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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坏小孩
Story-driven adventure about a schoolboy caught up in crime
96% positive
1,688 reviews
Once in Yaissor
Satirical visual novel about online culture in a divided country
88% positive
1,686 reviews
Knell of St. Godhrkar
A visual novel where you observe characters or influence their choices
93% positive
Free
Demo 2064: Read Only Memories
Cyberpunk point-and-click mystery shaped by conversations and player choices
80% positive
1,682 reviews
Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs
Mystery visual novel questioning whether an island's killer is human
95% positive
1,674 reviews
Sixtieth Kilometer
A visual novel about train passengers trapped by deadly fog
78% positive
1,671 reviews
Demo Trap Shrine
A shrine-set romantic visual novel with a crossdressing goddess
94% positive
1,671 reviews
寄甡 Symbiotic Love
A visual novel where your choices lead to different endings
91% positive
1,670 reviews
Sakura Hime
Anime puzzle game with line-connecting challenges and adult character artwork
93% positive
1,662 reviews
Varenje
Hand-drawn hidden-object adventure through a world seen at insect size
87% positive
Free
The Ditzy Demons Are in Love With Me
Romantic visual novel about an assistant in a supernatural dormitory
96% positive
1,658 reviews
Sickly Days and Summer Traces
A countryside visual novel about caring for your sick sister
92% positive
1,656 reviews
Demo A Light in the Dark
A visual novel about a captive planning his escape
92% positive
1,651 reviews
Persona 5 Tactica
Turn-based tactical RPG with the Phantom Thieves in grid battles
76% positive
1,641 reviews
CUSTOM ORDER MAID 3D2 It's a Night Magic
Adult club-management sim with customizable maids and rhythm battles
83% positive
1,631 reviews
9-nine-:Episode 4
Supernatural mystery visual novel tying together four parallel-world stories
97% positive
1,628 reviews
Baldr Sky
Cyberpunk visual novel with customizable mech combat and branching stories
93% positive
1,621 reviews
Capsule Lover
Romantic visual novel about opposites meeting in a capsule hotel
99% positive
1,603 reviews
Miss Neko: Pirates
Top-down pirate action RPG about reclaiming your ship after mutiny
83% positive
1,600 reviews
Adolescent Santa Claus
A Christmas visual novel about a girl claiming to be Santa
85% positive
Free
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Political investigation game about surveillance and shaping public opinion
76% positive
1,591 reviews
KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE
Rhythm game with shifting lanes and a ruined-world story
70% positive
1,587 reviews
Subsurface Circular
A text-based mystery solved through conversations on a robot subway
95% positive
1,576 reviews
Max Gentlemen Sexy Business!
Victorian business management and dating with optional adult content
93% positive
1,575 reviews