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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Emily is Away
Retro chat-based interactive fiction about a relationship over five years
89% positive
Free
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Cyberpunk visual novel where mixed drinks shape patrons' stories
97% positive
36K reviews
LoveChoice
Choice-driven romance visual novel with three stories and multiple endings
93% positive
36K reviews
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Anime mystery visual novel about investigating murders on a tropical island
96% positive
35K reviews
Crush Crush
Idle dating sim about raising stats and romancing anime women
89% positive
Free
The Wolf Among Us
Episodic noir adventure about solving a murder among fairy-tale characters
98% positive
35K reviews
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
Psychological horror visual novel that twists school romance conventions
97% positive
35K reviews
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Branching psychological horror visual novel about slaying a princess
96% positive
34K reviews
Demo Magical Girl Witch Trials
Gothic mystery visual novel about girls imprisoned as suspected witches
96% positive
32K reviews
Tiny Bunny
Horror visual novel with branching paths through a winter mystery
87% positive
31K reviews
Tricolour Lovestory
Choice-driven romance visual novel about two classmates in art class
83% positive
28K reviews
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
A visual novel about a murder mystery party aboard a train
97% positive
Free
STEINS;GATE
Science-fiction visual novel where phone choices alter a time-travel story
97% positive
27K reviews
Summer Memories
Erotic 2D summer-life RPG built around time management and relationships
91% positive
27K reviews
Demo NEKOPARA Vol. 1
Voiced anime visual novel about two catgirls at a pastry shop
95% positive
27K reviews
Demo Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Anime murder-mystery visual novel built around investigations and class trials
83% positive
25K reviews
Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
Psychological horror visual novel shaped by a girl's distorted perception
97% positive
24K reviews
Demo ATRI -My Dear Moments-
Flooded-world visual novel about a boy and a salvaged robot
98% positive
23K reviews
Action Taimanin
Free-to-play anime action RPG with female ninjas battling demons
83% positive
Free
The Test
Psychological question game with eerie prompts and a personal result
97% positive
20K reviews
Night in the Woods
Dialogue-heavy adventure about returning home to a changing mining town
94% positive
20K reviews
missed messages.
A short visual novel mixing romance with psychological horror
96% positive
Free
Demo Sanfu
2D mystery adventure tracing a strange television broadcast
83% positive
18K reviews
NEKOPARA Vol. 0
Short slice-of-life visual novel following catgirls through a household day
95% positive
17K reviews