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.
Robot girl's dream -RobotBattleChampionship-
2D robot-raising RPG with tournaments and branching endings
96% positive
203 reviews
Gilded Shadows
Sci-fi romance visual novel with branching stories and a customizable protagonist
94% positive
199 reviews
Witch's Garden
Fantasy romance visual novel with six routes and animated portraits
87% positive
199 reviews
Kuroinu 2 Redux
Dark fantasy visual novel about a mercenary betraying his allies
82% positive
199 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
A horror sound novel revisiting Hinamizawa through four chapters
87% positive
199 reviews
INtLOVErt Game Club
Darkly comic dating sim centered on university nerd club members
96% positive
198 reviews
The Fox's Way Home
Spot-the-difference game built around a fox shrine maiden's dance
89% positive
195 reviews
Sigh of the Abyss
Dark fantasy visual novel with branching choices and optional romance
97% positive
192 reviews
DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
Text-based adventure with AI-generated stories shaped by your choices
87% positive
190 reviews
SHUFFLE! Episode 2 ~Kami ni mo Akuma ni mo Nerawareteiru Otoko~
Romance visual novel about a man pursued by gods and demons
86% positive
189 reviews
Welcome to Planet E1d0r4d0!
Pixel-art RPG about hunting ingredients and running an underground diner
75% positive
179 reviews
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
Horror visual novel with side-scrolling exploration and supernatural school mysteries
98% positive
173 reviews
Kitchen Sync: Aloha!
Cooking RPG mixing kitchen management with chef relationships
99% positive
173 reviews
PROJEKT GODHAND
Keyboard-mashing rhythm game where extra inputs raise your score
98% positive
172 reviews
我亲爱的妹妹 Happy Sisters Life
Choice-driven visual novel about sisters and diverging endings
20% positive
168 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Trail of the Twister
Point-and-click detective adventure investigating accidents among storm chasers
70% positive
166 reviews
Trinoline All Ages Version
Romance visual novel about grief and an android resembling a lost sister
88% positive
166 reviews
Back from the other world, I missed love.
First-person romance game with magical choices and branching workplace stories
59% positive
164 reviews
Mary Skelter Finale
Party-based dungeon RPG about a living prison and scattered prisoners
74% positive
155 reviews
Princess Maker 2 Regeneration
Child-raising simulation where your decisions shape your daughter's adulthood
63% positive
153 reviews
Beauty’s Target
First-person live-action dating sim with four potential partners
73% positive
153 reviews
Trouble Comes Twice
Romantic comedy visual novel about twins betting on who dates first
87% positive
149 reviews
Neighboring Islands
Pirate visual novel with choices that lead to different endings
78% positive
147 reviews
Akash: Path of the Five
Fantasy otome visual novel about dating amid looming war
90% positive
143 reviews