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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Demo The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian
A narrative RPG about growing up to rule a divided empire
73% positive
1,483 reviews
CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel
A horror visual novel where characters can question your commands
87% positive
Free
Demo Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集
Point-and-click murder mystery with animal suspects in a stormbound tavern
96% positive
1,471 reviews
Song of Farca
Dystopian detective adventure built around hacking and connected cases
77% positive
1,471 reviews
A Kiss For The Petals - Remembering How We Met
A visual novel about schoolgirls going from arguments to romance
94% positive
1,470 reviews
Kindred Spirits on the Roof
School romance visual novel about helping ghosts bring girls together
97% positive
1,466 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
Mystery visual novel about yearly deaths in a rural village
98% positive
1,458 reviews
Necrobarista
A supernatural visual novel set in a café for the dead
82% positive
1,449 reviews
Escape from Yandere
First-person horror about surviving a sleepover with a controlling friend
74% positive
1,446 reviews
Scars of Summer
Slice-of-life RPG about a time-limited summer in rural Japan
74% positive
1,445 reviews
Voices from the Sea
A supernatural visual novel about a boy and a seaside stranger
93% positive
Free
Yusetsu
A romance visual novel built around drinks and bar conversations
89% positive
1,431 reviews
this game will end in 205 clicks.
A visual novel about a supervillain's mandatory day off
96% positive
Free
Resist the succubus—The end of the female Knight
Adult fantasy auto-battler about defending a city from demons
75% positive
1,425 reviews
TAISHO x ALICE episode 1
Choice-driven otome visual novel with gender-swapped fairy-tale romances
85% positive
1,421 reviews
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
1990s point-and-click detective mystery following a grandfather's clues
92% positive
1,418 reviews
The Shell Part I: Inferno
Detective visual novel with branching choices and a dark mystery
90% positive
1,415 reviews
Love n War: Warlord by Chance
Tower defense with female commanders and optional adult scenes
85% positive
1,412 reviews
The Flood
Short narrative game about steering a boat and slowing down
84% positive
Free
South of the Circle
A cinematic adventure about love and ambition during the Cold War
84% positive
1,410 reviews
Ignited in Cavern
Choice-driven historical fantasy visual novel about a merchant's murder
93% positive
1,407 reviews
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
Visual novel and turn-based tactics RPG about an amnesiac village leader
93% positive
1,406 reviews
Corpse Party
Pixel-art horror adventure in a haunted school with multiple endings
89% positive
1,404 reviews
The Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne
A visual novel about social anxiety and making oatmeal
81% positive
Free