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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冬日树下的回忆
A free romance visual novel with several possible story endings
98% positive
Free
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
2D fighter with fast combos and character story routes
92% positive
1,400 reviews
Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk
First-person dungeon RPG with customizable puppet squads and turn-based battles
78% positive
1,400 reviews
The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Branching horror visual novel about a curse and seven characters
86% positive
1,395 reviews
STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
Time-travel visual novel told through ten character-focused side stories
96% positive
1,395 reviews
Demo Demons' Timeline
Text-based detective adventure about solving supernatural crimes through social media
97% positive
1,394 reviews
Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
2D detective adventure to clear your mother of murder
87% positive
1,388 reviews
Fallen girl - Black rose and the fire of desire
Adult visual novel with choices shaping a captive noblewoman's resistance
70% positive
1,382 reviews
Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception
Visual novel and tactical RPG about waking in a new world
92% positive
1,376 reviews
Sensei! I Like You So Much!
Fandom simulation about creating characters, writing stories, and collecting merchandise
86% positive
1,375 reviews
Hiveswap Friendsim
An episodic visual novel about befriending aliens on a dangerous planet
93% positive
1,373 reviews
Demo Hookah Haze
Visual novel about mixing hookah flavors and shaping patrons' stories
93% positive
1,373 reviews
Lynne
Psychological horror visual novel about exam pressure and recurring nightmares
80% positive
Free
CBT With Yuuka Kazami
Short Touhou visual novel about cognitive behavioral therapy lessons
97% positive
1,368 reviews
daydream 白日夢
High school visual novel mixing romance, friendship, and suspense
98% positive
Free
The seven days i spent with you
Psychological horror visual novel about captivity with an obsessive girl
94% positive
1,364 reviews
In Falsus
A rhythm game blending a visual novel with card crafting
90% positive
1,362 reviews
The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki
Story-driven JRPG with switchable field and turn-based combat
90% positive
1,359 reviews
Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
A branching visual novel set during an island summer vacation
83% positive
1,359 reviews
Demo Trials of Innocence
Courtroom detective visual novel about exposing lies in murder trials
90% positive
1,355 reviews
Demo Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
Lovecraftian horror visual novel with spellbook rituals and branching endings
95% positive
1,353 reviews
Money for Girls: Amortized
Horror romance visual novel about a detective tackling family debt
99% positive
1,352 reviews
My Cute Fuhrer
Satirical romance visual novel with a secret agent and match-three puzzles
86% positive
1,351 reviews
Harold Halibut
Third-person story adventure aboard a submerged spaceship in an alien ocean
82% positive
1,330 reviews