Kill or Love similar games & best alternatives

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Kill or Love

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2020

Should you play it?

A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Engaging psychological story
  • Multiple endings
  • Well-written characters
  • Good art and atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited player choices
  • Slow pacing at start
  • Lack of voice acting
  • Some endings feel abrupt or less satisfying
  • Minimal gameplay interaction

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Song of Saya

  • Sweetest Monster

  • Dream Ending

  • 【SCP】器関ノ彷徨 -The will of a single Tale-【DEMOver.】

  • Perceptions of the Dead

  • Memory's Dogma CODE:01

Less violent

Games that feels like Kill or Love but with less combat and destruction

  • Love Ribbon

  • Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

  • Sepia Tears

  • Sounds of Her Love

  • Dreamlike Love with Seira

  • Eternal Hour: Golden Hour

Less autonomous

Games that feels like Kill or Love but with less freedom over how you play

  • Lynne

  • Jendo: Origins

  • Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel

  • First Snow

  • Her Lie I Tried To Believe

  • Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1

More exploratory

Games that feels like Kill or Love but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Midnight Witch

  • Absent in the Rain

  • Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition

  • Suicide Countdown: 7 Days

  • Connected Hearts - Visual novel

  • Bloody Painter Dating Sim

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Kill or Love: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression.

Last update: 21/08/2026