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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Blues and Bullets
Noir detective adventure following a former lawman into missing-child cases
61% positive
1,165 reviews
We Know the Devil
A horror visual novel where growing closer leaves someone out
93% positive
1,165 reviews
Through the Darkest of Times
Historical strategy game about organizing covert resistance in Nazi Berlin
84% positive
1,163 reviews
HIVESWAP: ACT 2
Point-and-click adventure through an alien society with a train to catch
88% positive
1,163 reviews
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink
Steampunk hidden-object adventure tracking a scientist after strange earthquakes
92% positive
1,161 reviews
Demo KARAKARA
A visual novel following diner workers in a parched wasteland
96% positive
1,160 reviews
Ken ga Kimi
Otome visual novel about impersonating a princess on Tōkaidō
94% positive
1,159 reviews
Demo Evan's Remains
A story-led puzzle platformer where logic matters more than reflexes
90% positive
1,154 reviews
Tokyo Dark
A point-and-click horror mystery where decisions shape a detective's sanity
85% positive
1,140 reviews
One Manga Day
A workplace visual novel about life on a manga translation team
62% positive
Free
tomorrow won't come for those without ██████
A surreal puzzle visual novel set in a futuristic hotel
94% positive
1,137 reviews
9-nine-:Episode 3
A supernatural mystery visual novel mixing romance with murder investigations
92% positive
1,135 reviews
Her Lie I Tried To Believe
A short psychological visual novel about a destructive relationship
80% positive
Free
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
A narrative puzzle mystery explored through a missing woman's phone
91% positive
1,129 reviews
Summer in Mara Prologue
A farming adventure prologue about tending a tropical island
87% positive
Free
反转21克
First-person FMV mystery where your choices shape multiple endings
72% positive
1,129 reviews
OPUS: Prism Peak
A narrative adventure with photography puzzles in a spirit realm
93% positive
1,127 reviews
Demo Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
Third-person detective adventure investigates a train murder from two perspectives
82% positive
1,123 reviews
Lost girl`s [diary]
Short horror visual novel about a Christmas scary story contest
82% positive
Free
Amairo Chocolate
Café romance visual novel with animal-eared girls and story routes
97% positive
1,122 reviews
Death end re;Quest
Turn-based horror JRPG split between reality and a corrupted game
77% positive
1,118 reviews
你好!我们还有场恋爱没谈-番外篇
A live-action dating sim where choices test an established relationship
93% positive
1,118 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
Horror visual novel about recurring deaths in a rural village
98% positive
1,114 reviews
狼と香辛料VR/Spice&WolfVR
VR anime story about two travelers sheltering from a downpour
92% positive
1,114 reviews