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.
Amairo Chocolate 2
Romance visual novel about working with animal-eared girls at sweet shops
98% positive
372 reviews
NEKO-MIMI SWEET HOUSEMATES Vol. 1
Single-route visual novel about life with a cat-eared cherub
94% positive
370 reviews
TSUNDERE MILFIN
Adult office romance visual novel with match-three puzzle levels
87% positive
367 reviews
And the Hero Was Never Seen Again
Turn-based RPG about a transformed hero navigating life after victory
89% positive
366 reviews
Sierra Ops - Space Strategy Visual Novel
Space-war visual novel with branching choices and real-time ship battles
88% positive
362 reviews
Omega Labyrinth Life
Turn-based dungeon crawler with bust-based power gains and academy gardening
67% positive
359 reviews
While Waiting
A narrative puzzle adventure about waiting through life's moments
80% positive
344 reviews
Heart Fragment
Otome visual novel with branching endings and supernatural secrets
92% positive
Free
女神保卫战
Choice-driven FMV visual novel about family troubles and hidden pasts
69% positive
327 reviews
Salty Hounds
Open-world dating sim about running a bodyguard agency and building relationships
70% positive
325 reviews
Royal Alchemist
Fantasy visual novel about tutoring princes during a succession crisis
93% positive
323 reviews
My Lovely Empress
Empire management sim balancing your people against reviving your empress
81% positive
312 reviews
Astatos
Fantasy visual novel and card battler where heroes change sides
82% positive
310 reviews
Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow
Kinetic visual novel about a nun investigating an abbey murder
99% positive
304 reviews
The Huntsman: Winter's Curse
Fantasy card-battling RPG about a search for missing brothers
72% positive
Free
The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
Mystery visual novel about untangling strange events inside a sealed tower
87% positive
299 reviews
Saint Kotar
Point-and-click horror mystery with two protagonists and occult rituals
74% positive
293 reviews
Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse Remastered
Military sci-fi visual novel about mech tests amid alien war
95% positive
291 reviews
MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE
Pixel-art detective adventure across four short, eerie mystery cases
80% positive
291 reviews
マーダーミステリーパラドクス このひと夏の十五年
Text-based murder mystery where you investigate while under suspicion
86% positive
287 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Alibi in Ashes
Point-and-click detective mystery where friends investigate a hometown arson
90% positive
277 reviews
Irotoridori No Sekai HD - The Colorful World
Romance visual novel about memory loss and parallel worlds
96% positive
276 reviews
How a Retired Strategist Saved the Country
Real-time strategy game about building a country and conquering land
91% positive
274 reviews
Sankaku Renai: Love Triangle Trouble
Romantic comedy visual novel centered on a love triangle
94% positive
266 reviews