Games like Where the Heart Rests

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

92% User Score Based on 26 reviews

A wholesome BL VN about a young man, Yuel, struggling to come to terms with his father’s death. Seeking solace, he turns to his older cousin, Tavi, for help, and their relationship takes a surprising turn as Yuel begins to develop feelings for Tavi that are more than just familial. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unluckily in Love.

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!.

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.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

89% User Score Based on 55 reviews

A gloomy yuri VN set in an abandoned theme park, focused on a ruinous relationship between a pair of estranged childhood friends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamy Planet.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

99% User Score Based on 108 reviews

Critic Score 45%Based on 2 reviews

Mitsuki, an aimless young man studying to take his university entrance exams, falls for a young single mother who lives in his apartment complex. A relationship develops between these mismatched social outcasts, and then... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Language Of Love.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

Fujibayashi Reo is your regular high school student. He would prefer to sleep in than go to class, and he cares more about football than he does about studying for his exams. He’s not the best student, and he’s always getting into arguments with the stern student council president, Sugawara Yuuma. Reo can’t stand Yuuma, and the feeling is mutual. Both boys hate one another — but when Reo discover… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How to Melt a Maiden's Heart.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

92% User Score Based on 38 reviews

A sweet and light yuri story about an airheaded daydreamer and a tomboy set on a quaint Japanese island filled with cute bunnies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Dear Prince.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 278 reviews

Critic Score 38%Based on 2 reviews

A lesbian love story set in Victorian England, featuring maids, music, and finding love in unexpected places. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackberry Honey.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Alice Shah doesn’t want to go on holiday to Scotland, and she most definitely doesn’t want to go to grey, dreary Skye. Alice has a love for elegant, classy clothes, and she spends hours on her appearance every morning. Alice considers herself a sophisticated, elegant lady, and she has no desire to go tramping through muddy fields to visit crumbling old castles. Unfortunately for Alice, however, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clear Skye Thinking.

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.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

A cute romance story between a young man and a maid who just so happens to be a robot. Is love enough to overcome the differences between man and machine? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Maid For My Master.

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.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

100% User Score Based on 19 reviews

On a cold winter day, Valerie and Cadence are brought together through their shared love of music. Determined to hear more of the talented pianist’s tunes, Valerie seeks Cadence out in hopes of making something beautiful. Little did they know that their composition would blossom into something more… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love's Crescendo.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

100% User Score Based on 24 reviews

A cute love story between a young man and an affectionate, adoring, utterly insatiable demon girl set in the Japanese countryside. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Lovey-Dovey Demon.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

94% User Score Based on 102 reviews

Marnie, a bored goth girl, accidentally stumbles upon a sleeping female knight in the forest. Together, the pair must work to break a centuries-old curse, while romantic feelings between them begin to grow. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fairy's Song.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 63 reviews

Asmodeus is in a lot of trouble!!! She's a fearsome, terrifying, awe-inspiring (in her own words) demon queen, who has recently conquered the country of Mielle. In a display of her raw power and cunning, she was able to oust the former king, Limone, from the throne, and now she has declared herself Mielle's ruler. Nobody can defy Asmodeus now. She really is without peer. As far as demons g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Demon Queen's Dire Dilemma.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere

99% User Score Based on 109 reviews

"Midnight Ramen" is a narrative dialogue game inspired by titles such as VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action and Coffee Talk, and is developed by the newly-established Cointinue Games studio.In this game, players take on the role of a ramen stall owner and his apprentice Homura, operates a stand that only opens late at night, as well as. Together they work to run their stand, feed their custo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Midnight Ramen.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

98% User Score Based on 42 reviews

A dark visual novel about a young prince's unhealthy infatuation with his nursemaid, and his misguided attempts to win her heart. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All Ashes and Illusions.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

87% User Score Based on 71 reviews

Following the sudden death of her father, Mireille Maiorano is sent to live with her uncle in France. Enter Lyon, a tactless, perverse Frenchman charged with escorting to Mireille to her new home. She hates him passionately, with everything she has... so why does he make her heart flutter? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Empty Horizons.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

95% User Score Based on 20 reviews

It's autumn and the leaves are beginning to brown. Meike, a young woman who lives and works in the German city of Augsburg, wishes she could enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and the balmy weather, but she has a problem. Meike's parents are determined to set her up with the wealthy young entrepeneur, Walter: a man who, at the age of thirty-two, successfully founded his own company and exudes self-c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cafe of Roses.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

96% User Score Based on 56 reviews

Ann Clements is terminally ill. Born with an inoperable tumour in her temple, numerous doctors told her during her childhood that she wouldn’t survive into her adulthood. Ann’s parents, regarding their frail and sickly young daughter as a hindrance, sent her away to a fancy all-girls’ boarding school, St Cecilia’s, located in the countryside at an early age to get rid of her. Ann’s future… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fragile Feelings.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 347 reviews

A story-rich tale of breaking the bonds of fate... and meeting some cute guys along the way! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Divine Speaker.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

91% User Score Based on 151 reviews

Alex is a college student studying nursing and recently freed from her unbearable helicopter parents. Far from home and trying to get through classes as quickly as possible, she’s grown burnt out and quite lonely. However, she hears about a mysterious social media account filled with images of ruined buildings, rooftop views, and rooms trapped in time, framed by a challenge: “Feeling adventurous?… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Enamored Risks.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

97% User Score Based on 307 reviews

The Symbiant is a BL / Yaoi / Gay visual novel about two men, both from vastly different worlds, embracing their sexuality and their newfound romance. It is also a tale of interstellar friendship and being gay in space! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Symbiant.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

92% User Score Based on 50 reviews

A sweet, slow burn yuri romance story about a grumpy, socially awkward writer and her cheery, happy-go-lucky fan set in the Japanese countryside. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All the Words She Wrote.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

98% User Score Based on 55 reviews

A short, dark visual novel about a young girl's destructive obsession with her older brother. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mermaid of Zennor.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

97% User Score Based on 38 reviews

Co-developed with ebi-hime, this is a fairytale-inspired yuri visual novel full of magic. Follow Paige, a struggling writer, as she moves into a spacious home in the English countryside, where she meets the mysterious Faye. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Our Home, My Keeper.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, monetization

100% User Score Based on 32 reviews

A cute and wholesome yuri story about a girl who meets a mermaid washed up on the beach at night. Join Asuka as she finds herself caught up between Misuzu, her ladylike classmate, and Nerine, a girl with scales and a secret. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out of the Ocean.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 67 reviews

Fling with a Tiefling is a short fantasy romance visual novel that follows you, an adventurer whose journey is about to come to an end. With tonight potentially being the last night with your treasured Tiefling companion Karrus, how will you spend it with him? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fling with a Tiefling.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

An atmospheric, dramatic otome visual novel set in Iceland in the 1850s. Follow the kind-hearted heroine, Gréta, as she finds herself caught between the affections of three handsome men who care for her in different ways. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to With Eyes of Ice.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

96% User Score Based on 484 reviews

Having moved away from her friends and family to attend community college, Allison Merlo is a fresh student struggling with the day to day challenges of life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to First Snow.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

97% User Score Based on 114 reviews

VTuber Connect is a love letter to VTubers as a medium. One that hides nothing, but embraces everything. Whether you’re a VTuber or a viewer, we all form connections in our own way. How will you connect? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VTuber Connect.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

91% User Score Based on 572 reviews

In the midst of their hearts, something is blossoming between two students. Both of whom go about their daily lives at an international school in Tokyo. Just what is flowering? Of course, it's love. Starting your new life after transferring into an international school, you find yourself dismayed when it turns out to be the same as any other. Except for one thing... or person, rather. As your ne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sounds of Her Love.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

100% User Score Based on 446 reviews

Critic Score 87%Based on 4 reviews

A yuri visual novel that will make you both laugh and cry. A story about love, trust, mortality, and about understanding not just how to be happy, but how to be human. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Please Be Happy.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

A story-rich, girl's love visual novel about phantom thieves. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mysterious Thief; Forget Me Not.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

96% User Score Based on 56 reviews

It is late December in Taipei. The pavement glows like silver under the winter rain. That's when we met for the first time. The warmth between us has a certain comfort that I’ve never felt before. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Warmth Between Us.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

78% User Score Based on 41 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

They say it's hard to find a place to call your own, but what if such a place was not uniquely yours? What if both of you were not willing to give it up? Big Dipper is a visual novel which tells a romantic story of the circumstances that brought two lovers together one fateful New Year's Eve. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Big Dipper.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

89% User Score Based on 677 reviews

A brand new entry in the landmark yuri game series, "A Kiss For The Petals!" The story of how fan-favorite couple Risa and Miya first met is now available on the PC! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Kiss For The Petals - Remembering How We Met.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

86% User Score Based on 438 reviews

Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world - being a teenager. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lynne.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

100% User Score Based on 30 reviews

"Stand by you" is a visual novel that you can play it about three-five hours with no choices. Only him and her in the ruined world. He goes on a journey to live with the girl who keeps to die. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Together We Live.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 15 reviews

Set in England in 1919, Bittersweet Blossoms is a slowly developing romance story between a working class girl and her mistress. Our protagonist, Dot Graves, is a working class girl from Manchester. When Dot's father and older brother both die in World War I, Dot takes it upon herself to find work, in the hopes of supporting herself and her mother. A disastrous stint in a factory, however, enco… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bittersweet Blossoms.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 19 reviews

Alice is a disaster when it comes to asking women out. But when she adopts a dog from the shelter, she wasn't expecting to be knocked over by an absolutely cute lady who makes her want to try. When their dogs help them meet again, Alice starts to fall for Sophie. Will she be able to get her feelings across? Read on in this fluffy romance set in Toronto, featuring the best wingdogs, Dani and Apple!… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Double Date - Yuri Visual Novel.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

91% User Score Based on 579 reviews

A free game created by Ebi-Hime, author of Asphyxia, The Way We ALL GO, and Strawberry Vinegar. TSSofEB is a free yuri (girls' love) game created for a game jam. As the saying goes, dead men tell no tales. They only leave tales behind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

89% User Score Based on 63 reviews

Wheel of Innocence is a lesbian visual novel where you peer into the life of a disabled high schooler named Reina. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wheel of Innocence.

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.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

94% User Score Based on 289 reviews

You're a young man named Alex who arrives in the cliffside town of Silverpine. Explore the town's many mysteries and meet its colourful townsfolk, while you grow closer to a kind-hearted local named Jake. Can the two of you save the town from the impending doom brewing inside the mysterious Vault? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Newfound Courage.

Play through Yui's first summer out of college in this sweet otome visual novel where there is more to everyone than meets the eye. FEATURES * Over 20,000 words * Flavor choices to engage in conversations in your way * Customizable name for protagonist * 2 completely different romance routes * In game phone for texting love interests * Soundtrack that has never been heard before! STO… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to City Lights, Old Flames.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

100% User Score Based on 16 reviews

When Rain Bremen was a young boy, he had a best friend called Ten, and they spent all of their time together. This changed, however, when Ten was attacked by a bandit deep in the woods. Wracked with pain and bleeding out slowly, Ten begs Rain to return to their village to get help. Rain scrambles to obey Ten’s request, but by the time he returns to his friend’s side it’s already too late. Ten has… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rain and the Wolf.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Put your headphones on and get swept away with this colourful, idol, visual novel experience. Do you love boybands, JPop? Have you ever dreamed of being the driving force behind a successful idol group? Well now you can experience it in visual novel form! Step into the hardworking role of A&R (Artist & Repertoire) to the talented idol group, B-Project. Take 14 young members under your wing, each… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

94% User Score Based on 779 reviews

Yan is a student of natural history. He met a cute and mysterious girl with fox ears when he was engaged in a dull scientific research in a natural observation station. The story between him and her may be a “fortune” for every brave explorer in this magnificent era of geographical discovery…… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fox Hime Zero.