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.
Corpse Party
Pixel-art horror adventure in a haunted school with multiple endings
89% positive
1,404 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
Mystery visual novel about yearly deaths in a rural village
97% positive
1,394 reviews
Ignited in Cavern
Choice-driven historical fantasy visual novel about a merchant's murder
93% positive
1,391 reviews
Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
2D detective adventure to clear your mother of murder
87% positive
1,388 reviews
Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception
Visual novel and tactical RPG about waking in a new world
93% positive
1,385 reviews
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
Visual novel and turn-based tactics RPG about an amnesiac village leader
94% positive
1,384 reviews
TAISHO x ALICE episode 1
Choice-driven otome visual novel with gender-swapped fairy-tale romances
86% positive
1,370 reviews
Lunar Mirror:The Pavilion of Desire
2D mystery adventure about a masked party and missing girlfriend
81% positive
1,367 reviews
Scars of Summer
Slice-of-life RPG about a time-limited summer in rural Japan
75% positive
1,362 reviews
STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
Time-travel visual novel told through ten character-focused side stories
97% positive
1,357 reviews
Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
Lovecraftian horror visual novel with spellbook rituals and branching endings
95% positive
1,353 reviews
My Cute Fuhrer
Satirical romance visual novel with a secret agent and match-three puzzles
86% positive
1,351 reviews
Harold Halibut
Third-person story adventure aboard a submerged spaceship in an alien ocean
82% positive
1,330 reviews
Half-Demon Shinobi
Adult deckbuilding roguelite with elemental dice and demon battles
90% positive
1,306 reviews
BROK the InvestiGator
Point-and-click detective adventure with beat-'em-up fights and branching choices
97% positive
1,297 reviews
Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
Third-person detective adventure investigates a train murder from two perspectives
84% positive
1,285 reviews
Symphonic Rain
Rain-soaked visual novel mixing musical performances with branching romance
97% positive
1,254 reviews
Love n War: Hero by Chance
Fantasy tower defense with unit upgrades and adult romance
79% positive
1,248 reviews
Bagel Love Story
Short romance visual novel about weight loss and cross-dressing
97% positive
1,248 reviews
Little Busters! English Edition
School-set visual novel with childhood friends and branching character routes
98% positive
1,245 reviews
Ken ga Kimi
Otome visual novel about impersonating a princess on Tōkaidō
94% positive
1,234 reviews
Mika and The Witch's Mountain
Cozy island adventure about delivering packages by magic broom
88% positive
1,227 reviews
Cooking Companions
Psychological horror visual novel about survival in a mountain cabin
94% positive
1,211 reviews
The Silver Case
First-person crime adventure investigating serial murders in Tokyo's 24 Wards
89% positive
1,206 reviews