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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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
Soul Hackers 2
Turn-based cyberpunk RPG about summoning demons to avert disaster
67% positive
2,444 reviews
The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence
A point-and-click adventure about a musician struggling with creative block
92% positive
Free
Demo Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo
2D psychological horror adventure guiding a puppet through surreal scenes
97% positive
Free
Demo S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
Text-driven adventure about typing replies for clients and shaping relationships
91% positive
2,411 reviews
人间 The Lost We Lost
A visual novel about loneliness and relationships across one summer
94% positive
2,387 reviews
Five Dates
A live-action dating sim about finding romance through lockdown video calls
88% positive
2,380 reviews
Gal*Gun 2
An anime on-rails shooter mixing demon hunting with school romance
83% positive
2,374 reviews
The Monster Inside
A noir visual novel about a detective investigating supernatural crimes
88% positive
Free
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
Vampire visual novel about faction politics in modern New York
75% positive
2,373 reviews
Demo Five Hearts Under One Roof season2
Live-action dating simulation with returning characters and new boarding-house tenants
96% positive
2,368 reviews
Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator
A cooking and time-management game about saving struggling restaurants
74% positive
Free
The Deed
A murder mystery adventure about committing the crime and escaping suspicion
91% positive
2,359 reviews
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus
Dark fantasy detective adventure with investigations and action-based deductions
80% positive
2,359 reviews
Soul Gambler
A visual novel where wishes cost pieces of your soul
87% positive
2,358 reviews
Detective Grimoire
Point-and-click murder mystery with a swamp creature as suspect
96% positive
2,348 reviews
Knights College
A fantasy visual novel where cards guide conversations and relationships
97% positive
2,340 reviews
Demo 彷徨之街 The Street of Adrift
Branching visual novel with lesbian romance and line-connecting puzzles
76% positive
2,340 reviews
The Imperial Gatekeeper
Checkpoint simulation with document checks and changing entry rules
78% positive
2,335 reviews
Banebush
Horror visual novel where childhood tales become a forest nightmare
95% positive
2,332 reviews
Lovelorn sanatoriumⅠ
Comic-style role-playing game about uncovering secrets behind a troubled relationship
64% positive
2,308 reviews
PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse
Supernatural mystery visual novel about mermaid legends and island curses
94% positive
2,305 reviews
State of Mind
Third-person sci-fi adventure tracing a missing family through dystopian Berlin
78% positive
2,303 reviews