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.
Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning
Dialogue-heavy zombie adventure about convincing animals to scavenge
81% positive
1,033 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
Horror visual novel about recurring deaths in a rural village
98% positive
1,029 reviews
Taiwan Love Story⁵
Dating sim with five romances across Taiwan and themed minigames
85% positive
1,021 reviews
Tailor Tales
Free-to-play romance visual novel with clothing design and separate routes
95% positive
Free
Lightracer Spark
Sci-fi narrative RPG about shaping the futures of alien civilizations
84% positive
1,018 reviews
Aonatsu Line
Youth-themed visual novel following young love over summer vacation
93% positive
1,016 reviews
Vampire Therapist
A vampire therapy visual novel about spotting distorted thoughts
94% positive
1,016 reviews
Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
Chinese horror puzzle adventure shaped by Zangling Village’s marriage warning
93% positive
1,004 reviews
Sepia Tears
Romance visual novel where buried memories complicate a relationship
88% positive
Free
Revue Starlight El Dorado
Stage-themed visual novel about a class's last summer
97% positive
998 reviews
Turlock Holmes
Single-player mystery puzzles solved by asking questions and testing keywords
80% positive
996 reviews
Golden Treasure: The Great Green
Choice-driven dragon RPG about surviving childhood in Bronze Age Earth
96% positive
993 reviews
Heart of the Woods
Fantasy romance visual novel about uncovering a forest ghost's curse
95% positive
987 reviews
ghostpia Season One
A linear visual novel about immortals in a snowbound town
93% positive
987 reviews
Hatsuyuki Sakura
Romance visual novel with supernatural mysteries and a winter setting
94% positive
986 reviews
B100X - Auto Dungeon RPG
Single-player dungeon RPG with automatic battles and item fusion
80% positive
Free
Clover Day's Plus
Romance visual novel about childhood bonds and returning friends
94% positive
970 reviews
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
Retro sci-fi visual novel about investigating a shipboard threat
91% positive
960 reviews
Sumire
Narrative adventure about a girl's one-day deal with a spirit
95% positive
957 reviews
Ys X: Nordics
Seafaring action RPG with paired heroes and island exploration
77% positive
955 reviews
GIRLS MADE PUDDING
Dialogue-driven adventure through emptied towns with motorcycle travel and cooking
95% positive
928 reviews
1bitHeart
Side-scrolling mystery adventure about investigating a town and making friends
91% positive
926 reviews
突然＊恋人
Romance visual novel with customizable dates and heroine routes
97% positive
925 reviews
Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly
Mystery visual novel with romance, lost memories, and branching endings
84% positive
916 reviews