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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Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow
A kinetic visual novel about nightmares and fear of sleep
94% positive
Free
Saint Slaughter X Days
A visual novel about church scouts investigating sorcery in China
85% positive
149 reviews
this was for you.
A visual novel about memories and grief after a crash
89% positive
Free
Trouble Comes Twice
Romantic comedy visual novel about twins betting on who dates first
87% positive
149 reviews
Demo Sparkling Memories
A school-life visual novel about organizing a fireworks festival
85% positive
149 reviews
Outdoor Adventures With Marisa Kirisame
A casual Touhou visual novel about an outdoor trip
96% positive
149 reviews
HAITENAI RPG
A classic fantasy JRPG built around active-time battles
65% positive
149 reviews
My Loving Wife
First-person visual novel about a marriage shaped by your choices
76% positive
Free
Happy New Year, Zeliria!
A short visual novel about New Year's celebrations in another world
88% positive
Free
Raspberry Cube
Romantic comedy visual novel about good deeds and troublesome encounters
96% positive
148 reviews
No More Future
A sci-fi visual novel about life after becoming an android
98% positive
Free
Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
Branching visual novel about crime and intrigue in a fantasy port
95% positive
148 reviews
POHMIELISKO
First-person adventure mixing apartment-block life with horror and dark humor
82% positive
148 reviews
GeForce 8800 GTX - 20 Years of a Legend
Semi-interactive tech demo about unboxing and installing a vintage GPU
53% positive
Free
Galaxy Girls
Space-set visual novel with romance between women and branching endings
67% positive
147 reviews
Neighboring Islands
Pirate visual novel with choices that lead to different endings
78% positive
147 reviews
Omega Quintet
Turn-based RPG where pop idols fight a worldwide threat with music
71% positive
147 reviews
How Stories Die
Fantasy visual novel about three girls claiming to be heroes
90% positive
Free
Demo Fishbowl
A choice-driven visual novel with a magical talking fish companion
95% positive
147 reviews
The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek
A horror visual novel where every wish costs an organ
97% positive
Free
Night Loops
Psychological horror adventure inside a hotel where nights keep repeating
90% positive
147 reviews
Helmetman
A card battler mixing roguelike runs with visual novel storytelling
83% positive
147 reviews
Demo The Diary
A narrative puzzle game tracing a disappearance through several diaries
65% positive
147 reviews
Demo Decade
Sci-fi narrative adventure about sending children back to rewrite history
95% positive
147 reviews