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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Saimin Gakushū: Secret Desire
School-set visual novel about a slacker and his hypnosis device
72% positive
554 reviews
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Voice Love on Air
BL dating sim about directing voice actors for radio dramas
87% positive
554 reviews
Demo Can I Not Fall for Idols?
An otome visual novel where romance can derail an idol debut
79% positive
554 reviews
Speed Dating for Ghosts
A dating visual novel about getting to know the dead
95% positive
553 reviews
山：临界幸存者
Mystery visual novel about village rituals and a series of murders
91% positive
553 reviews
Girls on Campus, from Freshmen to Faculty, All Fall for Me!
First-person live-action dating sim where several women pursue you
80% positive
553 reviews
Charming Hearts
Live-action dating adventure where your choices lead to different romantic endings
87% positive
551 reviews
Oblivious Garden ~Carmina Burana
Fantasy romance visual novel about a disgraced general and princesses
89% positive
550 reviews
恒水中学连环虐杀 / The untold story of hengshui school
Detective visual novel where wrong answers lower your test score
84% positive
548 reviews
Don't Make Love
A text-based relationship game where mating could mean death
83% positive
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NVL
Anime RPG with turn-based combat and a female traveling companion
67% positive
548 reviews
Kinkoi: Golden Time
Romance visual novel continues an academy story with new routes
98% positive
547 reviews
The Quintessential Quintuplets - Five Memories Spent With You
Romance visual novel with five confession choices and multiple endings
97% positive
547 reviews
Demo 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
Choice-driven visual novel exploring a cursed land across two eras
96% positive
547 reviews
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PatriotMemoirs
Live-action espionage adventure with branching choices in wartime China
83% positive
547 reviews
Demo Lost in Secular Love
A romance visual novel about courting monks in alternate history
86% positive
546 reviews
Demo sweet pool
Body horror visual novel with choices between reason and instinct
90% positive
546 reviews
The 25th Ward: The Silver Case
Surreal detective visual novel told through three perspectives
92% positive
545 reviews
Ciconia When They Cry - Phase 1: For You, the Replaceable Ones
A science-fiction visual novel about child soldiers used as pawns
92% positive
545 reviews
Demo Coffee Talk Tokyo
A café visual novel about serving humans and yōkai
90% positive
544 reviews
Umineko: Golden Fantasia
Tag-team fighting game with shared health and contested Meta Worlds
90% positive
543 reviews
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
A horror visual novel revisiting a school tragedy across timelines
86% positive
543 reviews
ANONYMOUS;CODE
Sci-fi visual novel about a hacker who can reload reality
79% positive
542 reviews
Schastye
An experimental visual novel built around writing someone else's story
69% positive
541 reviews