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.
LoveChoice
Choice-driven romance visual novel with three stories and multiple endings
92% positive
37K reviews
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Short psychological horror visual novel about a difficult milk run
96% positive
34K reviews
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Branching psychological horror visual novel about slaying a princess
97% positive
34K reviews
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Anime mystery visual novel about investigating murders on a tropical island
96% positive
33K reviews
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
Psychological horror visual novel that twists school romance conventions
97% positive
32K reviews
Emily is Away
Retro chat-based interactive fiction about a relationship over five years
89% positive
Free
Tiny Bunny
Horror visual novel with branching paths through a winter mystery
83% positive
31K reviews
Crush Crush
Idle dating sim about raising stats and romancing anime women
89% positive
Free
Tricolour Lovestory
Choice-driven romance visual novel about two classmates in art class
81% positive
28K reviews
NEKOPARA Vol. 1
Voiced anime visual novel about two catgirls at a pastry shop
95% positive
27K reviews
STEINS;GATE
Science-fiction visual novel where phone choices alter a time-travel story
97% positive
27K reviews
Summer Memories
Erotic 2D summer-life RPG built around time management and relationships
93% positive
25K reviews
ATRI -My Dear Moments-
Flooded-world visual novel about a boy and a salvaged robot
98% positive
24K reviews
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Anime murder-mystery visual novel built around investigations and class trials
83% positive
23K reviews
Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
Psychological horror visual novel shaped by a girl's distorted perception
97% positive
22K reviews
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
Surreal psychological horror visual novel about choices and existence
93% positive
22K reviews
Murders on the Yangtze River
Side-scrolling detective adventure solving murders in early twentieth-century China
97% positive
21K reviews
Night in the Woods
Dialogue-heavy adventure about returning home to a changing mining town
95% positive
20K reviews
The Test
Psychological question game with eerie prompts and a personal result
97% positive
20K reviews
Tales from the Borderlands
Episodic story adventure with choices and reluctant partners on Pandora
94% positive
20K reviews
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet
Third-person shooter RPG with a custom avatar in Gun Gale Online
79% positive
19K reviews
Action Taimanin
Free-to-play anime action RPG with female ninjas battling demons
83% positive
Free
Until Then
Pixel-art visual novel blending romance, mystery, and psychological drama
97% positive
19K reviews
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Episodic zombie adventure about family and difficult choices
84% positive
19K reviews