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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.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

78% User Score Based on 105 reviews

A cute fantasy romance visual novel. One day you discover the other side of your partner you had never known. What is the truth beneath the masks? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How to Take Off Your Mask.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

85% User Score Based on 62 reviews

The young healer girl is accused of witchcraft after a strange disease outbreak in the town. Can the girl prove her innocence and find a real source of the epidemic? And who is this mysterious sorcerer who appeared at the same time with the disease? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Heiress of Sorcery.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

72% User Score Based on 78 reviews

Every granddaughter visits her grandmother for tea and something delicious to eat. Lumy is no different from millions of other girls. That is, except for one thing… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crossroad.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 448 reviews

3 centuries have passed after sleeping for one night!? On a rainy night filled with thunderstorms, a young chef Raylan encountered a mysterious girl who resembled Sleeping Beauty in a huge tree hole, but everything suddenly went black before he could find out what happened... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vampires' Melody.

Melody wanted a break from her stressful med classes— so when spring break came around, she dragged her best friend Shion with her to the beach. However, things don't go quite so smoothly when they meet Brennan, a local fisherman, and Crylis... a mermaid?! Memories on the Shoreline is an otome dating sim featuring Melody, a med student, on her vacation of a lifetime where she meets two bachelor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Memories on the Shoreline.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

78% User Score Based on 366 reviews

The remote town of Okunezato is shaped like a crescent moon and shrouded in dark myths and legends. Take on the role of a brave young woman journeying into the unknown to uncover dangerous truths and locate her missing brother with her childhood friend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 7'scarlet.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

79% User Score Based on 359 reviews

Visual Novel game about a wave of murders that sweep across a city. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Major\Minor.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

69% User Score Based on 65 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Degraman: Act I. Vincent.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

74% User Score Based on 148 reviews

Someone is killing half-bloods (half-elves, half-humans) in a small city. The protagonist, a young half-blood girl called Mia Silverlight, falls into a whirlpool of events. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Never give up!.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

65% User Score Based on 52 reviews

The healer Thalia has developed magical powers and the gods of her world think she might be a new goddess they can marry. Poor Thalia just wants to do her work! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gods of Love: An Otome Visual Novel.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 469 reviews

Happy Quest is a casual match-3 game. You are a kind hunter in the town. Your quest is help beautiful girls to defeat monsters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Happy Quest.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

92% User Score Based on 230 reviews

SoulSet is a Mystery/Romance Visual Novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with 5 other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SoulSet.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay

93% User Score Based on 340 reviews

Play as Aria and romance the two sultry demon girls, Lyria and Scherza, or your best friend Melody in this yuri (girl x girl) visual novel where your choices will ultimately decide the fate of this spellbound girl. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starlight Vega.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

68% User Score Based on 22 reviews

Your Story is a visual novel based in a fantasy world where you're a guide for a half-elf named Lia. She has no friends and can't find her place in this world. Together you will encounter meaningful choices, romances, mystery, and more. Will her story become Your Story? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Story.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

61% User Score Based on 421 reviews

Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

Purrfect Date is a cross between a Visual Novel, a Dating Sim, and a dark British comedy. You, a human, will get to date cats and uncover the dark secrets of the mysterious Cat Island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Purrfect Date.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

A world where Spiria, a virus that causes delusions and hallucinations, has become an epidemic. The protagonist, Rui Genzaki, unfortunately gets infected with Spiria and begins to have hallucinations. His younger sister, Mone, takes him to Kamikawa Sanatorium Hospital. There he encounters his first love, Riza, the suspicious director, Anri, and strange monsters. Is the world you see reality? Or i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horrific Xanatorium.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

75% User Score Based on 402 reviews

This short Visual novel can be considered as a little introductory episode of the game Elisa the innkeeper. Enjoy our Art and Soundtrack as you begin to shape Elisa's destiny for the better or the worse! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elisa: The Innkeeper - Prequel.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

80% User Score Based on 307 reviews

Aozora Meikyuu is a short Romance Visual Novel with focus on a cute girl. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aozora Meikyuu.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability

92% User Score Based on 196 reviews

Akash: Path of the Five is a professionally-produced, fully voiced otome visual novel. Players will become Aurora, a member of a magical race of elementals. As the first elemental girl the village has seen in over 200 years, all eyes are on her fast-approaching coming of age ceremony. All is not as it seems, however, as tensions between Akash and a nearby human settlement threaten to erupt into a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Akash: Path of the Five.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

90% User Score Based on 5,052 reviews

Semyon, a poster child contemporary chan culture consumer, falls asleep in the bus, only to wake up in front of the gates of Sovyonok, a pioneer camp of the late Soviet Russia. Everlasting Summer is a time-warping, mind-bending visual novel with some eroge content, produced by the collective efforts of Russian chan communities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everlasting Summer.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

75% User Score Based on 443 reviews

Lust Theory 2 is an adult Visual Novel filled with lust (duhh...), passion, sex, humor, mystery and on top of that the day is repeating until it doesn't. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lust Theory Season 2.

18%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

30% User Score Based on 10 reviews

In the distant past, the races with magic founded the colonies in many places then united the colonies into a country. There are four kinds of magic, fire, light, and dark. To learn how to govern this country, the princess decides to visit the country and learn the public life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Magical Fable: The Princess of Light.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

84% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Hinata has only just arrived in New York, but things are already going downhill. Then a handsome stranger offers his help, and suddenly Hinata finds himself in a shared apartment with three hot guys. A rollercoaster of emotions begins. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Dangerous Life.

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!!.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

54% User Score Based on 189 reviews

Critic Score 30%Based on 2 reviews

Dear Red is a game based on two choices: Truth or Lie. Each of your choices will lead to a different result. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dear RED: Extended.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, atmosphere

83% User Score Based on 238 reviews

Your mundane life is upended when an ancient demon possesses your body. Forced to work as its servant, you’re thrust into a world of sexual desire and murderous wrath. When your loved ones fall prey to the demon’s hunger, will you protect those you care for or succumb to lust of the Bright Lord? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bright Lord.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

You accidentally get hitched to "that guy" from work when you're drunk! The Story: Great job, fulfilling hobbies. You're loving the single life. That is, until you end up married and all on a drunken impulse! A sparkling ring on your finger, kisses to welcome you home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oops, I said Yes?!.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

94% User Score Based on 52 reviews

EARLY ACCESS: Made Marion has been released in Early Access! Currently Robin Hood, Little John, and Will, the Scarlet Blade's routes are available. Our next route will be Meissa, scheduled for 2026. What do you do when your best isn't good enough? Lady Marion of Glastonbury is going to have to figure that out, and fast. Removed from her position of power and thrust into an unwanted arrang… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Made Marion.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

96% User Score Based on 100 reviews

Band emergency! This was supposed to be Hannah’s day off, but now she’s been roped into managing The Replay Boys, an up-and-coming boy band. Make choices to stoke multi-timeline romances, keep the band from killing each other, and fight a resurrected ’80s pop star ghost. Can you manage? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to REPLAY BOYS.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

88% User Score Based on 34 reviews

In this fantasy visual novel, you will play as Miyuri, the heiress of the great Bakuto clan of adherents to ancient martial arts. She has inherited a very important ability from her deceased mother: a mysterious power that would help save the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guardian of the future.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

Play as a prince as he attempts to give his story a happy ending by finding love and claiming his place as the rightful heir of the throne in this fantasy Boys' Love visual novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I deserve a happy ending.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 1,986 reviews

Soul Gambler puts YOU in the role of Faust, an ordinary young man living in the present day whose DESTINY is about to be change forever. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soul Gambler.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

52% User Score Based on 140 reviews

The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn't lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Executioner.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

81% User Score Based on 234 reviews

Maid Mansion is an eroge-thriller visual novel set shortly after the Great War, developed by Crazy Cactus Entertainment. A young man inherits his relative's mansion after their untimely death. Now he is the lord of the manor, with only one restriction left upon his grandfather's passing - he may never fire the head maid, Takako. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Maid Mansion.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, replayability

88% User Score Based on 3,282 reviews

In this very short kinetic novel, you will play as Jung who's meeting up and hanging out with a girl named Ai. Spend your time wisely. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Carpe Diem.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

44% User Score Based on 79 reviews

A group of friends is going to have a party in a space motel. If only they knew that they're characters of a story-driven game based on slasher and sci-fi movies... Their fate is in your hands - make decisions that alter the game, like totally! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unlucky Seven.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

66% User Score Based on 241 reviews

Take on the role of Asumi, a new warrior for the people of Edo. As Asumi you must root out a rebel from within a prestigious samurai academy. Now the assassin must walk in the light for all to see. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sword of Asumi.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability

81% User Score Based on 85 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 1 reviews

Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will Shar find romance or doom? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Demonheart: The Ice Demon.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

67% User Score Based on 226 reviews

A slice of life visual novel game in three parts following Tomoyo during his summer visiting a long lost relative. A fun tongue in cheek story with multiple branches, several relationships and various alternate endings for you to enjoy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beach Bounce.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

93% User Score Based on 214 reviews

A dark, fantastical romantic comedy that focuses not just on falling in love, but rediscovering your past and the dangers of a supernatural world - where what's at stake is not just your heart, but also your life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Changeling.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability

53% User Score Based on 246 reviews

In Home Behind, you take on the role of a refugee cast out from your homeland by a band of rebels. Your home and the peace you enjoyed has been destroyed, and your family has disappeared. Can you survive the struggle, famine, and sickness to make it to the safety of Europe? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Home Behind.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

76% User Score Based on 147 reviews

Family Breeding is a 2D hand-drawn visual novel with beautiful artwork, where you play as a young man living with two stunning women. Your goal? Knock'em up, of course. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Family Breeding.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

94% User Score Based on 143 reviews

Loser Named Hana is a friendship-building visual novel. You respond to an ad advertising $100 a week to be the lonely college student, Hana, friend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loser Named Hana.

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.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

58% User Score Based on 389 reviews

Critic Score 45%Based on 9 reviews

The Uncertain is a story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Humanity disappeared from the face of the Earth and has been replaced by robots. Together with Emily, one of the survivors, you will have to witness how people try to live in a world ruled by robots. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Uncertain: Light At The End.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

72% User Score Based on 258 reviews

This is a novel with multiple plot lines, in which you only get to witness only a couple of days of a character who’s name is You. It may seem that except for his name, his life is nothing exceptional. That is if it wasn’t for a chain of events that fluctuate between his daily routine and an existential terror of reiteration. What is the most important part? It’s you and You facing inevitability. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

70% User Score Based on 125 reviews

A gripping seaside adventure following the connection of two young souls, each unknowingly helping the other make sense of a world that seems senseless. Complemented by breathtaking artwork and an addictive soundtrack, this charming tale will definitely suck you in and leave a lasting impression! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Always The Same Blue Sky....

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay

58% User Score Based on 66 reviews

Kim Yoon-Ji has a fantastic opportunity come up during her spring break; her affluent architect uncle has a business trip to New York and has asked her to housesit his luxury Seoul apartment for him. Comedy and romance ensues as she moves to Seoul for this time period and meets an interesting set of locals who proceed to show her around! What will happen next? It’s up to you! Live out this charm… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heart and Seoul.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

88% User Score Based on 34 reviews

Visual novel about a couple who are reunited after a three year separation. Have the two moved on during their time apart? Or will old passions be rekindled? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Heart Grows Fonder.