Visual novel 2017 — top best games in the Visual novel genre

Adventure, Simulation, Adult game, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Text quest

October 25, 2017

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 79/100

A collection of interactive romantic novels where the player controls the fate of the character by making numerous decisions during each story. The game offers...

Doki Doki Literature Club!

Horror, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel, Free game, Casual game

October 6, 2017

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A visual novel that starts as a carefree story about a school literature club but gradually turns into something much more unsettling. Upon joining the club, the...

Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel, Casual game

April 28, 2017

Steam: 92/100

The game takes place in the world of the Grisaia franchise, but with a new storyline and characters. The heroes go on dangerous missions for the good of the state...

To the Moon

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

November 1, 2011

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

An indie adventure game created using the RPG Maker engine. The game tells the story of two young doctors, Eva and Neil, who give people another chance to live...

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Point & Click

June 21, 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a unique adventure bartender simulator in a sci-fi cyberpunk setting. The events of the game take place in the distant...

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

January 12, 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is an adventure visual novel set in the Danganronpa universe. Welcome to the new world of Danganronpa. The most ambitious and...

Tomboys Need Love Too!

Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

May 12, 2017

Steam: 86/100

This romantic visual novel follows Kai and Chris, childhood friends whose relationship shifts when Chris comes to stay with her next-door neighbor while her parents...

Reigns: Her Majesty

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Visual novel, Logic, Indie, Casual game

December 6, 2017

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Reigns: Her Majesty is a continuation of the card board game, where you will become the ruler of a small kingdom and take part in deciding important elections on...

XOXO Droplets

Visual novel, Simulation, Indie

August 31, 2017

Steam: 74/100

This visual novel and dating sim follows a high school student who transfers to the boarding school of her dreams. Her parents will let her stay through graduation...

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

June 28, 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Jekyll & Hyde

Detective, Puzzle, Visual novel

November 22, 2017

Players: 8.9/10

A text-based game based on the original story of Jekyll and Hyde, set in 19th century London. The player collects clues and solves puzzles to solve the crime. The...

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

Adventure, Horror, Collection, Puzzle, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

March 24, 2017

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — an adventure collection that includes Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward. You can...

Trajectory of summer flower

Casual game, Visual novel, Adventure

August 15, 2017

Steam: 77/100

This adventure visual novel follows high school student Lin Jiajun, who travels to Tangxia village to learn about its school and reunites with a childhood friend he...

2064: Read Only Memories

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Side view, Combat robots, Point & Click

July 13, 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

2064: Read Only Memories is a Japanese-style sci-fi adventure visual novel with pixel art. The game takes place in the world of the future, namely in the city of...

England Exchange

Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

May 5, 2017

Steam: 51/100

This romantic visual novel follows an American college student from New York spending a semester in England to broaden their horizons. Players choose the...

Dal Segno

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Science fiction

June 30, 2017

Steam: 87/100

This romantic visual novel with a science-fiction setting follows a transfer student at Kazana Academy, on an island built to remain an everlasting summer paradise...

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie

July 20, 2017

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a visual novel with a first-person view and elements of a dating simulator. You and your daughter have just moved to the new...

Subsurface Circular

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Text quest

August 17, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Subsurface Circular is an unusual adventure with elements of a visual novel and a text game from the creator of Thomas Was Alone. You take on the role of a robot...

Corpse Party: Blood Drive

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

July 24, 2014

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Arcade, Visual novel, Logic, Anime / Manga, Detective

October 10, 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest

February 27, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Stories Untold is a text adventure with horror elements in the style of 80s films. The game is based on the series of the same name, which was never aired. You are...

Da Capo 3 R

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Fantasy

January 20, 2017

Steam: 96/100

This romantic visual novel follows a new student at Weather Vane, a school of magic hidden in a pocket dimension beneath 1950s London. Built on three floating...

Games&Girls

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Casual game

April 18, 2017

Steam: 78/100

This episodic visual novel follows a gamer who dropped out of college to spend more time playing and used all his savings to buy the exclusive Sirrah console. One...

College Days - Winter Break

Anime / Manga, Adventure, Visual novel

October 2, 2017

College Days — Winter Break is an adventure visual novel in the anime genre. You just finished your first semester of college and are now on winter break...

Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy

September 8, 2017

Steam: 81/100

This romantic-comedy visual novel follows Ema Tachibana, a withdrawn schoolgirl chosen by two young men to be their first model. Ema is content with keeping to...

Alone With You

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Visual novel

August 23, 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Alone With You is a sci-fi adventure game in a pixel style. Players will play as the last surviving person on the planet. The main character needs to get out of a...

Tokyo Dark

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Side view, Visual novel, Detective

September 7, 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Tokyo Dark is a side-scrolling crime-psychological adventure in the Japanese style. You will take on the role of detective Ayami Ito, who is searching for her...

Beyond Eden

Visual novel, Indie, Adventure

October 6, 2017

Steam: 91/100

Set in the late Victorian era, this BL visual novel follows a story of revenge and complicated relationships between men. Young businessman Alex Wake returns to the...

Crimson Gray

Visual novel, Indie, Simulation

July 14, 2017

Steam: 95/100

This psychological thriller visual novel follows John, a young man with severe depression who meets Lizzie as he begins to lose hope. She seems affectionate and...

The Letter - Horror Visual Novel

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

July 24, 2017

Steam: 86/100

An atmospheric visual novel in the horror and drama genre, inspired by classic Asian horror films. The story unfolds in the gloomy mansion of Ermengard, which has...

Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.3

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Casual game

July 28, 2017

Steam: 93/100

A kinetic visual novel in the Grisaia series follows a group of Mihama students on a mission overseas. While Rena and Maki recover from their injuries, the other...

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

September 25, 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person action game with shooter and horror elements follows Komaru Naegi after she escapes a long imprisonment and finds the city of Towa under the...

家有大貓 Nekojishi

Visual novel, Free game, Text quest

November 12, 2017

Steam: 92/100

A visual novel about feline beast-men, Taiwanese folklore, and a world of gods and spirits. In Nekojishi, the player follows the story and makes decisions shaped by...

Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder

Visual novel, Detective, Text quest

May 26, 2017

Steam: 82/100

A detective visual novel about a locked-room murder aboard a cruise ship setting out on its maiden voyage half a century after two passengers died there. Gilligan...

LoveKami -Useless Goddess-

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Text quest

May 29, 2017

Steam: 81/100

This visual novel follows an attempt to reform Akane, an Aragami goddess who lives among humans in a Japan where countless goddesses have descended to Earth...

Chaos;Child

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

December 18, 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Chaos;Child is a Japanese-style adventure visual novel based on the anime of the same name. The events of the game will continue the story of Chaos;Head and will...

Chapters: Interactive Stories

Simulation, Visual novel, Adventure

August 30, 2017

Chapters: Interactive Stories is an adventure visual novel with simulation elements. You get to choose your story from the best collection of romance, fantasy...

Collar × Malice

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

August 18, 2016

Metacritic: 74/100

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...

the 9th day:第九日

Indie, Adventure, Visual novel

February 16, 2017

Steam: 92/100

This adventure visual novel follows Shyou, a high school student who dies while trying to save a girl from a fire, but remains in the world as a soul. A messenger...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Visual novel, Point & Click, Comedy, Hidden Objects

May 31, 2016

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Demetrios — The BIG Cynical Adventure is a fun visual novel with puzzles and a side view. The main character is a slob living in Paris named Björn Thonen. One...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre of 2017