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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The Deed
A murder mystery adventure about committing the crime and escaping suspicion
91% positive
2,359 reviews
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus
Dark fantasy detective adventure with investigations and action-based deductions
80% positive
2,359 reviews
Soul Gambler
A visual novel where wishes cost pieces of your soul
87% positive
2,358 reviews
Detective Grimoire
Point-and-click murder mystery with a swamp creature as suspect
96% positive
2,348 reviews
Knights College
A fantasy visual novel where cards guide conversations and relationships
97% positive
2,340 reviews
Demo 彷徨之街 The Street of Adrift
Branching visual novel with lesbian romance and line-connecting puzzles
76% positive
2,340 reviews
The Imperial Gatekeeper
Checkpoint simulation with document checks and changing entry rules
78% positive
2,335 reviews
Banebush
Horror visual novel where childhood tales become a forest nightmare
95% positive
2,332 reviews
Lovelorn sanatoriumⅠ
Comic-style role-playing game about uncovering secrets behind a troubled relationship
64% positive
2,308 reviews
PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse
Supernatural mystery visual novel about mermaid legends and island curses
94% positive
2,305 reviews
State of Mind
Third-person sci-fi adventure tracing a missing family through dystopian Berlin
78% positive
2,303 reviews
Mosaique Neko Waifus 3
Adult puzzle game combining catgirl romance with RPG progression
94% positive
2,299 reviews
Neo Cab
Cyberpunk visual novel where a cab driver's mood shapes dialogue
80% positive
2,295 reviews
Sakuya Izayoi Gives You Advice And Dabs
Short Touhou visual novel with beachside advice and a dab
98% positive
2,286 reviews
BURIED STARS
Mystery visual novel about murder in a collapsed broadcast studio
83% positive
2,279 reviews
Demo The Chrono Jotter
Horror mystery visual novel about solving murders across time loops
94% positive
2,279 reviews
千面 Melancholy Love
A romance visual novel pairing an honor student with a delinquent
94% positive
2,266 reviews
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
Psychological horror visual novel about a murder predicted by an image
88% positive
2,258 reviews
Tiny Bunny: Prologue
Nonlinear horror visual novel about disappearances in a Siberian village
95% positive
Free
Demo Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
Surreal dating sim about courting people with phones for heads
99% positive
2,251 reviews
A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986
A lesbian romance visual novel set in 1986 Hong Kong
96% positive
2,251 reviews
There is No GreenDam
A visual novel about romance and Chinese internet censorship
95% positive
Free
Demo The Crown of Leaves
Chapter-based visual novel with point-and-click puzzles and supernatural mysteries
96% positive
2,242 reviews
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Text-based RPG about growing up under a rigid class system
96% positive
Free