Visual novel 2021 — top best games in the Visual novel genre

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

April 16, 2021

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.9/10

An adventurous visual novel with horror elements. Looking out of the window of an old house, the boy Anton sees a fading village, huge snowdrifts, and a frozen...

Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home

Anime / Manga, Shooter, First-person view, Visual novel, Post-apocalyptic, Adult game

August 28, 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home is a dynamic first-person shooter with elements of a dating simulator in a zombie apocalypse setting. In the game you have to build...

Growing Up

Adventure, Interactive movie, Simulation, Visual novel, Business / Management, Arcade

October 14, 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Growing Up is an adventure visual novel with life simulation elements from the creators of Weedcraft Inc and Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast. In the game, you...

Karryn's Prison

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Adult game, Visual novel, Indie

December 15, 2021

Players: 9/10

Karryn's Prison is a top-down adventure RPG for adults with visual novel elements. In the game you will try on the role of the fiery Carrin, the new warden of the...

Fallen Legion Revenants

Anime / Manga, Strategy, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Visual novel

February 16, 2021

Metacritic: 54/100

Fallen Legion Revenants is a turn-based strategy role-playing game with turn-based combat and visual novel elements in a fantasy setting. In a world covered in...

AI: The Somnium Files

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

September 17, 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

AI: The Somnium Files is a Japanese-style adventure visual novel from the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape series. The game takes place in near-future...

Idol Manager

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Music game

July 27, 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Idol Manager is a cute management simulator with visual novel elements in anime style. You will take on the role of manager in a small (but growing) talent agency...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel

November 5, 2020

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

October 13, 2020

Metacritic: 76/100

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest is an atmospheric visual novel with role-playing elements in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. The events...

No Longer Home

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade

July 30, 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

No Longer Home is an exciting adventure game with visual novel elements. Bo and Ao are graduating from university and are about to leave the apartment they've lived...

Re:ZERO - The Prophecy of the Throne

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics

January 29, 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Re:ZERO — The Prophecy of the Throne is a tactical adventure with visual novel elements and turn-based combat, based on the anime of the same name. A month...

OPUS: Echo of Starsong

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Science fiction

September 1, 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a Japanese adventure visual novel in a science fiction...

Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom

Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Business / Management, Tactics, Top-down view, Isometric

January 7, 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat and visual novel elements. Muspellsheim, a land of deserts and wilderness...

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...

Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir & Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind

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

May 14, 2021

Metacritic: 74/100

Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir & Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind is a collection of classic detective adventures with Japanese-style...

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Adventure, Arcade, Visual novel, Simulation

July 27, 2021

Metacritic: 84/100

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a collection of unusual adventure arcade games with visual novel elements, where the gameplay revolves around verbal battles in...

Stalker: Обещание

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Free game

April 20, 2021

An atmospheric visual novel inspired by the ambiance of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. The story centers around a stalker named Fargus, who ventures deep into dangerous...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Horror, Science fiction

January 26, 2021

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins is an indie horror adventure in the style of a visual novel with fantasy elements. Building on the horrifying legacy of the Weeping...

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...

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, First-person view

May 25, 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs is a first-person comedy adventure with a very long title. You and your bride are the last people in the universe. Dogs...

The Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

May 20, 2021

Players: 9.2/10

The Sin is a visual novel based on popular mystical folklore about witches. The main character, the boy Roma, moves to the village with his family; his father wants...

Overboard!

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

June 2, 2021

Metacritic: 84/100

Overboard! is an adventure puzzle game in the style of a visual novel. Blackmailing a spy. Love. Killing an opponent. Deceptions. Witness drugs. Lies, friendship...

Astrologaster

Arcade, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Indie

May 2, 2019

Metacritic: 77/100

Astrologaster is a comedic adventure game about the plague pandemic in London in...

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

December 16, 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk is a visual novel in the horror genre with point and click elements. A psychedelic narrative full of pyramidal word...

Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

Free game, Visual novel, Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural

September 24, 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft is a free first-person adventure game with visual novel elements based on the work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. She invites you to plunge...

Super Seducer 3: The Final Seduction

Simulation, Adventure, Interactive movie, Visual novel

March 26, 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Super Seducer 3: The Final Seduction is a continuation of an unusual dating simulator. The game uses a completely new version of Seduction Engine 2.0, which will...

Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp

Adventure, Board / Group Game, Role-playing game, Casual game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Card game, Turn-based

December 3, 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 54/100

Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp is an adventure tabletop card visual novel. The main part of the game, in which players will develop their character over 50...

Crimson Spires

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

October 28, 2020

Crimson Spires is a Japanese style adventure visual novel with horror elements. The small mining town of Bataille, Missouri, was sealed off from the outside world...

Casina: The Forgotten Comedy

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

May 27, 2021

A visual novel based on the eponymous Roman comedy. The action of the game takes place in Athens during the peak of Ancient Greece, where the beautiful Casina...

Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics

January 22, 2021

Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in the Japanese style. In the game you will try on the role of a young...

Angels with Scaly Wings

Adventure, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel

January 31, 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Angels with Scaly Wings is a unique dating simulator with dragons, presented in the form of a visual novel. Acting as a representative of humanity, the player needs...

Firework

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Horror, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel

February 4, 2021

Players: 10/10

Firework is a side-scrolling indie horror adventure with visual novel elements. An accidental fire at a funeral forces police to re-investigate a closed mass murder...

Perfect Gold

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

April 19, 2021

Perfect Gold is a Japanese-style visual novel for adults. The plot centers on two anime girls from the magical city of Castlecoast. Alchemy student Audrey Clery and...

Seance

Detective, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

May 29, 2021

Seance is a mystical visual novel with anime and puzzle elements. In this game, detective duo Kennedy (a 33-year-old retired agent) and Mia (a 16-year-old girl with...

Mythic Ocean

Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel

January 9, 2020

Mythic Ocean is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. A charming story awaits you in which you will make friends with a pantheon of underwater gods...

Bad End Theater

Indie, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

October 26, 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Bad End Theater is a pixelated puzzle adventure with visual novel elements in which you explore the creepy stories of a cast of characters. The decisions made...

Legends of Talia: Arcadia

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

October 27, 2017

Legends of Talia: Arcadia is an adventure visual novel with elements of a dating simulator. The game will tell the story of a legendary knight named Arcadia, who...

Dating Puzzle

Puzzle, Adventure, Visual novel, Match-3 (Three in a row)

June 11, 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Dating Puzzle — adventure puzzle game in the visual novel genre. You have to start life in a bright, lively city. Don't miss a single opportunity &mdash...

SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

August 26, 2016

Players: 7.6/10

SHINRAI — Broken Beyond Despair is an adventure with elements of an anime or manga game and a visual novel from developers from the Gosatsu Visual Novels...

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Visual novel, Indie

May 1, 2021

Players: 5.5/10

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck is an unusual cuckold simulator with a third-person view. In this game you take on the role of a man whose wife is...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre of 2021