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.
Amnesia™: Memories
Otome visual novel with five romances and a memory mystery
93% positive
4,480 reviews
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
Surreal point-and-click narrative adventure along a hidden Kentucky highway
80% positive
4,463 reviews
StarVaders
Roguelike deckbuilder with grid-based mech combat against alien invaders
97% positive
4,386 reviews
Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
Detective visual novel solving supernatural murders by comparing case documents
94% positive
4,339 reviews
Return to Shironagasu Island
Horror mystery visual novel about murders on an isolated island
94% positive
4,277 reviews
American Arcadia
Story-driven puzzle platformer about escaping a deadly reality show
94% positive
4,275 reviews
HENPRI
Darkly comic visual novel following a man sent to an island prison
97% positive
4,199 reviews
Tiny Snow
A visual novel about engineered love on a snowy mountain
93% positive
4,193 reviews
家有大貓 Nekojishi
Choice-driven romance visual novel with spirits and three catlike men
93% positive
Free
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
Fairy-tale otome visual novel with five branching romance routes
96% positive
Free
CHAOS;CHILD
Psychological horror visual novel about investigating murders in Shibuya
93% positive
4,130 reviews
Idol Manager
Manage a pop idol agency through business and personal crises
88% positive
4,111 reviews
My Vow to My Liege
Historical romance visual novel about a woman ruling in disguise
91% positive
4,109 reviews
Fox Hime
College romance visual novel about a student and his fox spirit
84% positive
4,082 reviews
NEKOPARA Extra
Short visual novel following two catgirls before the patisserie opens
97% positive
4,065 reviews
428: Shibuya Scramble
Visual novel where choices link five parallel Shibuya stories
95% positive
3,976 reviews
候鸟
Romance visual novel about high school and college entrance exams
97% positive
3,974 reviews
Depression Quest
Text-based interactive fiction about managing depression through everyday choices
62% positive
Free
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r]
Anime-style 2D fighter with combo-heavy battles in the Hollow Night
94% positive
3,864 reviews
月影魅像-解放之羽-
Mystery visual novel with endings that unlock new choices
97% positive
3,840 reviews
NUKITASHI
Comedy visual novel about rebelling against an island's sex law
95% positive
3,827 reviews
Who's Lila?
Point-and-click psychological horror where facial expressions steer conversations
94% positive
3,825 reviews
Muv-Luv Alternative
Sci-fi visual novel about mechs and an alien war
96% positive
3,801 reviews
灾厄黑龙与谎言公主
Fantasy visual novel about a princess befriending her dragon captor
90% positive
3,801 reviews