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
3,858 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
3,858 games
AI filter: hide games with AI content
Customize
Demo This Starry Midnight We Make
A puzzle simulation about growing stars in a mysterious basin
86% positive
57 reviews
No men in this house
A detective visual novel mixing murder mystery with dark humor
86% positive
Free
十五
Pixel-art visual novel about changing your future by revisiting adolescence
82% positive
57 reviews
Tead
Murder mystery visual novel with a hidden mastermind to expose
100% positive
57 reviews
Russian Train Trip 2
A walking simulator about crossing Russia by passenger train
40% positive
57 reviews
Complex Loop
A time-loop adventure built around puzzles and a rescue mission
91% positive
57 reviews
True Reporter. Mystery of Mistwood
Hidden-object detective adventure with puzzles and choices during conversations
44% positive
Free
Curse Errant
A turn-based RPG following a knight and a future princess
75% positive
57 reviews
Bedrotting
Psychological horror survival from a bed you cannot leave
68% positive
57 reviews
Grizzly Man
A slasher visual novel about an Alaskan trip turned deadly
88% positive
57 reviews
Demo NOOK FALL: West Town
Isometric visual novel about running a shop before a festival
70% positive
57 reviews
Heroic Songs: the Remix!
Fantasy city building with idol management and short rhythm concerts
93% positive
57 reviews
Demo Gumshoe Detective Agency: The First Case
A point-and-click detective mystery set inside a nineties computer
72% positive
57 reviews
Demo 回忆忘却之看板娘
A short visual novel about a struggling producer's unexpected visitor
91% positive
Free
Spirited Heart Deluxe
Fantasy life sim with race-specific dialogue and multiple endings
50% positive
56 reviews
Bionic Heart
A sci-fi visual novel set in a permanently rain-soaked future
75% positive
56 reviews
The Orchard of Stray Sheep
A dystopian visual novel following a teacher at an island academy
70% positive
56 reviews
My Fox Sister|我的妖狐妹妹
A visual novel about a student forced to adopt a fox
64% positive
Free
Demo VED
A turn-based fantasy RPG about teleporting between two connected worlds
79% positive
56 reviews
Wicked Willow
A branching visual novel about witchcraft and its consequences
86% positive
56 reviews
Ballads and Romances
A visual novel exploring the memories behind a Polish poet's debut
80% positive
Free
Demo In His Time
A story-focused puzzle adventure about a boy dealing with loss
86% positive
56 reviews
Monologue: Winter melancholy
A visual novel about spending New Year's Eve alone
82% positive
56 reviews
Minako: Beloved Wife in the Countryside
Adult narrative adventure about marital infidelity in a rural village
70% positive
56 reviews