Visual novel 2020 — top best games in the Visual novel genre

Five Dates - a game in the Visual novel genre

Interactive movie, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Adult game, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 17 November 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Five Dates is a dating simulator with elements of an interactive adult adventure and a dash of romantic comedy. Unlike most similar projects, the game offers to...

Futa Fix Dick Dine and Dash

Adult game, Indie, Simulation, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 21 December 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Futa Fix Dick Dine and Dash is an adult visual novel with Japanese-style dating sim elements. Emily has a problem. One day, a long, fleshy penis appeared between...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 27 February 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...

Buried Stars

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 29 November 2021

Steam: 73/100

A detective adventure set at the site of a building collapse during a live broadcast of a survival show. Trapped beneath the rubble, the contestants and staff try...

Coffee Talk

Adventure, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Visual novel, Fantasy, Casual game

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 29 January 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 73/100

An atmospheric visual novel with elements of a barista simulator, where everyday city life intertwines with fantasy. The action takes place in an alternate Seattle...

Sakura Wars

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Combat robots, Visual novel, Tactics, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 April 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Sakura Wars is the return of a series of dating simulators with elements of tactical battles of combat robots. The main character will have to restore the Tokyo...

Suzerain

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Visual novel, Benchmark program, Text quest

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 4 December 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Suzerain is a political strategy game with elements of a text role-playing game in which the player controls a fictional state. The player's goal is to make the...

To the Moon

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

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Mac, Linux → 6 July 2012

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...

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Old school, Text quest

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 26 August 2020

Steam: 96/100

A small visual novel that turns a simple everyday task into a story with a deep emotional subtext. Behind the attempt to buy regular milk lies reflections on daily...

Night Call

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2019

Players: 1/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Night Call is an atmospheric noir adventure set in Paris and told from the perspective of a taxi driver. The main character unwittingly witnesses evidence that...

Evan's Remains

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Evan's Remains is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure inspired by classic Japanese thrillers. You have to explore a mysterious island and solve puzzles to...

Our Life: Beginnings and Always

Visual novel, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Free game, Indie, Replayability

Game released: PC, Linux, Mac, Android → 16 November 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 98/100

Our Life: Beginnings and Always is a visual novel where you can create and fully customize your character from the very beginning. With him you will go through...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Chicken Police is a noir adventure of two feathered cops, Sonny Featherland and Marty MacChicken, in a black-and-white detective novel full of satire and cynical...

Blush Blush

Free game, Visual novel, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Adventure, Adult game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android → 22 April 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Blush Blush is an adventure arcade clicker game for adults with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game tells a funny story where you have to save...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Role-playing game

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Mac, Linux → 11 December 2019

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A visual novel in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. The game tells the story of the conflict between the traditionalists Camarilla and a group of independent...

Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 13 August 2020

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A visual novel about a dysfunctional relationship, idealization, and intimacy, set over the course of a summer. Its story unfolds through branching paths, twists...

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Collection, Visual novel, Zombies, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC → 10 September 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series — a special edition of the adventure series The Walking Dead from Telltale Games. The game includes 4 seasons and...

Legend of the Phoenix

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure

Game released: iOS, Android → 29 April 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 58/100

Legend of the Phoenix is an anime-style visual adventure novel. It is a genre of mobile game that is based on an old style love story. With every choice you make...

YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story

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

Game released: PC → 25 May 2020

Steam: 95/100

A visual novel that combines a romantic story with unusual plot devices that change the usual perception of the genre. At the center of the events is high school...

fault - milestone one

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Fantasy

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4 → 9 August 2013

Steam: 90/100

A cinematic science-fantasy visual novel follows Princess Selphine and her royal guardian, Ritona. When a sudden attack devastates their homeland of Rughzenhaide...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: PS Vita, PSP, PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android → 10 October 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This detective visual novel follows a school trip to the abandoned Jabberwock Island, where Monokuma restarts a deadly game. Students from Hope’s Peak Academy must...

For the People

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Strategy, Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 13 August 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 73/100

For the People is a political simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you will try on the role of the head of a small industrial...

Code: Realize Guardian of Rebirth

Visual novel, Adult game, Adventure, Simulation, Anime / Manga

Game released: PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 20 October 2015

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Code: Realize Guardian of Rebirth — Adventure visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game will tell the story of a lonely girl...

Death Come True

Interactive movie, Adventure, Visual novel, Survival horror

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Death Come True is an interactive adventure with live actors. A man is lying on the bed in a hotel room. He wakes up to the shrill sound of his phone ringing...

ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos

Virtual Reality (VR), Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 4 December 2020

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Set 200 years in the future, this science-fiction story follows Lieutenant Chloe as she pilots the battle robot Makhia against the Meteoras, colossal enemies of...

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Side view, Turn-based, Strategy, Indie

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, Linux → 24 March 2020

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 73/100

Deep Sky Derelicts: Definitive Edition — enhanced edition of the role-playing game Deep Sky Derelicts. It includes expansions: Deep Sky Derelicts: Station Life...

Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

Adventure, Comics, Visual novel, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Comedy, Online

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 22 October 2022

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A visual novel about the hilarious road adventures of four friends. You can play alone or with...

Aviary Attorney

Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Aviary Attorney is a phantasmagorical visual novel that takes players to Paris in 1848, during the era of the revolutionary movement. Playing as a falcon-lawyer, we...

South of the Circle

Adventure, Visual novel, Point & Click

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Mac, iOS → 3 August 2022

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

South of the Circle is a narrative visual novel in the point and click genre. This is an emotional game with a deep, multi-layered cinematic story. She raises...

My Aunt is a Witch

Visual novel, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Logic, Anime / Manga, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita → 31 October 2019

Steam: 75/100

My Aunt is a Witch is a visual novel with quest elements about a little boy, Thomas, who goes to visit his aunt Alice. Thomas has been with her for a very long...

Cyber Crush 2069

Adventure, Simulation, Music game, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Indie, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game

Game released: PC → 12 December 2020

Steam: 72/100

Cyber Crush 2069 is an adventure visual novel with puzzle elements and match-3 genre. The year is 2069, a time when advanced technological and scientific...

Where The Stars Brought Us

Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android → 14 December 2022

Where The Stars Brought Us is a fantasy adventure visual novel. This is a story about a boy Ryo Jung from Seoul, South Korea. He and his family (mother, father and...

Collar × Malice

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, iOS, Android → 12 March 2020

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...

Cinders

Visual novel, Adventure, Casual game, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 14 February 2019

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A visual novel based on a classic fairy tale, where the player's choices invite a reassessment of its familiar morals. The story unfolds through dialogue and...

Simulacra 2

Adventure, Interactive movie, Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC, Android → 30 January 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Simulacra 2 is a continuation of an unusual detective puzzle with elements of interactive cinema. The game tells the story of the unusual death of a blogger, which...

Warborn

Visual novel, Turn-based, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 12 June 2020

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Warborn is a turn-based tactics game about battles between squads of combat mechs in technologically advanced suits of armor. Players lead a strike force through...

Root Double: Before Crime * After Days - Xtend Edition

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC → 26 November 2020

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This science-fiction visual novel is set in 2030, in the isolated research city of Rokumei, where explosions at the LABO nuclear facility lead to a reactor meltdown...

Best Friend Forever

Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC → 27 August 2020

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 60/100

A pet-care and dating simulation set in Rainbow Bay. The player trains, pets, and plays with a dog to build a lasting bond, while meeting and pursuing relationships...

Wintermoor Tactics Club

Strategy, Roguelike, Role-playing game, Tactics, Turn-based, Isometric, Adventure, Visual novel

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 5 May 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Wintermoor Tactics Club is a tactics game where a group of academy students play various board games. The main character and her team are going through a...

Vera Blanc: Episode 1 - Full Moon

Adventure, Logic, Comics, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game

Game released: PC, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 30 June 2010

Vera Blanc: Full Moon is a comic book-style visual novel in which the main character, a sexy girl named Vera Blanc, can read people's thoughts. She realizes this...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre of 2020 (Game released)