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
3,648 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Mary Skelter: Nightmares
First-person dungeon crawler with fairy-tale heroines and pursuing monsters
83% positive
594 reviews
导演，请多多指教
Live-action dating sim following a film director's career and romances
91% positive
593 reviews
ALIA’s CARNIVAL！
A school romance visual novel with a magical setting
95% positive
592 reviews
Overboard!
A detective puzzle where you cover up your own crime
91% positive
592 reviews
Demo LumineNight
1950s detective adventure tracing a decade of unsolved murders
89% positive
592 reviews
SENRAN KAGURA Reflexions
Anime dating simulation where massages shape a heroine's branching story
85% positive
591 reviews
Stay! Stay! Democratic People's Republic of Korea!
A satirical visual novel about dating soldiers in North Korea
94% positive
590 reviews
Exposed Livestream
Adult RPG about growing a streamer's audience while managing sanity
81% positive
590 reviews
Nientum - Op.ZERO
A rhythm action-adventure about restoring a theater through musical performances
99% positive
589 reviews
Rising Angels: Reborn
Sci-fi visual novel about a ship crew seeking missing researchers
81% positive
Free
Mr. Rightaway
Romance visual novel following a runaway heroine's search for love
98% positive
Free
Demo Stranded with You
Island survival simulation with crafting and a childhood-friend romance
92% positive
585 reviews
Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade
Dark fantasy detective adventure about murder and powerful noble families
79% positive
583 reviews
Femboy Love story
A romance visual novel about falling for your male university roommate
79% positive
583 reviews
Your Smile Beyond Twilight:黄昏下的月台上
A romance visual novel about returning home and uncovering secrets
95% positive
582 reviews
My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life
A psychological visual novel where everyday choices split the story
76% positive
581 reviews
雪之本境S Conspiracy Field: Snow Trap
A mystery visual novel about travelers trapped in a blizzard
66% positive
581 reviews
Wishful Journey:Love Across Time
Live-action dating sim about a worker transported to ancient times
91% positive
581 reviews
Regency Solitaire
Solitaire card puzzles tied to a Regency England romance
97% positive
579 reviews
KARAKARA2
A post-apocalyptic visual novel about life around a roadside diner
94% positive
579 reviews
Demo The Posthumous Investigation
Point-and-click detective adventure about solving a murder in repeating days
94% positive
579 reviews
Mohism: Battle of Words
Detective visual novel where evidence and arguments replace martial arts
76% positive
578 reviews
Night Book
Live-action occult thriller shaped by your choices during video calls
68% positive
575 reviews
Invincible Presents: Atom Eve
Superhero visual novel with relationship choices and turn-based battles
96% positive
575 reviews