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 House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence
Gothic visual novel about a tragedy spanning nearly a millennium
97% positive
1,933 reviews
PARQUET
Romance visual novel about a man created from others' memories
96% positive
1,929 reviews
Season of 12 Colors
A summer visual novel with a story told in fragments
94% positive
1,928 reviews
Demo SEASON: A letter to the future
A bicycle adventure about documenting a world before a cataclysm
93% positive
1,926 reviews
Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
Hand-drawn visual novel about office procrastination and multiple endings
98% positive
1,921 reviews
Demo 寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files
A mystery visual novel with dialogue choices that shape investigations
80% positive
1,915 reviews
Demo Flowers -Le volume sur printemps-
A school mystery visual novel centered on romance between girls
92% positive
1,890 reviews
Punishing: Gray Raven
Sci-fi action RPG with real-time combat and switchable squad members
74% positive
Free
Taboos: Cracks
A memory card game where matches uncover adult anime artwork
81% positive
1,878 reviews
Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded-
Turn-based roguelike RPG with changing dungeons and persistent items
93% positive
1,876 reviews
Lovers of Aether
A school dating sim with animal classmates and a homecoming deadline
93% positive
Free
Dōkyūsei: Bangin' Summer
Dating sim with three weeks to find a summer romance
93% positive
1,864 reviews
The NOexistenceN of Morphean Paradox : The Forest of Silver Shallots
A turn-based RPG about leading a guild and planning expeditions
75% positive
1,863 reviews
Return to campus
First-person school sandbox with free exploration and destructible buildings
76% positive
Free
Demo Killer Chat! - Original Edition
Satirical dating chat sim about romancing serial killers
94% positive
Free
IMMORTALITY
Live-action mystery pieced together from three unreleased films
84% positive
1,849 reviews
NALOGI
A turn-based RPG about resisting bureaucracy or paying your taxes
78% positive
1,844 reviews
Wild West Legacy
Open-world Western survival with homestead building and settlement management
39% positive
1,819 reviews
Trapped with Jester
A psychological horror visual novel centered on a talkative stranger
94% positive
Free
Demo Analogue: A Hate Story
A sci-fi visual novel investigating a lost generation ship's fate
94% positive
1,809 reviews
Goodbye Volcano High
A coming-of-age visual novel about dinosaur teens facing an apocalypse
90% positive
1,804 reviews
Dating 4 Girls
Live-action dating sim set inside a game facing shutdown
97% positive
1,801 reviews
Life Makeover
A dress-up life sim with clothing design and home building
82% positive
Free
Agarest: Generations of War
Turn-based tactical RPG where marriage shapes the next generation
71% positive
1,776 reviews