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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日日夜夜
A visual novel about sharing your home with a demon
89% positive
201 reviews
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Mortgage nightmares
Slice-of-life visual novel about strange events in a mortgaged apartment
84% positive
Free
定制女友
Live-action dating sim with a robot and an idol
78% positive
201 reviews
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Playing House
First-person psychological horror about a father's unsettling day of pretend play
94% positive
201 reviews
Sakura Space
Sci-fi visual novel following three mercenaries on a bounty hunt
82% positive
200 reviews
Achievement Smiles
A 3D platformer where freeing birds opens the next world
70% positive
200 reviews
Seven Days
Occult mystery visual novel about seven ghosts living their final days
97% positive
200 reviews
Essays on Empathy
A collection of short narrative games exploring different people's lives
79% positive
200 reviews
Demo Watamari Part1 - A Match Made in Heaven
A school-set visual novel mixing girls' romance with spy intrigue
89% positive
200 reviews
Spellchanted 2D Hidden Object Puzzle Adveture Tile-Matching
A fairy-tale puzzle game about matching objects against the clock
73% positive
Free
秋色的記憶(體驗版) / Fall...in Love (Demo)
High school romance visual novel with Cantonese-voiced love interests
92% positive
Free
Isekai Succubus ~My Genderbent Saga in Another World~
Turn-based dungeon crawler where succubi drain enemies to stop attacks
80% positive
199 reviews
2ECONDS TO STΔRLIVHT: My Heart's Reflection
A visual novel about coming out and facing transphobic bullying
82% positive
Free
Gilded Shadows
Sci-fi romance visual novel with branching stories and a customizable protagonist
94% positive
199 reviews
My Girlfriend’s Special Place
A romance visual novel about becoming a childhood friend's butler
92% positive
199 reviews
Witch's Garden
Fantasy romance visual novel with six routes and animated portraits
87% positive
199 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
A horror sound novel revisiting Hinamizawa through four chapters
87% positive
199 reviews
Seraphim Slum
A psychological horror visual novel about romance with fallen angels
95% positive
Free
Ne no Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto
A fantasy visual novel about romance between women and supernatural conflict
87% positive
198 reviews
Corona Blossom Vol.2 The Truth From Beyond
A sci-fi visual novel mixing space pirates and small-town romance
98% positive
198 reviews
For Mother Matron
Psychological horror visual novel built around choices with deadly consequences
91% positive
Free
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Familiar Friends: What's Your Familiar?
Question-driven visual novel that matches you with an animal companion
91% positive
Free
halfmoon
A point-and-click adventure about taking a job after death
91% positive
198 reviews
Path to Mnemosyne
A surreal puzzle adventure built around an endlessly zooming path
80% positive
197 reviews