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.
Hush Hush - Only Your Love Can Save Them
Branching dating visual novel about juggling romances and dangerous secrets
94% positive
1,651 reviews
Baldr Sky
Cyberpunk visual novel with customizable mech combat and branching stories
94% positive
1,619 reviews
노베나 디아볼로스
Survival mystery adventure with nine days to find the human
93% positive
1,570 reviews
Kindred Spirits on the Roof
School romance visual novel about helping ghosts bring girls together
96% positive
1,566 reviews
Frosty Kiss
Short New Year's visual novel revisiting girls from a former camp
90% positive
Free
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
1990s point-and-click detective mystery following a grandfather's clues
92% positive
1,553 reviews
NOeSIS01_诉说谎言记忆物语
Horror visual novel about campus suicides and voices of the dead
98% positive
Free
CUSTOM ORDER MAID 3D2 It's a Night Magic
Adult club-management sim with customizable maids and rhythm battles
83% positive
1,548 reviews
Corpse Party (2021)
Retro horror adventure in a haunted school with branching endings
91% positive
1,536 reviews
The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Branching horror visual novel about a curse and seven characters
85% positive
1,533 reviews
The Ditzy Demons Are in Love With Me
Romantic visual novel about an assistant in a supernatural dormitory
96% positive
1,532 reviews
Love at First Sight
Romance visual novel about winning over an isolated, one-eyed girl
96% positive
1,515 reviews
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth
Visual novel and tactical RPG closing a three-game story
96% positive
1,514 reviews
Sensei! I Like You So Much!
Fandom simulation about creating characters, writing stories, and collecting merchandise
87% positive
1,513 reviews
Miss Neko: Pirates
Top-down pirate action RPG about reclaiming your ship after mutiny
84% positive
1,508 reviews
CBT With Yuuka Kazami
Short Touhou visual novel about cognitive behavioral therapy lessons
97% positive
1,499 reviews
9-nine-:Episode 4
Supernatural mystery visual novel tying together four parallel-world stories
98% positive
1,497 reviews
KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE
Rhythm game with shifting lanes and a ruined-world story
71% positive
1,495 reviews
The Shell Part I: Inferno
Detective visual novel with branching choices and a dark mystery
90% positive
1,491 reviews
Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk
First-person dungeon RPG with customizable puppet squads and turn-based battles
80% positive
1,465 reviews
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases
Isometric detective adventure about connecting clues in a snowbound manor
76% positive
1,441 reviews
Escape Academy
Escape-room puzzle adventure with academy challenges and two-player co-op
87% positive
1,427 reviews
Resist the succubus—The end of the female Knight
Adult fantasy auto-battler about defending a city from demons
75% positive
1,425 reviews
Hookah Haze
Visual novel about mixing hookah flavors and shaping patrons' stories
93% positive
1,424 reviews