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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Demo Love is All Around 2
Live-action historical dating adventure where chasing clues can cost relationships
84% positive
3,927 reviews
TELEFORUM
Analog horror visual novel centered on a mysterious videotape
92% positive
Free
Demo 灾厄黑龙与谎言公主
Fantasy visual novel about a princess befriending her dragon captor
91% positive
3,921 reviews
Demo StarVaders
Roguelike deckbuilder with grid-based mech combat against alien invaders
97% positive
3,879 reviews
SIMULACRA
Phone-based horror mystery about tracing a missing woman's last steps
92% positive
3,827 reviews
35MM
First-person walking simulator following two travelers through post-apocalyptic Russia
72% positive
3,809 reviews
月に寄りそう乙女の作法
Visual novel about a disguised student at an elite fashion academy
97% positive
3,798 reviews
Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
Choice-driven adventure where your actions shape a personality profile
88% positive
3,792 reviews
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
Sci-fi detective visual novel investigating a series of half-body murders
86% positive
3,763 reviews
West Sweety
Casual card and dice games in an adult-themed western saloon
83% positive
3,753 reviews
Demo 美女，请别影响我成仙
Live-action dating sim where romantic distractions complicate the path to immortality
94% positive
3,751 reviews
Muv-Luv Alternative
Sci-fi visual novel about mechs and an alien war
96% positive
3,735 reviews
Demo Who's Lila?
Point-and-click psychological horror where facial expressions steer conversations
94% positive
3,735 reviews
NUKITASHI
Comedy visual novel about rebelling against an island's sex law
95% positive
3,726 reviews
Hello Charlotte EP3: Childhood's End
Psychological horror with puzzles, exploration, and two routes through its story
98% positive
3,689 reviews
Class of '09: The Flip Side
Fully voiced visual novel about Jecka's troubled late-2000s life
60% positive
3,687 reviews
大侠请重来
A text-based martial arts life simulator built around starting over
84% positive
3,654 reviews
Growing Up
A life sim where childhood choices shape careers and friendships
87% positive
3,646 reviews
one night, hot springs
A visual novel about a transgender woman's hot springs visit
95% positive
Free
Demo 风信楼
Choice-driven martial arts story with romance and branching endings
94% positive
3,600 reviews
Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
Lesbian visual novel about finding a soulmate to escape death
95% positive
3,599 reviews
Demo Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Two-game detective adventure centered on crime scenes and logical deductions
96% positive
3,596 reviews
7 Days to End with You
Narrative word puzzle about deciphering dialogue over seven days
88% positive
3,592 reviews
Demo Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
Short point-and-click psychological adventure about a student under pressure
88% positive
3,585 reviews