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
3,861 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Forsaken Quartet
Romance-mystery visual novel about survivors of a worldwide illness
74% positive
121 reviews
HOLEHOLE
First-person adventure combining dungeon exploration with visual novel storytelling
88% positive
121 reviews
Gnumz: Masters of Defense
Tower defense with elemental traps in underground dwarven cities
71% positive
120 reviews
Time Tenshi (2015)
Anime visual novel about time travel and breast expansion
78% positive
120 reviews
Demo 不落城-Unconquered Castle
A visual novel and strategy RPG about saving a city
78% positive
120 reviews
Geminism
A psychological horror visual novel about twins and inherited sins
88% positive
120 reviews
Demo Royal Order
Stat-raising visual novel about keeping rival kingdoms united against pirates
92% positive
120 reviews
Otome Legends
An otome visual novel mixing dating-sim comedy with psychological horror
88% positive
120 reviews
The Shadows of Pygmalion
A dark fantasy visual novel mixing school life and supernatural conflict
80% positive
119 reviews
Bokuten - Why I Became an Angel
A romance visual novel about deciding which couples should stay together
82% positive
119 reviews
Sakura Gamer 2
Anime visual novel about game developers dealing with criticism
91% positive
119 reviews
Cartomante – Fortune Teller
A comedy visual novel about tarot readings and branching stories
91% positive
119 reviews
Demonpact: Clarice
Turn-based RPG where demon summoners become targets for bounty hunters
96% positive
Free
Friendsim 2
Sci-fi visual novel where your choices lead to different endings
88% positive
Free
Kitten's Wardrobe
Casual kitten adventure about drawing objects and collecting new outfits
97% positive
119 reviews
Demo AI
杀青
A horror puzzle adventure through hospitals and funeral parlors
76% positive
119 reviews
Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o Refine
Romance visual novel with branching stories and pixel-art school exploration
87% positive
119 reviews
ステータス確認探偵
A detective adventure where other people's stats become your clues
96% positive
Free
Roommates
College dating sim balancing romance, classes, and part-time jobs
75% positive
118 reviews
Demo NOISZ
A rhythm-based bullet hell shooter with visual novel storytelling
95% positive
118 reviews
Mythic Ocean
Underwater narrative adventure where your advice shapes a new world
97% positive
118 reviews
be you 2
A visual novel about parenting choices that shape a child
82% positive
Free
Island Diary
A visual novel about island survival with three animal girls
96% positive
118 reviews
Demo Enelia: Dawn of Madness
Fantasy-horror visual novel with friendships and rivalries shaped by choices
94% positive
118 reviews