Campos as she finds a box of magical tea with transformative powers that turns the lives of her and her friends into an unforgettable, erotic adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mice Tea.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

77% User Score Based on 115 reviews

All That Remains is a 90's inspired eerily atmospheric adventure narrative that lets you experience one man’s life as he comes to terms with his final moments on an abandoned Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All That Remains.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

76% User Score Based on 262 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 6 reviews

A visual novel about an abusive relationship, idealization, and intimacy. Live a summer of dysfunctional love through branching storylines, twists, sudden changes, and an innovative mechanic where you choose which senses to use with your boyfriend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star.

Find a weapon lost to myth, and Drake can save the world.Find a creature lost to war, and they can save themself.Drake Elýnus was never supposed to be in Tārāmen. They were never supposed to be working for Tārāmen’s royal family. They were never supposed to do the things they’ve done. But Drake hasn’t stood a chance since the day their home was burned to the ground, the boy they loved was executed… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Veil Us in Gold.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

99% User Score Based on 199 reviews

A CRACKED, EMPTY VESSEL. A GIRL WHOSE SOUL IS BURSTING WITH LIFE AND HATE. THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE FUTURE FOR THEM.  _____  Clover is a shell of a person, living an empty, isolating existence. While it struggles clumsily trying to figure out the basic aspects of its identity, its future seems like more of the same, with homelessness looming and no support from family or friends. Lotus is an over… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PASSENGER x PRINCESS: NO HOPE // MUST DIE.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

96% User Score Based on 122 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 5 reviews

Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fishbowl.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

86% User Score Based on 42 reviews

Yandere Yuri Horror Visual Novel with Smooth Live2D AnimationsThis is a yandere yuri horror game created with Live2D and TyranoScript, featuring character sprites and stills that move smoothly. If you enjoy yandere yuri horror filled with mad love, please give it a try.About the Gameplay- This game is a visual novel consisting of 8 main chapters and 7 side chapters. - Almost all character sprites … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kimi to Kanojo no LILYVAGANZA.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

93% User Score Based on 95 reviews

A dark yuri visual novel with themes around depression, a hidden magical art, and unexpected love from the depths of grief. As a reserved and unassuming university student in snow-bitten Hokkaido, the personal tragedy which visited Honoka Asakawa would lead to her experimentation in a magical art thought long-lost — blood magic. Unexpectedly able to visit the sealed world of Meiji-era Sapporo, Ho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Tithe in Blood.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

98% User Score Based on 1,303 reviews

"There is a saying that when you depart from this world, the dog who went ahead will warmly welcome you." While spending time in dog heaven, Bong-gu the Welsh Corgi suddenly catches his dad's scent. Now, he embarks on a journey to meet his dad. Will Bong-gu be able to see his dad again? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Little Puppy.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 30 reviews

The year is 1995, and you're newly single, ready to mingle... and fresh off the plane in Stradania, the dysfunctional micronation whose chief exports are pig iron, human misery, and radioactive souvenir mugs. Your travel guides have steered you to the hottest nightclub in town. Now it's up to you to seize the evening by getting up close and intimate with Stradania's Most Eligible Vaguely Hands… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dates & Wires: Augmented Edition.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

96% User Score Based on 26 reviews

A romantic visual novel with a touch of fantasy! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Witch of the Ihanashi.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

96% User Score Based on 150 reviews

This game is a short narrative experience (60-90 minutes). Perfect to play right before bed! In tonight's episode of Midnight Scenes, Phil’s existence is threatened by his oppressive home environment, intransigent parents, and terrible nightmares that push his sanity close to the precipice. In this dark tale exploring themes of isolation and loneliness, our protagonist confronts terrifying … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place.

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.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development

93% User Score Based on 59 reviews

StoryYou and several others have passed away. Rather than being sent to Heaven or Hell, the powers that may be are unable to decide where you should go. You wake up in the Garden of Eden who's new home has been made in Limbo. You have three options: either take the trials to earn your place in Heaven, live it up in Hell, or remain lost in Limbo for eternity. It's a lot to take in fresh off your … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Repurpose.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

97% User Score Based on 69 reviews

GESTALT: The Fifth Day is a story-driven point-and-click horror game solo-developed KINJAKO, with publishing and localization by 072 Project. FEATURES: A grainy, black and white graphic novel aesthetic A point-and-click style of navigation and exploration Puzzles, problem-solving, and drag/drop sequences to solve problems and mysteries Ever-changing scenarios and story based on Wick… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GESTALT: The Fifth Day.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

86% User Score Based on 22 reviews

A sweet slice of life boys love / yaoi visual novel set in the English countryside about a couple of young men who bond over mutual bereavement. Also, one of the main characters is over 1000 years old. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In Fair Spirits.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

72% User Score Based on 81 reviews

LongStory is a visual novel, dating sim about love, romance, relationships and mystery. The LGBTQ+ romance lets players choose their appearance and pronouns as well as who, or even if, they would like to date any of their 5 lovable friends. Honest and authentic, the game has a story for everyone. Features Make new friends and deal with bullies Flirt, ask out your crush and go on dates Make plans a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LongStory.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

96% User Score Based on 469 reviews

A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where awful 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lake of Voices.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

96% User Score Based on 186 reviews

Step into the shoes of a medieval mercenary in a world not like our own! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Golden Rose: Book One.