Visual novel 2021 — top best games in the Visual novel genre / Page 2

December 3, 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Disney Twisted-Wonderland is an adventure visual novel. Characters inspired by Disney villains hatch evil schoolyard plans in this magical adventure featuring...

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...

NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy

Casual game, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Adventure

August 31, 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 78/100

The player in the role of artificial intelligence controls the city. You can meet numerous users and help or hinder their lives. At the same time, it is necessary...

Celestia: Chain of Fate

Visual novel, Fantasy, Adventure, Anime / Manga

December 17, 2021

Steam: 69/100

A romantic visual fantasy novel with a compelling plot that depends on the player's actions. The main character is the daughter of a duke, whose ideal life changes...

Love Sucks: Night One

Adventure, Simulation, Arcade, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Casual game, Mysticism / Supernatural

April 8, 2021

Steam: 94/100

Love Sucks: Night One is an adult visual novel adventure with Japanese-style dating sim elements. Two creatures, namely a hot vampire and a succubus, have asked you...

Idol Manager

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

July 27, 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Criminal Desires: BL Yaoi Anime Romance Game

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

February 20, 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Criminal Desires: BL Yaoi Anime Romance Game is a visual novel in anime style and with simulation elements. The precinct's star duo, you and your partner are tasked...

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...

OPUS: Echo of Starsong

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

September 1, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

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

Anachronism

Free game, Simulation, Text quest, Casual game, Old school, Indie, Visual novel

May 4, 2021

Steam: 66/100

An old-school simulator of online communication, set in 1999, during the time of floppy disks and tube monitors. The main character finds a mysterious RemoteBoards...

Casina: The Forgotten Comedy

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

May 27, 2021

Steam: 76/100

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...

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...

Angels with Scaly Wings

Adventure, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Indie

January 31, 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Cupid Parasite

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

November 2, 2021

Steam: 97/100

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...

Sakura Nova

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

October 20, 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

This adventure visual novel follows three aspiring knights at a prestigious academy. Mikage, Kaguya, and Arisa train and fight together, working to overcome their...

Far Away

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

August 17, 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

The game is set in a fictional world that reflects the late 19th century, but contains many references to modern phenomena, including idols, fan fiction, cosplay...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest

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

October 13, 2020

Steam: 82/100

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...

A Rogue Escape

Simulation, Puzzle, Visual novel, Steampunk, Virtual Reality (VR), Exploration

June 10, 2021

Steam: 73/100

A Rogue Escape is a steampunk adventure for virtual reality devices, which is a reimagining of the game Nauticrawl. You are tasked with stealing a giant robot...

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Adventure, Arcade, Visual novel, Simulation, Detective

July 27, 2021

Steam: 93/100

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...

No Longer Home

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade, Point & Click, Exploration

July 30, 2021

Steam: 60/100

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...

Way Down

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Stealth, Visual novel

December 2, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 33/100

Way Down is a third-person spy action game with stealth elements, based on the film Heist of a Brilliant. In the game you have to storm the vault of the most...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

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

March 13, 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is a continuation of the Japanese-style adventure visual novel Silver Case. The events of the game take place five years after the...

Necrobarista

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

July 17, 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Necrobarista is an adventure visual novel, the events of which will take you to an unusual mystical cafe in Melbourne. The main difference between this...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

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

January 26, 2021

Steam: 91/100

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...

Legends of Talia: Arcadia

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

October 27, 2017

Steam: 76/100

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...

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...

Gal*Gun Returns

Arcade, Shooter, Anime / Manga, First-person view, Simulation, Visual novel

December 25, 2020

Players: 4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Gal*Gun Returns — remaster of the original arcade shooter with a first-person view and dating simulator elements Gal Gun. In the game, monsters are replaced by...

Fallen Legion Revenants

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

February 16, 2021

Steam: 63/100

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...

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, First-person view, Sandbox

May 25, 2021

Steam: 87/100

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...

Silver Case

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

October 6, 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 64/100

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...

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...

Good Mourning

Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Side view, Runner, Visual novel

October 22, 2020

Steam: 90/100

Good Mourning is a daily life simulator that forces the player to solve the most ordinary problems, make mistakes, and try to fix everything. It is a game about...

Last Message

Adventure, Free game, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Visual novel, Simulation, Casual game

June 25, 2021

Steam: 90/100

Last Message is a free adventure thriller set in a world filled with the infected. The game tells the story of a girl who, returning home after a day of searching...

Stardander Revenant

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

October 18, 2021

Steam: 93/100

Stardander Revenant is an adventure game with RPG elements that tells the story of a young witch, Griselda, who studies magical spells at a witch school and wants...

Sumire

Adventure, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Walking Simulator

May 26, 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Sumire is a fantasy adventure visual novel with anime and supernatural elements. In this charming place, a sad girl named Sumire meets a mischievous spirit who...

League of Dreamers - My Story

Adventure, Visual novel, Free game, Casual game, Fantasy

November 15, 2021

A collection of interactive visual novels where the plot development fully depends on the decisions made. Each story turns into a separate journey, where choices...

Sovietpunk: Chapter one

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Exploration, Old school, Visual novel

April 2, 2021

Steam: 70/100

A cyberpunk adventure in an alternative future of the Soviet Union, which has survived a global nuclear catastrophe. The surviving humanity has built underground...

Seance

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

May 29, 2021

Steam: 94/100

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...

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...

Fujiwara Bittersweet

Visual novel, Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Free game

January 16, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Fujiwara Bittersweet — A visual adventure novel with indie and anime elements. Aya has just moved to a new town near the mountains. Her new life as a high...

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Best Games in the Visual novel genre of 2021