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.
My Lovely Wife
Gothic visual novel and management sim about sacrificing summoned demons
75% positive
775 reviews
Dandelion - Wishes brought to you -
Otome dating sim about college life and mysterious animals
86% positive
774 reviews
G-senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String
Crime mystery visual novel about a gangster's son and an international criminal
92% positive
769 reviews
Nameless ~The one thing you must recall~
Otome visual novel about romance and a doll collector's mystery
93% positive
766 reviews
Methods: The Detective Competition
Detective visual novel about a competition with parole at stake
91% positive
762 reviews
9-nine-:NewEpisode
A visual novel following four heroines after their main stories
93% positive
759 reviews
Girls! Girls! Girls!?
Adult visual novel about dating four boys in maid outfits
88% positive
751 reviews
Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~
Dark visual novel about a student facing supernatural violence
88% positive
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MINDHACK
Dystopian visual novel with typing sequences that rewrite minds
93% positive
749 reviews
MY DESTINY GIRLS
Live-action dating sim with six potential partners and branching endings
83% positive
743 reviews
Best Served Cold
Speakeasy detective visual novel about serving drinks and solving mysteries
88% positive
742 reviews
Maid Cafe on Electric Street
Visual novel adventure about daily life at a Nipponbashi maid cafe
84% positive
740 reviews
ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE
Sci-fi visual novel about building a giant robot and uncovering conspiracies
91% positive
721 reviews
Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no
Japanese-inspired fantasy visual novel with comedy and multiple endings
96% positive
719 reviews
The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
Detective visual novel connecting a postwar curse to a prewar murder
95% positive
694 reviews
OZMAFIA!!
Otome visual novel with mafia rivalries and shifting romances
82% positive
690 reviews
TrymenT ―献给渴望改变的你― AlphA篇
Ensemble visual novel about rebuilding lives after personal setbacks
90% positive
689 reviews
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars
Anime dungeon crawler where relationships strengthen your battle party
79% positive
687 reviews
Nope Nope Nurses
Adult visual novel about a patient and hostile nurses
77% positive
673 reviews
Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk
Otome visual novel with branching choices in a divided town
85% positive
663 reviews
Making*Lovers
Romance visual novel with five love interests and date planning
97% positive
660 reviews
Love, Ghostie
Cozy matchmaking sim where a ghost pairs manor residents
97% positive
659 reviews
Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days 2
Anime strategy card game with solo stories and online matches
68% positive
653 reviews
消失的航班，还有她她她！Lost in the secret!
First-person live-action mystery adventure after a strange plane crash
90% positive
653 reviews