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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Gaokao.Love.100Days
Dating sim balancing school romance with college entrance exams
89% positive
5,355 reviews
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
School-life JRPG with tactical turn-based combat and imperial class conflict
94% positive
5,347 reviews
Demo Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
Multiplayer dating sim about romancing monsters at summer camp
97% positive
5,337 reviews
Persona 3 Portable
Story-rich school-year JRPG with turn-based combat and two protagonist routes
81% positive
5,272 reviews
Demo DRAMAtical Murder
Cyberpunk boys' love visual novel with choices and multiple endings
97% positive
5,234 reviews
Threefold Recital
Mystery visual novel where three heroes' stories converge
98% positive
5,234 reviews
Demo Fate/Samurai Remnant
Action RPG in Edo with summoned spirits and rival Masters
89% positive
5,218 reviews
GNOSIA
Single-player sci-fi social deduction RPG built around repeating time loops
93% positive
5,131 reviews
Demo Scarlet Hollow
Branching horror visual novel about a supernatural mountain-town mystery
98% positive
5,126 reviews
Swaying Girl
Adult interactive fiction about college romance and dialogue choices
89% positive
5,080 reviews
Summer Pockets
Summer visual novel with romance, family themes, and character routes
98% positive
5,040 reviews
Kid,napper: Gosh, I'm Kidnapped by a Pupil
Short visual novel about a teacher kidnapped by a pupil
88% positive
Free
Chasing Tails ~A Promise in the Snow~
Comedy-horror visual novel about fox-girl romance and a haunted house
92% positive
5,002 reviews
Class of '09: The Re-Up
Dark comedy visual novel with late-2000s drama and branching endings
98% positive
4,981 reviews
The Red Pearls Of Borneo
A detective puzzle reconstructing a plantation tragedy by revisiting memories
96% positive
Free
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Story-driven puzzle adventure with deadly choices and fractured timelines
81% positive
4,923 reviews
The Incident at Galley House
A detective visual novel about piecing together a fractured timeline
94% positive
4,915 reviews
Chill Pulse
Pixel-art productivity game with timers, tasks, music, and unlocks
95% positive
4,899 reviews
Our End of the World
Post-apocalyptic visual novel where survival choices lead to multiple endings
79% positive
4,856 reviews
家有大貓 Nekojishi
Choice-driven romance visual novel with spirits and three catlike men
92% positive
Free
Demo Sailing Era
Historical sailing RPG with trade, exploration, and naval combat
77% positive
4,820 reviews
WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL：美好世界
A text-based puzzle adventure where rearranging sentences changes people's fates
92% positive
4,804 reviews
Maitetsu:Last Run!!
Railway-themed visual novel with revised story and character after-stories
98% positive
4,780 reviews
Demo Roadwarden
Text-based fantasy RPG about investigating a dangerous, isolated peninsula
94% positive
4,661 reviews