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.
彷徨之街 The Street of Adrift
Branching visual novel with lesbian romance and line-connecting puzzles
76% positive
2,340 reviews
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds
Historical fantasy romance visual novel with branching samurai stories
93% positive
2,333 reviews
AI2U: With You 'Til The End
Single-player escape-room adventure driven by freeform AI conversations
88% positive
2,323 reviews
State of Mind
Third-person sci-fi adventure tracing a missing family through dystopian Berlin
78% positive
2,303 reviews
The Chrono Jotter
Horror mystery visual novel about solving murders across time loops
94% positive
2,279 reviews
BURIED STARS
Mystery visual novel about murder in a collapsed broadcast studio
84% positive
2,263 reviews
Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
Surreal dating sim about courting people with phones for heads
99% positive
2,258 reviews
Tiny Bunny: Prologue
Nonlinear horror visual novel about disappearances in a Siberian village
95% positive
Free
The Crown of Leaves
Chapter-based visual novel with point-and-click puzzles and supernatural mysteries
96% positive
2,242 reviews
Kinkoi: Golden Loveriche
Romance visual novel about a boy placed in the women's dorm
96% positive
2,224 reviews
Dusk Pub - Adult Only
Adult tavern management sim with staff relationships and expanding branches
93% positive
2,224 reviews
Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday
First-person live-action dating sim with branching college romances
81% positive
2,215 reviews
恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
Choice-driven romance visual novel about an investigation and strange forces
94% positive
2,212 reviews
Persona 5 Tactica
Turn-based tactical RPG with the Phantom Thieves in grid battles
73% positive
2,208 reviews
Summer in Mara
Farming adventure across tropical islands, with sailing and crafting
75% positive
2,203 reviews
The Imperial Gatekeeper
Checkpoint simulation with document checks and changing entry rules
80% positive
2,193 reviews
Meltys Quest
Adult RPG where a princess gains skills from costumes
95% positive
2,192 reviews
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment
Anime action RPG about climbing Aincrad and exploring the Hollow Area
78% positive
2,179 reviews
Seduce Me the Otome
Free otome visual novel with branching romances and incubus houseguests
87% positive
Free
A New Beginning - Final Cut
Point-and-click adventure about time travel and a looming climate disaster
74% positive
2,162 reviews
Crimson Imprint plus -Nonexistent Christmas-
Chinese-language romance visual novel with anime-style art and sexual content
92% positive
2,159 reviews
New Tales from the Borderlands
Choice-driven adventure about three civilians facing corporate power
31% positive
2,155 reviews
The Nameless: Slay Dragon
Dark fantasy RPG with turn-based combat and branching choices
91% positive
2,152 reviews
Road 96: Mile 0
Narrative adventure about two friends with choices and musical rides
68% positive
2,146 reviews