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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The Symbiant
Sci-fi visual novel about romance with a mysterious alien passenger
96% positive
858 reviews
新世界：暗影成双
Live-action spy adventure where two players hold different information
76% positive
855 reviews
Sakura Fantasy
Anime fantasy visual novel about a woman seeking knighthood
90% positive
853 reviews
NOeSIS02_羽化
Horror interactive fiction about students with powers over memories
98% positive
Free
Demo Our Brief Eternity
A choice-driven visual novel about relationships across different lifespans
99% positive
851 reviews
Your Dry Delight
A boys' love visual novel set amid Prohibition-era organized crime
94% positive
Free
FOCUS on YOU
A VR dating adventure centered on photographing your love interest
92% positive
849 reviews
Know by heart
Story-driven adventure about childhood friends whose shared memories come under threat
90% positive
847 reviews
Draw
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer with mouse-drawn objects and a grief story
96% positive
Free
Joe Dever's Lone Wolf HD Remastered
Illustrated fantasy gamebook RPG with choices and turn-based battles
75% positive
840 reviews
Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
Board-game RPG with crossover characters at a tropical summer camp
61% positive
840 reviews
Demo 风岬-The Everlasting lovestory at the Windcap
A short yuri visual novel with four possible story endings
87% positive
840 reviews
Demo Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
A werewolf visual novel about the struggle to protect nature
83% positive
839 reviews
DUET
A wordless interactive story about two girls becoming close
99% positive
Free
完蛋！我也能追到美女了！
Live-action dating sim where your choices shape a developing relationship
61% positive
836 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
Horror mystery visual novel that revisits earlier chapters' unanswered questions
96% positive
835 reviews
The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki Ⅱ -CRIMSON SiN-
Party-based JRPG where alignment influences your allies and story
75% positive
834 reviews
Headliner: NoviNews
A political news editing simulation with consequences beyond the newsroom
89% positive
827 reviews
Harmonia
A post-apocalyptic visual novel about a robot seeking human emotions
95% positive
823 reviews
GOODBYE WORLD
A narrative adventure about two friends struggling to make games
84% positive
822 reviews
Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition
Turn-based space tactics with mecha squads and anime-style storytelling
83% positive
819 reviews
Grim Legends 3: The Dark City
Hidden-object adventure with monster hunting in a gothic city
93% positive
817 reviews
Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ English Edition
A romance visual novel about a couple's makeshift family
90% positive
811 reviews
Mercury Abbey
Side-scrolling mystery adventure investigating a curse at a mountain abbey
92% positive
810 reviews