swap_horiz 9 R.I.P. Alternatives

1

Doki Doki Literature Club!

Doki Doki Literature Club! is a 2017 visual novel developed by Team Salvato. The game centers around a student’s involve...

Video Game Independent Horror Romance

8.8 Great

2

Jack Jeanne

Jack Jeanne is a visual novel developed by Broccoli featuring a student navigating life and music at an exclusive theate...

Theater School Switch Rhythm

8.6 Great

3

PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

Paranormasight is a visual novel developed by Square Enix exploring Japanese folklore. It centers around the investigati...

Supernatural Mystery Horror Squareenix

8.3 Great

4

Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~

Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~ is a visual novel set in a detailed steampunk world inspired by Victorian literature...

Steampunk Romance Otome Ideafactory

8.2 Great

5

YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story

YOU and ME and HER explores a complex romantic narrative within a visual novel format. The story centers on a writer str...

Meta Horror Romance Nitroplus

8.1 Great

6

A Date with Death

A Date with Death is a 2023 chat-sim visual novel by Two and a Half Studios, built around a week-long wager with a roman...

Supernatural Romance Chatroom Twoandahalf

7.9 Good

7

Olympia Soiree

Olympia Soiree is a 2020 Japanese otome visual novel by Otomate, known for its island caste system and heroine tasked wi...

Fantasy Romance Otome Ideafactory

7.9 Good

8

Cupid Parasite

Cupid Parasite is a 2020 Otomate romantic comedy visual novel, notable for casting Cupid as a Los Angeles matchmaker han...

Comedy Romance Otome Ideafactory

7.9 Good

9

Blooming Panic

Blooming Panic is a 2021 Otome Jam visual novel by robobarbie, notable for its Discord-style fan-server interface and fu...

Romance Otome Chatroom Robobarbie

7.8 Good

10

Cinderella Phenomenon

Cinderella Phenomenon is a free otome visual novel by Dicesuki, notable for its fairy-tale-curse plot, five routes, and...

Fantasy Romance Otome Dicesuki

7.8 Good

11

Heart of the Woods

Heart of the Woods is a 2019 American yuri fantasy visual novel by Studio Elan, notable for centering a paranormal vlog...

Supernatural Romance Yuri Studioelan

7.7 Good

12

Senren＊Banka

Senren Banka is a 2016 Yuzusoft romance visual novel set in a rural hot-spring town, later released in English and Chine...

Supernatural Romance School Yuzusoft

7.6 Good

13

Sakura no Mori † Dreamers 2

Sakura no Mori Dreamers 2 is a 2017 Japanese horror romance visual novel by MOONSTONE, notable as the direct sequel cont...

Horror Romance Sequel Moonstone

7.5 Good

14

Cafe Enchante

Cafe Enchante is a 2020 fantasy otome visual novel developed by Otomate, where a young woman inherits a cafe that serves...

Fantasy Romance Switch Cafe

7.5 Good

15

Cafe Stella and the Reapers' Butterflies

Cafe Stella and the Reapers' Butterflies is Yuzusoft's 2019 eleventh title, a romance visual novel about a cafe linked t...

Supernatural Romance Cafe Yuzusoft

7.4 Good

16

Sakura no Mori † Dreamers

Sakura no Mori Dreamers is a 2016 Japanese horror romance visual novel by MOONSTONE, notable for combining school life w...

Supernatural Horror Romance Moonstone

7.4 Good

17

Variable Barricade

Variable Barricade is a 2019 Otomate romantic comedy visual novel, notable for its heiress heroine and four suitors chos...

Comedy Romance Otome Ideafactory

7.4 Good

18

Cupid Parasite: Sweet and Spicy Darling

Cupid Parasite: Sweet and Spicy Darling is a 2022 otome visual novel developed by Idea Factory, serving as the highly an...

Comedy Romance Switch Otome

7.3 Good

19

Norn9: Last Era

Norn9: Last Era is a 2013 otome visual novel developed by Otomate, serving as a fandisc that expands on the character ro...

Sci Fi Romance Switch Otome

7.2 Good

20

Lover Pretend

Lover Pretend is a 2022 romantic otome visual novel developed by Otomate, focusing on a young woman pretending to be a c...

Comedy Romance Showbiz Switch

6.8 Fair