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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Fate/stay night REMASTERED
Choice-driven fantasy visual novel spanning three branching story routes
94% positive
4,644 reviews
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Sci-fi life sim where past lives shape new choices
96% positive
4,612 reviews
Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online
A casual cat clicker with random crates of collectible skins
97% positive
Free
Martial Law
A choice-driven adventure about family life in communist Poland
92% positive
Free
If My Heart Had Wings
Romance visual novel about rebuilding a school glider club
92% positive
4,516 reviews
Fate/EXTELLA LINK
Hack-and-slash action with Fate Servants and changing battlefield objectives
93% positive
4,504 reviews
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
Fairy-tale otome visual novel with five branching romance routes
96% positive
Free
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
Surreal point-and-click narrative adventure along a hidden Kentucky highway
80% positive
4,463 reviews
Demo eden*
Linear sci-fi romance visual novel set on a dying Earth
98% positive
4,439 reviews
Return to Shironagasu Island
Horror mystery visual novel about murders on an isolated island
93% positive
4,414 reviews
月华辉映之刻
Historical otome visual novel mixing forbidden romance with mystery
90% positive
4,410 reviews
Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis
A rhythm adventure where anonymous posts threaten the world
91% positive
4,383 reviews
The Dark Queen of Mortholme
Story-driven action game where you play the final boss
83% positive
4,382 reviews
异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment
Pixel-art RPG about a sanatorium whose patients never leave
97% positive
Free
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
2D fighter bringing Persona 3 and 4 characters together
85% positive
4,376 reviews
Demo Vanity Fair: The Pursuit
Live-action drama where choices steer a filmmaker through show business
87% positive
4,366 reviews
Another Adventure
A narrative adventure about ordinary lives and frustrated ambitions
91% positive
4,359 reviews
Fate/EXTELLA
Hack-and-slash action as legendary heroes fight armies in a virtual realm
91% positive
4,353 reviews
vivid/stasis
Four-key rhythm game combined with a surreal visual novel mystery
94% positive
Free
Demo 泡沫冬景
A visual novel about communication across a language barrier
95% positive
4,320 reviews
Tiny Snow
A visual novel about engineered love on a snowy mountain
94% positive
4,311 reviews
Demo Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
Detective visual novel solving supernatural murders by comparing case documents
94% positive
4,307 reviews
Demo Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
Choice-driven visual novel about romance and intrigue in 1980s Japan
83% positive
4,298 reviews
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code
2D fighting game with three styles per character
94% positive
4,279 reviews