Best Visual Novel games on PC
Story-focused games presented mainly through text, dialogue, and character artwork. Players read through scenes and may make choices that change the story, relationships, or ending.
- Dialogue and narrative-driven scenes
- Occasional story choices
- Branching routes and endings
Related: Story Rich, Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter, Anime
3,645 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free psychological horror visual novel disguised as a cute dating sim
96% positive
Free
Demo Dispatch
A choice-driven superhero comedy about managing heroes from a desk
97% positive
181K reviews
Helltaker
Short 2D puzzle game about courting demon girls in hell
97% positive
Free
Limbus Company
Free-to-play turn-based RPG with tactical clashes and a dystopian story
86% positive
Free
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Choice-driven detective RPG built around dialogue and political intrigue
92% positive
126K reviews
Mirror 2: Project X
Match-three visual novel with choices across parallel worlds
35% positive
121K reviews
Everlasting Summer
Free visual novel about choices, romance, and a mysterious summer camp
95% positive
Free
Persona 4 Golden
Story-rich turn-based JRPG about friends investigating serial murders
97% positive
77K reviews
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Free-to-play sports sim where you train horse girls to race
93% positive
Free
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
Psychological visual novel about managing a troubled online streamer
94% positive
62K reviews
The Walking Dead
Episodic point-and-click adventure about choices in a zombie apocalypse
97% positive
58K reviews
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Difficult roguelite management sim about extracting energy from monsters
94% positive
58K reviews
Demo The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Dark historical visual novel about escorting children amid famine
95% positive
53K reviews
What Remains of Edith Finch
First-person narrative adventure exploring a family's home and final stories
95% positive
50K reviews
Volcano Princess
Parenting life sim where choices shape your daughter's future
98% positive
48K reviews
Library Of Ruina
Turn-based deckbuilding RPG where librarians battle guests for books
94% positive
44K reviews
Demo Firework
Chinese horror mystery told through exploration and puzzles
98% positive
43K reviews
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Psychological horror adventure about choices and a toxic sibling bond
97% positive
42K reviews
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Murder-mystery visual novel built around investigations and class trials
96% positive
41K reviews
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Choice-driven zombie adventure following Clementine across four seasons
96% positive
40K reviews
Demo Love Is All Around
First-person live-action romance with six women and multiple endings
93% positive
38K reviews
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Courtroom mystery adventure built around evidence and witness contradictions
97% positive
38K reviews
Demo Senren＊Banka
Romance visual novel with branching choices and multiple endings
98% positive
37K reviews
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Short psychological horror visual novel about a difficult milk run
96% positive
37K reviews