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
691 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Folie Fatale
Romance horror visual novel with obsessive suitors and branching endings
86% positive
2,697 reviews
S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
Text-driven adventure about typing replies for clients and shaping relationships
91% positive
2,648 reviews
Noctuary
Visual novel about two aspiring guardians with monster battles
94% positive
2,633 reviews
SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal
3D ninja-school hack-and-slash with parries and revealing outfits
93% positive
2,630 reviews
Detective Grimoire
Point-and-click murder mystery with a swamp creature as suspect
96% positive
2,619 reviews
Love Delivery
Romance visual novel about café work and two relationships
96% positive
2,616 reviews
妄想症：Deliver Me
School-set psychological visual novel with branching paths and music
88% positive
2,551 reviews
Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
Point-and-click noir mystery with two estranged chicken detectives
94% positive
2,549 reviews
Hamidashi Creative
School visual novel about a randomly chosen student council president
95% positive
2,541 reviews
Wars and Roses
First-person tactical shooter with officers to rescue and date
43% positive
2,536 reviews
Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost
Touhou rhythm game with note charts and bullet-dodging stages
82% positive
2,497 reviews
1 to 1 humanoid edible toys
Romantic crime visual novel with three romance interests and branching endings
93% positive
2,488 reviews
恋爱单选题
Live-action dating sim with two identities and branching romances
81% positive
2,487 reviews
We. The Revolution
Historical courtroom strategy with life-or-death verdicts and political intrigue
75% positive
2,484 reviews
Tayutama 2-you're the only one-
Romance visual novel with voiced scenes and animal-eared characters
94% positive
2,448 reviews
Always Sometimes Monsters
Story-driven RPG about money troubles and difficult relationship choices
75% positive
2,447 reviews
Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo
2D psychological horror adventure guiding a puppet through surreal scenes
97% positive
Free
Sakuya Izayoi Gives You Advice And Dabs
Short Touhou visual novel with beachside advice and a dab
97% positive
2,426 reviews
Demons Roots
Story-driven JRPG where demons ally with oppressed humans
94% positive
2,401 reviews
Sabbat of the Witch
Anime romance visual novel with character-focused stories and routes
93% positive
2,383 reviews
Cabernet
2D narrative RPG about a vampire balancing hunger and conscience
95% positive
2,363 reviews
Aurelia
Adult point-and-click RPG with pixel art, dating, and dungeons
95% positive
2,351 reviews
Hello Love: 18 Again
Live-action dating sim about returning to eighteen and finding romance
93% positive
2,351 reviews
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus
Dark fantasy detective adventure with investigations and action-based deductions
81% positive
2,347 reviews