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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Blades of Jianghu: Ballad of Wind and Dust
Martial arts text adventure with romance and light turn-based combat
83% positive
497 reviews
you're just imagining it
A chronic illness simulation about balancing daily life and pain
96% positive
Free
神明的一天世界(God's One Day World)
A puzzle visual novel where wrong choices can end the story
85% positive
495 reviews
撩妹模拟器：渣男的秘密
Choice-driven dating sim with six women and counselor guidance
83% positive
495 reviews
The Detail
A comic-style noir adventure built around branching moral choices
71% positive
494 reviews
Cateau
Visual novel about befriending cats on the streets of Paris
97% positive
Free
云端之约
A cyberpunk visual novel about a programmer's long-distance romance
93% positive
493 reviews
Hatsuyuki Sakura
Romance visual novel with supernatural mysteries and a winter setting
92% positive
492 reviews
Astrologaster
A narrative comedy about diagnosing patients by reading the stars
94% positive
491 reviews
WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.01
Linear visual novel about stock trading in a lunar colony
87% positive
490 reviews
突然＊恋人
Romance visual novel with customizable dates and heroine routes
96% positive
490 reviews
Demo 茜色
A visual novel following two girls through a years-long romance
99% positive
490 reviews
Natsu no Iro no Nostalgia
A romance visual novel mixing hometown reunions with horror
91% positive
489 reviews
Demo Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
A choice-driven RPG where emotions influence combat and conversation
94% positive
488 reviews
Endless Jade Sea -Midori no Umi-
A suspense visual novel about lost memories in a forest mansion
85% positive
487 reviews
Dynopunk
A visual novel about repairing gadgets for cyberpunk dinosaurs
93% positive
487 reviews
MOOD
Dark visual novel where choices alter the streets around you
86% positive
487 reviews
//TODO: today
Slice-of-life visual novel about an aspiring artist and an AI
92% positive
Free
Fujiwara Bittersweet
High school visual novel mixing daily life with darker themes
87% positive
Free
Midori no Kaori
A restaurant-building sandbox where customer service can run automatically
94% positive
485 reviews
Kuroinu Redux
Adult dark fantasy visual novel about a mercenary's betrayal
78% positive
484 reviews
晨昏线
Live-action crime adventure with choices that shape two intertwined stories
78% positive
483 reviews
Attentat 1942
A live-action adventure investigating a family's World War II past
92% positive
482 reviews
Dice Eater: A Supernatural Mystery Card Game
A mystery card game about uncovering your opponents' supernatural tricks
61% positive
Free