Games like Ruler by Default

If Ruler by Default scratched a romantic and story-driven itch for you, keep reading. These games could fill that gap nicely.

How Stories Die
Time travel, assassins and one magical gangster rabbit! The demon king threatens your kingdom and it's up to you, the prince, to find a suitable hero to fight it. Not an easy task, as it will require you to shed a lot of blood and maybe even die. But at least you will save everyone... right?
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
89% of 122 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Sounds of Verity
There is unease in the demonic astral plain these days. The Nothern king is dead, and the prince is about to rise to the throne. But he is a strange silent lad. Human commoners (like me) have nothing to do with the local intrigue. Yet...somehow I am now in the very epicenter of this revolution?!
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
78% of 210 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Radiants
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.
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
83% of 75 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Dark Nights
Nothing is as it seems.
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
91% of 443 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Jester / King
You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests. Will you seek the truth, help the others, or try to escape?
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 85 Steam reviews are positive$5.59
Without a Voice
In the depths of a forest, an exiled princess whiles her time in solitude. One day, a mysterious, beautiful maiden appears, throwing her world out of its alignment. A dark fantasy visual novel following the intertwining paths of these two women. In seven days, the wheel of fate will splinter...
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
95% of 356 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons
During your first year of university, immense magical powers are forced onto you, thus revealing the supernatural world hidden within ours. But you must learn to control your powers with the help of a partner or risk destroying everything around you. Will your new fate be one of tragedy or serendipity?
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
81% of 401 Steam reviews are positiveFree
My 1/6 Lover
This is a visual novel about a lovestory with 6 routes, numerous CGs and 200,000 words. Small town, afternoon, leisure is in the air. A young man is trying to straighten himself up and finally say it to the girl of his dream. The girl shocked him with an unexpected answer. "I'm sorry, which of us do you like?"
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
81% of 550 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Bewitching Sinners
Summoned to a world of witches while your double naps on the floor, you play Palmier trying to get home, date four baggage-heavy boys, and avoid ruining a whole world. Dark comedy, real choices, quests and crafting included.
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 522 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$17.99
Otome Legends
Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
90% of 110 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
It gets so lonely here
A dark fairytale visual novel about a girl running through a night forest, and the three lonely strangers waiting at the end of each path. A yandere yuri story told in second person, where love and danger wear the same face and every ending arrives exactly on time.
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
BAD END THEATER
A short visual novel about four characters whose fates keep ending badly. Pick a protagonist, toggle their behaviors, and watch one story change all the others. Every path is a bad ending, at least at first. Finding out how the pieces fit is half puzzle, half heartbreak, and worth every ending.
Also in Visual novel · Romantic, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
97% of 8,961 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Cheaper than Ruler by Default

Sounds of Verity

There is unease in the demonic astral plain these days. The Nothern king is dead, and the prince is about to rise to the throne.

$4.99

Jester / King

You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests.

$5.59

Otome Legends

Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?

$7.99

My 1/6 Lover

This is a visual novel about a lovestory with 6 routes, numerous CGs and 200,000 words. Small town, afternoon, leisure is in the air.

$1.99

Rose of Winter

Rose of Winter is a charming visual novel with adventure, romance, and heartbreak.

$8.99

The Rose of Segunda

In the kingdom of Segunda, the Crown Prince’s birthday celebrations are traditionally where he is expected to choose a bride.

$8.99

LuGame: Lunchtime Games Club!

A games club’s without members… or games?! Who is this crazy robot girl? Why am I being harassed by this cute bully?

$7.99

Let`s not stay friends

Friendship is a wonderful thing… unless you are friends with a girl who has no idea you have feelings for her!

$5.99

I deserve a happy ending

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…

$3.99

Otaku's Adventure

Talk your way through absurd encounters, crack strange puzzles and pick the choices that decide which ending, and which heart, you win.

$6.99

Crossroad

Every granddaughter visits her grandmother for tea and something delicious to eat. Lumy is no different from millions of other girls.

$8.99

start;again

A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers.

$5.99

Hidden gems like Ruler by Default

I Wanna Be A Game Dev!

Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?

Free

Bewitching Sinners

Summoned to a world of witches while your double naps on the floor, you play Palmier trying to get home, date four baggage-heavy boys, and avoid…

$17.99

It gets so lonely here

Run through a night forest, choose your path, and meet the three strangers waiting at the end of each one.

Free

Dark Nights

Nothing is as it seems.

Free

Mandemon

Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine.

$2.99

start;again

A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers.

$5.99

Otome Legends

Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?

$7.99

Angel Wings

Upon answering a mysterious phone call, you awaken in an unfamiliar place filled with new faces… Through intricate relationships and thoughtful…

Free

Without a Voice

In the depths of a forest, an exiled princess whiles her time in solitude.

Free

BAD END THEATER

Pick a protagonist, make terrible choices, and try to steer four doomed characters toward something better.

$9.99

Degraman: Act I. Vincent

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…

Free

Royal Alchemist

Intrigue, betrayal, deaths! An Otome / BxB survival Raising Simulation in a high-fantasy royal court setting with RPG elements.

$19.99

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