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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노베나 디아볼로스
Survival mystery adventure with nine days to find the human
93% positive
1,570 reviews
Shan Gui (山桂)
A visual novel about an unexpected friendship on Purple Mountain
78% positive
1,567 reviews
Sakura Dungeon
First-person dungeon crawler with monster girl capture and party combat
92% positive
1,562 reviews
Corpse Party (2021)
Retro horror adventure in a haunted school with branching endings
90% positive
1,561 reviews
Frosty Kiss
Short New Year's visual novel revisiting girls from a former camp
90% positive
Free
NOeSIS01_诉说谎言记忆物语
Horror visual novel about campus suicides and voices of the dead
98% positive
Free
Lunar Mirror:The Pavilion of Desire
2D mystery adventure about a masked party and missing girlfriend
82% positive
1,547 reviews
Demo Kinkoi: Golden Loveriche
Romance visual novel about a boy placed in the women's dorm
96% positive
1,545 reviews
Pesterquest
Episodic visual novel about making friends across two worlds
92% positive
1,544 reviews
不心动才有鬼
Live-action dating sim mixing romantic choices with a supernatural mystery
95% positive
1,533 reviews
Demo Mesmalie
Occult visual novel with point-and-click magic lessons and branching dialogue
99% positive
1,525 reviews
像素女友
A dating sim where affection brings pixelated girls into focus
98% positive
Free
Love at First Sight
Romance visual novel about winning over an isolated, one-eyed girl
96% positive
1,515 reviews
Dreamlike Love with Seira
Linear romance visual novel about an office worker's dream maid
98% positive
1,514 reviews
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth
Visual novel and tactical RPG closing a three-game story
96% positive
1,510 reviews
True Love ～Confide to the Maple～
A visual novel about high school romance and promises under pressure
81% positive
1,506 reviews
Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~
A travel visual novel with sightseeing and romance in Japan
91% positive
1,500 reviews
MAHOUTEQ!
A visual novel about getting hired as a magical girl
100% positive
1,500 reviews
雀皇麻雀
Free-to-play mahjong with ranked matches and customizable tables
73% positive
Free
My succubus Kukula
Pixel-art clicking game about winning a dangerous succubus's favor
97% positive
Free
Demo Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
Fantasy visual novel about mixing drinks and sending adventurers on quests
88% positive
1,495 reviews
Demo Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Lovecraftian horror built around lighthouse work and ship-routing decisions
90% positive
1,489 reviews
Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue - EXTRA2
Romance visual novel about Misaki's future after a tournament victory
99% positive
1,485 reviews
OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
A space puzzle adventure about searching for humanity’s lost home
87% positive
1,484 reviews