1. Katahane. It's not often you get a yuri game that's just the total package. This one is. Lovable characters, a bright and interesting world, a great story, and a sweet, fluffy and realistic romance. This game is just beautiful and it is just perfect to me. I love that unlike some other yuri stories, this one puts more development into the love between the two girls and the lewd stuff is just secondary. And despite being short, it means more because the passion that they have feels real. Katahane, always my gold standard.
2. Aoi Shiro. Also a lovely yuri visual novel with great characters, a clever story and a very creative take on Shinto mythology. The romance here is subtle at best and the most intimate you'll get is a kiss, but it's done so perfectly that it doesn't matter. It's so beautifully drawn, the characters are cute, interesting, badass and unique in each of their own ways. The story told is brilliant and the bonds make everything better. That being said, Aoi Shiro is also one of the most difficult visual novels in existence, and every choice you make will effect things down the road for better, or much much worse. I just love this game. I wish it got more love.
3. Persona 5. What more can I say about Persona 5. As a weird person who has also "lost a place to belong", someone who has been shot down by shitty people so much, with a desire to change everything, P5 resonated with all of me. Unlike in P2 where I cared not for illusions, or P3 where I never truly feared death, or P4 where the plot was imo messy, P5 fully pulled me in and made me feel everything it was trying to do. The will to stand up for yourself, rebel, change your life and reality and fight against cunts who do nothing but destroy people's will to live... The Futaba arc as well was very close to my heart and made me cry. Not something games can just do to me. I truly felt like a game understood and spoke to me as a person and told me go wake up and do something. This game is powerful to me and I'll always hold it dear. Mona and Futaba are also my two favorite characters in the series. Futaba is brilliant, intelligent, and reflects all the good things I see in myself. And Mona is absolutely beautiful, amazing and just the perfect being to have by your side, atleast to me. Even if the ending was a little crazy and off the wall, I love you Persona 5, thanks for existing.