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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Majotori
Trivia game where quiz answers shape branching character stories
96% positive
2,076 reviews
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment
Anime action RPG about climbing Aincrad and exploring the Hollow Area
78% positive
2,069 reviews
Rebooted Fate
FMV romance adventure about a graduate's chance to change fate
96% positive
2,068 reviews
Rebirth:Beware of Mr.Wang
Adult story-driven puzzle game about a young man's crush
66% positive
2,066 reviews
Disturbed
Short horror visual novel about a farmer facing desperate choices
92% positive
Free
Love Ribbon
A visual novel about two sisters developing romantic feelings
91% positive
2,044 reviews
Conquer the world
A live-action historical war game built around branching decisions
92% positive
2,039 reviews
Without Within
A short, free visual novel about Vinty's self-important misadventures
88% positive
Free
The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
Isometric point-and-click adventure about stealing artifacts from books
92% positive
2,018 reviews
Demo Choice of Robots
Text-based sci-fi adventure about building robots and shaping their future
96% positive
2,013 reviews
Muv-Luv
Visual novel shifting from school romance to alien war
93% positive
2,009 reviews
Demo Rue Valley
A point-and-click psychological adventure built around a small-town time loop
71% positive
2,000 reviews
A Taste of the Past
A side-scrolling adventure about cooking and connecting with your ancestors
98% positive
Free
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
Psychological horror visual novel about recurring deaths in a village
97% positive
1,988 reviews
Demo Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
Choice-driven dating sim with limited time to find a monster date
99% positive
1,972 reviews
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First-person prison simulator built around answering inmates' trick questions
87% positive
1,971 reviews
Metal Waltz: Anime tank girls
Free-to-play strategy RPG commanding armored heroines against runaway Beast Tanks
79% positive
Free
Demo Undusted: Letters from the Past
A story-driven cleaning simulation about objects and the memories they hold
96% positive
1,957 reviews
CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck
A satirical life sim about work and an abusive marriage
93% positive
1,944 reviews
Critters for Sale
A surreal visual novel where your choices decide who survives
94% positive
1,943 reviews
STEINS;GATE: My Darling's Embrace
Romantic comedy visual novel with phone choices and character routes
95% positive
1,939 reviews
Heartbeat in Thailand
Live-action dating adventure mixing romance and ghost encounters in Thailand
97% positive
1,939 reviews
Blood Code
Romance visual novel with daily planning and a murder mystery
73% positive
1,937 reviews
Bloody Painter Dating Sim
A romantic horror visual novel about captivity and survival
90% positive
Free