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.
Muv-Luv photonmelodies♮
Three visual novel stories span military intrigue and school romance
89% positive
263 reviews
My Life as a Cult Leader
Adult visual novel about replacing a cult's dying leader
79% positive
257 reviews
Memories Off
High school romance visual novel with choices and multiple endings
92% positive
256 reviews
Agarest: Generations of War 2
Turn-based tactical RPG with romance choices spanning multiple generations
60% positive
245 reviews
Memories Off 2nd
High school romance visual novel with branching storylines and endings
92% positive
244 reviews
Reviver
Hand-drawn puzzle adventure tracing two lives through changing eras
92% positive
244 reviews
Near-Mage
Story-driven 2D adventure about crafting spells at a Transylvanian school
91% positive
244 reviews
Bartender Hustle
First-person bartending simulation with cocktail mixing and customer requests
84% positive
238 reviews
The Quintessential Quintuplets - Memories of a Quintessential Summer
Romantic comedy visual novel with island survival and branching endings
91% positive
237 reviews
Majikoi! Love Me Seriously!
Comedy visual novel with branching romances and martial arts school life
96% positive
234 reviews
Paper Perjury
Detective visual novel about a police clerk solving connected cases
89% positive
234 reviews
BLACK SHEEP TOWN
Visual novel following multiple perspectives in a gang-ruled district
96% positive
231 reviews
Aoi Tori
Romance visual novel where a vampire upends a priest's life
97% positive
227 reviews
Ever 17 - The Out of Infinity
Choice-driven visual novel about escaping an underwater theme park
85% positive
224 reviews
明星志願2000
Entertainment career sim with dating and dozens of endings
84% positive
219 reviews
Campus Fantasy
First-person open-world campus sandbox with NPCs fighting each other
71% positive
218 reviews
Freshman Year
Short interactive story about a freshman waiting alone at a bar
63% positive
Free
Star Knightess Aura
Dark fantasy RPG with turn-based battles and mental corruption
86% positive
214 reviews
Taimanin Yukikaze
Dark fantasy visual novel about a lightning-wielding, demon-slaying ninja
89% positive
213 reviews
Pro Philosopher 2: Governments & Grievances
Dialogue-driven puzzle adventure about finding flaws in political arguments
98% positive
212 reviews
Anime City
Anime school-life simulation with clubs, friendships, and survival needs
73% positive
212 reviews
Cage of Roses
A gothic visual novel about an arranged marriage and a vampire
89% positive
211 reviews
Escape from the Cursed Convent
Choice-driven pixel art horror adventure about escaping a convent
92% positive
Free
Meiji Tokyo Renka Full Moon
Time-travel romance visual novel with choices in Meiji-era Tokyo
92% positive
208 reviews