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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Demo Minotaur
Point-and-click science fantasy adventure about escaping an apartment building
94% positive
303 reviews
The Alchemist's House
A short first-person horror adventure set in a medieval house
69% positive
Free
Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story
Game development life sim balancing studio work and personal needs
68% positive
303 reviews
My Furry Neighbour 🐾
A romance visual novel about dating your new goth neighbor
79% positive
303 reviews
流光易逝的夏末 - Fleeting Summer's End
A visual novel about romance between girls in rural China
99% positive
303 reviews
7 Years From Now
A visual novel about lost memories and traveling through time
98% positive
302 reviews
My Cute Succubus
A match-three visual novel about a succubus's soul-buying quota
78% positive
302 reviews
Love, Elections, and Chocolate
School romance visual novel about saving a club through elections
88% positive
302 reviews
Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
A visual novel about island secrets and Lovecraftian horror
87% positive
Free
TK Punk Gold
Turn-based RPG mixing cyberpunk Three Kingdoms with bar management
86% positive
301 reviews
The Huntsman: Winter's Curse
Fantasy card-battling RPG about a search for missing brothers
72% positive
Free
Salty Hounds
Open-world dating sim about running a bodyguard agency and building relationships
72% positive
300 reviews
Demo AKIBA LOST
Live-action mystery adventure told through several characters’ connected stories
86% positive
300 reviews
Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered
Fantasy JRPG with turn-based battles and powers drawn from masks
81% positive
300 reviews
The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
Mystery visual novel about untangling strange events inside a sealed tower
87% positive
299 reviews
Lovebirb
A rhythm-based dating sim about courting birds through music
81% positive
Free
Swordbreaker The Game
Illustrated fantasy adventure built around choices that can end in death
83% positive
298 reviews
Tails Noir Preludes
A branching visual novel following four characters through life-changing moments
93% positive
298 reviews
Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow
Kinetic visual novel about a nun investigating an abbey murder
99% positive
298 reviews
We Are OFK
Episodic interactive fiction about forming an indiepop band in LA
92% positive
297 reviews
Life After Magic
A visual novel about former magical girls navigating adult life
98% positive
Free
Demo The Aquarium does not dance Special Edition
Horror adventure set in an aquarium overrun by strange creatures
97% positive
297 reviews
Nurse Love Syndrome
A romance visual novel about a nurse with healing powers
92% positive
295 reviews
Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report
Turn-based RPG with stat-dependent choices in a nightmarish city
93% positive
Free