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
3,861 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Demo Fatal Twelve
Supernatural visual novel about twelve people competing to reverse their deaths
92% positive
1,028 reviews
Mirror Maker
Anime story editor for creating and sharing adult-themed visual novels
74% positive
1,028 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
A psychological horror visual novel built around a village mystery
97% positive
1,027 reviews
Demo Once Again
A time-travel visual novel about connecting through photography
91% positive
1,025 reviews
Taiwan Love Story⁵
Dating sim with five romances across Taiwan and themed minigames
85% positive
1,021 reviews
Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
Historical romance visual novel with branching routes and multiple endings
96% positive
1,019 reviews
Lightracer Spark
Sci-fi narrative RPG about shaping the futures of alien civilizations
84% positive
1,018 reviews
The Butterfly Collector
Psychological horror visual novel about a college student's kidnapping
88% positive
1,018 reviews
A YEAR OF SPRINGS
A visual novel trilogy about friendship, romance, and LGBTQ+ identity
98% positive
1,017 reviews
Demo Aonatsu Line
Youth-themed visual novel following young love over summer vacation
93% positive
1,016 reviews
Demo Vampire Therapist
A vampire therapy visual novel about spotting distorted thoughts
94% positive
1,016 reviews
Demo Is the Vat Utopia or Dystopia?
A dystopian visual novel blending romance with dark comedy
98% positive
1,016 reviews
BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light
A JRPG about lost memories and bonds between stranded girls
83% positive
1,014 reviews
Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED
Choice-driven visual novel mixing everyday life with a new magical war
96% positive
1,013 reviews
Demo Long Dream
A point-and-click adventure through a retired postman's fading memories
98% positive
1,011 reviews
Wolf Tails
Romance visual novel about a recluse living with two wolf girls
96% positive
1,008 reviews
Demonschool
Turn-based tactics RPG mixing university routines with battles between worlds
92% positive
1,007 reviews
Staffer Reborn
Detective visual novel about ending an old man's cycle of resurrection
96% positive
1,007 reviews
Banyu Lintar Angin - Little Storm -
A short interactive picture book about siblings in rural Indonesia
96% positive
Free
Sepia Tears
Romance visual novel where buried memories complicate a relationship
88% positive
Free
Witchy Life Story
A village witch visual novel with a harvest festival deadline
81% positive
1,003 reviews
Sakura Hime 2
A line-connecting puzzle game with animated adult anime scenes
93% positive
1,002 reviews
Demo NEKO-NIN exHeart
An anime visual novel mixing catgirl romance with ninja action
96% positive
1,000 reviews
Revue Starlight El Dorado
Stage-themed visual novel about a class's last summer
97% positive
998 reviews