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

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

November 17, 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...

Tiny Bunny

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

April 16, 2021

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Karryn's Prison

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

December 15, 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

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

Steam: 62/100

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...

Corpse Party

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

August 12, 2010

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This horror adventure with visual-novel elements follows a group of students trapped in an otherworldly version of an abandoned elementary school after performing a...

Buried Stars

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

July 30, 2020

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...

Gnosia

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie, Visual novel, Science fiction

June 6, 2019

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Gnosia is an indie adventure role-playing game. The crew of a drifting spaceship, faced with a mysterious and deadly threat known as Gnosia, and with no idea who...

Night Book

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Detective

July 27, 2021

Steam: 67/100

Night Book is an adventure horror game in the genre of interactive cinema with point and click elements. Lauralyn works night shifts remotely from home, translating...

The House in Fata Morgana

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

May 14, 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 96/100

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...

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie, Text quest

December 16, 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Backbone

Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

June 8, 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 65/100

Backbone is a noir detective role-playing game in the spirit of Wolf Among Us, where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. The game tells the story of...

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Visual novel, Text quest, Medieval era

March 4, 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative role-playing game set in the pages of the protagonist's diary. You will find a story about a ruthless world...

Growing Up

Adventure, Interactive movie, Simulation, Visual novel, Business / Management, Arcade, Role-playing game

October 14, 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Fostering Apocalypse

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Indie, Free game, Side view, Survival, Demons

July 15, 2021

Steam: 92/100

A short narrative game with survival elements and two endings. The world has already perished once in a demonic apocalypse, and now someone is trying to bring about...

CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

May 1, 2021

Players: 4.3/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

The Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

May 20, 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Song of Farca

Adventure, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie, Visual novel, Logic, Cyberpunk, Detective, Point & Click

July 22, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Song of Farca is a detective adventure with visual novel elements in a cyberpunk setting. The game takes place in the near future, where technology has become...

Cooking Companions

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game

October 7, 2021

Steam: 87/100

An unusual visual novel with elements of psychological horror, hiding a dark story behind a cute and almost carefree facade. The events unfold in the forests of the...

Bad End Theater

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

October 26, 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Cupid Parasite

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game, Comedy

November 2, 2021

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A romantic comedy in which the goddess of love named Lynette Mirror tries to prove that true feelings are not just about magical arrows and beautiful words. Working...

Library Of Ruina

Action, Anime / Manga, Card game, Strategy, Visual novel

August 10, 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Library Of Ruina is a role-playing simulator of battles in a library. The player invites guests to the library and engages them in battle to obtain unique books...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

November 5, 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...

Firework

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

February 4, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

RoboLife-Days with Aino

Arcade, Adult game, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Role-playing game, Visual novel, Simulation, Combat robots

June 23, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

RoboLife-Days with Aino is an adventure role-playing game with visual novel elements and an anime-style dating simulator. The plot tells about the android girl...

Bloodshore

Indie, Adventure, Action, Interactive movie, Point & Click, Visual novel

November 3, 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

Bloodshore is an interactive adventure movie in the point and click genre with action and indie elements. This game is about a televised battle between famous...

Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

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

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...

Deiland

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Farm Simulator, Sandbox, Visual novel

February 19, 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Deiland is an adventure role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting, created based on “The Little Prince” by the famous French writer Antoine de...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest

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

October 13, 2020

Steam: 83/100

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...

Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home

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

August 28, 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Blue Reflection: Second Light

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Japanese role-playing game

October 21, 2021

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Blue Reflection: Second Light is a continuation of the colorful Japanese role-playing game about young magical...

I Saw Black Clouds

Interactive movie, Horror, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Simulation, Visual novel

March 30, 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 48/100

I Saw Black Clouds is a mystical interactive film in the horror genre. After her friend's suicide, Christina returns to her hometown. In an attempt to unravel the...

Astrologaster

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

May 2, 2019

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

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

Mythic Ocean

Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel

January 9, 2020

Steam: 97/100

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...

Scarlet Hollow

Adventure, Visual novel, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural, Point & Click

September 25, 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 98/100

Scarlet Hollow is a visual novel with horror elements from comic book author Abby Howard. An atmospheric adventure awaits you, where all the decisions you make will...

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

Visual novel

June 30, 2021

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A psychological horror story about school romance, in which the protagonist joins a literature club in search of a romantic interest. The player writes poems and...

Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen

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

January 22, 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 76/100

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...

Svoboda 1945: Liberation

Adventure, Historical, Visual novel

August 3, 2021

Steam: 98/100

The story unfolds in a small village called Svoboda on the Czech-German border, where the main character arrives to investigate a long-standing conflict. However...

The Innsmouth Case

Adventure, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel, Text quest

June 23, 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

The Innsmouth Case is an adventure game inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. A desperate mother, a missing girl and a mystical city — the case...

Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies

Casual game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

July 28, 2017

Steam: 95/100

This visual novel follows college student Wei Qiuwu and Li Jiayun, a sickly girl who plays the concertina, in Nanjing, China, as spring gives way to summer. While...

AI: The Somnium Files

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

September 17, 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre of 2021