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
3,858 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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BAD END THEATER
Choice-driven visual novel where decisions change other characters' stories
97% positive
10K reviews
Assemble with Care
Story-driven puzzle game about fixing keepsakes and mending relationships
90% positive
10K reviews
TOGETHER BnB
Open-world dating sim about managing a BnB after your brother disappears
56% positive
9,808 reviews
This Is the Police
Police management strategy game about dispatching officers amid city corruption
83% positive
9,796 reviews
小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop
Visual novel about growing a rabbit's online carrot shop
94% positive
9,705 reviews
Catherine Classic
Story-driven puzzle adventure about relationship choices and nightmare climbs
88% positive
9,689 reviews
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
Episodic superhero adventure where Bruce Wayne's decisions shape relationships
92% positive
9,677 reviews
Carpe Diem
A short visual novel about dating an almost ideal girl
89% positive
Free
Knowledge, or know Lady
First-person live-action dating sim with branching romances at a women's university
95% positive
9,550 reviews
Class of '09
Choice-driven high school visual novel with dark comedy and branching endings
95% positive
9,516 reviews
Demo Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Dystopian investigation game about deciding what security forces learn
90% positive
9,426 reviews
Esoteric Ebb
A fantasy RPG where your own stats talk back
95% positive
9,388 reviews
NEKOPARA Vol. 4
Anime visual novel about a pastry chef, catgirls, and family tensions
97% positive
9,372 reviews
AI: The Somnium Files
Detective visual novel about investigating crime scenes and dreams
91% positive
9,369 reviews
Buy a Croquette!
Pixel-art mystery adventure about collecting coins for a croquette
99% positive
Free
OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
Visual novel-style space adventure following starsongs to ancient asteroid temples
96% positive
9,109 reviews
Aliya: Timelink
Text-based sci-fi visual novel with timed messages and multiple endings
98% positive
9,088 reviews
Demo The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
Historical visual novel about surviving a city besieged by demons
62% positive
8,869 reviews
Otaku's Adventure
Point-and-click dating adventure with puzzles and multiple endings
94% positive
8,864 reviews
Demo To Be or Not to Be
Text adventure about cultivating immortality through dialogue and stat-building minigames
88% positive
8,864 reviews
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The Operator
Point-and-click detective mystery where you assist agents from a computer
91% positive
8,854 reviews
A Bird Story
Short, wordless pixel-art adventure about a boy and injured bird
85% positive
8,798 reviews
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Text-based narrative RPG where choices shape a commoner's entire life
89% positive
8,733 reviews
Pyre
Story-heavy fantasy RPG where exiles compete in three-on-three matches
90% positive
8,712 reviews