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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NEKOPARA Vol. 2
Single-player visual novel about feuding catgirl sisters at a bakery
97% positive
13K reviews
NEKOPARA Vol. 3
Anime visual novel about catgirl sisters and their ambitions
97% positive
13K reviews
Demo Coffee Talk
Dialogue-heavy visual novel about serving drinks and hearing stories
95% positive
12K reviews
Eternal Senia
Free 2D action RPG with combat that needs no attack button
97% positive
Free
Find Love or Die Trying
Dating-show visual novel where staying single means death
97% positive
12K reviews
Demo Saihate Station
Psychological horror adventure about a codependent relationship between two men
95% positive
Free
Raging Loop
Branching psychological horror visual novel built around deadly social deduction
96% positive
11K reviews
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
Creature-collecting JRPG with turn-based battles and digital mysteries
89% positive
11K reviews
Winter Memories
Adult pixel-art RPG about relationships in a snowy seaside town
97% positive
11K reviews
Demo Sweet Home
A high school visual novel about relationships and family conflict
95% positive
11K reviews
Suzerain
Text-based political RPG where presidential choices reshape a nation
92% positive
11K reviews
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1
Turn-based anime JRPG with gaming jokes and an amnesiac goddess
94% positive
11K reviews
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Text-based detective puzzle about reconstructing a missing girl's case
96% positive
11K reviews
An alt girl for skoof
First-person visual novel about ordering an alt girl online
84% positive
11K reviews
The Song of Saya
Psychological horror visual novel about grotesque visions and romance
89% positive
11K reviews
Demo Yog-Sothoth’s Yard
Lovecraftian hotel management sim with dating and branching endings
93% positive
11K reviews
CLANNAD
Choice-driven school visual novel about friendship, family, and romance
98% positive
11K reviews
魔女的夜宴
Anime romance visual novel with adult content and multiple endings
98% positive
11K reviews
Road to Empress Ⅱ
Live-action palace adventure where dialogue choices shape your political rise
85% positive
10K reviews
Blush Blush
Idle dating sim about romancing anime men to break curses
87% positive
Free
BlazBlue Centralfiction
Fast 2D anime fighter with highly distinct character mechanics
94% positive
10K reviews
MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA
Fast 2D anime fighter with simple inputs and rollback netcode
88% positive
10K reviews
BAD END THEATER
Choice-driven visual novel where decisions change other characters' stories
97% positive
10K reviews
Assemble with Care
Story-driven puzzle game about fixing keepsakes and mending relationships
90% positive
10K reviews