Visual novel 2016 — top best games in the Visual novel genre

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

August 15, 2013

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Gone Home is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the story of Caitlin Greenbriar, who returned home from a trip to Europe. She soon...

Steins;Gate

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

October 15, 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Steins;Gate is a visual novel in an adventure style and anime style. You follow a ragtag group of tech-savvy young students as they discover ways to change the past...

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Arcade, Visual novel, Logic

October 10, 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is a visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. Only the most talented students in any field are accepted...

Corpse Party

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

August 12, 2010

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Corpse Party is a top-down adventure with horror, anime/manga and visual novel elements from the masters at Team GrisGris. The game is published by Marvelous USA...

Space Rangers: Quest

Role-playing game, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Science fiction

August 27, 2016

Players: 9/10

Space Rangers: Quest is a sci-fi text adventure with role-playing elements in the Space Rangers universe. You will have to investigate the nature of a new threat...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

July 26, 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

February 28, 2013

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, slasher, anime or manga games and a visual novel from the masters of the...

Corpse Party: Blood Drive

Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

July 24, 2014

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Corpse Party: Blood Drive is a Japanese-style visual novel with a touch of horror that continues the story of Corpse Party and is a direct continuation of Book of...

Sakura Nova

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

October 20, 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Sakura Nova is an adventure with elements of an anime or manga game and a visual novel from the masters of the studios Nutaku and Winged Cloud. The game is...

Root Letter

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

October 28, 2016

Metacritic: 68/100

Root Letter is a mystical adventure in the form of a visual novel, in the Japanese style. The game will tell the story of a young girl who will search for her...

Just Deserts

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

July 25, 2016

Just Deserts is a Japanese-style military-themed dating simulator. You can expect five heroines to choose from, multiple endings, a variety of controls and daily...

The House in Fata Morgana

Horror, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Side view

May 14, 2016

Players: 10/10

House in Fata Morgana is an adventure visual novel with Japanese-style horror elements. The events of the game will tell the story of a young hero who wakes up in...

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

May 28, 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness is a visual novel based on a popular Japanese anime. The developers have integrated all the capabilities of Xbox One and Kinect...

Silver Case

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

October 6, 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Silver Case — adventure visual novel in Japanese style. The game is dedicated to the investigation of a series of brutal murders that occurred in a city area...

ENIGMA:

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

November 15, 2016

Players: 10/10

ENIGMA: is an adventure game with a mixture of anime/manga game, visual novel and indie game from the developers of Uzumeya studio. The main publisher of the game...

Hatoful Boyfriend

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

October 30, 2011

Metacritic: 70/100

Hatoful Boyfriend is an arcade visual novel with anime-style adventure elements. You have been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious Saint Dove...

Punch Line

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

April 28, 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Punch Line is an erotic visual novel in which the main character is a high school student who faints at the sight of women's panties. Yuta Iridatsu becomes the...

Strawberry Vinegar

Adventure, Visual novel

January 6, 2016

Strawberry Vinegar is a cute, adventure visual novel about a cynical and angry young girl, Sakuraba Rie. She has a very difficult time getting along with her...

Sorcery! 4

Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel

September 22, 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Sorcery! 4 — continuation of the interactive adventure with turn-based battles. In the fourth part, you need to win the legendary Crown of Kings from the...

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

June 28, 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma is the third game in the Zero Escape series, taking place between 999 and Virtue's Last Reward. Like its predecessors, the game...

Along the Edge

Adventure, Visual novel

October 12, 2016

Along the Edge is an adventure interactive visual novel that will take you to the European outback, where your choices will affect the personality and appearance of...

One Day in London

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

March 5, 2016

Players: 8.9/10

One Day in London is an episodic visual novel for mobile platforms. The game takes you to old England, where you can uncover the mysteries of a secret society...

Princess Maker 2 Refine

Arcade, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

September 29, 2016

Players: 9/10

Princess Maker 2 Refine is a re-release of the classic arcade game Princess Maker 2 by the developers from Gainax studio. You will systematically turn a little girl...

Sorcery!

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Visual novel

March 3, 2013

Metacritic: 85/100

Sorcery! — a text role-playing game from Steve Jackson. The player plays the role of an “adventurer” and, following a classic fantasy scenario, searches for a...

Ladykiller in a Bind

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel

October 10, 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Ladykiller in a Bind is a visual novel with dating simulator elements. The events of the game revolve around the main character, who pretends to be her twin...

Steins;Gate 0

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

March 31, 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

STEINS;GATE 0 is the continuation of the wonderful Japanese-style adventure visual novel Steins;Gate. The story describes the events after Okabe Rintaro returns to...

Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms

Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

June 16, 2016

Metacritic: 75/100

Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms — Adventure visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game takes place in Japan, at a time when the Tokugawa...

Sakura Space

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel

October 10, 2016

Players: 10/10

Sakura Space is an anime/manga and visual novel adventure from the developers at Winged Cloud. The game is published by Sekai...

Never Forget Me

Simulation, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

November 14, 2016

Never Forget Me is an adventure novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game continues the story of “Always Remember Me”, where you have to...

Highway Blossoms

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

June 17, 2016

Players: 10/10

Highway Blossoms — a visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game's plot unfolds in the southwestern USA, where young Amber seeks to...

Mind 0

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

August 1, 2013

Metacritic: 59/100

Mind 0 is a role-playing game with a mixture of anime/manga, fantasy game and visual novel from developers Acquire and ZeroDiv. The game is published by Aksys Games...

Muv-Luv

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots, Visual novel

July 14, 2016

Players: 10/10

Muv-Luv is an adventure visual novel in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in an alternate reality where, after a failed expedition to the Moon in 1967, the...

Serafina's Crown

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Free game

May 27, 2015

Serafina's Crown is a fantasy adventure visual novel. It's a fantasy drama visual novel with branching storylines, stat-based strategy gameplay, and dating sim...

The Deed: Dynasty

Adventure, Top-down view, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

May 10, 2016

A standalone story expansion for the game The Deed, developing its main concept. The player will still have to commit a murder, carefully plan their actions, plant...

Nurse Love Addiction

Simulation, Adventure, Visual novel

July 7, 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Nurse Love Addiction is an adventure dating simulator made in the style of a visual novel. The game takes place in a nursing school, where female students learn...

Little Briar Rose

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

November 17, 2016

Little Briar Rose is an adventure puzzle game with visual novel elements for mobile platforms that will take you to the world of fairy tales. You will be able to...

Selenon Rising

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel

April 29, 2016

Selenon Rising is a Japanese style sci-fi visual novel. The Earth has come under alien invasion. When these all-powerful beings arrived to take control of the...

Sick Dreams

Arcade, Shooter, Side view, Adventure, Visual novel

August 17, 2016

Sick Dreams — adventure visual novel with arcade shooter elements with a side view. The game will tell the philosophical story of a young man who describes...

Collar × Malice

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

August 18, 2016

A detective visual novel set in Shinjuku after a series of brutal crimes known as the "Day X Incident." The main character, a police officer, becomes a victim of an...

Imprisoned Palm

Adventure, Interactive movie, Visual novel

October 13, 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Imprisoned Palm — interactive visual novel in Japanese style for mobile platforms. In the game, you can interact with the character by touching his...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre of 2016