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.
Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
Dark fantasy otome visual novel about keeping your identity secret
91% positive
134 reviews
Kurone's Feelings ~Apprentice Witch of Starfall Village~
Fantasy adventure RPG about a witch's amnesiac assistant helping villagers
89% positive
132 reviews
Dusk Pub
Casual tavern management sim with recruitable servers and new branches
93% positive
130 reviews
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club TOKIMEKI Roadmap to Future
School-life visual novel about lost memories and branching idol stories
84% positive
129 reviews
Yoru ga Kuru! -Square of the Moon- Remastered
Turn-based dungeon RPG about a school club fighting supernatural enemies
85% positive
127 reviews
The Eden of Grisaia
Anime-style visual novel bringing Yuuji's academy story to a close
93% positive
122 reviews
Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery!
Chapter-based mystery adventure about exposing disguised monsters among tenants
82% positive
122 reviews
夏目友人帳 ～葉月の記～
Story-driven summer adventure with requests, gifts, and multiple endings
86% positive
118 reviews
Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity
Japanese fantasy romance visual novel with branching heroine routes
97% positive
97 reviews
SHINJUKU SOUMEI
Visual novel about a man burying the dead in Shinjuku Kowloon
81% positive
95 reviews
Tokyo Babel
Visual novel about angels and demons crossing a floating purgatory
91% positive
94 reviews
Millennium Whisper
Pixel-art dating sim with typed conversations and AI-driven characters
65% positive
89 reviews
Tristia:legacy
Crafting simulation about reviving a seaside city through inventions
91% positive
87 reviews
SORRY SURVIVOR
2D action and visual novel about rejecting love confessions
86% positive
86 reviews
TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
Mystery visual novel about lost memories in a twilight hotel
87% positive
82 reviews
Shadowhand Solitaire
Historical solitaire with highwaywoman disguises and card-based outlaw encounters
92% positive
71 reviews
Liminal Border Part III
School-set visual novel about crime, romance, and a surveillance mission
71% positive
70 reviews
Light of Reversing Destiny
Choice-driven filmed adventure about a deliveryman reborn into a gang family
78% positive
68 reviews
Ayakashigami
Choice-free visual novel about a summer investigating Japanese spirits
85% positive
66 reviews
Star Dream Journey
Live-action management sim about guiding four actors' careers
63% positive
62 reviews
The Lazy Demon Lord and the Four Stones of Dispel
Fantasy action RPG about a cursed demon lord retaking her castle
80% positive
60 reviews
Kowloon High-School Chronicle
First-person adventure RPG about treasure hunting beneath a Tokyo school
89% positive
55 reviews
Disney Villains Cursed Café
Choice-driven visual novel about brewing potions for modern Disney villains
78% positive
54 reviews
Mistwinter Bay
Fantasy visual novel RPG about ruling a town through choices
84% positive
50 reviews