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.
Batman - The Telltale Series
Choice-driven episodic adventure balancing Bruce Wayne and Batman
88% positive
18K reviews
Sanfu
2D mystery adventure tracing a strange television broadcast
83% positive
18K reviews
NEKOPARA Vol. 0
Short slice-of-life visual novel following catgirls through a household day
94% positive
18K reviews
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Story-driven fantasy RPG with card battles and difficult decisions
90% positive
17K reviews
Florence
Interactive romance built from everyday moments and simple puzzles
93% positive
16K reviews
Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy
Adult monochrome life sim RPG balancing guild work and family
70% positive
16K reviews
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Dystopian investigation game about deciding what security forces learn
90% positive
16K reviews
Tales of the Black Forest
Pixel-art horror adventure about escaping a town through time travel
98% positive
16K reviews
A Date with Death
Supernatural dating sim about bargaining with the Grim Reaper
98% positive
Free
KinitoPET
Retro psychological horror with a virtual friend who disrupts your desktop
93% positive
15K reviews
Monster Prom
Competitive dating sim where monsters race to find prom dates
93% positive
14K reviews
The Red Strings Club
Cyberpunk narrative adventure with mood-shifting cocktails and phone impersonation
93% positive
14K reviews
Yog-Sothoth’s Yard
Lovecraftian hotel management sim with dating and branching endings
94% positive
14K reviews
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Choice-heavy visual novel about growing up with the boy next door
99% positive
Free
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
Creature-collecting JRPG with turn-based battles and digital mysteries
90% positive
13K reviews
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Text-based narrative RPG where choices shape a commoner's entire life
88% positive
13K reviews
NEKOPARA Vol. 2
Single-player visual novel about feuding catgirl sisters at a bakery
97% positive
13K reviews
I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator
Culinary school dating visual novel with Colonel Sanders as a classmate
92% positive
Free
Coffee Talk
Dialogue-heavy visual novel about serving drinks and hearing stories
95% positive
13K reviews
BlazBlue Centralfiction
Fast 2D anime fighter with highly distinct character mechanics
94% positive
12K reviews
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1
Turn-based anime JRPG with gaming jokes and an amnesiac goddess
94% positive
12K reviews
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
First-person horror mystery about missing children and an industrial machine
70% positive
12K reviews
Eternal Senia
Free 2D action RPG with combat that needs no attack button
97% positive
Free
NEKOPARA Vol. 3
Anime visual novel about catgirl sisters and their ambitions
97% positive
12K reviews